NewStats: 3,264,424 , 8,183,702 topics. Date: Wednesday, 11 June 2025 at 04:29 AM 27483v

thediva:
Thank you so much for this. I dropped my port on the 10th of July, and have got no email, the ceac website keeps telling me it has no info. I tried the new website, opened a ticket, got an auto response to wait for 48hours same as others. I tried to book a pickup appointment last week, it did not work. After seeing your post now, I tried again and got an appointment to pick up for $0. Pickup location is Idowu Taylor. I still do not know for sure that it is there, but I will go. Thank you. Your post encouraged me to try it again.



Hello there, please apart from not receiving an email when you check ois website, did it say port ready for pick up?

Samuell2019:
F2 visa application
The husband and wife couldn't apply together because the husband isn't in the country at the moment.
Location: Lagos Embassy
Result: Denied

Transcript

VO: Why are you going to the US?
F2 applicant: I’d like to go spend some time with my spouse, who is starting a PhD in ____ at ______ University.

VO: (cuts conversation off) How long have you been married?
F2 applicant: Today makes it 4 months we’ve been married. We’ve been together for 5 years.

VO: When did you meet?
F2 applicant: We met in 2019, we were in final year in school.

VO: (Proceeds to have a long conversation with two other VOs)
How long would you be there for?
F2 applicant: A month so I can return to my ……

VO: So why aren’t you applying for a visiting visa B1 B2
F2 applicant: I applied for F2 since my husband holds an F1…..

V.O: (Cuts conversation off while typing and focusing on her screen)…Since you’d spent a month, why are you not applying for a visiting visa? How am I supposed to believe you’d return?
F2 applicant: I have a growing career and a business to return to. We recently acquired a piece of land to start building our future home. I will be supervising the building project, and I have the land documents here….

V.O: I don’t need to see that (continues typing). What do you do? How much do you make?
F2 applicant: I tell how much I make and what I do. Then, proceed to say, we’re a really young couple, and I’d like to spend my next annual leave in January with my husband.

V.O: I’m sorry you do not qualify (hands blue paper).

I'd really appreciate any help on how to proceed in the future.

Sorry about your denial
To avoid future denial your best bet would be to apply for a b visa. Might be hard to convince subsequent VO that you would be coming back when you fill 2, 3 or even 4 week stay. And if you change your story line to say you want to stay for the entire duration, you might cause a bigger problem

Please, do we have someone here who did interviewed in Abuja and picked up in Lagos free of charge? How long did it take to get the port? If this applies to you or you know someone in this situation, please speak up and help a soul.🙏🙏

Please, do we have someone here who did interviewed in Abuja and picked up in Lagos free of charge? How long did it take to get the port? If this applies to you or you know someone in this situation, please speak up and help a soul.🙏🙏

Hello everyone, should I expect a message that my port is ready for pick up from OIS or AVIt or from the embassy? I have been checking ois site but kept saying not ready for pick up it been over 5 days now but saw that the port has been issued
Any idea please?

Hello everyone, should I expect a message that my port is ready for pick up from OIS or AVIt or from the embassy? I have been checking ois site but kept saying not ready for pick up it been over 5 days now but saw that the port has been issued
Any idea please?

Mak16788:
anytime from two days after the visa has been approved, i did interview on Monday and picked up my port today. You can check the status of your port on this site https://appointment.oisservices.com/ and book pickup appointment also on the site if its ready for pickup.

Hello again, did you receive an email that the port was ready or you just kept checking the OIS website? Thanks for your time.

Mak16788:
anytime from two days after the visa has been approved, i did interview on Monday and picked up my port today. You can check the status of your port on this site https://appointment.oisservices.com/ and book pickup appointment also on the site if its ready for pickup.

Thanks I appreciate this!

Hi there, please after visa is approved for those that selected free pick up, what is the process, and how long should i expect to get back the port? URGENT INQUIRY

Hi there, please after visa is approved for those that selected free pick up, what is the process, and how long should i expect to get back the port? URGENT INQUIRY

Hello can someone help me with the phone number of optimal hotel ? It very urgent please

johnjunior39:



I am having similar situation too.

Mine was suppose to be tomorrow , they sent a mail that it have been re scheduled on Friday.

But on the portal is not showing same

johnjunior39:



I am having similar situation too.

Mine was suppose to be tomorrow , they sent a mail that it have been re scheduled on Friday.

But on the portal is not showing same

I guess this is Abuja, are you sure is not better to visit them on the date that is showing on the portal?

Hello everyone, If a person’s interview is rescheduled on the night of her interview, yet the portal is still showing the original date, what do you advise her to do?
Secondly, she and the Child (3 years old) date were separated, with a day difference. What advice do you have for her? Can she be allowed to do the interview on the same day with the child? They both have the same date and time before before suddenly they got reschedule email on the night proceeding the date of the the initial interview. Any one has experienced this before?

Hello everyone, If a person’s interview is rescheduled on the night of her interview, yet the portal is still showing the original date, what do you advise her to do?
Secondly, she and the Child (3 years old) date were separated, with a day difference. What advice do you have for her? Can she be allowed to do the interview on the same day with the child? They both have the same date and time before before suddenly they got reschedule email on the night proceeding the date of the the initial interview. Any one has experienced this before?

OyoTunjiUSA:



🤠

1. The following DHL locations are available to choose from , as Drop/Off locations, and vice versa , should be available for Pick/Up, but via paid services:

DHL
Lagos
Kaduna
Ibadan
Enugu
Benin
Akure

OIS
Kano
Port Harcourt

* You have to go through your selection via OIS website.

🙏

Thanks , at what point should I create an OIS before interview or after?

OyoTunjiUSA:


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* Go to Living in the USA section for your future question (s).

1. Your visit to DHL and OIS was like a student with beautiful school uniform , but who is not officially ed at the principal office.

2. DHL is still working with the USA embassy but on - Pay as You Work basis. OIS has replaced DHL as the main drop -off/Pick -up representative.

FIRST.

* Tract your VISA status here.

https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?App=NIV

SECONDLY

* VISIT AVITS and sign up

https://www.usvisaappt.com/visaapplicantui/

*. Then raise a ticket (complain message) by attaching your VISA pick up slip in the message .

THIRDLY.

* Go to OIS website and sign up and book pick up appointment with your port information, as well as your VISA pick up slip & Tracking printout.

** Your port must have been returned to the embassy by DHL, while the embassy might have redirected it to OIS but you don't have any . No AVIT profile , no OIS profile.

** Call the embassy help line for final instruction.

🙏

Hello I have a follow-up question
So now is it safe to select DHL on choosing a pickup location? I see the option is still there when I booked my appointment

Olawales93:
Hello,

Can anyone please assist in providing response to the enquiry below?

I had paid and booked group appointment for my wife and 3 kids on the old portal for Oct. 2025. However, after the migration to the new portal, I could no longer do group appointment for them and had to resort to individual appointments.

Despite this constraint, I was fortunate to book for my first child (<3 year old) and one of my twin (<1 year) for Nov. 08, while my wife and the other twin booked for a week later - Nov. 15.

Are they expected to attend the interviews differently considering the twins are below a year or we can all attend on the first date and see if the 4 of them will be attended to? The challenge is we reside in a city far from Lagos and would require flight bookings and accommodation for each trip. Attempt to get the center was not unsuccessful.

I hope to get the answer to this question too

Is there anyone who can share the current calendar for Abuja, B visa please?

Is there anyone who can share the current calendar for Abuja, B appointment please?

Ayomide98:


Have you started appointment application on the new site?

Yes but I am yet to pay the visa fee

IamMomoh:


It’s extremely hard but not impossible. If the home ties wasn’t strong enough for F2, I don’t think it will be enough for B. They might just meet a VO who is kind enough to show them favor hence I’m not saying you shouldn’t give it a try. Aren’t you applying for OPT and getting a job? You could use the job to try the F2 again when you’re on OPT.

Between trying again for f2 during opt and trying with a B visa which one do you think will raise an eye brown base on previous denial. Won't they say why am I doing opt when I promised to come back after graduation?

I urgently need an advice
Can my wife and child apply for a B visa to attend my graduation in december, though they have been denied an f2 visa 3 times before. Have you seen or know any one who has done this before? Is it allowed? I want to pay for visa fee now that there is a Date for b visa but I want to be sure so that I don't lose my money

I urgently need an advice
Can my wife and child apply for a B visa to attend my graduation in december, though they have been denied an f2 visa 3 times before. Have you seen or know any one who has done this before? Is it allowed? I want to pay for visa fee now that there is a Date for b visa but I want to be sure so that I don't lose my money

yoyome20:


I do not know how to do this, maybe someone in the house will help answer on how to book a group appointment on the new web site and i think some had mentioned that if you have genuine reasons for wanting a sooner date you can also request for that and if granted you will be given a sooner date in Lagos so you can make your graduation in December.

Thanks. Please if you get a date in 2024 in Lagos please let me know. I will appreciate this info

Ayomide98:


Have you started appointment application on the new site?

Yes please for myself and child I created two different and I selected Lagos but my fear is what If we are given different date? Does that mean we will go differently to the embassy?

yoyome20:


hello, the earliest date I am seeing now in Lagos as of today is July 2025, I got Oct 2025 and was able to reschedule to April 2025 some days back, and hoping I get to see an earlier date soon.

Thank you I am confuse right now, I need two slot for myself and my child we want to attend graduation of my f1 in December I don't know how to get two slot at the same time for both of us

Fellow colleagues on this journey, please I would to know if anyone has been able to get a date in Lagos recently on the new booking website. I don't want a story that touches. After choosing Lagos, getting a date before December becomes difficult

Fellow colleagues on this journey, please I would to know if anyone has been able to get a date in Lagos recently on the new booking website. I don't want a story that touches. After choosing Lagos, getting a date before December becomes difficult

Hello guys, I was given a masters ission to Borlänge. I want to ask, for the proof of fund need to start processing the Resident /student permit, Can I use an official letter from my bank stating I have the exact amount (15 million)of money in my ? or do I have to show a statement of that shows the daily transaction that goes on in my if this is the case, how long shoild this amount sit in my ?. I urgently need clarification, as I plan to proceed with the payment of my tuition fees.
Thanks, as I wait to hear from you on this matter!

Hello guys,
I applied for my port through someone due to some issues I have had in the past with my port. I paid huge amount to get the issue resolved. so, the person told me that the port is out, asked me to pay the balance and he will activate It. So, can someone please tell me the meaning of ACTIVATION HERE? do they activate port? I just want to be guided before paying the balance.

wallmosh:

What do you mean by this please?

That will be interesting to know that beyond the few details initially displayed, there's validation for others.

Hello house, I took time to go through the forum to see if there is someone who has experience this my situation but I found none. Pls why is the NiN section asterisk in red? What do I need to do? Help a curious soul!