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Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by Chetachukwu01: 12:47pm On Sep 21
I gave the OIS staff my GTB payment receipt, my OIS acknowlgment slip, my ds 160 confirmation letter, 2 passport photographs and passport booklet. She gave me back the GTB receipt, she use took the OIS acknowledgement slip and typed on her computer to confirm my appointment was booked for that day (she confirmed and gave me back the OIS paper) she also checked my last visa and confirmed that I qualified for IW. Then she took my passport booklet, 2 passport photographs and my ds confirmation letter, pinned them together and kept. I filled the register and that was it. No question was asked about my old appointment which was scheduled for December 2 2024 and no question was asked about the AVITS appointment cos itโ€™s not needed there.


Masorich:

Please did you submit your IW confirmation page as well to OIS? Sorry for the plenty questions.

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Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by Masorich: 1:42pm On Sep 21
Chetachukwu01:
I gave the OIS staff my GTB payment receipt, my OIS acknowlgment slip, my ds 160 confirmation letter, 2 passport photographs and passport booklet. She gave me back the GTB receipt, she use took the OIS acknowledgement slip and typed on her computer to confirm my appointment was booked for that day (she confirmed and gave me back the OIS paper) she also checked my last visa and confirmed that I qualified for IW. Then she took my passport booklet, 2 passport photographs and my ds confirmation letter, pinned them together and kept. I filled the register and that was it. No question was asked about my old appointment which was scheduled for December 2 2024 and no question was asked about the AVITS appointment cos itโ€™s not needed there.


Thank you so so much for elaborating. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by Masorich: 2:09pm On Sep 21
Chetachukwu01:
I gave the OIS staff my GTB payment receipt, my OIS acknowlgment slip, my ds 160 confirmation letter, 2 passport photographs and passport booklet. She gave me back the GTB receipt, she use took the OIS acknowledgement slip and typed on her computer to confirm my appointment was booked for that day (she confirmed and gave me back the OIS paper) she also checked my last visa and confirmed that I qualified for IW. Then she took my passport booklet, 2 passport photographs and my ds confirmation letter, pinned them together and kept. I filled the register and that was it. No question was asked about my old appointment which was scheduled for December 2 2024 and no question was asked about the AVITS appointment cos itโ€™s not needed there.


I paid using the first bank transfer link but my IW document is saying I should go along with my gtbank receipt . But what I have is a first bank receipt.
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by duncanmighty: 2:54pm On Sep 21
Hello, did ypu just say theres no longer physical interview at the U S embassy? For real?
greenlilly:


But there is no longer Physical interview. Moreover I didn't overstay in the US for once and I have visited 5 times before my passport expired. I am a male

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Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by Chetachukwu01: 2:57pm On Sep 21
Go with what you have


Masorich:

I paid using the first bank transfer link but my IW document is saying I should go along with my gtbank receipt . But what I have is a first bank receipt.
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by Folzy25: 3:22pm On Sep 21
yoyome20:


Yes I was getting the error messages before, I would see dates and when I clicked I would get either this slot has been used or something went wrong error message, hence when I clicked on the oct date and it went I was in complete shock because I would never have booked October I was trying to see if I would get the error message. Then one day I saw April and I tried again to see if it would go through and it went through but right now there is no date till July and i do not know if the July dates will give the same error msg . My advice would be keep trying you just never know when any of the slots will open up. If i see any new dates i will let you know


So I finally stumbled upon lots of available dates yesterday and picked an earlier date. However, Iโ€™d leaned into some clues from you, in that, I picked a farther/less preferred date then that somehow opened additional earlier date slots which Iโ€™d preferred. Or could have all be coincidental following their website updates. All the same, Iโ€™m grateful for your help. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by ultraken: 3:43pm On Sep 21
Masorich:
Hello everyone.
Please I am trying to pick a date but it keeps saying slot already used. And I just got approved today after making payment on Thursday. What could be the issue please?

You should have 3 reschedule attempts, so I'd say use your first attempt to pick the earliest dates that's available. It might be Nov 2024, through May 2025, I'm not sure, I don't have any more attempts so I can't see what is available anymore. Once you've secured a decent date, then check periodically for closer dates. How I found my October 2024 date was I noticed that there were additional dates that were added to the already existing fake dates, so I tried one and it got approved. Good luck.
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by yoyome20: 3:56pm On Sep 21
Folzy25:



So I finally stumbled upon lots of available dates yesterday and picked an earlier date. However, Iโ€™d leaned into some clues from you, in that, I picked a farther/less preferred date then that somehow opened additional earlier date slots which Iโ€™d preferred. Or could have all be coincidental following their website updates. All the same, Iโ€™m grateful for your help. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ

you are most welcome , what month did you finally get ?
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by yoyome20: 3:57pm On Sep 21
ultraken:


You should have 3 reschedule attempts, so I'd say use your first attempt to pick the earliest dates that's available. It might be Nov 2024, through May 2025, I'm not sure, I don't have any more attempts so I can't see what is available anymore. Once you've secured a decent date, then check periodically for closer dates. How I found my October 2024 date was I noticed that there were additional dates that were added to the already existing fake dates, so I tried one and it got approved. Good luck.

Are you in lagos or abuja ?
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by heartlove(m): 4:22pm On Sep 21
Where can I schedule Visa Appointment on Avits or OIS. Pls help ooo
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by heartlove(m): 4:24pm On Sep 21
Yoyome20.

Where can I schedule Visa Appointment on Avits or OIS. Pls help ooo





yoyome20:


you are most welcome , what month did you finally get ?
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by heartlove(m): 4:25pm On Sep 21
ultraken

Where can I schedule Visa Appointment on Avits or OIS. Pls help ooo





:



You should have 3 reschedule attempts, so I'd say use your first attempt to pick the earliest dates that's available. It might be Nov 2024, through May 2025, I'm not sure, I don't have any more attempts so I can't see what is available anymore. Once you've secured a decent date, then check periodically for closer dates. How I found my October 2024 date was I noticed that there were additional dates that were added to the already existing fake dates, so I tried one and it got approved. Good luck.
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by ultraken: 4:52pm On Sep 21
yoyome20:



Are you in lagos or abuja ?

I scheduled my appointment for Abuja
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by ultraken: 4:55pm On Sep 21
heartlove:


Where can I schedule Visa Appointment on Avits or OIS. Pls help ooo


I can only speak to what I did, I haven't done a drop-off appointment on the new system.
I used Avits for an in person interview at Abuja
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by dexydidi(f): 8:17pm On Sep 21
Good Evening people,

I paid for my MRV yesterday afternoon and have not yet been able to select a date.

It hasn't even acknowledged that I have paid. Please what is happening?

Someone said it takes 24 hours to update and this is more than 24 hours already
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by Danielochekwu88(m): 8:25pm On Sep 21
Hi everyone, I recently rescheduled a B1/B2 visa for October but I'm yet to receive a confirmation email or a notification asking me to confirm my availability for the interview. I also noticed there's no place to update my DS160 number on the Avits website like we used to do on USTraveldocs. Should I be worried? Or can I prepare to attend the interview on the new date?
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by OyoTunjiUSA(m): 9:18pm On Sep 21
dexydidi:
Good Evening people,

I paid for my MRV yesterday afternoon and have not yet been able to select a date.

It hasn't even acknowledged that I have paid. Please what is happening?

Someone said it takes 24 hours to update and this is more than 24 hours already


๐Ÿค 

1. The fastest payment method is via CARD, which will be confirmed immediately, and also allows you to continue the booking of your appointment, though Card payment will be charged in USD. All other payment options, especially EFT (electronic fund transfer) will take 1 - business day or longer.

2. In this respect, the very most important task for you is to keep your payment reference or confirmation, and if by Monday you have not received the confirmation of payment or continuation of appointment process, then you can raise a ticket . Your payment confirmation is what you are even supposed to be looking out for right now.


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Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by OyoTunjiUSA(m): 9:35pm On Sep 21
Danielochekwu88:
Hi everyone, I recently rescheduled a B1/B2 visa for October but I'm yet to receive a confirmation email or a notification asking me to confirm my availability for the interview. I also noticed there's no place to update my DS160 number on the Avits website like we used to do on USTraveldocs. Should I be worried? Or can I prepare to attend the interview on the new date?

๐Ÿค 

1. If you have booked your appointment prior to the update on the old website, and the embassy sent a link email to you in order to be able to confirm your profile on AVITS, and you did that successfully by rescheduling your old appointment to October on AVITS, then you are free to attend your October appointment. But if your new appointment letter on AVITS is blank, then you will have to attend your appointment based on your old date. Normally, you are supposed to attend your interview with both old and new appointment letters.

2. If you have any of your information to update , fill another VISA application (ds-160) , and take both old and new DS-160 confirmation print outs to your interview.

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Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by Folzy25: 9:47pm On Sep 21
yoyome20:


you are most welcome , what month did you finally get ?

I got May. There were like 8 dates available in May and about 5-6 in April but May worked out better for me and I figโ€™d it would be safe to still keep one more chance of changing a date instead of using all 3 trials at once.
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by nerdymufasa(m): 10:28pm On Sep 21
I need assistance please, I can't go beyond the 'choose a post' as options are not coming up. Someone help please
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by flourishing247: 11:16pm On Sep 21
Everyone seems to be in a hurry to get appointments and all thereby making mistakes. Please it is a gradual process. The consulate knows what they are doing. Stop making double payments, your first payment is still valid. They will eventually migrate everyone. We also need to note that individual cases vary. It was same with the old website. Some applications were faster than others. So let everyone be patient and allow them do their job. Also check every box in your mail for info incase it went to spam.

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Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by damiolu: 11:31pm On Sep 21
Good day, I did this and on the new email, it said the same thing, duplicate transaction. I couldnโ€™t raise a ticket because that would require having a profile existing on the new email and I canโ€™t do that. I tried to login into the old email after deactivating it and it says used inactive.

OyoTunjiUSA:


๐Ÿค 

1. Try to save or download your payment reference .

2. Login to AVIT and delete both profiles.

3. Go back to AVITS and sign up again with new email and phone number . Then open a ticket in the new profile or initiate another appointment.

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Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by Adewaale: 11:56pm On Sep 21
yoyome20:


I just checked, and there are May and June right now. Maybe you should try and see if you are lucky. I am looking for either January or February.


Hi yoyome, Iโ€™m a B1/B2 applicant also and I will deeply appreciate it if you donโ€™t mind dropping an update when you find out closer dates are open. Thank you!
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by ehiremen2002: 2:18am On Sep 22
Hello House, who know what happen to booking system. I after waiting 2 years My MAY 2 2024 Appointment, when I got there was told if I didnt get update that my day was moved to novemeber 2024. Then I left the embassy. Now after chanhing to new booking platform. I no longer see my date, instead I am only seeing the expired appointment which was the one of May
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by yoyome20: 4:16am On Sep 22
Adewaale:



Hi yoyome, Iโ€™m a B1/B2 applicant also and I will deeply appreciate it if you donโ€™t mind dropping an update when you find out closer dates are open. Thank you!

Hi , that's not a problem , i try my best to keep checking and hoping to get a closer date, so i will update if any pop up .
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by Morna: 6:07am On Sep 22
Thank you for your very helpful answers to questions raised on the platform. Please I need to reschedule my date. Once I see an earlier date I like and click on it and the time, "BOOK POST APPOINTMENT" will pop up after which "slot already used" pops up. Please what does "BOOK POST APPOINTMENT" mean? I was wondering if this is for those who have already done their visa interview and waiting to retrieve their passport.

Thank you in advance.

ultraken:


You should have 3 reschedule attempts, so I'd say use your first attempt to pick the earliest dates that's available. It might be Nov 2024, through May 2025, I'm not sure, I don't have any more attempts so I can't see what is available anymore. Once you've secured a decent date, then check periodically for closer dates. How I found my October 2024 date was I noticed that there were additional dates that were added to the already existing fake dates, so I tried one and it got approved. Good luck.
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by OyoTunjiUSA(m): 6:58am On Sep 22
heartlove:


Where can I schedule Visa Appointment on Avits or OIS. Pls help ooo

๐Ÿค 

1. Go and fill your VISA application form (DS-160) first.

https://ceac.state.gov/genniv/

2. Then visit AVITS to sign up and make payment. Always remember to download, screenshot or note down payment reference pls.

https://www.usvisaappt.com/visaapplicantui/login

3. Once your payment is confirmed on AVITS, then , initiate the booking of your appointment. If you are having issues or delay in booking appointment on AVITS, abandon the process (ONLY IW - Interview Waiver/Visa Renewal Applicant) and proceed to OIS in order to book an appointment for your Drop- off/ Pick up.

https://www.oisservices.com/services

4. After successful scheduling on OIS, print out your drop - off date , print it out and you are free to visit on your appointment day.
OIS is the most important to IW applicants, and OIS appointment scheduled is what IW applicants will use to drop off their renewal application. You must, however go along with evidence of your VISA fee payment on AVITS.

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Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by temiteetope: 7:13am On Sep 22
Hello everyone. Please are we not allowed to upload a new DS160? I originally filled Lagos in the submitted DS160 for my parents but switched to Abuja due to availability of closer dates. I have been trying to see how to fill a new DS160 and submit but support hasnโ€™t responded.
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by cutetopsey(f): 7:21am On Sep 22
RoyV:
Thank you for responding- quite helpful.

Please, did you create a new profile on AVITS before receiving the link? Or you simply waited to receive the link? Because I paid via GTB before migration but did not book an appointment because I was waiting for migration. Created a new profile on AVITS on September 2nd because I thought that links were only being sent to people with appointments. Maybe I should delete my newly created profile on AVITS then, and wait for the link.

You don't need to delete the newly created profile on AVITS according to their customer care, it doesn't affect it. They will send the activation mail. Or have you receive the activation mail yet? I haven't receive activation mail too.
Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by OyoTunjiUSA(m): 7:47am On Sep 22
ehiremen2002:
Hello House, who know what happen to booking system. I after waiting 2 years My MAY 2 2024 Appointment, when I got there was told if I didnt get update that my day was moved to novemeber 2024. Then I left the embassy. Now after chanhing to new booking platform. I no longer see my date, instead I am only seeing the expired appointment which was the one of May


๐Ÿค 

* Your question is not clear enough, but i am persuaded that, you will soon come out with more revelations ๐Ÿ˜€

1. You wasted your 2 - years of waiting via your own , or your agent' s fault because, the USA embassy actually sent reschedule notification OR, you should have logged in intermittently and would have been able to catch up with the rescheduled appointment.

2. If you have arrived on AVITS via the initiative email from the USA embassy, and you are seeing expired appointment, then, it seems you are on your way to buying another VISA fee.

PS: You may try call the embassy help-staffs or raise a ticket ,and let's see may be luck might intervene. Also, if you can screenshot your AVITS message on NL, it would be open to general opinion.

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Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by OyoTunjiUSA(m): 7:54am On Sep 22
temiteetope:
Hello everyone. Please are we not allowed to upload a new DS160? I originally filled Lagos in the submitted DS160 for my parents but switched to Abuja due to availability of closer dates. I have been trying to see how to fill a new DS160 and submit but support hasnโ€™t responded.

๐Ÿค 

1. Yes, you are not allowed for now to update your profile on AVITS. Therefore, go ahead in completing another DS-160 and take both new and old DS-160 confirmation printouts to your interview.

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Re: Usa Visit Visa Part 5 by Babyngchuks: 10:26am On Sep 22
There was an error in the payment. I used an alternate phone number instead of the one I used for the registration. Now I tried correcting the registration by changing the number in the AVITS, and it brings me back to generating receipts. What should I do?

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