₦airaland Forum

OjaP

So are you the first Nigerian to graduate for an MS degree in the US? Absolute complacency. Remember what they say about empty vessels,   Never start what you can't finish. You were so silly to insult me first.

nairaspace

I am surprised that someone who doesn't know the difference between DHS, USCIS, etc. is able to differentiate between a temporary and permanent residence.

OjaP

From memory, you were unsuccessful to get your visa at the 1st attempt because of lies! That's innate in you and you just never can change. That is why you see everybody else as you, which is really pathetic and unfortunate. Anyway, you were fortunate to meet some honest people here, Superbrain et al., who taught you not to lie at your 2nd interview. You were wise to follow their advice and we all know the rest.

If you say you won't change, continue being who you are, OjaP. I am glad you are now in the US. Afterall, Californian/US jails are far much better than any in Nigeria!

djunit1

As per your last post, I left in December, not November, and yes I have been a permanent resident since April. I wouldn't go into details in a public forum, but I have an advice for you: always be humble & say the truth. All I can tell you is that these 2 qualities have helped me a lot and the reason why I have not suffered for a second, despite being poor, in the United States.

Again, Washington doesn't control the issuance of non-immigrant visas. It is at the sole discretion of their local embassy.

Goodluck to you in New York City, provided you are still there!

djunit1

You just misinformed. Washington doesn't deal with non-immigrant visas: it is at the discretion of the consular section of their local embassy . Little knowledge is dangerous and a student worthy of their salt should always research very well before posting.

Goodluck!

Saylawchar

There are many officials there that are not at the passport section. If you deal with one of them, you might waste some of your money and time. If that woman is no longer there, ask for the scanning room, & find a way to go in there. Your best bet is one of those officers at the computers in that room.

Again, the best for you, Goodluck!

Saylawchar

Go to the immigration HQ with about 50k, be smart, and all errors will be corrected in 3days. You might ask for a woman sharing the same name with the Nigerian president.

Goodluck to you!

cleverdude:  -1 has a quare root which is in the complex number system. It is denoteb by 'i.'

USbound: You misinformed. It isn't j.

Little knowledge is dangerous and a student should confidently know what they are talking about.

Goodluck!

@ C me o

As a US-based Nigerian who is married to a native born American, I hope you should be able to agree if I say you can NEVER truly have an American accent. My advice: speak loudly, pronounce words correctly, and learn how to speak in simple but correct sentences.

Goodluck!

You do know what you are talking about and I do value your advice, Johnkent.

Oyewolejos: A good student should always think, research, and say the truth; otherwise, such student is just an educated illiterate. A little knowledge is very dangerous, as the old saying goes. Flaws in your post:

1) You ever heard of AOS, Adjustment of Status? An F-1 student in the USA can do that to get their green card if they are a selectee in the DV lottery.
2) DV visa is not guaranteed for anyone. This is clearly stated in your notification letter. F-1 visa is, to some extent, provided you are a genuine student.
3) Being a US permanent resident doesn't mean you can just apply for loans and be automatically granted. No, you must have credits before being considered!
4) US citizenship is equally not automatic for a greencard holder; there are many other criteria you must meet.
5) If one gets refused for a US non-immigrant visa, you have no problem and can always re-apply. But for an immigrant visa, then that is some problem.

seedord: It seemed you were high.

overloved

You might follow his advice and hope it works for you. But I think otherwise.

In regards to your last quote, why should the embassy understand? The law from Washington states that a maximum of 7% of 50,000 visas (3,500) should be granted to winners from any country. If 6,000 Nigerian selectees emerge, that is 2500 winners that will lose their money. Each unsuccessful selectee loses around 180,000NGN.

Goodluck with whatever decision you decide to take!

wale212

I have stopped contributing here but I made an exception for you. You are caught in the US immigration laws and you have to know your way around.

1) If you process the lottery now, then you are a prospective US immigrant. This disqualifies you for receiving a student visa, a non-immigrant visa.

2) If you defer your admission and process the lottery instead, there is a chance that they deny your immigrant visa. In this case, it will be hard for you to receive a US non-immigrant visa in the future because you have in the past shown immigration intent.

The earliest that they will start the processing of DV 2012 is Oct 2011. My advice, do not take action on your lottery now; go for your interview in August. If they grant you your F-1, you can easily process your lottery in the US. If they don't, you can continue to process it in Nigeria and you wouldn't be caught up in the US complex immigration laws.

By the way, you might state the last 5digits of your case number.

Goodluck!

overloved

Did you mean that the last 5digits of your case number is 00221? If yes, your interview is in 5months, Oct 2011, and it is impossible to write another exam. You should go to WAEC and seek their help. They should be able to do something.

But ensure that your lottery name is in all of your other documents. It is very important.

Goodluck!

overloved

Use the exact names that you won the lottery with in further processing as well as in your intl passport, birth certificate, and so on. This is very important. Depending on your case number, there is a fair chance that your visa interview will be in the later part of 2012. If that is the case, you are very fortunate. So use your lottery names to enroll and pass the next NECO & WAEC October-December GCE exams. These results will be out in Jan-Feb of 2012.

Go to the embassy when your interview is scheduled with all your results. You can get a letter from WAEC headquarter that attests to the mistake in the names on your present certificate. They will issue your visa based on either result.

Goodluck!

masepat

$40,600 is just too much! I wouldn't have wasted my time to send you an encouraging mail on Friday if I was aware.  Only the kids of Atiku, Obasanjo, et  al., can afford such schools and those VOs know this; not a struggling individual like you.

naggy

A very small percentage of US schools will charge an intl student $40,000. Most genuine Nigerian students will not choose those schools.

seedord247

I will be unable to chat with you right now. I am sorry.

masepat

VOs' of foreign missions know a lot about our culture. He was much right, and I think his colleagues would agree with him if you reapply, that it is rare in Nigerian culture for an aunt/uncle to be willing to spend so much on their cousin. Both of us also know that is correct. If your case is genuine, then your case really is an exception. But I doubt if they will believe you.

masepat

You have a slim chance of success if you re-apply with same school's I-20.

masepat

If you are well comported during the interview, that would not be an issue. I see US VOs unconcerned with the lots of your documents. It is all about who you are.


My case:

1) WAEC certificate & GRE online printout only as credentials. No TOEFL, 1st degree confirmation, etc.
2) Never travelled abroad before.
3) No sponsorship letter. Just bank statement only.
4) Told the VO that I might stay back in the US; despite this, he still approved. Mind you, people were avoiding my interviewer that day. He's much worse than the dreaded Chinese woman.

I was convinced that I would get the visa, and I did. I asked no single soul here for interview advice or prayer. I want you to be confident. You have more than enough documents.

Advice

1) If your luck picks the Chinese woman or any other strict VO, don't fret and don't avoid. Such people are the best to grant a student visa if you can prove that you are worthy of yourself.

2) Dress well.
    Do not stammer.
    Look them in the face.
    Do not go into lengthy stories.
    Do not show desperation.
    Study your application form & i-20 very well. Your visa approval/rejection is already there only if you are smart to spot.

3) If asked to define a concept in your field, you talk professionally.

4) If I am the Chinese woman or other strict VO, I would feel good if a student is able to give me the longitude & latitude of their school, that of its located city, state, and the USA, should I ask for the location of any of these because this is the most concise answer that describes a location. I do not know why I never saw any mention of this on this thread.

Goodluck and success to you on Monday!

sparta1

I lodged in an inn at Mpape area in Abuja. Mpape is a satellite town which is very close to the Central Area, Abuja. There are cheap hotels there that have rooms for around 2K per night.

4ril

Your reason above is called "bragging" and VOs hate that. It also generates too many questions that an intelligent VO can use to nail you.
I think " I got my admission documents late" should suffice for " Why the deferment?" question. Goodluck.

james

You do not have to do any cramming. Believe me, rote learning does not work when you are being interviewed. Goodluck.

layric

I was interviewed by a guy MUCH WORSE than the Chinese woman. People like that are the easiest to issue your visa if you can keep your answer related to the question. That is what many Nigerian applicants find very hard to do probably due to our culture. I was trying to educate the forum on November 8 on this but guys said I should keep my stories to myself.
When are you flying? Which city?

layric

Where did you have your interview?

benom

1) I only had the bank statement of my sponsor. Nothing more.

2) The VO only needs your i-20; your letter of admission is in fact more or less irrelevant.

Advice

1) Look directly into the VOs's eyes.
2) Dress properly.
3) Less documents and less story. The more documents you show, the more storytelling you do, the more explanations you will have to make. And that's bad.

Goodluck to you on Monday.

@ all

I tender my unreserved apology to all, through my posts, that I have wronged, wittingly or unwittingly.

I will be out of here from now on. Seems I've been stirring controversies. It does not pay to be where one is not welcome.

Goodluck and success to everyone, in everything we do.

So long!

djunit

I have left you like I would do to a rag. This is my last post specifically to you.

sanciro

I am curious to know how your second interview went. Care to share?

djunit1

One certain thing, aroy1 will never imbibe foreign culture, no matter what. Coast to coast, I would always be proud to be a black and a Nigerian.

I guess that makes us different, numskull.

djunit1

"Nigger" is a very highly offensive term used by whites on blacks. Only brainless blacks that see themselves as white Americans utter that word.

Don't you ever let that word be out of your mouth again. By so doing, you are not only abusing yourself, but also the entire black generations!

djunit1


Yes, I withdrew my earlier post because DASLEEKY told me to do so. To me DASLEEKY is probably one of the bright, intellectual, honest, and patriotic Nigerians I have known on Nairaland.

Please let us continue this discussion. You are really unleashing my interest.

djunit1

aroy1 has a magnetic brain. Don't you ever forget that.

1) You did tell ojaP never to think of going back to Nigeria.
2) You did say you would apply for a US student loan as long as you will never be required to go and do so from home, Nigeria.

djunit1

I love intelligent discussions, my dear djuinit1. Let us play a bit. At all other prospective interviewees, please bear with us.

I could remember that the VO said, when he was issuing your visa, " I would take a RISK of giving you the visa."

You never want to come back home; so that means you were not eligible to receive a US non-immigrant visa. From inductive logic, all reasons you gave to the VO must be misrepresentations.

By the way, the VO still went ahead to issue my visa despite:

1) I never travelled abroad before. In fact I got my passport on June 08, 2010.
2) I have relatives that are US citizens and Legal permanent residents which I truthfully put on their application form.
3) I honestly told him somehow that I might stay back in the US a bit, but not permanently (see my post).

Despite all these, he din't take a RISK to issue aroy1 visa. VOs' take tell you that they take a risk when issuing your visa if they have a cause to believe that you are a CONVINCING LIAR but without a proof.

House, please let us know, between aroy1 & djunit1, the liar in getting a US non-immigrant visa. Vote.

djunit1

By the way, my new location will not reflect as any US city when I travel. I am proud to be a Nigerian, no matter what.

I would be very happy if you stop discouraging guys to forget coming home. There is really no place like home.

djunit1

I was not offended at all. Why?

1) Because you studied statistics but could not properly define "mean, median, & mode."

2) Because as at the morning of your interview, you hadn't paid your MRV money.

3) Also, because you always advise our people, Nigerians, never to dream of coming back home to their fatherland.

Godluck to you in New York City.