Tripletmom:
Hi guys ,
My IW was refused last month but am yet to get a mail for passport pick up.
I have been tracking my passport but still shows is at the embassy.
This afternoon I decided to check my appointment page then saw a prompt showing scheduled follow up appointment but there was no date.
Please note that I haven’t received my passport back.
Will I attend the interview without my passport?

Send a mail to lagosNIV@state.gov and quote your valid passport number as the subject, together with a short sentence like... Please help!!! My Passport is Not Back Yet and explain in details in the body of the mail.

You may also check https://dhlpassportpickup.ng/ and input your details as if you want to schedule your pick up time. If it doesn't show any error page, then your passport is at the DHL office chosen by you.

Eriokanmi:


Send a mail to lagosNIV@state.gov and quote your valid passport number as the subject, together with a short sentence like... Please help!!! My Passport is Not Back Yet and explain in details in the body of the mail.

You may also check https://dhlpassportpickup.ng/ and input your details as if you want to schedule your pick up time. If it doesn't show any error page, then your passport is at the DHL office chosen by you.

Alright thanks so much
Will do that

rahmeekadigz:
I checked last week and it was on approved,I checked again on Monday 1st of May and I saw issued.yesterday they emailed my parents to come pick up,so I booked an appointment for today and I got it

Thank you very much. Hopefully I can collect tomorrow. Mine is now Issued.

Good day all.
It’s been almost 7 weeks of waiting and my process being updated over 8 times; I just checked now and saw no status.

What does that mean pls.

aaidel:


i checked around 2pm and booked around 3 but i was also checkig for 2 months or more before i got

Thanks I just got now now!

Guys you can check oh

Good day all,
I submitted my passport yesterday to dhl and today I got an email saying that my document is ready for pick up. How’s that even possible? Does that mean I was denied?

Eriokanmi:
My cousin who was served 221g in March had been checking. Last week, he told me he saw 4 different dates with 8 different times when he checked around 5:30pm. He said he couldn't choose any date because he was busy so he thought of doing that later. By the time he logged back, all the available dates had disappeared lol. I guess those who had been waiting like him had taken everything. He felt so bad

Yesterday he logged back in the morning and checked, no dates. Later, around 1:30pm he said he logged back again. He had even given up with the last week's experience but I encouraged him to keep checking. Cos his programme in the USA was really close. He said he saw 4th May and 12th May and quickly booked 4th May and logged out.

With what you're now saying, it means you were unable see 4th May when you checked cos people had taken it. Maybe that 12th May you mentioned was no more as of the time you posted this message. Maybe more people are applying these days cos summer is approaching. It wasn't like this last December when a friend advised me to apply cos there were a lot of close dates for IW applicants then. He applied in December and received his passport back within a space of one week. Mine took 3 weeks in march and who knows, those applying now could experience more delays, Summer is approaching.

To those paying for interview dates. There's no secret or special favour to it. You cannot bribe those oyinbos to get dates. This is what you're not doing, which I'd encourage you try, if you need an appointment date.

Log into your cgi portal in the morning, around 9:30am, try again around 12:30, 1:30pm and 5:30pm respectively. You'd thank me later. Those agents you're contacting know these tips but would never tell you. By the time they finally get dates for you, you see them as superhuman. You may keep giving them your money if you don't have time to do the needful.

its possible but i have also been checking around 2pm for a while and nothing but truly it doesnt make any sense to pay anyone to do it for you as they also will just be checking randomly until successful

Great then

YoungMetrosG:


Thank you very much. Hopefully I can collect tomorrow. Mine is now Issued.

Hi all, good pm, please I would like to start an application for my mum for visit visa. Please can someone list the step process to take on that and if it’s possible to get an early date if I keep checking at different times. Thank you🙏

aaidel:


its possible but i have also been checking around 2pm for a while and nothing but truly it doesnt make any sense to pay anyone to do it for you as they also will just be checking randomly until successful

What time did you check last week? The truth is, a lot of applicants with 221g are also checking for dates as you're doing. Those dates are always picked on a first come first served basis. My cousin came visiting this evening and shared the screenshot of last week's appointment schedules released. He said he screenshot it and left it to be booked later as he was a bit busy. He also needed to check his itinerary so he doesn't book an unsuitable date. By the time he now checked to book, he discovered all of them had disappeared. See the screenshot below. If you've been checking for weeks yet, you didn't see the ones released last Thursday, then it means those dates don't stay long before they are all taken. 221g applicants are quite much. I saw lots of them the day i went to pick my passport at isolo

Eriokanmi:
What time did you check last week? The truth is, a lot of applicants with 221g are also checking for dates as you're doing. Those dates are always picked on a first come first served basis. My cousin came visiting this evening and shared the screenshot of last week's appointment schedules released. He said he screenshot it and left it to be booked later as he was a bit busy. He also needed to check his itinerary so he doesn't book an unsuitable date. By the time he now checked to book, he discovered all of them had disappeared. See the screenshot below. If you've been checking for weeks yet, you didn't see the ones released last Thursday, then it means those dates don't stay long before they are all taken. 221g applicants are quite much. I saw lots of them the day i went to pick my passport at isolo

i check mostly in the afternoon and early hours say 5am but in my own case the dates were there for a few hours as i had to confirm my work schedule before choosing and the same slot of 7 am and 7:30 am were still there another angle is that those that were refused under 221g have some sort of administrative processing done and maybe you can start seeing dates when they are done but other people here have gotten after 6 weeks of checking. i just wish they would send an email rather than this lottery of checking.

Guys, I am trying to fill out the DS-160 website, and it keeps timing out, redirecting to the first page and greying out the "start an application" button. Is this normal? how can i handle this situation please?

Hello, everyone.

I have a visa appointment but can't retrieve my application on the US site. Applied over a year ago. Apparently, the application has expired. What do I do, please?

aaidel:


i check mostly in the afternoon and early hours say 5am but in my own case the dates were there for a few hours as i had to confirm my work schedule before choosing and the same slot of 7 am and 7:30 am were still there another angle is that those that were refused under 221g have some sort of administrative processing done and maybe you can start seeing dates when they are done but other people here have gotten after 6 weeks of checking. i just wish they would send an email rather than this lottery of checking.

I see. Like you said, sending a mail with an appointment link is the best. This lottery-like method would always cause people to miss booking appointment dates and i hope someone could contact them on this.

Tripletmom:
Hi guys ,
My IW was refused last month but am yet to get a mail for passport pick up.
I have been tracking my passport but still shows is at the embassy.
This afternoon I decided to check my appointment page then saw a prompt showing scheduled follow up appointment but there was no date.
Please note that I haven’t received my passport back.
Will I attend the interview without my passport?

This is my exact situation. Submitted since March and no mail for pick up yet only to see on my profile to choose follow up date without any dates showing.

Mandydaisy:

This is my exact situation. Submitted since March and no mail for pick up yet only to see on my profile to choose follow up date without any dates showing.

Whoa, have checked the dhl link just like I was advised but it brought out error.
Already sent them a mail last night and I await their reply.

Tripletmom:


Whoa, have checked the dhl link just like I was advised but it brought out error.
Already sent them a mail last night and I await their reply.

Same thing too, I tracked dhl and it’s showing error so I’ve sent them a mail and I got a mail showing case file opened.

I think it’s time to go and arrange our zero balance receipts.

Mandydaisy:


Same thing too, I tracked dhl and it’s showing error so I’ve sent them a mail and I got a mail showing case file opened.

I think it’s time to go and arrange our zero balance receipts.

Mine showed case created, will get all my documents ready and hopefully I get a closer date and also approved.

Tripletmom:


Mine showed case created, will get all my documents ready and hopefully I get a closer date and also approved.

Amen 🙏

Hello guys, i have an issue with my confirmation of appointment and Application iD. The old Application id appeared on my confirmation page instead of my new id. As anyone ever experienced this before? Although i already sent a mail to them to help me correct it . i hope they are able to do so.

Yes, that was how mine was too . I went along with the old and new printout when I went for my interview.

oluchi007003:
Hello guys, i have an issue with my confirmation of appointment and Application iD. The old Application id appeared on my confirmation page instead of my new id. As anyone ever experienced this before? Although i already sent a mail to them to help me correct it . i hope they are able to do so.

Christalt:
Good day all.
It’s been almost 7 weeks of waiting and my process being updated over 8 times; I just checked now and saw no status.

What does that mean pls.

Anyone pls?

Agbeeke:
Good day all,
I submitted my passport yesterday to dhl and today I got an email saying that my document is ready for pick up. How’s that even possible? Does that mean I was denied?

ANYone please?

thanks. i appreciate it

Fonder:
Yes, that was how mine was too . I went along with the old and new printout when I went for my interview.

Please, those with "administrative processing" and those having to do 221g,

1. Please did your status at anytime showed refused"
2. Is the interview a continuation of your ongoing process or you are starting afresh
3. Did you get any email stating the exact documents that you need, for a decision to be taken.

I am seeing online that "Refused" may also mean that "administrative processing" will kick in.....this is a dropbox application

Tripletmom:


Mine showed case created, will get all my documents ready and hopefully I get a closer date and also approved.

Pls what was the status showing on your CEAC status tracking page before you tracked on DHL

tunjilana:


Pls what was the status showing on your CEAC status tracking page before you tracked on DHL

Refused

Tripletmom:

Refused

Thanks for the response....I am in this bucket too

please

2. Is the interview a continuation of your ongoing process or will need to start afresh
3. Did you get any email or letter stating the exact documents that you need, for the refusal to be upturned
4. How long did it take before you got a prompt on USTraveldocs, to schedule an interview

Please help with these questions, thanks alot....just want to be sure whether this is denial or administrative processing

After a long wait, I got a mail to pick up my passport and have scheduled an appointment to pick tomorrow.

iguita:
I am in the same shoes. From the instructions, your son will have to apply separately.

Yes, but are they qualified for interview waiver since they are younger than 13 years old even if it is there first time, because it's on their website.

Eriokanmi:
I see. Like you said, sending a mail with an appointment link is the best. This lottery-like method would always cause people to miss booking appointment dates and i hope someone could contact them on this.

i am sure they know already but somehow i think it benefits some in Nigeria cos outside of Nigeria you rarely get these issues with dates and booking appointments