Yes

ufkenedy:
does it make kids born in the usa by naija parents citizens?

great thanks

petemail2all:
Yes

I have been a silent reader from the day i made up my mind to apply for US visa....I had my interview today 13/02/18 can someone tell me where i went wrong?

Here it goes:

VO: Your passport pls?
Me: Passed it

VO: Where in US are you goin?
Me: Louisville, Kentucky

VO: What are you doing there?
Me: Am goin for conference exhibition

VO: Why are u going for d conference?
Me: I explained my reason

VO: Oh ur company is sponsoring it?
Me: Yes

VO: Have you traveled outside naija b4?
Me: No

VO: How many kids do you have?
Me: 2 kids, a girl and a boy

VO: She brought out blue paper and said sorry you are not qualify for this visa.
Me: Thank u!

Consular Officer deny pipo based on there own prerogative/discretion, even when you have genuine reason dey will still deny you.

Guys naija dey vex ooooh, see crowd for embassy like mad, more dan 500 pipo, from my calculation they made over #32M for only today and still 96.7% where still denied, blue paper dey slim like fish.

Princessayot:
I went for my interview today amd i was denied...Please can anyone help deduce the reason as i cant figure it out and i wish to reapply soon

Vo: Passport please
Me: Passed the passport

Vo:Why are you travelling?
Me: I am travelling with my fiance for his brothers birthday and also to do a couple of wedding shopping. Though, that wasn't a strong statement, you should have said you are traveling for vacation with your fiancee.


Vo: types alot and says i am sorry you are not qualified and gvs me blue paper
Didnt wait to hear the rest

But sincerely, their reasons for denying people nowadays is just too awkward and doesn't make sense to me, if you take someones money like that in abroad they'll tame it as fraud. They assume all Nigerians traveling @ this harsh economy won't return cos Donald Trump immigration rules is affecting the whole system, 40,000+ Nigerians didn't return last year, Trump wasn't happy hence they reshuffled the system unless you are not watching CNN. Imagine, you have good travel history but still they denied you, this can't happen 2013/2014/2015. Kindly check this part 3 thread very well the numbers of people that posted accepted transcript is fewer compared to part 2&1. I'll advise people on here always have a concrete & genuine reasons before applying or else na one chance.

Sorry man. Are you going for a conference OR an exhibition? They are two different things I think. If it's a conference, what type of conference is it?

XYZJAZZY:
I have been a silent reader from the day i made up my mind to apply for US visa....I had my interview today 13/02/18 can someone tell me where i went wrong?

Here it goes:

VO: Your passport pls?
Me: Passed it

VO: Where in US are you goin?
Me: Louisville, Kentucky

VO: What are you doing there?
Me: Am goin for conference exhibition

VO: Why are u going for d conference?
Me: I explained my reason

VO: Oh ur company is sponsoring it?
Me: Yes

VO: Have you traveled outside naija b4?
Me: No

VO: How many kids do you have?
Me: 2 kids, a girl and a boy

VO: She brought out blue paper and said sorry you are not qualify for this visa.
Me: Thank u!

Consular Officer deny pipo based on there own prerogative/discretion, even when you have genuine reason dey will still deny you.

Guys naija dey vex ooooh, see crowd for embassy like mad, more dan 500 pipo, from my calculation they made over #32M for only today and still 96.7% where still denied, blue paper dey slim like fish.

Hello house please help a brother out
My elder sis tried renewing her b1/b2 medical visa
Through drop box...she didn’t submit any statements of account...her passport was returned and they asked her to come fo physical interview...what does that mean please.
What is she supposed to be prepared for now

Please help anyone with similar experience

[quote author=LadyGuinivere post=65011947]

Hello LadyG and others in the house, i was trying to schedule an appointment today and after filling all the necessary information, and take me to where i will put the VISA FEE PAYMENT TRANSACTION REFERENCE NOS, then it says " No record found with the Reference Nos" , i don't understand why it says that, i was thinking i did a mistake while trying to schedule the appointment at first place because i first receive a DROPBOX CONFIRMATION PAGE while scheduling the appointment with the Visa Reference Nos, so i don't understand... I haven't being issued visa before.. please help me clarify this, what might goes wrong? do i need to pay for another visa fee to schedule another appointment? Please ur response will be useful

[quote author=bhankymoon post=65036987][/quote]

Yeah, you have to make payment for another one. A costly mistake, so sorry.


Really wish the authorities in charge of this aspect will revise how this works though, and give more room for people not to just be losing money like that.... Whew!

general1970:


But sincerely, their reasons for denying people nowadays is just too awkward and doesn't make sense to me, if you take someones money like that in abroad they'll tame it as fraud. They assume all Nigerians traveling @ this harsh economy won't return cos Donald Trump immigration rules is affecting the whole system, 40,000+ Nigerians didn't return last year, Trump wasn't happy hence they reshuffled the system unless you are not watching CNN. Imagine, you have good travel history but still they denied you, this can't happen 2013/2014/2015. Kindly check this part 3 thread very well the numbers of people that posted accepted transcript is fewer compared to part 2&1. I'll advise people on here always have a concrete & genuine reasons before applying or else na one chance.

[quote author=XYZJAZZY post=65035052]I have been a silent reader from the day i made up my mind to apply for US visa....I had my interview today 13/02/18 can someone tell me where i went wrong?

Here it goes:

VO: Your passport pls?
Me: Passed it

VO: Where in US are you goin?
Me: Louisville, Kentucky

VO: What are you doing there?
Me: Am goin for conference exhibition

VO: Why are u going for d conference?
Me: I explained my reason

VO: Oh ur company is sponsoring it?
Me: Yes

VO: Have you traveled outside naija b4?
Me: No

VO: How many kids do you have?
Me: 2 kids, a girl and a boy

VO: She brought out blue paper and said sorry you are not qualify for this visa.
Me: Thank u!

Consular Officer deny pipo based on there own prerogative/discretion, even when you have genuine reason dey will still deny you.

Guys naija dey vex ooooh, see crowd for embassy like mad, more dan 500 pipo, from my calculation they made over #32M for only today and still 96.7% where still denied, blue paper dey slim like fish.



��.. @XYZJAZZY.. I wasn't present at the Embassy this morning as well 8:45am appointment and it was funny how blue papers were flying up and down..except for the old people..even some families were denied in my presence. Was interviewed by the young guy in Window 2

OmoBendel24:


Yeah, you have to make payment for another one. A costly mistake, so sorry.


Really wish the authorities in charge of this aspect will revise how this works though, and give more room for people not to just be losing money like that.... Whew!

Thanks so much and hope this mistake won't affect my application if i successfully book another appointment and during interview this subject won't come up from VO ?

Good evening house,I have been a silent reader on this group and I had my interview today together with my wife and 2 year old daughter and it was approved. I read the almost 1000 pages constituting this thread religiously and researched extensively,lol. All in all,it was the Grace of God.

It was the 10:45 appointment and there were so many people there.

VO:Good morning(smiling).

US:Good morning to you(smiling)

VO:Please pass your passports.

VO:Where are you travelling to?

US:Philadelphia and New York

VO:Who is in Philadelphia?Do you have a relative there?

WIFE: My aunt is in Philadelphia even though we only intend to spend the Easter weekend with her as we will be staying in a hotel for the remainder of the vacation.

VO:Where do you work?

WIFE:I work with the **** of Nigeria as a ***** where I carry out (so and so)responsibilities and all her duties.

VO:How much do you earn?

WIFE:I earn 1***** thousand naira but I am paid **** as upfront, also **** as bonus and ****as allowances.

VO: Have you travelled before?

WIFE:Yes I have travelled to Togo for *****,also travelled to Dubai for my wedding shopping and lastly travelled with my husband to Dubai in 2015 after we were denied our US visa.

At this juncture, I came in as it was my wife that had been answering all the questions and me I wanted to talk small join,lol.

ME: I also work with ****** as a Federal Prosecutor where on behalf of the FGN I prosecute **** and ***** cases.

She stops at this juncture,looks at us,smiles and said"you both work in interesting places".

We both smiled back and wifey quickly added that:

WIFEY:His(me) job is even more interesting as he has an appeal in a case that was reported by the US govt in May.

Me:I also prosecute visa ****cases.

VOnodding her head)How long have you both been doing these jobs?

WIFE: 4years and 2months.

ME: 6 years this year.

VO:Continues typing for a long time and picks up the white envelope,circles a part and informs us that our visa has been approved.I didn't hear the rest,just couldn't wait to be out of the place,lol.

I learnt from Lady G here and other sources that you should always emphasize your strong ties and that's what we did.We spoke confidently about our jobs because wifey and I rehearsed on likely questions and satisfactory answers to them many times.

My observation on this trend is that we can be more diplomatic and courteous in responding to the questions of others without necessarily making them look stupid or being outrightly insulting.I have observed in trends from other countries that even when the intention of an applicant is manifestly illegal, they don't prosecute and jail them on those trends but they correct and pass their messages decently.We can be more civil to our fellow country men even when they are wrong.Thanks.

Good day everyone.
I had my interview at Lagos last week,although denied but I stand to be corrected ..
I-good morning
v-moning.

v-passport
I gave her..,then she requested for my previous passport I gave it to her.

Vo:where u going in the us
I-Baltomore Maryland..

Vo:what your purpose of visit.
I-going on a short vacation.

Vo:where do u work
i-********

Vo:Are u married
I -yes.

then she gave the blue paper..
pls where have I gone wrong.

HOC189:
Good day everyone.
I had my interview at Lagos last week,although denied but I stand to be corrected ..
I-good morning
v-moning.

v-passport
I gave her..,then she requested for my previous passport I gave it to her.

Vo:where u going in the us
I-Baltomore Maryland..

Vo:what your purpose of visit.
I-going on a short vacation.

Vo:where do u work
i-********

Vo:Are u married
I -yes.

then she gave the blue paper..
pls where have I gone wrong.

did u apply alone?

kardelark01:
Good evening house,I have been a silent reader on this group and I had my interview today together with my wife and 2 year old daughter and it was approved. I read the almost 1000 pages constituting this thread religiously and researched extensively,lol. All in all,it was the Grace of God.

It was the 10:45 appointment and there were so many people there.

VO:Good morning(smiling).

US:Good morning to you(smiling)

VO:Please pass your passports.

VO:Where are you travelling to?

US:Philadelphia and New York

VO:Who is in Philadelphia?Do you have a relative there?

WIFE: My aunt is in Philadelphia even though we only intend to spend the Easter weekend with her as we will be staying in a hotel for the remainder of the vacation.

VO:Where do you work?

WIFE:I work with the **** of Nigeria as a ***** where I carry out (so and so)responsibilities and all her duties.

VO:How much do you earn?

WIFE:I earn 1***** thousand naira but I am paid **** as upfront, also **** as bonus and ****as allowances.

VO: Have you travelled before?

WIFE:Yes I have travelled to Togo for *****,also travelled to Dubai for my wedding shopping and lastly travelled with my husband to Dubai in 2015 after we were denied our US visa.

At this juncture, I came in as it was my wife that had been answering all the questions and me I wanted to talk small join,lol.

ME: I also work with ****** as a Federal Prosecutor where on behalf of the FGN I prosecute **** and ***** cases.

She stops at this juncture,looks at us,smiles and said"you both work in interesting places".

We both smiled back and wifey quickly added that:

WIFEY:His(me) job is even more interesting as he has an appeal in a case that was reported by the US govt in May.

Me:I also prosecute visa ****cases.

VOnodding her head)How long have you both been doing these jobs?

WIFE: 4years and 2months.

ME: 6 years this year.

VO:Continues typing for a long time and picks up the white envelope,circles a part and informs us that our visa has been approved.I didn't hear the rest,just couldn't wait to be out of the place,lol.

I learnt from Lady G here and other sources that you should always emphasize your strong ties and that's what we did.We spoke confidently about our jobs because wifey and I rehearsed on likely questions and satisfactory answers to them many times.

My observation on this trend is that we can be more diplomatic and courteous in responding to the questions of others without necessarily making them look stupid or being outrightly insulting.I have observed in trends from other countries that even when the intention of an applicant is manifestly illegal, they don't prosecute and jail them on those trends but they correct and pass their messages decently.We can be more civil to our fellow country men even when they are wrong.Thanks.

congrat. "you both work in interesting places"

YankeeJJC:
congrat. "you both work in interesting places"

petemail2all:
I had the same issue yesterday. I was almost giving up the user creation when i tried using the same email i used with my DS160. Someone just suggested i tried another email, so i used my gmail and it went once. I dont think its a necessity to use the same email you used on ur DS160 form. Try again with a different email.

Hi, I do not think the problem is with the email. I've tried different email addresses but still got the same response. I decided to twist every detail on my passport and it moved successfully to the next page. This means that someone has used my passport details before on the website. I'm confused because I have never sought for US visa in my life. Please, impersonation is a very serious issue. Please, who knows the embassy's hotline so that I can put a call through to them? The feedback form is slow and I'm running out of time.

careerwoman:


Hi, I do not think the problem is with the email. I've tried different email addresses but still got the same response. I decided to twist every detail on my passport and it moved successfully to the next page. This means that someone has used my passport details before on the website. I'm confused because I have never sought for US visa in my life. Please, impersonation is a very serious issue. Please, who knows the embassy's hotline so that I can put a call through to them? The feedback form is slow and I'm running out of time.

2 Walter Carrington Crescent,
Victoria Island, Lagos
Telephone: (234)-1- 460-3600 or (234)-1- 460-3400
Fax: (+234)-1-460-3717
https://ng.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulate/lagos/visas/

Amazing. Thanks for sharing. Alot to learn here.

[quote author=kardelark01 post=65042014]Good evening house,I have been a silent reader on this group and I had my interview today together with my wife and 2 year old daughter and it was approved. I read the almost 1000 pages constituting this thread religiously and researched extensively,lol. All in all,it was the Grace of God.

It was the 10:45 appointment and there were so many people there.

VO:Good morning(smiling).

US:Good morning to you(smiling)

I learnt from Lady G here and other sources that you should always emphasize your strong ties and that's what we did.We spoke confidently about our jobs because wifey and I rehearsed on likely questions and satisfactory answers to them many times.

My observation on this trend is that we can be more diplomatic and courteous in responding to the questions of others without necessarily making them look stupid or being outrightly insulting.I have observed in trends from other countries that even when the intention of an applicant is manifestly illegal, they don't prosecute and jail them on those trends but they correct and pass their messages decently.We can be more civil to our fellow country men even when they are wrong.Thanks.
[/quote] Congrat...best advice so far.

allhavesinned:

Please I need help, I want to renew my visa but I cant retrive my DS 160 cnfirmation page with my application ID. Any time I key in the application ID , I will receive a message " No matching data found" but can retrive my wife and sons confirmation page with their ID. We were issued visa same day as family. Please someone should help. Moreover I have printed the confirmation page with same ID before and i have the copy i printed but now cant

1. you might be using O instead of 0.
2. Is the Security answer correct?

If you can't retrieve your previous DS 160 page..You can fill a new DS 160 but make sure the information will be the same with the first DS 160

YankeeJJC:
1. you might be using O instead of 0.
2. Is the Security answer correct?

Pls am asking this question on behalf of a friend, Guru's in the house pls need ur answer to dis...

My friend Girl friend is in US, she's living with her sister there, tho her gf is studying over there....his girl friend ask him to come on a visiting visa...promise to take care of feeding and accommodation

1) Will #1m be enough for him to go on 2months visiting?

2) He doesn't have any "Tie" he's borrowing the #1m from his uncle

Pls what is the chance of him getting a visa?

Surdycole2:
Pls am asking this question on behalf of a friend, Guru's in the house pls need ur answer to dis...

My friend Girl friend is in US, she's living with her sister there, tho her gf is studying over there....his girl friend ask him to come on a visiting visa...promise to take care of feeding and accommodation

1) Will #1m be enough for him to go on 2months visiting?

2) He doesn't have any "Tie" he's borrowing the #1m from his uncle

Pls what is the chance of him getting a visa?

his uncle is Sponsoring him to go see his "Girlfriend" definitely his Girlfriend wouldn't want him to comeback, how is he going to convince V.O since it's even his uncle that's sponsoring? Will he even want to comeback? The V.O too will get the message that he will not come back. Uncle sponsoring is a No No to me sha.

YankeeJJC:
2 Walter Carrington Crescent,
Victoria Island, Lagos
Telephone: (234)-1- 460-3600 or (234)-1- 460-3400
Fax: (+234)-1-460-3717
https://ng.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulate/lagos/visas/

Thanks

careerwoman:


Thanks

someone might have mistakenly fill in your passport No. to create a profile just to be checking available dates.

Surdycole2:
Pls am asking this question on behalf of a friend, Guru's in the house pls need ur answer to dis...

My friend Girl friend is in US, she's living with her sister there, tho her gf is studying over there....his girl friend ask him to come on a visiting visa...promise to take care of feeding and accommodation

1) Will #1m be enough for him to go on 2months visiting?

2) He doesn't have any "Tie" he's borrowing the #1m from his uncle

Pls what is the chance of him getting a visa?

Tell him to get his life in order by getting a good job with good salary and since there's 1million involved they can both meet in Dubai to have a good time sooner or later maybe after 3 yrs he can apply for U.S Visit Visa to meet her... without good ties it's near impossible to get a U.S visa.

Hello. Please applying for USA visiting visa as a first timer. Is it better to use a hotel reservation or a home address for my form?

YankeeJJC:
someone might have mistakenly fill in your passport No. to create a profile just to be checking available dates.

Yes
Seems like it..
I tweaked the details again to determine which particular information matches the previous user. Apparently when I changed my passport no. leaving the other details, it moved to the next page successfully.
It's so annoying

Hello gurus in the house.

Myself and my wife appeared at the Abuja US Embassy this morning but were denied B1/B2.

Please what could have been possibly be the reason why we were refused so that I can know how what to do next.
Bellow is the transcript:


VO: Why are you going to Florida?
Me: We are going for tourism purpose

VO: Do you have a friend in the US
Me: Yes


VO: Where do you work?
Me: .I work in Hubmart Stores Limited as a Training & Dev. Manager
My wife said she works in Skye bank as a customer service officer

VO: Have you ever traveled out of the country before?
Me: Yes

VO: Where?
Me: Republic of Benin

VO: Do you have children?
Me & wife: NO! We are waiting on God and we a still praying

She directed the last question to my wife..

VO: Are you pregnant?
Wife: No, I am not

...kept typing for like 30seconds and brought our d refusal letter.

Please where did we go wrong so that we can adjust next time re apply.

Thanks

ayinkala:
Hello gurus in the house.

Myself and my wife appeared at the Abuja US Embassy this morning but were denied B1/B2.

Please what could have been possibly be the reason why we were refused so that I can know how what to do next.
Bellow is the transcript:


VO: Why are you going to Florida?
Me: We are going for tourism purpose

VO: Do you have a friend in the US
Me: Yes


VO: Where do you work?
Me: .I work in Hubmart Stores Limited as a Training & Dev. Manager
My wife said she works in Skye bank as a customer service officer

VO: Have you ever traveled out of the country before?
Me: Yes

VO: Where?
Me: Republic of Benin

VO: Do you have children?
Me & wife: NO! We are waiting on God and we a still praying

She directed the last question to my wife..

VO: Are you pregnant?
Wife: No, I am not

...kept typing for like 30seconds and brought our d refusal letter.

Please where did we go wrong so that we can adjust next time re apply.

Thanks

At the bolded
When asked why u were going to Florida a better reply would have been to list out the places you will like to visit for Tourism.

You will need to work on your travel history as a couple

When asked about children, an outright no should suffice.

Hello House,

I and My Little infant went for Our interview last week and we got our Visa (White Paper)
Yesterday, I got an email and SMS that my little infants VISA is available for pickup but I haven't received an Email and SMS concerning mine yet.

How long should i wait before sending a mail to the embassy.

* Interview Transcript coming up soon