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| Nigeria |  Review on February 1, 2011: |
anthokad
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
I woke up at 4.30am on this faithful morning of Feb.1. I prayed, had my bible study, and went through my documentation again to be sure i was not missing anything. I left the house at 6.30am(my interview was 10am but i did not want to take chances). I boarded a taxi from Ketu to the Consulate@N1,500. While on the third mainland bridge at about 7.45am, the taxi developed a fault(can you believe that!), and driver had to push the taxi all the way to Lagos Island. I was furius but thankfully i had enough time on hand. I was able to change taxis and did finally arrive at the embassy around 9am. I paid N100 for the plastic chair i sat on while waiting for the 10am appointment to be called. The 10am queue was called at exactly 10am, but we stood on the queue till 10.10am before they opened the gates. We were asked to open all sealed envelopes and when i walked in and submitted showed my appointment letter, they went through the list and told me my name was not on the list of appointments for the day. That was the beginning of my fears. They said my interview has probably been rescheduled and i was not contacted. I objected and insisted that i have an appointment letter and i did not receive any e-mail re-scheduling my interview. They finally added my name to the list with a blue pen and gave me tag no. 50.
When i got inside, i immediately used the restroom as i was really pressed. i was called to a window were a young black lady requested for 1)3 passports, 2)copy of my birth certificate, 3)copy of my marriage certificate, 4)my medical results-white envelope + vaccine records and my int'l passport. I was asked to sit and wait for my interview.
there were 4 COs interviewing for the day(3 men and 1 lady). I prayed not to be interviewed by the lady as i noticed that the men were really very polite and professional. I also noticed that none of the poeple interviewed before me were for CR1 or K1, so there was no prior interview for me to learn from before my interview. I was called to Window 8 at exactly 12noon, The CO was a young black guy. He asked the following:
CO: Who is petitioning for you?
Me: My husband
CO: What is his name
Me: Mr. .........
CO: Where does he live in the US
Me: Dallas, Texas
CO: When did he travel to the US
Me: June 2002
CO: How did he travel to the US
Me: Through Visa Lottery
CO: Which University did he attend
Me: He attended.........in Nigeria before travelling to the US and he is currently attending University of ...... in the US
CO: What did he study then and what is he studying now
Me: He studied Secretarial administration, and he is currently studying Business Finance
CO: What does your husband do in the US
Me: He works in .....................(name of company)
CO: What does he do?
Me: He works as .......(tells him my husband's job title)
CO: When did you start dating your husband
Me: In 2008
CO: You mean you were not in a relationship before he travelled?
Me: Yes
CO: When did you meet your husband
Me: We grew up together in the village and we were attending the same church and we were together in the church choir. That was how we met.
CO: But why did you say no when i asked you earlier. You said you did not date him before he travelled
Me: Yes, i did not date him. In the church we were not allowed to date before marriage. I only knew him but we were not in a relationship.He did propose to me then, but i said no.
CO: So, how did he now contact you after he travelled.
Me: His parents met my parents and told them of their son's desire to get married to me, so his parents were able to obtain my contact from my parents and gave it to their son to contact me.
CO: So, when did he now contact you
Me: February 2008
CO: Where does his parents live
Me: In the village, in ..........(name of village)
CO: What does your mother-inlaw do for a living
Me: She is a farmer
CO: Ok. How many times has he been to Nigeria since he travelled, and how long did he stay
Me: He was here in feb 2009, stayed for 6weeks, and was here again in March 2010, stayed for 11days.
CO: What did he do when he came
Me: In Feb 2009, we had our introduction and traditional wedding, in march 2010, we had our court wedding and also brought our daughter to .......
CO: Do you have children?
Me: Yes we have a daugther
CO: Where is she, wwhy is she not here
Me: She is at home, she already has a US passport(gave him our daughter's Passport+birth certificate+CRBA)
CO: When did you come for this(referring to our daughter's documents)
Me: In March 2010
CO: Have you ever travelled out of Nigeria before
Me: No
CO: Does you husband have relatives in the US
Me: No
CO: Where does your husband's family live
Me: They live in the village. Two are living with me in Lagos
CO: Why are they living with you
Me: One is baby-sitting for me, and the second is attending a training in my office
CO: How often do you talk on the phone with your husband
Me: At least once in a day. Here are our phone records(passes our over 300-page phone records). We also communicate through e-mails. Here are our e-mail records(i waited for him to finish flipping through the phone records, and hands him the e-mail records)
CO: Can i also see some pictures from you
Me: Sure. Here are our marriage photos(hands him one album), and our other photos(hands him the 2nd album)each album had 80 photos
CO: Who is this....and this....and this....(was asking me to identify people in the album)
CO: Will you pick up your visa yourself?
Me: Yes
CO: Your visa will be ready next tuesday. go to this address(hands me a slip) and pick up the visa. Do not make any travel plans until you have your visa in hand.(gives me all the original documents submitted to NVC)
Me: Thank you
CO: (Nods)
By the grace of God, i shall be picking my visa next week!!!! Praise to Jesus!
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #7117