greenskittles:
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.

sonofakin:
No spring 2021 option?

TWoods:


Since it’s a fellowship, you will get paid regardless of your location, so long as you’re registered and taking classes. No worries there... the only problem maybe whether you need a social security number in order to be paid.

kastgeraldino:
No. I'm not really sure I would have been interested since there is a slight chance these guys may not have even contained this stuff by then. The number of cases crossed 70,000 yesterday, a new peak. And I really wanna have enough time to explore other things like a new job or other opportunities.

TWoods:


Since it’s a fellowship, you will get paid regardless of your location, so long as you’re registered and taking classes. No worries there... the only problem maybe whether you need a social security number in order to be paid.

kastgeraldino:
No. I'm not really sure I would have been interested since there is a slight chance these guys may not have even contained this stuff by then. The number of cases crossed 70,000 yesterday, a new peak. And I really wanna have enough time to explore other things like a new job or other opportunities.

arcTY:
Good morning house,
please how months or years does it take for the sevis fee to expire if an F1 student is yet to leave his/her country?

Kimzylove:
Hello house, concerning letter of recommendation for someone using WAEC GCE will it be right to get LOR from the center you wrote the exam or go back to your secondary school?

Eniolakiite:
Great news!!!

Yea reopening of US embassies will be one after the other. Let’s hope Nigeria falls in line soon.

Sanguine1:


But my concern is NCDC daily reports about this Covid-19 ooo, because some countries have restricting Nigerians as result of increase in Covid-19 every day o

mvem:
our case is relatively better than those European countries and western nations...it doesn't just make sense factually why we should be hindered only if they think that generally it isn't being handled generally...Africa as a whole accounts only 0.5% thereabout of the total deaths worldwide and about 1-3% of total case worldwide. We are generally doing better than other regions of the world for reason I can't really tell

mvem:
our case is relatively better than those European countries and western nations...it doesn't just make sense factually why we should be hindered only if they think that generally it isn't being handled generally...Africa as a whole accounts only 0.5% thereabout of the total deaths worldwide and about 1-3% of total case worldwide. We are generally doing better than other regions of the world for reason I can't really tell

TWoods:


This doesn’t make sense. If going to work to help defray part of your tuition costs and support your family is why you want to get a visa, couldn’t the VO tell you it’s better to stay in Nigeria and study online then? It’s cheaper, you avoid additional housing costs and you can work full time since there are no work restrictions in your home country.

You should come up with better arguments

Geewin69:


Our case appears relatively better than the countries in the west because we have a far lower testing capacity. Not fewer infections.

Whether they factor this in or not is their decision. We can only hope for the best.

TWoods:


This doesn’t make sense. If going to work to help defray part of your tuition costs and support your family is why you want to get a visa, couldn’t the VO tell you it’s better to stay in Nigeria and study online then? It’s cheaper, you avoid additional housing costs and you can work full time since there are no work restrictions in your home country.

You should come up with better arguments

Geewin69:


Our case appears relatively better than the countries in the west because we have a far lower testing capacity. Not fewer infections.

Whether they factor this in or not is their decision. We can only hope for the best.

kastgeraldino:
Well, you're looking at it from a logical angle. I'm very sure they won't approach it in that manner. There are other factors that would definitely color their view of how Africa is handling it.

greenskittles:

I see! Thanks, this sounds encouraging. I was already starting to play out different worst case scenarios in my head. I emailed my supervisor but he hasn't replied yet and I know it's probably because the department is in panic mode right now, so I'll have to wait and see what he says. I don't have an SSN but I do have an TIN from when I lived in the US as a child. My dad was on a non immigrant work visa for quite some time. Do you think that can help?

kastgeraldino:
As well as a US bank account. Most schools don't budge on that.

Geewin69:


Our case appears relatively better than the countries in the west because we have a far lower testing capacity. Not fewer infections.

Whether they factor this in or not is their decision. We can only hope for the best.

Friedpotato:
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sonofakin:
Apart from NCDC report and official numbers. Nigeria and Nigerian Government will still be a factor. My guess is that there is something odd somewhere. They won't reopen here if the Nigerian government did not give them go ahead. Look at the case of UK Visa, TLS offices have either opened or already scheduled to open in some African countries like South Africa whose official numbers is like six times worse than Nigeria. The only thing Nigerian UK Visa hopeful got was only a promise from the UK ambassador to Nigeria that they will open soon. Also, VAC office is Ghana has reopened since, Canada hopefuls here are still waiting.

Nostradamus1:
I pmed u . I would like if you or anyone of ur friends who were admitted can act as college advisers for me

Eniolakiite:
An angle...

I also think it's not about total number of cases in each country, the question of "are cases increasing or declining in this place?" is also important. Cases in Nigeria are increasing on a daily. Some countries in Europe have seen decline. Like a country in Europe can have more cases than Nigeria currently but actually they had more before and is now declining, that will be seen as handling it well.

Stevenssen:
Good news! Student visa processing to resume in Jamaica on 20th this month.
let's hope others will follow asap

Kimzylove:

Can i pm you?

HoluwadareY:
Hi guys, you can follow this thread on Grad cafe to see the situation of things in other countries regarding visa appointments...some students in Uruguay r getting dia visas....
Hoping for the best for Nig

https://forum.thegradcafe.com/topic/124591-visa-appointment/page/3/#comments

kastgeraldino:
All the countries that seem to be opening are in the Americas region. Perhaps it gives some hope, but not much.

Kimzylove:

Heyy... How did you calculate your GPA... Your WAEC grades?