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Dear VO,

Please can you help confirm if Form I 212 ( Application for Permission to Reapply for Admission into United States after Deportation or Removal) treated at the Lagos Embassy and under what circumstance would the form be accepted for a visa applicant. Thank you

Dear VO,
Thank you for you response. The problem is that I have already booked for a visa appointment next month. I guess we were misled by the Department of Homeland Security Customer Redress program and the Director Admissibility and Passenger Programs (Office of Field Operations) who wrote us to that I should file form i 212 form ( Application for Permission to Reapply for Admission into United States after Deportation or Removal) at the embassy when requesting for visa. Sincerely we do a lot of business with the US, and we are even member of the US Department of Commerce NUSA program in Lagos. Inability to renter the US may mean an end to our business with US companies and like you recommended we switch to China where we are still welcome.

Dear VO,
Thank you for the great job you are doing here and responding timely to your messages.
My husband and I own a company here in Nigeria and we represent two American companies in Nigeria. I was traveling to the United States in February 2014 to have a baby and also conduct business on b1/b2 visa. The CBP official said that i was unable to rebut the presumption that i was an intending immigrant that I did not demonstrate that I had the financial means to cover my expenses in the United States. I was charged under section 212(a)7(a)(i)(i), immigrant without documents. Visa was cancelled and i was deported and barred from entering the United States for 5 years. The Case was reported to Department of Homeland Security DHS Redress. I got a reply in August 2015 from a Director Admissibility and Passenger Programs (Office of Field Operations) that I should file form i 212 form at the embassy when requesting for visa.

My question is this
1. I am applying with my husband and children as a family. Will my application (decision) affect their application? My husband and one child (age 5) are renewing their visa, while two children (age 2 & 1) are first time applicants.
2. Will the visa officer automatically collect the form i 212 from me or i will have to make a case for him/her to collect it?
3. What is the average time to process the form i 212?
4. Will my passport be released back to me while the form i 212 is being processed just incase i have to travel for other business endeavors? Will my spouse and children passport be held back as well since we are all appplying together?
5. Any recommendations about submitting the form i 212 that may help my case.