M2MarryN

Advice welcomed.
My fiance will be married shortly-but we are having our large "Christian Church Wedding" in August of 2011. I have had a group of friends get married recently (maybe that's why we became friends??) who married foreigners and of course they all wanted their families from their native country to be there. In all the cases-all different countries-most in Africa-they were denied. We have some months to plan this, so we want to do whatever is necessary so that 4 of his Nigerian family members can come to our wedding. The usual reason for denying a tourist visa in Nigeria is "not sufficient evidence you have something that will bring you back to Nigeria" His Mom doesn't work-but his Dad's health is too poor for him to come-so I think she's be more likely to pass, but she won't go alone, and his siblings, are either in school (University) or have jobs-like many Nigerians-they are businessmen-so no real issue about them having to get back for their work. What can we do or they do so that it will improve their chances of getting a visa to come to our wedding?
Thanks for any advice! Nigerians-or those with experience with Nigerian visas please respond

Can you be specific when you say filed-is that when you first sent your I129f in? Nothing-as in Vermont service center has not even given you a receipt? Have your filed online to get online updates?
Wishing you the best of luck!