edmondson

I was wondering if anybody has an idea of what kind of question they

will ask my mum in Lagos? Her interview is next month.

There is not much question for her just who filed,when he or she got married,when did he or she travell and how many kids he or she has,where he or she lives and what work does he or she do.They are really kind to old folks and won't deny them,if they can't speak English they will provide an interpreter to help translate.Hope this helps.

Sorry to hear that.

I disagree with JimVaPhuong. You were prepared but someone bailed out on you. Find someone you can trust and rely on to be your co-sponsor such as a family member. Honestly, I sent about 20 pics to my fiance, but it gas a variety of pics (ei. with family, friends, just the two of us). Hope it doesn't effect our decision. Do you have anymore pics to present? What form were you given? Looks like you are given a second chance. Wish you the best.

I wish to add this before you make some mistakes about Lagos,i had my interview on the 19th of november and was approved but my approval was easier because my fiance had loaded her petition with too much of facts and i too had been compailing lots of mails,photos,recipts,any thing you can imagine of that ties the both of together plus our families.It realy paid of because at the security check they had to check my bag twice because it was well loaded with evidence and they were laughing and i told them it was today or never.Most people that were denied were mostly people that were not prepared thinking that as long as they were filed by a US citizen that it was enough but i can remember one came with his husband"s American passport and was denied because she does not have call logs or mails showing means of communication,most were denied due to they were not prepared and i wished that they have found this site VJ.Thank GOD that my interview went so well did not even last up 3minutes.So my advice is to tell your person to start getting ready from now and you will have every thing ready and go through every thing on a daily basis and make sure dates of events are stuck on his or her brain because they might want to get you confused about dates of events.Good luck to your journey.

My financee just walked out of the Lagos embassy with disappointment written all over her face and told me she was interviewed by the Asian Lady. According to her, everything went fine and all questions answered until it got to the phone records. She produced all pingo.com phone records I sent to her but the lady said that was nigerian phone records. This is not true because I have been using pingo and printed every record out showing my us numbers and destination numbers , time and the amount. Obviously she didn't take time to look at it but concluded it was nigerian phone records.

At this point what are my options?

1. I don't understand the administrative processing part of it. Is this the way they structure all 221g or is there soomething that is going on?

2. Do I send email to the embassy and explain that it was an oversight because she had more than 100 pages of pingo records. I can even give them my pingo accout information where they can log in and see that it really was a US phone records.

3. Do I go straight to my senator and register my disatisfaction and log into pingo and let them see that it was judgemental error?

Please I would appreciate if anyone has any suggestion. She had everything they are asking for now.

Below is the notice of the 221g she was given.

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Name: -LGSxxxxx

Dear Visa Applicant

This office regrets to inform you that it is unable to issue a visa to you because you have been found ineligible

under section 221(g) of the law, which indicates that you have not provided sufficient documentation.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

You may return at 1:00PM on the day that you are re-invited after the administrative processing is complete. When you return, please bring the following:

1. Your case requires additional administrative processing. We will notify you by e-mail or phone

as soon as th administrative processing is complete. Please do not return until we have contacted

you. If you have not heard from us within 60 days of your original interview date, please snd an

email to lagos@state.gov and request an update.

2. Proof of correspondence through the relationship. This can include letters, emails and US phone

records for the past 12 months, with all calls between the petitioner and the applicant highlighted,

including all calls made with calling cards. provide all available calling cards as well

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sorry for the denial by the Asian devil,i was at the embassy today for my interview which i was approved and saw the Asian devil when i was waiting for securty checks and started praying that i will not be on her counter and God answered my prayers.She never gave visa to any one today even those for diversity visa they were all denied and she has the loudest voice of all the CO's in the hall.I had a free ride at the interview showing that God answers prayers.Tons of mails and yahoo chat were not looked at just pictures and 4 questions and that was all,not even up to 3 minutes and i was aproved,thanks be to God. sincerely

American Consular Officer

@memecas73: Thank you for your response.

@edmondson: He mentioned something about court, but once he does that will this national population commission certify his birth certificate? Or does the court do that and the commission just records it?

Thank you both for your help. I will mention all of this to him, and he can check into it.

The point is that he must have to go to a FEDRAL court any where he is and swear the affidavit,he can get that done within 5 minutes,he can sign on behalf of his mother they don't actually care who signs or not just do the affidavit from the court and they will stamp and sign it,then ou will then take it to the national population comission and they will issue you the birth certificate.He should also take with him two passport photographs.I hope that helps.

Hi all,

My first question for the NVC stage

Does anyone know where in Lagos, Nigeria my SO would get an original or certified original birth certificate???? He mentioned something about court? He was born in Edo State, so could he get one in Lagos or does he have to contact officials where he was born?

Thanks again in advance!

He just needs to go and swear an affidavit at any FEDRAL high court,and then take it to the national population commision in the state or area that he lives,they will issue him one.I hope this helps?

If I were you I would wait the police certificate is only valid for 3months so why go early and have to go back later anyway...Just a thought good luck

The police report is good for one year,i went earlier to do mine and i found out that on the police report it says that it is good for three months and my interview date is after the expiration so i Emailed the lagos embassy and they said i don't need to get a new one that the one i have is good for one year.

Dont really have the answer to your question but please keep in mind that the police check is only valid for 3months so you might want to wait a little closer to the interview date to get that......Good Luck

I got my police report which expires 10 days before my interview and i mailed the lagos embassy asking them and they said it is good for one year.

I was quoting a well respected Immigration Lawyer.

He charged a set fee, but not for Lagos.

Now i got a picture of what you are trying to say,sorry for my use of words.Hope we all get to the end of our journey meeting our loved ones without the embassy sitting as umpires in our journey.

I was reading some where in VJ about denial of a K1 visa due to the fact that the applicant could not meet up with his pay stub and got his father to co sponsor him and his application was denied,does that aply to Nigeria also?????

When it comes to fraud, there is low-medium-high-Lagos.

Are you out of your mind refering to Lagos? If you are not qualified to be issued a visa then thats it,it happens @ every embassy around the world.Try and change that idea of Lagos PLEASE!

Goodmorning everyone. I have a quick question for all nigerian VJ members.

Does anyone know how long the medical and police cerificate is valid for?

My sweetheart is planning to go for hers 3 months before the scheduled interview.

Any contribution from members will be highly appreciated.

Thanks

NSH

The police report is good for three month and the medicals are good for one year,hope that helps.Just did mine and the wrote on it that it was only good for three months.

For what it is worth Pushbrk is very experienced VJ member. While each couple's experience is different Lagos is considered the toughest (highest fraud) US consulate and the "tales of woe" regarding the K1 process there are plentiful. He is reflecting the aggregated VJ experience.

Regarding the shipping, slow boat style will be the most affordable, typically taking several weeks. The items in the travel luggage will need to last for a couple of months. Best bet is to pack 3 or 4 favorite pairs of shoes and ship the rest to save the weight.

Do some searching here on VJ and you can find multiple duscussions about shipping services.

Best of luck.

Pushbrk is not an immigration expert so does his views,he should get to treat the reason why the post was made rather than make comments that are not true.Go to consulate reviews for Lagos and see if any one has been denied for such reasons.Never ever!!!!

Expecting to obtain a fiance visa through Lagos without being there at least once during the process or at interview time is generally unrealistic. I would travel there with only a carry-on bag and then buy two additional suitcases to help bring his things to the USA when you travel together or separately. Otherwise, he should inquiry locally about economical and reliable overseas "shipping".

I think you need to read her story before writting your views about Lagos,she is here asking for how to help her hubby to be bring his things to America,and mind you that your perseption of her being there before or during the interview is very wrong,plz go to consulate reviews for Nigeria and read more.Hope this clears your curiosity!

It used to be the embassy handed out one packet (3) early on and then when the person returned it they got another one (4) now days they bundle it all into the download and you get it that way *Nigeria never really had a packet 4 I think it was one sheet.

Hi,i finally got my interview date sent to my Email box some time last week and i am currently in lagos for the police certificate and the medicals,but i did get the police certificate which states that it expires in 3 months,when i told them that my interview will be after 3 months they said that i should not worry that they do accept the police certificate that way at the embassy,so am bit scared if i should go back some time and get a new one that will be valid within my interview period.

you need to go with your interview letter to komarass specilist and be there early in the morning,no need to book an appointment its walk-in,then for the police character you can only do it at alagbon close in ikoyi not ikeja.once you get to alagbon just ask for the forensic section.

good luck

Thaks for your quick response but,the forms are they to be filled in by me or will it be done when i get there @ komarass and @ alagbon as you said?

Hi everyone out there,got my interview date but would love to get more info about police report and medical test.After downloading the forms do you have to write or fill any part or you just take them like that blank to kimoras and the police head quarters in Ikeja,Hoping to get some good answers soon.Thanks everyone.

Hi every one,our case has been sent to lagos now and it has been almost a month.We have not recived the NOA2 yet in the mail yet,but we have our case number that was given to us at the NVC.What next do we do about the NOA2, its almost a month,do we still wait or call NVC?

All your test and vaccinations will be carried out at kamorass clinic, you will have to wait for them to email you packet 3 before going to kamorras because your name have to be on their system, your package might be at the consulate but it has not been entered into the system yet hence their silence when you emailed them, i think they might have a backlog of visas to process since this is the summer period and some of their workers could be on vacation now. so be patient you will get a response from them and you can now go for your medical and vaccinations. Hope this works out for you.

So they will Email not posting the packets right?I had thought that the packets will be mailed to me.Thanks for the contribution!

you need to wait for the embassy to get back to you.

at kamorass hospital there will you be taken the vaccinations.you will have to be there early before 8.am for the x-ray and your blood sample for test the following day you will return to get your result and you will get the vaccination .

Does it mean that the kimoras clinc will be informed by the embassy that i will be coming for the test?

You do not have to wait for the embassy to email you the packet. Download the packet at

http://nigeria.usembassy.gov/uploads/images/s5_3Da596r3WmOdCGWbHzQ/Interview_Preparatory_Packet_K1_K3.pdf

The embassy only accepts the medical results of the Kamorass clinic.

Sorry am getting a bit scared with some of the answers am getting here,should i go ahead with the test @ kimoras with out the embassy's consent @ kimoras or should i wait till they give me a go ahead order to do so?Thanks

Hi every one,for those who have gone through Lagos Nigeria,is it the test you do @ the kimoras clinic thatre are required for the K1 visa or are you required to do vacinations too,if yes what are the vacination types or places you can get the shots done? Secondly my packets are still @ the embassey now for almost a month now and i have Emailed them so many times but have not gotten any concrete answer just the automated reply each time i mail them.Do i wait for them to send me the package at home or should i go ahead and download the forms and get started with it?Thanks for any reasonable contribution.

Hi every one,i have posted this topic on the general forum but felt like i will get a definite answer from this forum.My question is this on a k1 process,are there times when investigations are conducted on the the beneficiary or not or is it a normall process for a k1 applicants?I am a bit confused about the whole thing,your kindly input will be gladly welcomed.

Do the embassey go to intending immigrants homes to do an investigation or not.I will like to know if there is any sort of home visits for K1 visa.thaks

a few posts up there is a post I made with a link to the packet 3-4 forms

Should i then go ahead with the medicals and police report without the packet 3&4,thats all i wanted to find out since i've gotten my NOA2? Thanks for the help!

Edmonson, you can download the packet from their website at http://nigeria.usembassy.gov/immigrant_visa_forms.html and also directly from the link that NigeriaorBust gave in her reply. Hope that helps.

Cece,plz what i am trying to find out is,should i download the forms and begin the medicals and the police certificate right away without waiting for the packets.Thanks for the response!