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Greatkenny2:
Hello everyone, please I need some advice. So, in my visa interview last year, I listed my cousin in the U.S. as my sponsor, but I indicated her as ‘sister’ on my ds120 because we grew up together. Now, I have a new school with cheaper tuition, and I want to use my elder brother in Nigeria as my sponsor instead. Is it okay to change my sponsor from my cousin in the U.S. to my brother here? Will they ask me why I switched sponsors during the interview? in this situation, who would be the best person to use as a sponsor?

Please guys I could use some advice here

Billions123:
Oh, no funding but cheaper fees?

Do you have funding at all? Or the fee is just cheaper?

Billions123:
The VO will ask what has changed from your last application, just tell him you have more funding now unlike the last time.

He will also ask if you have someone in the USA, don't lie. They have it in their record already from your last application.

Billions123:
What is your sister/cousins status in the US?

Ceecee20:
Yea am going with Lagos, my resumption is march and the available dates in Abuja are from July and that of Lagos are from January 2026, so I just had to pick that of Lagos that is in January 2026 and then a requested for emergency appointment and am waiting for their response/approval

Ceecee20:
Done that, waiting for their response if it’s approved

kamsy101:
what date are getting Greatkenny2

Ceecee20:
Waiting for their response

kamsy101:
Ceecee were you able to get date through expedite?

Ceecee20:
I just noticed that the earliest date to select from in Lagos starts from January 2026 😔

No dates currently for 2025

SEQUIN:
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I’m having same issue, I raised a ticket and they asked me to clear my browser, if it doesn’t work I can raise another ticket for escalation, which I have done

Chemist4life:
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Good morning,
I am an F1 visa applicant,i was accepted into spring 2025 academic program to study *****, United States..the start date on my 1-20 is 13th january 2025 , howverber, i will be needed to be in school as early as the 5th of january for there will be an orientation program for graduate students but I have been experiencing difficulties while trying to schedule an appointment on AVITS. I have paid the mrv and sevis fees and i'm currently in the pre-approval stage. Is there anything that can be done to expedite this, that would allow me to resume my academic program in the United States on time,.please, find attached my form i-20, evidence of visa and sevis fees payment to this email for your kind perusal

Thank you.

Ceecee20:
Be patient and keep checking it from time to time, it will enter the next stage

Blackfinegirl:
You are good to go

JohnOlajide96:
Yes you can get pass this stage with Amentum number, but the comes the issue where I need to select the visa center. Have anyone gone past this issue??

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Pazxr:
Please I am stuck here and have written several messages and created a lot of tickets what's the way forward?

MOOJ:
I need assistance with an issue I have been experiencing while trying to book my visa appointment. After making an online payment through First Bank, I encountered the following issues:

When I input my bank deposit details, the system displays the message: "Given payment receipt does not exist."
When I use my Amentum reference number, it redirects me to the preapproval request section. However, after entering all required details, I get the error message: "Query did not return a unique result: 2. Nested exception is 'javax.persistence.NonUniqueResultException: query did not return a unique result: 2.'"
I have been facing these issues for two weeks now and urgently need to book/schedule an appointment for my visa interview. Could you please advise on how to resolve this?

Thank you for your time and assistance.

JohnOlajide96:
I am having the same issues as of today. So sad, any solution yet??

somtosomto:
yes i was told to create the new profile in order to send them a ticket. they never sent a mail to migrate

chidiakwari:
VO: Who’s is your sponsor? Who is covering/ paying for the deficit? Who’s is paying for your trip.? The question can come in any of these format.

Answer: My sister will be covering the Deficit. My sister will be paying for my trip. My sister will be sponsoring my Masters program. These answers should suffice.

NB: do not go about rambling about all the company she didn’t own and how much millions she earns monthly. Simply wait for further question.


VO: what does she do? Why is she sponsoring you? Is she married? Does she have kids? These can be possible follow up questions.