seyewest:


Do you live in Abuja (Not Marrabah and Masaka)? if yes you can leave around 6am, you will get to the embassy before 7:15am no matter where you're coming from.

wibarforce:
There is a car park fee attached #500

whalleh:
Hello house,
Can anyone advise if there's a car park around US embassy where I can park my car early in the morning?
I'm thinking of leaving my house 4am and d chances of getting uber by that time is quite slim.
Thanks

whalleh:


Thanks
How do I locate the car park in Lagos?

charliesyndrom:

It's a question. Was only seeking for advice.

miqos02:
you cant get a good job with visiting visa

estijaz:
Hi,
My issue is quite complex. I have an important conference to attend at the University of Virginia, USA from June 17-21, 2019. However the nearest available interview appointment time in Nigeria is August 22, 2019. I requested for an expedited interview process and was denied. However, I will be travelling to Japan on a tourist visa from May 23-June 7, 2019:

1) Can I schedule my visa interview at the US Embassy in Tokyo instead (their nearest available date is April 18, 2019)?

2) Can I cancel my previous appointment (the one I created just so I can activate the Request an Expedited interview button) on my US Embassy in Nigeria portal and use the same MRV receipt number to schedule an interview in Tokyo during my visit dates (I have to create a new account on the Embassy in Japan's website)?

3) Can I use thesame Ds-160 form that I previously used to apply for a US visa in Nigeria to schedule my new interview date in Tokyo?

4) Does my visiting Japan on a tourist visa affect my interview decision?


Thanks in advance!

Olandanswer:
Hello guys,i have been denied US visa twice both are on conference, the last one its just last year April.Now a US citizen female friend want to send an invitation,my concern is i have applied for conference twice,one in 2014,and 2018, now that i want to apply through invitation,hope it does not look desperate of me,is it okay for me to apply? Thank you.

Kishkosh:
Guys . My uncle has a challenge . He's a very frequent traveller , he has been to almost all continents courtesy his activeness as a Rotarian.
Him, his wife and two children got thier visit visa in 2017 and when they went. The children stayed back and change d thier status to student status .

Parents passport got lost due to theft and the father and mother went for interview just this morning and we're refused.

In the transcript of the interview , my uncle (father) said he perceived that the reason for thier refusal is because the kids changed thier status during thier visit because that was the major question asked by the VO

Pls, if this is true ,how can it be tackled .

ViceChief:
are the children above 18 years?

Kishkosh:
Guys . My uncle has a challenge . He's a very frequent traveller , he has been to almost all continents courtesy his activeness as a Rotarian.
Him, his wife and two children age 17 and 19 respectively got thier visit visa in 2017 and when they went. The children stayed back and changed thier status to student status .

Parents passport got lost due to theft [/b]and the father and mother went for interview just this morning and were refused.

[b]In the transcript of the interview , my uncle (father) said he perceived that the reason for thier refusal was because the kids changed thier status during thier visit because that was the major question asked by the VO

And they were given a pink paper which state that they haven't shown enough home ties according to Section 214(b) of US immgration and Nationality Act. Which I think is generic.

Pls, if this is true ,how can it be tackled .

oluayebenz:


Are you very sure both passports got lost at the same time?

Is this not a cooked up story by your uncle......

It will takes a grace to get another US visa cos the VO doubt if the their passport is truly lost and plus visa misused by children.

ViceChief:
well i think the issue is with the passport theft story, not the visa misuse by the children. [[b]b]Adjustments of status from Visitor to Student status is very [/b]lega[/b]l.

Kishkosh:


Well, I can not answer the bolded .but I know that they were both abducted sometimes last year by some assailants and thier belongings stolen and I saw police report and affidavit deposed to in respect of that .

What do you think can be done now sir ?

oluayebenz:


Seriously I didn't know about the bolded o.
Thx

whalleh:
Hello house,
Can anyone advise if there's a car park around US embassy in Lagos where I can park my car early in the morning?
I'm thinking of leaving my house 4am and d chances of getting uber by that time is quite slim.
Thanks

ViceChief:


https://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/Nonimmigrant%20Class%20Who%20Can%20Study.pdfhttps://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/Nonimmigrant%20Class%20Who%20Can%20Study.pdf

ViceChief:
well i think the issue is with the passport theft story, not the visa misuse by the children. Adjustments of status from Visitor to Student status is very legal.

Kishkosh:


@vicechief, I've seen the pdf . But I do not seems to really understand it sir . I'd appreciate more clearifications as it relates to my uncle situation pls

ViceChief:
the pdf was for oluayebenz.
What am trying to say is that adjustments of status from B1/B2 to F1 is legal. The refusal shouldn’t be because of the adjustments of status.

OmoBendel24:


Why please? I understand you have been researching though. Is adjusting status through marriage illegal?

OmoBendel24:

Supported. The problem is with the visa misuse mainly I think, hardly about the missing passports. Agreed that people adjust status from the B visas, there will always be consequences, whether to F1 or via marriage oh, a day of reckoning beckons.

ViceChief:

I never said through marriage! @kishkosh uncle’s children adjusted to F1 not marriage .

Obinoscopy:
That's not fair because the K1 visa forces them to get married within 3 months. Some people date for years before getting married. K1 visa won't be ideal for such people as it will not allow them date for years. The ideal visa for them will be the visit visa until such a time they are ready to take the next step which will then involve getting the K1 Visa.

123JohnF:

If they wish to date longer, CO will tell them to see each other in another country or the America citizen moving to live abroad for to be close to his/her date. It is not obligatory to date on US territory. The couple is free to date, so many countries with no visa problem, to live together for years, marry when you want, nobody is forcing you to marry. K1 visa is not forcing, it is the visa for people who already decided to marry and to live in America. Also, you can come on K1 visa, stay 90 days and not marry, going back to your country.

Who is forcing you to marry?

TWoods:


He is free to find someone else to date from his own country where a visa will not be an issue. He cannot expect to use a visit visa to "date". That's not what it was meant for. If their relationship is serious then they should get a K1 visa, if not, let them find other people to date.

Obinoscopy:
Don't be so hard on yourself and other Nigerians seeking visit visa. Visit visa can be used to go visit one's fiance as long as he or she intends to return to Nigeria after the visit. Below are things that can be done on a visit visa:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visitor.html

Option a, b, c and e are activities that are done during "dating". So I wonder why you say two people who are in love can't "date" in the US.

I believe they can "date" as long as the Nigerian can prove that (s)he has no immigration intent. It's the same kind of proof that someone whose relative (mum, dad, siblings, etc) is based in the US is required to provide in his/her visit visa application. Nothing different.

cc: 123JohnF