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Timgreat31:
Could you please share with me how you switched to Abuja because Lagos is still showing me Preapproval request is being processed". I paid on September 9 visa fee and I don't have problem with payment though. By the way, mine is renewal, and I guess yours is renewal as well because I read your previous post.

How long did the process take in Abuja

To be honest, i need this date urgently. Thanks.

Gretmang:
Fill a new DS-160. Pick Abuja. Go to usvisa.appt and open a new account with another email. Start the processing. However, where you’re going to encounter small issue is where you’ll enter ur passport number. If you enter your real passport number that you used for Lagos, it’ll say “duplicate account exist” what you’ll do is just to change one digit in your passport number and proceed. Your appointment confirmation will come out with this “tentative” passport number. It’s not an issue. So far your DS-160 confirmation page bear your real passport number, it’s okay. The embassy do not care. What they care about is that the data on your appointment confirmation is the date that you’re coming for the interview or dropping off your documents. It took 24hrs after paying with my CC to approve and I was able to get date the same day.

In fact, if it turns out that you’re doing interview, you can chose Abuja and have it in Lagos. Avit staffs at the embassy will ask you if u have DS-160 and appointment confirmation for Abuja , and now you’re in Lagos, form a separate que where they’re going to extract ur information before u proceed to go and thumbprint

Timgreat31:
Could you please share with me how you switched to Abuja because Lagos is still showing me Preapproval request is being processed". I paid on September 9 visa fee and I don't have problem with payment though. By the way, mine is renewal, and I guess yours is renewal as well because I read your previous post.

How long did the process take in Abuja

To be honest, i need this date urgently. Thanks.

curiouscaramel:
Wow, this is such a crazy mess. I must definitely ask for a refund. its just unfortunate I paid with a nigerian card.

Gretmang:
You ain’t getting a refund. They don’t refund visa fee. You’ve paid

curiouscaramel:
Maybe its worth a shot to try going through my bank. If it was a US CC company, there is a higher chance it can be retrieved.

Gretmang:
Yeah. Discover, Amex or US bank credit card are quite good in fighting for their customer..lol. But it’s quite hard getting a refund from the US embassy, they’ll say you have used the MRV

Gretmang:
Fill a new DS-160. Pick Abuja. Go to usvisa.appt and open a new account with another email. Start the processing. However, where you’re going to encounter small issue is where you’ll enter ur passport number. If you enter your real passport number that you used for Lagos, it’ll say “duplicate account exist” what you’ll do is just to change one digit in your passport number and proceed. Your appointment confirmation will come out with this “tentative” passport number. It’s not an issue. So far your DS-160 confirmation page bear your real passport number, it’s okay. The embassy do not care. What they care about is that the data on your appointment confirmation is the date that you’re coming for the interview or dropping off your documents. And now that you have two DS-160, the one that matter is the latest one you’re taking to the embassy.

It took 24hrs after paying with my CC to approve and I was able to get date the same day.

In fact, if it turns out that you’re doing interview, you can chose Abuja and have it in Lagos. Avit staffs at the embassy will ask you if u have DS-160 and appointment confirmation for Abuja , and now you’re in Lagos, form a separate que where they’re going to extract ur information before u proceed to go and thumbprint ( thing is once you pass the “pre approval …..” stuff, it takes 24hrs, you can in fact select Lagos in the drop down and chose a date in Lagos if there are near dates, and then go to Lagos to have your interview.

Gretmang:
Fill a new DS-160. Pick Abuja. Go to usvisa.appt and open a new account with another email. Start the processing. However, where you’re going to encounter small issue is where you’ll enter ur passport number. If you enter your real passport number that you used for Lagos, it’ll say “duplicate account exist” what you’ll do is just to change one digit in your passport number and proceed. Your appointment confirmation will come out with this “tentative” passport number. It’s not an issue. So far your DS-160 confirmation page bear your real passport number, it’s okay. The embassy do not care. What they care about is that the data on your appointment confirmation is the date that you’re coming for the interview or dropping off your documents. And now that you have two DS-160, the one that matter is the latest one you’re taking to the embassy.

It took 24hrs after paying with my CC to approve and I was able to get date the same day.

In fact, if it turns out that you’re doing interview, you can chose Abuja and have it in Lagos. Avit staffs at the embassy will ask you if u have DS-160 and appointment confirmation for Abuja , and now you’re in Lagos, form a separate que where they’re going to extract ur information before u proceed to go and thumbprint ( thing is once you pass the “pre approval …..” stuff, it takes 24hrs, you can in fact select Lagos in the drop down and chose a date in Lagos if there are near dates, and then go to Lagos to have your interview.

curiouscaramel:
Honestly, my best guess for your case is that at the one-month mark or so, you will also get the rejected email. I may be wrong though. Please reply this if that ever happens so we can help others. I wish there was a way to report this.

Timgreat31:
I appreciateyourdetailed explanation.

I have filled a new DS-160 for Abuja, but yet to submit becacause i wanted to get more info. Your reply is helpful in thus light, rspecially with possible timeline.

I will follow the steps yiu highlighted.

A quick one please, does it matter if the email on DS-160 is different from the one i use for AVITS? I asked because i used the email used for Lagos on the new DS-160 (for Abuja). But on getting to AVITS, i realized it won't work, so I used a different email to create a new account, which was succesful. But im yet to fill in my details because i wanted to get more info. Kindly share your thoughts. Many thanks.

curiouscaramel:
can you please confirm this part of your post

" Avit staffs at the embassy will ask you if u have DS-160 and appointment confirmation for Abuja , and now you’re in Lagos, form a separate que where they’re going to extract ur information before u proceed to go and thumbprint "

is this what you did?

Timgreat31:
Many thanks, bro.

I'll contact via email if you don't mind.

Timgreat31:
Many thanks, bro.

I'll contact via email if you don't mind.

Timgreat31:
Thanks for your suggestion. Its one month since i paid my visa fee alrwady (September 9). I got a notification about the rejection on September 29. However, I clicked on the link in the notification (on AVITS portal) and the system requested that I reupload my I-20, which I did immediately, hoping it would a step towards scheduling. Shockingly, it returned to the old rhetoric of "preapproval request is being processed". That's what I have till now. Any tip that can helpnis welcome. Thanks.

Gretmang:
I witnessed it. That was what they did to those whose appointment letter carry Lagos but they come to Abuja instead to have their interview. They just ask them to form a que inside and there’s an officer who’ll reconcile the appointment and pull it from the Lagos database. That was exactly what happened in Abuja. Lagos might be different

oducheebuka:
Thank you for the tips, please another thing that I need to know, is it a red flag if one of your sponsors lives in the us and has offered you accomodation?

Chally111:
Pls you can still message on 08154915100
07038099826 pls am going for another interview and am scared

Chally111:
It's same skul that's my dream skul it's my mentors educational path

sHarmony:
Please assist I don't know what's wrong. I'm trying to create another application on avits but the account verification email is not dropping on my mailbox. I'm using different email address, and once I have used it to apply I can't use it again. What do I do.

SOPWriter:
Check your spam folder. Most emails from AVITS end up there.

sHarmony:
Checked severally, but still not there. And I can't use the email address again. It's says user inactive

sHarmony:
Checked severally, but still not there. And I can't use the email address again. It's says user inactive

SOPWriter:
Confirmed! It's a general error from the server side. You might want to give it another try tomorrow, with a different email address of course.

sHarmony:
Thanks.

I hope trying multiple times with different email address but same names will not be an issue. Just worried

Highzhikk:
Again everyone seeing this thread. Please be inspired!. In case you have very good grades, you do not need an MS degree to apply for PhD in the USA. You can get admitted for PhD straight from your BSc, provided that you can prove to the admission committee why they should trust you with their Assistantship. Do not let this "Abule Egba US consular" misinform you.
Go to the universities website to find all the information that you need.

Shoot for the moon, the sky is your starting point.

curiouscaramel:
OMG! this is the exact thing that happened to me too! and it was on a sunday evening september 29th leading me to believe it is something the system did!. the only difference here is that some days after the preapproval prompt, now when I click, I see the dialogue to pay again. smh

Highzhikk:
Where is @OyoTunjiUSA?. I am honestly not done with him until sanity is restored on this thread and people can gain relevant information from this thread as it has always been. I am guessing he went into hibernation until everyone has forgotten and move on and then he will come back to his notorious ways or he will probably change his username again and continue peddling misinformation.

Shine your eyes everyone.