THIS MAY HELP SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE CHILDREN?

[Ta Ta 1]

Fatima Kamel, I send you the info in a pm.

I see no reason for you as the USC needing DNA.........but then I did not see reason for DNA for my fiance and his daughter as we are only

doing a K1 and not a K2 follow to join !

I think they all get the regulations confused. We had no choice but to comply even the congressional inquiry

was useless and they said there is some kind of mysterious connection that they want to explore in their investigation / DNA request.

We complied and they are satisfied with the outcome. We lost over a month to fight it.

The 2. interview will be in April.........no, they could not just ship the visa/passport to him, we have to make ANOTHER trip to Dakar, his third

trip..........1. interview, then DNA test and now the 2. interview.......ching ching........thousands of dollars later here we are after a year in AP.

There is no DNA collection point or consular in Sierra Leone so all had to fly to Senegal. We have been through hell and back.

Divine Mercy, if DNA is required from a foreign spouse, the lab here in the US sends the kits to the approved medical panel physician

for specimen collection who then ships the kits back to the US lab for processing.

The lab then ships the results to the embassy upon which the embassy will contact the beneficiary for another appointment or visa pick up

if all else is satisfactory.

The price for the kits , processing and shipping fee is all included in the quote you will get and also for the collection state side when needed.

[Divine Mercy 0]

Fatima Kamel, I send you the info in a pm.

I see no reason for you as the USC needing DNA.........but then I did not see reason for DNA for my fiance and his daughter as we are only

doing a K1 and not a K2 follow to join !

I think they all get the regulations confused. We had no choice but to comply even the congressional inquiry

was useless and they said there is some kind of mysterious connection that they want to explore in their investigation / DNA request.

We complied and they are satisfied with the outcome. We lost over a month to fight it.

The 2. interview will be in April.........no, they could not just ship the visa/passport to him, we have to make ANOTHER trip to Dakar, his third

trip..........1. interview, then DNA test and now the 2. interview.......ching ching........thousands of dollars later here we are after a year in AP.

There is no DNA collection point or consular in Sierra Leone so all had to fly to Senegal. We have been through hell and back.

Divine Mercy, if DNA is required from a foreign spouse, the lab here in the US sends the kits to the approved medical panel physician

for specimen collection who then ships the kits back to the US lab for processing.

The lab then ships the results to the embassy upon which the embassy will contact the beneficiary for another appointment or visa pick up

if all else is satisfactory.

The price for the kits , processing and shipping fee is all included in the quote you will get and also for the collection state side when needed.

Thank you for explaining all of this. What if I wanted to do it now to get it out of the way, could the lab send the results to me and we present it to the CO at the time of the interview before the question is even asked? Or would they believe that the results were tampered with since it wasn't sent directly to them? We're seriously thinking about just doing it now to prevent a delay later (although I don't think this ensures that there will not be a delay, they can come up with anything and put us in AP)

I'm so sorry you had to go through this nightmare!!!

[Ta Ta 1]

The rules are so strict and you are right , the embassy does everything to avoid tempering with the results.

That is why my fiance and his daughter had to fly out to Senegal for the specimen collection.

It may help and it may not. I am dealing with Dakar and have no clue what Lagos would do if presented with DNA results.

Lets say you are both at the interview and the CO either puts you in AP or tells you they want a test.

You whip out the results ........well it depends entirely on the CO and what side of the bed he / she got up that morning.

Chance is they take it and chance is they won't.

It is a gamble.

If you don't mind wasting $600-800 take the chance, but the testing can be completed in 3-4 weeks from collection to embassy

receiving the results. Having said that, after the embassy received our DNA they put us back in the bottom of the pile to wait for

another 5 months for the Dakar famous 2. interview.

Maybe ask some labs and find out if they had any feedback from clients who have prematurely done DNA tests on their own and what the embassy

did about it. Make sure you go by Lagos embassy experience only.

If you ask the embassy now then they may say oh yeah a DNA test good idea, we should request that and you give them that idea.

[*JG* 2]

Maybe there have been issues in the past with the foreign SO leaving the US and taking a child(ren) back with them and then LD paternity/maternity issues arising for all that. Maybe they are just trying to get all those kinks worked out from the very begging so if that issue would ever come up, there would be no doubts.

[Ta Ta 1]

Or in my case to make sure his daughter was his daughter and not his sister, cousin or child bride

Hey Jomo's girl we still have to do the lunch thing

[fatima_kamel 1]

Fatima Kamel, I send you the info in a pm.

I see no reason for you as the USC needing DNA.........but then I did not see reason for DNA for my fiance and his daughter as we are only

doing a K1 and not a K2 follow to join !

I think they all get the regulations confused. We had no choice but to comply even the congressional inquiry

was useless and they said there is some kind of mysterious connection that they want to explore in their investigation / DNA request.

We complied and they are satisfied with the outcome. We lost over a month to fight it.

The 2. interview will be in April.........no, they could not just ship the visa/passport to him, we have to make ANOTHER trip to Dakar, his third

trip..........1. interview, then DNA test and now the 2. interview.......ching ching........thousands of dollars later here we are after a year in AP.

There is no DNA collection point or consular in Sierra Leone so all had to fly to Senegal. We have been through hell and back.

Divine Mercy, if DNA is required from a foreign spouse, the lab here in the US sends the kits to the approved medical panel physician

for specimen collection who then ships the kits back to the US lab for processing.

The lab then ships the results to the embassy upon which the embassy will contact the beneficiary for another appointment or visa pick up

if all else is satisfactory.

The price for the kits , processing and shipping fee is all included in the quote you will get and also for the collection state side when needed.

YES, I GOT THAT PM THANKS, THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION TOO ITS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO ME. WHICH EVER LAB WE DECIDE TO GO TO I WILL POST THE OUTCOME.