Hello VO.

My passport is to expire by June 2016 while my interview date is December 15, 2015 for a 4 year PhD program Student Visa. Do you foresee any problem with my passport as Nigeria Immigration Office is not ready to renew my passport until it is within 6 months of expiration?

abujaniv:


Hello Fideco,

If your situation has changed since your visa was issued, it is always best to be honest and forthright once you get to the port of entry. Admission into the US is actually the jurisdiction of our colleagues at Customs and Border Protection. For more information, here is their link http://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors#

For tourism, B1/B2 would be the visa class. And again, families are more than welcome to apply together.

Regards,

Abuja NIV Team

Thanks alot for your response!

Hello NivAbuja,

I attended an interview today with my father inlaw who is legally blind for a medical visa. This is the second time in two months. The first interview was going on well until the visa officer wanted the estimate for the cornea transplant to be done on my father inlaw. we told the VO that the doctors needed to see the patient before an estimate can be done. His son is in the US and an American citizen who will be footing the hospital bill. my husband works offshore and cannot travel hence i was ask by my husband to do it. we were giving a yellow leaflet and asked to come back when we have the needed informations.

Today we attended the interview again. My father inlaw was granted a medical visa and mine was rejected. I almost threw up in the Embassy. He is not seeing, cant even see food not to talk of walking to the bathroom. The reason that the VO gave was that airlines will make arrangement for that. The airline is not going to be with him at Emory Hospital in Atlanta.

His son has a job that keeps him always travelling in the states and his wife works with Department of Homeland security (FEMA) and currently on a federal assignment in Oklahoma city. I am the only one that will be there 24/7 to assist him during and after the transplant.

My father inlaw cant travel alone because it was specified in the letter Emory Hospital gave to us. He needs to be accompanied by a family member. The hospital appointment for my father inlaw is December 10th, 2015.

What do I do .

I need answers please. he is dying and desperately needs a cornea transplant on the last remaining eye.

Thanks.

hello guys great work y'all doing here pls i paid for a visa interview with GTBank today and got a printed receipt from them..but the only no. on the receipt which is the Transaction reference would not be accepted on the Us visa website for me to continue my application and get an interview date...pls is there something else i am missing....i also plan to go back to GTBank this morning...to face the crowd there again...tnks

bash81:
Good day VO, I appreciate ur efforts in solving problems regarding to Visa intervew.My God will bless u. My church is sending me to the us for a conference. My interview day is fast approaching. Am a full time Pastor and a senior member of d church volunteered to sponsur the trip. Pls do I need to go to the embassy with my personal statement of account? Or the VO will be ok with my sponsor statement. God bless sir.

Please read the thread fully. Your question has been answered several times.

beveleycakes:
Hello NivAbuja,

I attended an interview today with my father inlaw who is legally blind for a medical visa. This is the second time in two months. The first interview was going on well until the visa officer wanted the estimate for the cornea transplant to be done on my father inlaw. we told the VO that the doctors needed to see the patient before an estimate can be done. His son is in the US and an American citizen who will be footing the hospital bill. my husband works offshore and cannot travel hence i was ask by my husband to do it. we were giving a yellow leaflet and asked to come back when we have the needed informations.

Today we attended the interview again. My father inlaw was granted a medical visa and mine was rejected. I almost threw up in the Embassy. He is not seeing, cant even see food not to talk of walking to the bathroom. The reason that the VO gave was that airlines will make arrangement for that. The airline is not going to be with him at Emory Hospital in Atlanta.

His son has a job that keeps him always travelling in the states and his wife works with Department of Homeland security (FEMA) and currently on a federal assignment in Oklahoma city. I am the only one that will be there 24/7 to assist him during and after the transplant.

My father inlaw cant travel alone because it was specified in the letter Emory Hospital gave to us. He needs to be accompanied by a family member. The hospital appointment for my father inlaw is December 10th, 2015.

What do I do .

I need answers please. he is dying and desperately needs a cornea transplant on the last remaining eye.

Thanks.

Unfortunately, it appears that you are not eligible for the U.S. visa. You can find someone in the U.S. who can assist your father or find someone eligible for the U.S. visa to apply.

siempere:
hello guys great work y'all doing here pls i paid for a visa interview with GTBank today and got a printed receipt from them..but the only no. on the receipt which is the Transaction reference would not be accepted on the Us visa website for me to continue my application and get an interview date...pls is there something else i am missing....i also plan to go back to GTBank this morning...to face the crowd there again...tnks

As has been previously stated, you need to refer your technical questions to the points of contact on the website.

LagosNIV:


As has been previously stated, you need to refer your technical questions to the points of contact on the website.

oh yeah first time on the thread didn't know about that...

@LagosNIV....pls i paid for a visa interview with GTBank today and got a printed receipt from them..but the only no. on the receipt which is the Transaction reference would not be accepted on the Us visa website for me to continue my application and get an interview date...pls is there something else i am missing....i also plan to go back to GTBank this morning...to face the crowd there again...tnks

Hello VO,

My B1 NIV application was rejected on this Monday. How soon can I reapply for a B1 visa? A week or more?

Thank you.

siempere:
@LagosNIV....pls i paid for a visa interview with GTBank today and got a printed receipt from them..but the only no. on the receipt which is the Transaction reference would not be accepted on the Us visa website for me to continue my application and get an interview date...pls is there something else i am missing....i also plan to go back to GTBank this morning...to face the crowd there again...tnks

Read my previous response.

Dunialagbe:
Hello VO,

My B1 NIV application was rejected on this Monday. How soon can I reapply for a B1 visa? A week or more?

Thank you.

You can reapply immediately, but we don't recommend that applicants reapply for at least 90 days unless something significant has changed.

Pls i need urgent help on this,
I just got wedded and planning to book an appointment for my honeymod vacation in Us. But my wife has a current passport before i married her, which bears her own surname not mine.
so what am i to do, is she to do another pasport at my name, or is the DS 160 information to be filled is a enough proove that she is my wife?
though we have marriage certificate.
And again when filling her DS 160 form, which surname should i put for her mine or the one on her passport??
I WOUULD APPRECIATE UR KIND ADDICE, TNKS

Hello LagosNIV.

Thank you for your valuable inputs. I had a successful interview at the Lagos Embassy yesterday.

However, they returned my passport photograph at the bio-metrics stage and the VO did not request for it. Aren't they meant to hold on to it, for issuing the visa?

TIA.

Hello AbujaNIV, just going through the printed copy of my ds160 now, i realise i made a mistake on my date of birth and I have already submitted. Pls advise on what I can do to make correction. Very urgent pls.

Thanks a lot guys, for your wonderful works here.

Pls i wonna ask again, ist wise and advisable for someone going on honeymood vacation with his wife to make a specific travel plan like booking of flight and hotel reservation before filling the DS 160 form
Does it give you a better chance getting visa at d end?

Hi vo, we were denied visa in sept. Am sure it's because. On the form,were they asked if he was employed before, the answer was no. But actually he has worked with 3 diff hosp foor 5yrs. I tink he was being lazy to fill that part so he just wrote no. Nd we had a child b4 we got married but we did nt fill it in the form being that she won't be travelling with us. Thirdly I was into bizness I travel to dubai to buy wears nd gold but later stope wen I did a major operation.he did not state it on my form rather he just went ahead nd filled home maker. Now my question is? Will filling in all these. Be seen as a significant change? We will pack all docs for proof to d embassy.

mostfavour:
Pls i need urgent help on this,
I just got wedded and planning to book an appointment for my honeymod vacation in Us. But my wife has a current passport before i married her, which bears her own surname not mine.
so what am i to do, is she to do another pasport at my name, or is the DS 160 information to be filled is a enough proove that she is my wife?
though we have marriage certificate.
And again when filling her DS 160 form, which surname should i put for her mine or the one on her passport??
I WOUULD APPRECIATE UR KIND ADDICE, TNKS

The surname on the passport will be the surname that goes on the visa. It is up to you whether you get a new passport or not.

Be prepared to answer questions about the different surname.

alake007:
Hello LagosNIV.

Thank you for your valuable inputs. I had a successful interview at the Lagos Embassy yesterday.

However, they returned my passport photograph at the bio-metrics stage and the VO did not request for it. Aren't they meant to hold on to it, for issuing the visa?

TIA.

No, your photo was scanned into the computer. We already have it.

Mayflowa:
Hello VO.

My passport is to expire by June 2016 while my interview date is December 15, 2015 for a 4 year PhD program Student Visa. Do you foresee any problem with my passport as Nigeria Immigration Office is not ready to renew my passport until it is within 6 months of expiration?

It depends on when you are entering the country.

newmusic:
Hello AbujaNIV, just going through the printed copy of my ds160 now, i realise i made a mistake on my date of birth and I have already submitted. Pls advise on what I can do to make correction. Very urgent pls.

Mention the discrepancy during intake and at the interview; bring some proof of your true date of birth.

mostfavour:
Thanks a lot guys, for your wonderful works here.

Pls i wonna ask again, ist wise and advisable for someone going on honeymood vacation with his wife to make a specific travel plan like booking of flight and hotel reservation before filling the DS 160 form
Does it give you a better chance getting visa at d end?

I want to ask you again, did you read the part where we said VOs are not going to advise you on the chances of getting a visa?

afembaba:
Hi vo, we were denied visa in sept. Am sure it's because. On the form,were they asked if he was employed before, the answer was no. But actually he has worked with 3 diff hosp foor 5yrs. I tink he was being lazy to fill that part so he just wrote no. Nd we had a child b4 we got married but we did nt fill it in the form being that she won't be travelling with us. Thirdly I was into bizness I travel to dubai to buy wears nd gold but later stope wen I did a major operation.he did not state it on my form rather he just went ahead nd filled home maker. Now my question is? Will filling in all these. Be seen as a significant change? We will pack all docs for proof to d embassy.

Probably not. The problem is not that it wasn't filled in on the form because the VO can ask for any information that they need at the time of the interview. Nothing has actually changed significantly with your circumstances, you are just mentioning your presentation of facts that have essentially remained the same.

You are welcome to re-apply at any time though if you feel that putting this information on your form will impact the entirety of the interview.

Hello LagosNIV, I was going through the faq last night and base on suggestion, i filled another DS160 and submitted. I have sent a mail as well explaining the error and I also include the 2 application IDs. Please advise.

newmusic:
Hello LagosNIV, I was going through the faq last night and base on suggestion, i filled another DS160 and submitted. I have sent a mail as well explaining the error and I also include the 2 application IDs. Please advise.

What do you need to be advised on? Your request is unclear.

Sorted

please i require clarification on this inquiry. What of in a situation where i am issued a 2 year American visa and due to some circumstances was not able to visit the States within/throughout the 2 years till the visa expires. Would that have any negative effect on my chances of getting the visa renewed?

Thanks for the responce.but can we reapply so that my wife can let me hav peace.i can only travel at year end.if I miss taking her out out on vacation this time it's gonna be till 2016yr end. So is it adviceable to just reapply even without changes?

Dear, I have a 2years visa and I intend traveling to d Us in December during the festive period for 3 weeks trip. It's a family visa but my kids would b with my parents for the Xmas and new year break, my hubby has a tight schedule cos he's into entertainment. I need to no if I wouldn't have any issue at poe since I'm going alone. Thnks.