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Cephas0009:
good day family

TBC

Visa Transcript is now Game of Thrones! Bro abeg come and finish what you started o.

mcabidoh:
Dear Nairalanders, I have been a silent follower of this thread for some weeks now and this thread has been very helpful for me.
I had my Visa interview today in Lagos, I was the first person to be interviewed by a Lady (can't remember the window)
My transcript below:


VO: what will you be doing in the US after your program
ME: I will return to Nigeria to rejoin Huawei technologies
VO: Rejoin Huawei? Are you sure you will have a place in Hauwei?
ME: Yes I’m sure,
VO: Are you guaranteed this?
ME: Yes I already have study leave from work
VO: DO you have any proof of this? Any letter from your employers to back this up
ME: I don’t have this with me here.
VO: Types for a minute, then blue paper…………….

I intend to get a study leave letter from work before the end of this week, then refire again. Gurus in the house, Kindly scrutinize my transcript, all criticisms are welcomed. I need as much information as possible before going again.

The truth is not all firms will give leave of absence as some are not even happy you are leaving. My concern now is will the VO subscribe to the idea of one saying "It is customary of my firm to issue the study leave letter" once the employee submits a copy of his/her admission letter together with the approved VISA passport.

Thanks @sponge3 and @damilare5882

@lagosismyhome, i cannot agree less! I will go ahead and write the GRE. But with a very good score in my GRE, will i be able to get GA'ship in an MBA program from a reputable school? Thanks maa'm.

LagosismyHome:


what works for one Vo might not work for another ....... The MBA I know , I would not apply to any MBA that do not require GRE or GMAT . For me that is telling of the strength of the program so While one VO might be Ok with you not writing standardize test , another would feel that means you applied to schools which are not so good in MBA

I am not a VO so this is just my speculation . ............

Thanks boss. Ought to have written but my ACCA exam be taking my time. Will write my last paper this December anyways. Thanks!

Sanctus1:


am just trying to figure out the error...bro I think you should write one of the tests to increase your chances as a genuine student.

Congrats boss

Ijebuboy525:
To the glory of God, VISA approved this morning at Lagos consulate, I was interviewed by the guy in window 3, 7:00am... The guy is a born questionnaire
The interview was little bit long and though but God took control and crowned my effort

Vo: good morning
Me: morning sir
Vo: Why are you going to USA?
Me: I'm going for my MBA with a concentration in Management information systems at Lincoln University California
Vo: how do you know about this school?
Me: it was recommended to me by my dad's friend who's an alumnus of the school and doing wonderful well is his business, and I visited the school website where I found out its a good school for me.
Vo: How many schools do you apply to?
Me: 3 schools, LU, UCM and university of North Carolina and LU and UCM admitted me.
Vo: Why LU and not UCM?
Me: LU is a business oriented institution that provides necessary academic foundation for their students to be competent in their field, and it also has a student faculty of ration 20:1 which allows students to learn fast and also give them easy access to their professors.
Vo: why are you going for MBA?
Me: it will equip me with the required skills to manage my dad' business efficiently when I return to Nigeria
Vo: why MIS?
Me: can't even remember the answer I gave to this
Vo: how do you intend to apply the skills aquire from this program to your dad business?
Me: i didn't prepare for this, but with confidence I compose one big story about record keeping and workers interaction.
Vo: what application do you use for record in your dad company?
Me: Microsoft excel
Vo: what does your dad do?
Me: he's into Agriculture, livestock and crop production precisely
Vo: who's paying for your study?
Me: my brother, my dad's first son
Vo: what does he do?
Me:, he's a car dealer.

Na so he carry my passport for one side and bring out the white paper, at this point I don't even understand his Grammer again

Thanks to the pillars of this thread
Lagosismyhome
Texrem
Walespring and others

I wish other applicants nothing bus success.

Visa denied this morning by the guy in window 9

Vo: Good morning
Me good morning sir
Vo: why Concordia among all the schools in USA
Me: I chose Concordia because it's MBA gives me the opportunity to have dual degree by taking more than one concentrations and I was impressed by the corporate experience of their faculties such as Stacy Stinson and Tom Scholz a previous CFO at Harley Davidson and Risk analyst at Goldman Sachs respectively. (At this point he was interrupted by another lady)
Vo: Sorry I kept u waiting. So when did u graduate
Me January 2013
Vo: what course
Me: bsc economics
Vo: school
Me: Oau
Vo: any standardised test?
Me: no as it was not required by the school. My admission was based on my undergraduate transcript and work experience
Vo: since your Nysc, what have. U been doing?
Me:. I finished my Nysc in 2015 and since then I av been working at bleep which is a firm of professional accountants and we render audit service, tax and financial advisory. And I av rose from the level of trainee accountant to the level of tax consultant
Vo: why do you think this is the best time to go for your MBA:

Me: I feel this is the best time so as to equip myself with the necessary business and finance skills I will be needing for my mid managerial level and MBA finance at this point will lay a solid foundation for my CFA exam which I want to start in 2020 when am back in the country.

Vo: how many schools did u apply to?
Me: 2. Other one is Lincoln.

Vo: am sorry we cannot approve Ur visa at this time. Refer to the blue paper for the reason.

Mehn, I just felt like there is an app that can be used to determine genuineness of students.

Now I know it takes lot of courage to come here and post Ur denied transcript

Your critiques are highly welcome.

Sent u a PM, Pls check!

Oyindamola1234:
What in the case of bank statement that is not genuine I need to know because my sponsor doesn't have that huge account so I was thinking of using OLUWOLE and my interview is in Abuja for next month

Big Congrats bro!

We joining you soon in giving testimony

DejiZaddy:


VISA APPROVED THIS MORNING 7:30
TRANSCRIPT

I passed her my passport, I-20 and semis receipt before she even asked

VO: Thank you, good morning
ME: Goodmorning
VO: where are you going in the US?
ME: I'm going to Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas for my MS degree in food science
VO: how many schools did you apply to and name them
ME: 4; Texas tech, Utah State, Purdue and Penn State
VO: How many admits?
ME: Two. Utah and Texas
VO: so why did you chose Texas Tech over Utah State?
ME: Texas tech offers a special concentration on food safety and HACCP systems and I will be working with Prof xyz on the use of genomics and to study the epidemiology of food pathogens blah blah blah
VO: (stops typing and looks at me) wait, did you not apply to food science for the four schools
ME: I did
VO: (she became serious) so explain to me why Texas Tech, because both of the schools are offering the same thing
ME: ( stammered a bit, but she already put my passport aside, so no shaking), Texas Tech has a track within the MS program where food safety and HACCP is concentrated on
VO: (Relaxes) oh I see, food safety and food science ( she types) when did you graduate
ME: september 2015
VO: what school
ME: OAU
VO: did you write the GRE and what did you score
ME: Yes. 313 ( she nods and was asking herself "what else" while typing)
VO: Who is paying for this?
ME: my mother
VO: what does she do?
ME: she's a business woman, she has 8 warehouses and she provides haulage and logistics services for industries in the southwest
VO: (smiling) I'll be approving your visa blah blah, pick it up blah, take your I-20 to the POE, have a nice trip blah blah blah

i'm just grateful to God and this thread. Best of luck to you all. Just know about your school and don't cram, because the questions can be flexible and tricky. If you can pass your IT and project defense in Uni, you can do this too. The whole convo was about 4 minutes but it felt like days.
. God bless

Hi, I also applied to CUW MBA with a concentration in Finance!. Mine is November.

barnykiss:
Good morning my people....
Anybody going too Concordia university Wisconsin for MBA in Communication and public Relation should pls quote me let's mock together interview scheduled for December.

Yea, The appointment confirmation!!!

obaxlove:


Please after rescheduled, do I need to print out anything?

However, i think the maximum number of times one can reschedule without paying is 2.

Cephas0009:


Rescheduling is free

No, not that. I dint appear at all as i was not available but BigFrancis already told me my page will be opened for rescheduling 24 hours after missing my appointment

Walspring:


How do you miss it? Is it that your ds160 code is does not correspond with what they have at the gate and you were given a new paper and asked to login and reschedule ?

Lagos

styrese:
pls is it Abj or lagos

@ijebuboy525 , Maybe you can also try the reschedule option.

@DejiZaddy, Success bro!

DejiZaddy:


I just rescheduled today from 27th November to 16th November. There are 4 spaces available

Hi Guys,

I missed my appointment yesterday and tried to reschedule today. Suprisingly, November 16th, 20th and 21st are all available in Lagos. I dont have to wait till December

I don't know if its because i am rescheduling or not.

Thanks boss!

sobastical:


I can help

presently december 11 is available

Hello,

Please, anyone with info on the next available appointment date in Lagos!

And ermmm, i have not been seeing transcripts from Abuja! Is is that th.e VO's in Abuja ask people not to be posting their transcripts on nairaland. I dey fear o

Thanks! I guess am left with the option of missing the interview to unlock my MRV as the reschedule option is not on my login page.

bigfrancis21:


You have two options. You can either miss your interview (your MRV payment will be unlocked after 24 hours to be used again) or you click on the reschedule appointment link on the top left corner when you log in, to reschedule to a date in December.

Hi boss, I am yet to miss it. It's this Monday at Abuja and I realised ystday I won't b available due to my work schedule. I want to reschedule it to December as I will be on leave by then.

PS: I have made some effort including sending email yesterday but all I got was an auto response!

Thanks

bigfrancis21:


Did you miss your appointment? What happened to the first appointment? So, I can best guide you.

Hello house, please I need a guide on how to reschedule my appointment! Thanks

Hi House, i applied to two schools for my MBA programme. I have opted for the one with concentration inn Finance over the other with concentration in accounting. The reason being that am an ACCA student with one paper left and my ACCA can largely cover for my accounting field. Now if the VO asks why do i prefer the school i opt for, is it safe to tell the VO that i want to delve more into core finance as my ACCA covers most of the MBA Accounting syllabus. More importantly, what if the VO asks if am chartered? is it safe to tell him i have one paper left (P3 Business Analysis) which i have enrolled to write come December 7?