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Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by aiguobs: 7:03am On Sep 26, 2025
Ok thank you. Please what about the medicals? I don't stay in Lagos and was looking at doing it 3 days before document review.
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by internationalman(m): 12:01pm On Sep 26, 2025
aiguobs:
Ok thank you. Please what about the medicals? I don't stay in Lagos and was looking at doing it 3 days before document review.
Don't try it, Please. You have to do your medicals as soon as you receive your interview letter so that your medical report/result can be sent to the embassy on time before your in-person document review or interview. When you do your medical, it usually takes 7 days or more for the result to be out.. If you go to the interview and your medical is not ready, you will be placed on administrative processing and trust me you wouldn't want to be in that situation. It's unpleasant.

I wasn't in Lagos too when I was going through my own process. I had to travel to Lagos 7 times from Benin for different stages of the process. It a stressful process, you just have to suspend everything else you are doing and travel to Lagos, that's if migrating to America is at the top of your priority list.
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by aiguobs: 8:22pm On Sep 26, 2025
Thank you very much. I already booked it today.
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by internationalman(m): 11:54pm On Sep 26, 2025
aiguobs:
Thank you very much. I already booked it today.
Nice. Have you gotten a message for your in-person document review date yet?
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by aiguobs: 10:20am On Sep 27, 2025
Not yet
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by internationalman(m): 10:53am On Sep 27, 2025
aiguobs:
Not yet
The message will come anytime from now, so watch out
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by realone1917(m): 11:00am On Sep 27, 2025
Hi guys, kindly recommend good affordable hotel around the Lagos US Embassy or Obalende. price range from 30k-40k. Thank 🙏🏽
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by aiguobs: 11:48am On Sep 27, 2025
internationalman:
The message will come anytime from now, so watch out
Ok. Thank you.i am looking out for it.
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by flourishing247: 11:23pm On Sep 27, 2025
aiguobs:
Good day all. Please I want to ask do I need to do another police report before document review? The one I did before is not up to a year, but they wrote 3months validity on it. And please when is the right time to schedule medicals?
Please how much is police report now?
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by aiguobs: 5:13am On Sep 28, 2025
flourishing247:
Please how much is police report now?
It's 30k
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by flourishing247: 11:13pm On Sep 28, 2025
aiguobs:
It's 30k
Thank you
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by realone1917(m):
Hello guys, when approved at immigrant
interview and received this for pick up, I
noticed it is a DHL pickup but I have been seeing OIS is
better on the group. Pls enlighten me.

Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by apach4ever(m): 8:46pm On Sep 30, 2025
internationalman:
Since November? God forbid oh😔 But how come

These people just intentionally want many people to fail and get the delayed, otherwise they would have specifically painted out what documents are missing at the In-person document review. Like you said, what's the usefulness of it.

I went very prepared, I had my petitioner and my joint sponsor's tax papers up to date. The only problem was that my joint sponsor's own was individual income tax return (form 1040) which is also acceptable in place of IRS transcripts. Now they say they are only going to be accepting the IRS transcripts for the interview. And they never deemed it fit to tell us at the In-person document review..

Now I have to start another game of waiting. This whole thing is just so exhausting even for my petitioner and joint sponsor. I have informed the joint sponsor though and he said the document will be ready in 2 weeks..

What's even more tiring is the fact that I have to travel to Lagos from Benin every damn time and lodging in a hotel, coupled with the risk associated with traveling along Nigerian highways. This interview made it 4 times I have been to Lagos in one month. Even if I want use flight, I go fit use flight to and fro 4 times?
Thanks for this, was the 1040 refused because it wasn’t accompanied with the relevant W2 or they just rejected it outright and requested for the transcript? Cos I’m in a similar boat and nothing was mentioned during the document review.
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by internationalman(m): 10:42pm On Sep 30, 2025
realone1917:
Hello guys, when approved at immigrant
interview and received this for pick up, I
noticed it is a DHL pickup but I have been seeing OIS is
better on the group. Pls enlighten me.
OIS was just a third party company the US embassy was using to deliver passports, Visa and other documents to applicants. They give DHL your documents and then, DHL gives it to OIS for you to go collect it at their (OIS) office.

But from the picture you uploaded, I can see now that they no longer use OIS. They just go through DHL directly which I think it's better.
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by internationalman(m): 10:51pm On Sep 30, 2025
apach4ever:
Thanks for this, was the 1040 refused because it wasn’t accompanied with the relevant W2 or they just rejected it outright and requested for the transcript? Cos I’m in a similar boat and nothing was mentioned during the document review.
The woman did ask for W2 which I didn't have. He told me to go bring W2 and IRS transcript.

She didn't point out she would have pardoned me if I had W2. Who knew, may be she would have overlooked it if I had my W2.
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by vegaz: 1:36pm On Oct 01, 2025
Finally movement in F1 and F2B!

Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by leanonme82: 10:39am On Oct 03, 2025
realone1917:
Yes.
Hello, please did you receive another email from NVC for the document review appointment?

I was contacted last week via email & given an interview date for F3, but not received anything about the document review date. Is there something I need to do before they send this? Or do they just send it automatically?
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by internationalman(m): 12:21pm On Oct 03, 2025
leanonme82:
Hello, please did you receive another email from NVC for the document review appointment?

I was contacted last week via email & given an interview date for F3, but not received anything about the document review date. Is there something I need to do before they send this? Or do they just send it automatically?
You will receive another email about the in person document review any moment from now. they usually send the email 1 to 2 weeks after the interview letter email
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by leanonme82: 12:24pm On Oct 03, 2025
internationalman:
You will receive another email about the in person document review any moment from now. they usually send the email 1 to 2 weeks after the interview letter email
Thank you so much for the response.
Been waiting on an interview date since documentary qualified oct 2024.
I am living outside Nigeria and have to travel in to complete the whole process with my family.
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by internationalman(m): 12:42pm On Oct 03, 2025
leanonme82:
Thank you so much for the response.
Been waiting on an interview date since documentary qualified oct 2024.
I am living outside Nigeria and have to travel in to complete the whole process with my family.
Be patient. You will receive the email soon. Have you done your medical test
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by leanonme82: 1:11pm On Oct 03, 2025
internationalman:
Be patient. You will receive the email soon. Have you done your medical test
no. I’m trying to book it in for the last week of October but the dates have not come up yet on their website. They are greyed out and u can’t select.
They only have slots available till the 14th of October on qlife. And till 10th of October on iom.
Interview is mid november
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by internationalman(m): 1:35pm On Oct 03, 2025
leanonme82:
no. I’m trying to book it in for the last week of October but the dates have not come up yet on their website. They are greyed out and u can’t select.
They only have slots available till the 14th of October on qlife. And till 10th of October on iom.
Interview is mid november
When is your interview date if I may ask?

It's very important that you do your medicals just as soon as you receive your interview letter because the result has to be out before your interview or even before your in person document review. If your medical result is not out before your interview, you risk being placed on administrative processing.
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by leanonme82: 2:13pm On Oct 03, 2025
internationalman:
When is your interview date if I may ask?

It's very important that you do your medicals just as soon as you receive your interview letter because the result has to be out before your interview or even before your in person document review. If your medical result is not out before your interview, you risk being placed on administrative processing.
Nov 19

I was hoping to get a date for the 26th of October for the test. Please do u know roughly how long for test results to be out? Would u advise iom or qlife?
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by internationalman(m): 2:32pm On Oct 03, 2025
leanonme82:
Nov 19

I was hoping to get a date for the 26th of October for the test. Please do u know roughly how long for test results to be out? Would u advise iom or qlife?
Qlife. That's where I did mine and it was smooth and swift.

Yeah it's Ok for you to do your medical on the 26th of this month since your interview is still over 3 weeks from that day. I think it takes about a week to 2 weeks for the medical result to be out.
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by lily156: 3:19am On Oct 05, 2025
Try emailing the medical center (IOM I'm sure of) for an appointment for a specific date even if it's not yet available on their website.

leanonme82:
no. I’m trying to book it in for the last week of October but the dates have not come up yet on their website. They are greyed out and u can’t select.
They only have slots available till the 14th of October on qlife. And till 10th of October on iom.
Interview is mid november
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by internationalman(m): 2:18pm On Oct 05, 2025
lily156:
Try emailing the medical center (IOM I'm sure of) for an appointment for a specific date even if it's not yet available on their website.
That's true. The day we went for our medicals, even people that didn't have appointments were all attended to. We didn't even book appointments when we went to collect our passports at OIS office. Almost all the nearest dates on the appointment calendar were blanked out and we wanted to fly out of naija as quick as possible. We took the risk of being refused to attend to and went to Lagos and when we got there, they didn't even bother to ask if we had appointments or not.

No matter how much they try, but appointment culture in Nigeria is not a thing except maybe at the foreign embassies and few other places.
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by stacyadams: 12:28pm On Oct 07, 2025
Desmond28:
What are the proof of domicile document that petitioner can submit house
. Just seen this..hope your petitioner is not in naija with you at the time of your interview!
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by stacyadams: 12:41pm On Oct 07, 2025
Taal17:
Never heard of them coming to address but like you said you are not married so what's the concern?

Were your children included in your application? I hope they were because you can't add them after
They do visit oo..no reason am...people wey don trace bank statement from sengal come ABA way back in 90s....na from Walter Carrington to mainland go come be problem? grin grin if they have any reason to doubt,they will come around and ask questions in your hood
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by realone1917(m): 9:18pm On Oct 07, 2025
Goodday guys, after successful interview and approved they said they will contact by SMS
and email for passport pickup,
please how long does this usually take to come through?
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by internationalman(m): 1:02am On Oct 08, 2025
realone1917:
Goodday guys, after successful interview and approved they said they will contact by SMS
and email for passport pickup,
please how long does this usually take to come through?
Congratulations 👏👏

After a successful visa interview, you typically receive your passport with the visa within 7-10 business days. Although in Lagos embassy it could take up to 14 days nowadays.
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by leanonme82: 6:48pm On Oct 08, 2025
lily156:
Try emailing the medical center (IOM I'm sure of) for an appointment for a specific date even if it's not yet available on their website.
Okay thank you so much. Ive been able to book Qlife now. Im just waiting for the document review appointment letter.
Please how long from your interview date did they put your document review for. Was it 1 week before the interview or 2 weeks?
Re: At The NVC Processing Stage Of The U. S Family Based Preference Category. by stacyadams: 7:50pm On Oct 08, 2025
realone1917:
Goodday guys, after successful interview and approved they said they will contact by SMS
and email for passport pickup,
please how long does this usually take to come through?
. Be checking the ois site..be putting your passport number to check when ur passport is ready for pick up.. embassy may not send the email on time
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