mainman

It is common in Nigeria to ask for DNA on a child. Many people try to sneak children over. You will have to find a DNA test lab that is approved and pay for the tests and wait on the results. I have heard prices varying between 700 to 3000 and the wait time being several months for the results.

Thanks,this is getting tougher by the day.

Hi all,

My fiancee went for her interview today and the officer gave a 221g requesting a DNA from both of us and our child.Is this considered Ap? and would the petition be sent back to the US?

The letter the CO gave to her said we should contact them after the tests are done,does anyone have any idea how this works?

Thanks.

Im so sorry for your denial. Try to get in contact with your local senator/congressman and take it from there. All the best.

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Hi all,

My fiancee went for her interview today and the officer gave a 221g requesting a DNA from both of us and our child.Is this considered Ap? and would the petition be sent back to the US?

The letter the CO gave to her said we should contact them after the tests are done,does anyone have any idea how this works?

Thanks.

Pushbrk's response may have been harsh, but it seems like it was accurate. Most of us have made minor mistakes on some of the documents (let's face it - the instructions are pretty vague), and many people have accidentally omitted beneficiary's children from the I-129F, sometimes because they thought the children only needed to be listed if they were going to be applying for a derivative visa. If you thought that listing her son was optional, and that by not doing so you were preventing him from being eligible for a derivative visa, then you made an honest mistake. On the other hand, if you understand that the question requires you to list all children, and you intentionally omitted her son in an effort to deny him the opportunity to apply for a derivative visa, then you were dishonest. By your own admission, it seems like this was your intention.

You should probably understand that you do not petition for your fiancee's children. Their eligibility is derived from her eligibility. She can choose to submit a K2 visa application for her son. Short of withdrawing your petition, there's not much you can do to stop this. What you can do is refuse to provide an affidavit of support for her son. If you wanted, you could even send a letter to the consulate stating clearly that you have no intention of supporting her son. That would pretty much dead-end his visa application. At the consulate in Lagos, it could also dead-end HER visa application. They could easily conclude that the relationship is not legitimate because there is a lack of commitment by the petitioner for the beneficiary AND her family.

If she doesn't intend to submit a visa application for her son, but is including him on her documents because the forms require this information, then she's doing the right thing. Hopefully, the fact that you did not include him on the I-129F can be explained to the consulate as an honest mistake or misunderstanding of the form's requirements.

Pushbrk didn't state that the consulate in Lagos was corrupt. He said that it was the highest fraud consulate in the world. This means that they deal with more attempted visa fraud than any other consulate. It does NOT mean that there is any corruption within the consulate itself. It is notoriously difficult to get a visa out of that consulate, which means you can expect you will need to go above and beyond what most consulates would require in terms of completeness and accuracy of the documents you submit. Something that could easily be overlooked as a minor mistake at another consulate, such as an omission on the petition, could easily be used as grounds for a denial at the consulate in Lagos. I can easily imagine a consular officer saying to your fiancee "Your fiance doesn't know about your son. Your relationship is a sham." You don't want to give this consulate any ammunition to deny your case. Be prepared to address the discrepancy.

You are simply wonderful!Thank you.

Well said Couscous and ApplePie. I hope your words are not lost on the OP.

Well I understand it sounds harsh,but the dad is so much trouble.Called Dept of State and they said it should not be a problem since the child wasn't coming to the U.S. Interview is next week. Somebody wish me luck.

So, then what else did you not tell the truth about? The question is rhetorical but this is what the Consular officer is likely to think. The petition asks a question to be answered by the US Citizen petitioner. It is a clear question saying, "13. List all children of your alien fiancé(e) (if any)". He listed no children. The consular officer will wonder if you neglected to mention the child to your fiance, conspired with him to withhold information or simply misunderstood the question. Be ready with a truthful explanation for this and anything else they ask, since you already put up a big red flag saying, I'm not concerned about accuracy or truth.

Pushbrk,

You know,your responses seem to reflect a huge absence of civility.This forum is supposed to be enlightening and constructive,but you seem to perpetuate blatant rudeness and misconceptions.Why do you think I was not being truthful by not including my fiancees child;I included the child we have together!Have you thought maybe I just don't want his biological father in our lives? Maybe Nigerian consulate is corrupt,but who made you a judge and what country is not corrupt?If you need a therapist to help you love you and boost your ego,I can recommend one for you because obviously, you get nasty with others to make you seem relevant.

This does not seem to be off to an auspicious beginning. You and your fiancee do not seem to even see eye to eye on this issue.

In any event, you should have listed the child on the I-129F whether the child was following the fiancee or not. You made an error. It is not likely the I-129F will be denied as the USCIS will not know about the child. However you have damaged the likelihood for success at the Embassy by improperly filing the I-129F with all the children of the beneficiary listed.

No one can say what the Embassy will decide when your fiancee comes forward with the truth about her child(ren).

Would this mean filing all over or is there an amendment to this situation?The embassy already knows she has a child because she applied for a visitors visa some years ago and listed the child.

I didn't name the child because I dont want him to come to the U.S.I dont want him or his dad in my life.

By the way she is only listing the child because she wants to be honest,the childs dad is not letting him travel to the U.S.

So it is no and no on following and accompanying her.

No but it's not a good sign. The petition asked you to list all the beneficiary's children and you didn't. What other errors did you make? What else about your case is short of truthful? You're going through THE highest fraud Consulate in the world.

I didn't name the child because I dont want him to come to the U.S.I dont want him or his dad in my life.

Please I need someone to answer this question.

I filed I 129 for my fiancee withouth including her 10 year old son on it.She plans on including his name on ythe form she is taking with her to the embassy,will this be grounds for denial?