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Please how did you resolve this, I am in the same mess right now 😭

Lynda27:
Hi,

I made a visa payment on the AVITS portal two weeks ago via online transfer to First Bank Direct, but the payment is yet to be confirmed, and I am unable to book an appointment. I have raised a ticket on the AVITS portal with no response, sent emails to nigeria@usvisaappt.com and LagosNIV@state.gov without receiving feedback, and contacted the First Bank Contact Centre, providing all the necessary details, but still received no assistance.

I also entered the reference number and date under the bank deposit details, which showed "bank details updated successfully," but the page then redirects back to "generate deposit slip." I have also called +234 201 343 8900 all to no avail. Does anyone know how long it takes for Visa payment confirmation on the AVITS Portal?

Is anyone else experiencing this issue? Is there anything else I should do? I would appreciate your assistance.

Please how did you resolve this, I am in the same mess right now

Solafemsy27:
Good evening House. Please I paid my Visa fee online using Firstbank Link for other banks on 17th April . But up till now my payment has not been confirmed. I have raised a ticket AVITS and also emailed firstbank but nothing has been done.

Has anybody experienced this kind of issue before ?

This is the response I got from my AVITS support just now. My details are all correct

Efetobore1980:
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The response you received asked you to contact avits, but i also advised that you copy avits in your email.
Anyways, your situation is solveable but without physical sightseeing i dont think there is much i can do. I am very certain you are mixing things up somewhere.

You may approach someone with a good knowledge of the navigational skills to take a physical look, otherwise, you may likely forfeit the payment if it takes longer.

PS: Screenshot your dashboard. And have you clicked on pending appointment ?

I emailed Lagos

Efetobore1980:
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No. That is not the kind of response you get if you follow my guidelines. Did you email Abuja or Lagos post ? Did you follow the email arrangement as outlined by the embassy ? You may screenshot the email you sent or screenshot your dashboard error message, lets see it.

I have actually done that but the screenshots attached were the responses I got. I have as well raised another ticket on AVITS which is currently on hold. The whole process is so nauseating and tiring 😭

Efetobore1980:
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Follow the instruction i gave if you want it to be resolved, otherwise, you will just keep ranting and forgo the payment. The best form of MRV payment is physical cash payment at the bank. Even, the newly recruited cashier at any branch of 1st bank (that is authorised to accept U.S mrv) will automatically know the procedure to lodge mrv payment with almost zero possibility for mistake, because the procedure is like auto-pilot (auto-payment) as seen by any banker from his or her work-place computer.

■ In this respect, i will disregard @Oluwaseun2025 assertion that : not all the customer care officers at the bank branches understand the way the US visa payment works. ●● Every bank usually asign a well-trained staff into a such critical department.

I actually made the payment at first bank office with cash because I do not have an account with them and that's my biggest concern. You will pay online problem, you will take the risk and go to the bank with your own money still problem. Omo they should resolve this problem for me o because I'm financially drained right now.[color=#990000][/color]

Oluwaseun2025:
I had a similar issue and from my experience, it is not all the customer care officers at the bank branches that understand the way the US visa payment works. It will shock you to know that in my case, the customer care officer who attended to me at the bank branch I visited told me that the account number I sent money to is not a First Bank account number. At the end, he admitted that he probably does not have access to the platform for the US visa fee payment and that I should continue to follow up with their customer care contact via a phone call as I had made some phone calls before then but they kept telling me that they were working on it which was why I decided to go to the bank. After leaving the bank, I called the customer care again and they asked me the same set of questions they had asked previously and told me they were working on it. Meanwhile, I had also sent an email to their customer care and kept sending reminders and eventually the money was reversed to my account.

See below their customer care contacts: +2347080625000; Complaints@firstbankgroup.com

Thanks for your thoughtful input. I have done that on my pending appointment section but I couldn't automatically book dates as the payment wasn't confirmed automatically as it supposed to be. When I try to manually confirm it by inputting the bank reference number and the date of payment it shows "given payment reference doesn't exist". Based on this I have raised another support ticket of which is currently on hold.

Maybe I will utilize your last option of sending an email to see if it works.

I wouldn't know if anything is wrong with my profile because from my end everything seems ok, aside from the fact that my previous 2 denials was in cameroon.

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Login to your Avits and click on " Pending Appointment. It should take you to calendar where you will pick a date. Physical payment at the bank, if done appropriately should validate your payment and give you access to picking a date within 48hrs (at worst).

As the last resort you can follow the embassy guideline as follow :



If you have challenges scheduling your appointment or you had a valid GTBank/First Bank receipt and having issues using the receipts on the new appointment portal, email us at

LagosNIV@state.gov ( Copy avits amentum : nigeria@usvisaappt.com)


With the following information:

USE THIS SUBJECT LINE: V44 - Unable to Schedule Appointment on AVITS

Full name
Date of birth
DS-160 Confirmation number (starts with AA)
Passport Number
Copy of GT/1st Bank Receipt
A short description of your situation including screen shots if applicable.

As per your 4th attempt with full-funding, dont you think you are doing something wrong and without you detecting and addressing the culprit, they will keep denying the visa.[/quote]

Please I made my MRV payment at first bank since a week now yet my payment hasn't been confirmed on AVITS. I have visited first bank and they said everything is correct based on the print out yet the payment haven't reflected on my profile to enable me book a date. Is there any how I can navigate this issue? I don't even have another money to pay again as this is my fourth attempt with full funding 😭😭😭

Greetings everyone

Please I need help right now probably someone might have encountered this before.

I paid my visa fee (MRV )at first bank since last week Thursday and ever since my payment hasn't been validated to enable me book my appointment of which supposed to have automatically been validated. If I try including my amentum number to validate my payment it keeps saying that reference doesn't exist. I sent a ticket to support through my AVITS portal and they said that my details must all match for my payment to be validated. Please has anyone encountered this before?

Ok but why will someone stress himself to get a dollar card and still meet aboki to buy dollar at black market rate and still pay tfare back to bank, stand on the queue to deposit it into your account? Why not use chippercash and rest?

agentarcher:
This information is false. I deposit regularly into my card. They will deposit the $120.

Won't the bank charge you for the dollar card? Heard you are required to deposit a minimum of 120dollars. 20dollars will be deducted as bank charges while the 100dollars will remain.

Rahkman:
don't use any chipper cash get a dollar prepaid card go aboki buy dollars go back to the bank and fund the dollar card....no dm any fraudster here

The review on pyypl is very negative. I'm just scared using them. Especially if my transaction fails, how do I withdraw my funds?

Bhadmus77:
Yes pyypl works well on Aliexpress tested and trusted.
I dont know of payoneer.
Chipper cash is another way to bypass limit but rate is very high

While applying for your Msc, did you forward your ND and HND transcripts to your school?

No be small echoke o

fikayormi:
E choke

I have a CIPM certificate, can it serve as a second degree with my Bsc inclusive? Kindly respond plz.

Plz I need help on how to register for BCS. Am really having difficulty in the area that am meant to put country. It's not popping out what can I do about this. Plz help

Plz am having difficulty with my BCS form filling. My country can't pop out. Do you know how I can go about this. Thanks

Most times you will not know till you pick up your result. The mail I was sent had no indication mine increased (it increased). But there are occasions where they indicate it in the mail.[/quote]

Yours was okay, mine was disastrous. I had the whole confidence until I approached stand8. The young man was friendly but I was jittering and blabbing. I hated myself because I was below my best. I knew I could have done better. It took me 48hrs to get over a self inflicted mess. Is not a do or die affair but I will try again!

Sorry I couldn't post yesterday, I was exhausted to the bone
So here it goes :
I must say I enjoyed the process so much though tiring from all the queuing. I'm in Ghana, 23 and a student. Straight DENIAL! This whole idea of visiting the US was from my parents. I won't lie I doubted I stood a chance after going through people's experiences but I had already done a lot and was only awaiting my interview day. I was positive all the same because my intentions were good. I thank God all the same .
Interview day
I woke up around 4 or 4:30am I don't remember because my mum woke me up while I was just trying to enjoy my sleep. So fast forward to 6am when I and parents reached the embassy. First timer, completely lost and confused. I asked a personnel what I had to do before my 7:30 appointment and he told me to hang around a tree where I saw lots of people standing and waiting. I went ahead and stood there for a while till some police officer asked those who had their interview to form a queue. I did go through the checks etc it was already past 7:30 and I was already waiting my turn to be interviewed. I wasn't paying attention to those being interviewed except one pastor who was approved a visa and one university lady who was denied and another guy who was also denied. So after the guy who was denied, I was asked to go to that VO. One chubby guy with beard and in his mid 30's . Honestly he was cool.
VO: Hi good morning
Me: good morning(cheerfully) how are you?
VO: fine thank you (looking at his computer typing)
May I have your passport please?
Me: sure(smiles)
I caughed lightly and said sorry and he said no problem (still typing) he wasn't looking too serious as I said he was cool
VO: So why are you going to the US
Me: I'd love to spend my long summer break sightseeing and exploring interesting places in the US and also I'll be visiting my uncle
VO: typing what I said and even repeating what I said I was smiling (now I know they type our answers for future purposes)
Where in the US are you going to?
Me: Columbus ,Ohio
VO: What do you do?
Me: I'm a student of bla bla
VO: What course do you offer?
Me: I'm a 1st year student pursuing a 4-year degree programme in information technology but I'll be progressing to my 2nd year after the break
VO: okay. He nodded still typing. Have you traveled before?
Me: No sir.
VO: okay. Are you married?
Me: I'm very single with a grin
VO: looks at me and smiles
Okay do you have kids?
Me: No sir (smiles)
VO: okay. I'm sorry bla bla (y'all know the rest already lol)
As he was handing me my passport and the 214b paper I asked wasn't being a student a strong enough tie to return (even though I knew the answer already lol still wanted to know all the same)
Surprisingly he suggested another thing for me. Asking if I've heard of the J-1 visa for exchange program to which I nodded and said yes ,that I did plan on applying for that next year and he went ahead to say it'll be the best choice for me as a student and not only would I be able to visit some places in the US but I'll also be able to work (summer work and travel)
So I said ok and thank you with a smile and elegantly left the premises to announce the outcome to my mum who was waiting anxiously for some good news. She felt bad but I assured her it's alright and the next time I'll go through with the J-1 visa successfully.
So that's it. No docs checked as usual. This forum helped a lot. Kudos to the brains behind it and to those awaiting, all the best.[/quote]