OyoTunjiUSA:



Hey 🤠

1. Yes. According to the USA embassy , the 1st step for IW applicant is to go and sign up on the AVITS website , choose payment option, pay and book appointment. But during the course of signing up, you will answer IW qualification questions, submit and sign out.

2. At the end of the process, qualified applicants will receive an Interview Waiver Confirmation letter (it can be immediately , after 1 day, etc no time is specified) with detailed information on how to submit the application documents. So all IW applicants must wait to receive this confirmation letter before proceeding.

3. After receiving this letter, that means you are qualified for IW, and you will move to the 2nd phase by following the instructions below :

In order to be able to submit/collect your application documents, you need to proceed with registering on www.oisservices.com/services website.

On that page, scroll down to locate "US VISA APPLICATION DOCUMENTS PICK UP/DROP OFF" section, and click on "Click Here" button. Proceed with registering on the page, select ''Visa Application'' and your documents pick-up/drop off option.

4. drop-off the documents free of charge and by appointment (by registering according to sense 3b above) at the OIS offices listed below
(please note that application documents are not being sent between consular cities; you must submit your documents in the consular city where you intend to apply for the visa.):

Free services

OIS SERVICES ABUJA
No. 28 Pope John Paul Street
Off Gana Street Maitama
Abuja
Business Hours:
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)

OR

OIS SERVICES LAGOS
No. 14 Idowu Taylor
Victoria Island, Lagos
Business Hours:
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)

PAID SERVICES

drop-off the documents with the paid service at the OIS and DHL offices listed below:

OIS SERVICES KANO
No. 27 b, Sokoto Road
Beside Audu Bako Secretariat Kano
Kano, Kano State
Business Hours:
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)

OIS SERVICES Port Harcourt
No. 122 General Diriyai Street, GRA Phase 2
(Beside Skippers by Everyday Supermarket)
Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Business Hours:
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)

DHL OFFICE AKURE
133 Oyemekun Street
Akure, Ondo State
Business Hours:
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)

DHL OFFICE BENIN
72 Airport Road
Benin, Edo State
Business Hours:
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)

DHL OFFICE ENUGU
33a Abakaliki Road
Gra Enugu, Enugu State
Business Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)

DHL OFFICE IBADAN
47 Ring Road
Ibadan, Oyo State
Business Hours:
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)

DHL OFFICE KADUNA
16 Ahmadu Bello Way
Kaduna, Kaduna State
Business Hours:
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)

DHL HEADOFFICE LAGOS
DHL House – Apapa Oshodi Expressway
Isolo, Lagos
Business Hours:
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)

PS: Either you want to go with free services or you want to pick another location that is not covered with the free services (paid ), after receiving the IW email qualification from the USA embassy, you must 1st go and register and book drop-off/pick-up appointment with OIS.

PS: @naivasha follow same procedures.


Best Wishes 🙏

customised87:


The IW appointment acknowledgement slip that my mum got didn’t look like this. It’s just a page with basic applicant information and the appointment date and time.

primusmaximus:


Thanks for the detailed response. Does the date on the USA embassy appointment matter? It's not allowing me reschedule and the previous date I booked isn't available on OIS.

OyoTunjiUSA:


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1. The date assigned to you by the US embassy is of utmost importance, because that is when they expect you to appear or go and drop your VISA application. OIS date should not be more relevant than that of the USA embassy, except , if the USA embassy has entered into an agreement with OIS, thereby accepting OIS dates to override.

PS: Call both organisations to verify.

PS: The sending of IW qualification email applies to especially , new applicants, and since the embassy says, those with previous appointments still have their appointments recognised, then you may go ahead without waiting for the qualification email.

PS: All IW VISA applicants should also note that, the USA embassy can summon them for physical interviews, despite having qualified for IW, IF NEED BE.


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naivasha:
Actually, I used the other option "Generate Deposit Slip".

Slymod:
I made visa fee payment about 4 days ago on the new Avits website through bank transfer. Payment is yet to reflect and I'm unable to schedule an appointment. So I deleted the pending application request to start a new only to get the error 'Duplicate applicant found for this user'. I learnt the visa fee is tied to the email address used for registration. I'm thinking of deleting the account and registering again with the same email address in hopes the glitch will disappear and payment might be picked up. I even tried retrieving the payment details by entering the bank reference number and payment date. It gives the message bank 'bank details updated successfully and nothing happens thereafter.
Please has anyone encountered this issue and how was it fixed?
The support tickets I created are rotting away. No response since then.

DFCO:

Please the bank reference number you used, was it the deposit slip no: or the one below the barcode that comes with OIS|Date|Number?


I'm having same problems it's keeps saying bank updates successfully but then it keep going back
To slip payment generation page to pay again.. note I input the Amentum reference number but before I was using the bank reference number 0is with date and others.....but every time I submit it's keeps return back to the log in page when iver I put the / / on the number pls which of the number are we souppose to inputs precisely

DFCO:


Please can you clarify, i used the generate as well to make a transfer payment. Does it automatically show that you have paid after 24 hours or do you have to input the payment transaction details after you make he transfer?
I used the generate deposit slip to transfer around 5am yesterday. Am i to input the receipt number using the bank deposit details section or does it automatically show I have made payment? Its over 24 hours and I dont see my payment reflected.
Thanks

beautyuche:
Hi, guys here is an update for those of us who live outside Lagos and Abuja. If you submitted your passport by dropbox and have your passport approved on the website tracker but no mail regarding passport pick up. Here is what I was advised today when I went to the OIS office in Port Harcourt they said passports can only be picked up from their Abuja or Lagos office.
To track your passport go to appointment.oisservices.com follow the prompt and proceed to know if they have your passport. If this is confirmed, find a way to pick it up yourself.

Please note they do not run a dispatch service for passports so you will have to pick them up yourself or give an authorization letter to someone in Lagos or Abuja.

naivasha:
Hello,

From below you said,

"The date assigned to you by the US embassy is of utmost importance, because that is when they expect you to appear or go and drop your VISA application."

Drop the visa application where exactly? Please confirm. Thank you.

Sparks12:
Please i need help.... I had booked my IW appointment on the old platform for first week in september. I have been waiting for the mail from the new site but still have not gotten any mail.I have created a profile and still have not received any mail and i also cannot explain how the old appointment confirmation mail disappeared from my GMAIL. I have mailed them severally, no response, had a chat with a representative through the chat option, but nothing concrete.

OyoTunjiUSA:


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1. Since you are a GTB account holder why not walk into the bank and complain? They can initiate the reprint from your online or mobile account or simply visit the main bank if you had paid physically, perhaps payment history can be retrieved.

2. If nothing works, i have experienced very few people who attended VISA interview without MRV receipts, because MRV payment reference was indicated in their VISA appointment letters , and these applicants were victims of robbery attack enroute the US embassy.

PS: I am not very certain, but you should be allowed on the ground of a genuine reason.


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djbaju:
Thank you for the update, I got the receipt eventually, but when I got to Walter Carrington the touts outside were telling people to print another receipt that carries the cgi logo, they said this calmly like they really want to help you, but when i got inside I asked one of the staffs and he told me I was scammed, I saw almost every of the applicant with that same receipt meaning they paid 30-25k, cos the story they are cooking is that without the CGI receipt, one will be turned back. I negotiated to 15k, maybe many people will be able to negotiate too and pay like 25-20k, the bottom line is that I got scammed and other people that fell for that story too. I want to advise anyone that sees this and is going for an interview no matter the persusation pls don't make a photocopy or print out of your data page, or any other document that is been preached to you, it is a scam they don't ask for many things those guy always use scope to sell it to people. DS160, Appointment letter and your receipt are enough. Main docs

Ikebabay:
Hi

Sorry about your experience. Those touts have been using the same tricks for ages. They present themselves as experts and ask applicants to carry out unnecessary tasks in order for them to earn dishonest money. Eg they would ask applicants to staple- it will turn out the embassy doesn't need the staples. Imagine if one then pays the ridiculous amounts the touts charge and the visa is denied. It would be extremely infuriating!

As djbaju said, ignore them 100%.

All the best to those who are making physical appearances at the embassy!

djbaju:
Thank you for the update, I got the receipt eventually, but when I got to Walter Carrington the touts outside were telling people to print another receipt that carries the cgi logo, they said this calmly like they really want to help you, but when i got inside I asked one of the staffs and he told me I was scammed, I saw almost every of the applicant with that same receipt meaning they paid 30-25k, cos the story they are cooking is that without the CGI receipt, one will be turned back. I negotiated to 15k, maybe many people will be able to negotiate too and pay like 25-20k, the bottom line is that I got scammed and other people that fell for that story too. I want to advise anyone that sees this and is going for an interview no matter the persusation pls don't make a photocopy or print out of your data page, or any other document that is been preached to you, it is a scam they don't ask for many things those guy always use scope to sell it to people. DS160, Appointment letter and your receipt are enough. Main docs

OyoTunjiUSA:



Hey 🤠

1. Touts are outside ASO ROCK, they are outside the WHITE HOUSE in America,
even the USA embassy website recognised them and says " beware of touts outside the embassy gate.

2. I was hoodwinked into lot of money 3 times outside the embassies (despite being born and bred in Lagos) before my eyes were finally opened. The truth is, very few applicants in some tight situations will always need their services by all means (except if they want to forfeit their appointment and turn back home), but the most important is to always familiarise oneself with application procedures.

3. @djbaju thank God for your life and sorry for your loss.

PS: [color=#990000]These touts are not the kind of touts that broke bottles and fight in motor parks. They are sometimes professionals with ties and suits./color]

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Abk2019:
Pls someone should respond to my question. Is it possible to get a visit visa without applying with your spouse??

djbaju:
😂😂😂 this ones are superb in this venture, the only way to win this game is to get informed before hand, if not they will format whatever one belief is, and being anxious to go in and get ur visa also will make some people fall prey to this. Thank you boss, thank you for constant updates on here to our questions

Ikebabay:
Hi,

Thank you for the update. There seems to be so little information on pickups.

For me, I submitted IW documents in Lagos. My visa was issued over a week ago and still no pickup mail. Within this period, I have used the chat box on the new site twice and in both instances they asked me to wait for pickup instructions.

I decided to sign up on OIS. From the OIS website, my passport is ready for pickup, where it is exactly is what I don't know.

Anyway, I have booked a free pickup and will go searching for my passport. I will share an update once I have gone for the appointment.



All the best to everyone!

Abk2019:
Pls someone should respond to my question. Is it possible to get a visit visa without applying with your spouse?

Ajala444:
Hi,
Check your Spam email, you might have missed an email from ustraveldocs or Avits. I received the email instructing me to attend my appointment on the same day I booked a few days before the appointment day.

naivasha:
In case this might help someone out.

I registered on the new website (https://www.usvisaappt.com/visaapplicantui/) and after receiving the activation email, I successfully got my account up and running. I tried throughout last week to pay using the card option but it never worked.
Yesterday evening, I decided to use the bank transfer option. Payment was made around 6:30pm. I checked this morning to see if I could schedule an appointment but nothing. I tried again about an hour ago and this time I could. [A hint for those who may be wondering, start by clicking on the 'Pending Appointment Request' in the My Dashboard section]. I have answered all the questions and I qualify for IW. There are dates available in Sept and early October for Abuja. But the earliest date for Lagos that I see is Dec 3 2025. Cheers.

olasubomy:

HI OyoTunjiUSA,

What do you think or any gurus in the house?

My cousin's visa got "Approved" and later "issued" dated August 26th. He had earlier gone to pick it up but was told the passport is not yet with them (OIS) and he needs to book an appointment. This was later tracked this week on the IOS site and the system gave feedback "Your passport is available for pick-up".

The appointment was booked on OIS site but the acknowledged appointment slip indicated the passport is at DHL Office - Muri Okunola Sandiland Arcade Building, Plot 230, Muri Okunola Street,Victoria Island. but on getting to DHL at the appointed time, he was told the passport is at OIS and on getting to OIS at Victoria Island, he was told oh no! it is with DHL. Now, i am told people are gathered at OIS not having a clue were thier passport is?

Is anyone having this same challenge?