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[quote author=Duakkie post=57836032]Congratulations . Dis ur message just motivated me .
Please all the 3denials was it this year before the granted . I wish I could call you.


Hello Duakkie,
All three denials were this year.
Our (I and DH) first application (interviewed in Abuja) was wrong from the onset that is from the online application . We answered some questions wrongly. My second interview(just me interviewed in Lagos), I was nervous. They asked where I was going, I said Houston instead of Richmond that I wrote in ny online application. My answers on the two occasions were too brief as I was adviced here. So, on the third trial (DH and I interviewed in Lagos), we made sure we gave very precise and correct answers and added a little extra information.
God did it. ��
Wishing you the very best in your next attempt.

Good afternoon or morning (wherever you are)

So, I and DH went for our US visa interview for the third time and we were successful this time.

DH & I: good morning
VO: hello, good morning. Passports please.
DH & I: hands passports over
VO: why are you going to the US
DH & I: we are going to give birth to our baby
VO: where?
DH & I: Richmond in Texas
VO: I see that you have applied before
DH: yes, we have. One in Abuja in February and the second, which was my wife only, here in Lagos in April
VO: what do you do (to me)
I: I work with *** as *** and I do ****
VO: (typing in his computer for a long time, keeps out passports by his side and hands over a white paper) Congratulations, you can pick up your passports with visas in 4 working days in your location.
DH & I: thank you so much! ��


Fast forward to POE in Houston.
On the line:
One officer: (checks the filled out customs card) what are you carrying?
DH & I: dried fish, ground pepper, ground melon seed
Officer: melon seeds? You mean egusi??
DH & I: yes yes! Egusi
�� they know egusi too? I never knew!

At the very POE gate:
DH: good morning
POE: good morning. Passport please
DH: hands over his passport
POE: (flips to the biodata page and scans it). Finger print and picture.
DH: (does the necessary)
I move in
POE: (to DH) you are together?
DH & I: yes
We all do our parts. Finger print and picture
POE: calls another officer to take us to the agric section to check the fish we brought.

We headed there. Picked our bags and got it checked. We were cleared and that was it.

I thank God for His favor. God did it. He went ahead of us and made crooked paths straight. Thank you all for your numerous stories and advices! We are waiting for our baby now.

I am a quiet follower of this thread and I want to share my experience (both unsuccessful) and also for the house to help me out

first US visa appointment (Abuja)
online application: going with my husband to give birth in el paso. no relatives. booked accommodation for 12 weeks.
interview day
vo: good morning, passports please.
dh & dw: good morning sir (hands over the passports)
vo: why are u going to the us?
dh: we are going to have our baby
vo: where?
dh: el paso
vo: what job do you do?
dh: ******
vo: you? (dw)
dw: ******
vo: when were you employed?
dh: *****
dw: *****
vo: are you married?
dh: yes
vo: when?
dh & dw: *******
vo: do you have children?
dh & dw: no, this is our first
all this time, he is typing
vo: (brings passports and two yellow papers and hands them over) sorry, you can not be allowed into the US at this time.


**Canadian visa application was unsuccessful as they said we could not prove that we will return to Nigeria at the end of our stay and also insufficient travel history even though we have been to SA, UK and South Korea

2nd US visa appointment (Lagos)
online application: going alone to Houston. I have a host this time, a colleague.
interview:
vo: good morning. passport please
me: good morning sir (hands over the passport)
vo: why are you going to the US
me: to birth my baby
vo: where?
me: Houston
vo: who is your host
me: ******, friend and colleague
vo: in your last interview, you wanted to go to el paso, why Houston now?
me: I wanted to go to el paso bcs a colleague of mine has birthed there twice and has given good reviews
vo: how much do you think this trip will cost you
me: about 16,000 USD sir
all this time, he is typing.
vo: (brings my passport and a blue paper and hands them over to me) sorry, but you cannot be allowed into the US at this time.

Please, what do you think is wrong? What else can I try? I am 7 months pregnant now.