NewStats: 3,259,575 , 8,170,551 topics. Date: Sunday, 25 May 2025 at 04:04 PM 2146u

Olpmma:
Thank you for your response.
It's a B1 B2 visa, so I don't need in person documents review? And is thr need for medical test?

No you don’t need either.

Olpmma:
Pls
My appointment is in a month time and I've not receive any message for the first in person checks. Any update on that

The in person check is for immigrant visas only. If you’re applying to a non immigrant visa, it does not apply to you. Just go on your interview date.

Dallene:
Am I the only that is still seeing only November dates? Why are people seeing may June and I am just seeing October and November? Please help 🙏

Few dates in July, August, September were released, people picked them quickly as they were released.

los0550:
Hi Everyone. I filled an application for my mum and paid with my US card. The payment document has my name on it instead of my mum. Please can someone confirm there is no issue with that. Her interview is in a few weeks. Thanks.

It’s not an issue at all. I helped my family to pay using a US card as well and they had no issue.

dende3:

South African Evisa is now as easy as ABC Just got my Visa within a week
Documents ed are
My Past 3 months bank statement with bank reference letter
Marriage Certificate
Statement Letter
Hotel Reservation
Flight Itnary
Yellow Fever Card
port Data Page Copy
Previous Visa to south africa ,Uk ,UAE and other border stamps
Payslips
Letter of Identification from Employer
Id Card

Hello, please how did you the evisa after it was issued?, days after the application, they sent an email that there is a correspondence on the evisa page. When I went there, the application status says adjudication outcome received but there’s no way to a document or check the correspondence.

teekay:
I need someone to kindly explain to me the necessary steps to take after filling DS-160 and paying application fee. What I'm mostly confused about is OIS. I read something about dropping port with OIS..i just need clarity on what exactly the OIS is for and at what point are they needed in this whole process.

Help a confused person. Thanks.

If your interview is a physical one, then you’re not dropping your port with OIS, you will only need it when your visa is approved, you’d use this website; https://appointment.oisservices.com/ to track your port and schedule an appointment to pick it up.

If your interview is Dropbox, then you’d need to book an appointment for drop off using the above website, the date you pick on OIS has to tally with your AVITS one, then when the appointment date comes, you go to the location you picked and drop off your port.

Cashmadam:


Good afternoon everyone.

My friend's port is ready for collection. She said there is no free slot to pick up the port (only free slots start from late April). Can she get a free slot if she keeps checking or should she just pay for the service? I don't have any experience with this and would appreciate your advise. Thank you.

Is this in Lagos or Abuja?, the wait I have seen for Abuja’s free pick up: DHL is one week. If it’s Lagos, I don’t know if the wait time is longer.

Roon9:


My sister is in Abj? Please how do I go about this proxy pickup

Tell your sister to go to the oisservice Abuja you picked to ask them about picking up your port, they’d probably give her a proxy form for you to sign, she can scan the form to you to fill and sign then send it back to her to print and take there. They will require the signature on the proxy form to match with the one on your port.

Roon9:
Hello, please I need assistance.

I was approved 21 last month in Abuja after which I paid for OISservice delivery thinking it was Benin. I didn't know it's only for Lagos & Abuja. My appointment is today and I don't know how to switch it to Lagos if I can't get it sent to benin.

There's no email to reach out to the ois people and the numbers from Google are unreachable. Please can anyone advice on the steps to take?

On the OISservice, when you searched for your port and it says it’s ready, which location did you pick? And what location does your appointment state?

aminubala20:


When I tracked on OIS site, it shows “port not ready for collection yet”

Sometimes, it can be fast, other times, it can be slow. Keep tracking, it should be ready this week. If you need it urgently and you don’t mind paying for the service, you can go to the OIS office in Abuja. Otherwise, just wait for them to update it.

aminubala20:
Please who know how long it takes to get port back from Abuja embassy. Did my interview lastweek Monday but yet to get pick up mail. On the “visa status check” site it shows issued

Have you tracked your port on the oisservice website, if not, do that and wait till it says ready for pick up, they might not send you a pick up mail so it’s best to track it.

Adedayo1977:

Yes I did, it was after the activation I was unable to

Something that people have tried to reset things is to purposefully enter the wrong three or four times, it will lock your , you can then click , it should send you an email to reset the and you should be able to afterwards. Let me know if it works.

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vanessa969:
Hi please my aunt has an interview tomorrow in Lagos and the name on her visa appointment letter is misspelled. I have created several tickets but nothing has been done. Please any advice on what she can do or who I can call. Do you think they will allow her in

Since it’s the appointment letter and it’s tomorrow , let her just go for the interview with hope that it won’t be an issue. She also shouldn’t bring it up herself when she gets there except she is asked, they might just overlook it. So far her port and DS160 form has the right information.

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seunpinky:

I tried with visa and Mastercard credit card, didn’t work. Do I have to use a Nigerian card?

That’s strange, maybe it depends on the bank. Chase Visa card worked for me. I don’t think you can use a Nigerian card, has to be some sort of dollar card.

You can also confirm from your bank to see if they are not blocking the transaction.

seunpinky:
Please how do I navigate the payment portal on AVITS website, I have tried making payments using my Canadian credit and debit cards all to no avail. I also do not see the option to pay in the bank (saw on this platform that payment can be made in first bank). Is there a special way to make online payments or do I need to use Nigerian cards?
@VisaZest and everyone

Try a Visa card, that was what I used. US Mastercard didn’t work.

RipVanWink:


OK, IT APPEARS THE OIS people arent ontop of their game. my visa changed to issued since last wk thursday-27th, yet on OIS website port tracking, its saying port not ready for pick up, and I have an urgent need for my port now. any idea if going physically to ois office wud work?

Yes, go to the OIS office and see if it’s ready since you need it urgently.

Cappie:
oh okay. How much for the service. Thank you.

50k

sojimade:
Done that.

According to OIS.. It's not ready.

According to CAEC.. It's been ISSUED since Feb 24th

It should be ready for pickup this week, keep checking.

sojimade:
Please, how do I know where my port is.

I was approved in Abuja and selected Lagos for delivery.

It's more than 10 working days and I haven't seen any notification.

Go to https://appointment.oisservices.com/, service type: US visa, pick up service, enter your port number, it will tell you if your port is ready or not.

If ready, it will tell you where it is and you can set up an appointment for the location you want to pick it up from. You have to pay for the OIS option, so if you want to pick it up for free, choose DHL.

Cappie:
Thank you for your response. Do you how long it took after it was issued for it to be ready for pickup?

The timeline varies. I had one person being approved Thursday, issued Friday, and the port was ready for pickup on Monday on oisservice website.

But the other was approved on a Tuesday, issued on Wednesday, we kept checking on oisservice website and the port was not ready for pickup until the next Tuesday. Because she needed the port urgently, she went to OIS Abuja location to use the service since it says her port was in Abuja without appointment, and they told her the port had been ready for almost a week even though they didn’t update the website. She was able to pick it up without appointment. Note: on her profile, she wanted to use the free DHL service in Abuja but they didn’t send it there in time.

Cappie:
Hello Bro, Congratulations. After the visa approval, did you or your dad had to setup visa pickup? Did your dad get any email notification saying his visa is ready for pickup? Thank you.

Thank you. I tracked his application status using his DS160 number and port information on the ceac status website, when it was issued, I constantly checked the oisservice website to see if his port was ready, when it was ready, I set up an appointment for pickup, they didn’t send him any email notification.

Milito:


Nothing I've not done on this duplicate applicant issue for an application going 4 months now. It's tiring. I've raised countless service requests, sent emails, interchanged alphabets/numbers on the port number, interchanged 1st and middle names. At the point of proceeding to update bank deposit details, it still does not proceed to scheduling. Though I didn't generate new bill after any data interchange as it keeps compounding the amount, kind of identifying each as a new application. I usually just go to bank deposit details to enter details of previous payment.

Yes, I also experienced this issue with my dad. If you create an application and you go back and forth too much maybe because it’s showing duplicate applicant, when you eventually proceed, it would have created multiple s for the same and when you pay for one, you won’t be able to proceed to the calendar especially because I paid using card.

I had to cancel that appointment, forfeit the money (because I paid with card) and restart again.

That’s why I advised people stuck on the duplicate applicant thing, to first cancel the current application before using the first name and middle name combo, because if you proceed using the previous application, the application would have created multiple s on that application.

goldenmindcoy:
Combination of names doesn't have anything with the duplicate . It's the DS160 No that determines the stuff. Just keep on pleading to customer helping you delete existing so that you can't continue with the current and you will keep on trying it because when it's done customer won't alert you. At least I solved about 3 issues like that for 3 months.

Well I have had people that used the name combination that were able to successfully proceed. Infact, it’s not the DS160 numbers that gives the duplicate error, it’s the port number and first name/given name combo.

I know because my immediate family had that issue too and they have gone for their visa interview, attended without issue, got their visas approved and had no issue tracking their ports when it was ready.

There were instances where I was waiting for them to resolve it, I opened tickets, called them several times, the tickets were escalated but nothing was done. It’s left to anyone who wants to wait for it to be resolved to make their decisions.

Hhaven:




Please can anyone please help with issue. I also have the same problem.

Check my response above

MysTeerioz:
Please is there anyone still having 'duplicate info found' issue? I have raised countless tickets and sent mails yet nothing is forthcoming.
I am quite frustrated, since August of last year.
Any helpful suggestions please?

It seems they are slow to resolve this duplicate issue, what I’ve seen worked for duplicate applicant is to put both first name and middle name in the space for first name. Also ensure you delete the current appointment request you’re stuck on and start afresh before using that technique, so you’re not stuck after making payment.

So far your name is correct on the appointment page, you’re good, the appointment is just to ensure you have an appointment scheduled and doing the above will not have any side effects.

canadaman18:
Hello house

Wondering if anyone has experience rescheduling dates for parents. Right now both mom and dad have the same interview date and time but I found an earlier slot but its only letting me pick one of them at a time and I want to avoid a situation where they end up with separate dates.

Has anyone navigated this issue please

You have to do it one after the other. Another way you can ensure that they get the same date is to make sure the date you want to change to have at least two separate time slots available, that way you can tell that there’s slots available. But if on the date you saw, there’s only one time slot, there’s a chance that there’s only one applicant slot available.

jonnepapayo:
please is there a group where I can search for interview date?
new applicant, B1/B2 category
Thank you

There are currently August 2025 dates in Abuja

excel1960:
Pls help
I tried booking for my mom since last year but till now nothing.
I keep getting Duplicate applicant found for this .
The last mail I sent to the team since January till now no response. Please how do I go about it?
My mum has been to USA twice.

If the issue is that you want to pay another visa fee but it’s not allowing you, what I’ve seen worked for duplicate applicant is to put both first name and middle name in the space for first name. Also ensure you delete the current appointment request you’re stuck on and start afresh before using that technique, so you’re not stuck after making payment.

Debbieeeeeee:

I'm pleased to see that parents are no longer denied visas, unlike before congratulations

Thank you. It is truly nice to see parents being approved these days.

Deziri20:
Congratulations
When tracking the port status on OIS website what option did you choose US VISA right?

Thanks. Yes, USA visa.