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9 hours ago, Mrs.Okoro said:

My fiancee needs his birth certificate for NVC to get his Visa. Where can he go in Ikeja Nigeria to get his birth certificate. He needs it ASAP. 

He needs to go to ikeja, the secteriat in ikeja computer village, they gonna charge him almost 15k or above, he can negotiate! Hope this helps 

2 hours ago, yl27 said:

Thanks for your reply. We will go ahead and resend the document as well. If we do both a supervisor review and resend the document will that delay the review of the new document? Or can both the processes of review of the new document by NVC staff and supervisor review happen at the same time? 

Yea, resend those documents, so your scan date can reset on time, so it keeps counting, against the 7weeks for supervisor review, when next you speak to a supervisor tell them you sent it in already, i spent over 5 months with nvc cos of this mistake of further review. ✌️ 

4 hours ago, yl27 said:

 

Edit so I called them and they said it would go to supervisor review since we sent the correct birth certificate in. Does anyone have experience with supervisor review? I see some have mentioned they've had luck getting a supervisor to review while on the phone. Any tips on how to get a supervisor to look at it while on the phone? Do I simply call and ask for that or is there another way to go about it? Thanks!

Sorry about your checklist, but just a reminder to help others, anytime nvc gives you a checklist of a document(s) you submitted correctly , from my experience, believe them, they misplaced the documents, don't ask for a further supervisor, cos it's just a waste of additional 7 weeks or more. Just resend the documents ASAP, i pray yours wld be different, but just a reminder to others. 

3 hours ago, Ypatel said:

@JBMG

thanks for your help so much

 

i get Email Today PLZ I NEED YOUR HELP

I CANT SEE ANY MISSING DOCUMENT ON THIS EMAIL

LIKE - NVC Notice of Missing Item: Please submit ____________________________ BUT I DIDNT SEE ANY THING LIKE

 

 

 

THIS ON EMAIL

We reviewed the documents you submitted to us. This letter has a list of documents that are missing or
that need additional information. Please review the instructions on the attached pages.
The instructions will ask you to either:
 Send the missing or corrected items to the applicant so he or she can take them to the visa interview;
or
 Send the missing or corrected items to the National Visa Center (NVC) and include a copy of the
Case Number Barcode Cover Sheet. Clearly write your case number BMB201******** on the
upper right-hand corner of every document you send. After we receive and review the requested
information, we will let you know the status of your case. For current processing times, please visit
our website at nvc.state.gov/submit (English) or nvc.state.gov/enviar/espanol (Spanish).
If you have any questions about this letter, please visit our website at nvc.state.gov/ask (English) or
nvc.state.gov/ask/espanol (Spanish).
If a period of one year passes without contacting the NVC (by email, telephone, or mail), all
submitted fees and documents will expire. If this happens, you will need to resubmit the fees and
documents to continue the**********
Beneficiary's Name: Y____
Preference Category: CR1 - CONDITIONAL SPOUSE OF U.S. CITIZEN
Priority Date: 21DEC2016
 

 

Do not include any form of electronic media, including CDs and
memory cards. If you send electronic media to the NVC, we will return
it unopened.
 Send photocopies of your civil documents (e.g., birth certificate). Send a
copy of a signed Form I-864 Affidavit of Support(s).
 Failure to use this cover sheet will delay processing of your visa
application.
 Use this cover sheet only for the case number indicated below.
Information for any other case that you mail in the same package must
include the cover sheet for that case.
 Do not use this cover sheet if you are submitting forms and supporting
documents by email. Instead, follow the directions under "Email
processing" on http://nvc.state.gov/submit for English or
http://nvc.state.gov/enviar/espanol for Spanish.

 

 

I'll advice you to call them by Monday, and ask exactly what kinda civil documents they need , if they tell you there re   any missing documents, please send it immediately, don't bother for a further supervisor review if they try to sweet talk you into it, or argue with them, it's mostly a waste of time, nvc is becoming a nightmare lately, with the way they loose documents, i gave up on them long time, after sending my police report, nvc told me they could only find 1 out of the 3 pages i sent.. Don't get frustrated, just focus on the bigger picture! Peace ✌️ 

7 hours ago, Lewismicheals said:

does this relate to all nigerians that will be going through this process, or is it just relating to your case alone? 

Yes if you don't reside in Nigeria, anyone living in diaspora. Hope this helps. 

1 hour ago, Ulrica&Jesse said:

 

Why hurt your spouse that's bn with you through thick and thin, or put unnecessary strain in your relationship, i wonder how he would have felt if you did the same to him also.....what's truly  yours can never be taken!

20 hours ago, togsonkaks said:

Hello Everyone,

 

I am a Nigerian residing in Cyprus. I am applying for a family based visa, wife is from the US. We just got a response from NVC that they need additional documents. I have been requested to get another police clearance report. This is the message I got:

 

"The Nigerian police force no longer accepts requests made through the American Embassy. Requests should be addressed to The Deputy Inspector General, Criminal Investigation Department, Nigerian Police Force, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria. Fee should be in the form of an international bank draft payable to the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Fingerprint Section, Nigerian Police Force.

The applicant's letter must state full name, place and date of birth, nationality, passport number, date and place of issuance (for current passport or passport used during applicant's stay in Nigeria), exact periods of residence in Nigeria and addresses where applicant resided. Each applicant 16 years of age and over must enclose (1) a copy of the first three data pages of his or her passport, (2) the pages containing Nigerian visas, entry and departure stamps and (3) a complete set of fingerprints taken by the police in the district where the applicant resides."

 

My questions are:

1. What are the documents that I need to send to NVC? Just the Police report and Fingerprint cards.?

2. "Fee should be in the form of an international bank draft payable to the Deputy Inspector

General of Police, Fingerprint Section, Nigerian Police Force."  Can I just ask a family member to make the payment for me? Does NVC need the Payment Receipt?

 

 

I will really appreciate if you can enlighten me more on this.

 

Look forward to hearing from you.

 

Thanks Everyone.

 

6 hours ago, Renegade said:

Congrats to all who got approved recently !


My interview is in 4 days, and I am super excited. Today finished arranging my documents, more than a 10 pounds.

For the evidence of relationship I've included

450 pages of FB chats from 2009 to 2017
20 screenshots of Skype conversation with 45+ minutes of talk each.
Money Gram transfers.
More than a 100 photos together from 2009.
Affidavits from friends.
Joint bank account statement.
Tickets, hotel reservations , gym membership cards and other various things we've done together.
Gift receipts.

Hope everything will be OK!
 

Lmao, they just gon look at it and say you approved ???

2 hours ago, TeeA10 said:

Just to let ya"ll know i finally got my CC yesterday, (confirmed today). I thank God, i was able to get the checklist overturned by His grace.

@Lifeisbeautiful03 you may not have anything to worry about.

 

Cheers!

Wow, great news, thanks for the update, cheers ? ?!! 

Ok, I'll say this, no evidence is optional, or too little, inasmuch as you doing this to strengthen your proof of bona-fide marriage, because what you thinking is optional might be a supporting document, i used a letter written by family members, and i got  approval with no rfe, so please add whatever you can now, to avoid delays. 

3 hours ago, TeeA10 said:

Thank you for letting me know. Depending on what stage you are at. If you have already been given a scan date by NVC , note that any additional docs forwarded to them again, resets your scan date to the date such docs was received by them. It is currently taking NVC between 10-12 weeks to review cases. Just FYI, so you can be sure to weigh your options carefully.

Thanks Tee, i understand you..God bless. 

13 hours ago, Blondie26 said:

I did mine in my local government council secretariat . There is an NPC office there so it just worked out. Another thing you can do is to go to the hospital you were born and tell them to issue you another birth certificate. My inlaw did her's that way. 

I just did mine today at ikeja, population office, they gave me a birth certificate, I was born before 1992 but he still gave me a certificate from npc, he said no need for attestation since he gave me a genuine certificate, did you also get a direct birth certificate too? 

3 hours ago, afrocraft said:

This is an often misunderstood issue, so to clarify...

 

USCIS's standard is the long-form birth certificate issued by the National Population Commission -- no ifs or buts. 

 

However, for a number of reasons, many applicants can't meet that standard. For instance, applicants who were born before 1992 can't be issued an NPC birth certificate (the NPC could only issue birth certificates for people born after 1992, when it was established).

 

Such applicants can obtain an attestation of birth from the NPC but the attestation doesn't on its own meet the documentary standards of USCIS, which I stated above. You must also submit, along with the attestation, other supporting evidence of you date of birth, including:

• A declaration of age (affidavit) sworn in a high court by a relative, preferably the applicant's mother, who would have been old enough to have witnessed the birth
• A baptismal certificate
• Hospital records for the time of birth, etc.

So it's either:

• NPC long-form birth certificate, OR
• NPC attestation of birth AND other evidence (the declaration of age is probably the easiest to get).

Don't play with this. Anything else and you'll get an RFE. Best of luck!

God bless you big 

22 hours ago, Blondie26 said:

Go to NPC and get it done.  I was born 1980 and I got mine last year.  Get 2 sworn avidavite from family members to confirm your birth. Atleast that's how I got mine done. Goodluck. It's not a problem at all. 

Did you do yours based on the fact you don't have anyone from the local government, or its mandatory it has to be from the npc, because i also sent the one from the local government 

15 minutes ago, mallafri76 said:

I asked a simple question, whether OP had evidence from other visits or not, you're the one jumping to assumptions and misleading people. "If the proof is enough and real, there's no stopping", really?!?! We have a bunch of VJ members whose marriages were real and they put plenty of evidence but their visas were still denied and they had to fight for years for their spouse to finally get their visa approved. 

There are several embassies where marriage on first visit will get you extra scrutiny or even a denial, for example Ghana and Nigeria. There are a lot of countries where VJ recommend front and side loading, to ensure as much bona fida evidence as possible is submitted.

 

OP, once you hit NVC, I would add evidence of that first visit. 

I'm from Nigeria,  got married first meeting,  got our approvals,  so why the epistle,  there are other factors that determines approval! Relax man! 

17 hours ago, mallafri76 said:

The affidavits won't carry any weight but the pictures from the wedding and your brother flying to Pakistan for the wedding is good. What about evidence of other visits or did you get married on your first visit?

Marriage on first visit doesn't mean any harm, stop misleading people, if the proof is enough and real,  there's no stopping. 

10 hours ago, amistry18 said:

I called and asked for the tier 2 officer. They transferred me and connected me to them. The waiting time was 336 minutes to be exact. They gave me a call back option as soon as they're available and I said yes.

 

Finally, they just called me after 4 hours and gave me the same answer that they're processing as of July 2nd applications.

 

I asked him many questions about august filers getting approved, if someone was assigned to my case, & etc.. and he said there's no point of arguments and blah blah blah...and told me to be patience and call back after a month....

 

So I'm back to where I was that is NOWHERE.......:(

 

how was your experience when you talked to tier 2 officer?

Just normal procedures,  you went through also,  but he was able to tell me specifically the date my case was handed to the officer for reviewing,  but said if i didn't hear from them,  i shld call back in 30 days time.... 

1 minute ago, YuMa said:

Congrats can u give me # please

 

(800) 375-5283,  ask for tier 2 supervisor. 

Finally approved!!!!  PD July 28 Nebraska. Please i advice call the uscis,  speak to the supervisor and tell them u wanna know if your case bn assigned to any officer. 

23 minutes ago, Dre876 said:

 

I have them a call, I was approved yesterday it just doesn't show it on the app!!! 

Congratulations ? 

11 minutes ago, Dre876 said:

 

Shouldn't all offices be closed on a federal holiday?

I'm quoting what is written on the uscis official website.... '' Only capital region'' so people can make calls and find out about their cases. 

8 hours ago, Dre876 said:

Well it's the end of another day, offices will be closed until Monday. PD June 29 thinking about waiting another week before calling uscis

It says only capital region,  that shld be Potomac...  Every other offices would be opened. 

7 hours ago, Asherbabe876 said:

I GOT APPROVED ??????. 

They approved us January the 12th but we just got the email today 

??????

Congratulations ? 

7 hours ago, ABC12313 said:

Okay guys so I have been following this thread for a long time. It's about time to comment and ask for help, as my case just got updated to ''RFE(Request for additional evidence) was mailed''

Just like all of us, our case is genuine, my husband is a born citizen and I do not know what to expect in terms of processing time, and all of that. They mailed it on Friday, 6th of January, so I am assuming I will get the mail on Monday, 9th of January? Service center is NSC, and they received on 19th of JULY. We are at least thankful that they have worked on our case, but I just want to know how long it can delay? I will update of what they want, but I really need some opinions. 

 

 

 

For those who are waiting, they SURE are working on July files. If I can get notification, you will get too! We have waited this long, just a bit more to go!!

Rfe takes  a month,  so you should get your approval next month...