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My NOA2 approval is taking too long to come today is our 105th day from NOA1 receipt date

frypuffpuff:
Hahahaha. No good news sirs and ma's I was rejected. Hahaha. Under the section 212(a)(5)(A)

212(A)(5)(A) INADMISSIBILITY DUE TO LABOR CERTIFICATION

```Labor certification (not to be confused with the Labor Condition Application - LCA) is a United States of America immigration process step. Its stated goal is to "protect U.S. workers and the U.S. labor market by ensuring that foreign workers seeking immigrant visa classifications are not displacing equally qualified U.S. workers".[1]```


The consular officer saw on my DSform that I'm a graduate of psychology and the year of graduation was stated. So he maybe felt its a coincidence that I'm getting out of the university and entering the United States on the basis of marriage. Most skilled workers are denied visa application that are not centered on working visa's. They feel it's a sham.

However, myself and fiancé wants to appeal on IMMIGRANT WAIVER Section 212(k) provide for a waiver where the foreign national is able to demonstrate that he or she did not know and could not have known a labor certification was required and otherwise holds a valid immigrant visa.

sorry for this bro, hopefully it will end in praise

frypuffpuff:
Hahahahaha. Amen sir! God bless you sir. Anyone for tomorrow on nairaland?

goodluck bro, I can't wait to read your goodnews and transcript.

SmartKitty:
According to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), around 90 percent of fiancé visas were approved in 2016. In 2017, when President Donald Trump took office, the percentage of approved fiancé visas dropped to around 66 percent.
2017
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/All%20Form%20Types/Quarterly_All_Forms_FY17Q4.pdf
2018
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/All%20Form%20Types/Quarterly_All_Forms_FY18Q4.pdf
2019
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/All%20Form%20Types/Quarterly_All_Forms_FY19Q4.pdf

thanks for the info bro but for this thread it remains 99% for us here! Na goodnews go d full here steady

gladeria:
So guys..below is my transcript..sorry i have been so busy..i was interviewed on the 9th
The Co asked me a lot of questions but thank God i knew my fiance in and out.
Who is petitioning for you?
Where and how did you guys met
How did you two started dating
Has your fiance been married before?
Have you been married before
Where does your fiance live
What does he do(he meant work)
What is his date of birth
Describe his personality
Have you guys done introduction
How did he propose
How old is he
Have you traveled out of nigeria before
Does your fiance has other kids
Why don't you get married here in nigeria since he is a nigerian
What other times has he visited
What were you guys doing then(we visited our parents,had fun, shopping,etc)
How do you guys communicate and how often
Show me pictures from last visit and engagement.
He also requested for his tax returns
Mehn! Thank God..i wish others awaiting there interviews a great success

congratulations Gladeria, I wish you and your fiance the best life has got to offer.

I observed two things here

1: K1 visa interview usually holds on Thursdays
2: there's 99% approval rate for the k1 visa applicants

The goodnews in this thread is great, I'm glad i'm here and can't wait to share my goodnews as well.

Good evening everyone

sandraigho:
Congrats bro!
Treasureprince1....ure next by God's grace

amen, thank you so much

otomori:
Yours na next week my brother, we dey in together, I'm so happy man. Can't wait for yours to come in

amen and amen, thanks man

otomori:
Just got approved, NOA2. I'm so happy guys.

Otomori my manest man, congrats joor, na me remain oooo!

frypuffpuff:
So be it. It's our year and season of celebrating congratulations. Wishing all of us success.

amen

brownesugar:
@dicsnemma i read it congratulations once again it was just God all the way.. for the sleeping like a baby that day i concurr..lolz .. for me this past christmas and new year season didnt feel anything of festive cos of nervousness but i thank God it all end in praise..
For my visa status Got a pick up message from them two days ago so heading there as i type...more testimonies to come for other members IJN..Amen.. cheers

amen oooo, I can't wait for all our testimonies especially myself, Sandraigho, Otomori, Frypuffpuff and everyone else in the process, it's a year of grace for all of us

disguy1:
Yh bruh. Wishing us the best outcome and marvellous testimonies tomorrow....

I wish the both of you success tomorrow, I'm waiting to read the transcript of your goodnews, please dish the transcript for us as e d hot, don't wait till evening

sandraigho:
Hey bro
Yes i got the case and invoice number lastweek.
Preparing as much as i can towards the interview
Thought about you too. Your NOA2 is around the corner...cant wait to hear ur gudnews as well.
Thanks a lot for asking...sincerely appreciate

that's great, I always wish us the best, we're in this together and God will surely see us through.

@Sandraigho

What stage are you now, have you been able to get the case no from NVC? I'm still waiting for NOA2, I'm still on day 90 from NOA1 date, I feel my approval is imminent though.

@gloriussugar

I just read your interview transcript, please be strong hopefully you'll smile at last no matter how long it will take, I think you would have been approved if not for what OJO filled for you in 2013, I wish you the best.

Congratulations to everyone receiving approvals recently, I wish all of us waiting for ours the best.

otomori:
Omo nla. God bless you.

the smartkitty guy matter weak me aswear

SmartKitty:
No. They don't deny, it depends of the CO decision and your situation. If you have a contagious decease, you are asked to cure it before to go. If your fiance(e) spouse have you covered with Insurance, you get visa. I know about bad x rays cases, the people got visa with a note to have a treatment in US.
Nowadays it also depends how CO see you as a possible welfare case or not. Each case is different.

I love the good news and positive vibes flowing here, congratulations to everyone getting approved

brownesugar:
My transcripts;
My fiance started the process may 2019 and we got a response from them may 18th or so that they received our petition so the long wait started they notified us of approval ist week august that its been sent to nvc,nvc notified second week in sept that its been sent to lagos,so we await the email from embassy when they ll be ready so that we can schedule appointment but Lagos wrote us end of october that they are ready to begin the final processing but effort to schedule appointment before the validity expires in december proved abortive however jan date came up as the next available date..
Gathering all necessary documents infact this festive buhaha didnt even feel it on me as my mind and brain was fixed for yesterday..
My interview;
Got to the embassy 5:40am we were asked to stay by a park/field with a gate,we were quite much there until the security men started filling pple on a que for immigrant visas by 6:15am,we were on a que went through several security checks,till we finally got to the interview hall just has @efozee rightly said u need to open all documents at that stage.. fast forward to the interview
CO:Hello how are you doing?
Me:very well thank you
CO: who is petitioning for you
ME:mentioned hubby full name
CO: when and how did you guys meet
Told him,cos i met my hubby 15years ago while doing his youth service&i i seeking admission to the university there so after the nysc he came to lagos and we lost touch since then until 2017 so it was a great re-union and we rekindled what he felt for me then back,told him and sort off the CO was so interested in the full gist of how we met particularly what happened there how he toasted sef..lolzz. it was very funny he seemed to be enjoying the conversation by zipping his tea after each answers..
He asked the job he does over there,the dates he came in after the reunion,hubby came in 2017,&2019 ,his date of birth.
He asked if i met his pple and he did mine too when he came 2017,i answered him yes cos he did.
He further asked to know what happened after losing contact and what he told me exactly when he made a come back..lolz..cos hubby relocated to the uk joined british army but later relocated to the US..he seemed so interested in it,quickly told him all as to how i took my time to see if he still truly has same feelings as he did way back ,told him how he got married over there but it didnt work out after some years and had to divorce,he asked if he gave me his divorce decrees i said yes and handed it over to him after checking he gave it back to me.
He also asked of proves he came as in i should show him pictures which i did funny enough he didnt check 2019 pics he just glanced through the 2017 pics only he didnt even check 2019 pics ,neither did he check the printed chats and call logs,less i forget prior before i was called one of the embassy staff who first checked my pack called me to return the pics my fiance sent over there to them(USCIS)
CO:he asked what was the hottest misunderstanding we ever had ,he said i can't tell him our relationship has been rosy all the way told him we all know every relationship has its up and down(told him one of the hottest we had in 2018)
While telling him that, he asked midway if i have /if we both have kids told him no,he asked for my hubby most recent tax,i gave him after checking it he handed it over back to me..
He Zips tea concurrently and ask i continue with the misunderstanding story i feel he was just enjoying the conversation style of interview..after it he told me he understands everything being a man.
He even complimented me as being well correlated and told me he is extending my expired petition of dec 21st and he is also approving my visa (he gave this smiling look when he said he is approving my visa)it was very funny,told him thank you and he wished me best of luck..

My advise is
One should pray well concerning it before going.
One should ensure your answers correlate with what was written in the letter sent by our fiance or fiancee when filling the petition.
One should know every detail about your partner.
Be confident in your,ensure a eye contact and smile to them if possible...
I pray for more approvals for members who still have interviews in jesus name..Amen.. cheers lld update as everything progress ..thanks everyone..@legitbachelor #xoxo

this is cool, congrats once again jare

efozee:
For those my Brothers and sisters asking for details well, here they are.

I got there 4:30am and still met 5 people �. They started calling for applicants at 6:15am and then everything was as it should until we got to the Area where the consular officers are working.

NOTE: you will have to open all envelopes you have No matter who it is meant for. Even the evenlope that is meant for the Consular officer should opened outside else they will turn you back and you may miss 1 hour of already gained time.

So they called my number and this older African American lady greeted me with so much passion and she had a face of someone that looks impressed with me.
She gave me my rights and told me incase I'm going through any form of domestic violence that i should know what to do.

She then asked "one" question which was a sort of a plea for me to enlighten her a bit about the circumstances regarding the birth of my fiancee.

She asked, "is your fiancee a naturalized citizen ?"
I explained the circumstances to her and gave her the answer to the question telling her the life of my fiancee and her parents. This woman was so impressed that she told me I was approved right there. But I wasn't happy because I went through a great deal preparing documents and how can she not look at them.

So I took a "gamble" according to my own fiancee lol and then I asked her to please at least look at my Evidence for the sake of pleasure and then she did. She looked at them all and had so much smile on her face.

THESE ARE THE FACTS OF MY CASE.

1. we got NOA1 a week after

2. We got NOA2 3 months 7 days after

3. We followed due process getting an interview date and the embassy wrote us stating they were prepared to receive us for an interview.

4. I and my fiancee have just one visit. Shes a Nurse and trust me she doesn't have time to do all that Travelling.

5. My girl is older than me.



I encourage everyone to be very confident and pray very hard before getting there. Pray for the Grace of God to go with you. I thank you all for all your guidance the past two years. Cheers.

thank you so much for sharing your interview transcript, I wish you the best. Congratulations once again

brownesugar:
Thank you ,Sure i will share my transcripts@treasureprince1.. i am just calming down the nervousness was real no be here this morning...lolzz.. would share it tomorrow

lol, I can imagine! Congrats once again joor

brownesugar:
Thank you @frypuffpuff you are next in line to testify in jesus name.... pls just pray ahead and ask God to go before you and you ll see all fall in place for you..
Just be calm ,it was more like a interactive /conversation settings kind of interview ,they ask questions u give them answers but trust me they wont ask you questions outside what you guys wrote in your letter(statement about meeting) but trust me those guys are trained psychologists so they can detect a lie or something.. just make sure all you say/answers correlate with the letter your fiance filled and know every detailed information about him or her.. i wish you best of luck.. cheers

congratulations brownesuger, I tap from your grace, please can you share your interview transcript with us?

kunlelikeme:
I will like to appreciate everyone on here who helped me and to those who shared their experiences.My visa was approved two weeks ago and I just collected my passport today and the package.
I applied from Germany so cases might be different with the ones in naija.
Questions asked..
1.He asked me to take an oath
2.How did you meet?
3.Where did you meet?
4.What does she do?
5.What do you do?
6. When last did you see?
7.How long ?
8. When do you plan to marry?
9. Where?
10. Have you ever been maried?
11.Has she ever been married?
12. Do we have any kids?
13. Do you know anz of her family members?
14. How many and where do they live?
15. You have a student visa that was cancelled last year?
16 .How many times have you been to the USA?
17. How long did you stay last time?
I will approve your visa and you will get your passport and package at your address in two weeks.
On a lighter note that guy denied me student visa last year,I was like not this guy again..lol..
Thank you so much at legitbachelor ,sunky and everyone here and I wish you all goodluck

congratulations bro

Study4life:
@Treasureprince
I did what u advised, but it shows only my fiance's number , my number is not showing...
Even on my WhatsApp chats, it shows only my fiance's number , instead of my number to show on my comments, it displays "You".

you didn't follow the no 1 step, just save your phone no as your whatsapp username, it must surely work

sharpman1:
So.....i got a Christmas / New Year gift yesterday.

My EAD (work authorization) and AP (travel authorization) was approved yesterday (Dev 27, 2019).

See attached timeline.....took roughly 3 months and 10 days. Holiday has finished, time to start the hustle.....

congrats bro

Study4life:
Congratulations @ Sharpman
Pls there's a question I asked on how to print out WhatsApp call log details in a way it can show the both numbers together, is it possible?

Kindly follow the steps below

1. Save your phone number as your WhatsApp username

2. Delete your fiance(e) 's name, just allow his/her phone to show

3: On the chat page between the both of you, click the three dotted lines at the top right and click EXPORT

4: send the saved generated doc to your email.

5: come back and thank me later, ! I wish you success on your journey joor

daisydamsy:
Hi everyone. Pls I sent a letter of intent to my fiancé in the USA through EMS since I heard that it has to be a wet signature. I sent the letter and my passport photos last month as priority mail which supposed to take 10 working days. It’s now 20days and my fiancé is yet to receive the mail. Has anyone used EMS before? Is it necessary that the letter be wet signature or can it be scanned so that he can get it in time? We really want to send the I129F this month. Thanks

you can scan the letter to your fiance, the signature must not be wet, I scanned mine as well. I don't know about ems, I've always used dhl or FedEx and you can also track your parcel with them. Please let us know once your k1 petition is sent to the Dallas lockbox so that the elders will recognise you as the official lastborn of the thread (na me d occupy am now) I wish you the best on your immigration journey.

LegitBachelor:
I think the Embassy will accept this. So you need not worry about your K1 Visa interview. But I don't think USCIS will accept this when you get to the US. So I advice you take this document to NPC Surulere and clarify from them. Make sure You do this before You travel to the US.

my main man, thanks jare! I appreciate

select500:
@Treasureprince1,

I don't know of the location in Port Harcourt, you will need to look for the NPC office, that is located around there.

Cheers!

thanks bro, i'll figure it out

select500:
@ All,

For those born before 1992, it's better you get the Attestation(the Long Format) & Sworn Affidavit of Birth done @ the NPC office. ( For those in Lagos, that will be at Babs Animashaun in Surulere).

The Embassy may accept the "Short Format" of your Birth Certificate at your K-1 interview(it's better you even do the new one before your interview), but you will need the Attestation (the Long Format) & the Sworn Affidavit of Birth when you are filing for Adjustment of Status(AOS) in the U.S.

Please take note. Cheers!

thanks bro, please where can one get this done in portharcourt?

emmarino:
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We will all get there.

yes o, i'm also glad almost everyone is getting approved at the embassy, it's a good sign, I can't wait to be with my baby o

otomori:
You're not the only one, we be two bro. I chatted you up on WhatsApp though

really? I didn't see it, please chat me again and let me know it's you

emmarino:
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September 20th n yes?

your approval is imminent na, September filers are already getting their approvals, mine is October 15th

emmarino:
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Am waiting for mine too.

alright, I'm not alone then what's your NOA1 date?

sandraigho:
Thanks so much bro
Can't wait to rejoice with you soonest by God's grace

amen, thanks a lot