NewStats: 3,265,181 , 8,185,927 topics. Date: Friday, 13 June 2025 at 06:59 PM 2h58n

Hey family, just keeping y’all updated. I filed my AOS March 21, had my biometrics April 19 and my EAD (work permit) was approved same day as my biometrics.

Now waiting for green card approval.

Ralfoosha:


Good evening, the CEAC status says "issued" since the 23rd, but I'm yet to receive an SMS or email to confirm my pick up. Is it possible the package is there already?
Thanks.

Yes please. I am 1000000% sure it’s ready for pickup at dhl.

tgal20:


Oo wow you were the 2nd guy! I was the 1st lady that was interviewed by the black guy. The interview was so smooth! We thank God.
Please how long does it take to get the port back? And please is there a whatsapp group?

Oh nicee! I was interviewed after you lol. Congratulations to us all. Yes just send a private message to me on here.

Ralfoosha:
Oh, it was you on white shirt and white sneakers seated beside me. I was wearing a white native with glasses on... You had a fun conversation with that man.
Congratulations my fellow Ondo brother

Yes o.. the man asked a lot of questions but it was fun cos it was conversational.. congratulations to you too bro. I’m trying to you but I really cant place the face. A white native or a cream color?

Transcript! Transcript! Transcript!

I was approved today guys!!

After documentation, i was given number 7 and i sat down to wait for the interview. I was the second person to be interviewed by this black man who seemed like an indian He asked a lot of questions but they were all like a conversation so i didnt even know it was that much.. I swore the oath and did my fingerprints.

The interview goes as below;
Who filed for you
Whats her name
How did you meet
Who reached out first?
Have you ever been arrested
Have you ever applied for any visa
Have you ever lived outside of Nigeria
What does your fiancée do
What do you do
How much does she make
Has your fiancée ever been married
Have you ever been married
Do you or your fiancée have kids
How many times have you met
Can you give me the dates
What fun activities did you do on the second trip
What did you study in school
Do you plan to become a medical doctor?
How long has your fiancée been working

He typed for a little while..

Then he said okay, everything looks good, i would be approving your visa!! Go to windows 21 for instructions on how to pick your visa.
I won prostrate for the guy to say thank yoy but i no won stain my white��
I bounce comot and now we are here, all thanks to God��

Airboy333:
My work Authorization just got approved today
My application was submitted 9 dec 22
Biometric don 5 January 23
Approved 06 January 23
Just took just 29days
Thank you my lord

Oh wow congratulations. Did u expedite and also which state is that?

InvestorTeeMan:
Good evening all,
I picked up my port with my visa this morning my interview was November 10th, see below how it went:

I was interviewed by the same black male consular that was asking a lot of questions that looks like drilling, I was saying to myself that I don’t wish to be called by him though but after all questions and verification he approved me.

Questions:
1. Have you ever lived in another country for more than six months?
2. Have you committed a crime before?
3. Who’s your petitioner?
4. How many times has she visited?
5. How do you meet her ?
6. When I said Facebook he asked me how I found her, was I just searching for people on Facebook? I said Fb brought her page for me as ppl you may know then he started questioning about mutual friend and I was able to scale through.
7. Tell me about your fiancé ?
8. Then he paused me and started questioning about her kids.
9. What does she do ?
10. What do you do ?
11. Where do you work ?
12. Have you given her money before? Like financial ? Thank God that there was a time I ed her with a token through cash app so I printed the receipt with me and I was able to tell him with confidence that yes I have helped her before and I have the prove here with me, though he did not ask for prove.
13. Is that the only time you helped her ? I said and many other time that she visited I took her out and pay the bills.
14. He took my attestation of birth and show me an error that could have caused a problem, on attestation my mother’s first name is Taiwo and on petition it is Taiye but I had to keep telling him that they are both the same name and meaning in Yoruba culture but I shake small o coz the guy really worry me on that.
15. When did you both started talking?
16. Where did she stay during her visits ?

Lastly, he asked for divorce decree and he then said congratulations.

A lot of people were approved that day but only two people that I know of got denied because of just a little error, one was error of signature and money sent to his fiancé and the other is irregular answers or not sure.
Prepare well and early enough, those guys are ready to approve as well as ready to deny.
Good luck to everyone waiting for interview.

Congratulations. That was a lot of questions but glad you confidently answered them all.

Please I would like to know, what do you mean by someone was denied due to error of signature and money sent to fiancee? Can you please be a lil more specific

Lpnewy:
Hello again! We have received to emails to pick up his port (we are still in AP) but when we go to pick it up it is still not there...do they have a history of losing ports??

Does your status on the portal says issued now?
If so then you are picking up port with visa in it.

baba2unday:

My status is showing Refused

So sorry about that. So after the CO asked those two questions, he/she denied you or the interview continued but the CO still had doubt?

baba2unday:
My Visa was refused but anyway I Dey come back to share testimony soon. Thank you guyz for your and encouragement. I wish everyone waiting good luck. Thumbs up guyz

So sorry about that, just get married and file cr1 asap. Delay isnt denial.. Your testimony is yours and you will come out stronger in Jesus name��.

Can you share with us what you think caused that, were you not answering her correctly or you didn’t have some certain proof she asked for?

SmartJac:
Please don’t risk rescheduling, I believe on the portal when you picked a date there was a note that also advised against rescheduling because the only date that the embassy will document will be the first K1 interview date you picked, this is also the reason why some people that rescheduled earlier don’t find their names on the list at the embassy on the new day they picked

Yea this is so true. A lot of people who get turned back on the day of interview because they cant find their name on the list even though their appointment is valid. They mostly record your initial date on file so I advice you don’t reschedule

VanMoyez:


Oh my! Thanks for the correction! I was excited and mixed the dates!

Okay good.
Also for people looking for interview date, There are about 32 slots available right now so hurry and book.

VanMoyez:
Finally! Case is in transit. After waiting for exactly 3 months since NOA2.

Slowly but surely, we will all get there. Keep the faith.

Congratulations. Thought your noa2 was in june? Then its been 2 months not 3 right?

funfortune24:
UPDATE:
Case number from NVC received on the 5th of July

Congratulations so your case is now “ready” at the embassy?

Airboy333:
u don’t have to write an application
Just a photocopy of ur port page ( u don’t need to drop ur port)
U need like two photo port Normal size
It can to done in one day.

I heard the process for the police report is now totally different, more stressful and more expensive now though. About 30k or thereabout.

Anyone who just did recently(like last week) should please help us confirm

funfortune24:
Na on God we dey like this o

NVC case creation timeline 11 days ( Day 47, no mail, no email)
NVC number has been suspended to receive calls
Inquiry form will take 2 months before response.
No case ID nothing nothing

Please if you ed through this, drop some encouraging note
Man is sha roughing Lagos traffic dey go

Dont worry it is coming. It is taking only 1 to 2 months for your case to be sent to embassy after noa2 so its almost here. If i may ask, how were you able to know when your case was created at nvc?

Airboy333:
Good day everyone I went for my interview today and I was approved
I was the first person to get to embassy 4:30 and I was the first approval of day in all the immigrants visa today .
Interview question……
When and where did u met ur fiancée and what year
How many times did my fiancée visit me
The address my fiancée live
Have I been married b4 same as my fiancée
Have been arrested b4
The work my fiancée do
The work I do
Do I have any child same as my fiancée
What is the name of my t sponsor…. He told me ur visa is approved gave me the white paper where to pick up my port and visa I was sooooooo happy inside my nose Max. All this question was not up to 2 minutes I swear. I wish everyone waiting for approval success and pls go with ur W2 if u have it because my W2 was collected

Congratulations to you. So you mean they collected your w2 and also collected your tax return transcripts for each year? And whats years did they collect. Also does your t sponsor be related to your fiancée and did she make enough up to 125% poverty guideline and u still decided to get one or she doesn’t make up to so u had to get one and so they asked?
Apologies for asking too much ��

tunlaji01:
Since may 2020 thanks to covid19, meanwhile I have tried to book appointment but site is usually unresponsive? Is there a specific time of the day it works?

What!!! You mean your petition as been sitting at the u.s embassy lagos for 2 years? Thats a long time. Even some of the people that got to embassy level 2 months ago have already had their interview and got their visa.

Have you been trying to book the appointment for the 2 years or u jusy tried to after opening with cgi recently?
You need to keep checking constantly everyday. They release date at their discretion and its not announced so you have to be on top of it. Goodluck

tunlaji01:
The U.S. Consulate General in Lagos is ready to begin final processing of my approved I‐129F visa petition, please how do I schedule my appointment after paying the fee @gtbank? I have every other thing ready except my medical exam, I will appreciate any relevant information. Thanks

Congratulations. Just open an at the cgi portal and you will be able to book an appointment there. Since you’ve paid the fee.

If i may ask, when did your petition get to nvc and when was it sent to lagos embassy

mumdearest:
NOA1 was March 17th 2021.
NOA 2 was March 2nd 2022.
a total of 350 days.

Congratulations on your noa2. Has your case gotten to nvc and have you gotten your case number.

I think there are currently no back logs for k1 now in nigeria. I saw someone who got to nvc march 2022 and case is ready for interview now.

Newskooltins:
Pls is there a whatsap group for K1 spouse visa. Pls I am asking for my sister.

K1 fiance visa u mean?

aji01:
Hello Family,

Please I would like to ask anyone here that the USCIS has approved their fiance visa application how long (months) it took the USCIS to approved before sending to the embassy. When did you submit your application and when was it approved by USCIS? Reason why i am asking is for myself and fiance to be able to plan ahead. We applied in November 2021 and we are expecting a . I will appreciate if i can get responses. It shall end in praise for everyone of us in Jesus name.

You and your fiancé(e) should be ready for a long ride. Right now USCIS takes approximately 10 months to approve your petition (noa2) then in a few weeks it is sent to the NVC but currently the lagos embassy is not requesting for petition from nvc so there is a whole year backlog as the last petitions they requested were those sent December 2021.

So after 10 months for approval, another one year for the embassy to request your case then once its ready you can book an appointment. The process takes roughly 2 years now in total.
Wish you well on your process!

TEODIN:
How do you know your NOA1 date, is it the notice date or receive date?

Notice date is NOA1 i.e notice of action one.
But i think the priority date is based on your receive date.
Some people get noa1 a month to two after mailing package off but still get approval within the recieve date priority.

RubyOgex:
Hello lovelies, pls as a Nigerian, married to a Cameroonian man who is an American green card holder, but i base in Nigeria. Where I'm i likely to be interviewed for my US visa, Nigeria or Cameron?

Nigeria of course. He is a green card holder(permanent resident of the uniter states) and thats where he’s filing for you to come so you have no business with cameroon.

corporateDan:
mine is 12 years older... I’m 28 and she is 40... I hope this won’t be a red flag..

Age difference is always normal to occur.. either with the male or female partner. Rarely would u see partners with same age. So age difference is never new. It is only considered significant if its a 20 years gap and above but 2,5,10,12 years are common differences the uscis or c.o’s see everyday.
So, as long as you have a bonafide and genuine relationship with your partner and you are able to prove it with the required documents and to the Consular officer, then you have no problem.

tbenee:

Yes I did. We actually opened a ticket and they told us we will get a decision in 45 days. The 45 days elapsed yesterday. So hopeful for an update soon.

We await your good news..

tbenee:

Thanks. Still waiting for our NOA2. Got our NOA1 OCT 6 2020. The wait has been long but we are very hopeful for NOA2 soon. All the very best!

That’s almost a year.. has the petitioner tried ing USCIS or did you guys receive an RFE? Because by now you should have heard from them.

Treasureprince1:
yes please, this means your case is on its way to US embassy in Lagos, you can track your case on https://ceac.state.gov/ceac/ with your case number, you can also pay your visa fee of $265 after which you create an and book your interview date on https://www.ustraveldocs.com/ kindly note that you may likely get a date for next year but ensure you select the next available date you see on the portal, all the best to you

Correct but a lot of cases are still hanging at NVC now and they ship cases to the embassy twice a month, but they are prioritizing in the order that they received the applications from uscis so they are currently on September 2020 i.e, as of now they are shipping cases they received September 2020.

I just pray all the backlogs are reduced soon��. They are trying.