kaychrsamemm:
hello house, please I'm planning to visit USA dis summer and i want to get info
(1) I'm presenting studying in one of the countries in Eastern Europe and I will finish my undergraduate program by June n I'm also getting admission for master prog immediately. Im close to 30yrs old. I'm going to get documents from the university stating that I'm a student
I'm planning to apply for the visa in Nigeria because the embassy here hardly give foreigners visa here.
Here are my traveling history:- dubai 2015, spain 3 times 2016(2 tourist visas). My father is my sponsor. No work experience.
Pls what is my chance of getting the visa in Nigeria. I'm not planning to relocate to usa at all n I'm planning just to spend 7-10days. I will come back to continue my study. I'm also planning to pay 1st semester tuition fee of the new session before coming to Nigeria.No relatives in usa.
I've been denied uk once on my old passport with a stamp on it.
What type of visa shld i apply for B1 or B1/2

Believe13:
@LadyGuinivere
I want to apply for a 2weeks visit visa to the US. I will be on vacation nextmonth.This will be my first time and I don't want to use an agent. I am going with my 2yr old daughter. My husband is not going with us.

Pls advice me on how to go about it ,and link.
I don't know anything about applying and I don't want to use agent. Although have been advised to use an agent. Thanks

Believe13:
@LadyGuinivere
I want to apply for a 2weeks visit visa to the US. I will be on vacation nextmonth.This will be my first time and I don't want to use an agent. I am going with my 2yr old daughter. My husband is not going with us.

Pls advice me on how to go about it ,and link.
I don't know anything about applying and I don't want to use agent. Although have been advised to use an agent. Thanks

Zulinda:
Hello house.. so I and my family (husband and 4 kids) attended an interview at the US Embassy in Abuja on the 1st of March 2017. It was apparently a success as we were issued the white slip and told to pick up our visas 2 days later. However, on the 3rd of March, I received an email from ConsularAbuja@state.gov with the yellow rejection slip attached, instructing I and my husband to visit the embassy again this week for another interview.

I would like to know if anyone else has experienced this before and what to expect at this 2nd interview... Thanks alot.

MsTiitii:



I don't think marriage is compulsory. Travel history, yes. But getting married won't facilitate you getting a visa. I am 24, not married, neither do I work, and I have never been denied a visa before . Travel history should be the main drive not marriage and just proving your strong ties to Nigeria.
Try getting a schengen visa first. Travel to Germany, France, Switzerland Or the Netherlands, then after that try and apply for a U.K visa, they have strong ties with Germany, France and might give you based on your visit to this countries. Even after traveling to schengen countries, you can try your luck with US and might just get lucky. Marriage isn't a key factor. They deny married people as much as we single people.

OmoBendel24:


Go on, fill the new form (if you generated the ID using the "Retrieve Application" button, the the pages will be populated mostly with the info filled in the previous form, just be editing to suit your desired changes, if not, you may have to fill it manually).... Schedule your appointment with the new (and corrected) Application ID.

OmoBendel24:


Go on, fill the new form (if you generated the ID using the "Retrieve Application" button, the the pages will be populated mostly with the info filled in the previous form, just be editing to suit your desired changes, if not, you may have to fill it manually).... Schedule your appointment with the new (and corrected) Application ID.

dotcomnamename:


Yes it is not compulsory, but it is one of those strong supporting documents as family ties to show that the applicant will return to his/her home country after his/her temporary stay in the United States.

i.e Marriage Certificate, Wedding photos, Family photos and Children birth certificiates.

Most of their interviews always come out with ''Are you married, do you have kids?''

My experience and others!

MsTiitii:


Marriage is not a key factor. Just because you are married does not mean you cannot leave your wife and kids and run away. Travel history should be emphasized not marriage. You don't want people marrying for the wrong reasons because they think it increases their chances for a visa, because it does not. You need to see Familes with children all been denied. Travel history is key not marriage.

dotcomnamename:


What is the meaning of this now? Who tell you that Marriage is a Key-factor?

I believe you can read well, so read my post again. What is the meaning of this: ''Yes it is not compulsory''? The same applies to Travel history. Being married is not the only way to show your ties to your home country. However, being married is a strong ties to them. After all whether you're married or have 100 visas of different countries, it doesn't guarantee visa. Travel history is not the key. You also need to see applicants passports with European visas, Aussy and even Canada and still got refused by US consulate. Yours TIES to your home country is more important to visa officers than travel history. Go to the other US visa section and ask the US Visa officer there. He has said it many times.

Q. What do Consular Officers base their decisions on?

A. Section 214(b) of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act creates the legal presumption that every visitor visa applicant is intending to immigrate. In order to be issued a visa, applicants must overcome this presumption. The consular officer must be convinced that the applicants’ ties to their home country are strong enough that the applicant will use the visa consistent with U.S. law and will return to their home country at the conclusion of a legally authorized stay abroad.

MsTiitii:


I believe we are all educated here, You stated that 'Marriage is a self supporting document, that proves strong ties'. I will say it again, MARRIAGE is NOT exactly a strong tie. If you like marry and have 6 children, that does not prove your loyalty to stay in this country. A VO, just by looking at you knows whether you getting a visa or not. They are psychologists! A lot of single people on this page got their visas without been married. Mostly, becuse they were articulate, composed and had good travel history. I have friends who got their visas and the 'are you married question?' Never came up. I was never asked if I was married, and I am 24 and not working, and I got my visa. All they asked was why, I hadn't travelled to the US in 2 years and I replied that I was in school. Mostly the way you present yourself, is how you are asked questions. Who marriage epp? A lot of us have met people, and even without them opening their mouth, we already know their intentions. I believe it's like that with VO's.

dotcomnamename:


Lol, ohhh, i did not know that you are the Chief of the Non-Immigrant Visa Unit at the U.S. Consulate o!.. Please enjoy your travel history o! I give up so you win. Goodluck

MsFiifi:
Please I need the correct website to schedule appointment

MsTiitii:


You do not have to be corny to make your point, LOL. I don't think Mr Seye, or Lady G, have ever said or emphasized on marriage as a strong tie to anybody that has asked. If it was, a lot of single people won't have the US visas they have now. If you are lucky to be single when you apply fine, if you are married too, then it's fine but I don't think marriage is a wager. It is well

MsTiitii:


Marriage is not a key factor. Just because you are married does not mean you cannot leave your wife and kids and run away. Travel history should be emphasized not marriage. You don't want people marrying for the wrong reasons because they think it increases their chances for a visa, because it does not. You need to see Familes with children all been denied. Travel history is key not marriage.

cheldas:
Mr seye, mamaG, whole house, pls does my mistake has any correction by sending them email tomorrow or the 54,400 is gone? I made mistake clicking on yes for the option of have you been previously issued us visa. I got to know this when the confirmation pages showed me drop box page.
pls do let me know if you have had any story of such before and what are the possible steps to be taken. no one is above mistake.
thanks and hope to hear from everyone.

optimusprime2:

Hi There!
I would like to point out that marriage is a very strong index to a significant tie, infact it is a primary tie, if it is proven as genuine and legal.
So yes! a married individual has stronger significant ties than a single individual, given they are both of a similar status i.e a married student and a single student, have a common status but different profiles.
So it actually plays to your favour if you are married esp with kids (more ties).
A good Travel history helps, as it justifies your intent of return esp since every NIV applicant is regarded as a potential immigrant, but usually does not constitute a tie on it's own- it's more of a hint to a tie, but not a tie.
Here's a throwback at My first denial at the US embassy;
I was about 17 or 18, but I had a strong travel history of which included the UK, France, Hungary, Holland, Zambia and the Caribbeans, also uniquely then I was on two passports already, regardless of my young age. Plus my rather strong cockney accent I couldn't turn off (unlike now ) everyone was shocked I got flatout denied... as per say I was an Ajebo
(This was around 2003 or thereabout but it's been a looooong time ago)

Vo: Hello
Me:Hi Goodmorning
Vo:Where are you going?
Me:bleep USA
Vo:Alone?
Me:yes
Vo: Tell me Why? (Caught his interest)
Me: for a Christmas holiday bleep...
Vo: have you travelled alone before?
Me: Yes and I drive alone as well *being smug*
Vo: ok champ, nothing on you *smiles and flips my passports as I pass them to him*
Vo: You were in France?
Me: for a spell...
Vo: Speaks to me in French
Me: I answered
Vo:What do your dad and mum do for a living?
Me: Dads a ... Mums a ...
Vo: Where are they?
Me: Not in Nigeria
Vo: so what do you do?
Me: 1st year student at bleep uni

Vo: look son, hate to do this to you but unfortunately... at that point all I heard is *mwop mwop mwop mwop*... I was livid because he stamped the "Application received" on my passport, no visa.

He told me I had limited ties to Nigeria because my parents were not even in Nigeria and I was yet to establish my own ties, mheeeeen. Only me didn't go to USA that year.
The embassy actually called my mum to inform her I wasn't eligible for an NIV based on Section 214b. The lady who was sitting near me wishing she had one of my passports eventually got the visa on a new passport.

What am I saying; sometimes travel history isn't enough. People still get denied with formidable travel histories. It boils down to primary ties et al of which employment and marital status can define.

dotcomnamename:



Lol. I said i've heard you the Chief of the Non-Immigrant Visa Unit at the U.S. Consulate o! Please O! E jo O!

LadyGuinivere:

Sir. U need to realise that technical issues can only be remedied by the embassy. Face them sqaurely now.
However, if the error came from your part, then you have lost the money

optimusprime2:

Hi There!
I would like to point out that marriage is a very strong index to a significant tie, infact it is a primary tie, if it is proven as genuine and legal.
So yes! a married individual has stronger significant ties than a single individual, given they are both of a similar status i.e a married student and a single student, have a common status but different profiles.
So it actually plays to your favour if you are married esp with kids (more ties).
A good Travel history helps, as it justifies your intent of return esp since every NIV applicant is regarded as a potential immigrant, but usually does not constitute a tie on it's own- it's more of a hint to a tie, but not a tie.
Here's a throwback at My first denial at the US embassy;
I was about 17 or 18, but I had a strong travel history of which included the UK, France, Hungary, Holland, Zambia and the Caribbeans, also uniquely then I was on two passports already, regardless of my young age. Plus my rather strong cockney accent I couldn't turn off (unlike now ) everyone was shocked I got flatout denied... as per say I was an Ajebo
(This was around 2003 or thereabout but it's been a looooong time ago)

Vo: Hello
Me:Hi Goodmorning
Vo:Where are you going?
Me:bleep USA
Vo:Alone?
Me:yes
Vo: Tell me Why? (Caught his interest)
Me: for a Christmas holiday bleep...
Vo: have you travelled alone before?
Me: Yes and I drive alone as well *being smug*
Vo: ok champ, nothing on you *smiles and flips my passports as I pass them to him*
Vo: You were in France?
Me: for a spell...
Vo: Speaks to me in French
Me: I answered
Vo:What do your dad and mum do for a living?
Me: Dads a ... Mums a ...
Vo: Where are they?
Me: Not in Nigeria
Vo: so what do you do?
Me: 1st year student at bleep uni

Vo: look son, hate to do this to you but unfortunately... at that point all I heard is *mwop mwop mwop mwop*... I was livid because he stamped the "Application received" on my passport, no visa.

He told me I had limited ties to Nigeria because my parents were not even in Nigeria and I was yet to establish my own ties, mheeeeen. Only me didn't go to USA that year.
The embassy actually called my mum to inform her I wasn't eligible for an NIV based on Section 214b. The lady who was sitting near me wishing she had one of my passports eventually got the visa on a new passport.

What am I saying; sometimes travel history isn't enough. People still get denied with formidable travel histories. It boils down to primary ties et al of which employment and marital status can define.