Ricky Rozay:

I have a question to ask you. Your friend that was fortunate to print out his TOEFL result online before it got Canceled by ETS.

Did the VO verify his online TOEFL score card, which he submitted to the VO?

Because to me, I feel like one is putting him/herself into trouble @ the Embassy if you take a TOEFL score report that cannot be Verified online by the VO. Because most of the VOs verify most standarlized score card one submit to em when requested! They verify it right on the spot.

What is for example, you got lucky to print out your TOEFL score report before it got Canceled by ETS and you eventually take the TOEFL score card to the embassy, and the VO demands to see your TOEFL score card, and you give him/her the Online print out which you were lucky to print out before it got canceled later, and while the VO tried running a Check on the AUTHENTICITY of your TOEFL score report you showed him/her and to her surprise, the VO discovers something else written on the website which is much different from what you showed her. Na Gobe be that ooooo.

Seriously one can put himself into trouble with this issue I gave up there. Because the VO will smell fraud here. And you will have so much explanation to give here. If you are even the nervous type and you are innocent, you can be judged wrongly by the VO as bring a FAKE TOEFL score card to the embassy.

So before anyone goes to the embassy, Please, I will suggest you CONFIRM and check your scores online, a day before going to the embassy, to know if your scores are INTACT before you think about printing it out and taking it to the Embassy! Be Mindful!

abbey621:


Bro there's no such thing as fraud here as long as you took the exam, an official score report was sent to my friend's school. All she asked for was that the school include a copy of the test score along with her I-20 which they did. Toefl never informed her that scores were canceled, just that she cannot view it online. You people are funny o, Visa Officers are not gods!

Ricky Rozay:

Even the Official copy sent to the school, which she intends taking to the embassy will still be VERIFIED online by the VO to detect the true AUTHENCITY of the Scores.

The VO verified my Official SAT score report i received from collegeboard, she verified it right on the spot.

They don't have that time to start giving ETS/collegeboard a phone call, to know if the student truly took the Test.

They will just try to access the database online to verify the scores.

abbey621:

Bros no one is saying that they won't verify but you can't be accused of fraud for a genuine test. There's a difference between scores canceled and scores not available. The VO cannot accuse someone of fraud if the person truly took the test. But each person to their own, it's all about confidence. Even the visa officers are now aware of what's going on between ETS and Nigeria, so a simple explanation such as " I only have the copy sent to me by my school or I only have the online print out" will do. It's still way better than telling the VO, "I did not take any test"

abbey621:

Bros no one is saying that they won't verify but you can't be accused of fraud for a genuine test. There's a difference between scores canceled and scores not available. The VO cannot accuse someone of fraud if the person truly took the test. But each person to their own, it's all about confidence. Even the visa officers are now aware of what's going on between ETS and Nigeria, so a simple explanation such as " I only have the copy sent to me by my school or I only have the online print out" will do. It's still way better than telling the VO, "I did not take any test"

Ricky Rozay:

Okay bro. I wish you and your friend success @ the embassy!!!
Goodluck.

abbey621:

Bros no one is saying that they won't verify but you can't be accused of fraud for a genuine test. There's a difference between scores canceled and scores not available. The VO cannot accuse someone of fraud if the person truly took the test. But each person to their own, it's all about confidence. Even the visa officers are now aware of what's going on between ETS and Nigeria, so a simple explanation such as " I only have the copy sent to me by my school or I only have the online print out" will do. It's still way better than telling the VO, "I did not take any test"

jcaribie:

bro, anyone who wrote the test in the last four months have had their scores termed as "unavailable". question is, for those who still have hard copies of their test scores, and who have their interviews next week, what do they do/say about it, esp to the vo? definitely, u cant say u didn't write the test, and obviously you don't go on and on telling the vo about ETS' recent action. So it's either they submit the test scores or not. hope u understand sha... its not an easy decision to make.

Walspring:

If the test were genuine why would ETS declared administrative reviews on toefl and gre? Cant u see that ETS noticed fraud or malpractise on these exams cos i dont know why u are still arguing cos result cancelled is equal to zero and result not availble is equal to zero. So can you state the differences on both since they are equal to zero? Because i dont know how to spot differences on both ooo.

Instead you should rather be thinking of what u will tell VO if u are being ask why is your result not available online anymore or u should be praying that VO should not ask ur toefl result print like that guy on this thread who scored very low in gre and the VO didnt ask for his result print out and he was granted visa.

FYI the VO all knew why ETS is doing administrative review concerning toefl and gre but ETS still believe that not all people who sat for this exams are guilty which is a normal thought but they are doing this to seperate the innocent from the guilty and VO does not accuse applicants for fake documents

Havent u read of someone who is qualified for visa but not still elligible to be issue visa? My brother lets pray for God's unmerited favour during visa interview and lets stop arguing pls..

#onelove

Walspring:

I will advise them to tell VO that i wrote the test some months ago and i printed out my result then but for some weeks now i have issues in checking the result online again due to ETS review on the recent tests.

By saying that VO already knew what ETS was doing and VO will believe u rather than lieing cos if VO notice lies that will not make VO to favour or grant someone visa cos there are some VO who grants visa immediately they noticed that applicant is telling them the truth.

Lastly lets pray for God's unmerited favour which matters most.

pablo excobar:


Its possible for d VO to have direct access to ETS dat will help dem make a decision about a possible score card, its possible dat ETS has evaluated d testing centers and brought out d ones wit high rate of irregularities and may be d VO is aware. Mind u dat d VO are very smart and has access to some datas dat re of high security and dere re giving all neccessary information to perform dere duty actively. So one wit d score card shud go wit it. And d person shud ve 2 forms of answers for his score card. One of d answers shud be to defend his score card if its not verified and d 2nd shud be on how to defend d score card if VO verifies it which is even better and advantageous. Mind u VO won't Kill u or just Deny u bcus he or she could not verify it. They re aware of wats hapnen and dere are professionally trained.

Walspring:

If the test were genuine why would ETS declared administrative reviews on toefl and gre? Cant u see that ETS noticed fraud or malpractise on these exams cos i dont know why u are still arguing cos result cancelled is equal to zero and result not availble is equal to zero. So can you state the differences on both since they are equal to zero? Because i dont know how to spot differences on both ooo.

Instead you should rather be thinking of what u will tell VO if u are being ask why is your result not available online anymore or u should be praying that VO should not ask ur toefl result print like that guy on this thread who scored very low in gre and the VO didnt ask for his result print out and he was granted visa.

FYI the VO all knew why ETS is doing administrative review concerning toefl and gre but ETS still believe that not all people who sat for this exams are guilty which is a normal thought but they are doing this to seperate the innocent from the guilty and VO does not accuse applicants for fake documents

Havent u read of someone who is qualified for visa but not still elligible to be issue visa? My brother lets pray for God's unmerited favour during visa interview and lets stop arguing pls..

#onelove

jcaribie:

thnx bro. another thing is, should he say it before he hands the test scores to the VO, or should he say it, only when he is asked why his result cannot be viewed?

Walspring:

As for me i will say it immdiately VO ask me if i take any test and my reply will be yes i did and i printed the result out 3 months ago which is september..... Blah blah blah...

So if VO ask why result not available now, u can say It was due to ETS review on recent test and u noticed that some weeks ago and u thought maybe the embassy is aware of their review and so on after saying that then u smile.

abbey621:

Bro I get your point, but what does that have to do with visa interview, when the VO asks did you write any standardized exams? Would you say no I did not or would you say I did and I have the copy of the official score report sent to my university? Visa interviews are all about the ability to express oneself. Sir there's a difference between a canceled result and result not currently available due to reevaluation. I personally called ETS, spoke to one of the supervisors and she explained that this is a widespread issue and that they are still working on it, so I don't know where you got your idea of zero from.

Mr. Walspring, lack of standardized test will not be the sole reason a candidate is ineligible for visa, if you heard otherwise, you heard wrong! God surely helps those who help themselves, it's all about confidence, I just hate people being scared for no reason, my advice is simple, do whatever you feel is best for your situation!

jcaribie:

Ai bro, thanks. Luckily for him, he wrote SAT as well. And he has the score card for that too.

Walspring:

Since he wrote SAT he can take that along as the only test he did provided he meet the cut off for the school he applied to. Some school require 450 upward for SAT result/score on each sections.

Tell him not to worry and he should just disappear for God to appear during his interview and the VO will be smiling and just ask 3 questions from him and he will be granted visa TAKE NOTE... Lol

jcaribie:

lol.. ok. prayer is the key. so no need to bring out the TOEFL then?

imperiouxx: Chei! See voluminous sentences oooo. My one line sentence don suffer

Walspring:

Yes bro since SAT is there.

Ricky Rozay:

I have a question to ask you. Your friend that was fortunate to print out his TOEFL result online before it got Canceled by ETS.

Did the VO verify his online TOEFL score card, which he submitted to the VO?

Because to me, I feel like one is putting him/herself into TROUBLE @ the Embassy if you take a TOEFL score report that CANNOT be VERIFIED online by the VO. Because most of the VOs verify most standarlized score card one submit to em when requested! They verify it right on the spot.

What if for example, you got lucky to print out your TOEFL score report before it got Canceled by ETS and you eventually take the TOEFL score card to the embassy, and the VO demands to see your TOEFL score card, and you give him/her the Online print out which you were lucky to print out before it got canceled later, and while the VO tried running a Check online on the AUTHENTICITY of your TOEFL score report you showed him/her and to her surprise, the VO discovers something else written on the website (SCORES NOT AVAILABLE) which is much different from what you showed her. Na Gobe be that ooooo.

You will have to give so much explanation to the VO why your scores isn't available up there. And you might even be labeled as being among those students that involve in exam malpractices so your scores got CANCELED by ETS, If you are lucky, the VO might believe your normal ETS story, if you are NOT, you will tell your touching story to others for a lesson to be learnt.

Seriously one can put himself into trouble with this issue I gave up there. And it is such a pity that the innocent students will be the ones to face lots of challenges with this ETS issue.

Because the VO will smell something fishy here. If you are even the nervous type and you are innocent with this ETS issue, you can be judged wrongly by the VO as bringing a FAKE TOEFL score card to the embassy. And once the VO makes his/her final decision on your Student Visa application, even obama cannot change their decision.

So before anyone goes to the embassy, Please, I will suggest you CONFIRM and check your scores online, a day before going to the embassy, to know if your scores are INTACT before you think about printing it out and taking it to the Embassy! Be Mindful!

jcaribie:

thnx.

Walspring:

Bro u havent tell me the difference between result cancel and result not available? Pls state the differene cos i wish to know cos a result cancel means zero although it can still be release later in future while not available is still zero although it can still be release later in future and both are still grade as zero over 100 which is not useful for now until it is release or available.

I didnt say test is sole reason of giving visa maybe u didnt grab my point where i stated someone can be qualify for visa but still not elligible for visa i think u should read one of justwise post on one of the UK thread during his early days on nairaland.

Can someone use unavailable result to gain admission now? Cos there are some people who did toefl a month ago and want to use the result to gain admission, will they tell the school to use the print out he/she printed out since ETS is doing review? Maybe this example will let u know why i said result cancelled and result unavailable is equal to zero.

Maybe u dont know that ETS can still go further to tell those schools that a result sent to disregard it due to the outcome of their review which tagged the person for exam misconduct/fraud/malpractise and the school will obey?

My brother lets look for a way forward rather for us to learn from each other which is the best thing and remember everyone opinion is either useful to someone or useless to somone

nomso27: Na wa o. Dis withholding of results is really makingtinz hard for genuine students. Chai! GOD help us.

Guys please na, i asked a question abt yellow card . How do i get it ?
Ricky where u ? Biggie dey here so ? :|

Walspring:

You can get it at your nearest local government where they have primary health center. Maybe u go to general hospital and find out and they can direct you to the nearest place u can get it.

Walspring:

If the test were genuine why would ETS declared administrative reviews on toefl and gre? Cant u see that ETS noticed fraud or malpractise on these exams cos i dont know why u are still arguing cos result cancelled is equal to zero and result not availble is equal to zero. So can you state the differences on both since they are equal to zero? Because i dont know how to spot differences on both ooo.

Instead you should rather be thinking of what u will tell VO if u are being ask why is your result not available online anymore or u should be praying that VO should not ask ur toefl result print like that guy on this thread who scored very low in gre and the VO didnt ask for his result print out and he was granted visa.

FYI the VO all knew why ETS is doing administrative review concerning toefl and gre but ETS still believe that not all people who sat for this exams are guilty which is a normal thought but they are doing this to seperate the innocent from the guilty and VO does not accuse applicants for fake documents

Havent u read of someone who is qualified for visa but not still elligible to be issue visa? My brother lets pray for God's unmerited favour during visa interview and lets stop arguing pls..

#onelove

Walspring:

If the test were genuine why would ETS declared administrative reviews on toefl and gre? Cant u see that ETS noticed fraud or malpractise on these exams cos i dont know why u are still arguing cos result cancelled is equal to zero and result not availble is equal to zero. So can you state the differences on both since they are equal to zero? Because i dont know how to spot differences on both ooo.

Instead you should rather be thinking of what u will tell VO if u are being ask why is your result not available online anymore or u should be praying that VO should not ask ur toefl result print like that guy on this thread who scored very low in gre and the VO didnt ask for his result print out and he was granted visa.

FYI the VO all knew why ETS is doing administrative review concerning toefl and gre but ETS still believe that not all people who sat for this exams are guilty which is a normal thought but they are doing this to seperate the innocent from the guilty and VO does not accuse applicants for fake documents

Havent u read of someone who is qualified for visa but not still elligible to be issue visa? My brother lets pray for God's unmerited favour during visa interview and lets stop arguing pls..

#onelove

imperiouxx:

If your interview isn't tomorrow or Monday, then ask your graduate office to attach a letter confirming the GA with an email to you.

That's the only solution to show you truly got it since your I-20 doesn't reflect it. Mind you, getting GA isn't visa approval at the embassy but it's a plus to your application.

Best of luck.