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no i didnt get a reschedule but how were you contacted via email or text msg maybe i should be concerned as well

Wena1900:
Good day house, please i need your advice I have an interview on June 25 for b1 visa am a Lagos state staff nominated to go for a business conference in NYC, I have
A letter from the conference am to attend
6 months pay slip
employment letters and several promotion letters
Introduction letter for my department
letter of sponsor ship by the government
I was told i don,t need my own account statement since i not sponsoring the trip.
my travel experience is South Africa, Kenya,India and last month I was in Canada with my family.
please house what are my chances i heard the US visa is very hard

YOu should be fine. Just hold them in the event that you are asked. I have never been asked for a document at the US consulate except when I applied for a F1 visa

Pipedreams:
US should fuc*k off. ill holiday in the UK instead.

Would you still be jaundiced and somewhat condescending if your visa application had been approved?

Our attitude and reaction towards "failures, disappointments, setbacks" can say a lot about our personalities.

Keep your good dreams flowing in a pipe with a positive attitude and just someday things will change.

Best of luck

please do you have ideas of possible questions i can be asked

Wena1900 the message came as a text message not email, that interview is shifted from 25th to 29th june

congratulations, i am so happy for you. indeed delay isnt denial.

Please and Please, wait till you can travel with your family, dont let the consular officer down, and dont put your self at risk of being turned back at the port of entry and visa cancelled. i wish you the very best.

Kunle2030:
Hi everyone, i have been following this thread for months and its been very insightful and helpful..ill like to share my experience.

I have been refused a us visa four times before my this..i was refused 15 years ago twice when i applied for a student visa in lagos which was in 2003.

I moved to germany in 2014 through my wife who is a german citizen and we have 2 young sons.i have my residency here in germany.

So after i decided to try for a us visa in 2016 stating i was travelling with my wife and children and i was again refused for the 3rd time.

I didnt give up and decided to try again this year in march cos my wife wanted us to visit newyork with the kids.my wife and kids have german passports but i only have residence permit.

Even though i earned about 3000 euros a month and have a fairly decent job i was refused for the 4th time cos the vo asked for my proof of income and bank statement and when i gave him he said my balance was low and rejected me for the 4th time.

Stubborn as i was i decided to try again last week and saved up some money and my bank balance was healthy so i tried for the 5th time and the interview went thus:

Vo: good morning,place your fingers on the scanner

Me:good morning and i did

Vo:why all these refusals?u were here recently?

Me:yes i have been refused 4 times before now and the first 2 refusals were 15 years ago when i was living in lagos and never been abroad in my life and twice since i moved to germany and most recent refusal was in march this year

Vo:ok let me look at the notes from your interview in march..right all i want to see is your bank statement and payslips.

Me:ok i gave him

Vo: he looked at the bank statement thoroughly and picked a random payslip and said show me where this money is in your bank statement and i directed it to him.

VO:where are u visiting and how long?

Me:i told him im visiting newyork for 10 days with my wife and kids

VO:looking at me he said this is one of those 50 50 decisions for me and he continued to say that for about 50 seconds looking at me.he then kept quiet for a while and started typing and looked up and said how am i sure u are going to come back

Me:i love my job and it provides me a decent living and i cant abandon it.my wife and children live here in germany with me and i have visited many countries in europe and never overstayed.

VO:looked at me in awkward silence for a while and said ok im approving this visa today.pls dont let me down.if u go and return u will get a US visa for life and if u dont u will never get a US visa.take care of your lovely kids

Me:i was so emotional and thanked him for giving me the benefit of doubt.this was my fifth attempt.

Anything is possible if u believe and have genuine intentions.
This is a fantastic forum and it helped me a lot reading these pages even at work like a bible.

I wanted to ask if i could travel alone cos my wife 2 days ago received a letter in the post for her dream job interview and unfortunately it falls in the period we are originally scheduled to travel as a family and this is the only time i will be free to travel cos of my work.im only staying in newyork for 10 days..will it be a problem to travel alone even though i said in my ds 160 im travelling with my wife and children?pls guide me

it is always advisable to go with your statement of account especially if you are working even if someone else is sponsoring your trip and you have the person's statement.

The very first time i applied for a visa i was not asked for any supporting documents despite have a large file. Upon renewal, i did a drop box but was called for an interview, i did not want to go with my statement of account but my hubby said what if you asked, i got my statement of account a day before my inteview. Guess what? i was asked. i got my visa, i would have been pained if i was refused on that basis alone.

its always better to be over prepared than under prepared.

lollyberry:
congratulations to u bro, but am confused o, do they ask for statement of account for family vacation

Please house..., help a friend. I had an existing account before when i applied 3 years ago. I can't remember the password anymore. Pls What can be done to retrieve it?
Thanks

TWoods:
If you had told the VO you were traveling by yourself, he would likely have denied you. One VO took a chance on you and your very first question is how to renege on the plan to travel with your family?

Twoooodddddddddd

AfonjaBoston:
Would you still be jaundiced and somewhat condescending if your visa application had been approved?

Our attitude and reaction towards "failures, disappointments, setbacks" can say a lot about our personalities.

Keep your good dreams flowing in a pipe with a positive attitude and just someday things will change.

Best of luck

Very crude attitude..... very disappointed

Ojolfc:
Please house..., help a friend. I had an existing account before when i applied 3 years ago. I can't remember the password anymore. Pls What can be done to retrieve it?
Thanks

Do you still have the email? if yes... click forgot password.

Pesuzok:
Keeping checking the appointment page, you might be lucky to get an earlier date.

I don't think your reason for travelling qualifies for an emergency appointment, but you can give it a try.

That's an option on my mind, will give it a try.
I also noticed the appointment date keeps changing, and it even moved earlier at some point.

Does this happen frequently?

Taal17:
I think


there is an option for emergency appointment. Try it.
Bear in mind that this period is busy cos of summer holidays and school starting in September

Yes, that's true.
I'll give it a try. Thanks for the response, it's appreciated.

OME1:
Good morning everyone, well done for all the information, had to read up on previous posts and comments. I appreciate.

I have a question, my sister and I got invited for a conference holding between 10th-13th August in New York, we received our invitation letters 3 days ago and we immediately proceeded to apply for our US visas, but the earliest date we saw on the application page was 28th August and now it's showing 6th September.

I really don't know what to do at this point, 'cause conference plans, payment of fees have been concluded and we were fast in our application process.

How do I go about it?

Any help or suggestions? Thank you all very much.

OmoBendel24 TWoods and everyone else.

Looking forward to more responses. Thanks everyone! Well done.

seyewest:
Do you still have the email? if yes... click forgot password.

Thank you Sir but i cant access the site, hope is general

Gud evening my people and good job here to d Gurus.
pleas I cancel an appointment I made immediately i realise there was mistake in d ds 160 confirmation no dt i put. so I tried to reschedule another appointment again but it is not showing d appointment date. until it says av exceeded no of time I will view d page. Plssss gurus wat can I do to dis to be able to reschedule d appointment.
thanks for ur awaiting response

Ojolfc:
Thank you Sir but i cant access the site, hope is general

You mean www.ustraveldocs.com

seyewest:
You mean www.ustraveldocs.com

Yes Sir

ASHAFAIGINLA:
Gud evening my people and good job here to d Gurus.
pleas I cancel an appointment I made immediately i realise there was mistake in d ds 160 confirmation no dt i put. so I tried to reschedule another appointment again but it is not showing d appointment date. until it says av exceeded no of time I will view d page. Plssss gurus wat can I do to dis to be able to reschedule d appointment.
thanks for ur awaiting response

Gud morning Gurus, plsss I need your advice on this.

ASHAFAIGINLA:
Gud morning Gurus, plsss I need your advice on this.

. Login today it will display new appointment date and continue appointment process

OME1:
Looking forward to more responses. Thanks everyone! Well done.

Almost two months away still! You guys may have to take your chances (with Abuja particularly) and keep searching for openings, just maybe some could open up for you in the next one week. Concentrate on picking the available for any of you both instead of getting same appointment for you both.

A little advice I will offer extra is for you guys not to exactly pick a date yet with the hope of a reschedule, just lock your receipt numbers into each of your profile first by actually inputting it when asked and move to the very next page where you see the raw available dates, but don't pick any, just go off the page. Subsequently, you will only be logging in and starting from your "PICKUP" address page, if you see a favourable date, you will only be two quick steps away from scheduling your appointment without the delays of having to input receipt numbers again. I really hope you even understand this sha....

For the next few days/weeks possibly keep logging in and refreshing at intervals (during your spare or dedicated times) from your phone having set the above background, you will 'capture' a date very likely. I don't believe those that people are paying to help them get appointments are doing anything different.... An all night because of this may help, but I also don't believe that, because dates pops up at almost any time to the best of my knowledge.

I hope this helps you and others who may find themselves in this situation now or in the future. I'm not exactly too happy to drop this idea here because I may just be helping someone that is writing a book somewhere for the purpose of making money, and another that can easily understand the steps I dropped above that will be paid too for having the KEY to help book appointments (this category pains me less though). Regards, make I come dey go church, happy Sunday all!

Ojolfc:
Yes Sir

Use Google chrome

OmoBendel24:
Almost two months away still! You guys may have to take your chances (with Abuja particularly) and keep searching for openings, just maybe some could open up for you in the next one week. Concentrate on picking the available for any of you both instead of getting same appointment for you both.

A little advice I will offer extra is for you guys not to exactly pick a date yet with the hope of a reschedule, just lock your receipt numbers into each of your profile first by actually inputting it when asked and move to the very next page where you see the raw available dates, but don't pick any, just go off the page. Subsequently, you will only be logging in and starting from your "PICKUP" address page, if you see a favourable date, you will only be two quick steps away from scheduling your appointment without the delays of having to input receipt numbers again. I really hope you even understand this sha....

For the next few days/weeks possibly keep logging in and refreshing at intervals (during your spare or dedicated times) from your phone having set the above background, you will 'capture' a date very likely. I don't believe those that people are paying to help them get appointments are doing anything different.... An all night because of this may help, but I also don't believe that, because dates pops up at almost any time to the best of my knowledge.

I hope this helps you and others who may find themselves in this situation now or in the future. I'm not exactly too happy to drop this idea here because I may just be helping someone that is writing a book somewhere for the purpose of making money, and another that can easily understand the steps I dropped above that will be paid too for having the KEY to help book appointments (this category pains me less though). Regards, make I come dey go church, happy Sunday all!

There will always be bad people in a group but your own reward is sure

Ojolfc:
Yes Sir

There's nothing wrong with it... try another browser.

OmoBendel24:
Almost two months away still! You guys may have to take your chances (with Abuja particularly) and keep searching for openings, just maybe some could open up for you in the next one week. Concentrate on picking the available for any of you both instead of getting same appointment for you both.

I hope this helps you and others who may find themselves in this situation now or in the future. I'm not exactly too happy to drop this idea here because I may just be helping someone that is writing a book somewhere for the purpose of making money, and another that can easily understand the steps I dropped above that will be paid too for having the KEY to help book appointments (this category pains me less though). Regards, make I come dey go church, happy Sunday all!

Baba you don open chicken yansh finish.... I was able to get ''4'' July dates for my colleagues at work by using that format...

Nice

Good Day all

Please i need advice as my situation is as follows.

I got my B1B2 visa in July 2017 but have not used it till date.

been to Russia, Germany, UAE, Turkey, UK, South Africa, India and China.

but now i don,t plan to Visit the US as a tourist. but planning to apply for F1 Student Visa as I intend studying for my M.Sc.

The Question is:

If at the worse case scenario, they refuse me the F1 visa, would they revoke my B1 Visa?

or should I Visit the US, then come back and apply for the F1 Visa?

Alote:
Good Day all

Please i need advice as my situation is as follows.

I got my B1B2 visa in July 2017 but have not used it till date.

been to Russia, Germany, UAE, Turkey, UK, South Africa, India and China.

but now i don,t plan to Visit the US as a tourist. but planning to apply for F1 Student Visa as I intend studying for my M.Sc.

The Question is:

If at the worse case scenario, they refuse me the F1 visa, would they revoke my B1 Visa?

or should I Visit the US, then come back and apply for the F1 Visa?

Re-apply to change your B1/B2 to F1

OmoBendel24:
Almost two months away still! You guys may have to take your chances (with Abuja particularly) and keep searching for openings, just maybe some could open up for you in the next one week. Concentrate on picking the available for any of you both instead of getting same appointment for you both.

A little advice I will offer extra is for you guys not to exactly pick a date yet with the hope of a reschedule, just lock your receipt numbers into each of your profile first by actually inputting it when asked and move to the very next page where you see the raw available dates, but don't pick any, just go off the page. Subsequently, you will only be logging in and starting from your "PICKUP" address page, if you see a favourable date, you will only be two quick steps away from scheduling your appointment without the delays of having to input receipt numbers again. I really hope you even understand this sha....

For the next few days/weeks possibly keep logging in and refreshing at intervals (during your spare or dedicated times) from your phone having set the above background, you will 'capture' a date very likely. I don't believe those that people are paying to help them get appointments are doing anything different.... An all night because of this may help, but I also don't believe that, because dates pops up at almost any time to the best of my knowledge.

I hope this helps you and others who may find themselves in this situation now or in the future. I'm not exactly too happy to drop this idea here because I may just be helping someone that is writing a book somewhere for the purpose of making money, and another that can easily understand the steps I dropped above that will be paid too for having the KEY to help book appointments (this category pains me less though). Regards, make I come dey go church, happy Sunday all!

Thanks so much! I'll try this out and get back to you.
Sorry about the way people act/have acted on this thread previously.

I really appreciate the kind gesture.

P.S; For folks who are here to comply information so they'd make an Ebook out of it for people to buy.
Know this, you'll sometime be in a position of need and people you 'rob' will definitely not be obliged to help you no matter what, think about this and change.

Kunle2030:
Hi everyone, i have been following this thread for months and its been very insightful and helpful..ill like to share my experience.

I have been refused a us visa four times before my this..i was refused 15 years ago twice when i applied for a student visa in lagos which was in 2003.

I moved to germany in 2014 through my wife who is a german citizen and we have 2 young sons.i have my residency here in germany.

So after i decided to try for a us visa in 2016 stating i was travelling with my wife and children and i was again refused for the 3rd time.

I didnt give up and decided to try again this year in march cos my wife wanted us to visit newyork with the kids.my wife and kids have german passports but i only have residence permit.

Even though i earned about 3000 euros a month and have a fairly decent job i was refused for the 4th time cos the vo asked for my proof of income and bank statement and when i gave him he said my balance was low and rejected me for the 4th time.

Stubborn as i was i decided to try again last week and saved up some money and my bank balance was healthy so i tried for the 5th time and the interview went thus:

Vo: good morning,place your fingers on the scanner

Me:good morning and i did

Vo:why all these refusals?u were here recently?

Me:yes i have been refused 4 times before now and the first 2 refusals were 15 years ago when i was living in lagos and never been abroad in my life and twice since i moved to germany and most recent refusal was in march this year

Vo:ok let me look at the notes from your interview in march..right all i want to see is your bank statement and payslips.

Me:ok i gave him

Vo: he looked at the bank statement thoroughly and picked a random payslip and said show me where this money is in your bank statement and i directed it to him.

VO:where are u visiting and how long?

Me:i told him im visiting newyork for 10 days with my wife and kids

VO:looking at me he said this is one of those 50 50 decisions for me and he continued to say that for about 50 seconds looking at me.he then kept quiet for a while and started typing and looked up and said how am i sure u are going to come back

Me:i love my job and it provides me a decent living and i cant abandon it.my wife and children live here in germany with me and i have visited many countries in europe and never overstayed.

VO:looked at me in awkward silence for a while and said ok im approving this visa today.pls dont let me down.if u go and return u will get a US visa for life and if u dont u will never get a US visa.take care of your lovely kids

Me:i was so emotional and thanked him for giving me the benefit of doubt.this was my fifth attempt.

Anything is possible if u believe and have genuine intentions.
This is a fantastic forum and it helped me a lot reading these pages even at work like a bible.

I wanted to ask if i could travel alone cos my wife 2 days ago received a letter in the post for her dream job interview and unfortunately it falls in the period we are originally scheduled to travel as a family and this is the only time i will be free to travel cos of my work.im only staying in newyork for 10 days..will it be a problem to travel alone even though i said in my ds 160 im travelling with my wife and children?pls guide me

touching story and nice one congrats and dont let us down also

My experience on the US B1/B2 Visa application.

I paid for the visa application sometime in February this year. Myself, my wife and 3 kids. I filled the online forms myself and booked appointment for a datw in March (9:45am) with plans to travel in April.

On the day for the interview, we were turned back due to irregular appointment number. It was only my number that reflected on all other co-applicants appointments. We were told to reschedule in 72 hours.

I did as was told and choose, a date in May and also changed the date of our planned vacation to July.

Fast forward to May. We got to the Lagos office very early in the morning. Paid the usual #500 for parking. We ate our breakfast first and then proceeded to the queue and in we went because everything was alright this time.

After a lady confirmed out appointment etc, we joined the queue for the biometric. Myself, my wife and my 14 year old son. The other 2 children were younger than 14, so no need for biometric. After this, we again joined the queue for the interview proper. It was as if it was the judgment day. We could clear hear other visa applicants confessing before the VO. Some were almost begging, I could hear some lying with a straight face.

We were directed to cubicle 8. The VO was all smile. He was the same guy that did our biometric. The lady (applicant) directly before me was denied. My turn

VO: Good morning, immediately looking at his computer screen
Me: Good morning

VO: You are a .... (My job)?
Me: Yes.

VO: What is ...(a question only my professional colleagues would know).
Me: I defined the term without blinking nor 2nd thought.

VO: How many years have you been in practice of your trade?
Me: 8 years now.

VO: What Company do you work for?
Me: Named the Company sharply.

VO: Tell me about your daily work.
Me: I coincisely narrated my daily assignment.

VO: Hello Ma'am (my wife) where do you work?
My wife: I work with the Lagos State Government.

VO: Where?
My wife: Local Government.

VO: Which local government?
My wife: ... Local government.

VO: What level are you?
My wife: Level 9.

VO: Why are you traveling?
Me: Family Vacation.

VO: Do you know anyone in the US?
Me: No.

VO: Which State are you going in the US?
Me: Miami, Florida.

VO: How long do you intend to stay in the US?
Me: Just 2 weeks.

VO: Do you have any other kids aside from these 3?
Me: No. Just these 3.

VO: Do you guys have travel experiences?
Me: Yes.

VO: Where and where?
Me: UK, Germany, Spain and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

VO: You madam?
My wpaperKingdom of Saudi Arabia.

VO: Where are the Visas? I can't find them in your international passports?
Me: Yes, they are in our old international passports.

VO: And where are they?
Me: I left them in the car. I was told not to bring them in.

VO: Who told you not to bring them in?

He continued... Reaching for a white paper, he quickly wrote m case number, the date, my surname and marked the portion ...You are requested to provide additional documentation and then he wrote old passport.

VO: Show this document to the security, it will let you out and let you back in. Go and bring your old passports.

Me: OK Sir. Taking fast strides.

Upon my return from the car, with our old passports in hand, I went straight to him, with my family. He carefully went through all my visas and the one on my wife's old passport.

VO: Can I have all the passports back?
Me: Passed it to him sharperly.

He scanned them all again. He then looked up at me.

VO: Congratulations Mr. ..., your visas have been approved, you shall be contacted by the DHL office
Victoria Island in 72 hours via text messages or email to come and pick up your Visas.

Me: Thank you Sir.

It was our first attempt and we received the text messages and email in 72 hours. We have our visas now and the travel plans is in top gear. We booked the hotel.

Lawlek:
My experience on the US B1/B2 Visa application.

I paid for the visa application sometime in February this year. Myself, my wife and 3 kids. I filled the online forms myself and booked appointment for a datw in March (9:45am) with plans to travel in April.

On the day for the interview, we were turned back due to irregular appointment number. It was only my number that reflected on all other co-applicants appointments. We were told to reschedule in 72 hours.

I did as was told and choose, a date in May and also changed the date of our planned vacation to July.

Fast forward to May. We got to the Lagos office very early in the morning. Paid the usual #500 for parking. We ate our breakfast first and then proceeded to the queue and in we went because everything was alright this time.

After a lady confirmed out appointment etc, we joined the queue for the biometric. Myself, my wife and my 14 year old son. The other 2 children were younger than 14, so no need for biometric. After this, we again joined the queue for the interview proper. It was as if it was the judgment day. We could clear hear other visa applicants confessing before the VO. Some were almost begging, I could hear some lying with a straight face.

We were directed to cubicle 8. The VO was all smile. He was the same guy that did our biometric. The lady (applicant) directly before me was denied. My turn

VO: Good morning, immediately looking at his computer screen
Me: Good morning

VO: You are a .... (My job)?
Me: Yes.

VO: What is ...(a question only my professional colleagues would know).
Me: I defined the term without blinking nor 2nd thought.

VO: How many years have you been in practice of your trade?
Me: 8 years now.

VO: What Company do you work for?
Me: Named the Company sharply.

VO: Tell me about your daily work.
Me: I coincisely narrated my daily assignment.

VO: Hello Ma'am (my wife) where do you work?
My wife: I work with the Lagos State Government.

VO: Where?
My wife: Local Government.

VO: Which local government?
My wife: ... Local government.

VO: What level are you?
My wife: Level 9.

VO: Why are you traveling?
Me: Family Vacation.

VO: Do you know anyone in the US?
Me: No.

VO: Which State are you going in the US?
Me: Miami, Florida.

VO: How long do you intend to stay in the US?
Me: Just 2 weeks.

VO: Do you have any other kids aside from these 3?
Me: No. Just these 3.

VO: Do you guys have travel experiences?
Me: Yes.

VO: Where and where?
Me: UK, Germany, Spain and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

VO: You madam?
My wpaperKingdom of Saudi Arabia.

VO: Where are the Visas? I can't find them in your international passports?
Me: Yes, they are in our old international passports.

VO: And where are they?
Me: I left them in the car. I was told not to bring them in.

VO: Who told you not to bring them in?

He continued... Reaching for a white paper, he quickly wrote m case number, the date, my surname and marked the portion ...You are requested to provide additional documentation and then he wrote old passport.

VO: Show this document to the security, it will let you out and let you back in. Go and bring your old passports.

Me: OK Sir. Taking fast strides.

Upon my return from the car, with our old passports in hand, I went straight to him, with my family. He carefully went through all my visas and the one on my wife's old passport.

VO: Can I have all the passports back?
Me: Passed it to him sharperly.

He scanned them all again. He then looked up at me.

VO: Congratulations Mr. ..., your visas have been approved, you shall be contacted by the DHL office
Victoria Island in 72 hours via text messages or email to come and pick up your Visas.

Me: Thank you Sir.

It was our first attempt and we received the text messages and email in 72 hours. We have our visas now and the travel plans is in top gear. We booked the hotel.

Congrats bro. If I were u, na the travel history I go first tell them�, na dat be the visa�. God Bless Nigeria!