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TheAristocrat:
Location: Abuja
Transcript of 221g Interview:
Me: Good Morning.
VO: Good Morning. Please pass your passport.

VO: Have you been to the US before?
Me: No.

VO: Why didn’t you use your last visa?
Me: The pandemic happened after the visa was issued and I shelved travel plans since my trip was
non-essential. (I rambled a bit, but I guess the message was passed across)

VO: Where are you going to in the US?
Me: Houston, Texas

VO: How long do you plan staying?
Me: ten days

VO: Are you married?
Me: No. I’m single.

VO: Do you have children?
Me: No

VO: Do you have family in the US?
Me: No. All my immediate family are here.

VO: Where do you work?
Me: xxxxx ( a firm under Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources)

VO: How long have you worked there?
Me: 10 years and 10 months

VO: Which city were you born?
Me: A*** ( I gave my state of origin as answer instead of the name of the state where I was born)

VO: ***looks at me in surprise****

Me: *****Instantly realised I made a mistake and immediately provided the correct answer****
I was born in A***** but my state of origin is A*****. I’m sorry about the mix-up.
( Side Story- during my last visa application process, I had to undergo Administrative Processing
and provide answer to a lot of personal questions. I guess she asked the question to check
whether I had been telling the truth all along. )

VO:***** Smiles. Then types for less than one minute.*****
Your visa has been approved. You can pick it up in one week.
Me: Thank you.

Outcome: Received passport within a week. 5-year B1/B2 Visa affixed to passport.

congrats pls what is 221g interview

deegalaxy:
Check now if you are looking for dates, B1/B2.

is really far no closer date?not even 2024

TheAristocrat:
Good Day.

My advice is that even though you are going for a "221g" Interview, prepare as if you are going for a normal interview.

This means you should come with 2 passport photographs, DS-160 Confirmation Page, Evidence of payment of Visa Application Fee, Appointment Confirmation Letter and the Letter from US Embassy advising you to schedule a 221g interview. Please ensure that you come with all these, as I witnessed people being turned back at the gate for not having one document or the other.

Likely questions? It depends on the reason why you were asked to schedule a 221g interview in the first place. Try and go through your application again and check if there were any "weak spots" that led to this situation. As I said earlier, even though its a 221g interview, prepare as if its a normal interview.

Hope this helps.

PS:
I did my 221g interview today at Abuja and I'll share my transcript later, in shaa Allah.

which again is 221g interview

Aishat89:
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what of b1,b2 apointment dates

seyewest:
if you're traveling together and you included them in your ds160 take their visa along for you interview.

pls any update for b1,b2 interview

Harvard13:
Please who did you call or reach out to when you had issues with updating the new ds-160 on the CGI portal

pls AP means what?

Pls guys if someone pay for b1,b2 visa fee appointment which is next year if there is early date and the person wants to book that early date will the person still need to pay another fee after he had paid before.

segsdynamic:
I had my B1/B2 interview yesterday 18th Apr and my visa was denied along with my wife and my 3yrs old baby.

Location: U.S embassy Lagos

Our interview timing scheduled for 7:30 a.m we reach embassy around 5:45am, soon the security screening started and people started lining up according to the timing slot. We were lined up and like 70 other applicant were in front of us. But due to the fact that we had a baby, the security guys gave us expedite service and we were brought to the front row for the security check.

Fast forward getting to the interview hall. Also many applicants were aiidy lined up. Again they gave us expedite services and we were lined up to the front when they want to check our documents. The guy collected our passport and after checking all our docs. He asked me hw old is our baby and I said 2 n half years old, he then insert a pink carbon paper inside my baby's passport that we can show them on the next queue so they will attend to us fast.

Again they place us in the front to have our biometric. It was a white woman who did our biometric, and told us my baby won't need to do biometric .. but my baby insist she wanna do biometric and started disturbing us.

Now, after biometric and again they took us to counter window 5. It was a black America lady.
She approves the 2 guys in front of us for F1 visa.

Interview proper.
VO: Good morning, hw are you
Me and My Wife: Fine...Thank you (with a little smile)
VO: Ur passport pls
Me: (gave all our 3 passports)
VO: (first question asking me) have you travelled before?
Me: Yes, have been to India and Dubai.
VO: (she asked my wife the same question)
My wife: Yes, have been to Dubai and Oman

VO: why are you travelling to the United states
Me: I'm going to the United state for the 2023 Midwest Travel Network conference which is coming up in Kansas city...and as a travel Manager in my company.. my company is sending me for....(VO cuts in)

VO: Midwest what?
Me: Midwest Travel Network conference, and I try to expatiate on it further. (keeps typing)

VO: who is sponsoring you?
Me: my company will be sponsoring my trip and I will sponsor my wife and my kids

VO: is company sponsoring ur family also?
Me: No, I will be responsible for my wife and my kid.

VO: how long will you be staying?
Me: 2 weeks

VO keeps typing... for another 1-2mins and turns to my wife.
VO: What do you do?
My wife: I have a restaurant which I run and I have some staffs there
VO: (keeps typing) and ask my wife again
are you seeking any medical attention.
My wife: No...
VO: You are not going for any medical attention?
We both answer together: NO
VO: keeps typing again for long time......

VO: Sorry but you are not qualified at this time
She hands us the blue paper (214B)

Me: Thanks and we left.

Note: we have all documents intact all letters from my company, payment receipt for the conference, invitation letter, bank statement both company and my personal statement.
She didn't give us any chance to present any of the documents.

What really went wrong in case of another time.

upon the travel history

Abbeyb1ack:
Please what are the necessary document I need to go with for visa interview
Don't want to get there and start doing photocopy for 2k or passport photograph for 5k

It's a visit visa

is it in nigeria u are applying for the visa.

flourishing247:
Don't give anyone a dime. There's no appointment for this year. A lot of people are monitoring the site so they can change their. Nothing! Lagos should be around July - August 2024.

but people are getting appointment this year for IW

flourishing247:
Don't give anyone a dime. There's no appointment for this year. A lot of people are monitoring the site so they can change their. Nothing! Lagos should be around July - August 2024.

very far.

Vintage247:
DM for early appointments. Only interview appointments please, not IW.

am interrested

Beelaye:
Yes it is.

you mean non immigrant visa appointment is open now in abuja,is it early date

Wow

BlissViews:
Is anyone interested in getting updates on the available B1/B2 US interview date for Lagos? We can all work together and check at intervals. Currently, the available date is May 1, 2024. 1 Slot only. Kindly join through telegram t dot me/uslagsearch

so there is no closer date

Debbieeeeeee:
You choose whatever date available and wait it out, also keep checking for closer dates. Beginning of last year I got June 2023 for my family and it’s almost June.
With the introduction of Dropbox there should be less pressure on appointment dates, I guess.

my agent told me no visa for now till 2024,am on b1,b2 visa.

Debbieeeeeee:
Visit visas were never stopped.

thanks but there is no appointment date

Pumpyjay:
Instead of 2yrs, you'll be given a 5yr visa.

thanks,but does it mean visting visa will soon start

Does it mean visiting visa will begin

Yeah i have,but what does it really mean

Lungdick:

hello is u.s visa still on apart from b1,b2 visas

slashthroat:
Lmaooooooo . . . Not correct oga, add $1.6mila to that amount


https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/permanent-workers/eb-5-immigrant-investor-program#:~:text=Increased%20minimum%20investments,%24500%2C000)%20to%20account%20for%20inflation.

is u.s visa still going on

lovable85:
Hi, good day

My passport expires August next year, and I was told USA gives 2 years for the visit visa, my interview date is in may, I wanted to find out if my passport will still be stamped with two years or less?

pls how did u get interview on may

Pls is they still other u.s visa apart from b1,b2 visas

badBADbichh:
That's a question I'd been pondering as well, cos I'm sure there's only a handful of places you'd need US transit visa to get to. Can't even think of any right now.

Pls is they still other u.s visa apart from b1,b2 visas

What of b1b2 visa any update

Justinlean02:
my prayers are with you and good luck. Thanks for the info

is it b1,b2 visa

Is it b1,b2 visa

Justinlean02:
my prayers are with you and good luck. Thanks for the info

[quote author=Fawaz12345 post=110274376][/quote]pls someone they denial b1,b2 visa in 2017 can the person still apply,apart from IW

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