Marriage

[Kizzy2012 2]

Hello friends..... my fiancee is coming into the country for our marriage,she lives in florida but the closest consulate to her is located in atlanta which takes about 11 hours drive,she has kids which is gonna make the trip a stressful one. We decided to make use of a visa on arrival category on the consulates website which they claim is mainly for business visa. I hope using a Business Visa to come into Nigeria for our wedding would not jeopardize our US immigrant visa process?????

Thanks. 

[Crazy Cat 41,981]

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Has she been to Nigeria before?  How much time have you actually spent together?

[Crazy Cat 41,981]

From your previous posts, it appears she is a college student with 3 children.  How is she going to sponsor you financially?  Health care? living expenses?  Marrying on the first visit is a big red flag......and this is Nigeria......

Edited August 28, 2019 by missileman

[USS_Voyager 1,972]

27 minutes ago, Kizzy2012 said:

Hello friends..... my fiancee is coming into the country for our marriage,she lives in florida but the closest consulate to her is located in atlanta which takes about 11 hours drive,she has kids which is gonna make the trip a stressful one. We decided to make use of a visa on arrival category on the consulates website which they claim is mainly for business visa. I hope using a Business Visa to come into Nigeria for our wedding would not jeopardize our US immigrant visa process?????

Thanks. 

Please listen to the advice. Marrying on the first trip is never a good idea. Double not-good when it's Nigeria. 

[Kizzy2012 2]

6 minutes ago, missileman said:

From your previous posts, it appears she is a college student with 3 children.  How is she going to sponsor you financially?  Health care? living expenses?  Marrying on the first visit is a red flag......and this is Nigeria......

She plans visiting twice after the wedding before the interview and she's gonna start a job soon. Shes gonna get a joint sponsor,she has her tax return intact. 

[JeanneAdil 6,554]

Why would she travel to Atlanta?

she can apply online for a tourist or business visa to Nigeria

 

http://www.nigeriaembassyusa.org/index.php?page=visas

[Crazy Cat 41,981]

1 minute ago, Kizzy2012 said:

She plans visiting twice after the wedding before the interview and she's gonna start a job soon. Shes gonna get a joint sponsor,she has her tax return intact. 

might seem more appropriate, in my mind, to marry on the 3rd visit.......

[Kizzy2012 2]

Just now, USS_Voyager said:

Please listen to the advice. Marrying on the first trip is never a good idea. Double not-good when it's Nigeria. 

Yeah... that's true but she intend visiting more after the wedding,we both feel the relationship is right for us. We are both withing the age of 28 - 30. We both want to make it official cause we don't wanna loose each other 

[Kizzy2012 2]

3 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

Why would she travel to Atlanta?

she can apply online for a tourist or business visa to Nigeria

 

http://www.nigeriaembassyusa.org/index.php?page=visas

There are new rules that she must be in atlanta for biometrics 

[USS_Voyager 1,972]

1 minute ago, Kizzy2012 said:

that's true but she intend visiting more

Then get married on one of the later trips. Anyway, it is your life and your decision. Just saying, that is one of the red flags they will look at the visa stage.

[Crazy Cat 41,981]

8 minutes ago, Kizzy2012 said:

Yeah... that's true but she intend visiting more after the wedding,we both feel the relationship is right for us. We are both withing the age of 28 - 30. We both want to make it official cause we don't wanna loose each other 

Maybe she would like to open a free account here on Visa Journey to discuss any questions she might have.  

Edited August 28, 2019 by missileman

[Going through 5,671]

15 minutes ago, Kizzy2012 said:

She plans visiting twice after the wedding before the interview and she's gonna start a job soon. Shes gonna get a joint sponsor,she has her tax return intact. 

Not presently working....and a college student.

 

Curious what else is in her circumstances that qualifies her for a business visa to enter Nigeria?  Tourist visa seems more feasible.

Edited August 28, 2019 by Going through

[JeanneAdil 6,554]

I will tell you one of the issues i got in an RFE for our visa

 

USCIS asked for proof of who paid for my trips (I,  the USC, did)  I had to send bank statements of 3 months before and 3 months after each trip to show i paid and no one reimbursed me for the trips. So,  she better open that bank account back up.

The embassy will ask how she can afford to make these trips to Nigeria as she is a student.

 

Her income will need to be $37,713 for you, herself and 3 children 125% for a CR1 /  and now many embassies are looking for higher as that is poverty level. and even with a cosponsor, they really look closely at sponsor income in high fraud countries.

 

 

 

[Kizzy2012 2]

6 minutes ago, missileman said:

Maybe she would like to open a free account here on Visa Journey to discuss any questions she might have.  

Yes...she would

We both wanna get married to make it official and shade off any thought of loosing each other.

[Kizzy2012 2]

4 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

I will tell you one of the issues i got in an RFE for our visa

 

USCIS asked for proof of who paid for my trips (I,  the USC, did)  I had to send bank statements of 3 months before and 3 months after each trip to show i paid and no one reimbursed me for the trips. So,  she better open that bank account back up.

The embassy will ask how she can afford to make these trips to Nigeria as she is a student.

 

Her income will need to be $37,713 for you, herself and 3 children 125% for a CR1 /  and now many embassies are looking for higher as that is poverty level. and even with a cosponsor, they really look closely at sponsor income in high fraud countries.

 

 

 

Yes....she now has a bank account....she should start working soon or we can also get a sponsor.