US Immigration from Nigeria

Hello everyone.

So i had my interview on the 8th of January. It went generally well, but the interviewer told me i would have to provide an additional document (attestation of birth). he told me that after i provided it, my visa would be issued and that it would take about 2 weeks. He gave me back my passport, a document request form and a nd told me i would have to resubmit both of them, along with the requested document, in order to get my visa.

He also gave me the uscis immigrant fee form and the printout with information on domestic violence.

I obtained the requested document in 48hrs, but when i tried to submit, i was told that they had not requested for my passport on the request form. They refused to accept my passport, as a result.

When i tried to log in to ceac website some days later, i discovered i had been placed in administrative processing.

It has now been three months.

The recent change in language on the ceac website was confusing as i thought i had been refused. To be frank, i'm still not sure what the current situation is.

Does anyone else have any insight or perhaps a similar experience?

Hello!
I am just beginning the K1 process and I have some questions, what are your go-to sources for information and FAQs about this process?

*do I (the U.S. citizen) interview? If so, where?

*is the K1 visa affected by the (Nigerian) travel ban, despite it being a non immigrant visa? If so, will we be eligible for a waiver?

*what happens after it s approved? How do we orchestrate the adjustment of status so that he doesn t have to go back home?
*what are some concrete examples of proof of intent to marry ?

*what are some things YOU learned going through the process that you wish someone had told you?

My husband went for his visa interview and was placed on AP. Later the status changed to refused. He followed the instructions the CO provided at the end of the interview and was required to submit additional documents. He has submitted them and the date that the case was last touched was updated...however the status still says refused. Does anyone have experience with being contacted to submit your passport for a visa after refusal? They never collected my husband's passport so how will they contact him for it? Will he be contacted thru email, telephone call, a ceac message? What should we expect? Thank you.

Hello guys, please I need some insight.

I'm the beneficiary of an i130 petition and two years ago we received a NOID. Reason given in the NOID was "the marriage was a marriage of convenience entered into to circumvent the laws of the US". With the aid of counsel we responded with a strong rebuttal. A year later we were officially denied but this time around, reason given was "based on the review of testimony and documentation, USCIS finds that you have not meant your burden of proof in demonstrating the bonafide nature of your marriage by a preponderance of evidence. Therefore USCIS denies your form i130".


1) Does the INA 204c bar apply here given the denial reason was clear and did not mention "sham marriage, fraud marriage etc"?

2) Does the denial letter have to expressly state a fraud finding as the reason for denial if there is one? (I assume the have a statutory obligation to do so)

3)If we provide preponderance of evidence (which we lacked in the denial reason) would that be enough or are we subject to the clear and convincing standard of proof if we apply again? (we are still happily married)


Thank you.
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Hello VisaJourney!

my boyfriend proposed while I was with him in Ghana this week. We want to start the K-1 visa process but we don t even know where to start. He is Nigerian, so we also have the immigration ban to consider. Just some tips on what to start collecting and how while we wait for the ban to lift? What are some good sources of information? Thank you in advance!!!

cori