Hello Sub-Saharan family,


By the grace of God, I arrived safely in Dakar this morning. My fiance and I are so happy to be reunited! His second interview is this Tuesday, the 16th!

I truly appreciate all the support this site, and especially this forum has given me over the past several months. Please keep us in your prayers that his visa will be granted Tuesday. Thank you again! I'll keep you posted!


God bless,
Shanon

Good luck

good luck!

We will be praying for you!!!

Good luck!!!!

I wish you the best. Things will work out in your favor. It's good you are there for the interview. Let us know how it turns out.

Best wishes...will keep u in my prayers

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Surely the Good Lord will see's you thru. You are in my prayers.
Good Luck.

I am happy that you are there...will keep you and SO in my thoughts and prayers

Good luck for the visa. I pray for you guys.

Good Luck!!

Sending my wishes for a successful 2nd interview

Good Luck!

Good luck

I wish you the best!

Shanon: we've already talked, but just wishing you a public "Good Luck." Glad you had a safe trip to Dakar.

Hey my sister Shanon,

I want to see the good news first thing when I wake up tomorrow. So don't forget to post the details for us who follow you soon for the
2. interview.
Glad you had a good flight and are safe and sound in your man's arms !
I am praying for you both.

Hoping for some good news

Anything yet ?

I see I am not the only one who keeps checking in for news...

Shanon just wanted to let you know that I am thinking of you!

Hey Taurean..........I am on pins and needles and couldn't sleep well last night................lol

Omoba: I know what you mean! I looked at the clock this morning as I was getting my coffee and knew they were probably in the Embassy at that moment.

Maybe they are too happy looking for a computer

Yeah and hopefully there is power in the cyber cafe. jk

I sincerely hope they have nothing but good news to report and I think its great that Shanon went to Dakar for the second interview!!!! Hope you both are rejoicing and celebrating!!

I hope we hear an update soon. Keeping my fingers crossed for good news!!

Nothing yet?

AAAAPPPPPRRRRRROOOOOVVVVEEEEDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!



Hello Sub-Saharan family,

Praise the Lord!! I'm so sorry to keep you in suspense. Everyone here understands that African superstition thing. Even though Kesso was approved on Tuesday, he wanted us to wait until he had his visa in hand before we told everyone. We picked up his visa today -what a wonderful thing to actually see that visa in his passport!! It's official now!!

I want to thank everyone for your support, prayers, and well wishes!! I'm truly blessed to have found this site and most of all, this forum. I want to say a very special thank you to Taurean, Omoba, Boaz, and Bimax -your kind words and encouragement have been priceless.

I'll have to a give a full review once I return home and catch my breath. I look forward to using an American keyboard, these ones are driving me crazy. To Bimax and Omoba, it's your turn to go over there to Dakar and tell pharoah to let your people go! To everyone else, I wish you all the best on your journeys. Keep praying and never lose sight of why you began this process.


God bless,
Shanon

Praise the Lord!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Congratulations that is wonderful news!

Shanon,
Congratulations!!! This must be a relief for both of you guys.

CONGRATULATIONS......THANKS BE TO OUR GOOD GOD YOU ARE THRU

Praise God from whom ALL Blessings flow ..........

YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boaz

CONGRATUALTIONS Shanon!! I know you are beyond happy right now. Best wishes to both of you on the approval and have a happy reunion when the time comes.

HALLELUJAH !!!!!!!!!! Praise God

Congrats!!!!!

Sorry I am sooo late.


CONGRATS

I am so so so happy for you..God is GOOD!!!

Congrats

Whoo Hoo!!!!

Great News!! Congratulations!!!!

congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Congratulations!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Details please

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Hello everyone,

I hope all is well! Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I've been so tired since I returned to the states last Monday. Being with my darling again was wonderful and I miss him so much. *sigh* God willing, he'll be here before Christmas! He's going to go visit his family in Nigeria first. In the meantime, I have to get this house ready for him.

The interview was very hard. First, we almost got into a car accident on the way to the embassy. This idiot came out of nowhere and Kesso swerved to keep from hitting him and almost hit the curb. We arrived at the embassy at approx 12:30 and were told by security to "come back because it wasn't 2 o'clock". So we went for a little drive and the clutch starting making a weird noise. We were worried the truck was going to break down! Thank the Lord, we made it back to the embassy safely around 1:45 and still weren't let in until almost 2:10. Kesso wasn't called in until around 4:05. We walked in together and the interviewer, without asking who I was, asked me to step "completely outside". I returned to the large waiting room and prayed and waited.

The interviewer, who my fiance says is named Yvonne Clark, grilled him for about 30 mins before he came to the door and gestured for me to come in. After the interview, he told me she asked him a lot of questions like how we met, did I have children, what I did for a living, did I like to travel, his prior relationships, why he wanted to marry me, what schools I went to, why did he come to Senegal, describe his job, etc.

Anyway, when I stepped up to the window, she asked my fiance to step outside. She then proceeded to tell me that my coming to the interview didn't guarantee that his visa will be granted, she had to ask me some questions, I may not like the questions, etc. Then she told me that my fiance didn't seem to know a lot about me. I became scared. I asked what didn't he know? Before I knew it, I began to cry. I told her I wasn't trying to gain her sympathy, it had just been a very hard year. She said she understood and that tears didn't affect her, as she's seen many things in her line of work.

She asked a few questions about me: where I work and what do I do, name some of the places I've traveled to, do I have any children, ever been married, how we met, why I came all the way to Africa to find a man. She warned me about scams involving foreigners using US citizens to get to the states. I told her I was aware of these scams and didn't feel that my fiance would ever do that to me. She asked if he had been married, had children, what he did for a living, where he lived, why he was living in Senegal, I think she also asked if he had ever been to the states. Meanwhile, I continued to cry.

The interviewer began looking through the documents in our file, complained about a couple of them, stating they weren't what she needed. Then she said she needed my tax returns from the last 3 years. I told her that the I-134 form doesn't request tax returns and those documents were back in the states and I would have brought them had I known they would be requested now. I told her that my fiance had e-mailed the embassy over a month before the interview asking if he needed to bring any additional documents and that they never even responded to his e-mail. She said she couldn't read the copy of his birth cert that was in our file and that she needed his Nigerian police report, not the declaration from the Nigerian embassy. I begged to be allowed to call my fiance back in because he had the documents which she had complained about.

She allowed me to call Kesso in and he submitted the requested documents. He was very concerned that I was crying. The interviewer asked a few more questions and added a couple more comments like would my fiance marry me and then divorce me in two days. Finally, she said that she's recommending the visa. Kesso and I kissed and embraced and my sad tears turned into tears of joy! Her computer had actually shut down, so she said that she would have to update our file as soon as it came back up. She told Kesso that he could pick up his visa on Thursday "as long as nothing came up within the next two days". She kept his passport and handed him an orange ticket.

For a moment there, I really thought our case would be delayed again, but God prevailed! Not that I ever had any doubt, but I know that if it's in God's will, your prayers will be granted. I'm 99% sure that our case would have been placed back in AP had I not been there. Although the interviewer was very tough, I think deep down she had a good heart and could see that Kesso and I are genuinely in love. She's west indian and told me that she met her husband in Africa.

I want to thank everyone again for your support, prayers, and well wishes. We're so blessed to have found this site. I wish everyone all the best on your visa journeys and your lives together. Remember, when you put God first and stand together, you can accomplish almost anything!


God bless,
Shanon

Although it started off rough, this is indeed wonderful!

Boaz

Wow girl! They definitely gave you a hard time. I am so happy it all worked out. I pray he arrives to you safely. God Bless!