₦airaland Forum

Hello LagosNIV/AbujaNIV,
Thank you for the good work here. I went for my F1 visa interview ( Masters applicant )twice one in June and the other in July 2018 and was denied on 214b. The first interview was going well until she asked who is my sponsor and I told her I have a 50% scholarship from the school and my parents will take care of the rest, then she asked what do they do, I told her my dad is a senior officer in the Nigeria Customs and mom works as CNA in the USA. Then she typed on her computer and asked your brother lives in the US too ( guess she saw that on my ds160) and I replied yes he lives with my mom as they are both lawful permanent residents, then she said I’m sorry you’re not qualified and gave me the blue paper with 214b.
I reapplied again and went back the second time in July but to my surprise the interview was more of an immigrant visa than F1 cos the Visa officer was asking questions about my family ;
She asked why my mom didn’t file for me , I told her I’m not interested in migrating to the US and moreover I was with my mom as a beneficiary during her immigrant visa interview during which our visa was approved but I told the visa officer I don’t want the visa because I’m not interested in migrating/traveling to the US. I could have taken the visa if I’m Interested in migrating to the US. Then she asked why didn’t my mom file for my dad , I told her my dad is a senior officer in the Nigeria Customs he can’t leave his job in Nigeria and migrate to the US. My younger brother is the only one with my mom in the US everyone else in the family are here in Nigeria and I have a job here which I was only taking a study leave, I have a fiancée to which to me are enough home ties to Nigeria but I was denied again. I know having her file for me might take about 6-7years before my petition can be current and I can’t wait that long to go for my masters degree. My questions her:

1: If I have her file for me as the visa officers said , can I still get a F1 visa during that process ? because I plan to re apply during spring and can’t wait that long to study for my Masters

2: Are applicant that have families that are legal in the US not qualified for other visa categories apart from the Immigrant visa ?

3: How long is the current wait for an unmarried son of USC/LPR ?

NB: my school is in a different state to where they live, I got a scholarship that covers half of my expenses and I have even paid the tuition deposit requested by the school.