₦airaland Forum

wadijoo:
Lagos & Abuja right now....

Nairalander1111:
Hi @ aramide000, @Wealth1990, and @dalobaba. Have you guys received any feedback on your emergency appointment request? What options are available?

aramide000:
Hello, please has anybody gotten a response on the emergency appointment? I sent mine since July 3rd and till now I have gotten no response

Lekan2348:
For awareness sake, can you tell us what ds160 issue made you miss your appointment.

Secondly, I do not believe that missing your appointment is valid ground to apply for emergency appointment. You will most likely be denied the emergency request. The grounds for applying for emergency appointments are stated there on the website

Alvinaknight:
Did you put a certain location while filling your ds160 and then chose another location while booking an appointment? (E.g you put Lagos as your location in your ds160 and then picked an interview date for Abuja)

Alvinaknight:
The US released a new memo some while back

Dear U.S. Visa Applicant,

Starting April 22, 2025, all visa applicants in Abuja and Lagos must bring a DS-160 visa confirmation page with a barcode number (starting with AA and followed by 00 – two zeroes) that matches the one used to make their appointment online. You also must schedule your appointment in the location you selected when filling out your DS-160.

If the barcode number on your DS-160 form does not match the one you used to book your appointment, you will not be allowed to enter the Consular Section or attend your visa interview, hence you should reschedule your appointment, if your DS-160 barcode does not match the one your appointment.

If your DS-160 confirmation page shows a location that does not match that of your scheduled interview, you will not be allowed to enter the Consular Section or attend your visa interview.

Efetobore1980:
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This is a dicey situation because embassy warned you.
Quickly login to your Avits profile and click on Reschedule appointment. Once you are able to Reschedule then update your ds-160 and print out a new appointment letter.

** I just hope that the grace is available for you otherwise you will pay another visa fee. 👌

Efetobore1980:
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1..Yes you must fill another DS-160 in order to update the information of one of your siblings. U.S. embassy will do background checks on both siblings therefore, their information on DS-160 must be accurate.

2▪︎ After filling the new DS-160, all you will have to do is to raise a support ticket from their AVITS profile requesting the U.S embassy to update the DS-160. After 24hrs which the update must have been validated then you will have to print another appointment letters. The appointment letters will reflect the new ds-160 confirmation number which means everything is in order.
This procedure is free of charge and it does not affect your parents current appointment.

3● You will have to register for them on OIS. They will initiate the pick up of their passports by creating profiles just like they did on AVITS.

https://www.oisservices.com/services 👍

Efetobore1980:
Hello.
If the error is just one alphabet or number you can attend your appointment like that but if it's entirely whole number error ( eg boy200 ....boi200 or boo200 manageable / boy200.... girl200 not manageable) you can raise a ticket or email the embassy.

Naturally your appointment letter is a gate-pass. Your ds -160 information as well as your physical travel passport is what the US embassy follows in issuing your visa and recording your data. 👍

ZinnyG:
Please is there an answer to this cis I'm going through same situation

glorious23:
Good day house, please I need help. First time applicant

i went to make MRV payment at the First bank and the applicant surname field on the portal was auto populated with my first name & last name. The bank staff advised me to initiate a new request on the AVITS portal, which I did by cancelling the initial request.

However after starting again, it now its says duplicate applicant found for user error. I check my profile and saw I have 2 applicant ID, but it’s giving me option to proceed and make payment. I have written support and they say they have escalated it, I don’t know how long I will have to wait for them.

Can I go ahead and make payment? I don’t want to make error. Thanks in advance

Waposh:
You didn’t input your email address when transferring the money? The receipt was sent to my mail I put after transferring my payment last two weeks.
Again most times your your amentun reference no is mostly same with the references number on the MRV receipt

Waposh:
You didn’t input your email address when transferring the money? The receipt was sent to my mail I put after transferring my payment last two weeks.
Again most times your your amentun reference no is mostly same with the references number on the MRV receipt

kamsy101:
Wealth,
What date you got for interview?

JMG12:
I want to assume your passport will expire in 2025; if so, you should get a new passport.