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Beautyaddy:
You higher chance of getting the US visa will not depend on where you're going to stay in the US.

It will depend on how strong your ties are in Nigeria is and that nothing in the US will make you abandon it.

True and with a better travel history, he has no need to visit his aunty or get an invitation letter.

smart812:
Good morning House.... have appled US visa with my family (my self my wife and my son less than 2 years old) and it was denied before then I applied alone it was denied and I have travel history have been to Italy 2015 and also 2016 and have been to Ghana with my family and have been to Abidjan alone all this was last year. So this year I traveled to Lisbon in Portugal and visited Paris in France now I want to apply again alone to visit my Anty in New York I have invitation letter and I'm makeing more than 300k monthly and I need to travel alone because my wife will be here to manage my job.. pls house I need your advice and I want to know the chance. Thanks

Apply for tourist visit and stay in a hotel, do not stay in your aunty state and during the interview try to convince the VO that you will return because you have your work and families here in Naija.

PART 4 ON THE WAY....

Kieranfrench:
hello good day, does administrative processing really take up to 60 days ?? Anyone here got theres in a week or two?? Mine are bank statements from texas they need to check to make sure i completed all my medical bills.... its abit frustrating to have to wait for 60 days...

it can take that long but that not always the case.

Ugosample:
if that is the case

theconsulars are not serious

but I won't blame them

Nigerians have made them treat us like this

Me I sha don't understand the bolded, I believe for anything to work in Nigeria it requires a special treatment.... unfortunately our special treatment is always negative.

Ugosample:


okay I see

because to me, I don't believe there od a "quality place" when it comes to tourism

You just go to where catches your fancy

that's my philosophy tho

I'm planning a long trip across Latin America for 2021 for example, and for some, they will think it's not a "quality" place but I disagree

As long as the country has tourist potential, it's a quality country


just my thoughts sha

The reason you're on this forum is because you want to visit U.S, U.S prefer quality destination for your travel history... by the way to get Latin America visa is harder than getting U.S Visa

Temayo:
How can one build his travel history

Start traveling to quality destination.

Josmila:
Can anyone help me with an answer to this please? I'm pleading

Yes He can change the location and fill another DS160 form but he will forfeit his interview date in Lagos.

Dammilekan:
please oga I seyewest post the new thread link here

@LadyG will do it this week.

OmoBendel24:
Oh, well. A new thread should be appropriate now if the mod deems it necessary anyways, 500 pages seem enough to be cumbersome in the estimation of some I believe, myself included. Anyways, not like there will be peace here still if a new thread is set up and we get to barely 40, 50 pages and someone is referred to read up, offence will still be imputed....

I swear.. You're not far from the truth.

drwrites:
Please i will need some help here on how best to route my flight to get the best at a reasonable(cheap) price.
I am attending an academic conference in Houton, Texas late next month...which airport can i get a flight from Lagos to, aside NewYork?

Houston.

wifey1:
Thank God for the grace to post my POE, being looking forward to it for almost 2yrs, we got our visas in 2017.
Left Nigeria with my 3 kids on Thursday via Delta to New York, flight was about 11 hours. Arrived about 5am, we all had to scan our passports then to d cbp officers. Wasn't asked much, Just our final destination and reason for our visit, which I replied for holiday, was also asked what I do, wc I replied, then he said have a nice holiday then we left.
Then we went to pick our bags and went to wait for our connecting flight. In all from Lagos ,I thank God for favour. Enjoying the holiday so far, hoping for a lovely 4wks.

Nice one... Enjoy your Holiday.

kuljiyke:
I have booked an appointment in Abuja I live in Lagos please I will like anybody that has attended interview in Abuja to hint me about it, and I will like to know about Abuja and Lagos who issue visa easily. Please house I hope to hear from you soon

If you have proper ''ties'' you have no need to worry about which of the Embassies issue the most visa.

fkj950ax:
I am not an authority in all of this, maybe when those well versed respond to
But as a Civil Servant, there is Levels, Cadre, Step...
Are you a Director, Perm Sec...

All this determines your income and other things

If you are a Junior Staff in the Civil Service, I don't think the embassy cares.

Will you return after your holiday? That's what matters to them

Civil Servant of any Cadre get U.S Visa like everyone else...and get denied too.

justwise:
LadyGuinivere Hasn't logged on here for months now, anybody heard from her? She has been helpful here for years, hope she is fine?

She's good and very busy.

OmoBendel24:
Really? Wow! First time I’m hearing this....

WOW....Me too oooo.. he should check it again in 24 hrs

Arobee24:
Hello house
I went for my interview on the 5th of March the vo ask for bill of landing which I didn’t go with and she gave me one white form wrote my name and the date on it and circle bill of landing. She said I should dhl the bill of landing.
I took it to dhl on the 7th of March. Since then the tracking has been saying my passport is with the US embassy until yesterday. From yesterday now tracking was saying there is no status update available. When I use this
https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?eQs=WwjqOlbeRYzCYubaSQI+RA==
It shows that my visa case is currently undergoing administrative processing
My question is has anyone knows hw long those it take? Pls house I need an idea

They will email you when they need your passport... just relax.

Bracha:
It's so wrong to use the word Guinea Pig. No, your apology doesn't make it okay. We're talking of a human being here, and a child at that! Smh!

Apologies

teamgreat:
Well,we are ready to apply .I'm learning from the platform and getting ready for the interview and whatever the outcome turns out to be,I'll share. No hard feelings!

This should encourage you to do more research and look for similar cases in case the Embassy want to dig deeper you will be in a good position to defend your application and also whatever the result you will know you've tried your best.
I wish you goodluck and please don't forget to share the result with us afterall we're all learning.

ayenikunle:
Erhmmm, why are people so negative about this case which could be completely true?

Personally I feel we should also mind the kind of words we use in some cases because we do not know the kind of ailment the child is having or troubles this parent is passing or must have passed through.

Let's stop assuming and help anyway we can.


My question is, why do you guys think it's fake?

I never said it's fake, I know something like this existed and no one is negative, we're all here to learn and learning is not straightforward which you know.

Bimreal:
Firstly as u also quote, he cant cancel the appointment anymore, Also the form can still be rectified if he haven't submitted his DS-160 online but if he has submitted the form, he will have to purchase a new MRV and start all over or he stick to his information and get prepared to convince them at the interview.

No need to cancel... he should fill another form and change the ds160 number on his profile page.

Blackfinegirl:
I have been a silent follower.

let me drop my transcript here.

I applied via drop box to renew my usa visa and I stated I was going for medicals. 221g letter was sent to me and I rescheduled for interview. Unfortunately a week to my interview I had pre term labour at 6 months and they could not keep the baby since he was not up to 7 months. I reschedule my interview due to health reasons after delivery.

me: I asked her if i needed to inform them when next I get pregnant, she said no, but i should declare it at the point of entry, and have enough funds to cover my treatment.

Thank you lord for this victory, and for doing something for me to wipe away my tears.

Congrats and your tears of sorrow will surely turn to tears of joy very soon... apart from the fact that you have a very good and lovely travel history, you did not hold anything back and you're upfront with your future plans.
Have a lovely delivery soon and please share the good news with us

teamgreat:
Ok,I'm a fresher.Dont know much about this,but the invitation letter is detailed and d cost of d treatment was stated,they also noted that no taxpayer's money will be used for this as the doctors' are offering a free service.Besides,we ll be paying something for the accommodation and flight ticket.That it's a contribution to us's Economy. Lol! It's ok,I'm hopeful! Just getting prepared.

I think it's possible... it's like an experimental kind of thing.

teamgreat:
Thank you so much.
Please,a hospital in St Louis approved my daughter for a free child care (free medicals) for 2018,we are to pay for flight and also use the hospital's hospitality accommodation at a lower cost. The hospital agreed to treat her anytime she gets to USA as we were not able to meet up last year. We have our letter of invitation from the hospital and all cost they will cover is stated there. Please,hope we won't have much problems with getting visa approval. Already getting scared with all that I'm reading.

Is this even possible?

OmoBendel24:
Why @the bolded? I hope OP check the thread out, it is full of the info he seeks....

No need to cancel just fill another form and change the DS160 to the newly filled one without changing interview date.

chloe00:
Okay let me drop my transcript
I didn’t exchange pleasantries because the lady’s face was all straight so I think she’s tired of our naija style of always looking for favours via pleasantries
VO: does your husband have a valid visa
Me:yes
VO:can I see his passport
Me: not here I live in Lagos I’m only here temporarily
VO: did you have your last baby in the USA
Me: No I didn’t
VO: do you intend to seek medical care in this visa
Me: I’m not sure
Vo: why Texas
Me: I was there the last time I visited the USA and I like the weather in Houston , although I intend to visit other cities
VO: do you have any family in the USA
Me:no I don’t
VO:okay ma’am pick up your visa and she slid the white paper to me

Chloe my person... Nice one.

abiolagenius:
Please can sombody respond to this pls

Nawa oooo

flourishing247:
LOL. I break my trips to rest.

except that.

flourishing247:
Kai!! You get liver ooooooo. 9hrs Max at a stretch for me.

You no wan go U.S be that.

folmus:
POE Transcripts

Flew using Qatar Airlines. It was a long journey (14hrs). Arrived 12th March morning. POE is JFK ( I used JFK in 2014 too). One Chinese-looking American.

Me: Good Morning

CBP: Morning, Can I have your passport?

Me: Sure! Gave him and he scanned it.

CBP: Where are you coming from?

Me: I told him

CBP: Why are you in the US?

ME: for a convention

CBP: how long are you staying?

ME: 4 days

CBP: Look at the camera. That's all. He stamped me in and indicated B1 on the stamp. He gave me my passport.

Me: Thank you.

As I was walking to the exit, since I have no bag to claim, a lady (CBP) called me and asked me few questions.

Lady: how are you?
Me: Good and you?
Lady: Fine , thank you. Can I have your passport?
Me: Sure! Gave her.
Lady: What do you do and where are you coming from?
Me: I told her.
Lady: How long re you staying?
Me: 4 days.
Lady: Are you connecting flight?
Me: Yes, JetBlue
Lady: Thats terminal 5. She gave me the descriptions to the terminal and handed my passport to me.

Back to my base and good luck and safe flight to others.

What a short trip... Jetlag will deal with you.

Cobiss:
Hello,
Please travelling close to visa expiry (1 week to expiry), will that be a problem

have you used the visa?

cris83:
No, as I stated earlier, it's a family business. I was studying for my masters in Ghana when I got my first visa in 2014 so once I was done, I took the trip and as I said it snowed like crazy where I was that time such that my uncle who I stayed with refused to let me travel back until the weather was better as he would have had to drive me to the airport and its an 1h 20mins drive. Agreed it was a stretch, but I filled that when I did Dropbox for the second visa (2016) and it was renewed. This is my third renewal that had m stuck with 221g and my last trip (last year) was just 4weeks.

You made it sound like it happened last year.... if you've renewed after staying for 3 months, I see no big deal with getting your visa, it's a random call.