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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Phenomenalopeye: 7:34pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by phizzle20: 7:36pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
Sanguine1: There is also the issue of time difference. Will you be able to cope taking lectures at odd hours of the day and night? This is the main challenge for me. 1 Like |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Andyhasting: 7:47pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
Chacha22: Lol! My dear mark your attendance and be happy in it all. The truth of the matter is that some person’s here that got their F1 visa and come to the States here to study suddenly becomes arrogant with how they answer prospective students here. You guys can make your opinions without resorting to arrogance. That you are here in the States does not mean your life is better off than those back in Nigeria. Let’s learn to communicate without being rude or arrogant. Once again, my dear, mark your register and be happy. Don’t mind all these arrogant people jare. 19 Likes 1 Share |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Sanguine1: 8:02pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
fairheart: It is not that i really have a hidden agenda about going to the US, but we all know that schooling in the US is more beneficial than doing it online. In the US i Will be schooling and work and together with my stipends to support myself financially, forget about that i have sponsor remember am going to be the one sort myself out for about 80% of my expenses because I am a working class here with wife and kid too. So going to the US will make the studies very easy for me and i Will also be able to cater for my wife and kid that i left behind here in Nigeria out what I am earning from the part-time job I will be doing there now. At all at all I must be able to pay for their house rent and feedings here in Nigeria now. But schooling online here in Nigeria, all these benefits would be lost now. This is my plan oooo 3 Likes |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Andyhasting: 8:10pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
Sanguine1: Kuku defer your admission to Spring if the US embassy in Nigeria do not open for you to get your visa. Taking the Fall classes online can work against you just like @Fairheart pointed out. The visa Officer interviewing you may ask why not stay back in Nigeria and finish the program since you have started it online. If you have a GA, ask your DGS if the GA can be transferred to Spring for you. Believe me, doing the online program from Nigeria will be very difficult for you ranging from timezone difference, the unreliable nature of Nigerian network providers with regards to data, you may not also be the type that catch up with online learning too (I just guessed). So my obvious advice is, defer to Spring and ask your DGS if your GA can be transferred to the Spring semester (if you have a GA). 3 Likes |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Friedpotato: 8:46pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
Sanguine1:I have to. To keep my full scholarship. I'm doing my calculations now. #10,000/month for data max. #10,000/month for fuel max. The time zone though. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by fairheart(m): 8:56pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
Sanguine1: Oh no, please don't misunderstand me. I never inferred you have a hidden agenda at all. The truth is, I even commend your planning to take your first semester from Nigeria, and if you ask me, I have no opinion against that. I am just looking at implication of getting the visa after you complete the first semester. Also, it is MBA, which is currently taken up by "online program" by most US universities. I hope you get me now. Nevertheless, let us be sanguine about things. Please DM me and let's talk. Didn't know I have been talking to bros 4 Likes |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by HoluwadareY(m): 8:58pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
sheke01: Mehn broh...why are you so rude? I hope you find peace o 7 Likes |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by fairheart(m): 8:59pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
Friedpotato: O ma wa alright |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Friedpotato: 9:05pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
Sanguine1: Personally I think you should defer to spring especially since you're paying yourself and you have a family. As for if you're asked why you didn't just continue with the online classes instead. Just google, "why onsite classes are better than online classes", you should find an answer for the V.O with that. 2 Likes |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by fairheart(m): 9:06pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
This thread is very sweet. There's no day I come here that I don't learn something and laugh. The most interesting thread on Nairaland 10 Likes 1 Share |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Cocao(f): 9:14pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
Andyhasting: While I have already buried this matter, I want to say that I agree with you. If you have been placed in a position to know better, you don't use that opportunity to talk down on others. This life can take sharp turns that you may never see coming. It's just what it is. There is a way to talk to people and pass across your message without firing gunshots. You don't bring grenades to a broom stick battle because you feel you know more. Keep the arrogance down. 24 Likes 1 Share |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by UhnNah: 9:41pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
Cocao: Is that even arrogance or just ignorance? Told him the same thing few weeks ago! As if students here don’t know the situation...They know the timing is horrible,no need to constantly remind people about it! Anyways,speaking of embassy! I feel like alot of embassies/VAC’S will open after Nigeria resumes international flights which i think should be mid/july ending! 1 Like |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by sheke01: 9:47pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
HoluwadareY: rude? You are so funny Someone quoted where I tried to explain that ICE has nothing to do with embassy reopening and she also tried to say am preventing people from having hopes, like I have a personal agenda against optimism and I responded, then am being rude. Some of you guys want people to just be telling you want you want to hear. But unfortunately not everyone is wired that way. You can call me all the names in the world but anytime I come here and see anything I feel is out of place, trust that I will point it out 3 Likes |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by TrojanSnail: 9:57pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by sheke01: 10:19pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
TrojanSnail: Thank God I didn't post this else people would have said I should allow people to be hopeful. If I have said here that the EU posted their directives last week about reopening and Nigeria isn't on the list of countries that will be allowed into the EU, some persons would have come here to say am a pessimist. Truth is a bitter pill. Am weeks away from having an expired visa, I need a visa much more than most people here before am stuck in this country without a visa but I had to swallow the bitter pill that if i graduate without fixing my visa issues I might not be able to leave this country for a long time even in emergency. 2 Likes |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Paragontek: 10:27pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
sheke01: You are in Nigeria now? |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Eniolakiite(f): 10:42pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
I think if Nigeria’s government can show signs of handling the COVID-19 situation well at least, Nigerians can be allowed to travel into countries like those in EU and embassies in Nigeria can consider opening gradually. And for US, I don’t think all US embassies worldwide will open at same time. If some countries don’t feel safe enough or have decline in cases, embassies there might not open on time. The workers at embassies are humans and have family who care about them, if they have concerns about their safety amidst this pandemic, they might not be willing to start visa interviews. International flights have been happening gradually to and from places where COVID-19 cases are well managed. 3 Likes |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by kilankoazeez: 10:58pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
Eniolakiite: Your point is accurate to an extent but it's entirely not in the hands of NG govt, even before we had 25k+ cases many countries in Europe banned int'l flights from here into their own territory that's even worse than ours. It's more about the countries issuing the visas, they need to get their houses together before allowing foreigners come in. Our mortality rate is still low compared to other countries. |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by kilankoazeez: 11:01pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
Eniolakiite: Again, if Covid-19 started from here(Africa) they'll probably ban us for many years until there's a vaccine. Ebola virus of 2014 is an example, many European countries banned int'l flights from west African countries, including those that weren't affected as much. It's more of a discrimination thingy to me 1 Like |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by brashear: 11:31pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
sheke01: Guyy, small small o. 1 Like |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Eniolakiite(f): 11:35pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
Many countries were just banning outsiders when everything just started and was still new.....I feel they will start looking at those handling it well and having decline when considering those to open to. And yea...get their houses together before bringing people in especially for US....Florida has replaced New York now, having alarming number of cases. It will all be fine. There will be calm after the storm. kilankoazeez: 1 Like |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Eniolakiite(f): 11:38pm On Jul 09, 2020 |
Well, unfortunately, discrimination can never end so far humans continue to have differences. Even discrimination happens in Nigeria. And unfortunately, some countries will be at the bottom of the ladder and politics will always play. Let's keep hoping for the best. kilankoazeez: 2 Likes |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by sheke01: 12:32am On Jul 10, 2020 |
Paragontek: Am in the US but I have visa to some other countries. An expired US visa means I can't visit those other countries because I can't return to the US on an expired visa 1 Like |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Sanguine1: 12:36am On Jul 10, 2020 |
phizzle20: Hmm � another point |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Sanguine1: 12:48am On Jul 10, 2020 |
Friedpotato: Abeg do it well ooo |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by pompeiimagnus: 12:52am On Jul 10, 2020 |
Friedpotato: Some online lectures could be prerecorded by the Professors, so it may not always be live streaming. With this, you can watch them whenever it's favorable to you within the week. Still, e no go easy from Naija o! |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Nobody: 4:55am On Jul 10, 2020 |
TrojanSnail: This looks like a not so pleasant information albeit its the truth. The last paragraph is not helping matters, knowing that Nepal's active COVID19 cases and death rate are far less than that of Nigeria's (assuming the general population factor of both countries is negligible). Nepal is not in the Top 60 worst hit countries yet they wouldnt be considered immediately. |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by greenskittles: 6:54am On Jul 10, 2020 |
Friedpotato:N10k for data probably won't even cut it, I've been taking so many online courses (personal development) since the lockdown started and I've needed more than that. The cheapest you can get with N10k in Nigeria is 40GB as far as I know. Honestly having to study in Nigeria will be a real pain. 1 Like |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by greenskittles: 7:05am On Jul 10, 2020 |
I'll eventually have to ask my supervisor himself but I'd like to hear opinions please. I was admitted for a masters with a fellowship, including both tuition and living expenses. During my interview my supervisor made it clear, he wants "no work" for me for my first three quarters so I can focus on studying, and then contingent on my performance, I'll join him in research as an RA for my second year. Now with these new rules and all, if I have to take classes in Nigeria do you think it's possible I get paid my fellowship stipend here? Since if I was in the US I wouldn't have to work either. I browsed through the department website and apparently cheques are paid to the address listed in my student portal every two weeks (if I was in the US). The only available fact I have now is that the President of the University assured all students who've been offered financial aid in any form that the University will honor their promises in spite of COVID-19. But there's no assurance of that with deferring and they'd have to check with the specific office that offered them aid if they defer. So my question, has anybody here ever had this happen to them before? Or at least were in Nigeria receiving remote payment for work? What do I need to do to successfully receive the money *if* this is possible? I really don't want to defer because I'm in it for the long haul, I expect to be at this school for the next 5 years because I'm pursuing a PhD, and would like to get the coursework out of the way as soon as possible. So I really want to know if I could get paid, because studying without any income is not possible for me, I'd have to get a job which would mean deferring. 1 Like |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Friedpotato: 7:13am On Jul 10, 2020 |
greenskittles:I saw #8750 for 42GB Glo. That's an average of 1.4GB per day. - I won't be receiving classes everyday - I intend to use my phone for zoom which would minimize data instead of if I'm using laptop - My classes are 1 or 2 a day, rarely 3. So I think it'll be enough or if more than that, small. 1 Like |
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Friedpotato: 7:18am On Jul 10, 2020 |
greenskittles:if you know Nigerians in Stanford. Talk to them, they'd have more knowledge with this. Also, it's important you contact the fellowship and send them a carefully thought, emotionally appealing E-mail. If they agree, you can contact the Nigerians there if it's possible they receive the check on your behalf and send it to your account through Sendwave app since you have no US account yet. Nothing is certain so you have to take your chances. They might even agree to go through the stress of paying it directly to you. 3 Likes |
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