Glorioussugar:
Please should I choose/ reply in this case?

You haven't submitted Your DS160? I thought you have. If you haven't then I'm really not happy that you are very slow and not serious with this process.

Regarding your question, click yes and provide the websites/social media you are in along with your handle there. Eg Facebook, LinkedIn, Nairaland, Twitter etc.

Glorioussugar:


Oh my goodness I’m so scared. Please has someone extended his/her petition before? Was it successful? Do I need to call them? I can’t sleep. I’m so worried

Haven't you picked a date yet? Why are you delaying? You are really putting yourself at unnecessary risk if you haven't picked the available date.

But if you have picked a date, don't worry your case petition will be extended. Just send them an email as I had advised. Tell them you scheduled a date but the date is beyond the petition expiration date and thus you are seeking an extension. Once you do that, they will respond in a weeks time.

sharpman1:
So someone in a group i belong to said her fiance was denied the K1 visa and the reason given was that the validity of the NOA2 approval had passed. She had sent an email to the consulate asking for an extension and the consulate had responded saying the extension is at the discretion of the interviewing CO. They tried to show the email and the response to the CO but the CO did not look at it and went on to deny on the basis of an expired petition.

Now, usually, the practice is that once you book your interview date before the approval expires, even if the date you got is outside the validity date, the validity is automatically extended by 6 months which is at the discretion of the CO....so it was surprising that the CO refused to extend. Hopefully that was an unusual situation and possibly there were other issues involved that the CO did not want to waste time on...hence the excuse for that refusal.

Again, just as I told Sukey, you don't know the details of the person's case. Perhaps the validity of the petition expired even before he was able to schedule a date. When I sent a mail to the embassy requesting I didn't get the response "extension is at the discretion of the CO". I was just told that I should endeavor to schedule a date before the petition expires. They said it didn't matter if the date I was able to get is beyond the petition's expiration date.

My advice for new K1 visa applicants:

Once your case is approved and is forwarded to the NVC (you have your NVC number) and then it is sent to the embassy. As soon as it shows READY on the CEAC website please SCHEDULE your appointment. Don't wait for any packet 3 or packet whatever.
Of course, email the embassy and ask for your packet but schedule your interview while you wait. You can pick a date far off but still within the validity period to give the consulate time to get ready for you but don't wait for their email before you schedule. With the way interview dates are hard to come by, if you wait, probability of available dates being outside the validity period will be high. This is to avoid stories that touch.

Nobody gets penalized if the reason he or she missed the expiration date is because the Embassy failed to send the Packet 3 on time. But I agree with your recommendation if the person wants to be quicker with the whole K1 interview Process.

Now for those having to pick dates outside the validity period, you don't have any choice but to pick the next available earliest date so pick your date ASAP......but send an email to the embassy asking for an extension explaining the difficulty in getting a date. Make sure you have the email and any response printed and taken with you to the interview just in case. By God's grace the petition will be automatically extended by six months which is the usual practice.

Yeah it will be automatically extended IF the person had already picked an interview date. I can't say for other scenarios.

Sukey:


@legitbachelor...so I met a man today whose petition is going to expire on the 19th if this month,I think his fiancée called the embassy and they gave him a date themselves for the same 19th(expiry day of his petition)and he didn’t even send them an email,he just called and it was later he sent them an email.

You don't know the detail of his case. Perhaps his was not K1. Or Perhaps USCIS/NVC/US Embassy made a mistake on his case thus are teying to help resolve the consequence of the mistake they created. Perhaps. But I don't know.

What I know is that for K1 Visa, you are the one to schedule the interview date, not the Embassy. And as long as you scheduled your date before the Petition expires, you are fine.

Drenimarcus:


Legit bro, did your status of your I145 change before the ead? I meant was it on fingerprint review completed before the ead came in?

It changed from "finger print review completed" to "case ready to be scheduled for interview". It's still reads that till now.

Glorioussugar:


Please am I sending the email to embassy or to NVC?

To the Embassy: LagosIV@state.gov

Study4life:

To pick a date? But the approved petition would have expired by 2nd of January 2020 but available dates for interviews on the calender started from 8th of January 2020.

It doesn't matter. Just pick the earliest available date. If you delay you might not see those dates again.

I dont knw if you understood the question? How can one pick a date when his petition has expired before the available dates on the calendar

I understood you perfectly. Don't worry that there's no available date before the expiry date. Just go ahead and pick the earliest date available. If you delay, you'll end up not picking any date and the petition will expire on you.

Study4life:
Pls the elders in the house,
what is the way forward for someone whose approved K1 petition will expired by 2nd of January 2020 but the available dates for an interview appointment now is from 8th of January 2020?

Go ahead and pick the available date asap.

Can a date be given by the US embassy before the expiration date of the approved K1 petition?

No

Glorioussugar:


Yes I got it. Thanks a lot

I'm glad you finally got it. So now you don't have to worry about your petition expiration date, it should automatically be extended. I will however advice that you send an email to the Embassy to inform them that you've scheduled a date and also request that they extend your expiry date so that you can go for your interview. This is just to prevent any long story.

Special thanks to Dutchleez.

Sage7:
Guys,

Does my wife need to submit her tax returns for spousal visa alongside the i-130 or she needs to wait till an affidavit of support is required??

Someone should please direct me to any spousal thread in this forum.

I advice she submits her tax return, pay stubs and other financial documents (even though it is not requested). I've seen cases of people getting RFIE for Evidence of Financial Support.

mrversatile:
Hello house, Please can any of the senior men here give a step by step procedure on how to adjust status after marriage. Thank you
Cc @sharpman1 @LegitBachelor @Drenimarcus

The link Drenimarcus provided is perfect. Follow it judiciously. You can ask specific questions if you are having any issues.

I will also advice that you go and get the NPC Birth Certificate/Attestation which you will submit along with any other Birth Certidicate that you have. This is because there is now a pattern of people getting RFIE because of Birth Certificate.

Secondly, if you completed the required vaccination, you don't need to do any medical examination again in the States. You don't even need to fill the form I-693. All you need to do is photocopy the form DS-3025 given to you by the hospital where you did your medical checkup here in Nigeria and attach with the AOS application.

gladeria:
Good morning all.. Hope you're all doing great. Please has anyone ever paid for k2 visa.. I paid for k 98,050(fiance or spouse visa) @gtb and they said k2(child of k1) is not registered on their profile. I have called and emailed Lagosiv but no response till now. I need to schedule interview asap o. I don't know what to do.. Is k2 payment under k? If I select k as payment for k2 ,the receipt will bear fiance or spouse visa which is not acceptable right?

You need to pay another 98,050 for your Child. And what you are paying for is K Visa and not K1 or K2 or K3 or K4. The Banks don't differentiate the kind of K Visa. The same applies if you are applying for Spousal Visa (IR or CR), you and your Child will each pay 98,050.

So much money right? Yeah I know, it's expensive.

Treasureprince1:
I've not been approved yet o, have you forgotten so soon I'm the last born, we filed early last month, I'm just jejely waiting for NOA2,

Oh yeah I forgot. You are the last born.....but that will end very soon and you will have someone you senior

Treasureprince1:
bacherhood certificate? Please must everyone go to the embassy with this or is it limited to some people?

No need to go with it. I did it during front loading at the petition stage. But since you have been approved by USCIS, and there are no concerns on your side on whether the Embassy might doubt you, then you don't need the certificate. The reason he needs it is because he and his fiance did Traditional Introduction which might be confusing to the Embassy sometimes.

Sukey:
Good morning And I wish everybody a blissful month.please I need help on how to get the bachelorhood certificate and how much it costs.

Just as I said here on this thread you can do it with the Local Government where you live or with Ikoyi Marriage Registry. I did mine with my local government and it cost me around 15 to 20k. They did everything for me including the Court Affidavit. Ikoyi Registry is more expensive, I'm told. But you can choose to do it there if you want.

Gudnexvincent:
I'll like to know this pls.

Can pregnancy affect my K1 process? During the medicals or at any other point. Thanks..

The straight answer to your question will be no. However X-Ray is mandatory for all applicants thus if you are concerned about the rays affecting your baby then you might have to wait till after delivery before you can do the X-Ray and continue with your application process. However I'm told that you get to wear a shield to protect the baby from any rays during the X-Ray procedure. The choice is up to you.

Glorioussugar:


Amen. Thanks a lot.

When exactly is your petition expiring? If close (like one week to expiry), I recommend you send them an email requesting an extension.

Congrats @mekusa10. Wish you guys a happy love life.

Dutchleez:
Hi Guys!

I made payment earlier today and I’ve been trying to proceed by inputting the transaction reference but each time I did I kept seeing the response in red bar. Am I missing out something or the payment is yet to be processed to their server? I’d greatly appreciate prompt response.

I always advice to wait till the next day before you try to schedulw an appointment. It takes hours for the receipt number to be keyed into the ustraveldocs system.

vivydoll:



Please how do I go about the immunization records demands by the hospital where i was asked to do my medicals .

If you have any immunization records youve had in the past, go along with it. But if you don't have then Just go without them. The essense of the immunization records is to see if there's any injection that you can skip.

capello1:



@LegitBachelor, please can birth certificate / attestation be issued same day ?

It took me 5 days to get my Attestation. But I think it's possible to fast track it within a day if some palms are greased. It's usually the signing that takes time. During my time, I was told the Director was not on seat.

DankbaresHerz:


bros legit, i sent you a mail, kindly reply. Thank you

Replied.

hammed71:
OK

ATTESTATION OF BIRTH- ***** HAMMED *****
Decree no.69 of December,1992 on Births,deaths, etc,(Compulsory Registration) of Federal Military Government of Nigeria assigned the function of the registration of Births,Deaths,Marriages, Divorces etc, and issuance of such relevant certificates to National Population Commission with effect from 1988.
With reference to the application for Letter of Attestation of Birth from the bearer *****HAMMED****** and a copy of statutory Declaration of Age of 9th day of September, 2019 obtained at the High Court Registry, Holden at Ibadan, Oyo State of Nigeria.
*****Hammed***** was born at Lagos in **** LGA of Lagos state on the ***day of ****month,1994 to the family of Mr ***** **** ****(father) from **** in *** Local government area of ****state of Nigeria and ***** ***** ****(mother) from **** in **** local government area of **** state of Nigeria. and that ***** Hammed***** is an indigene of **** in *** local government area of***state of Nigeria.
This falls beyond the coverage of the Decree No 69 of December 1992 for issuance of Birth Certificate.
In the light of the above information, gratefully accept this Birth of Attestation Letter in respect of *****Hammed****
Thank you for your cooperation.

This letter did not give an acceptable reason why you were given attestation leter instead of the actual birth certificate.

I just read the Decree No 69 of December 1992 and there is no place where I saw that someone cannot register his or her birth if he or she is 18 years old. In fact there is a provision for late registration of Birth in the Act. I will provide it below:

Late registration of birth  
(1) A person applying for the late registration of the birth of a child under section 10 (2) of the Act shall accompany the application with a sworn affidavit stating‐  
(a) the name of the child;  
(b) the date and place of birth of the child;  
(c) the name of the mother of the child;  
(d) the name of the father of the child;  
(e) the reason for not registering the birth within the time specified for registration;  
(f) such other information as may be required by the Commission

So I wonder why they say your case falls beyond the coverage of the Act.

I've heard of people who were even born before 1992 and yet got the NPC Birth Certificate so I wonder why yours will be different. Your parents (or uncle or guardian) can always swear an affidavit for you if that's the issue.

My advice: go back there and plead your case...you might have to part with some money (which is unfortunate) or you go to your Local Government Office and request for the NPC Birth Certificate there. I honestly don't think the USCIS guys will agree that your case does not merit a Birth Certificate.

cc: Capello1

Treasureprince1:
no be small thing ooo, thanks for explaining this to me, we didn't front load but we included the passport stamps, visa, air tickets, 26 pictures and boarding passes of our visit to Tanzania, we also included our travel details of when i came back to Naija with her, please I hope those stuffs will help as well baba Legitbachelor

If I knew I would have submitted our chats, my bank statements and hers as well but that never crossed our minds, but there's no cause for panic right?

You are fine. No cause for alarm.

Treasureprince1:
I've been going through the testimonies on visa journey portal, please what does front loading a petition mean? Almost everyone is using the slang there

Sorry I intended replying this but forgot. Front loading is simply submitting load of documents that you believe would prove your case whether it was requested for or not. This is done while your fiance is submitting the i129F document to USCIS.

During my time, what we did was to submit any document we feel will validate the information we provided on the i129F form. This include things like me and my wife's employment documents, me and my wife's bank statement, my wife's tax documents, receipts of things I bought for her, visa stamps for the several countries I've been to along with boarding passes, pictures of us together, chats, emails, and so on. My woman said the document was so heavy...lol.

Note however that the documents has to be properly arranged so that it will be easy for the USCIS guys to read through else it could be a disaster. Note also that you have to endeavor not to miss out the critical documents while front loading. The critical documents are listed out in the USCIS website.

hammed71:
guys a random question, I applied for my birth certificate at NPC because I was born in 1994, but to my surprise they gave me an attestation, I tried arguing and explaining to them that I was supposed to get a birth certificate but they said the attestation was the right thing since I was already above 18 when I came to do it.guys hope this won't be a problem for visa process? or should I just go back to NPC?

Can you post or type the wording in the Attestation Letter you got? Please remove any personal info before posting. I just want to see if they explained in the letter why you were given Attestation Letter instead of the Birth Certificate.

Ajibade16:
My visa status just switched from administrative processing to ISSUED today .In how many days time should I go collect my stamped passport (visa) from DHL in Lagos,Nigeria

You can pick it up tomorrow. Congrats bro.

capello1:


It is valid , serves the same purpose.

1. Where did u do it?
2. What documents did they request for and how long did it take to get ready ?
3. How much did they ask for?

You sure it's valid? He said he was born in 1994 so there's no excuse why NPC will not give him Birth Certificate instead of Attestation. Are you sure USCIS will accept NPC Attestation in lieu of NPC Birth Certificate for someone born after 1992?

Drenimarcus:


Yes! Pay the fees and book your appt.

@Attraction, in addition to this, I recommend you click these links to see my previous posts on this:

https://www.nairaland.com/4800968/usa-fiancee-k1-visa-thread/48#81044999

https://www.nairaland.com/4800968/usa-fiancee-k1-visa-thread/72#83223525

Take note especially of this excerpt below:

LegitBachelor:
Keep tracking it on the website I had provided earlier. Once it says your casefile is READY, you can do an email to the us embassy (LagosIV@state.gov) requesting your Packet. Once you get the go ahead from them (hopefully you'll get the go ahead before your casefile expiry date), you can then schedule the earliest available date which most probably will be around January or February

DankbaresHerz:


Thanks legit, i love you! no homo intended, I should hv private chat u but i want others to learn from my experience too, please we are still confused about the form to fill, is it I-864 or I-134, My fiancée called Uscis nd she’s not sure which of them because both says affinity of sponsorship...

Lol @nohomo. It's i-134 and not i-864.

i-864 is filled in Family Based Immigration Petition (which yours is not) and also in Adjustment of Status Application. i-134 is filled in K1 Visa Application Process.

Those USCIS guys are not usually very helpful on the phone. Especially at this RFE stage of your application.

blazerichy:
I just got out of that scenario too, please if you really want a date in December which I think is gonna be tough right away go and pay the fee N98,050 at the bank and come back and fill the ds-160 form, in my own case I already had a profile I used for b1/b2 application i just went back to re-schedule an appointment on a K1-visa and i got a December date, Embassy told my finacee same thing for over 3 weeks now no mail but i have my case number and when i tracked it , i have READY which means i can go ahead ... Please go ahead and pay the fees and fill the DS-160 form and then check for dates .. ASAP .. Be careful when filling form as i noticed there were some minor updates to the form.. Pay close attention to everything and please tell nothing but the truth on the form ..

I doubt if @Brownesugar can get any December date as it is filled up. But yes, I think she should go ahead and schedule the earliest available interview date (which may be January or February).

Thanks for the update @Blazerichy. All the best as you prepare for your interview. God's Grace.