Visa approved

28th December 2020. Location:Lagos
I was scheduled for 11:am but I got to the embassy 7:19am and they didnt start giving number until around 11:30 (or so soon thereafter) my interview didnt last 5min (but now that I'm typing it, it seems it was forever)

I was interviewed by a black lady can't really remember the window maybe 15

VO: Good morning, (she was smiling)

Me: (with my 32 I smiled back(me when first sabi smile before) ) good morning , happy holiday (she replied as if she didnt expect the compliment: oh thank you)

VO: Where are you going to?

Me: I am going to East Tennessee for a graduate program in Criminal Justice and Criminology

VO: oh East Tennessee State University?

Me: yes please

VO: why this program

Me: as you would see from my profile, I have a bachlors degree in law, however this wont be enough for the kind of research based career I would like to pursue. I plan on returning to Nigeria to incorporate a private fraud investigation firm that will center on using big data to detect crime in corporate organisations and profer solutions in terms of prevention. (I said all these and more while she was just smiling and looking at me o)

VO:how many schools did you apply to

Me: 2

VO: name them

Me:American University and ETSU

VO: hmm why ETSU and not AU

ME: ETSU has a robust faculty member that are not just educators but also law enforcement agents. Being under their tutelage would me I would get a first hand experience on the working of Criminal Justice in America (cant remember the other things I said o but I sha know I kept on talking.at some point I noticed she looked confused I was like can you hear me? She was like you are talking so fast. I sha told her sorry o nor vex, she was like it's ok, continue) I suffery continue my answer; in addition to this, I got a scholarship from the gradudate school that made paying the deficit affordable for my uncle.

VO: oh you have a merit scholarship?

Me: yes

VO: where do you work?

Me: I work with bleep Bank at it Structured Assets and Remedial Division. Working in this bank also propelled me to want to undertake this degree.

VO: Who is sponsoring you(She was looking at my 120)

Me: my uncle (I mentioned his full name)

VO: What does he do

Me: he owns a car lot

Vo: car what?

ME:car lot

VO: car what?

ME: he sells cars and car spare parts here in Lagos and he also has a real estate coy( mentioned the name of the coy)

VO: oh great.

VO: (looking at her system) you have a brother in the US

Me: yes, my half brother, he is a LPR

VO: what does he do?

Me: I dont know o ( I actually gesticulated with my hand)

VO; which school did you attend for your undergraduate studies.

ME: I told her

VO: are you married

Me: no

VO: Kids

Me: not yet

VO: have you ever traveled

Me: no


She Typed for a short while and started reciting the good news. me just standing there with a big grin on my cheeks after hearing "I'd be issue your" the rest was bleeeeeeeeereeeee. I think I thanked her like a hundred times before leaving.

Tip: na God.

EfTee14:
Yes, you have to pay the Sevis fee before they can approve your emergency request

Thank you so much.

Please I need help with Sevis fee payment. Can anyone help me out?

Hello @welspring please I need help with my SEVIS fee payment. kindly help me out with it. you can reach me on ng.aleke@yahoo.com for further discussion.

Thanks

Hello everyone, good afternoon.

In trying to apply for an expeditated interview, is it compulsory to pay SEVIS fee before the emergency application?

Thank you.

Hello everyone, Good morning.

I have a funding of about $11500 and my brothers have decided to give me their SOP as POF but we do not bear the same surname. They are actually my half brothers. Will this work against me?