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Debbieeeeeee:
Congratulations and thank you very much for the update, I’m glad others can learn from this and this should guide advices given out to others also.

Adejuwon26:
You're welcome, took the bus today from Osogbo. We took off at 7am and got here at 5:30.


Bolingo Xpera is worth the hype.

Adejuwon26:
You're welcome, took the bus today from Osogbo. We took off at 7am and got here at 5:30.


Bolingo Xpera is worth the hype.

Tailadivaaaa:
Good morning. I’m back to give an update. I got my US visa approval today. My first time. I’m grateful to God and to all the contributors here. I also told the visa officer about my travel this Sunday and told her I’d like to keep my passport. She gave me a white slip with an address to take it to their office after I return for the visa itself. I thought it will be helpful to give that update for those who may be in my situation. I know @efetobore said it may be unlikely for this to be allowed, but it is allowed. I wish everyone success with their applications.

Sirnigeria3000:
Applied for the Dropbox in April 10th and was refused on the 25th of may and given a 221g follow appointment for September 2025 in Lagos

Sirnigeria3000:
Good day everyone, have received a mail from
Ois to pick up my passport which I schedule for pick up this week, and I got a 221g follow up appointment via usvisaapp sechdule. Date I was shown are all in September 2025 and November 2025 all in Lagos . I chose September nothing earlier . Am
Praying it goes well when the time comes.

Lekan2348:
Wow. 25th of may was a Sunday, are you sure about this. Plus did they give you a reason for the refusal (maybe the picture you submitted was invalid or they needed more documents).

Sirnigeria3000:
Only says this


The image says this

REFUSED

A U.S. consular officer has adjudicated and refused your visa application. Please follow any instructions provided by the consular officer. If you were informed by the consular officer that your case was refused for administrative processing, your case will remain refused while undergoing such processing. You will receive another adjudication once such processing is complete. Please be advised that the processing time varies and that you will be contacted if additional information is needed. For more information, please visit TRAVEL.STATE.GOV or the website for the Embassy or Consulate at which you made your visa application.

And got this email from USAvisappt

Consular Section marked your appointment for follow up 221g

And content of the mail is

Dear applicant,

Please log back to your profile https://www.usvisaappt.com/visaapplicantui/login locate your appointment card and click "Reschedule" your appointment.

Best Regards,
U.S. Visa and American Citizens Support Service

***Important: Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not set up to receive email.

Then received another email from ois

OIS Services is pleased to inform you that your passport is ready for pick-up.
Please visit the following website to schedule an appointment under pick-up services: appointment.oisservices.com.

Important Information:

Pick-Up Services: OIS no longer provides free pick-up services at our locations within consular cities.
All pick-up services at these locations are now offered as a premium service and will incur a fee. Kindly ensure you collect your passport within 14 days.
If it is not collected within this period, it will be returned to the respective Embassy. Thank you for choosing OIS Services.

Lekan2348:
April Interview waiver people, has anybody been approved at all.

OIS is saying they’ve been receiving passports everyday

My connect at the embassy is saying that they’re now doing investigation directly from the US

Has anybody heard any other reason for this delay?

Also by the embassy’s 8 weeks guide, people from week 1 in April should have gotten feedback by now, can anyone confirm? i submitted april 14 so i'm expecting feedback this week. Don't know if to delay this expectation

DScorp:
Hello April family, I dont think you should rely on any information from OIS. As a courier coy, the only business they have with you is to inform you when they have your passport ready for collection except they have failed to notify people. My application is going to be 8th week on Thursday. I will contact the embassy directly if i dont get an update after the 8th week..

Teju2014:
I don't think yours is 'administrative processing". Just reschedule like you have stated that you opted for September and go and appear. And just pray its not a big deal. I received 221g as well and was approved.

Lekan2348:
When last was your case updated on ceac site

DScorp:
Case received: 11th April
Case last update: 11th April

Latty88:
Good evening house!

I applied for B1/B2 non- immigrant visa in March 2025( she tried dropbox for renewal but was not successful) for my mom to visit my sister in the US who gave birth last year December for Omugwo and was scheduled for an interview in October 2025.

While waiting for her appointment date she underwent another surgery on her eyes ( this will be the 4th time). All surgeries done in Nigeria. We decided she seek another opinion leading us to apply for expedited (emergency) using medical reasons to get a closer date.

Uploaded necessary documents and a closer date was scheduled for today 3/6/2025 which was unfortunately denied.

She has been to the US twice

The visa officer only asked her if she was in the US last year and a year before and the duration for her stay which was 2months and 5months respectively.

We want to reapply again
1) How do we show/prove strong ties back home
2) We are asked to not to repeat what we filled in the original ds-160 form when filling a new one. What do we fill now?
3) Can we still go through the medical route(b2) because she still needs medical attention and a closer date


Thanks in anticipation 🙏

Machini:
Good morning everyone. Trust we are well.

Please I need help with generating deposit slip on the AVITS portal. I am getting an error message - "something went wrong".

I am also unable to use the card option as it keeps saying payment was unsuccessful.

Thanks.

Debbieeeeeee:
The journey is a long one , you have my sincere best wishes today.

Lekan2348:
From my experience, if you’re visiting on a visitors visa, your usually allowed to stay for 3 months max at a stretch so maybe she overstayed

Latty88:
Good evening house!

I applied for B1/B2 non- immigrant visa in March 2025( she tried dropbox for renewal but was not successful) for my mom to visit my sister in the US who gave birth last year December for Omugwo and was scheduled for an interview in October 2025.

While waiting for her appointment date she underwent another surgery on her eyes ( this will be the 4th time). All surgeries done in Nigeria. We decided she seek another opinion leading us to apply for expedited (emergency) using medical reasons to get a closer date.

Uploaded necessary documents and a closer date was scheduled for today 3/6/2025 which was unfortunately denied.

She has been to the US twice

The visa officer only asked her if she was in the US last year and a year before and the duration for her stay which was 2months and 5months respectively.

We want to reapply again
1) How do we show/prove strong ties back home
2) We are asked to not to repeat what we filled in the original ds-160 form when filling a new one. What do we fill now?
3) Can we still go through the medical route(b2) because she still needs medical attention and a closer date


Thanks in anticipation 🙏

Latty88:
Good evening house!

I applied for B1/B2 non- immigrant visa in March 2025( she tried dropbox for renewal but was not successful) for my mom to visit my sister in the US who gave birth last year December for Omugwo and was scheduled for an interview in October 2025.

While waiting for her appointment date she underwent another surgery on her eyes ( this will be the 4th time). All surgeries done in Nigeria. We decided she seek another opinion leading us to apply for expedited (emergency) using medical reasons to get a closer date.

Uploaded necessary documents and a closer date was scheduled for today 3/6/2025 which was unfortunately denied.

She has been to the US twice

The visa officer only asked her if she was in the US last year and a year before and the duration for her stay which was 2months and 5months respectively.

We want to reapply again
1) How do we show/prove strong ties back home
2) We are asked to not to repeat what we filled in the original ds-160 form when filling a new one. What do we fill now?
3) Can we still go through the medical route(b2) because she still needs medical attention and a closer date
Thanks in anticipation 🙏

Tailadivaaaa:
Good morning. I’m back to give an update. I got my US visa approval today. My first time. I’m grateful to God and to all the contributors here. I also told the visa officer about my travel this Sunday and told her I’d like to keep my passport. She gave me a white slip with an address to take it to their office after I return for the visa itself. I thought it will be helpful to give that update for those who may be in my situation. I know @efetobore said it may be unlikely for this to be allowed, but it is allowed. I wish everyone success with their applications.

Latty88:
Good evening house!

I applied for B1/B2 non- immigrant visa in March 2025( she tried dropbox for renewal but was not successful) for my mom to visit my sister in the US who gave birth last year December for Omugwo and was scheduled for an interview in October 2025.

While waiting for her appointment date she underwent another surgery on her eyes ( this will be the 4th time). All surgeries done in Nigeria. We decided she seek another opinion leading us to apply for expedited (emergency) using medical reasons to get a closer date.

Uploaded necessary documents and a closer date was scheduled for today 3/6/2025 which was unfortunately denied.

She has been to the US twice

The visa officer only asked her if she was in the US last year and a year before and the duration for her stay which was 2months and 5months respectively.

We want to reapply again
1) How do we show/prove strong ties back home
2) We are asked to not to repeat what we filled in the original ds-160 form when filling a new one. What do we fill now?
3) Can we still go through the medical route(b2) because she still needs medical attention and a closer date


Thanks in anticipation 🙏

maklelemakukula:
Greetings Efetobore1980
Please where's your office located. I need to reapply for a sibling's wedding and I'm not sure the previous agent did a good job in my previous apllication

Efetobore1980:
Greetings Makiele.
*** I don't have office or offices and i am not a travel agent. I am only doing counseling & opinion polls services online so my office is my phone and other gadgets.

Look out for better agent. There are choices in rotten apples. Thank You ! 👍

Adejuwon26:
Thank you. Tomorrow, I will share the goodnews 🙏