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Honestly if you have a visa interview this period of the ban and you cannot reschedule, don’t just bother going. It’s paining me that I wasted my time. Even tried to prepare small. Got 2 hours of sleep. Got to embassy by 6am cause my interview was 6.30. Lined up. Did my interview around after 8 and nothing.

It was a waste of my time, I would have rather not even gone at all.

Some people there even had hope that magically they will receive the visa even while clearly seeing interviewers telling people there is a full ban

Don't hold your breath bro. He will be back soon, under another username, and pretend he is not Efe but it will be obvious that it is him. He has had multiple usernames here over the past couple of years.

AdisaMighty:
Efe has gone silent 😂

Gu

Lekan2348:
Honestly if you have a visa interview this period of the ban and you cannot reschedule, don’t just bother going. It’s paining me that I wasted my time. Even tried to prepare small. Got 2 hours of sleep. Got to embassy by 6am cause my interview was 6.30. Lined up. Did my interview around after 8 and nothing.

It was a waste of my time, I would have rather not even gone at all.

Some people there even had hope that magically they will receive the visa even while clearly seeing interviewers telling people there is a full ban

So sorry about your experience. Thank you for sharing it. Does it mean you have to pay again? Usually the white paper signified approval. Did they give anyone another colour or everyone got the white paper?

is it possible trump suspend the ban or the full 180 days will be completed

flourishing247:
Gu

So sorry about your experience. Thank you for sharing it. Does it mean you have to pay again? Usually the white paper signified approval. Did they give anyone another colour or everyone got the white paper?

Like i explained earlier, the white paper being received means that you’re qualified, you’re approved, same thing but what is written on the paper is the fact that they can’t issue you visa because of the ban.

So you have to apply again and interview again when the ban is lifted. And to apply again you have to pay again and schedule interview again from scratch.

Lekan2348:
Like i explained earlier, the white paper being received means that you’re qualified, you’re approved, same thing but what is written on the paper is the fact that they can’t issue you visa because of the ban.

So you have to apply again and interview again when the ban is lifted. And to apply again you have to pay again and schedule interview again from scratch.

Na wa ooo. They should have just suspended interviews and resume later. The application is not cheap.

Lekan2348:
Like i explained earlier, the white paper being received means that you’re qualified, you’re approved, same thing but what is written on the paper is the fact that they can’t issue you visa because of the ban.

So you have to apply again and interview again when the ban is lifted. And to apply again you have to pay again and schedule interview again from scratch.

Thanks for sharing your experience. This is clearer now.

Sigh. Thanks for the update.
Mine is in a few weeks, I have tried rescheduling but no date available. I think it’s so bad & fraudulent to continue to do the interviews when they know there is a ban; the proper thing is to postpone since they won’t refund.

Lekan2348:
Major update:

Did my interview today and I just wasted my time going

Nobody is being issued visas. At all. They will interview you normally, ask you all the questions they want to ask as if everything is fine then at the end they will tell you that they cannot issue you visa because of the ban, give you a white slip and then tell you to re apply after the ban is lifted.

Wasted my time. Naturally I would’ve postponed my interview but I already used up all the 5 date changes so my sacrifice is for everyone’s benefit here.

Postpone your interviews till later, indefinitely. Nobody is issuing visas to Nigerians. As far as b1/b2, f1 are concerned

Lekan2348:
Major update:

Did my interview today and I just wasted my time going

Nobody is being issued visas. At all. They will interview you normally, ask you all the questions they want to ask as if everything is fine then at the end they will tell you that they cannot issue you visa because of the ban, give you a white slip and then tell you to re apply after the ban is lifted.

Wasted my time. Naturally I would’ve postponed my interview but I already used up all the 5 date changes so my sacrifice is for everyone’s benefit here.

Postpone your interviews till later, indefinitely. Nobody is issuing visas to Nigerians. As far as b1/b2, f1 are concerned

Thank you for this first hand information! Just what we needed

Lekan2348:
Like i explained earlier, the white paper being received means that you’re qualified, you’re approved, same thing but what is written on the paper is the fact that they can’t issue you visa because of the ban.

So you have to apply again and interview again when the ban is lifted. And to apply again you have to pay again and schedule interview again from scratch.

Sorry about your experience

Since you were given the white paper, why didn't the VO request for you to pay bond since they added Nigeria to the bond list.

jenifer007:
Sorry about your experience

Since you were given the white paper, why didn't the VO request for you to pay bond since they added Nigeria to the bond list.

Because they said there is a complete ban on b1/b2 and f1. The white paper signifies that based on the interview, you are qualified but due to the ban, visa can’t be issued to you.

It explains the whole visa ban proclamation. And that yiu have to apply again when the ban is lifted

Lekan2348:
I heard that Nigerians can only visit for 30 days limit. Is that true?

Seems the I94 is only valid for 30 days now. Checked their website and "admitted until date" shows 30 days after entry.

Hi
Entry date was 3rd week in Feb 2026
They didn’t stamp me in.
The guy just looked at my passport and my B1/B2 visa page and handed it back to me.
The passport was not scanned n it was not stamped.
He just asked me to go ahead n enjoy my holiday.
I told him verbally I was staying for 2 wks.

My passport was also not stamped when I was leaving the USA

tociano009:
Please when was your Entry date, and how many days did you get on your i-94 or stamp in

MsAnonymous:
Hi
Entry date was 3rd week in Feb 2026
They didn’t stamp me in.
The guy just looked at my passport and my B1/B2 visa page and handed it back to me.
The passport was not scanned n it was not stamped.
He just asked me to go ahead n enjoy my holiday.
I told him verbally I was staying for 2 wks.

My passport was also not stamped when I was leaving the USA

Your I-94 will show how long you were recorded as being stamped in, and since your entry was smooth, it’s most likely the typical duration.

If I know Efe very well, he will still come here and push a counter argument against what Lekan who has gone there and has first hand experience has said. Some people argue and just always want to seem right as if there’s a trophy on the table. It’s well shaa

Btw, I think OyotunjiUSA and Efe are the same person.

America001:
If I know Efe very well, he will still come here and push a counter argument against what Lekan who has gone there and has first hand experience has said. Some people argue and just always want to seem right as if there’s a trophy on the table. It’s well shaa

Hello house,

pls can a grandma with an active visa go n do Omugwo for her American citizen daughter for up to 6 months? Or is this too much?
Pls what do u advice
Especially when asked at POE.
tHKS

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MsAnonymous:
Hello house,

pls can a grandma with an active visa go n do Omugwo for her American citizen daughter for up to 6 months? Or is this too much?
Pls what do u advice
Especially when asked at POE.
tHKS

So I had my interview today, was unable to reschedule cause my payment was made in 2024 and it has expired.
Literally no one was given a visa, old, young, family, couple...nobody and over 25 people were before me. The only people given while I was there were an Indian couple and I think it's because it's not a Nigerian passport. Their responses for everyone was that we do not qualify and there's a ban on nigerian passports. Even those going for conferences and 1 lady for f1 visa, we were all denied. I also noticed 2 family that were questioned for over 20mins for immigrant visas, they were not given. So my advice is that you wait till the ban is lifted, that was literally what we were all told. Good luck to everyone.

This is heart breaking.

Mitan7:
So I had my interview today, was unable to reschedule cause my payment was made in 2024 and it has expired.
Literally no one was given a visa, old, young, family, couple...nobody and over 25 people were before me. The only people given while I was there were an Indian couple and I think it's because it's not a Nigerian passport. Their responses for everyone was that we do not qualify and there's a ban on nigerian passports. Even those going for conferences and 1 lady for f1 visa, we were all denied. I also noticed 2 family that were questioned for over 20mins for immigrant visas, they were not given. So my advice is that you wait till the ban is lifted, that was literally what we were all told. Good luck to everyone.

MsAnonymous:
Hello house,

pls can a grandma with an active visa go n do Omugwo for her American citizen daughter for up to 6 months? Or is this too much?
Pls what do u advice
Especially when asked at POE.
tHKS

Just say to see her grandchild, not to take care of anyone that's considered work
As long as she has a valid visa she can travel.

Let her return be short pls like 1 month or 6 weeks. Cos you don't know how many weeks they will put on her i94

Mitan7:
So I had my interview today, was unable to reschedule cause my payment was made in 2024 and it has expired.
Literally no one was given a visa, old, young, family, couple...nobody and over 25 people were before me. The only people given while I was there were an Indian couple and I think it's because it's not a Nigerian passport. Their responses for everyone was that we do not qualify and there's a ban on nigerian passports. Even those going for conferences and 1 lady for f1 visa, we were all denied. I also noticed 2 family that were questioned for over 20mins for immigrant visas, they were not given. So my advice is that you wait till the ban is lifted, that was literally what we were all told. Good luck to everyone.

Fortunately for those with immigrant visas because it is the consulate that schedules their interview date, once they are interviewed they won't be interviewed again
So when the ban on immigrant visas is lifted they would just be asked to submit their passports.

Mitan7:
So I had my interview today, was unable to reschedule cause my payment was made in 2024 and it has expired.
Literally no one was given a visa, old, young, family, couple...nobody and over 25 people were before me. The only people given while I was there were an Indian couple and I think it's because it's not a Nigerian passport. Their responses for everyone was that we do not qualify and there's a ban on nigerian passports. Even those going for conferences and 1 lady for f1 visa, we were all denied. I also noticed 2 family that were questioned for over 20mins for immigrant visas, they were not given. So my advice is that you wait till the ban is lifted, that was literally what we were all told. Good luck to everyone.

Exactly what I said. It’s better not to even go at all.

It’s better you don’t show than for you to go and then have some sort of denial on your record. Plus the stress and effort to reach the embassy and wait time isn’t worth it.

To think that while I was there on the line visibly seeing everyone getting denied, people behind me were praying and being hopeful they will be given visa even though we could all here the interviewers saying there is a complete ban and no visa will be issued.
Saying this so we all know here that nobody is you going to magically receive a visa by chance during this ban😂 no need to be hopeful or whatever. Don’t just bother going lol

Lekan2348:
Exactly what I said. It’s better not to even go at all.

It’s better you don’t show than for you to go and then have some sort of denial on your record. Plus the stress and effort to reach the embassy and wait time isn’t worth it.

To think that while I was there on the line visibly seeing everyone getting denied, people behind me were praying and being hopeful they will be given visa even though we could all here the interviewers saying there is a complete ban and no visa will be issued.
Saying this so we all know here that nobody is you going to magically receive a visa by chance during this ban😂 no need to be hopeful or whatever. Don’t just bother going lol

Pure truth

Wow its been a while I hopped in here, my 5 years visa will expire in 2028. The current economy is pushing me away from travelling.
@Justwise thank you for getting rid of Efe! He has been reincarnating with different names but I already know his handwriting. Pls permanent his ban!

The current visa ban is really a tough moment for Nigerians, we never had it this bad from America, I hope the ban will be lifted soon.

Hello everyone, so I have my visa appointment in a month's time. Is it advised that i don't go? Unfortunately i cannot reschedule cuz i paid since 2024. I will appreciate any advise

Prettymundne:
Hello everyone, so I have my visa appointment in a month's time. Is it advised that i don't go? Unfortunately i cannot reschedule cuz i paid since 2024. I will appreciate any advise

It's your choice

The ban is in effect so it's highly unlikely you will be issued.a visa. Even then if issued you could be asked to pay a bond

Prettymundne:
Hello everyone, so I have my visa appointment in a month's time. Is it advised that i don't go? Unfortunately i cannot reschedule cuz i paid since 2024. I will appreciate any advise

Don't bother going.... You will be denied cos the ban is still ongoing... Don't rely on bond.

I wish I didn't go sef cause applying again when the ban is lifted, you'll have to really convince them on what has changed from your previous application

Lekan2348:
Exactly what I said. It’s better not to even go at all.

It’s better you don’t show than for you to go and then have some sort of denial on your record. Plus the stress and effort to reach the embassy and wait time isn’t worth it.

To think that while I was there on the line visibly seeing everyone getting denied, people behind me were praying and being hopeful they will be given visa even though we could all here the interviewers saying there is a complete ban and no visa will be issued.
Saying this so we all know here that nobody is you going to magically receive a visa by chance during this ban😂 no need to be hopeful or whatever. Don’t just bother going lol

Don’t go o

Prettymundne:
Hello everyone, so I have my visa appointment in a month's time. Is it advised that i don't go? Unfortunately i cannot reschedule cuz i paid since 2024. I will appreciate any advise

Taal17:
It's your choice

The ban is in effect so it's highly unlikely you will be issued.a visa. Even then if issued you could be asked to pay a bond

It is not highly unlikely that you will be issued a visa. YOU WILL NOT BE ISSUED A VISA 😂 it is certain that you will not be issued a visa as far as the ban is still on during your interview.

Do not inconvenience yourself going

jenifer007:
Don't bother going.... You will be denied cos the ban is still ongoing... Don't rely on bond.

Thank you, everyone. Let me look elsewhere to spend my holiday. I will try again when and if the ban is ever lifted