gr8ever: Welcome back bro, i never knew you were behind NL bars, i thought you're busy studying for TOEFL.

About the sponsor's issue....you're good to go bro but always remember the KISS rule.

@Wabiwabi: this type of attitude has driven lot of gurus out of the house.

you dont have to comment on every post if you dont have anything good to say. Mind your purpose and be a good boi. Thanks.

dammypearl003: would i be able to write any of the test before july 5 whch is my interview date, what if i get a test waiver from the school?

dammypearl003: thanks, but tha's a ig concern, i am trusting God to be favoured inspite of how thngs looks now.

bigfrancis21:

All the bolded above are the mistakes you made. I'll explain further.

1) First bolded: you didn't write any standardized test. And the reason you gave for it was inappropriate. The VOs know very well that not all universities in their home country do ask for SAT/GRE/TOEFL/GMAT for admission. Yet these VOs keep asking every student for a standardized exam. Why do you think this is so? The VOs have been trained to infer that any student who takes pains to register, read and write any standardized test is a serious student, irrespective of whether his/her school requires it or not. That is how they've been trained and they do just that. Please, to you and other members in the house, if your school didn't require any standardized exam for admission, please write at least TOEF or SAT (for UG) or TOEFL or GRE/GMAT (for post graduate). Write, at least, one standardized exam! It indicates your seriousness to study. If you're running away from writing a standardized exam, how else can you prove to the VO that you're a serious student??

If you must not write any standardized exam, come up with cogent reasons why you didn't write any. The usual my-school-did-not-require-it reason is a useless reason and will fail to work for you flatly as you'd see during the interview. Reasons such as, 'I took A level courses at so-university (if going for UG) and because of my performance my school waived the SAT requirement' is an excellent reason to give. For masters, saying that 'I did some post graduate courses in my proposed master's field for 6/12months at yyy university and because of my performance my school waived the GRE/GMAT for me' is a better reason to give. If you're banking on getting an exemption letter from your school saying they did not ask you for TOEFL/SAT/GRE etc and presenting it to the VO as your alibi, I'm sorry for you. You're heading for denial.

2) That was another error you made during your interview. Your mentioned course of study differed from what was on the I-20 and this also served to impress on the VO that you're not a serious student and that your actual intent of going to America is not to study but to escape the country. In other words, you're a potential immigrant. In your next interview, mention exactly what's written on your I-20, for consistency's sake.

3) You made another big mistake there by mentioning you applied to only one school. Mentioning you applied only to one school is a big no-no to the VOs. They've been trained to infer that students who applied to only one school are unserious but applying to as many as 3/4/5 schools indicates that the student is serious about studying. I'm sorry, but that's how they've been trained. And to get your visa, you'll have to dance to their music. In your next interview, when asked this question you mention you applied to 3 or 4 universities. The next question will be your number of accepts and rejects, please mention 2 accepts 1 reject (if 3 is the total) or 3 accepts 1 reject (if 4 is the total). They believe that if you have more accepts than rejects you're academically good to have landed all those accepts. Come up with your imaginary list of 3 or 4 schools, including this one you're going to. The VOs have no way of knowing if your list of schools is true or not and they usually don't bother to check.

4) And lastly, you mentioned family business. You made a mistake there. You would have mentioned it was your father's personal business. Mentioning family business means the whole family is dependent on it and that means that the whole business profit will be used up by all the family members dependent on it, thus invalidating the capability of sponsoring your foreign study which consumes lot of cash. My opinion is next time, mention that the business is your father's private business.

You did well in the other parts of your interview. Please before going back for your next interview, make sure you go through this thread well and read it thoroughly. Lots of interview tips have been laid out here and there. The only sacrifice on your part is to read and pick them up.

fadinus: congrats smartguy and teejay...enjoy ur stay in America..@smartguy u go lyk beer gaan o,1759 tinz.

babsharon:

Check ur mail bro..... cheers

bigfrancis21:

No. Her SEVIS fee is still valid. What does she need a new I-20 form for? She should use her old I-20 again unless there's a mistake on it which she contacted her school and told and they're preparing for her a new one. The only new payment she has to make is a another visa fee of N26,400. Her SEVIS, and I-20 still remain valid.

idalex:

pls I have a question, do u mean if someone get a denial he will still have to make another payment of visa fee of N26,400 when reapplying? thanx

St.Frank:


Thank you so much bigfrancis21, God will bless you u abundantly, have few questions to ask, first you mentioned up here that i should come up with a good reason "like this I took A level courses at so-university" should incase the VO ask why i didn't write any of the standardized exam,my question is, should it be any Nigerian uni? and what if the VO ask what courses i took and for how long? and lastly my previous DS-160 form wasn't filled by me, so please people how do i fill a new one to get me another confirmation code or do i need to edit the previous? Waiting replies o.. THANKS

bigfrancis21: Congratulations Teejay and SmartGuy!

Lagos embassy has been having higher approvals than Abuja of recent. Who noticed this, anyone?

idalex: Pls help me with a copy of Sample/Format of Letter of Employment and Study leave Letter. my email is idalex85[at]yahoo[dot]com.
thanx

babsharon:

Check ur mail bro..... cheers

idusystem: Pls I'm new on this forum infact I was referred to this forum by a friend of mine. I applied to NCCU for MPA (Master in Public Admin). I was denied visa in my first interview on 10 of June. I have applied again. Pls I need help.
Below was my last encounter with vo:

me: good morning
vo: pass me ur document
me: I gave her my documents
vo: why do you want to study abroad?
me: I told her
vo: what school are going for?
me: I told her NCCU
vo: Who is ur sponsor?
me: I told her my employer and handed her letter of sponsorship and bank statement.
vo: what are your roles and why should they lavish such an amount of money on u?
me: I told her I've been working there for 12 years and I'm one of the manager and.....she cut me in
vo: are you married?
me: I told her yes with two kids?
vo: Are u going with them?
me: said no.
vo: I'm sorry u have not convince me enough......... and I was denied.
Pls I dont really understand what she mean by you have not convince me? Is it about my family or about my sponsors? She dont even ask for GRE or TOEFL.
Pls help me on what to say on what are your roles and why should they lavish such an amount of money on u?

Thank u.

bigfrancis21:

It must not be at a university. Mentioning polytechnic will be better. If the VO prods further you come up with something nau. Like you did 6 courses, 3 each semester for 9 months.

You need to fill out a new DS 160 in order to reapply. You can't use the previous one. Visit http://ceac.state.gov/ceac/ to fill out a new DS-160 and submit. Then copy out its application code, visit the visa booking site on http://cgifederal.force.com to book your visa.