segunbolawole:
It's a lot to worry about o,

Nehemiah77:
Good day fam. My visa was approved this morning at Lagos consulate.
I had a full tuition waiver with 13,300usd deficit. Used uncle as my sponsor. VO didn't as for his SOA.
I will share my transcript shortly.

Wretch32:
What private groups?
You think it’s that easy to get away from being monitored/ watched?
The more private you try to get, the easier for them to infiltrate with a mole
Y’all just need to keep it clean and honest and stop posting anything out of your ass on the internet.

TheZed:
you should only worry if you plan on committing fraud. If that’s not the case it’s nothing to really fret about

LagosismyHome:


But is not today .... been on nairaland actively 2 years and have seen Vo here now and there. There was one who used to comment on post here

fairheart:
DOES FUNDING GUARANTEES VISA?
No! Don't be deceived, it doesn't! Funding only covers you in the area of affordability, that is, with funding, you automatically demonstrates you'll not drop out of status and become a public burden on the US government should your F1 be approved. Your scholarship or funding does not make you eligible for the visa as you'll still need to demonstrates other factors, and that you're a genuine student and not using the F1 visa category to migrate.

DOES ABSENCE OF FUNDING MEAN AUTOMATIC REFUSAL?
No! One thing you need to understand is that, many students have studied in the US without a dime in scholarship from the school. Funding itself is said to be merit-based, and usually very competitive. But not having funding does not mean you'll be refused the F1 visa. Many students have been approved without it, especially when you demonstrates other factor and able to convince the VO.

SO, WHAT DOES THE CONSULAR USE TO DETERMINE AN APPROVAL?
There is no single factor or yardstick by which F1 eligibility is determined. Timing (that you go to the interview), home-ties, the quality of your response to consular questions, the university you're going to, cost of attendance, program you're going to study, type of degree and age factored combined, visa application history for US visa and Canadian visa, and somewhat, but not the least, the mood of the consular and the God-favoured factor. One, two or more of these factors come into play to determine an approval. This is to say, there is no single single, ultimate factor or angle your eligibility will be viewed from. So, it is very important to know what you are doing.

Those of you saying Abuja is better, hmm, no! Lagos or Abuja, na same. It is like saying you'll be successful in life ONLY when you travel abroad. That perspective itself will shackle you from living your best life and being successful in life. You'd be limiting your own potential and shut your mind from opportunities where you're.The location you choose for your interview does not determine or help in anyway. Go to the embassy your mind choose, or that there's favourable date.

Put yourself together. Whether you see it as such or not, it is not every applicant that will be granted their visas. But being refused does not mean it is over. I think the reason there is a thread like this is to help you learn from others. So, ask questions. I mean, ask intelligent and critical questions, not the one you can answer for yourself by thinking or using Google.com. Or you risk being ridiculed and avoided! Also cultivate the habit of reading as I have noticed that some students here hate that. If you don't love reading, this thread will bore you.

And please, stop the copy-copy transcripts. If you want to say what Student A and B said to get an approval, it may backfire.
If you need money, abeg manage this 100 kobo

Justabama:
Please av been on AP for almost a month now. The vo approved my visa and gave me the white slip and a yellow slip where he marked Administrative processing pending when my uncles bank statement is verified, he also said something about a life ban it it comes out fake, of course its 100% original and inflow and outflow of about 700m in the last one year... Am getting worried cos its taking time and I keep refreshing this CEAC website every 5 mins.. Please who has been in similar situation and how did it turn out Please o talk

marcDgreat:
SORRY BUT YOU MADE A HUGE MISTAKE !!!
a Us visa is used for entering and leaving the united states and does not need to be renewed as long as your wife was a student and was IN STATUS she didn't need to come back to renew anything, as long as she remained IN STATUS through out the period of study.
That is why for visiting visa despite having a validity period of 2 years there is a 6months stay duration per travel, and if you stay more than 6months your are OUT OF STATUS your visiting visa may still be valid but you are OUT OF STATUS.
The key is to always REMAIN IN STATUS
You should have done some due diligence by researching on the topic before telling her to come back and renew.
Sorry but your situation seems quite dire.
As a solution i think you should get an immigration attorney and see if the denial can be appealed.
i also wanted to ask under wat immigration law clause was she denied was is 214b or another one ?
Hopefully its not under 212(a)(9) or 212(a)(6)(C)(i).


She was denied under 214B

Roland17:


She was clearly denied the visa because she utilized public health insurance that she did not qualify for. Now that the problem has been established, I will give my opinion and suggestions with hopes they are good enough to resolve this problem.

Firstly, she must contact her school and update them of the current situation. Secondly, you have to clarify if your wife used Medicare or Medicaid? They are two different kinds of public health insurance here in the US. I don't think your wife would qualify for Medicare as you described in your post because it is more so supplemental health insurance in addition to Medicaid or private insurance for people who are 65 years or older, young with certain kinds of disabilities or people with some kind of permanent diagnosis like kidney failure, cancer. Furthermore, Medicare has Part A, B, and D coverage. So I think she used Medicaid.

In your 2nd paragraph, you mentioned she registered for health insurance, was this private insurance in addition to Medicaid? or was this the stand-alone Medicaid? Does her I-20 provide health insurance coverage for her? Did she make any premium payments (monthly, quarterly/bi-annual) to the school for health insurance? If she did, have the school print proof of premiums paid thus far. if she had private insurance she must have been issued a health insurance card. You can also contact the insurance company to send a detailed proof of insurance that summarizes her coverage and all her payments. Also, does the school fees cover health insurance or just tuition? if the fees cover health insurance request and gather proof from the school.

If in the instance she did not do any of the above, the next option will be to contact the hospital where your wife had the delivery and ask to speak with a supervisor from the business/ accounts department. Explain to the representative that you would love to reverse the charge and pay out of pocket instead of having Medicaid cover the expenses. Ask them to send you the total bill and when you make the payment, have them reverse the charge from Medicaid to private (out of pocket) with proof of payment showing your name or her name as the payee. Remember you need to have the funds and make the payment to the hospital before the hospital can reverse the charge to show you made the payment out of pocket. Go a step further and have the hospital show proof that they refunded Medicaid the payment they made on her behalf because that is the onus of the issue.

Sadly, you are unable to appeal a visa denial for F1 and most non-immigrant visas. You guys would have to start all over again with the process of reapplying for a visa and when you are completing the DS160 form you would have the opportunity to write a detailed explanation as to why she was previously denied a visa. This section is very important because it would furnish the assigned CO with requisite information needed before the interview date, you can also attach copies of proof of payment if there is space to do that. When she gets to the interview stage, she will have the opportunity to explain this scenario through a direct or indirect question from the consular officer. If it is indirect, she has to be smart enough to recognize the direction of the question so she can detail with proof the reason for her previous denial and how it has been rectified. She has to be able to make a compelling argument that is logical and shows due diligence and good faith.

Finally, you will have to show remorse to your wife, be mentally strong, patient, tolerant and exhibit high levels of emotional intelligence because you are going to have one very upset and angry wife at home.

Stay strong and pray, there is nothing prayer can not change if you put the work in!!

LordSir1:
Hello..my visa was approved some days back, I really learnt a lot from this forum and hopefully someone can learn from this too. Overall the interview was good, the VO was really nice. I thought the interview was going to be in an enclosed space though lol

Visa Approved

VO: you're going to the US, tell me about this?
Me: I'm going to the US for a Master's in Engineering with a focua in industrial automation and control at Texas Tech University.

VO:what will this course do for you?
ME: Upon graduation and completion of my Masters program, I will be a skilled and highly proficient Control Engineer applying advanced automation processes in production system. This is a skill that is in high demand in Nigeria especially in the manufacturing and production industry, from the oil and gas sector down to the production of consumer goods. I plan on returning back to Nigeria to apply this skill and take advantage of this opportunity.

VO: how many schools did you apply to?
Me: I applied to four schs..mentioned them.

VO: how many admitted you?
Me: I got into 3.. Mentioned them

VO: why Texas tech?
Me: Apart from the Whitacre (I'm not sure I pronounced this right) college of engineering at Texas tech being highly prestigious and well respected, I am keen on joining an ongoing research in pulsed power and control led by Dr Dickens, this is a great and direct step up from my undergraduate thesis were I also worked using pulse width modulation. I also received a partial scholarship at tech.

VO: when did you finish sch and what have you been doing?
Me: I graduated with a BSc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in Nov 2017 and was mobilized for national service in January 2018. I served as a physics and ICT teacher in a federal government sch and I completed my service in Jan 2018. During this period, I took several refresher and graduate preparatory classes as part of my preparation for graduate sch.

VO: who is sponsoring you?
Me: my father

VO: **asked for his SOA

VO: what does he do?

VO: have you been to any other country?
Me: yes, I had bachelor's degree in Ghana

VO: I'll be approving your visa............

I stuttered a bit and I won't say my delivery was exactly the best but that was it. God did it. Again thank you.

PS: if you're also heading to Texas tech or already there, send me a pm if you don't mind.

Drekales:


Yes That's my point bro.

We should be careful what we discuss here.
It will come back to hunt us.

LordSir1:
Hello..my visa was approved some days back, I really learnt a lot from this forum and hopefully someone can learn from this too. Overall the interview was good, the VO was really nice. I thought the interview was going to be in an enclosed space though lol

Visa Approved

VO: you're going to the US, tell me about this?
Me: I'm going to the US for a Master's in Engineering with a focua in industrial automation and control at Texas Tech University.

VO:what will this course do for you?
ME: Upon graduation and completion of my Masters program, I will be a skilled and highly proficient Control Engineer applying advanced automation processes in production system. This is a skill that is in high demand in Nigeria especially in the manufacturing and production industry, from the oil and gas sector down to the production of consumer goods. I plan on returning back to Nigeria to apply this skill and take advantage of this opportunity.

VO: how many schools did you apply to?
Me: I applied to four schs..mentioned them.

VO: how many admitted you?
Me: I got into 3.. Mentioned them

VO: why Texas tech?
Me: Apart from the Whitacre (I'm not sure I pronounced this right) college of engineering at Texas tech being highly prestigious and well respected, I am keen on joining an ongoing research in pulsed power and control led by Dr Dickens, this is a great and direct step up from my undergraduate thesis were I also worked using pulse width modulation. I also received a partial scholarship at tech.

VO: when did you finish sch and what have you been doing?
Me: I graduated with a BSc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in Nov 2017 and was mobilized for national service in January 2018. I served as a physics and ICT teacher in a federal government sch and I completed my service in Jan 2018. During this period, I took several refresher and graduate preparatory classes as part of my preparation for graduate sch.

VO: who is sponsoring you?
Me: my father

VO: **asked for his SOA

VO: what does he do?

VO: have you been to any other country?
Me: yes, I had bachelor's degree in Ghana

VO: I'll be approving your visa............

I stuttered a bit and I won't say my delivery was exactly the best but that was it. God did it. Again thank you.

PS: if you're also heading to Texas tech or already there, send me a pm if you don't mind.

fairheart:
DOES FUNDING GUARANTEES VISA?
No! Don't be deceived, it doesn't! Funding only covers you in the area of affordability, that is, with funding, you automatically demonstrates you'll not drop out of status and become a public burden on the US government should your F1 be approved. Your scholarship or funding does not make you eligible for the visa as you'll still need to demonstrates other factors, and that you're a genuine student and not using the F1 visa category to migrate.

DOES ABSENCE OF FUNDING MEAN AUTOMATIC REFUSAL?
No! One thing you need to understand is that, many students have studied in the US without a dime in scholarship from the school. Funding itself is said to be merit-based, and usually very competitive. But not having funding does not mean you'll be refused the F1 visa. Many students have been approved without it, especially when you demonstrates other factor and able to convince the VO.

SO, WHAT DOES THE CONSULAR USE TO DETERMINE AN APPROVAL?
There is no single factor or yardstick by which F1 eligibility is determined. Timing (that you go to the interview), home-ties, the quality of your response to consular questions, the university you're going to, cost of attendance, program you're going to study, type of degree and age factored combined, visa application history for US visa and Canadian visa, and somewhat, but not the least, the mood of the consular and the God-favoured factor. One, two or more of these factors come into play to determine an approval. This is to say, there is no single single, ultimate factor or angle your eligibility will be viewed from. So, it is very important to know what you are doing.

Those of you saying Abuja is better, hmm, no! Lagos or Abuja, na same. It is like saying you'll be successful in life ONLY when you travel abroad. That perspective itself will shackle you from living your best life and being successful in life. You'd be limiting your own potential and shut your mind from opportunities where you're.The location you choose for your interview does not determine or help in anyway. Go to the embassy your mind choose, or that there's favourable date.

Put yourself together. Whether you see it as such or not, it is not every applicant that will be granted their visas. But being refused does not mean it is over. I think the reason there is a thread like this is to help you learn from others. So, ask questions. I mean, ask intelligent and critical questions, not the one you can answer for yourself by thinking or using Google.com. Or you risk being ridiculed and avoided! Also cultivate the habit of reading as I have noticed that some students here hate that. If you don't love reading, this thread will bore you.

And please, stop the copy-copy transcripts. If you want to say what Student A and B said to get an approval, it may backfire.
If you need money, abeg manage this 100 kobo

blacbard:
So for those who have had their Visas approved and are looking to book a flight. There is this App that's gives students discounted prices for flights and hotels. You will need to upload your Visa and admission letter.
The name is STUDENT UNIVERSE.
You can find it on Apple store and Play Store.
Thank me later

Nedu4god2003:
Pls someone that hasn't got a travelling history on his or her passport do they have a chance of getting ur visa approved never mind what u r travelling for

naijatisumi:
I'm so down right now...House please forgive my typo error

Dear All,

Please i need sincere clarification and response

Two years (2017) ago my wife travel to the STATE with an F1 visa, but when she got there she realized she was 2 month pregnant tho she was menstruating and all. Anyway she got registered in the school and became the best in her department even with the pregnancy and all school fees payment was duly paid.

In between she registered for Insurance and medicare as a student through the school to deliver our baby,doing this period she has to chill out a semester so as to have the baby as such she has a semester left but her VISA will expired next week.

Anyway i advise her to come back to Nigeria so as to renew her VISA then go back to finish the last semester and make the family proud. She schedule her interview and eventually got the white paper after enough drilling and all but the VO requested for the medical invoice which she replied she's not with the invoice. She was then told to mail it over to there office at ISOLO.

Since there was no payment made as the insurance covered for the payment we sent a mail to the hospital from Nigeria and they provided the medical invoice but stated it was all covered by ALAMEDA medical and we submitted same at DHL, to my surprise today when i went to DHL for the passport i saw a blue paper. sincerely i almost POO on my body, i read through and realised she has been denied. Sincerely i need advise as am blank right now. I advise her to come over to renew her VISA in Nigeria while she insist i should allow her finish her MSC programme before. Sincerely i'm so sad and sick right now.

Please house what can be done, we got another detailed invoice from the hospital today with the amount the insurance company paid for the medicare. I dont know if another VISA fee should be paid and she should go for another interview or is there a way we can go pay the medical fee and then reschedule another interview as i just want her to finish her MSC and come back home. Please note we paid all school fees totaling over 35000$

I'm so sad and down right now...I just need advise please house

naijatisumi:
I'm so down right now...House please forgive my typo error

Dear All,

Please i need sincere clarification and response

Two years (2017) ago my wife travel to the STATE with an F1 visa, but when she got there she realized she was 2 month pregnant tho she was menstruating and all. Anyway she got registered in the school and became the best in her department even with the pregnancy and all school fees payment was duly paid.

In between she registered for Insurance and medicare as a student through the school to deliver our baby,doing this period she has to chill out a semester so as to have the baby as such she has a semester left but her VISA will expired next week.

Anyway i advise her to come back to Nigeria so as to renew her VISA then go back to finish the last semester and make the family proud. She schedule her interview and eventually got the white paper after enough drilling and all but the VO requested for the medical invoice which she replied she's not with the invoice. She was then told to mail it over to there office at ISOLO.

Since there was no payment made as the insurance covered for the payment we sent a mail to the hospital from Nigeria and they provided the medical invoice but stated it was all covered by ALAMEDA medical and we submitted same at DHL, to my surprise today when i went to DHL for the passport i saw a blue paper. sincerely i almost POO on my body, i read through and realised she has been denied. Sincerely i need advise as am blank right now. I advise her to come over to renew her VISA in Nigeria while she insist i should allow her finish her MSC programme before. Sincerely i'm so sad and sick right now.

Please house what can be done, we got another detailed invoice from the hospital today with the amount the insurance company paid for the medicare. I dont know if another VISA fee should be paid and she should go for another interview or is there a way we can go pay the medical fee and then reschedule another interview as i just want her to finish her MSC and come back home. Please note we paid all school fees totaling over 35000$

I'm so sad and down right now...I just need advise please house

Vhintage:
Please nairalanders I need help...I initially went with a statement of account from a micro finance bank and was denied becos the VO said the bank is not familiar...Nkwni have this statement of account from first bank with an account balance of 153k only in naira
But the cash flow there is very high about 28 million...is this a red flag for the VO

Ajibade105:
What you would have done is to ask on nairaland before telling your wife to come back to Nigeria to renew her visa. I understand you wanted to see your baby but your eagerness landed you the wrong decision ever (no vex). I hope your wife doesn't have access to this forum because after reading the replies she will be mad at you for the period she's in Nigeria with you.

I am sorry to say this, you gave your wife the wrong advice ever by telling her to go to Nigeria to renew her visa. She should have just gone to Mexico or Canada to renew her visa if needed.

She should know better since she is in the US. What happened to the international student office in her school?. They would have just helped her extend her stay by giving her new I-20 and there would not have been an issue. With this, it solves the problem except if she wanna leave the US, that is when she needs to renew her visa.

International student advisor is in the best position to advise your spouse and not you, Mr. Husband. You just mess the whole situation up. I will advise she contact the international student office, they should be able to advise her better. I hope she gets this resolved asap.

fairheart:
That is what we are saying. You all now see coming to Nigeria after being in the US as a mistake. This is her country, for goodness sake. Stop making it seem like she was asked to come to hell and that life is over or that she cannot go to the US again.

Flaame:
congrats, first attempt? What level?