sonofakin:
They prioritized F-1 in the few countries where they reopened

Eniolakiite:
US embassies in Nigeria will open when they feel it is safe for their workers. And maybe when Nigeria opens its airspace.
It is well.

kastgeraldino:
Don't allow anyone defraud you or put you into trouble. You can't get SSN from outside the US.

PriboD:


Thank you for the update. Please can you help with how I can book a VISA appointment because on their website after I filled the form and submitted. A prompt came up that " There are no appointment dates available". Although I chose the Lagos consulate in my DS-160 form. I called their Customer care line and the man that answered me said "for student visas, I should get the email from their site and send them a request to book an appointment for and expedient VISA." I checked the website he asked me to visit but I did not see any email address on their page. What should I do now?

Eniolakiite:
If they prioritize F1 in Nigeria, it is still a lot.

sonofakin:
Yes it is a lot. But in any country where they reopen, they will only operate based on their capacity, getting appointment dates will be a competition. Not everyone will get a date that suits them, some people will still have to defer or start online. They reopened in Korea, I'm sure they have more yearly F-1 applicants than Nigeria

sheke01:
When I said incoming Nigerian students should forget about visa for Fall, people accuse me of trying to deprive people of their optimism.

Nigerians take things to heart without proper evaluation. The moment Covid 19 started, Bill Gates and dem dem prophesied doom for Africa. Do you all think Americans believe the low Covid 19 cases coming out of Africa. Hell NO

You have an anti immigration POTUS that is claiming he has done a GRE AT job handling Covid 19 and that the US has lots of cases because they are doing more test. He's implying that other countries (shit hole countries) are not reporting lot of cases because they are not even testing.

The same POTUS banned Nigeria from immigration visas last year and you think he will send his agents to reopen embassy in Nigeria just like that.

The problem is the POTUS and his administration doesn't believe in the numbers coming out of Nigeria and Africa in general.

Sadly Nigeria can afford to keep its international airspace closed. The minister of education already said he is ok with school children missing one full academic year and priviledged Nigerians are flying international even with the closed airspace (as am speaking, a chartered airplane just left MM2 for Toronto with Nigerian-Canadians and Nigerians with Canadian permanent residency). If the current rubbish continues, spring semester ain't even sure for Nigerians

sheke01:
When I said incoming Nigerian students should forget about visa for Fall, people accuse me of trying to deprive people of their optimism.

Nigerians take things to heart without proper evaluation. The moment Covid 19 started, Bill Gates and dem dem prophesied doom for Africa. Do you all think Americans believe the low Covid 19 cases coming out of Africa. Hell NO

You have an anti immigration POTUS that is claiming he has done a GRE AT job handling Covid 19 and that the US has lots of cases because they are doing more test. He's implying that other countries (shit hole countries) are not reporting lot of cases because they are not even testing.

The same POTUS banned Nigeria from immigration visas last year and you think he will send his agents to reopen embassy in Nigeria just like that.

The problem is the POTUS and his administration doesn't believe in the numbers coming out of Nigeria and Africa in general.

Sadly Nigeria can afford to keep its international airspace closed. The minister of education already said he is ok with school children missing one full academic year and priviledged Nigerians are flying international even with the closed airspace (as am speaking, a chartered airplane just left MM2 for Toronto with Nigerian-Canadians and Nigerians with Canadian permanent residency). If the current rubbish continues, spring semester ain't even sure for Nigerians

Schrodinger1:
Sheke01: your argument looks quite constructive up there, especially the 1st three paragraphs.

However, in my opinion, the major reason for the closure of the embassy is not unconnected to the rising cases of Covid-19 in Nigeria.

This is evident once you compare our case with that of nations like Jamaica, Bermuda, Seychelles and the South korea where routine visa services have started. Their combined figures is actually less than 50% of ours. Fingers crossed. Things could turn around.

Friedpotato:
China and India has not opened too. I was thinking they'd even let them open due to the money they make yearly from their F-1 applicants. If those guys don't open, I don't think Nigeria would.

Justochi:
[b][/b][i][/i]My mail to the Lagos Consular and response from them this afternoon:


Dear U.S. Consular,

I am a doctoral (PhD) student of the Department of Economics, University of New Hampshire, to resume this Fall. I was given a Graduate Assistant (GA) job and I am expected to resume on the 11th of August, 2020, which is also the date for the commencement of classes.

I, therefore, kindly request an emergency Visa appointment to enable me to start up the program and the job appointment.

Thanks.




Lagos EmergencyLagosNIV
11:41 AM (31 minutes ago)
to me

Hello,

At this time the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos is closed to student visa operations. In a time of routine operations, applicants can apply for expedited appointments, to "skip the line" so to speak. As we are closed, there is no line to skip. The U.S. Consulate will publicize any announcement on the resumption of student visa interviews once information is available.

Respectfully,
Lagos Visa Unit

Eniolakiite:
Interesting

Let's hope they open soon in Nigeria. Anything can still happen.

gpercuxionz:
How can I defer my admission to spring 2021

Friedpotato:
What if the situation doesn't change before spring.

This stuff doesn't make any sense, when they can mandate masks and ensure social distancing.

The international travel excuse is sensible but the COVID one is somehow.

100 of thousands of people were on the street for George floyd, caboodle of them wore masks with zero social distancing. A recent research showed that the recent rise in COVID cases is not related to the protests held, so it's proven that masks do go a long way.

Maybe I'm just reasoning it like this cause I'm the one affected.

Muleriders:


I am touched by your writeup. I was also in this situation before but I narrowly entered 2.2 by few points.


First of all, what is your GPA?
Secondly, can you spare few time and evaluate to US grade using free wes evaluator?
Thirdly, . If you don't mind non-medical but science degrees and your cgpa is 2.2/4 or above, I will personal research good and accredited schools for you to apply to.

Looking forward to your response.

Lastly., a friend is studying Msc at alcorn state University with a third class from Nigeria. It depends on how high your 3rd class GPA is.

Friedpotato:
Nigeria just extended closure of international airspace till October

https://www.google.com/amp/s/businessday.ng/lead-story/article/breaking-nigeria-aviation-regulator-extends-closure-of-international-airspace-till-october/amp/

solastar2:


Until I see it somewhere official, I am not taking this as authentic.

Lifeisforliving:
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Schrodinger1:


Login to your application portal and navigate your account. There should be a section that allows for deferment to either the spring or fall academic term. Some schools would ask you to state your reason for deferring. This might not apply to all schools.

You can also mail the graduate admission office of your school to guide you.