frankie2K: Good Day Guys,

Thanks for the help so far as I will announce my success in this forum.I have paid the said 26,400 in GTB for the visa fee but I have a problem now.I have a friend in ireland and she wants to help me pay for the SEVIS fee.She is as asking me whether she can pay for me with her credit card?Please help me out

frankie2K: Good Day Guys,

Thanks for the help so far as I will announce my success in this forum.I have paid the said 26,400 in GTB for the visa fee but I have a problem now.I have a friend in ireland and she wants to help me pay for the SEVIS fee.She is as asking me whether she can pay for me with her credit card?Please help me out

frankie2K: Good Day Guys,

Thanks for the help so far as I will announce my success in this forum.I have paid the said 26,400 in GTB for the visa fee but I have a problem now.I have a friend in ireland and she wants to help me pay for the SEVIS fee.She is as asking me whether she can pay for me with her credit card?Please help me out

imperiouxx:

In fact, it might be implicating.

lisadem:

I don't think it's necessary...

Ricky Rozay:

What do you mean by " It might be implicating "

I actually thought some peeps that got their US student visa and Traveled to the US, said their Sponsors Bank Statement was Requested from them @ the port of Entry in the US...

Ricky Rozay:

What do you mean by " It might be implicating "

I actually thought some peeps that got their US student visa and Traveled to the US, said their Sponsors Bank Statement was Requested from them @ the port of Entry in the US...

Yersinia: Can someone please suggest some list of Universities for MSc or PhD degree in Microbiology/Biotech/Allied fields? I hold a Bachelor's Degree in Microbiology with a GPA of 4.01 on a scale of 5 and am also at the verge of completing a Master's degree in Medical Biotechnology (Italy).My GRE score is however very low - 306. What are my chances of getting a PhD position? Thanks!!!

imperiouxx:

lolz.....Yersinia enterocolitica, Yersinia pestis and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis What a funny username.

Well, it will be hard for you to see someone who will recommend schools for you. Still the best you can get here is hyperlink to

www.usnews.com or www.gradschools.com

hope those help.

Special note to international applicants:
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Financial aid for students who are neither U.S. citizens nor U.S. permanent residents is very limited. Although approximately 19% of each entering class is international, on average, we are able to admit less than 5% of our non-U.S. applicant pool. Please take this into consideration before applying to the Program.

Yersinia:

imperiouxx:

I saw that too and was so pissed at the school. I don't know what's special about the school. I've kicked it off my list

Yersinia:

I think a good number of schools adopt this policy without starting it on their site as Virginia did.

imperiouxx:

Yea, most schools in NY, CT, PA and MA. Those in MA and NY categorically told me that.

Yersinia:
Nawa o! What options are you currently looking at?

Ricky Rozay:

Didn't they Request for your Bank Statement @ port of Entry...

Besides, Which Airport did your Flight land @?

lisadem:

Just like imperiouxx rightly said, I also don't know and have not heard about presenting a bank statement at the POE.

My POE was DFW airport and I was not asked to present it. I didn't even think about bringing it along. I was only asked to tender my passport+visa, I-20 and few questions were asked after which my pix and biometric were taken. I didn't spend up to a minute.#shikena.

Perhaps this carriage of statement of account is a new development. I don't know. Anyway, to be on a safe side, it isn't a huge load to carry if for any reason, it's requested. When are you coming?

dizyfrenzy: @imperiouxx...
Please I need your help on an issue. Its really important and time sensitive.
I would prefer we talk on the phone if possible, but email is fine as well.
my phone number.

imperiouxx:

I haven't heard that before and I wasn't asked when I came through the notorious Houston Airport. All they asked was the school and visa document and formal JJC questions, another biometric to show you're in. Moreover, what's the use of a Nigerian bank statement in the US whereas the bank statement isn't a receipt that the school fee has been paid. I'm not saying one can't go with it, that's the reason why I used "might" but you can't keep going everywhere with someone else's document.

lisadem:

Just like imperiouxx rightly said, I also don't know and have not heard about presenting a bank statement at the POE.

My POE was DFW airport and I was not asked to present it. I didn't even think about bringing it along. I was only asked to tender my passport+visa, I-20 and few questions were asked after which my pix and biometric were taken. I didn't spend up to a minute.#shikena.

Perhaps this carriage of statement of account is a new development. I don't know. Anyway, to be on a safe side, it isn't a huge load to carry if for any reason, it's requested. When are you coming?

Ricky Rozay:

Okay Boss!!!! Roger that!!!

Will go with my Bank Statement just to be on a safer side, because we never can tell what can happen, policy is Not static. It changes anytime.

Thank God, my Bank statement is still of recent. "August" to be Precised.. Someone even told me the POE is another small US Embassy, with lots of interrogations.. But they said i will be Ok if i have the complete docs to show @ the POE.

Thanks for clarifying this out!!!

flynbird: Wait oh! I dont seem to fully understand this F-1 student 20hrs on-campus work... Is it after the first academic year that we are eligible to work? Or does it apply to just undergrad and not graduate student?

Ms Nas:
The 20hours can start right from the day you set foot in America. It applies to both undergrad and Grad. Many of the international students at my school got jobs immediately they came in.

flynbird:

oh but there are lots of contradicting answers to this question oh.. Some people say after the first 2 semesters which is one academic year

imperiouxx:

Even one carries it in his bag (if not boarding bag).... The bag won't be reached until he's cleared at POE as US visitor. Then he can go and claim his bag many meters away.

imperiouxx:

Immediately not 2 semesters. If not, then I've violated the rule because I started immediately I reached here, likewise other int'l student I know everywhere in this US.

flynbird:

oh but there are lots of contradicting answers to this question oh.. Some people say after the first 2 semesters which is one academic year