Finally got all documents submitted to NVC

 Thank you Jesus I was able to overcome those technical issues and get all the documents submitted to the NVC.

CEAC website issues have been happening for years

 I have just one more item to upload, my husband's police character certificate.  He's not going to be able to receive it until tomorrow, so I just thought I would check on the website to see if I would have any sign in issues.  And sure enough, when I signed in I was hit with the dreaded "application error" message.  The messages went on and on until I could not connect to the website anymore.

So I decided to do some research into this problem.  I discovered on Youtube, that these issues with NVC have been going on for years.  And I mean years.  I saw posts from VisaJourney dating all the way back to 2018 with people having these issues.  This is unacceptable.  The US has some of the top technology in the world, why is their website so glitchy?  Why can they not have a more robust website that does not crash every time you try to log in or navigate the page?

I think that the government needs to invest in their own systems.  Money needs to be poured into these shaky websites in order to make them more solid and robust.  The government needs to hire the best IT specialists to design a platform that is solid.  These problems are unacceptable.  

People's lives depend on being able to upload documents in order to bring their loved ones to the US.   In my case I am helping my spouse immigrate to the US.  I am doing this the legal way, the right way, the way of honesty and integrity.  However, more money is poured in to illegal immigration and helping those people than to those immigrating the right way.

Why can't we get millions of dollars poured into legal immigration that will make a website more robust and shorten the whole process from start to finish?  It realistically should not take more than 3 months at the most to bring our loved ones to the US from the moment we fill out the I 130 application, to the time our their Visa appointment.  More money needs to be invested in those who are immigrating to the US the right way.

Update: CEAC application access

 Yesterday I received an email response from NVC saying that they are well aware of the situation.  I was able to log into my account and navigate the form.  I still experienced glitches (such as it navigating off of the page and back to the sign in page and losing information).  However, I was able to complete the form after about two hours.  

I am experiencing error messages whenever I try to access my application on the CEAC platform at the NVC (National Visa Center)

 Is anyone else currently receiving various error messages whenever they try to assess their NVC (National Visa Center) application on the CEAC platform?  I am a petitioner who is assisting my husband with legally immigrating to the US.  We are completing his online application with the National Visa Center.  

On July 8th after receiving the NVC welcome letter, I was able to log on and pay the fees with no problem.  However, after I paid the fees, I began receiving error messages the very next day.   Since the site said they were having system maintenance on July 13th I thought that the issue would resolve itself after then.  However, it didn't, I still received messages like the one above.   

I contacted the NVC using their online inquiry form on July 14th and they responded to me very quickly the next day.  They told me that they were aware of error messages and addressing the matter.  They suggested that I keep trying to log on.  I was finally able to long on July 16th.  I started the application process and things were going well.  I wrapped up for the day and decided to continue the application the next day.

The next day arrives and I am back at square one receiving a barrage of error messages as I try to sign on.  I tried different browsers different laptops, every thing that I could think of.  None of them worked.  I was finally able to log on after approximately ten attempts.  However, this time when I pressed "next" to navigate the application, the website took me back to the sign in page where I could not get pass the "application error" message.  Then the website just stopped connecting altogether.  This went on for the next day.

On today,  July 19th I still received the sign in errors but was able to log on to the website.  However, after logging into my application, the same thing occurred when I tried to navigate to the page to pick up where I left off.  I keep getting error message after error message until the site just stop connecting again.

I did contact the NVC through their online inquiry form this morning, but this is just beyond frustrating.  It takes long enough (13 months for me) to get the marriage petition approved by USCIS, now I am delayed at the NVC stage because of technical difficulties.  I understand that many people are experiencing these issues.  However, we should not be.

I had no issues with the online I-130 form when I petitioned for my husband over a year ago.  However, the NVC website is giving me so many problems that it is disheartening.  There needs to be a number that we can call where someone can walk us through the technological issues. 

I am a tax paying US citizen and this is unacceptable.   

Maintaining Godly Composure in Business

"And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them". Luke 6:31

           As many of you might know, I have several online stores where I sell customized gifts on a platform called Zazzle.  Well I have started to promote my products using YouTube as well as making tutorials to teach other people how to be successful on Zazzle.  So far, 99% of the feedback has been positive, but there is always that 1% that is negative.  Yesterday, I received a negative comment on a video that I made celebrating one of my Zazzle achievements.  Instead of just congratulating, two individuals left negative comments.  One of the comments really got under my skin and I wanted to track the person down and tell them off.  However, I just quietly deleted the comment because 1) I do not want to do anything that will affect my brand or my Youtube channel.  2)  It is not Godly to conduct myself in this matter and that will negatively affect my brand.  So sometimes you just have to hold your peace and display a character of Godliness.  

Life and Death is in the Power of the Tongue

 While over in Nigeria, I am learning how life and death is truly in the power of the tongue.  We have to be so careful of what we say out of our mouths, especially when we are frustrated.  

Back in June, out of frustration I made some negative confessions about my health when I noticed a tingle in my throat.  Over the next month that little tingle in my throat turned into 3 weeks of tropical sickness.

Thank goodness I have recovered but it was like that negative confession caused a domino effect in my life concerning my health.  So I have learned to be very careful of what you say especially out of frustrated.  Sometimes you may even have the habit of repeating those negative confessions because you have become frustrated and discourage.  However, always confess good things. 

Black American Woman Discovers Igbo Roots and Marries an Igbo man in Owerri

My name is Rhonda Nwosu (nee Jones). I am a native of Petersburg Virginia, born in 1981. I have been working as an educator for over 15 years. Growing up, I was always interested in knowing my ancestral roots. I took an Ancestry DNA test in 2019 and discovered a 4th cousin match named Tochi, living in Houston Texas from Imo State Nigeria. I reached out to him, and we quickly formed a friendship. I learned that I was an Igbo, a nation of people indigenous to southeast Nigeria. 

My Introduction to Uche 

One day I asked Tochi if he could connect me to a good Igbo man and about a month later in September 2019, he introduced me to Uche in a WhatsApp video conference. I learned that Uche was 3 years older than me and worked in the commercial transportation industry. Most importantly, we are both Sabbath worshippers sharing the same Messianic Hebrew faith. We quickly began a friendship, and he discussed plans to visit the US in the spring of 2020 and finally meeting face to face. However, the pandemic arrived and greatly delayed those plans. As our relationship grew, Uche began to discuss plans of marriage with me. We began to seriously talk about marriage around February 2020. He always wanted me to marry in Igboland and I wanted to marry in the States where my family was. However, because of travel bans it was impossible for him to come into the U.S., so I agreed to marry in Nigeria. 

Finally Meeting Face to Face 

After a long year and a half engagement period, I ventured to Nigeria with my mother to meet Uche for the first time. This happened August 9, 2021, a few days before our wedding. My first impressions of him were that he was handsome, well dressed, and had a huge personality. 

Our Wedding 

Our wedding took part in three stages: the court wedding, the religious ceremony, and the traditional Igbo rites. The date of our court registry marriage was August 12, 2021. It took place on a Thursday around noon. It was very beautiful and hot. I wore a white one shoulder ruffled mermaid styled wedding gown and Uche had on a gray suit with royal blue tie.

 On August 22, 2021, we had our religious ceremony and traditional rites in Owerri at the Geoprobe Estate. For the religious ceremony, I wore a white floor-length ballroom gown with a beaded lace bodice. Uche wore a light gray three piece suit with a royal blue tie and pants.

Hours later, Uche and I changed our clothes for the traditional Igbo ceremony. I wore a red velvet traditional dress and my husband wore a matching red velvet outfit. We took pictures with our wedding cake and set on 

our thrones. 

 The wedding party wore white dresses and red headwraps. After that, I was directed into the house were I changed into another dress, a purple and

turquoise off the shoulder floor length gown ensemble. Here I performed the wine carrying tradition, a traditional Igbo marriage rite. It was a time to remember.