Top9jajamz:
Additionally, I have a trip outside the country for 17th Feb leaving me with 4weeks from dropoff safe instead of 8 weeks advised by the US consulate. Does anyone know the average processing time for iwp from dropoff to pickup in lagos

ekpanbaghi:
Good afternoon, Everyone. Happy 2024.

I tried to book an IW appointment and after being timed out a few times, i got the following message : “Your account has been frozen for suspicious activity, and you will not be able to access it for up to 72 hours. Your account will be unfrozen automatically after that time. Our call center agents will not be able to assist you with unfreezing your account or scheduling your appointment until then.”

1. Should i worry about being frozen for suspicious activity? I honestly just tried more than 2ice to access the page.
2. Is it advisable to check after, say 48 hours?

Thank you

MolB:
Hello
I'm planning on going on vacation during their midterm break in Feb, as Easter won't be possible due to obligations at home and work.
A friend is telling me that we might be turned back at POE because the kids are believed to be in session and it might look as if we have immigrant intent.
Anyone had any issues with similar circumstances at POE?

Mzwealthy:
Good day everyone. Happy new year please I would apprecaite any helpful information. MYESLEF and my hsuabnd already have a our US visa which would expire around MARCH this year. We would Love to travel with our daughter as she just turn 2 . We have paid for her Visa DS160 fee. My question,Is it possible we get her an interview date for her before our visa expires this March or what would be suggestion in getting her an interview. In-between. Dis is our 3 time we getting our own visa and we only used it's once we were unable to use our US visa during covid. ANY SUGGESTION THAT CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE TO US WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

lollarojo:
1st refusal was in 2021 then I re applied and got an appointment for Dec 2023 and the regular blue paper.
V.O- What do u do
Me & hubby: we mentioned what we do
V.O- Will you be requiring any medical attention this time.
Us- Not atall
V.O- You had both your kids in the USA. Did you use any medical assistance
Us: No we didn’t as we cleared all bills and here is our itemized bills and zero balance statements of both kids (2014 & 2016)
V.O- Unfortunately you are not eligible at this time.

That was how it went. I offered to show my documents she turned them down.

Ashirioluwa:

Thank you.

I don’t want her to lose the appointment date. Will this changes affect the appointment date?

Opeyemi007:
Wahala.... I'm telling you she said that to me! Which kind wahala be this. Sey I go de lie ontop wetin no go give me money ni? Said you cannot have a child in the US if you get married within the next five years. She was only trying to say the visa was issued for Tourism. We no need de drag ham. You weren't there.

Taal17:


They said that or you wrote this wrong?
Because it's not true.

9jaStar:


I just wanted to add that you don’t necessarily need to use Ziploc bags. Any regular plastic bag will do. Labeling is also not necessarily needed

Queengel:

Good day please am sorry to disturb you is it okay for a 20 year old doing business to fill in her ds160 that he is the one spornoring him self for visiting visa

Khez:

Guys please I got an interview on the 12th of December, London ,can I edit submitted d160 form ? Or start a new one will I still maintain my interview date or it is going to start afresh automatically with me losing my initial date ? I wanted to edit something out of the form please!! Can someone enlighten me abegi

Idaytesj29:


Thanks for responding , the conference is actually for Japa.

Is the US embassy not granting visit visa based on conference anymore?

NewBoyKhashoggi:


Hey !

Okay it's only number 1 that is incorrect , that means you scored me 80 over 100%.

But sir ! Don't you think that your friend might have bought the house via a fraudulent means in the USA and that was the reason he or she was unable to get the visa renew ?

Abi Sir ? Let's assume that a Togolese businessman came to Nigeria and bought a mansion worth 200.M in Magodo - Lagos . Then he went back to Togo and after 6 months he wanted to come back to Nigeria to collect his rent or get notification to come and pay tax on the property and the Nigeria embassy in Togo denied him visa 😊. Do you think that is reasonable sir ?

I want to learn pls, kindly teach me sir .

Idaytesj29:


Sure, my plan is to visit and apply for study.

jhidey08:
Hello everyone, I know the website says you can only apply for an emergency interview if you fall within certain categories. My question however is, is it possible for someone attending their son’s wedding ceremony to apply for an emergency interview? Especially if such person’s previous interview was canceled by the embassy.

Please share your thoughts, thank you!

NewBoyKhashoggi:




Anyways Madam .. If you enter the US with B1/B2 (Tourist visa) or short visa as you wrote ..Yes you can change your visa status to Permanent Residency status (a.k.a the green card) all through citizenship ...thus ;

(1). You can buy house or property in the US while on non immigrant visa ..ie B1/B2...F1..L1..H1B..and TN visa. (not everyone can afford this route) 😌



(3). Recently (year 2023) , the US Citizenship and Immigration Service USCIS announced that those traveling to the US on B1/B2 visa can now apply for jobs and attend job interviews (it's a new development though) . I don't want to mention other LEGAL AVENUES because brevity is the soul of wit.

Despite the fact that the aforementioned process can be difficult and complicated to achieve , it is also not impossible to attain especially with the assistance of an immigration attorney.


Any other question ?

Blaquewood:
Please house, anyone with link to WhatsApp or telegram groups for early date search should plz drop link or a way to contact them. Please I need it badly. Thank you in advance

Idaytesj29:
Hello! any link to an International Conference on Corrections, Prisons, Inmates or Policing in any state in the US?

NewBoyKhashoggi:



Hey !

Una team plenty here ooo 😁

@Debbieeeeee and

@Ess (who has allegedly gotten US visa twice but using it to criticize answers on Nairaland ).

Below is the question asked by @Idaytesj29

Hello! any link to an International Conference on Corrections, Prisons, Inmates or Policing in any state in the US?


Please i challenge both of you to give him appropriate answer . Give us the link.

@justwise i do hope you are following ? Don't say NewBoyKashoggi is shouting ooo. Na jeje i answer question ooo.

NewBoyKhashoggi:



Hey !

I have been here B4 YOU. Since take off..forget about this profile . Even before the birth of Nairal..
I'm just using this as a freestyle to cool time off by dolling out few knowledge. Not here for competition or to flex knowledge muscles.


There is God ..Don't give up.

Wumi261:
Please, everybody, I really need any assistance I can get at the moment. I am running out of time. I really need all the help I can get now.

Please...

NewBoyKhashoggi:


Hey !

@ Wunmi . Don't let anyone intimidate you into joining any group. It's not mandatory and joining group is not the basis or foundation reason of Nairaland. Anyone who cannot share information publicly here and mandating people to join a group has a personal intention. Nevertheless, i am not saying joining a free group that does not require money ís bad if that group will give you what you want .

Cool Down Wunmi. If you are a fresh applicant just login into your CGI page and pick your first appointment date . If you can travel i will advise pick Abuja because Abuja is naturally not crowdy as Lagos . After your first pick don't rush to reschedule.....Let me know how it goes . Nobody is a magician...we are all just trying .

There is God ..don't give up .

Offpointng:
Everyone is blaming the guy but no one want to care to know what the lady has done wrong. or what man in his right senses will chase a lady pregnant for him to do something this barbaric? Na woman una dey open chest support?

Meanwhile, we'll kindly sponsor Persephone1 to go look for husband in SA when she's ready

kindness001:
Hello all,

Please, I need your help.
I was recently refused an F2 Visa in Abuja Embassy.
During the course of the interview, the VO asked how long I have been married, and it's just 2 months before the interview, and the VO laid emphasis on it "just two months?", and the next thing was a blue paper.
Recently I got a new job with better pay, which will be barely 2 months if I plan to go for another interview in December, should I use this new job as a change in my circumstance?
Please, your suggestions are welcomed.

Secondly, I am in need of any F2 WhatsApp group link for mock session interview. Someone should please help me with one.

Thank you all.

ceede2:
.....actually one reliable agent that got her date handled the Ds 160, she provide all the info herself.

She work with one of the LCDA here in Lag but the interview was don in Abj

She's going there to attend one of our cousins wedding,, she said the VO didn't even ask her for any doc.
She applied for visiting (B1B2).

If she put herself together, I will aske her more about the interview.

She use the host as a sponsorer (our anuty) as agreed btw them.
Note: she have all the info about our anuty who invited her for the son's wedding...

Debbieeeeeee:

I know of a family who used another person as their point of contact instead of their overstaying family member(of course they couldn’t use the person), the embassy linked them to that one who overstayed after they escaped and renewed about once or twice they refused them even refused the two sisters husbands who got their visas before he married the sisters just because of the link, all the family members have been refused repeatedly. They went from Abuja to Lagos to Abuja constant refusals.

ceede2:
American Embassy are just denying people, without much question.

My kid sis was deny, no much question although this is her first time, does it mean they don't give Visa to first timer again.

She couldn't eat since morning 😔

Who filled her form? Was it for tourism or school? Does she work? Can her salary take care of her trip? Who is she visiting? If you can please post her transcript so people with experience can weigh in.

PeachtreeReside:



At all! Asking how they got their US citizenship is not anyone's business .

All they ask are based on what you filled in your form I.e your economic and family ties here in Nigeria.


You can of course ask their status in the US but not how they got that status.


It is not what many discuss anyways.

Debbieeeeeee:


The officer knows how they got their status by their pre checks and they usually don’t ask the person they’re interviewing because they already have their answers and yes I can say for a fact that it does affect, if they don’t find out the first time they will find out later.

Neduk2:


Thanks for your response, i have a well paying job over here and also my brother traveled through student route. Hope that won't be a problem during the interview ?

PeachtreeReside:



To be honest, how your US Contact got to the US is not a concern for them.


Establish your economic, financial and family ties to Nigeria .

Neduk2:
Hello please, i have a brother in the US who wants to invite me,he is a US citizen and works with US Army. Please i want to ask if i have a good chance if i apply?