Hello, I am new to visajourney and would like to thank you in advance for help on this question. I am an American citizen, who met my fiance' online almost a year ago. He is a Nigerian man who has lived in the UK (London) for 16 years. He left Nigeria to attend university in UK.

I have gone to visit him this year and will go again in January. We will become officially engaged when I go then. Our question is "Do we file the K1 Fiance visa from the standpoint of him being Nigerian, and thus apply via the Nigerian embassy. Or do we apply from the standpoint of him being a British Nigerian, and apply via the London embassy. This is so confusing to me. He is still in London on student/employee visa (excuse me if I am not using the vocab correctly).

Please help me. I have researched many places on the www and cannot find an answer to this question.

Thank you

Hi there and welcome to VJ!
You can apply through british embassy because he lives in London. Someone please correct me if im wrong. Im an austrian citizen but i applied through German embassy because i live in Germany. If you do apply through nigerian embassy how is he going to attend the interview? You have to put his resent add on the petition.

As long as he is a legal resident of the UK he can apply via the London embassy.

Welcome to VJ and good luck on your journey!!!!

Zee

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Thank you very much for the quick response. It also makes a lot of sense now. (smile)

QUOTE(ZeeNusah @ Oct 19 2007, 09:19 AM)

As long as he is a legal resident of the UK he can apply via the London embassy.

Welcome to VJ and good luck on your journey!!!!

Zee

[color="#8B0000"]Thank you for the response and for the welcome. I think this site is a blessing to behold.

He should apply through British embassy unless he's planing on returning to Nigeria.

quote name='nivesito' date='Oct 19 2007, 09:25 AM' post='1268423']
He should apply through British embassy unless he's planing on returning to Nigeria.
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[color="#FF0000"][/color]thank you very much. I truly appreciate your help.

We all try to support each other, its a very nice place to be at you will enjoy it here.
Good luck!

Syl

Right.

You are actually going to petition for him here as a Nigerian citizen living in UK. Then they will schedule his interviewing wherever he has been living for 6 months or more once it leaves NVC. Unless his student visa is expiring which means he's returning home soon, they'll just send it to the closest embassy to his address in the UK.

Welcome to VJ and good luck with your journey.

Jamil

[quote name='jamyleandkhadijah' date='Oct 20 2007, 07:35 PM' post='1271529']
Welcome to VJ and good luck with your journey.

Jamil
Thanks to all of you for your help and advice. I am blessed to have found this gem of a forum. It is such an enormous help and such a blanket of comfort during the tough times.

MY fiance had a student visa when he went through South Africa; everything was fine. Feel blessed that you don't have to go through Nigeria.