Iumezinwa1:
Please join me thank God. I am a silent follower of this thread. I got my visa today after a sucessful interview.

Transcript at Lagos, 10am today

Me- Good morning
Vo- Good morning, passport pls

Passed it over, saw her opening the pages. (was a new passort i got married on 23/07/16 and did a change of name passport)


Vo- You have never travelled before ?
Me- Oh sorry thats a new passport, I have travelled. so i passed her my old passport that had UAE stamp and chinese visa

Vo; -When last were u in Uk
Me- I visted UK january this year and i was also there for my masters in 2012/2013
Vo - oh nice. What did u study
Me- Msc Finance

Vo- You went to UAE and China (cos i had a chinesse visa on my passport) was it for business ?
Me - I said no i did not use the visa for china was intended for busness but i cancelled.

Vo - I can see you are married, how long have u been married for
Me - I said i got married July this year.

Vo- Do u have any children
Me- No, but am pregnant

Vo- Oh wow, so are you going to the US to have your baby
Me - I said yes ( all the while she ws still typing)

Vo- Where are you going to in US
Me- Houston Texas

Vo- How long will u be gone for
me- 10weeks (she was very cheerful (irrespective of the crowd in the hall... to many pple came for interview and the place was hot)


Vo- Do you have any correspondence with the doctor with you?
Me- yes ( brought out dr fs correspondence, my email and budget spreadsheet and my spreadsheet, she returned to me.)

Vo- Will u be travelling alone, will your husband travel with you ?
Me -( We are unsure if my husband will travel, out of fear of no ties i said no, but my Mum will come along.)

Vo- Does your Mum have a valid visa
me - I said yes , she did have but it is expired she will have to renew

Vo- When do u plan on travelling
Me- I said Feb Next year

All the while still typing .


finally looked at me and siad i will issue your visa , i saw my whitee paper ... i did not even hear the rest of the things ...lol

Something about the CBP has the final say in your entry into the US, that i should go with my burden of proof....bla bla


I Bless God almighty cos na baba God do am for me. I have been denied yankee visa in 2010 and 2015 ... but all tourist visa.... God's time is always the best.


My interview cldnt be more than 2- 3 minutes and the only doc that was requested was correpondence .. I am super excited..... Pls all houston March birth Mum should holla. I am looking at using Houston Methodist Sugar Land and Dr F


Please anyone with info on cheap tickets.. Planning begins full gear

Congratulations.. It is so reassuring to know the Childbirth visa isn't cancelled yet.
Please did you book an accommodation for your duration of stay or indicated in your DS 160 that you'll be staying with family/friend?? I'm also a March Houston mum preparing for interview early January.
Thanks

FADEO:


No, the account balance was 3M, but the inflow and out flow was over 40M so the VO did not check the balance. He only checked the first page of the account statement where you have the total credit and debit.

Hope this helps

Yours was truly a case of God's favor. Thanks for your response.

FADEO:
This morning feels different. One huddle crossed. Thank God for grace and favour.

Thank God for an interactive session and discussion forum like this that gets one prepared to a very large extent

I was at the consolate with my DW and my first daughter (20months old) yesterday, wednesday 30th, 2016. After the long 1hr 30 minutes screening process with a large crowd ( i wondered if this dollar increase dey affect everybody self), we final got to the VO

VO: can i see a Statement of account
DH: (Handing over the bank Statement) that's 18 months statement of account madam
VO: (she smiled). okay
After Checking through
VO: i will be giving you the visa but will advice that you go along with these same documents you have brought here today and be straight about your reason just the way you are today
DH: Thank you.
VO: (she handed me all my documents including the white paper) Pick up your passport in PH in 4 business days
DH: ok (this relieve just came). Thank you
VO: you are welcome, do have a nice day
Daughter: Bye bye
VO: Bye (to daughter with the best smile so far)

that was our story. i had to come back here to do this as i learnt from other people interview and process.

Next step is to look for flight as we are planning to leave in mid January. we are planning air france. Please any advice for or against air france.

Thank you all

Congrats on your visa issuance. Please I have an interview for early January, if you don't mind me asking was your account balance over 6M or less? Just tryna figure out their expectation with this dollar rates.
Will await your response.
Tnx

chibertha:


I have replied your pm

Please check your email.. I PMed you just now.
Tnx

chibertha:




Good luck and congratulations in advance
You can pm too if you like

Thank you so much.. I tried with the PM thingy, dunno how to go about it pls but I guess it needs your confirmation

dere5:


So sorry to hear about your ordeal.
It's very ok to enter your cousni's details,cause you had stated in your previous interview that you have a relation in the us.. Don't worry,it will end in praise this time around.

This msg just brought joy to my heart. You are a darling! Thank you so much and I tap into this declaration.

[quote author=KaptainAfrika post
3. Most folks have a long-term accommodation (or stay with family or friends) when going for delivery and its almost always never an hotel, this could also have been a red flag. Try finding a place you can stay, for before and after delivery.
4. I hope your cousin is in the US legally? (it sounds unfair, but family members are sometimes "punished" for a relatives immigration "sins"
My opinion though.

[/quote]

Thank you for your detailed analysis.

My cousin got a transfer from his oil company in Nigeria so he is a very legal immigrant with his children being citizen.

Secondly, I didn't even enter his details in my DS 160 form because the plan isn't to stay with him if my husband will be visiting. I only thicked the Yes, to extended relative question on the form.

But, if I will be applying alone without my husband I can't stay alone cos it's my first, I will need family so I'm likely to enter his details for accommodation and I hope that is ok?
Tnx

justwise:


How much will the hotel accommodation cost you for the 30days?

It's a Studio 6 reservation.

It's costs 3300 for the entire stay after discount.
It costs 1560 just for 30days. More so, the VO didn't even ask for the reservation confirmation.

Calling on everyone to please come to my rescue!

I really wanted this. It'll be my first baby.

I applied for a B2 visa, no lies in everything I filled in my form.
@nefertiti @furstymun @chibertha @justwise and every other person pls help me look into this I beg you.
What can I do differently please?

[quote author=lively123 post=51567728][/quote]

Thanks for your reply.
Yes we wanted to change the DS 160 firm then because we applied fr vacation initially instead of childbirth.
We were able to change it a week to the interview. Besides the only question in this printed interview here that is in the DS 160 I think is the "what do you do"
We didn't lie about anything at all.
I'm just disturbed about the whole thing mahn!

Hello house. Myself and hubby has our visa interview here in Lagos ystr and we were denied. I'm totally confused as to why. Here is my transcript ur was a long interview that's why I'm so pained

VO: Good morning
DH & I: Morning Sir and happy new month
VO: have you travelled before?
DH: Yes, we hv both visited Dubai, my wife studied in the UK, I hv visited the UK too
Me: I chipped in that I hv also visited SA
VO: flips through passports to confirm, and asked who is she to you?
DH: my wife
VO: how long have you been married
DH & I: two years
VO: Nods, Do you hv any children and started to type
DH: we have our first baby on the way
VO: so you're are going for childbirth?
DH & I: yes pls
VO: continues to time m asked sir what do you do?
DH: I work for .... as ........
VO: madam what do you do continues to type
Me: I am a ..... Working with .... and I am currently the ....... for ......
VO: how much do you hv for this trip?
DH: answered $15k thinking he requested for our budget, but I corrected him and he responded so, so
VO: can I see your statements?
DH: passed it to him he went through like it was textbook
VO: Which hospital
Me: told him Dr J of WHMC
VO: Any correspondence?
Me: Passed the Drs corres staring my appointment, my appointment card, bills from WHMC, Drs, Paed, email correspondence n our budget
VO: flipped through, focused on the budget for some time and asked how many days in the hotel before delivery and after?
DH: 30days before and after
VO: nods, how do you intend to get dollars, and then he answered his own question that well my hubby has priority cos he works for a financial institution
DH&I: laughed and hubby buttressed that point. I thot we had gotten it at this point
VO: types for a long time and then picked the blue paper I'm sorry your visa this time has been denied, go through the paper to understand why.

My heart was shattered. The rejection was under the 214b ties ish. Hubby wants me to reapply alone.
Pls gurus help me look into our interview, what went wrong for us and what can we do for a better result next time?
Note: I have a cousin in Houston and I thicked yes to having a distant relative in the US.

Pls come to aid plssss

chloe7:

Fill another form, call the embassy helpline they will change it for you it takes about 2 working days or so

Thanks a lot dear,
I'll do just that.
You are a life saver! Hopefully I'll come back with testimony soon by God's grace.

Hello house,

I filled my Ds160 form before I stumbled on this thread. Alas, I'll like to change my form which I've already submitted n booked appointment for. I don't know if that is still possible and if yes, please how can I go about it?
Thanks in anticipation of your replies