ayo84:
Hi everyone, i intend to open a company in the usa, so that i can start doing business and getting clients, is there anyone who would be interested in a collaboration or partnership. Also what is the easiest immigration route to attain usa relocation if one is running a business in the usa.

Lmaooooo.....you need to invest around $200,000 for Investment visa

ecoleco:
I live in the US with spouse and 2 kids. We had a newborn 3 weeks ago. I am on H1B and spouse and kids on H4. I want to invite my sister on B1/B2 visa to help take care of the newborn. Do I need to specify the purpose of her visit on the letter of invitation or create a generic invitation? Will specifying that she is coming to help with the newborn harm or help her visa approval?
Thanks for your responses.

That means your sister is coming to U.S to work, if it was your mom it's a bit understandable.

Talksub:
Please how easy is it to get Transit Visa USA . Is the wait as long as B1/B2??. A friend got a ticket and then released it is passing through us and it is a non refundable ticket.

What can the person do?

the person should inform his agent to re route it, he will add some money but it will save him a lot of stress, by the way which country is he going to?

RSQLPython:
Hello Folks,

I applied for visa renewal for a relative last night. He qualified for IW and got approved this morning. However, when I tried to schedule the appointment, I got this. Does this mean he will be appearing for an interview? Or does this just means this is the date he could go submit his documents at DHL?

Thanks

The approval means you're free to pick any date for drop box at DHL.

SimiMaya:
He was born Jan 19
We plan to travel mid March

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iyanuakin:
Good afternoon my ogas, trust we are all fine, last year I travelled to the US for a security conference plus vacation, spent 6 weeks, my visa expires next year, would like to go with my wife for my next trip of 12 days in April , her interview is December may 2024 searched for date countless times not seeing closer date, someone adviced i call the embassy and explain, I humbly request for your advice please
Thanks

Good afternoon, there's nothing the U.S Embassy can do about the dates unless it's for emergency purposes, keep checking the dates, you maybe lucky.

SimiMaya:

Hi all

So just looking for some advise to save costs. I am trying to book my return flight back to Nigeria, wondering if I must buy a seat so I can use a car seat for my baby or I can just take a gamble and board with hopes of finding an empty seat. These tickets are so pricey.

What would you advise?

How old is your baby?

tshtsh:
In February 2020 I arrived New york JFK airport for a five day visit. I used the self service kiosk and it printed a receipt with a black "X". The CBP officer (black american) asked me about my trip and stamped me in after biometric verification (finger printing).Before this she asked me about my trip to USA in 2019 which I denied. I insisted that I did not visit USA in 2019 rather I visited Miami for 7 days in september 2018 and stayed at a hotel in South beach. Afterwards she closed her booth and asked me to follow her. She asked how many checked in luggage I had and I responded that I had one. She joined me to the baggage belt and I got my suitcase. I followed her to a section of the arrival hall where her colleague removed everything in in my bag and scanned the bag. Used a handheld drill to drill a hole on some section of my box. Afterward they took me to a room and searched me before asking me about the purpose of my trip and where I stayed when I visited USA in 2018. They returned my passport to me and jokingly asked me if I had ever gone through this search before lol. I told them No. I left and spent 2 days in new york then 3 days in baltimore before returning to naija.

In May 2022 I arrived USA (Detroit) and when asked the purpose of my trip I told the CBP officer that I was going to Canada. She asked if I was driving to Canada from Detroit and I told her I was going by air from detroit to Toronto. She stamped me in and I sent a few hours in detroit before heading out to Toronto.

Last week I arrived Toronto from Lagos (via cairo egypt air) at 7:15am. Went into the city and returned to the airport at 1pm for a flight to Chicago. There are US CBP staff situated at Toronto pearson airport. The CBP officer (black american) asked me why I was going to USA and I told her I was going to visit my cousin in Chicago. She verified my fingerprint , closed her booth and told me to follow her. We got to the secondary inspection room and she took my passport inside while I sat down. Her colleague later returned with my passport and asked me about my trip and requested that I list out all countries I've been to in the last 3 years. I told him and he asked if that was all. I insisted then he asked about my trip to egypt. I told him I only used egypt air to toronto and transited through Cairo airport for three hours. He then asked about my trip to chicago and if I had any checked-in luggage. I had just a school bag. He checked my boarding pass and wished me a safe journey after returning my passport to me.

I don't know why I had to go through this. I spent only 3 days in chicago (jan 15 - 18) and left USA on wednesday. Surprisingly in both cases they admitted me in for 6 months before directing me to secondary inspection. Thinking of even writing to them because as polite as this whole thing is it makes me feel uncomfortable travelling to USA. Most times I travel to USA I spend less than a week and it seems to be raising a red flag.

Your name was flagged, I mean the system flagged your name, there's possibility that your name matched a name and description they're looking for. You should write and complain about the routine secondary inspection even though, admitting you into U.S is at the pleasure of CBP.

bigbus:
@Seyewest and other gurus.

Happy New Year.

Abeg, can one take dried bitter leaf to the US?

Thank you.

Yes oooooo depending on the airport but I doubt if they will return it

bigbus:
Hi all,
Happy New Year.

Can one take dried bitter leaf to the US?

Thank you.

Yes and depending on where your Point of Entry is.

Spanishmilf:
I will type my story here one day

Amen

eniola1010:


Thanks. Yeah the tie is that i got a job in uk and i'm not done schooling in uk

Go for it, I hope you've started traveling out of UK.

afesco:
Good day everyone.
My wife's niece who is base in the US wants to invite my mother-in-law to the US for medical treatment. She intends to add my wife to d application with my wife's mum to US. My question is dt of it is possible?
My mother-in-law has been to d US b4 n my wife has travelled to two African countries.

We are not Consular but U.S is big on travel history and 2 African countries is not convincing, apart from that I would advise that you do not add the 2 applicants together.

Lordcrixus:

Thanks for the response. The problem is that the interview is for 9th January 2024, the date is too far.
That is why i am looking for someone who had successfully cancelled their interview and then went through the interview waiver route.

I did it for my sister's friend, cancel it and reapply make sure you click on no interview for b1 b2

eniola1010:


Pls someone answer

If you've been reading this thread, you should know that you don't need your bank statement of account for U.S Visa except you're applying for student visa.

duration of your travel is okay.

I hope your ties is in the UK?

Lordcrixus:


14th March 2021

The truth is that, you won't even get 9th of January for your dropbox, I'll advise you to go for your interview so far you have no problem during your last trip to the U.S

Lordcrixus:
Hi Everyone,

Is it possible for me to cancel my current appointment and use same receipt for the interview waiver?
I qualify for the interview waiver.
My current interview appointment is Jan 9th 2024, i think it is too far, and it was booked before the introduction of the interview waiver Program.
I look forward to response from anyone who has done this and it worked, or any input from anyone with experience on this.
Thanks.

When did your last visa expired.

BabaOman:


House, a quick question!

If someone has a visa that expired in Jan 20, 2021, Is he still qualified to apply for the 24 months interview exemption before January 20, 2023?

Can he apply let's say 15th January for example? B1/2


Thanks.

You're eligible for Interview Waiver (Dropbox) if your visa expired within 48months.

zmoney:
Hi Everyone.
My visa expired in 2019, so i now qualify for IW based on the 48months validity.
However, I paid and filled my DS-160 in June 2021.

Please how do you advise I go about it?

Thank you.

my own visa expired in 2020, I paid for visa in November and submitted early December and got my visa within 1 week. You have nothing to worry about.

larlar20:
Please this information circled in the screenshot, based on what you said that if you paid visa fees before May 1, you still qualify for IW, how does it affect an applicant who paid their visa fees in March, being that March is prior to May, however March till date is over 6 months. This is causing me some confusion, as both information seem conflicting. Please kindly help me clarify this.
Thanks a lot

Those information are irrelevant, to be qualified for Dropbox, your visa must have been issue in 2018, you must have traveled to the U.S with it and lastly your last appearance at the U.S embassy must not have resulted in denial of visa (examples you may have a valid B1B2 visa and apply for student visa, if rejected, you're not qualified for Dropbox)

walmart:
Good day house, my 2 yr visa expired in April 2020. Please can anyone confirm if l qualify for IW? And if l do please what document do l submit . Thanks

You're qualified

babylawyr:


That's was fast. Congratulations �

Thank you

Magma012:
Hi Everyone,

I want to ask for those that have gone for conference in the USA.

can I apply for a conference in texas and land at LA airport?

is this a red flag at POE?

Why do you want to Land in LA when you're suppose to land in Texas, my suggestion is that if you don't have genuine reason to land in LA, just land in any airport in East Coast.

pointednose:


Nice one. Congrats.

Any direct flight to Ohio? Or which airport is best to connect to Ohio?

No direct flight to Ohio from Nigeria, best airport is JFK.

flourishing247:


Good to see you back. It has been a while. Meanwhile do you have any experience with qatar airways?

Not really, I've booked it for a lot of passengers and I can tell you that the traveling experience is World Class, they even deployed a Dreamliner to Lagos.
it's one of the top 3 airline in the world.

neni83:


No, just when I was filling her DS 160 form

It's always good to inform them of any situation in case of next time.

Dronequeen:
Visa alert. Let me share my story in the spirit of giving back. I applied with my daughter
First time applying to the US
we applied for a visa at the beginning of 2022 and got a date in 2023. We initially wanted to go on summer vacation, but had to change our plans and applied to the UK, got our visa, went on vacation and came back.

Before we went to the uk, dates got freed up due to the interview waiver and we got a date for late 2022. I did all the booking by myself, with no agent and God by my side.

A month to the interview date, we filled a new DS 160 form, snapped new photographs, and updated it on my appointment page, i had difficulty filling the form, it just kept logging me out and i also had difficulty adding the newly completed DS160 form for my daughter, i had to call the embassy and they helped me to update it. A few weeks to the interview date, our appointment was moved but thank God the change in date was for just about a week.

I printed our confirmation pages, hard copies of our passport photographs and our payment receipt. Our appointment was supposed to be for 11.00am but we got to Walter carrington at about 6.30am, joined the queue, we had to drop our bags, phones in the car, no smart watches allowed, no sharp objects, no keys.

After about an hour on the queue we were ushered into the interview building, I did my biometrics and joined the queue for the interview. Blue papers were just flying about. All through only one white paper and the man is a frequent traveler.


I wish to thank all the wonderful people on this platform for sharing their experiences, it sure goes a long way. Note that no document was requested from me. All the documents I took along was not requested for

A big congrats

Mobil567:
Some of you guys make things hard for
Yourself unnecessarily. Because tell my why you’re applying for schengen visa through Luxembourg that’s not among even top 10 places to visit in Europe. It’s not routine place for tourist, most especially Africans. How do you want to explain to them that you’re only going there for tourism? Something you will follow others and apply to France or Spain that dishes out visa often… then travel to all these places you have mentioned. Goodluck anyway.

Who told you Luxembourg is not a tourist destination and also do you even know financial and social status? he should go ahead with his plan if he has nothing to hide.

babylawyr:
Hi All,
Just thought to share my IW renewal timelines:

So, i submitted passport for renewal on Nov 18, 2022
Visa Issued: Dec 12, 2022

Documents summitted:
1. 2 international passports (old with last visa and new one).
2. DS 160 confirmation page.
3. Passport photo.

Also, go with your 1. Appointment confirmation printed out and 2. gtb receipt of payment (optional).

Good luck.

mine was submitted on friday 2nd december and came out the next friday 9th December.

ghettonews:


@Seyewest your advice is very great am already applying to Luxembourg tourist visa to build travel history, thank you very much. I would be visiting Luxembourg, Netherlands and France and by so doing will make my application strong, thanks for advice

You've made the right decision, if your application to those EU countries were successful, I'll advise you applied for Japanese visa as well...

neni83:
She however overstayed during Covid year-2020 because there were no flights as all flights were cancelled, I stated that when I was filling her DS160.
Could that be the reason they said she doesn’t qualify for IW
Please could seniors advise?
Thank you

Did you send message to the U.S embassy or State Department about overstaying due to Covid-19