Christaks:
Did my Interview on the 17th Oct, 2024
Location: Abj
Visa type: B1/B2
first time applying and doing interview

VO: How are you doing
Me: im fine, thank you.
VO: Have you travelled outside Nigeria before?
Me: Yes, i went to the UK this year Sept to spend the fist part of my Annual vacation.
VO: What are you going to do in the US.
Me: I am going to the US to Vacation as well, specifically for tourism, to visit some tourist attraction sites. (travel plan is Dec 13th - 27th, 2024)
VO: How long do you intend to stay there?
Me: 14 days, because i am due to resume back to work in Nigeria by Jan 2nd, 2025
VO: what do you do?
Me: I work as an E&I MTCE engineer for XYZ company (a reputable company by the way)
VO: DO have any family members in the US
Me: Non.
VO: Im sorry you are ineligible at this time, bla bla bla, (handover a pink paper to me,)
VO: Go through this document it will tell you why you are not eligible at this time.

Pink Paper says: No strong ties demonstrated to home country.

[i]walks out of the hall with shame and sadness on my face. lol[/i]

Bobbyzuks:
Hello, I have a question concerning B1/B2 visitors visa

I am a phD student currently living in the US. My husband who is on an F2 visa is living with me too. I am pregnant and I plan on bringing my mom over to do omugo for me when I give birth next year. Under the section who will sponsor her trip, is it wise to put my sister as her sponsor.
Note: My mom has a flourishing business, but she doesn't have enough money in her account since she uses her money to build houses and do investment immediate.
Who do you think should sponsor her
Her self
my sister who works with CBN or
Me (I am already taking care of my husband who is a dependent)
Also I will appreciate any additionaltipsp or information that could help boost her application.

Thank you.

CheeseMama:
Please what's the average processing time for dropbox applications now? I submitted Oct 2 at OIS, Abuja and I haven't received any feedback since then, not even the typical email acknowledging that your passport has been received. There's no tracking info on CEAC.

Mjolnir:


Thanks,
pls those that did IW/dropbox dropoff at IOS office abuja, how long was the wait?,,, am thinking of booking a morning flight to abuja and an afternoon departure flight, ie budgeting about 3hrs for the dropoff at OIS office....pls confirm if this is enough for those who dropped off at OIS Abuja.

2NDly, are they strict on time, ie you must appear by the exact time you booked for the appointment?. my flight to abuja arrives about 9am, wud prefer to book the 10am drop off slot so as to finish early and head back to the airport, but doubting if the taxi can get me to OIS maitama office y 10am

donkarly:

Please how did you get a date for Dropbox?I don't want to make a mistake

caprock:
Hello House, how can i reschedule the Visa appointment for my children. Their appointment is for November 2025 but I want to bring it closer to this year if possible. Agents are charging too much money to reschedule. I spent like 600k naira to reschedule my own through an agent. Any suggestions.

caprock:
Hello House, how can i reschedule the Visa appointment for my children. Their appointment is for November 2025 but I want to bring it closer to this year if possible. Agents are charging too much money to reschedule. I spent like 600k naira to reschedule my own through an agent. Any suggestions.

yoyome20:


Please do not pay any agent for dates, just keep checking by yourself and you will get a more recent date. As already mentioned no agent can guarantee recent dates, all they do is check and hope they come across a recent date and book it for you. That is something you can do yourself for free, I got Oct 2025, rescheduled to May 2025, and then finally got Dec 2024, all by checking all the time by myself. So you can do the same and save your money.

Mjolnir:


Not all locations have an OIS office, like benin or portharcourt, they direct people to dhl office for drop off...i have one scheduled for this week, wil see how it goes then

so went to a dhl location for drop off, but was directed to go to an OIS location by the dhl staff...it appears OIS nad dhl are yet to work out kinks btw themselves for a seamless handshake.....wudnt cost OIS anything to pay dhl a small fee to handle the ops for them...as they have been handling it b4....

really sucks to hv to board a flight for IW Dropoff and i guess pick up as well, a total of 4flights in all!!!....sounds so 1990s

Abbiemills:



I keep seeing dates but once i click on it, it says already taken but it is showing that it is available, any idea what may wrong

Tootfred:
Hello Everyone, I want to know if there is still Drop Box. My mom was there today at VI location to drop box, but she said no one was allowed to drop their documents, but instead go through interview again. Just want to know if this is new process? Thanks.

flourishing247:


Which location? Was she interviewed?

kaykad:
need help please who has seen this issue b4 =, who can help me with suggestions: I have signed up using this link https://www.usvisaappt.com/visaapplicantui/signup
ff the steps and i have also made payment but am stuck at picking a date for the appointment its saying no active receipt found for this application but i have made payment using say application. i have opened a support ticket and attached the error message but no one has attended to it yet. please what do i need to do? abi i don enter fake site?

Tootfred:
Do I have to create an account on OIS website to enable me drop off?

Tootfred:
Hello, Could someone please help me.
Should I just book to drop off or what?

Tootfred:
Walter Carrington, VI

Do you have an idea how i should go about the OIS appointment for my brother.
Does the intial appointment stand, or a new appointment booking totally. He is scheduled for dropbox Friday October 25th.

dexydidi:
Wow copy the amentum ref number and make sure no space and try it again

yoyome20:

Please help a brother. I made visa fee payment yesterday. After I logged into my account to shedule appointment, it's still brought page to generate deposit. Can I have ur contact to put me through pls?

Yes, I also experienced the same thing. All you need to do is keep checking them. Sometimes, a new time slot will be added, and you can just be lucky to be online when that happens and you get a recent date. While I was going through all the dates and getting the same error message I clicked on a date in December and it went through, so don't give up just keep checking.

I hope this helped.

bukkyche:

Sorry about that. I'm able to schedule appointment just now. I made payment on Monday. U have to keep trying.
I have been waiting since 20th August that I made MRV payment but still not able to proceed to interview scheduling. Still says "Preapproval is being processed". The second one (for a different person) was paid on 18th September and I am also not able to proceed. Tickets were opened for each of these but they keep getting closed with a response that the issue is resolved whereas it is not. It's been frustrating. I have created another ticket again

yoyome20:

Thanks so much. I'm able to schedule appointment not quite long. Thanks

Good evening

Since you made payment yesterday, kindly wait till tomorrow and input your Amentum Reference Number and date you paid and see if it will work, if not then you may need to raise a ticket and send in your evidence of payment so they can work on it. When I did mine it took about two days before I was able to access the calendar.

I hope this helped

yoyome20:

Please, Is it possible to change the appointment date if I check back and it brings earlier date and without additional payment or any issue? If yes, how do I go about it? The date I saw was April 2025


Good evening

Since you made payment yesterday, kindly wait till tomorrow and input your Amentum Reference Number and date you paid and see if it will work, if not then you may need to raise a ticket and send in your evidence of payment so they can work on it. When I did mine it took about two days before I was able to access the calendar.

I hope this helped

yoyome20:

Thanks

Good morning, I am glad you are able to check the dates now, so as for the date selection I had the option to pick one date then you can reschedule 2 more times without paying any other fee, in my case I started with Oct 2025, then I moved to May 2025 for my 1st schedule attempt then finally got Dec 2024 for my second scheduled attempt. I will advise if you see April you pick that then for your other two attempts you wait until you see any date between Nov 2025 and March 2025, this is just my advice you may choose to wait and keep checking until you see a sooner date that's now your choice.

Also, you will notice that some dates when clicked on will tell you the slot has already been used, do not worry about that keep checking and you will get a date.

I hope this helped God be with us all Amen

Thanks