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Zanemom:
Hi.
I just got my I20 from Murray state university to study Public Administration with concentration in public health. My undergraduate program is Law. I have 8 years experience in law practice and I intend to go with my 2 kids and spouse. Please what are my chances of visa approval? My sister inlaw, my husbands sister is sponsoring, a pharmacist in Georgia USA. Please guys help, as am scared of the outcome.

Big red flag on sponsorship…better find a way to make it look like you are sponsoring yourself..your I-20 should read personal funds, advisably F1 to go alone now and F2s can join later (this last part is not cast in stone tho, everything na grace)

mobbwc:
Hello House and Experts,

I would like to share the below B2 interview transcript and would appreciate comments on what may be wrong and/or what to prepare for/against ahead of the next interview. I am doing this because I cannot seem to figure out what the issue may be:

VO: What is the purpose of your visit?
App: To visit my child and baby grandchild.
VO: How much do you earn monthly?
App: N1M
VO: Do you have any other child in the US?
App: Yes, 1 more.
VO: Have you ever traveled with this passport?
App: Yes, {Mentions country}
End of interview.

For Context, App is a 50+ gainfully employed man (as stated in the DS)
I look forward to your helpful comments/

Interviews are divine grace..but explaining some certain things might give way.
To me what i saw wrong is that..what is the purpose of visit..he could have expatiate more instead of my child and grandchild as the answer.e.g I am visiting my child(name). He/she just gave birth bla bla..explain the reason for the visit based on the circumstances or create a circumstance that is close to being true that you can sell to the VO. How much do you earn monthly, he could have said the amount and still mention what he does to earn that amount. e.g I currently work with so so company as a so so so and i earn so so monthly. I will be embarking on my annual leave for this trip. Do you have a another child. He could have answered more by stating what the child does if a student, mention the school name and course, the year he/she will be graduating etc. depends on the status of the child. Have you ever traveled with this passport. Yes mention country amd what you went to do in those countries. Tourism, mention the places you visit and your experience, conference, mention what the conference is all about, work trip, mention what you do etc.
While i am not an expert, VO needs more info that will help your case, more believable story not just one word answer. Make it conversational like talking to your friend or buddy. But be careful not to spill too much. Better luck next time

Luxe031:
Hi All , I submitted my passport for drop box 5th of November , refused on the 19th after tracking it , I still don’t have my passport back , I’ve Been to the Ois office more than 5 times , I’ve sent emails , I’ve called .. I don’t know what else to do and I need to travel .. anyone else experiencing this pls ?

Sorry for the ordeal..has this been resolved yet?

Please help with the number and email you complaint to 🤲

[quote author=Debbie6534 post=133315076][/quote]Based on people experience, VO most times asked applicants that has been denied what has changed in their profile..we never can tell what was the reason she was denied, best is to pray for favour and then change her dad location to Nigeria. VO might not even asked what has changed self, but it would be nice if there’s something that has changed in her profile that can be use if question like that spring up.
It’s all grace and favour sometimes

Debbie6534:
Hello everyone. Please I need as much help as possible. My sister got an admission for Masters for Spring 2025 and her resumption date is January 16th. She has partial funding from the school. She got an interview date for December 13th. She went for the interview but was denied. Before the transcript, I would like to note that she filled in her DS 160 that she has a sibling in the US (which is me). I’m also a permanent resident here. Also, my dad is currently visiting. So where they asked in the DS 160 that is your father in US, she put yes.

So here goes her transcript as she sent it to me;


F1 visa( first attempt)
Visa delayed
Abuja embassy
COA: 28807
Deficit: 14807
13th December, 2024

VO: an Asian woman

VO: Good morning pass me your documents
Me: good morning ma'am, this is it ma.
VO: do you have a child?
Me: No, I don't have a child.
VO: Are you single?
Me: Yes I am single but I am(I was cut short)
VO: do you have a siblings in US?
Me: yes, I have a sister.....
V.O: where does she stays?
Me: Dallas Texas
V.O: What does she do?
Me my mind was not settled again, because she was not even asking any questions that have to do with my study) she works as xx in xx
V.O: your dad is also living in the US?
Me: Noooo, he only went for visiting........(Cut me short again)
V.O: how will you be paying for your deficit?( Typing hard.....)
Me: apart from the GRA I got from my department after series of 2 interviews and submission of outstanding documents (my steeze don drop here sha), my dad will be covering for my deficit,he is the..........(Naso mama cut me, as she heard my dad)
V.O: sorry.... Blah blah blah
Me:Thank you ma (collected my white denial paper jejeje)

After the interview, someone we told said we shouldn’t have filled that she has a sibling in the US. Please what can she do better next time?

Having the sister in the US shouldn’t be an issue, especially if the school is not in the same state or town, she could have just answered the question that her sister stays in so so which us different from this so so state she is going to study and won’t be depending on her during her course of study. She shouldn’t have put her father is in the US since he is just visiting and he is not staying there permanently. Since she put her dad is in US and they ask how she is covering her deficit and still mention same dad again, it can pass off as tho her dad is working in the US. This is just my personal opinion, I am not an expert. Next application, she should try to get full funding from the school, so if they ask what has changed since her last application, she can start off from a strong point and move on from there.

Curry814:
Please, has anyone gotten approved for an F1 visa without school funding for a master’s degree program? I know getting school funding will be helpful but I only got $3000 scholarship, which leaves my deficit at $33k.

I resume in January 2025 and I am currently at the appointment pre approval stage in my visa application process. It’s late now to get admission for another school for spring semester and my department doesn’t offer graduate assistantships.

I just want to know what my chances are so I can prepare accordingly. Thank you.

I will be honest with you, funding from school gives you some level of playground sha but people without funding still gets visa and some people with funding self get denied. So funding is good, luck can still find you without funding depends on the VO, make sure the story on how to cover your deficit is believable. I for one won’t advise anyone to enter the embassy without funding especially if it is your first attempt.
Best of luck

Zeni06:
My interview was on the 5th of December, when I got home I checked the status and it showed "Approved". On the 6th the Status changed to "Issued". I proceeded to check for my passport on OIS website and it kept showing "passport not ready for pickup" until yesterday morning when I checked and it showed "passport ready for pickup". I filled out the necessary information and booked a pick up for this morning. Thankfully pick up is free till the 31st of December.
Hope this answers your question.

Hi did they send you any notification or you just checked? Which website to check please

kes4glory:
I secured an MPOwer Loan for fall2024, however I didn't go ahead with the process.
I have an offer for Fall 2025, I'm concerned about the chances of visa approval with M power loan.

Please is it advisable to use MPOwer Loan as POF or use someone else's account for proof of funds.

I need your guidance guys, I need your wisdom to navigate this.

I will strongly advise you not to go with Mpower loan. Get the school to fund you.

Fortunelove:
I made a new payment because I was told the previous one would nit reflect because if the bank I used. Please ask questions, don't just jumo into conclusion. I'm resuming early in January and I paid since 27th November, I dont have as much time as you'd think.

I paid from another bank too and it reflected, I don’t know who is giving such info but irrespective the bottom line is, whether you pay in branch or online, it’s still the same wait unless you pay via credit card. I hope it reflects soon. It’s the system not the payment type or method. Even after payment, you will still have to wait for another pre-approval stage the best is to just be calm and be checking the portal everytime..best of luck

joan12:
For anyone still having "Invalid DS-160 confirmation number", cancel pending appointment and start all over after filling a new DS-160 form. That's what worked for me.

I have the following questions, pls if you can, I'd appreciate responses.

1. Pls, if anyone has successfully added applicant on this new platform (a child, to be specific), kindly share how.

2. Just to confirm, if the interview date is after the intended date of travel filled on the DS-160 form, is it advisable to fill another DS-160 form and take along on the interview date?

Thank you.

Not sure of question 1 but for question 2, you don’t need to fill any new DS-160

Fortunelove:
Good morning guys, I was stuck at payment for over a week and now I've finally gone to FBN Bank to make another payment. How do I proceed after the payment? I have inputted my amnetum reference number and it says bank details successfully updated but I have not seen the calendar to book an appointment.

Please how long does it take for me to be able to proceed? Also, has anyone used fbn to pay recently? Please this is very urgent. Thank you for your help

You people have a lot of money to throw around sha…after payment it takes some time to reflect, while it varies from person to person, you should have waited till the system picks up your payment. The system is new and they are still having a lot of issues with it. Paying another one won’t help your situation in anyway as it is a system thing and not your mode of payment. Best of luck anyways. You can create ticket on the AVITS portal and chat them but they don’t have solution other than to say they have escalated your concern

log1:
Can you explain further? How are you able to use two emails? Did you pay another visa fee and use a new email?

No now,, registering on the AVITS platform doesn’t require you pay first. You can use as many email as you like to register on the platform

log1:
No solution yet o

Haaa I have been able to secure date o…Around that time, I used two emails. Eventually when they sent a reset link, one of the emails worked and i was able to proceed with that, the other didn’t work till date. So my advise to you is to use another email.

Ezepikin:
Almost similar to my son's case because his aunt in the US will provide room and board for the duration of the program and she's also a part sponsor. We have indicated her address on the earlier DS160 form submitted as his residence. We intend to fill another form because interview date was not secured on time. They said no provision for profile update now, but we can fill a new form and come with it for the interview next month.
So for this particular one you advise that we change the earlier address of his aunt and fill with the DSO details?
1) Won't the VO compare both forms and notice the change?
2) How can this information not be mentioned if he's asked about where he's going to stay because she actually got him a place. Won't the VO ask of their relationship?

I'll appreciate your answers. Thank you.

I am not really an expert here but just talking based on past experience on filling DS-160…for US contact part it can be the school details and then the relative or family side can be the cousin details since i guess it’s an undergraduate study and not advance study. That’s just an opinion you can talk to other people that are more experience on this. I thought it was a masters study that’s why i said you should remove the cousin details part.

Ajalalomo:
I registered with AVITS to book appointment for interview, but I am getting an error message that “user is inactive”.

I have tried multiple times on my phone and laptop.

Chatted with them this morning. This is what the operator said.

Ajalalomo:
I registered with AVITS to book appointment for interview, but I am getting an error message that “user is inactive”.

I have tried multiple times on my phone and laptop.

Welcome to the club

log1:
I doubt that, the only solution is to continue to talk to the AVIT operator through call or chat until we are to reach an experienced operator.

Hi any headway?

log1:
Thanks for your notes. Actually we were able to get hold of actual person through chat and call. They promised to escalate the case, however I got a link to reset the password but it didn’t work. Still seeing user inactive.

I got same but I didn’t reset my password anyways because i have done it severally with no result. So i just left hoping and waiting sha

Muniquelily:
I am filling the DS-160m form for my son who is going to study in the US. Which address should I enter fro the question "Where will you stay in the US" the school address or the address of my husband's cousin who are residents in the US. He would be staying there when he is on holidays.

From experience..it’s better you keep that information of your husband’s cousin to yourself and not even mention it during interview. The school details including the name of the DSO on the I-20 should be what you will put in the US contact person

Nadetele:
Hello everyone. Please how can I solve this issue.
I tried to create an account with AVITS but I couldn't log in.
The system keep saying that "User is inactive"
I have checked for activation link from my mail, junk box, spam and all since Saturday without any luck.
I tried using someone's email but still the same result.
I tried chatting them but there was no way to chat with a real human, it was only bot with limited question and answers they provided. You can't type questions, you can only click on limited amount of questions they provided.
I also called, using the online call they provided, it was also a bot that responded.
I called one of the phone numbers they provided, but MTN said the number does not exist.

Please anyone with real answer on how I can move forward should please help me

Here is what i did just now to be able to chat with actual human. I clicked on visa service then i clicked on already paid mrv fee and it gave me option to chat with support, so i told them what the issue is and i sent them my email. They said they have escalated it to support sha. Hopefully, they resolve soon, you can try that option as well

log1:
Hopefully someone has a solution to this. I have someone who is experiencing thesame issue. No solution yet, AVIT call or chat personnel couldn’t provide a solution

Can we get someone that has access that can help raise a ticket on our behalf with the email we use, maybe that could help. Just thinking 🤔

Nadetele:
Hello everyone. Please how can I solve this issue.
I tried to create an account with AVITS but I couldn't log in.
The system keep saying that "User is inactive"
I have checked for activation link from my mail, junk box, spam and all since Saturday without any luck.
I tried using someone's email but still the same result.
I tried chatting them but there was no way to chat with a real human, it was only bot with limited question and answers they provided. You can't type questions, you can only click on limited amount of questions they provided.
I also called, using the online call they provided, it was also a bot that responded.
I called one of the phone numbers they provided, but MTN said the number does not exist.

Please anyone with real answer on how I can move forward should please help me

I have the same issue since Saturday..I even thought because yesterday is an holiday in the US that’s why I couldn’t chat with real human. It’s still same thing today. It’s extremely frustrating tbh. No help, no one to talk to, hopefully we get resolution soon

annabee:
Yeah, probably. Not sure the embassy will work today. All government establishments are closed today.

I want to believe that’s why, till tomorrow then i will be certain because I can’t believe there won’t be any channel to lay complaints

annabee:
It usually takes 24 hours. When did you pay? We have public holidays in the states today (Columbus day).

Ohh could this be why I can’t chat on the new visa website with actual human?

deees:
yes, just follow the prompts.

I have followed the prompt, i clicked on visa services then new applicant then assistance related to user account..it is just giving me pre recorded answers to create user account…no actual place to click on to chat with human

agabusta:
Click to chat and click to call are at the bottom right

https://www.usvisaappt.com/visa/country?country=NG

Is there a way to chat or talk with actual human..it os BOT that is chatting

deees:
Before you get to the login page, you will see a chat and call icon. Or simply reduce the url to the basic one usvisaapt.com and click on Nigeria, you will see the call and chat icon to the right bottom corner.

Yeah i saw that and explore it, it was only the bot that was interacting, no option to transfer to a human. Just prerecorded chat. Or is there a way i can navigate to chat with an actual human?

deees:
I think it's just better to start the process all over again. The system is the most incompetent system I have encountered in my life. They also lie with ease, I am applying for the first time on the new system, I had paid since the last week of August, I called them last week to complain of inability to fix visa interview, the agent first confirmed that I have a valid payment with them and when I inquired about why I haven't gotten a date, he started issuing one false excuse after another, when I show the failure of logic in all his excuses, he said the problem is with my payment, I asked if he was the same person that just confirmed my payments some minutes prior, he then apologised that the payment is intact that it will soon be resolved, till date, it is yet to be resolved. They either do not know their function or the Lagos embassy is filled with people that are not willing to work. I have resolved to take the advice here and start all over again but after 3 months, they still find it so hard to send verification email in time. I even tried calling today, the site said there is a public holiday so there are no agents, and this is an outrageous lie as there is no holiday either in Nigeria or the US.

Please how can i call them, i tried creating an account yesterday but I didn’t receive activation code up till bow. I tried with another email this morning, still same thing. I have tried to search how i can make complaints on their website with no luck. Please how can i call or make complaints.

Milito:
At what stage at the appointment booking steps does it stop?

Avits is definitely overwhelmed with myriad of issues. I doubt they did a proper stress test before rolling out. Or maybe they are using us here as the secondary stress test. Lol

I registered yesterday and up till now I haven’t gotten activation mail. Do you know how i can make complaints as i have searched everywhere on the website without any luck.

annabee:
Wow! prayers up for you because you need to chat with support to send you an activation email for your account to be active and that usually takes 24 hours. my mom's account took 48 hours to be active.

Hi annabee, how can i chat support, I haven’t gotten activation link and i have been looking for how to make complaints to them to no avail. Kindly share if you know a way around this. Thanks

aieromon:
Send a mail to customerservice@nipost.gov.ng to ascertain the location of your package.

It landed in Nigeria on the 24th of July.

Thanks for your help bro. I have received the package.

aieromon:
Send a mail to customerservice@nipost.gov.ng to ascertain the location of your package.

It landed in Nigeria on the 24th of July.

Thank you very much bro.. I will send them email tomorrow.