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jimtosam: 7. Another thing I learnt about phone here. I was surprised they charge both ways..receiver and caller. So, if you can afford unlimited of T-mobile, boostmobile, etc. It will really pay compare to buying minutes. I think most of them are 50dollars/month (unlimited call, data, and SMS within USA). For International call, there are lots of services online. I use www.localphone.com. 5dollars will give you about 80mins to Nigeria line. Try to skype too.

8. Watch what you eat. America has the highest rate of cancer. All because of burger, 7-layer burrito, ice cream, and those junks. Don't try to feel among when you know some things can compromise your health. Coffee is not good cos of Caffeine. I will talk more about this later.

9. Don't downgrade your Country. If you can afford schooling in America, your father is rich too. Those white cant pay the fees you are paying.We had a discussion in our room about just concluded olympics. Even, the Americans there still believe we are very intelligent cos Naija guys dey collect awards here but the two Nigerians around me here downgraded my beloved country and I felt like punching them.

10. always tip the waiter or bar-tender any time you go to the restaurant or a bar. The first time i went to a restaurant in downtown San Francisco,i didn't tip the waiter after paying for my bills because i did not know of the tipping rules in America. As i was about to leave the restaurant, the waiter started insulting me and i felt really embarrassed. so when i went back to my hostel and told my friends about what happened, they were all laughing at me. they told me that i must always tip a waiter, a doorman or a bag boy, bar-tender or a taxi driver 20 percent of my total bills. its like an unwritten law in America ( America is a really funny country, if you asked me ) But you don't need to tip at the fast food joint or supermarket.

bigfrancis21: Wow. Is the $450 annually? That's quite cheap.

dude,that must be a monthy rent rate. In America I don't think one can get a $450 annually rent. Infact in san francisco, the least price I have seen for a one room with shared bathroom(utilities not include) is $650. This place is so very damn expensive.

All those saying the Nigerian guy should be hang are not fair to him. You didn't not even given him the chance to defend himself or even hear his own side of his story. Yet, you guys are saying he should be hang. Do u guys know if he was set up by somebody, or if he his innocent of the crime? Yes. It is possible that somebody may want him dead and put the drugs inside his luggage without his consent or knowledge. Please let us hear his side of the story before passing judgment.

WARYZ: I got to the embassy around 9am,i sat 4 a lil while,and it was time 4 the 10am pple to go in.we were checkd as usual and we enterd the embassy,the man on counter 3 was denying everybody,while the man on counter 1 was issuing every1.i prayed to God to giv me dat man on counter 1,and so he did
this was how it went down
me;howdy
vo;am good and you?
me;cool sir
vo;(staired at is pc 4 over 50 seconds b4 throwing the 1st question)what are you going to do in the u.s
me;to study political science at opsu,and the reason y am studying political science is cuz politics in nigeria is creumbling and we need young bloods to make nigeria a better place in the nearest future
vo;ok good,how many schools did you apply to?
me;actually i wanted to apply to 2 skools,but i ended up applying to 7
vo;how did u end up attending 3 high skools,and y did u choose igbogbo model college
me;(i just divert the question)well igogbo is a government skool which is also a bording skool
vo;ok how did u get into igbogbo model cllge
me;i wrote some tests just like every other person and i passed them very well(na lie o,na runz i use enter the skool oo)
vo;so just anybody can get into the skool?(looking kinda suprised)
me;yes sir
vo;wat does ur dad do
me;my dad doesnt work anymur,he his very very old
vo;so how will he pay ur fees
me;i dont liv with my parents again,i av been living with my grandma 4 a long time now,nd she wiil be responsible 4 the tuition
vo;ur grandma(looking kinda disgusted)
me;yes sir,she has her company,but actually her husband which is my grandpa owned the company but he died and she took over the company.she has 39 houses.
vo;ok cool(started typing 4eva,and i was worried and begging God 4 him to let d man grant me)uhhmm ok go to lekki on tuesday 2 pick up you visa,nd dnt 4get u should travel less dan 30 days to ur resumption date.
me;thank you(as i 1 dey commot,hin just call me again like say hin make mistake giv me the visa.omo i fear die,hin just start to dey type again,4 almost 1 min precisely)
vo;ok bro you are good to go
me;thank you
It was God all the way though,and guess what,i didnt even take my statement of acct,cuz it is a fixed acct deposit receipt and my uncle didnt have time to go to the bank to collect the receipt,so it was God.And by the way,this was my third trial.my dad got his visiting visa on monday,hin com dey talk say make we go 2geda after the ramadan period,na so i tell am say my skool go resume b4 ending of ramadan oo, .i no fit ever travel with dat my old man,him to dey disturb,looooooooll,but i still luv him loads.and by the way i applied for undergraduate studies making me the 1st undergraduate student who got his visa in this month of july.
i thank errybody on this trend for making me get the visa 2day,i started posting on this trend in 2009(me sef don tey o)but i left after i was denied visa the 1st time which was august 4and the second time which was august 24 both 2011.i luv and thank you all for you help and God will grant erry1 pursuing their visas,will get it in Allahs name,LET ME EAR YOU SAY A BIG...............(ANSWER THAT PART)

my brother, congratulation o. I am truly happy for you because you deserve it. Anyway, thank God for your success. Getting visa is only thru hard work and God help

WARYZ: Congrats bro,I pray I share the same kinda testimony next 2 weeks thursday.AMEN

WARYZ, don't worry. I know that God will see thru. Just try to be confidence during your interview and also pray very well b4 ur interview because US visa is only by God's grace

successgrace: Hello House I got my Visa on July 2, sorry dis is coming late it is actually because I have been out of town.
My interview was met to be 7:30am, i was so soaked in the rain despite the fact that I was well dressed.
My interview was just divinely plan and filled with favour.
I was praying within me to be called by the guy in counter 4;cos he was given the visa as if he wants all and sundry in the USA, however , my number was called on counter 6(DIVINELY PLAN).I was just blasting prayer within and I was so bold all dese were from divinity

Me: Good Morning
VO: Good Morning, While would you like to go to the USA
Me: To pursue my graduate studies
VO: What School
Me: Purdue University (I observed wen I sed dis he was already tearing the green card I was like just like dat ...abi na fake… well God !@ work)
VO: where is your campus located ?
Me: Told him Indiana (He was trying to say somefin but I culd barely hear him because the speaker @ window 6 dat day went so bad so I was just reading his lips: and i actually sed sir dis speaker is bad ooo politely with smile
VO: Did u take GRE?
Me: Yes I did, and showed him
VO: How many times
Me: Just Once
VO: Do u have your undergraduate transcript?
Me: Yes I was trying to bring it out
VO: don’t worry let me see the evidence that you have dis amount in ur acct
Me: brought out smt of acct
VO: he just flipped to the last page and asked whose acct
Me: My uncle
VO: what does your uncle do
Me: He supplies Diesel and kerosene
VO: Your school is in Indiana but is close to Chicago .Pick up on Friday
Me:U mean Friday
VO: Yes Friday.
NB:
as soon as I mentioned the school he was already trying to give me the card so I felt oda questions were for formality. This looks so long but in the real sense my interview was just for like 3minutes as against 5 mins I told God
I had prepared so plenty question and I was only asked few.
My Visa was approved not for any reason but it was God @ work hence I return all the glory to God.
Again I want to thank all d gurus in the house GboyegaD, Imperioux ,Jitosam etc .and my special and sincere thanks goes to PHY who I have not seen before but took my case as if it was his always responding to my mail and pick my calls even in odd hours ….May God richly bless the work of your hands IJN

congratulation on your visa!!! I was also at the US consulate Lagos at 7.30am on july 2nd. I was also praying for the VO in counter 4 to interview me that day. Anyway, Thank God for seeing us thru. I guess the rain that day was a rain of blessing. I also want to use this medium to advice future student visa applicants to apply to good schools because it will help you during your visa interview to get your visa approve ( I don't mean that you must apply to Schools like havard or stanford to get visa). A guy visa was rejected in my presence because he applied to community college. The VO told him why is he going for associate degree when he already has an undergraduate degree in a Nigeria uni. Also, try to pay your SEVIS fee at least a week b4 your visa interview. An undergraduate student visa applicant was also rejected that day because his uncle in USA paid his SEVIS fee one day before his interview so he could not print his receipt b4 his visa interview. He tried to explain to the VO that his uncle paid the SEVIS the day b4 the interview date but the oyibo man did not listen to him and his visa was deny without the VO interviewing him. My 2 kobo

bypassit: Dear house,i applied for an emergency request and i was denied but initially,i picked 22 of Aug and i clicked the Auto schedule option and a mail came in and i was scheduled for 10th but my school resumes 6th of August so its still late.
Do you guys think the auto date option could still automatically reschedule me after just once?otherwise i wouldn't be able to apply.
Please help me out anyone who has had that kind of experience before.

i did my auto reshedule twice. My initial date was sept 4th which was not convenient for me. So i clicked auto reshedule and i got aug 22th the following day which was nt also convenient for me. So i reapply for auto reshedule and my date was moved from aug 22th to july 2nd about a week later! So pls try to reapply for auto reshedule. With God on ur side, u will get a convenient date. Just be patient

maga1: Good day great people of the house. I am new to this section and i came here to get useful information (as usual). I have read some pages on the part one of the thread and also many pages on this part 2. i must say i am really impressed with d way u guyz are interacting. my inquiry is based on GMAT and TOEFL. pls can someone give me details about both exams (how to register, how much, must i register with agents, if i must register with one ... can someone refer me to a good agent in portharcourt)?? I await ur good response. thank you

i registered my GRE and Toefl at First Logic in ph. They are located in Ecobank building, along Aba road Ph. They are also reliable.

sha_money: my people please what page can i get the sample letter for applying for emergency appointment..or just paste me the format asap..am countin on the house please..thank you.

This was how i sent my emergency request that was later accepted -" my name is **** and i applied for student F1 visa. The earliest available date i got was ****. However, my school resumption date is ****. I will want you to grant me an emergency visa appointment so that i can get my book my visa appointment before my school resumption date."- Please also upload ur i20 form as evidence

WARYZ: Please who just went to cotonou lately to pay his or her sevis fee?I wanna knw the actual amount you paid to the eco bank in cotonou,so I can know the amount of money I will be taking so as not to go back due to insufficient money.thanks

better go with at least 50 thousand naira. Although u wouldnt spend that amount. Those touts( cotonou immigration officers) collected one thousand naira from me. U may pay more than that because there are many touts in cotonou border. Just try to avoid them by hiding ur document n money.I payed about 42k to convert to d required CFA currency ecobank demanded (i guess they cheated me). Pls dnt go with ur original documents. Go with only photocopy of ur i2o form and photocopy of ur passport. I HATE DA USELESS COUNTRY CALLED BENIN because they have 2 many touts there

walex57: wow ma guyyyy....congrats ooo...men i bin tink say d guy for window 1 dey tough ooo cos e too dey ask people questions but i thank God...see u in california..or maybe at ikeja on friday...send me an email containing ur number walex57@yahoo.com...make we talk...i'll post my experience soon

OK O.my school is about 30mins drive from your school so i guess we will be seeing each oda regularly in California. i will mail you my name so that you can add me on facebook. i will also be in ikeja on friday for visa pick up so i will also mail u my phone number so that we can meet on friday.CONGRATULATION

I went to the US consulate Lagos by 6am today for my 7.30am appointment. I also met a fellow nairalander walex there. so we had a little chat before our regular screening by the security officers in the Consulate. At about 7.30am we were all usher in to the Embassy complex. At about 9am, my number was called for my visa interview with the v.o in counter one immediately he interviewed and granted walex his visa. This was how my interview went.
V.O= can i have your document
me: i gave him my document
v.o: why did you apply to sfsu?
me: sfsu has an industrial assessment center that is use for conducting research in energy system and its school of engineering is over 12o years old making it the oldest in California state uni
v.o: what oda school did you apply for?
me: told him
v.o: why didnt you accept the oda school?
me: didnt get accepted
V.O: what course are you going for?
me: Msc in Energy systems Engineering
v.o: why do you want to study Energy Systems Engineering
me: i decided to study Energy systems because Nigeria Energy sector is still developing and as he may have notice the power situation in Nigeria is not too regular but the government is trying to fix the energy problem in Nigeria so there is high demand for energy engineers in Nigeria.i also told him my dad work in an Energy company that is EXXON MOBIL so i ( v.o cuts me)
V.O: So your dad works in Mobil?
me: yes
V.O: can i have a letter from Exxon Mobil to confirm that?
me: (confuse because i didnt come with any letter from Mobil)i have my dad's salary payslip and his Mobil salary statement of account( i gave him the documents and i was scared because my the amount in my dad's statement of account was 500,000 naira short of the amount on my i20 form! luckily, the V0 looked only at my dad's monthly salary payslip which were in six figures)
v.o: has your dad traveled to us?
me: yes. Exxon Mobil headquarters in Texas
v.o: (typing on his computer)
me i guess he brought out my dad's ds-160 form from his computer)
v.o: your dad has also traveled to an asia country, can you please tell me the country?
me: ( surprised!!, how the Bleep did he know that? but i didnt fill that on my ds-160) yes, China. for an Exxon mobil training
v.o: there is also another country in Asia that he has traveled to, can u please tell me?
me: ( thinking for like 20 sec because i could not remember the other country, all of a sudden i just remembered it) he also traveled to Singapore in 2005 also for Exxon Mobil training course
v.o:how many kids does your dad have?
me: told him
v.o: whats your position in your family
me: told him
v.o: when did you graduate from uni
me: aug 2010
v.o: what have you been doing since you graduated?
me: serving my nysc and will be passing out by july( i lied o. i be batch c and na November be my pop.that is after my schools resumption date of aug 17th)
v.o: ok.did you write GRE
me: yes( i give him my score sheet and was scared because my verbal score was 143 which is kind of low)
v.o: OK. your visa has been approved( at this point i was not listening to him, i was just happy to listen to him) bla bla bla bla on friday( i guess he said my visa will be ready on friday)
so please if you want to lie better be careful o because the v.o may have information on you either thru your family member ds-160 form. Before the interview i was praying to God not to give me this v.o because he asks 2 much questions to visa applicants unlike the oda V.Os but God knew the reason why i got interviewed by him.

walex57: GOD is Greatttttttt....I'm forever grateful o Lord....My Visa was approved today... Will post my experience soon as I no get correct internet connectn... GboyegaD, Imperiouxx, Kpolli, and all...I'm really grateful...men God is wondeful...yankee here I kamakazieeeeeeeee......samiel4u and others...we've started on a good note..."Let's end it also on dat..wish u guys all d best...

wale, congrats o. I was also interveiw by the vo in counter 1 immediately after he interviewed u. I didnt see u again. I am d guy da told u he applied to san franscisco state university california.

walex57: GOD is Greatttttttt....I'm forever grateful o Lord....My Visa was approved today... Will post my experience soon as I no get correct internet connectn... GboyegaD, Imperiouxx, Kpolli, and all...I'm really grateful...men God is wondeful...yankee here I kamakazieeeeeeeee......samiel4u and others...we've started on a good note..."Let's end it also on dat..wish u guys all d best...

wale, congrats o. I was also interveiw by the vo in counter 1 immediately after he interviewed u. I am d guy da told u he applied to san franscisco state university california.

Visa success today was high.I also got my visa today. I will post my experience lata. I am wishing other fall 2012 applicants success

deevick246: Just 2 items basically, which are PHOTOCOPIES of your international passport page and i-20 form. Please, keep this items well, don't let those peeps sight them on you. Be tactical and smart. Again I wish you all the best in your adventure.

thanks for your info. But can i pay at the bank in naira or must it be in dollars

deevick246: Okay, but I don't know about the idi-iroko route to cotonou. I only know of the Mile2 route. From Mile2 garage or so or better still you ask from anyone at Mile2 where you can board Cotonou transport. It shouldn't be more than N600.
Best of Luck. God would see you through.

what are the documents do i need to take alone. Is the payment in naira or dollars?

imperiouxx: Yes sir, if that's your only means. That was how I paid mine last October.

Thanks for your info. Because i just called my uncle in US to pay it thru credit card. I have never been to Cotonou. Can u please tell me how to get to their office from lagos. The documents i need to carry alone, The currency i need to pay with. And how long it takes to process it. I hope i can get it process b4 july 2nd.

All those that apply for emergency visa last week should check their mail. My initial date was august 23 but i was reshedule to july 2 in lagos. The most funny thing is that i have not yet paid my sevis fee. Can anyone pls direct me to any reliable agent where i can pay the sevis in lagos or ph.

Stantiques: I see oo ,
But my toefl is a Computer based , hope u understand , want to know wot the different is . Can't help to be denied at all . But if I cancel and book sept , can't I get an emergency date . More I still need to transfer my Sevis fee

U can only get emergency date if your sch resumption date is 60 days from the day u apply for emergency visa interview. Thats what the customer care center told me when i called them on friday. So if your resumption is before 17th aug, then u still hope.

scopusng: Where are you GEJ?

GEJ is sleeping in aso rock

It seems this boko haram bomb attack is now a weekly occurance. This is the 3rd consecutively sunday that they have attack a church. God help us o!!

Even Jesus Christ sat and eat with sinners. So, what's wrong with GEJ sitting with Alams?

What a sad news.she was a great diva and a legend in d music industry.i pray she rest in peace

Wicked

Poster,that amount of salary is okay to get marry.but u must make sure your wife work too so as to supplement your family income.

Thats a very great way for africa magic to remember sam loco efe