I intend going for U.S F1 student visa interview, I've tried to get information on most of the documents required but there is one that i just don't understand. They say the interviewing officer is to assume that every applicant is an immigrant and it is your duty to prove otherwise, the problem is I don't know what documents exactly is needed to prove that I don't want to immigrate. I've gotten all sorts of info from differents sites and organisations but none seems to be consistent, some say you must have a fat bank account, land document, investment certificates, job offer in your home country when you return, inheritance from your folks, the list goes on.

For those who have passed through this interview, what exactly did you take along with you to prove you are not an intending immigrant? did you have all documents mentioned above?

If no documents are needed then what are you to tell the interviewer to convince him/her that you just want to go study?

Your help would be highly appreciated here.

one very important document to be asked is your admission letter of the school you are intending to go.

1. Admission letter from your school
2. Form I-20 issued by the school
3. Form I-134 Affidavit of Support - Ask your sponsor to fill it out in attesting that you will not be a public charge to the U.S. government
4. Proof of payment of the semester's tuition - and accommodation (Accommodation if you will be living on campus or will not be living with family in the U.S.)
5. Proof of intent to return (And come up with as many as is available to you based on your family's assets/establishment in Nigeria) - Letter from a bonafide company in Nigeria, stating that they will employ you when you return (if possible); Title documents to house(s), land(s) or other real estate that you or your family may own; letter from your employer (if you are working) stating that you will return; your parents' bank statements

You can be as inventive as you like with regards to documents that will prove/show intent that you will return. Each applicant has different resources available to them and you may have more (or less) than what is listed above.

Depending on what you are going to study in the U.S., let the consular officer know how beneficial it will be to return to Nigeria with that degree (e.g. setting up a business, working for a specific company etc).

All the best.

@ tokuns - I already have the admission letter

@Omonla  - thanks for the info

To be truthfully what you produce matters but what is most important is what they don't ask you for.Let me explain Like you said every person applying is a potential immigrant but they can't refuse everybody so they do it on a balance of probabilities. It is all well and good to have document proving your course of studies , what you really need to proof is that you will come back after studying or as they say have strong ties to Nigeria, this includes and is not limited to financial(money, houses, mortgage), emotional(married with children) and any other thing which will bring you back to Nigeria.

All those documents are good and are definitely important. I think though that documents are primarily used to confirm that you have admission, and that you can pay for your education without having to work in the US.

In my experience, I believe their method of assessing your likelihood of returning is based more on psychology than on any documents you may or may not produce. What i mean by that is that they measure what i call your 'desperation factor'. If you have a good job in Nigeria, appear to be somewhat affluent (or at least comfortable) and intelligent, then they judge you as not being desperate to emigrate because they feel you can get a good job in Nigeria and fend for yourself, if you have to.

If you don't have a job (or don't have a good job), can't clearly express yourself during the interview to explain how you will apply your degree to a career in Nigeria afterwards, have never travelled out of the country and returned, then your desperation factor goes up, and so does the likelihood that you will be refused the visa.

Most importantly though, I would say pray and trust God. Ultimately it still depends on who interviews you so pray to get the right consular officer.

Have you been to the Embassy already? Were you given the Visa? If not i have a very Authentic Invitation Letter for sale from an Institute in USA , INDIANA.

Just halla me on my mail

patricklexx@yahoo.com

@ Name

Shame on you! You are the ones that give Nigerians a bad name.

@@@ Consultant {An Asshole}

Who da Bleep you think you are? How dare you insult me ? Have you ever done business with me before? Is it because you are in the states and don't wanna help your fellow brothers in Africa? Bleep you asshole.

I have been in the US , California Los Angeles, Indiana , New York for 3 Fucking Years. so i have Connections and i am willing to help people expecially Nigerians go abroad .

So Bleep offf my Business , U sucks

Yeah, you are selling the document out of the goodness of your heart! If you want to know how to help people the right way, visit my site www.usastudyinfo.com. Please desist from criminal activities and stop giving Nigerians a bad name.

Name, i don't think selling a product to Nigerians is a way of helping them. If you wanna help why dont you give out the letter free, afterall an Authentic Invitation Letter alone does not mean that the usa consular will issue one a visa.

Bros,

All the necessary documents suggested for you are all okay if you go with all of them. But the most important thing you need is PRAYER annd GOODLUCK.

If a Consular Officer doesnt like your face, for no good reason you could be denied visa. It has happened to a lot of people before and there was nothing they could do about it. So if you like carry a luggage of documents, If luck is not on your side, you can as well kiss your dreams GOODBYE. Anyway, I wish you the very best.

let me first thank all those that contributed to this topic. I must say the U.S embassy has a larger than life image, that's why I created this topic in the first place. On getting there it was a different thing entirely, the Visa officers were so friendly I knew I had nothing to worry about, the interview didn't even last upto two minutes, the visa officer only asked to see my bank statement and no other document and asked me what i was going to do after my masters, told her and voila! visa approved.

Waooooooo, congrats my brother, please how did you apply, or get the application form, anyone one in the house?

Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee, help.

Patrick its really a big shame on you offering to sell invitation letters, instead of you to show remorese after being corrected, you are being insultive, i wonder what kind of human being you are, its really a shame on you

bro abeg link me self up about the stuff i like to , do so ,
plz help me cos i need some info.