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jarkbauer:
No. This is just your imagination. They cant do that. As long as the baby was born there He/ she will receive citizenship except born to a diplomat. If they could do that they wont stop issuing b1b2 for birthing

The man used the word ‘Aliens’ visitors,people returning back home...so if you somehow have your baby in the US and you’re Nigerian! Best believe they want to know how you entered and the ‘intent’ you declared on your ds160 and if it’s not childbirth (Which would have been denied) I doubt you’d be getting a citizenship for the child! Return home,your child is Nigerian! Thats what trump is saying! They will hold on to the ‘Misrepresentation’ and not give the citizenship!

Beautyaddy:
Hmmm...trust people who are determined to still give birth in the US they will now how to start lying or applying for visiting visa then once approved will still end up using the same visa to give birth in the US. Some desperate women will conceal the pregnancy from both the US visa officer during the visiting visa interview and also from the US CBP officer who will ask them at the border what their main purpose is to visit the US.

Get ready for a lot of endless misrepresentations.

They’re free to do that! But what this means is that mothers applying for citizenship for their new born babies will have to show their own immigration status in the United states and if it’s a b1/b2 visa! No citizenship for the child!

This is not a good news for Nigerians!!

OmoBendel24:
Save for the Dubai family holiday, you'd have been so surprised how they will so know him to filter out. He has no other SOLID variable/stat and tie going for him to be honest with you. This is 2020!

And if that question "where have you all travelled to together?" does not pop up during the interview, his chances may even become slimmer. If it comes to him as an individual in form of "where have you travelled to before?", he better be quick to let them know it was a family trip.

Cc: UhnNah Spanishmilf

I agree! They should just be well prepared! The first person to get the ‘Where have you travelled to before?’ Should include that they’ve ALL travelled together before and others should take note and not re-answer the question (if another person gets the question) in a way that makes it sound ‘pushy’

But the best way to find out is for them to apply! It’s a guess game on here! Only the VO can decide who they let in!

Spanishmilf:
Made me remember the past around 2017 we went to the Us embassy my mom nd I, they gave my mom visa and they denied me.
We where interviewed together.

....And i know of a lady who got a visa in 2016 along with her mum! The mum has travel history to the UK as well! The lady has no travel history at all!

His chances are still higher applying with them!

Mary44:
I don’t understand what you mean by main interest and others being decoys. Pls make it clearer. Would it be better if he applied alone but on the same day. Because this is a family holiday and he is part of the family.

Believe me if he was the main interest of this trip they’ll all be visiting somewhere in the Uk.

If he applies alone! His chances of getting it will drop from 80 to like 40-50%! Fresh graduate,no strong attachment to his job (4 months),no serious home ties etc! They should apply together! The travel history of the family should rub off on him!

I’d be very shocked if they don’t get the visa! But the US embassy being the way it is right now! Eiishhh! Anyway! Good luck to them!

kettlekettle:
Well, thanks for your suggestions but I have someone that went for his interview today and was given in Abuja. Same scenario ......I've compelled him to come on this thread and share . In his words,he said there's no really any good or right thing to say.. The consular just want to see how truthful you are and how coherent your stories are. They know y'all travel to lots of counties just to get the travel history so they don't give a hoot about that no more. He said all she asked from him is what his fiance does and what he does in which he replies he's just a farmer/ agriculturist and that the woman further ask him why he thinks he deserves the visa and he said ,that's not up to him. After typing ,she asked him how he would feel if he's denied and he said I'll take my money to another country to spend it there lol..then boom, come pick your passport. Honestly, I can't live in yanky not because its not cool....I no fit carry my club cruise and all that play besides,I make enuff cheese here ,even more than my fiance wey dey there self. So I'm going to apply no matter what ,if not for anything ,just to show my woman at least I tried and whatever happens happens. That one wey dem dey tuck in go, if I no fit wear my jeans and tees ,make dem hold their embassy. Thanks

Lol! You’re consoling yourself,all embassies,not only the US ‘relaxes their muscle’ once they see a good travel history! I’ll NEVER discourage anyone here because anything can happen! But with a good travel history,your chances of getting a US visa right now will move to 80%

With the questions you said they asked the person that just got a visa,i can bet anything it’s a K1 visa! Those questions are for K1 which is what you should do as well!

rago:
Thanks. But I was denied the first time I applied last year. The university had to postpone the event coz many other speakers were denied. They have reissued another iv letter and sent names to the embassy. Now what do you think?

What was the reason for your previous refusal? have you taken care of what was mentioned?What has changed about you since then? If the university is saying they’ve sent names to the embassy! Then the embassy has an IV with your name on it!

You seems to be putting weight behind who’s inviting you! Don’t worry about that,the VO’s has very little interest in it! YOU are the one they’re interested in,You are the one they want to assess and see if they could trust you with their visa! Start evaluating yourself sincerely and have convincing answers to all possible questions the VO’s will be asking!

rago:
Keynote presenter at a university
Married
One kid
None
In the academia

One of hardest ‘intents’ right now! And assuming you’ve been to other countries doing the same thing! That would have sealed it! But the US embassy is a very unpredictable location! It’s all in your hand to convince the VO on your interview date! I wish u luck!

rago:
Thanks, seyewest.

Now, if the inviting organization in the USA says that it has sent names of visa applicants to our embassies, what exactly did they do? Does the VO have access to that at any time any of us shows up? And what's the chance of securing a visa for a legitimate purpose and to be back??

While you’re waiting for seyewest to answer the other part! I could predict but not accurately guess the outcome of the application if you could answer the below :


Purpose of travel?
Marital status?
Kids?
Travel history?
Occupation?

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all the genuine applicants out there!

And for all the fake lesbians,wanting to declare asylum,i want to go and visit my uncle,sister! My cousin is graduating but i intend to ‘japa’ group! Go and collect your holiday greetings from Buhari!

Matinho:
Mehnnnn that black woman for Lagos Consulate dey worry gan o. I no fight with you madam na.

-Passport..
- What do you want in USA? ( that was rude)
- Why did you stay 3 weeks last time? (Person no fit stay 3 weeks for USA again??)
Cos my knee surgery was at hospital xyz and i was required to do a physio of 10 days.
Squeeze pink paper and my passport and still talking with an angry high pitch voice. Didnt even say you are denied or approved.

(Meanwhile she don bounce the 3 people before me,she asked a woman how many kids she has..woman said 3 sons and was gonna say 1 daughter i guess but mama interrupted her and said her form said she has 4 kids.poor woman dey try explain say yea she was saying 3 sons and 1 daughter,na so dem deny her o for ‘lieing’. Nawa o)

Madam chill jor. If naija good werin i dey find go usa. Not all of us are criminals as you think,but its fine if you assume that by default,just deal with people with respect and be humane which is expected of someone like you from a civilised clime.Anyways na to go Canada for the follow up of my knee condition,luckily i still get canadian visa.

She could have taken a break if she was upset about something but usually,african americans pedal on emotions! Especially their women,some of them can be very quarrelsome!

mattfeuter:
Yes

The Nigerian intl passport needs to be 6 months old from the issue date before you can apply for a US visa? Or have a validity of atleast 6 months?

Oluwatise2016:
Not necessarily laziness. My uncle and his family always use an agent because he is very busy and they are a family of 11. So saying laziness is such a general statement.

Your uncle might be an exception to my statement which is actually still valid for majority!

groovychik:
I can tell you for free he didn't get shit. Just a troll seeking attention. Visa Ko, Greencard ni

Smh

EXLOVER:
You're right, but i won't lie to you, immediately i stood in front of the blackman interviewing me, I lost myself. My experience was awful.

Majority of the people came for the interview yesterday are F1, the ones that are apply for visit are families.

Why are people using agents?

Laziness and majority thinks visas are complicated and only agents understands the process!

By the way,what’s the denial rate there? Are there smiles on people’s faces or the opposite? Lol

EXLOVER:
So i went to the Embassy this morning for my interview. Those boys were really exploiting people, imagine 4k to print ds 160 confirmation form. And some people are falling for it, suppose i pay them that money, after my denial, I will go back and beat the hell out of the guy and give him extra 1.5k for treatment.

My transcript.

VO : Good morning

Me : Good morning sir

VO : Can i have your passport

Me : I handover my passport to him.

VO : Where are you traveling to?

Me : Bla Bla

VO: What are you going to do there?

Me : Vacation and site seeing.

VO : Where do you work?

Me : I'm self employed, I own a business.

VO : Who's sponsoring this trip?

Me : My friend

VO : How did you meet her?

At this point i notice my balls started shrinking, this is the red flag

Me : Social media sir, Facebook to be precise.

VO : Hmm... typing typing typing. I'm sorry, he handed a green love letter to me.

I walked out of the office majestical, meanwhile, the friend i made there, is interview was before mine, an F1 visa. The boy that they both used same agent was approved, all this Aje boys, while the boy was coming out, he ask him, what did they ask you over there, is reply shocked me " they said i shouldn't tell any one". My guy there was denied his f1 visa, according to him he spent over 1.2million with the agent, the boy is a yahooboy,( the scam is scamming the scam nowadays).

I didn't eat anything before going, I just carry my 40700 enter one eatery, I eat food like an slowpoke without a father, playing i can't kill myself inside my head, enter one supermarket for Abj, buy ice cream and drinks for my host, my eyes the red nor be small, I but two black bullets. When night falls, I will be going to eat better barbecue. It's time for plan B, told my white woman about it, she started crying on the phone, I felt her pains.


I really want to say a big thank you to all of you on this thread, for the advice and everything. The trip is not a waste to me, it cost me a lot, but it's worth it, my first time in Abuja. One love to y'all. I'm sign out of this thread.

You’re too active on this thread to be giving this kind of answers to the VO’s! But anyway it doesn’t look like it’s over! K1 visa still dey!

Mishael42019:
Good day house I’m glad I just tried my luck and I got my visa today.

Please I need advice on how to get my papers ASAP because I don’t have plans of coming ******


Is seeking asylum best way to get residence permits in the US?

Smh!

Anyway! Can you share your transcript?

shithapuns:
hmmm, i though someone said he paid with his atm card?
kinda strange for a whole united states of A to be asking for cash in this 2019
pls some1 should reconfirm this

Like,what's with the cash,I don't get it? They could easily set up another procedure with GTB,Once your visa has been issued,you go to GTB and pay the Reciprocity fee,Go to the collection center with your payment slip...without the slip,you can't collect your visa! Very simple!

EXLOVER:
My appointment confirmation page is carrying my email address, is it okay? Thanks man

You mean like you printed the whole screen and your email is hanging at the top? If yes then it’s ok! Shouldn’t be an issue!

EXLOVER:
House my interview is next week. I need to know the following.

Should i go with my sponsor's account statement with mine or only my sponsor's?

All the documents i'm taking to there, should carry photocopies or original?

They might not ask to see any of the documents you’re taking with you but just to stay prepared! Take both statements with you!

And since none of the documents will be retained,you can go with originals or photocopies! I’d advice the originals! Good luck & post your transcript after the interview!

micluv111:
Funny people full this thread.
Mighty VO's on the beat


I know one day someone will come here to tell us the VO's are busy chatting Donald Trump on the system whether to issue the visa or not

It’s understandable that you might not be aware that co-workers in the same office can talk/seek advice from each other without physically speaking in person! I personally has experienced this at a bank!

I understand that your mind might not be able to stretch further than Whatapp & other popular apps! But it’s possible that organizations such as the US embassy has a messenger available only to their staffs!!!

seyewest:
Don't lead her astray or give her in correct advice, visiting or traveling to Togo or Ghana is not bad especially for someone with good travel history, I'm planning to do a West Africa tour by January ending, does that mean I won't be issue U.S visa? No I think the most important thing is having expansive travel history, mix your travel, a little of Europe, East Africa, Middle East, West Africa and Asia.

Ghana,togo and these West african countries might fly on a profile with a solid travel history (Schengen states,uk,Australia,USA,Asia etc) To the VO’s,this particular Applicant has only been to Turkey!

seyewest:
Yes, A Computer, a device that assist the consular officer in making the right decision.

Well,Op returned without a visa,obviously this ‘computer’ has very limited power in visa issuance!

But im not arguing there’s no system like that! Infact,im putting it in my believes that there’s something like that at the US embassy!

Yosfa:
Thanks for your good advice, anyway I told the vo have traveled to Ethiopia about 6 times, turkey and Togo, Ghana, don't just know why she called me back and start typing by telling me sorry and she even took back my passport and refusal paper from me, after typing for about 5 min, she just shake her head and say so so sorry reapply

There you go! Ghana and these african countries are a red flag at the embassy! They feel like you made these trips just to have a travel history to enhance your chance of getting a US visa!

What i think happened in your case! The VO bought your story and wanted to issue you the visa but was taking the final ‘go ahead’ from a superior or a fellow VO (All that typing might be a chat with another VO or a superior) then the person advised the VO not to issue it!

What you should do,reapply and if you don’t have stamps to Ghana and togo on your passport,don’t bother mentioning these 2 countries when the travel history question comes up again! Good luck!

Edit : I made this comment because of 1-2 applicants who said the VO didn’t regard (Not verbally) their trips to Ghana as a travel history! Alot of 9-5 guys travel to West african countries for trainings etc and people visit these neighboring african countries for other reasons that has nothing to do with getting a US visa at all!

seyewest:
The system gave you that visa but she override it after calling you back, try to re-apply as soon as possible and apart from visiting for just wedding include things like sight seeing and shopping for the New Year, you know things that will add money to the U.S Economy and also don't forget to tell them that you're the only one representing your family.

‘The system’. Hold on! Are you saying there’s a ‘thing’ that decides if you get the visa or not apart from the VO? Like they typed the OP’s profile into it and wait for the green light?

Yosfa:
Hello everyone, here is how my interview went

Vo. good morning

Me. good morning and how are you doing this morning

Vo. Good thanks and you

Me. Not bad thank you

Vo. Your passport please

Me. Handover my passport

Vo. What are you going to do in US

Me. My uncle 25 years wedding anniversary

Vo. Oh really

Me. Yes

Vo. Where do you work

Me. I told her

Vo. How much do you earn

Me. Told her

Vo .Have you travel outside Nigeria

Me. Yes

Vo. How long do you plan to spend in state

Me. 10 days

Vo. Are you married

Me. Yes

Vo. How many kids

Me. 3

She just handover my passport and yellow paper saying sorry you are not qualify to travel.

Please what surprised me was that after I took my passport and the refusal letter from her, on my way going out of the America Lagos embassy , she was calling me back, I didnt notice I was the one she was calling, she sent security to call me back, when I went to her she took back my passport back from me and she started typing on her system for about 5 minutes, tell me please am sorry kindly wait there's an error, she continues typing still keep on telling me there is an error, later she just said am truly sorry kindly reapply, she handover back my passport and she. Called next. Please can someone tell me why this happened

Your transcript is not fully detailed! Are you comfortable sharing how much you earn on the internet? If no ignore this question! If yes,how much did you tell the VO you earn?

Also,the travel history! Did you mention the country(s) you’ve been? If yes,can you list them here?

Dondadahakeem:
I apply for a b1/b2. And was refused officer says I'm not qualify. I don't know what went wrong but this is what happen. I am Human Resource Manager in audit and Tax firm in Lagos and my wife also HR manager of an investment and asset management company a known organisation.


On the 10/12/2019 was my interview 6:45am

VO:Good morning
ME:Good morning how are you doing today?
VO:Can I have your passport
ME: I gave the passport to him well arranged since we are three my wife and I and my four year old son
VO: why do you want to travel to the US
ME:We are going on family vacation to Minnesota to visit mall of America at Bloomington in Minnesota,because my son is a lover of nickelodeon characters and we want to also as family have a good holiday time together.
VO: what do you do.
ME: I'm human Resources manager with xxxx and I manage overall aspect of admin and HR related matter of the firm I work for
VO:ok
VO:Have you traveled before
ME:Yes, I have been to United Kingdom to study University of Aberdeen Scotland precisely and I also met my darling wife while studying as well at Robert Gordon university same in Aberdeen and we even had our marriage in England afterwards when we finished our study while working with post study visa permit. Showed him our UK marriage certificate.
VO: Great
VO:Have you made any itinerary plan?
ME: No;but over the weekend we saw an affordable flight ticket which we pre-booked (showed him the paper)and waiting for the outcome of our interview to know if we can proceed with payment.
we have also made bookings with hotel in Bloomington for eight nights with confirmation letter as mentioned in our Ds160 form
VO: madam what do you do
My wife: I am Human Resources manager of xxxxxx in Lagos and I oversee all the HR operations of the company
VO:Is this your only child
ME and WIFE: Yes
VO: Ok
VO: Saying hello to my son
MY SON : Hello .......the young boy said please I want to go to adventure bay to see paw patrol
VO: Ok
VO: Has he traveled before
ME and MY wife : No, we waited this long for him to have a good memories of the family holiday

He kept typing for over 2minutes Next he said you are not eligible for US visa this time with a yellow paper and roughly pushed our passports to me and I said thank have nice day,but I was sad.

The next was my son knew the sadness on our faces and started crying till Opic begger from the embassy

Sorry about that bro,You can reapply! I honestly think these VO's now has limited amount of visas,probably given by DHS that can be issued to Africans,Nigerians,Per day,per month,per year! Once they run out of stock,the rest get axed...regardless if you're genuine or not!

Wow! You seems not to understand the reason why you were denied twice! you applied for your first visa saying you were going to visit an uncle or so (I don't remember the story,but it has to do with family) correct? Then you proceeded and used that issued visa for your clinical rotation! That is an abuse of visa,The lady from your first interview clearly told you this is why she's denying you!

Ferdinand234:
What do you mean by ''abuse'' the terms of the visa.

Whatever you do,don't mention conference or seminar! And don't bother mentioning you met your friend 'online' if that's how you guys met (Don't lie,but don't go into details if you're not asked) Good luck!

studio14:
I have an invitation letter from a US citizen to visit and spend 2weeks in America, I heard Nigerians are been denied visa to US, how true is it pls?

What year & month was this?

mrprolifik:
In my own case I applied for a renewal via drop box and was sent an email to appear at the embassy . On the day of the appointment when it was my turn with the VO I saw on myfile a small note which says payment of reciprocity fee. I already knew my Visa had been approved even before any conversation with the VO. He only asked how my last visit went and approved the Visa and told me to go pay the fee at the cashier.
What I am trying to pinpoint here is that everybody's case is unique and sometimes decisions has already been made before you show up at the embassy just like my own case. Whatever you fill in your Ds160 is very important and a decision can be made with such info.

When Nigerians hear of 'background checks',they think it's this petty thing of stalking applicants social media,day to day life,doctor who presented himself as a business man,LOL! They don't care about those details about you! What they want to know,Are you a terrorist? scammer? are you on any wanted list? interpol,fbi,etc! i personally don't think they run background checks on all applicants but they most definitely has placed/searched names of issued visas in their datas before placing the sticker on your passport! It's Yankee! common!

skdfu747:
I have many friends in the U.S at the moment.
How?
Majority of them even lied in their application they also lied during the interview process but yet the visa was issued.
If real background check was done then the lies would have been detected on the spot.

Like someone said,You can reapply with your wife...

These people are just trying to cut down on the amount of people entering the US,travel history,home ties,bow ties don't matter to them right now...

People should just leave them alone for now, unless there's something very important you need to do in the US,don't bother wasting your visa fee.

yinksob002:
Good day house,

My dropbox renewal interview was unsuccessful. I was interviewed in Lagos (Window 4) See transcript below:

Me: Good morning
VO: Good morning, how are you doing today?
Me: I'm fine, thank you.
VO: Your passport and DS160 confirmation please
Me: (Hands it over to him)
VO: I can see you have previously visited the US in 2017, which city did you go to?
Me: New York
VO: How long did you stay during your visit?
Me: 2 weeks
VO: Okay (nods his head affirmatively). Are you married?
Me: Yes
VO: Did your wife travel with you during your last trip to the US
Me: No, she didn't as we were not married then
VO: (looks at the screen and says okay)
VO: Is she travelling with you on this proposed trip
Me: No
VO: Where do you work and what are your roles?
Me: I work at xyz bank as a financial reporting officer and handles financial and management reporting, tax remittances, performance mgt ....
VO: That's cool. So, where do you intend to visit this time and what will you be be doing?
Me: I will be visiting New Jersey and in the course of my visit, go sight seeing and visit some places of attraction
VO: Ok, have you visited any other country(s) apart from the US in the last 5 years?
Me: Yes, I've visited South africa and UAE.
VO: Any recent trip out of the country?
Me: Yes, I was in Dubai, UAE in September
VO: Did you go alone or with your wife?
Me: I went with my wife
VO: How long did you stay?
Me: 8 days
VO: That's good (looks at my passport to confirm the stamp)
VO: Do you have kids yet
Me: No
VO: Ok, I'm sorry to inform you that you do not qualify for a US visa at this time (Hands over the refusal form). You can reapply some other time.
VO: Do enjoy the rest your day
Me: Thank you (Collected the refusal form and left).

Although, I wasn't too optimistic given the trend of events in the last one year, but i'm still shocked that I could be refused as i did not at anytime abuse the terms of my previous visa nor overstayed. What do you guys advise?