Dear Vo,thanks for your wonderful job here, please is it true that non immigrant visa gotten prior to marriage will be cancelled when my husband files for my immigrant visa,as he is a citizen and resident of the United States. I still want to be using my visa for vacations to visit my spouse pending the outcome of the immigrant visa. This has caused a delay in the filing,i got married here in Nigeria last year November,court,traditional and church wedding. I don't want my visa canceled. Kindly respond

koskikun:
Hello Visa Officer. I've been Scheduled for interview in June by NVC. I understand the immigrant visa is valid for 6 months. Does the validity start from the day the medical is done or the day the visa is issued. Thank you.

The validity of the visa will match the validity of the medical report (both will expire on the same day), so the visa will be valid for approximately six months.

bukolacole:
Good day ma, please sorry for my too many questions ma, please we are to get the result of our DNA testing last Wednesday as promised by the panel doctors, but has of today, we have not heard anything from them, even no Information has been passed to my dad, please what could have happened? Or could it be that he will not be sent the result, but the Embassy, and please have you gotten any information on our case, Adepoju family ma.

Never too many questions! It's possible that the results arrived in our mailroom Wednesday -- but it can take several days for a family to be contacted about next steps. The mailroom has to sort through all the mail received by the whole Consulate and direct it all to the correct office. Then someone in that office has to sort the mail again and direct it to the correct person in the office. For DNA, at that point someone brings me 30 FedEx and DHL envelopes containing DNA kits and results. If there's not enough time left that afternoon, the next morning I sort through them, making note of the results. But I can't take any action without seeing the entire case, so then the results go to the team leads who pull the files, scan the results into the computer, and bring the files back to me. I go through each file to see what else needs to be done, and give the cases back to the team leads, who contact the families. Because we are also performing our other duties as all this happens, you can see why it sometimes takes a week for families to hear from us after we've received the results.

staa:
Dear Vo,thanks for your wonderful job here, please is it true that non immigrant visa gotten prior to marriage will be cancelled when my husband files for my immigrant visa,as he is a citizen and resident of the United States. I still want to be using my visa for vacations to visit my spouse pending the outcome of the immigrant visa. This has caused a delay in the filing,i got married here in Nigeria last year November,court,traditional and church wedding. I don't want my visa canceled. Kindly respond

No, that's not true. It's fine to use a previously-issued non-immigrant visa while an immigrant petition is pending. In fact, when we issue an immigrant visa to someone who holds a non-immigrant visa, that person can go ahead and travel on the non-immigrant visa before using the immigrant visa (as long as he or she intends to return to Nigeria). For instance, sometimes people want to attend a conference the next week, but they don't intend to immigrate until five months in the future. So they'd use their B1/B2 visa now, and wait to use their immigrant visa later. That's because immigrant visas are single-entry visas, so once they're used, they're gone. In most cases that's not a problem because the person using them becomes a Legal Permanent Resident or a citizen upon entry, but sometimes the person has a good reason to want to wait.

Good Morning and welcome back to work ... Hope no much backlogs waiting on your desk

Please dont forget to help check when my visa would likely be ready for pick-up.

Thanks for your support mam...

VisaOfficer:


As I'm not at the office, I can't check into this one, but I will on Monday if you don't have a resolution yet. In the meantime, please e-mail us at LagosIV@state.gov and ask for an update. Thanks!

Good morning madam,
I'm yet to have a resolution with regard to my passport collection.We already emailed the Consulate.Pls madam,we implore you to help resolve matters.Thank you.-A S Rufus.

Good day v.o...please Is there any wahala if a beneficiary have move from d address he subsmited both his and dat of his parent incase ur field marshal went to d address and all d owner of d building know nothing nothing about me or my parent

VisaOfficer:


Never too many questions! It's possible that the results arrived in our mailroom Wednesday -- but it can take several days for a family to be contacted about next steps. The mailroom has to sort through all the mail received by the whole Consulate and direct it all to the correct office. Then someone in that office has to sort the mail again and direct it to the correct person in the office. For DNA, at that point someone brings me 30 FedEx and DHL envelopes containing DNA kits and results. If there's not enough time left that afternoon, the next morning I sort through them, making note of the results. But I can't take any action without seeing the entire case, so then the results go to the team leads who pull the files, scan the results into the computer, and bring the files back to me. I go through each file to see what else needs to be done, and give the cases back to the team leads, who contact the families. Because we are also performing our other duties as all this happens, you can see why it sometimes takes a week for families to hear from us after we've received the results.

. Thank you so much for the explanation ma, will be expecting your message any moment this week.

Dear V O officer Gudevening ma'

First want to use this opportunity to welcome you back from a wonderful time of celebration spent with your parents and family on there 50yrs of marriage together that's awesome,we all pray to get there too,and again once welcome back.

Now concerning my case at the consulate,like I.have explain in my previous post,we av repeatedly email the consulate to either have a senior office review the case,but they keep letting us know that the case is considered close at the consulate that they will returned the petition back to uscis for review,but it's still at the consulate.

Please madam we will really appreciate you use your good office to help us look into the case,because it's been like 8 months after my interview and anytime me or my wife email the consulate we keep getting different respond and sometimes confusing to us.we av tried what we could talk to who we think can help us get a proper clarification on our case,no avail.

It's a hard journey already,not knowing anything about our case only that it will be returned,it is more of a heart broken and mentally,emotional stressing for us a family,please madam help us we 're going through alot.

Thank you as we wait for your reply

Case Number LGS2014573016.

Hello VisaOfficer,

We finally got a case number from NVC and our case is in transit to Lagos. My question is how quickly can my Fiance get an interview date, I'm asking because I have plans of coming to Nigeria in August, We just want to be sure before making any move. Thank you as always.

good day, V.O. My name is Samuel, my dad lives in America and he is marieed to an american woman and they are both filing for me. our case has gotten to NVC and have being allocated a case number. how long till my interview? My case number is LGS2015551078

Hello visa officer, I just stumbled on this thread and I must genuinely thank you for your selfless service. Please I want to know when I most likely going to get a date for my interview. I got an email from NVC on the 26th of April stating the documents for my case is complete . Thanks and God bless

Dear Vo, Please i came for an interview on monday with my son and husband, we applied we are going on vacation and childbirth. though i made part payment of the doctor fees and hospital stay. i showed the interviewer the payment receipt i made, but she denied me and m family visa.
Please i will like to know if i can apply alone because am due in july.
Thanks

Hi all! I'm back -- I got back on Monday, actually -- and have been SLAMMED! But now I'll start working through your questions. Bear with me!

printemps:


Good morning madam,
I'm yet to have a resolution with regard to my passport collection.We already emailed the Consulate.Pls madam,we implore you to help resolve matters.Thank you.-A S Rufus.

Greetings! I'm not sure why the collection center told you the case was recalled. The visa was printed on April 22 and everything's ready for you to pick up. Sorry for the miscommunication, but I'm glad everything's all right.

stevewale:
Good Morning and welcome back to work ... Hope no much backlogs waiting on your desk

Please dont forget to help check when my visa would likely be ready for pick-up.

Thanks for your support mam...

Checking on your case -- details soon -- printing was delayed but not for a reason involving bad news, I promise!

biodun2rule247:
Good day v.o...please Is there any wahala if a beneficiary have move from d address he subsmited both his and dat of his parent incase ur field marshal went to d address and all d owner of d building know nothing nothing about me or my parent

It's always a good idea to make sure we have your correct address, just in case.

Hello Consular Officer,

My wife of 4 yearspetitioned to bring me to the Us with her and the case was approved early last year. I was scheduled for an interview at d Lagos consulate and after answering series of questions the officer said he wasn't convinced I was the father of our 3 year old son who is also a US citizen so he instructed we do a DNA test to prove I was. We got in touch with the lab in the US, paid the fees and had the sample kit sent to the embassy. When your office received the kit they scheduled a sample collection date and I ensured my son was in the country to attend the sample collection with me. It took almost 6 weeks for the embassy to receive the results from the lab and after they finally did they said they needed to schedule another appointment for me but would take 30 working days. In between we contacted them and they kept saying they haven't scheduled a date. They finally called me today to schedule a 7am interview for the 15th of May which is next Friday and I wasn't asked to come with any supporting documents. Now I will like to find out if am going to be interviewed a second time or what exactly I am going for as I wasn't asked to bring any documents. Any help given would be greatly appreciated as the process has taken a while and in between my wife and son have had to be coming to Lagos just to keep the family bond as we can't stand to just be separated all this while. We really want to know what's going to happen next if it's just for the visa to be issued or it's another interview. Thank you very much. Regards

wittfanintnig:
Dear V O officer Gudevening ma'

First want to use this opportunity to welcome you back from a wonderful time of celebration spent with your parents and family on there 50yrs of marriage together that's awesome,we all pray to get there too,and again once welcome back.

Now concerning my case at the consulate,like I.have explain in my previous post,we av repeatedly email the consulate to either have a senior office review the case,but they keep letting us know that the case is considered close at the consulate that they will returned the petition back to uscis for review,but it's still at the consulate.

Please madam we will really appreciate you use your good office to help us look into the case,because it's been like 8 months after my interview and anytime me or my wife email the consulate we keep getting different respond and sometimes confusing to us.we av tried what we could talk to who we think can help us get a proper clarification on our case,no avail.

It's a hard journey already,not knowing anything about our case only that it will be returned,it is more of a heart broken and mentally,emotional stressing for us a family,please madam help us we 're going through alot.

Thank you as we wait for your reply

Case Number LGS2014573016.

Thank you for your good wishes.

No case is returned for revocation without a senior officer's concurrence. I apologize for the delay in your case, which has passed through several layers of review, and will be returned to USCIS no later than next week.

Zariah:
Hello VisaOfficer,

We finally got a case number from NVC and our case is in transit to Lagos. My question is how quickly can my Fiance get an interview date, I'm asking because I have plans of coming to Nigeria in August, We just want to be sure before making any move. Thank you as always.

We have appointments available for fiance cases this very week. When the case arrives here at post, we'll contact you and give you all the information you need to monitor the appointment site, etc.

sharlorhm:
good day, V.O. My name is Samuel, my dad lives in America and he is marieed to an american woman and they are both filing for me. our case has gotten to NVC and have being allocated a case number. how long till my interview? My case number is LGS2015551078

It depends. Is the person who filed the petition a Legal Permanent Resident or a U.S. citizen? How old are you? Are you married?

njioma:
Hello visa officer, I just stumbled on this thread and I must genuinely thank you for your selfless service. Please I want to know when I most likely going to get a date for my interview. I got an email from NVC on the 26th of April stating the documents for my case is complete . Thanks and God bless

What's your visa category and when was the petition filed?

Idileke1:
Dear Vo, Please i came for an interview on monday with my son and husband, we applied we are going on vacation and childbirth. though i made part payment of the doctor fees and hospital stay. i showed the interviewer the payment receipt i made, but she denied me and m family visa.
Please i will like to know if i can apply alone because am due in july.
Thanks

This is a question for my non-immigrant visa colleagues at https://www.nairaland.com/1792662/u.s-non-immigrant-visas-listening .

Man27:
Hello Consular Officer,

My wife of 4 yearspetitioned to bring me to the Us with her and the case was approved early last year. I was scheduled for an interview at d Lagos consulate and after answering series of questions the officer said he wasn't convinced I was the father of our 3 year old son who is also a US citizen so he instructed we do a DNA test to prove I was. We got in touch with the lab in the US, paid the fees and had the sample kit sent to the embassy. When your office received the kit they scheduled a sample collection date and I ensured my son was in the country to attend the sample collection with me. It took almost 6 weeks for the embassy to receive the results from the lab and after they finally did they said they needed to schedule another appointment for me but would take 30 working days. In between we contacted them and they kept saying they haven't scheduled a date. They finally called me today to schedule a 7am interview for the 15th of May which is next Friday and I wasn't asked to come with any supporting documents. Now I will like to find out if am going to be interviewed a second time or what exactly I am going for as I wasn't asked to bring any documents. Any help given would be greatly appreciated as the process has taken a while and in between my wife and son have had to be coming to Lagos just to keep the family bond as we can't stand to just be separated all this while. We really want to know what's going to happen next if it's just for the visa to be issued or it's another interview. Thank you very much. Regards

Sorry, I have no way to answer this question without looking at your case and our notes. But it does sound like we have additional questions for you now that we've received the DNA results.

Hello Consular Officer,

Please respond to my previous post. My case number is LGS2014585022.

Many thanks

Man27:
Hello Consular Officer,

Please respond to my previous post. My case number is LGS2014585022.

Many thanks

I can't discuss personal details about your case in public unless you already disclosed them here. We do need to see you in person, so please come to your interview on May 15. Thank you!

Thanks for the quick response and understand perfectly.

I will definitely be at the interview but I do hope it's for a positive result after the long wait.

Please indicate if we should be worried or calm.

Many thanks

Welcome back our wonderful V.O. Kindly update on my case LGS2015543003. Thanks

VisaOfficer:


Thank you for your good wishes.

No case is returned for revocation without a senior officer's concurrence. I apologize for the delay in your case, which has passed through several layers of review, and will be returned to USCIS no later than next week.

Thanks for the respond to our case,me and my wife thoroughly appreciate your effort,it's really hard to accept that after 8 months the consulate will still choose to send back the petition to uscis,well want to let you know,it's hard and painfull,but we must respect and accept your decision on our case,once again thank you and hope everything goes according to your respond ,thank ma'

Thank you for your selfless services here on nairaland, our case was completed at NVC on 30th of last month, am wondering if we would still make it to the June interview? Is NVC still scheduling interviews for June? I am a spouse of a US LPR. And my case is current in June. I have seen several people get interview dates after my priority date. In other consulates not Lagos. Is Lagos embassy completely filled up for June? Thank you again. We have been waiting for so long.

VisaOfficer:

What's your visa category and when was the petition filed?

. Thanks for the response. My visa category is CRI, it was filed June last year. We received the case documentarily complete on the 26th of April. Thank you