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Will he always need a reentry permit to return to USA? Some people are telling me that he has to live at least 6 months of the year in USA on order to keep permanent residence. I was thinking that if I stay in USA for now until he is a us citizen that will help a lot. Also I have a joint custody of my daughter from a previous marriage and can't just leave her and go live in Qatar.

Hello. My Nigerian husband has the two year conditional green card and is waiting for his removal of conditions. He has been offered a great job abroad in Qatar for three years. He might be able to travel home to visit us every few months. My question is how much time does he need to.spend living in USA in order to maintain his residancy and ultimately gain American citizenship? How often should he fly home to.see.us? Can he take.the job in Qatar while waiting for his green card is still processsing? What will he need to travel back and forth to Qatar?

Hello everyone. My husband had his AOS interview with me in San Francisco last week. The officer seemed nice and asked lots of questions. She said things looked good so far, but that she is missing the A-file. she said she can't approve anything until she has the A-file and can do a full review of our case to make a decision. She said that she will likely approve and we will receive the welcome letter then green card in 1-2 months. WE are are a little happy but still nerveous. Has anyone had this happen before?

What is the A-file?

Okay so my ex husband moved out a couple years before I met my fiance. He refused to help fund the divorce despite making a great deal more than I do, so it took me a LONG time to have the funds. When I did, I filed immediately.

During our separation, it was agreed that we could date, that our marriage was absolutely unsalvageable, and it was just on paper at that point.

I sent my K1 application later in the day that my divorce was finalized.

We just had our NOA2 approved. I finished up writing an evolution of relationship letter, and am now trying to write a letter explaining that I wasn't "cheating" on my husband behind his back, that he had moved out, and we were not together in any way except on paper. I'm having a terrible time with this. How personal do I get? Do I mention violence? Do I mention that he lives with his girlfriend and her children? Do I say that we had separate bedrooms for years before he finally moved out (due to finances)? I know it looks bad that I sent it the same day. It's too late to change it now. So I want to explain myself. Can anyone offer some help with this letter? >.<

Thank you...

Hello,

I sent my fiance's (now husband's) k1 petition three weeks after my divorce to my exhusband was finalized in california. I didn't explain anything about my former marriage. I simply stated in the answer to that one question on the 485 where you explain how you met your fiance,, that I had been seperated from my ex for three three months before I ever met my fiance online. then I filed for divorce a few months after I met my fiance,. It takes 6 months for a divorce to go through in Cali, so three weeks after my divorce finalized I sent in petition. I didn't put in any detail about why my 1st marriage failed. My fiance is my husband now and is with me and my daughter in Cali right now. His petition went through very fast- just 150 days i think. Good luck and dont' worry.

I am so confused about what my husband should write as his place of birth for AOS paperwork

His passport says Keffi Nigeria

He has as Attestation of Birth from his father that states that no birth or death registration was happening when he was born, but his father states that he was born on this day........ at the ... village to himself and his mother (names are stated) in Abia State.

The truth is that he was born in Keffi, Plateau state........... but a birth certificate cannot be obtained for him from Abia state (where he grew up) but his father can claim him as being born to that village of people in Abia .

What do should he write on his AOS paperwork. ? What city / town should he write? WE are so confused and has to mail this out right away before his I-94 runs out .

Any ideas?

thanks

hello everyone. it has been a while for me. i have a question for you guys. for those of you who are married, does your husband expect you to cook everyday? this is presenting itself as a problem in my marriage. we have been together for 5 years, married for 3. i am a teacher and i work at least 10 hours a day. my husband works too, on average 6-8 hours a day. he cooks sometimes but not all the time. we are getting into huge arguments now because if i don't cook african meals, he gets angry and ignores me. i don't know how to cook many african meals at all. i am american with a caribbean background so i make mostly caribbean food and occasionally african food. my husband told me that he is unhappy because he wants to eat african food every day. i feel this is an unrealistic expectation. any thoughts? i'm at the point where i don't know what to do...

yes the food issues: my husband is so happy to see me cooking for him everyday. If I don't cook for him, or none of his type of food is in the house, he is pretty grouchy. I knew in advance that he would expect, require me to took for him, so I am ok with cooking. Luckily, he has been teaching me how to cook and he is also happy to do most of the dishes and cleaning in the house to help out so I have TIME to do his cooking.

Ask your husband to do plenty of other chores in the house so that you have time to cook. Also ask him to teach you how to cook. This is a huge gender/ cultural way of life in Africa, where the woman are expected to cook---- but it is also expected the the husband is going to be washing dishes, laundry, cleaning and taking care of the children. Maybe someday your husband will take on some American customs like doing some cooking--- but it could take years. In the meantime: have him wash all dishes and laundry and vacume so you have the time to cook.

Hello everyone. I have not been on this website for a long time. After much work and stress, I finally managed to bring my Nigerian fiance here on a k-1 visa. It took me only 5 months to get him here. Now that he is here things have been good and bad.

I can't even type straight because I am so sad tonight.

While we were seperated waiting for him to get his visa: I found him to be emailing other woman online. I caught him doing this three times and because very distaught and angry with him.. Each time he apologized and asked for forgiveness and promised not to do it again. He was using dating websites too!!! Each time I managed to forgive him by allowing him the excuse that the distance is stressful and he could never tell if he was ever going to make it to be with me in US.

On the first night he arrived: I found that he had some emotional text messages on his phone to and from women in Naija, plus he had 15 new woman on his messenger. I was in tears and so upset but managed to forgive him again because of the distance factor.

Now he has been here a few weeks and this morning I noticed that he was using Tagged and so I logged onto his profile (he forgot that i knew his password) and found that he has been emailing local woman on tagged when I am at work or sleeping. ####### He tried to stop me from reading it cause he knew I would be upset.

He has been begging me to forgive him all day. By 5pm he was disappointed that I didnt' cook for him and I still had not forgiven him.

I don't know how to forgive him for this. I can't think of an excuse for him.

He tried to leave me this evening because he was upset that I have not forgiven him yet. Now he is sleeping

How can he f-------ing sleep?????? I am sleepless

I don't know what to do please help!!!

So far I have put a password on my computer so he can't use it------

I don't know what to do

i feel so dead inside

Olu Wa!!! My Nigerian fiance has boarded his plane and is currently flying home. While at airport, he found that it was good he arrived 5 hours early to airport. He said they asked him a lot of questions concerning his k-1 visa and that they made him go through additional inspections. They checked all his bags for drugs and even made him take a drug test. This was very time consuming and stressful for him as he has never flown before. I wanted to warn others of this so that they know to go very early to airport and expect potential delays of this sort.

I was so happy when they finally let him go and he was allowed to go to the terminal.

I pick him up in 23 hours!!!!!!

Hello,

I am a new beginner with K-1 process and collecting the documentation to send.

To prove we met in last two years, I wanted to send the copy of my password with stamp. However, my passport was stolen and I didn't keep my boarding pass or copy of plane ticket.

I found my credit card statement showing the travel agency charging the plane tickets and a copy of itinerary email.

Is there any other way to substitute for the passport stamp or boarding pass to prove? I do have the photo's I took with her.

Any advice is appreciated.

I know this sounds harsh---- but if you want some hardcore advice: I would say..... take another trip to Korea. This way you will have the stamps in your passport. Take more pictures--- with family around you. Take natural shots and group shots. This whole process is so long and painful. I would hate to see you here posting on this website in 5 months telling us that they need more travel evidence. Its a true gamble. Better off to be delayed a few more months and spending the extra money to go to Korea again.

My fiance was just approved through Nigeria- and that was the toughest embassy. I submitted tons of evidence and he took 12 pounds of evidence to interview. Better to be overprepared. Good luck

Oh my I know how you feel

My family is so difficult too.

My Mother, Father and siblings refuse to even speak to him. My mother likes to refer to him as "that man" and has a hard time even saying his name. They know he is Nigerian, so they assume he plans to use me for a greencard.

My brother talked to him on the phone for a couple minutes several months ago and he said that my fiance sounded too smooth. My fiance comes from a very polite society. #######

My whole family refuses to speak to him until he comes here in person.

Nobody in my family has dated someone they met online-- so they feel that it is not possible to know someone that way. They seem to think I am marrying a complete stranger and am making a horrible mistake.

For months they forbade me from even speaking his name.

So much of this comes from the fact that he is Nigerian and there seems to be a huge interest in slamming Nigerians in American culture right now. so frustrating.

I have felt so lonely this past year and vj contains the only people that have been any support at all besides NNamdi of coarse.

My friends have not been support either.

He is arriving in one week so I guess my family will get to meet him and then hopefully they will except him in time.

My fiancee had her visa approved today, and it will be available for pick-up next week Wednesday. Her interview lasted less than 5 minutes. She was asked the following questions:

1. What I did for a living?

2. The last time we had seen each other?

3. How we met?

4. What she does for a living?

5. What she did while she was living in London? She completed her Masters there, and worked for about a year before returning to Nigeria

6. The only evidence he asked to see were pictures. He flipped through the pictures and asked a couple of questions about them

We are both relieved and excited about the outcome of the interview. This website and forum have been of tremendous help throughout this process. We are grateful/thankful to all others that have shared their experiences and wisdom on this site.

thats so cool that she was approved so easily. My fiance was approved easily too- also through Lagos .

wow congratulations

Hi my fiance just got approved for a k-1 visa in Lagos, Nigeria . we are so happy!!

Hi everyone!!!

So, I have been seeing these kinds of lists on other forums and I thought we didn't have one so I made one I just thought it would be a nice way for us to keep track of where everyone is at in the process. Plus, I was bored

As meticulous as I am, I am sure I am missing someone or something is wrong. All the info I got was what I got off the VJ timelines. I only included people who have logged onto VJ since September and have timelines (no timeline, no place on the list). As updates get made I will add/change the list as appropriate.

If something is wrong please PM me and I will make the changes.

Zee

WAITING FOR NOA2:

Member ID-----------Country ---------Visa Type----------NOA1

M & T -----------------Nigeria--------------K3-------------4/21/07 (I-130) -- 5/22/07 (I-130)

sweetlove--------------Nigeria--------------K3-------------5/22/07 (I-130) -- 7/6/07 (I-129F)

KingsleysPrincess-------Nigeria--------------K3-------------5/3/07 (I-130) -- 6/28/07 (I-129F)

Lefreedring-------------Uganda--------------K3-------------5/25/07 (I-129F)

brownskin2-------------Nigeria--------------K3-------------5/25/07 (I-130) -- 7/11/07 (I-129F)

chinemeze--------------Nigeria-------------K3--------------6/20/07 (I-130) -- 7/10/07 (I-129F)

kelly1290--------------Nigeria---------------K3-------------6/12/07 (I-130) -- 8/27/07 (I-129F)

Akoto------------------Nigeria-------------K1--------------6/21/07

Divine Mercy------------Nigeria-------------K3-------------6/21/07 (I-130) -- 7/2/07 (I-129F) [i-130 approved 7/16/07]

Bassi and Zainab---------Ghana-------------K1------------6/22/07

dekebo-----------------Ethiopia-------------K1------------6/24/07

Omizo_Tusha----------Mozambique----------K1------------7/11/07

Mohardi------------------Ghana-------------K3------------7/12/07 (I-130) -- 6/29/07 (I-129F)

selam--------------------Kenya------------K1--------------7/13/07

wintime------------------Ethiopia----------K3--------------7/14/07 (I-129F)

tony and tess-------------Nigeria----------K1--------------7/16/07

kunle--------------------Nigeria------------K1--------------7/26/07

Misgana-----------------Ethiopia-----------K1--------------7/26/07

cinnamon3822------------Nigeria-----------K1--------------8/15/07

eviee567-----------------Nigeria-----------K1--------------8/15/07

azezohome--------------Ethiopia-----------K1--------------9/26/07

Osakeme-----------------Nigeria-----------K1--------------10/1/07

monagoz-----------------Nigeria-----------K1--------------10/9/07

Nkem/Oneybuchi----------Nigeria-----------K3-------------10/23/07 (I-129F)

terryn------------------South Africa--------K1-------------10/23/07

Chicku--------------------Tanzania---------K1-------------11/5/07

APPROVED AND WAITING FOR INTERVIEW:

Member ID------------Country-------Visa Type--------------Approved

myangel2----------------Nigeria----------IR-1/CR-1--------------1/9/07

Kofi--------------------Ghana------------IR-1/CR-1-------------4/1/07

fatima_kamel------------Ghana-----------IR-1/CR-1-------------4/21/07

Chris & Jennifer--------South Africa-------IR-1/CR-1-------------6/21/07

pjjoy-------------------Nigeria-----------IR-1/CR-1-------------6/21/07

nbrown0247------------Nigeria-----------IR-1/CR-1-------------6/28/07

John/Sam Miles--------South Africa----------K3----------------7/31/07 (both)

Keith&Jessica-----------Ghana---------------K1----------------8/3/07

Benandshan------------Nigeria------------IR-1/CR-1------------8/13/07

Golden24.7------------Cameroon--------------K3---------------9/5/07 (both)

MrsJibowu--------------Nigeria------------IR-1/CR-1------------9/7/07

pnyarko----------------Ghana-------------IR-1/CR-1------------9/27/07

All4Kweku--------------Ghana-------------IR-1/CR-1------------10/3/07

amper---------------South Africa-----------K1-----------------10/10/07

kellyc---------------South Africa------------K1-----------------10/29/07

Quiet Storm------------Ghana--------------K3-----------------10/30/07 (both)

Ricca711---------------Ghana--------------K1-----------------11/2/07

Rodgiegirl--------------Zambia--------------K1-----------------11/2/07

MissLove---------------Ghana--------------K1-----------------11/4/07

waiting4real------------Nigeria--------------K1-----------------11/5/07

Missy1-----------------Nigeria--------------K1-----------------11/5/07

Nixz_Chi----------------Nigeria-------------K1------------------11/9/07

HakeemConstance------Nigeria--------------K1-----------------11/15/07

WAITING FOR VISA:

Member ID----------Country---------Visa Type----------Approved---------Interview-----------Visa Received

Omoba-------------Sierra Leone-----------K1----------------9/28/06-----------12/14/06-------Put on AP/ waiting for 2nd interview

moon1968------------Nigeria------------IR-1/CR-1-----------10/13/06-----------9/20/07-------------Put on AP

MaRob--------------Cameroon-------------K1----------------8/10/07-----------10/17/07-------------Put on AP

angel73--------------Nigeria---------------K1----------------8/3/07------------11/19/07

mishka b------------South Africa--------IR-1/CR-1------------6/13/07-----------12/10/07

DEECEE--------------Senegal------------IR-1/CR-1-----------6/6/07-------------12/13/07

BIG_O--------------Mauritania------------K1-----------------10/8/07------------12/27/07

Arinola---------------Nigeria--------------K1-----------------8/31/07------------1/14/08

Jennifer + James------Ghana--------------K1-----------------5/3/07--------------2/19/08

ZeeNusah------------Ghana--------------K1-----------------9/5/07--------------3/17/08

Efia06----------------Ghana--------------K3-----------------7/31/07 (both)------3/20/08

Asante Maroon-------Ghana---------------K1-----------------9/7/07-------------3/25/08

FFS. Enlighten...this thread it NOT about you. At all. I don't know you, neither do I know what really happened to you, nor do I have a vested interest in your situation.

This thread is to talk about why most USCs claim the same ####### after divorcing a foreigner. It is offensive, and paints all foreigners as GC hungry people; which most of us are not.

Again, perhaps you would like to do something mature... like make this a chance of growth and move on, build a life for yourself and be happy. Bitterness generates only more bitterness.

Enlightened one: I want to let you know that your feels are ok and undersandable. I am engaged to a Nigerian too, and have heard of all the horror stories of white woman getting used by certain men from certain countries in the world for a freaking green card. The numbers are staggering. My own fiance told me that acquentances there asked him if he was using me for a GC and suggested that it was taking too long for the petition to go through so he should go look for a white Canadian or Australian instead. My fiance was so upset. I have met other people who have a relative or friend that was used for a green card. How do you know the difference between a regular failed marriage and one used for green card? Easy: The foriegn spouse will treat you very nice up until they get what they want- the green card or green card plus permanant residency. Then they will suddenly disappear one day- with no warning. The whole thing is an act. Often times, my African friends will tell me, they will get the white woman pregnant on purpose so that she will stay with him long enough for him to stay here legally after he leaves her.

I am so sorry that you were tricked and used in this way. I wish there was a better support system for you to talk to other woman who have been used for immigration. Based on the emails you found -- it looks to me like he did use you. I think I would fall apart if I was used like that. I would be so devastated. I am sorry you are not getting enough support here. I believe my fiance is a good man with good intentions.

All I can say is that you could try to report him. But put more effort on healing yourself and finding peace. YOu don't have to forgive him for what he did to you, but you can choose to not be eaten up by bitterness and anger. Allow yourself to vent a little while longer, then work on healing. YOu are going to get through this.

My Love has his interview soon...but we have 2 major red flags. A 13 year age difference...petioner being older but I really don't think this is a big deal cuz if they request pix they will see we are perfect together. Ok....is it awful to have gotton divorced, flew to France the same day to be with My Love, and the next day my lawyer mailed away our k1 petition! I simply divorced from being in a dead marriage soooo I could finally be getting my Honey here with me! Please tell me why the consulate would look down on this? Interview is in December! Alllll I want for Christmas is my Love to be home!!!!! Thank you in advance for your comments!!!

Well, my fiance in Nigeria just got approved at his interview in Lagos. I am 5 years older than him and I was also divorced. My divorce was finalized just three weeks before I mailed out petition !!! I also only got to see him in person for just ten days. He was approved so easily. He took two photo albums to interview and 10 pounds of evidence. Tell your fiance to be confident and practice the questions. Don't worry

That was the same woman we had and almost the same set of questions.

Wow thats interesting. I am glad your fiance was strong two and was able to do well at his interview. It must be so nerve racking to go to an interview like that- knowing all will be decided in how you present evidence and answer questions in just one ten minute interview. I am so happy our men made it.

Congratulations! Lots of good info for people going through Lagos.

Thanks to everyone at visa journey for all your advice and support. Thanks to everyone that posts information to help each other make it. Bringing a spouse or fiance is such a difficult and emotional thing to do and it seems like the only people that can empathize are located here!!!!!!!! Thank you all

I called my SO last night and he was waiting outside the consulate with a brother asking for a visitors visa , so our men may have seen each other.

wow-- ok maybe they saw each other. My fiance would have been seen as a 29 year old nice looking guy in a brown suit

Hi--- I forgot two other questions they asked him:

1. When is your fiancee's birthday? He answered correctly, then they asked: "What is the age difference between you?" Nnamdi said that the officer didn't seem concerned about the age difference, only whether or not he could tell the correct number of years between us. (Its 5 and a half and I was stressed out that being a potential problem)

Rebecca

My Nigerian fiance was approved in Lagos Nigeria!!! We are so thrilled.

Ok--- so this is what happened:

He arrived Friday morning at 6am. He waited around and got into the Immigration line to go in.

While waiting..... he noticed that many people were being denied, or put on AP and so was starting to freak out. There was an Asian Consulate Officer there (no offence, but trying to describe what she looked like), so was busy denying everybody all morning.

He was worried, but then decided that he would be confident and bold and he could handle anybody he got for the interviewer.

His number was called, and he had to go to the corresponding window.... which was hers!!!!!

He noticed that the woman was serious and did not smile once all morning. (Maybe she was having a bad day?)

He walked up to her window with much confidence. He was serious with her in return and put all his documents and photo albums up on the window. By the way, he was well dressed in a very nice , new tailored chocolate suit. He looked VERY HANDSOME that day.

The lady officer asked him these questions:

1. What is your name?

2. Who petitioned you?

--- he had to give an oath and have his fingerprints taken

----AT some point she asked to see the affivate of support and she took it. She didn't really ask anything about it- just looked at it briefly.

3. How did you meet your fiancee? Which website? (He told the story quickly and with specific details)

4. How long have you known your fiancee?

5. What does she do for work? What are her job duties at work? (He gave lots of specific information on this)

6. Why did she get divorced from her 1st husband? (He gave several reasons)

7 When did she get divorced? (He explained it was official May 21 2009, but in California law, it takes 6 months from filing for a divorce to become finaled. He also explained that he met me after I was separated from ex) (He also offered to show her the certified final divorce decree, but she said she didn't need to see it)

8. How many children does she have? (He stated my daughters, name and age, birthday, nickname she has for him, and some other things )

9. How does your fiancee's parents feel about the engagement? (He guessed that she would expect a very positive answer, so thats what he gave her. )

10. How do her siblings feel about the engagement? (He explained that he talks to my brother, Josiah, often on phone and described how my brother is in Coast Guard and would soon be gone out to sea, so he would miss seeing him until February. )

----------The woman seemed happy to hear all these answers---------

Nnamdi then pushed lots of pictures under the window for the Officer to see. The Officer Lady liked the photos and showed them to the other officers. (We took two photo albums full of beautiful pictures of us together with his family and friends, many taken outside in native wear. ) She was so happy about our photos.

She then went in the other room to get him the approval paper and gave it to him , telling his his K-1 visa was approved and he could pick it up the following Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nnamdi left and cheered outside the embassy. He is so happy . He is flying home December 1st.

---- She never asked to see supporting evidence like phone logs, emails, IM etc... also Nnamdi took 13 pounds of evidence with him to the interview to be on the safe side. Much of it was notorized. I highly recommend that everyone take lots of evidence no matter what.

I think it is better to overwhelm the officer with evidence they can look at if they please rather than to not take enough. So what if if costs an extra few hundred dollars to mail it to your fiance DHL. Its worth it.

Practice the questions, make sure your fiance know what questions to expect and be ready to anwer them. I helped him prepare for about 45 potential questions.

Most of all, be confident and quick with your answers.

Good luck to all of you still waiting. God Speed your fiance /ee to come home

Rebecca and Nnamdi

Congrats!

My Nigerian fiance was approved in Lagos Nigeria!!! We are so thrilled.

Ok--- so this is what happened:

He arrived Friday morning at 6am. He waited around and got into the Immigration line to go in.

While waiting..... he noticed that many people were being denied, or put on AP and so was starting to freak out. There was an Asian Consulate Officer there (no offence, but trying to describe what she looked like), so was busy denying everybody all morning.

He was worried, but then decided that he would be confident and bold and he could handle anybody he got for the interviewer.

His number was called, and he had to go to the corresponding window.... which was hers!!!!!

He noticed that the woman was serious and did not smile once all morning. (Maybe she was having a bad day?)

He walked up to her window with much confidence. He was serious with her in return and put all his documents and photo albums up on the window. By the way, he was well dressed in a very nice , new tailored chocolate suit. He looked VERY HANDSOME that day.

The lady officer asked him these questions:

1. What is your name?

2. Who petitioned you?

--- he had to give an oath and have his fingerprints taken

----AT some point she asked to see the affivate of support and she took it. She didn't really ask anything about it- just looked at it briefly.

3. How did you meet your fiancee? Which website? (He told the story quickly and with specific details)

4. How long have you known your fiancee?

5. What does she do for work? What are her job duties at work? (He gave lots of specific information on this)

6. Why did she get divorced from her 1st husband? (He gave several reasons)

7 When did she get divorced? (He explained it was official May 21 2009, but in California law, it takes 6 months from filing for a divorce to become finaled. He also explained that he met me after I was separated from ex) (He also offered to show her the certified final divorce decree, but she said she didn't need to see it)

8. How many children does she have? (He stated my daughters, name and age, birthday, nickname she has for him, and some other things )

9. How does your fiancee's parents feel about the engagement? (He guessed that she would expect a very positive answer, so thats what he gave her. )

10. How do her siblings feel about the engagement? (He explained that he talks to my brother, Josiah, often on phone and described how my brother is in Coast Guard and would soon be gone out to sea, so he would miss seeing him until February. )

----------The woman seemed happy to hear all these answers---------

Nnamdi then pushed lots of pictures under the window for the Officer to see. The Officer Lady liked the photos and showed them to the other officers. (We took two photo albums full of beautiful pictures of us together with his family and friends, many taken outside in native wear. ) She was so happy about our photos.

She then went in the other room to get him the approval paper and gave it to him , telling his his K-1 visa was approved and he could pick it up the following Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nnamdi left and cheered outside the embassy. He is so happy . He is flying home December 1st.

---- She never asked to see supporting evidence like phone logs, emails, IM etc... also Nnamdi took 13 pounds of evidence with him to the interview to be on the safe side. Much of it was notorized. I highly recommend that everyone take lots of evidence no matter what.

I think it is better to overwhelm the officer with evidence they can look at if they please rather than to not take enough. So what if if costs an extra few hundred dollars to mail it to your fiance DHL. Its worth it.

Practice the questions, make sure your fiance know what questions to expect and be ready to anwer them. I helped him prepare for about 45 potential questions.

Most of all, be confident and quick with your answers.

Good luck to all of you still waiting. God Speed your fiance /ee to come home

Rebecca and Nnamdi

Hey everyone--- his interview was great- he was approved. His technique was to be very confident and bold with answers at interview. He did not hesitate at all and anwered everything with great details.

I am posting the full list of questions -- you will see list under RANNK1. We are overjoyed and there has been much rejoycing in Nigeria since Friday!!!!! . He called me at 2:26 am to tell me the good news- and I have been walking on a cloud ever since.

Excellent News on the approval (thanks for putting it in yer timeline ! )

How's the hangover ???

It's friday, suggest menudo to help with the hangover.

CONGRATULATIONS !

I am trying not to loose my mind. Am starting with red wine, then move to bicardi in a little while. I really don't drink , but on a night like this--- Oh my God!!!!!!!!!!! I have to work 14 hours tomorrow. I will be dancing around at work if he makes it, or will be the saddest girl ever otherwise. AM trying to think happy thoughts. Maybe I will watch some videos of us together when we were in Accra. I will call tomorrow - don't want to wake you up.

I know the wainting is killin' but you will get through this, I agree that you will not receive a call for quite some time after the appointment time. Frank was at the consulate about 6.5 hours, then had to get back to the hotel to call.....try to make yourself sleep and be awoken by the good news! You said your man is confident and that says alot! Call me if you need to!

Yeah I know I am estimating the time. Am thinking maybe I won't recieve a call until 8am my time Friday!!!! I thought about taking the day off work , but decided to just work to stay busy today and tomorrow. He has to leave his cell phone at the hotel----- ahhhhhhhh the waiting!!!!!

Thanks for the advice

The interview will be sometime tomorrow. They schedule almost everyone for 7 am and spend the day bringing them in. So don't freak out if it is 13 or more hours and no word from him. Sort though your closest and make more space for him . Go shopping for stuff for that welcome home night. Candles a bottle of wine

MY fiance's interview is in 12 hours in Lagos Nigeria. The suspence is too much. I can't concentrate at work. I am trying to stay busy, but I am just sitting here.

I did everything I could possibly think of to prepare him- . Its in God's hands and the whatever compassion there might be in the Consulate in Lagos.

I think I will be drinking down the bottle tonight. How did all of you deal with the last 24 hours before interview????

This is so hard

HI-- thanks for the advice. I don't know what he should do with him cell phone.

I guess he could leave it in the hotel room and and call me when he returns all the back to hotel. I was hoping there was a place he could put it when he gets there. I will tell him that. (his is a camera phone)

I will tell him that he is probably going to get in immigrant line.

Thanks everyone for all your help!!!!

If all goes well, he will be home in Cali with us Dec. 1st

Hi There will be tons of people there. They settle across the street because they are redoing the old visa area. At 7 they will start lining people up. There will be an embassy employee there that will form lines. I think they are still working DV visas . There is a shelter across the street with rows of seats. He will be allowed in that area where he pays his fees and they verify that he is on that days list and take his forms. Then he will take a seat there. They then come from the consulate and walk groups of about 12 across the street to the interview area. Make sure he leaves his cell at home or with someone. There is no place to store phones. It can take most of the day to get inside for your interview. If he passes they give him papers about where to pick up his passport and visa about a week later ( assuming no AP and the medical is done )