hello guys, please is there a thread for flight booking and all?

Does this mean that, when applying for emergency visa, I will be given the privilege to choose location?


i think it is the lagos NIV form you would be filling, therefore you should be expecting to have your interview in Lagos!

Please if you're not in Lagos and you're scheduled to be interviewed this week... Please travel at least a day or two before your interview if you'll be using the road... The congestion is beyond terrible.

I wish you God's best always.

I had the interview on the 16th October, 2020.


I booked a room at a hotel about 2.7km from the consulate. I also was fortunate to meet a driver who agreed to drive me to the consulate at 5am sharp...amd he kept his word... I almost felt goosebumps when he called me 4:59am.
Anyways, I arrived few minutes afterwards with some 5 interviewees waiting. We weren't attended to until few minutes past 6am.

Heads-up... please get all your documents and reciprocity fee ready. Some who came quite early had to fall out of the line to get their stuffs set... And trust the "boys" waiting to overbill you for your unpreparedness.
Shortly, we were ushered in and checked thoroughly and I began to fall back from my 2nd position in line to abt 5th (apparently, a razor was detected in my wallet which I had no premonition about)
Well, I entered sha...verifications and all. My ds160 was for Abuja and upon knowing, I was asked to wait so it can be retrieved to lagos' database. At this time, I was no 17th.
Gladly the consular official (I think he's the infamous Chinese) was just issuing visa o... Abt 14 plus... Only 1 got a yellow slip. I guess he took a break and another dude took over. And fast forward to me... Here it went thus..

Me: good morning
VO: yea, morning, your documents please
Me: hands over

VO: why are you going to US?
Me: I'm going to pursue a Masters degree in Engineering with concentration in petr....

VO: Why this school?
Me: well, besides the fact that it's among the top 10, the....

VO: I know, but why this particular one and not the other 9?
Me: OK, the works of prof... Quite aligns with mine interest and...

VO: so, who's sponsoring you?
Me: I was offered a research assistantship position which caters for the tuition and comes with stipends for my living expenses..

VO: are you married
Me: no

VO: do you have children
Me: no

... VO muted the microphone and started speaking with his colleague saying somethings like.. Yeah he's genuine and all and he's into a research program blah blah... Las Las...
VO : I intend to issue you a visa, go pay at counter 22 ensure your i-20 is with you blah blah...

Me: thank you.. God bless.

I'm profoundly grateful to my friend Prosper for the mockup interviews.. I don't know how to thank my God enough really.

Pefuele:

The documents doesn't need to be in colored. Monochrome will suffice. Yes, embassy has a standard photograph size. It is 5inches by 5inches white background photo.
As for hotel you can check Federal Civil service staff hotel at Obalende. You can get Napep from there to the embassy for around N100.Least room is around N9k.

Thanks alot.

Congrats to all who got their visas.
please where is the most affordable (and near enough) hotel to book a space for the interview for those traveling from a far location?
also, are all documents to present meant to be colored printed?
does the size (dimensions) of passport photograph matter?

thanks in anticipation

contact walspring for your servis payment.
He just did mine... and it was seamless

Evans211:


By Friday do you mean October, 9 ?

Got same date but I don’t think I can meet up considering its closeness. What’s your program start date ?

16th
program start date is jan though- early visa, in a way, preserves the department's funding and i had to voice this out.

Please which bank does the western union transfer for servis (MRV ) fee??
I urgently need assistance as i just got an emergency appointment scheduled for next week friday

maximilano:

Thanks I just scheduled 13 November

how??

what is wrong with my account ?...i am seeing no slots available

Were you issued a PDF receipt of the visa payment transaction please?
Also, what dates are available.
Thanks