₦airaland Forum

Dear VO,

Thanks for your candid opinion. I am not aware and did not think it necessary that I should report officially to the US Dept of State. I am not a lawyer. I just wanted to forget about her and move on as well. I wonder what will be the objective of reporting to the US Dept of State when I cannot take custody of the children. I have had a bad year too traumatic to complicate my life further and for the sake of the children I ignored many things.

Back to my question, should I abandon the visa renewal then since you opined that this true life story is not convincing. I need to be in the US soon to take care of business and some regulatory issues pertaining to my business. I have never stayed in the US for more than 14 days and do not intend to live there.

Dear Visa Officer. I have a B1B2 Visa which expired in February 2016. Its my 3rd 2 years B1B2.

I did not want to renew it for the following reason. My wife went to the US for summer vacation in 2015 July (exactly 1 year ago) with 4 of our kids all below 10 years old. Though the marriage had been shaking for 3 years prior to her vacation. When it was time to come back she refused. I threatened divorce and to my greatest surprise, she accepted it. I later learnt she was having an affair. We got divorced shortly and surprisingly its already 1 year now I saw my kids and I am alone. I did not want to go to the US again in order to get off the trauma. Worse part is I learnt she is now married in the US and has moved on with my kids. 2 of the kids are American Citizens while the other 2 are Nigerian citizens.

I have a lucrative business in the USA and I pay my US taxes in the last 3 years. I have an ITIN (Individual Tax Identification Number) I have business Licenses too from the US authorities and I am actively running my office online and physically in the US.

My dilemma now is I have tried to get of my trauma and want to renew my US Visa (B1B2) through dropbox but when I got to a point in the DS160 form that asks if I do have family in the USA, I answered yes (trying to be honest) but now it further asks their status in the US. Now the truth is that I really do not know what kind of status my wife and 2 kids have. The options are Citizen, Greencard and I do not know. They left with B1B2 but it may be they changed status. The right answer is I really do not know. What is the appropriate answer to give here? The only circumstances that has changed in my application status since my last visa issuance are more money (income) and divorce . Will my divorce be a ground for denial particularly now that I do not have family ties to Nigeria? But I have a very good job with a fat Salary and a business empire in Nigeria which I cannot leave. I need to get to the US ASAP to sort out some Federal issues with some Government agencies as it relates to my business and there should be no room for denial at this stage.