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CoconutiHR:
Good morning everyone,

Please I have a question, will the flight ticket be accepted if the booking expires two days after the date for the biometrics?? Or will this count against my application?
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Please I'll appreciate your responses thank you.

cucumbar:
VISA alert !!!

Applied for nertherland visa through the French embassy.
Submitted 21/02/2025 at Lagos TLS
Received a mail for collection today (17/03/25).

This is actually the longest time I’ll wait for a response 😡

Was given 90 days multiple entry eventhough I asked for 14 days single entry.

I applied for Nertherland and don’t intend to go to France, but nothing on the visa indicates that it’s a nertherland visa.

I hope it wont count against me subsequently if I don’t get stamped in in France.🤔

tpain121:
Abeg, who knows how I can apply for Netherlands visa ?

They said I should go through the French embassy,

But there’s no the form where they have main destination of stay, there’s no option to choose anywhere outside France.

I don’t intend visiting France at all.

Someone please help🙏

Habibasunramu:
Tried this numbers, but it is saying I can’t call this numbers

Habibasunramu:
Pls who knows the customer care number for the American embassy,

Habibasunramu:
Pls who knows the customer care number for the American embassy,

Lanrebobokay:
Dear House,

Please can someone advice or explain how to reschedule for appointment after IW and receiving the 221g

olasubomy:
Yes, he paid 31 dollars, the equivalent in Naira. I forgot to mention that sorry. That is becuase he was able to schedule appointment online without paying but if you pay online while scheduling an appointment, i dont see them asking you to repeat the payment again.

olasubomy:
Thank you, Oyotunji USA for your valuable response and as further update, he just informed me IOS has later found it among thier records and he has collected it but it was a very rough day for him.

olasubomy:
HI OyoTunjiUSA,

What do you think or any gurus in the house?

My cousin's visa got "Approved" and later "issued" dated August 26th. He had earlier gone to pick it up but was told the passport is not yet with them (OIS) and he needs to book an appointment. This was later tracked this week on the IOS site and the system gave feedback "Your passport is available for pick-up".

The appointment was booked on OIS site but the acknowledged appointment slip indicated the passport is at DHL Office - Muri Okunola Sandiland Arcade Building, Plot 230, Muri Okunola Street,Victoria Island. but on getting to DHL at the appointed time, he was told the passport is at OIS and on getting to OIS at Victoria Island, he was told oh no! it is with DHL. Now, i am told people are gathered at OIS not having a clue were thier passport is?

Is anyone having this same challenge?

djbaju:
😂😂😂 this ones are superb in this venture, the only way to win this game is to get informed before hand, if not they will format whatever one belief is, and being anxious to go in and get ur visa also will make some people fall prey to this. Thank you boss, thank you for constant updates on here to our questions

Abk2019:
Pls someone should respond to my question. Is it possible to get a visit visa without applying with your spouse??

djbaju:
Thank you for the update, I got the receipt eventually, but when I got to Walter Carrington the touts outside were telling people to print another receipt that carries the cgi logo, they said this calmly like they really want to help you, but when i got inside I asked one of the staffs and he told me I was scammed, I saw almost every of the applicant with that same receipt meaning they paid 30-25k, cos the story they are cooking is that without the CGI receipt, one will be turned back. I negotiated to 15k, maybe many people will be able to negotiate too and pay like 25-20k, the bottom line is that I got scammed and other people that fell for that story too. I want to advise anyone that sees this and is going for an interview no matter the persusation pls don't make a photocopy or print out of your data page, or any other document that is been preached to you, it is a scam they don't ask for many things those guy always use scope to sell it to people. DS160, Appointment letter and your receipt are enough. Main docs

beautyuche:
Hi, guys here is an update for those of us who live outside Lagos and Abuja. If you submitted your passport by dropbox and have your passport approved on the website tracker but no mail regarding passport pick up. Here is what I was advised today when I went to the OIS office in Port Harcourt they said passports can only be picked up from their Abuja or Lagos office.
To track your passport go to appointment.oisservices.com follow the prompt and proceed to know if they have your passport. If this is confirmed, find a way to pick it up yourself.

Please note they do not run a dispatch service for passports so you will have to pick them up yourself or give an authorization letter to someone in Lagos or Abuja.

Sinecera89:
Greetings everyone.
Please now that transition to a new visa site is almost complete, I want to find out if DHL is still being used for the distribution of stamped visa passports as indicated in our choice of document delivery center.
Thanks in anticipation.

sakieja:
Good afternoon , please I still need your help on where to pay for American visa fee by now.last month that I went to GTBank to pay,they didn't attend to me.please I need your insight on a way to go about it.thank you






quote author=Ikebabay post=131525350]The US is changing their visa services provider this August and I believe that is why you could not pay in the bank.

I copied the following info from the article they shared on their page. If your travel is not urgent, I'll suggest you wait till August 26 when the new visa appointment website goes live. It looks like you may be able to pay on the new site direct.

"August 8, 2024 – Last day to pay visa fees in cash at the bank.

August 15, 2024 – Last day to access your account on ustraveldocs.com to pay the visa application fee online, schedule appointments, and contact customer service.

August 21, 2024 – Last day to drop off your documents at Premium Delivery locations.

August 23, 2024 – Last day to drop off your documents at regular courier locations for delivery to the Embassy or Consulate.

August 26, 2024– New visa appointment website goes live. Fee payments, appointment scheduling, and customer service are available. New document drop-off and pickup locations are available."

You can read the full article on their site using the link below.

https://ng.usembassy.gov/attention-visa-service-change-notice/


That said, if you have the GTB app, you might still be able pay online today. Someone can also pay on your behalf using the GTB app.

For fees, the current B1/B2 fee is N305250. The fee in USD remains 185USD but the amount in naira changes as the exchange rate fluctuates.

You can check the link below for the latest info on GTBank

https://www.gtbank.com/personal-banking/services/e-banking/us-visa-fees-payment

thediva:
Thank you so much for this. I dropped my passport on the 10th of July, and have got no email, the ceac website keeps telling me it has no info. I tried the new website, opened a ticket, got an auto response to wait for 48hours same as others. I tried to book a pickup appointment last week, it did not work. After seeing your post now, I tried again and got an appointment to pick up for $0. Pickup location is Idowu Taylor. I still do not know for sure that it is there, but I will go. Thank you. Your post encouraged me to try it again.

Mongodbjs:
Could my IW delay be connected to the fact that my last Dropbox visa approval was not used at all. But in the period I did a lot of travels in Europe Schengen , UK and canada , I just didn’t feel so interested in visiting the US during the visa validity period . In fact last December I was in Ottawa not so far from New York but somehow I just didn’t have a reason to visit the US . I’ve visited the US multiple times in the past. Could it be that the delay in IW is related to the fact that I didn’t use the last visa ? I’m just confused . I met someone at OIS today who submitted same day as me but his own is issued

Prettymundne:
need some advice, please. When I first applied, the earliest available appointment was in 2026, so I selected that date, planning to request an emergency appointment closer to the time I needed to travel to the U.S. However, the website has since changed, and even though I've already paid, there's no record of my previous application, nor have I received any email instructions to register on the new platform. I need to be in the U.S. by November and am unsure whether I should reapply and pay the significant fee again. Could you please advise? Also is there a chance to expedite your application if need be

customised87:
Thank you all.
I have been able to figure it out. It was the system glitching earlier.
Got an appointment for Sept 10

Twindado:
Good morning people,

I booked an appointment (family of 3) scheduled for Sept 11(IW) on the old website (ustraveldocs.com) and I have printed out appointment confirmation as instructed on the old platform. Up till now, I have not gotten a link to the new platform. Reading from here, I got to know that the new drop off address is 14 Idowu Taylor Street, Victoria Island. What do I do about this? Should I go ahead on the 11th September to the drop address to drop my documents? @OyotunjiUSA any assistance from you

Blackfinegirl:
where is the drop off location in lagos?

Eddykurrent:
"I submitted my passport for an Interview Waiver at DHL Abuja on August 19th, and by August 29th, the visa was issued. However, I haven’t received any pickup notification from DHL yet. I visited the DHL office in Benin yesterday, but they informed me that they don’t have my passport. I'm feeling confused as the old tracking website no longer works, and there’s no way for me to track the passport.

What should I do at this point?"

Mjolnir:
so, someone knowledagble should pls correct me.

i qualified and applied for dropbox in july and got a sept 2024 date. with the website change, the us visa peeps said they will mail a link for us to register on the new site by 31st august. today is 5th sept, and nothing yet on that.

my dropbox date is 20th sept, and I want to ensure, I am not missing out on anything I should have done, or supposed to do.
so am still waiting for the follow up mail from the us embassy --kindly confirm if this is correct

Aramide2041:
What can i do?

Eddykurrent:
"I submitted my passport for an Interview Waiver at DHL Abuja on August 19th, and by August 29th, the visa was issued. However, I haven’t received any pickup notification from DHL yet. I visited the DHL office in Benin yesterday, but they informed me that they don’t have my passport. I'm feeling confused as the old tracking website no longer works, and there’s no way for me to track the passport.

What should I do at this point?"

Browser123:
I asked last week if anyone has received a pickup email and no one has shared their experience so I'm sharing mine as I got our passports today.
We were scheduled to leave for the US last Friday but I had to move our flights because we did not have our passports. I'm on a work visa so I have return tickets to the US.
The new site says to wait 48 hours but no one seems to know anything. If it's 48 hours from August 26th, we are way past that and no email still. I understand a system change can be disruptive but this was done very badly.
So today I created an account on the OIS website and set up an appointment to pickup our passports, it let me do so @ $0 and my pickup location was dhl muri okunola which was the delivery location I chose when I set up the interview waiver appointment. I went there and they said they do not have the passports so I should go to OIS. We got to OIS and there was a lot of people waiting to pickup their passports. The common theme seems to be that no one received pickup emails, they just showed up like I did. DHL has been taking passports to OIS so if you can track your passport on the CEAC website and it's been issued for a while and you are on a time crunch, go to OIS. Be prepared to wait a bit, there were lists of names and passport numbers that they were going to check first then they either tell you they don't have it and to come back or they have it. In my case they had our passports and I paid #48k per passport to receive them. Good luck to everyone.

OyoTunjiUSA:
Hey 🤠

1. You will still have to wait for the pickup notification before further action, but to hint you, you must register on the 3rd party webpage for your pick up to be successful.

PS: Check VISA status below ....

https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?App=NIV

PS: The 3rd party agent for pick up :

https://www.oisservices.com/services

2. @yvy follow suit.

Best Wishes 🙏

Jtom301:
hello all,

i paid the visa fee. i am unable to proceed to date selection instead i got

Preapproval request is being processed. what does this imply? is this an interview request Or?

Jtom301:
hello all,

i paid the visa fee. i am unable to proceed to date selection instead i got

Preapproval request is being processed. what does this imply? is this an interview request Or?

customised87:
This is also helpful to me, thank you! My mum’s IW appointment was rescheduled to 11th September.
Do you know where the drop off location will be or will this still be at DHL?