General U.S.A (student) Visa Enquiries

i don learn new thing today
but men, i mean this is crazy if true

The MRV receipt remains valid for a year. You only pay the appointment fee for a new appointment when going for another appointment as long as the date falls within one year of payment of the previous MRV payment.

@ rachiwise

Thanks a lot!

i'l say thats an easy question which u made difficult. while not advising you to lie straight out, IMO, me thinks its best if you make no mention of that cause i learnt such things do not encourage them to give you the visa that you might want to find a way of joining your sibling overthere. what i think is best for you then is to pray and hope no such question is asked from you.
regards
 

Congrats bro!


Pls those of you that have been grnated visas should post the questions that were asked by the interviewers and the reply they gave so that others can learn from them.

Man I am Happy for you o o o o!
We thank God say all of us are getting it.
I wish the remaining all the best.
But smile,do post the info so that others will learn from it.Thank you and have fun.

Here are questions i can remember:

1) Have you been to the US?

2) Do you have any relations in the US.  . . . . .  so long your immediate family (parents/siblings) are not there, just say NO. They might want to dig up stuffs on them, i guess.

3) How did u get information of the schools you applied to?  . . . . . .gradschools.com, US news.com, Petersons Graduate school guide . .  u fit mention Princeton Grad school guide sef

4) Who's sponsoring your studies and what's the occupation . . . . ,   made sure i explained my sponsor's occupation/position in glowing terms

5) Which other schools did u apply to?  . . . .  .mentioned the 4 schools.

6) How many admitted you?  . . . .  mentioned 3

7) Where are the admission lettters form other schools?? . . . .   now this question took me off-balance, in fact i was scared when she looked at me that i didnt have the other admisssion lettters. . . . but i composed myself and gave this answer . . . . . 'since i'm only presenting the i-20 of xyz school, i only brought admission related documents of this school' . . . .  i think she was satisfied sha . . . ,   but if you have admission letters from other schools, berra take it  . .  it won't harm

Why did u choose this particular school . . . . . . . . . . .  . .Their research areas align with areas i want to explore and become more proficient in and the Profs were more open in their email responses (this means you were interracting with them . . .  i actually had 2 names i was ready to mention in case she asked for the Profs names)

9) What are those areas? . . . . . . . . . mentioned my 3 core areas of interest

10) Why those 3 areas? . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . .those areas are linked to my current job functions which i want to improve on

11) So where do u work? . . . . . . . . .  .mentioned the company name and wat we do; related to my research areas that i mentioned earlier . . . . also mentioned that i've been there for over 3 years.


After that . . . .  the lady just started typing some stuffs for another 20/30 seconds and looking at my DS forms . . at this stage i was in a limbo, cos she hasnt even asked me to produce any document from my 'full envelope' . . . .  ,  i was expecting her to say 'let me see your financial documents/ test scores e.t.c. after finishing her typings . . ,   she just gave me the VFS address slip . . . . . .chikena!

O Se Baba!!! . . . . .  This is simply God's favour in action!!!

@ Tboy congrats

@ Prince 84,wats up been a wyle?how did your interview go? . . . .All the best bro

Please I wanna know if I can buy oneway ticket or it is compulsory to use two ways,

Thanks

u guyz must have paid your sevis by now.Am still looking for the school that will accept certified copies of my credentials and the one with the earliest admission offer.Abeg tboy and smile which school una apply to.

ofcourse u canFor students u will only get a one-way ticket cos u r nt sure wen u will return.which school did u apply to

@tboy and smile11s
 a big congrats to u guys.
am always so elated reading positive stories on this thread.
@smile11s
KISS is key, Keep It Short and Simple 
@tboy
waow, so many questions 
u did well 

@nethacker
dont get what u mean by school that accepts certified true copies of credential. credentials (original/certified copies) are not usually required from intending students. u mentioned earliest admission offer, as against what period i.e. when are u looking at ;spring or fall admissions? though some schools roll over admissions i.e they admit all year round. Ill advise you to check www.webometrics.info for a list of schools, choose which ever appeals to you and search yourself for their requirements and admission times. it is all there in the school website. better still u might want to send them a mail, trust me, oyinbo will reply your questions 
cheers
 

@ nethacker

Let them knw u have all your documents with you,they might relax their rules. . . .u cant tell.

Be sure to read carefully the skol requirements,so u dont fall into what i fell into(transcript evaluation),which made me missout on fall and now settling for spring 2010.

If they insist they still want it directly from the skol,let us know here there are ways around that

I have pple of like minds here, I don mail like up to 20schools since june, but anyhow ,anyone that replies me b4 d end of today is the one i will go for cos there is no more time.Slots no dey for embassy again till October ending so d earlier d admission d better to book appointment

@femilangy.I only did Toefl and d result is not yet out men , lets hook up and chat on yahoo, val2rhyme@yahoo.com

@^ gbemxy.My candid advice to you is that if u have d opportunity to start all over again,pls do.Thats wat i plan to do cos i had to abandon my HND to pursue studying abroad.Let me ask you one question:Can u gain employment in Oil coys with your 9ja cert.?can u work anywhere else in any part of the world with that CERTIFICATE?U r only or will only be limited to working in this country.On the other hand,picture urself as a University of Texas graduate-getting offers from facebook,sunsystems,cisco,microsoft,chevron etc.- how will u feel knowing dat u can present your certificate anywhere in d world.If na me be u,I go start ooooooo after all my elder brother did so n he told me he's not regretting.
My word,I have spoken