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francisabuah: my visa card is giving serious isues paying for me gre and toefl and i am running out of dates oooo,plz help a broda out.

bro, I really understand what u are going through. Pls try open an account with access bank, get their visa card, get it verified for internet banking and you are good to go.

dahfweshdude69: thanks man..wishing u d best...safe journey!

Thanks man and you too.

Graviton2: Flights to Texas are regular this time to the year — August and September have higher prices. I'm going to Texas too.

oh I see!...my departure is around mid august. Thanks

dahfweshdude69: ah!..how come...I still paid $1198 for Lagos to Texas last week...Nah God save me oh

Mehn!..bro you are really lucky to have gotten that offer o. I'm also heading to texas but what I was getting (emirates to texas) was on the high side. I finally settled for lagos to jfk at the same rate of 1198 and connect to texas by AA at 202. Safe trip!

zeezahbee: so ashigolo, what if the vo wasnt convinced, you are lucky anyways. you guys should stop laminating any document, its too local and outdated, i wonder if you go to your enrollment centre or advisor in your school in usa and everyone is bringing out their document and you bring out laminated documents

you are right zee and seriously I was scared when the vo kept checking and even took it in, in my mind i was like 'i pray make this lamination no koba mi oo', I just dont know what me laminate it that day coz my other documents (even birth and primary school cert) are not laminated and are still very intact. Anyways, the deed has been done sha. Thanks

Congratulations to those that have just gotten their visas. I wish you all safe trip to the US and sucess in your academics.

@slimmy, God has a purpose for everything, I believe the delay is for a good reason. Refire asap and go get that visa bro. It is well!.

stevecrun: Has anybody here gone to the embassy with a laminated document or passed a laminated document to a visa officer here..?

Most of my documents are laminated,and my cousin keeps singing to me in my ears that it will be a problem with the vo.

Any experience from anybody?

One of my documents (Bsc certificate) was laminated and was checked by the vo even though it took him some time to verify its authenticity...He even took it inside.

Finally!...I have my emirates e-ticket, 194k to JFK with one stop over at dubai and 1hr 30min waiting time. I'll be leaving august 12th...anyone leaving same day and same airline?

Rijo02: Make sure you call to get their current rate so you dont have to over or short pay.
Cheers

I'll give them a call to get their current exchange rate before making the payment. Thanks bro

McKinzie: Ashigolo, why the wahala of going up and down when you can easily pay with all these our bank cards?..

Search flights, choose a date.. Proceed to payment, Enter your Card Info, Confirm booking and print out your itinerary...

Thanks bro, trust me I know all about that but its jst that my account is not loaded yet, which is why I wanna walk into bank and pay for the flight. Besides that, its a very easy process too. Thanks

honeyad: I had an opposite experience! So sometimes its not an error! Choosed isolo, VO circled VI.. Got a mail it's available at isolo.. Isolo said no its at VI.. I'll just advice you go early so just incase its at the other end where the VO circled.. You can still get there on time to get it..

Yea thats the best option.

streetMic: I got mine but not same with d add d vo circled. vo circled dhl @ vi but my mail reads isolo . so am I 2 go 2 isolo?

pls forget about what VO circled, they are bound to make mistakes too. Wherever you filled while booking your appointment is where you'll get your visa from. I filled isolo, vo cicled VI, the email i got stated isolo and thats where I got my visa.

Rijo02: Thanks for the prayers....Tel: +234 1 271 7600. I just got it from their site and you can do same. There are no charges............just a direct deposit into emirates account.

thanks bro

Ashigolo: God bless u abundantly bro. God will meet u at every point of your needs. Pls help me with their contact. Thanks

And please, will the bank charge me for the transfer?

Rijo02: Call Emirates office to give you their current dollar rate. Then go to any Eco or First bank bt First bank preferable. Pay with the rate Emirates gave you. Then call emirates for confirmation of payment; though they will automatically confirm your payment and issue u an e-ticket to the email you used when paying. Very easy process.......that was how I paid mine.

God bless u abundantly bro. God will meet u at every point of your needs. Pls help me with their contact. Thanks

Sponge3: On the 25th of this month! !

Sup bro, I'v also booked emirates to jfk for next month but I put the payment on hold. Please how did you go about the money transfer or was it credit card method you used?. I'll appreciate your response.

Graviton2: I'm going to Austin, but we might get to meet someday. We were all wondering the same thing oh! What happened?

Sup bro, Please I need an affordable airline to Elpaso texas. I'll really appreciate your help.

Rijo02: There should be economy tickets unless the spaces are filled for the day. There are no difference from what you get online to what you get in their office.......just a detailed search will do. Hope you aint searching via mobile site? And I hope u allowed abt 7-10 days interval b4 the flight. This criteria matters.
What date do u wish to travel, I can take a look n advice you from what I got?

sup bro, u got pm

busyinks: No one is answering me, pls I need ur help

You can start by reading through the pages of this thread, every information u need can be gotten starting from part 3 or 4. Dont be suprised you might even get all you need without asking a question...though depends on how much time you are willing to sacrifice. Before I started posting on this thread at all, I had already gotten all the basic info concerning US admission and only asked questions when necessary.

olakamal4: hello house..I have only posted once on dis trend..
interview time 7:30am..and it was successful.. took less than 3mins

VO (calm and soft spoken beautiful lady) - good morning..

Me - hi..good morning..

VO - hellooo..(glanced thru de i-20) how and why ASU ( Arizona State University)

Me - I first had about ASU when I attended the Pan African Congress of Mathematicians hosted by National Mathematical Centre (abuja) where I work and afterwards did lots of research via usnews/google... 'then I talked more on de rankings from diff sources.'

VO - how do u intend to pay de lil amount

Me - (de admission 's PhD, tuition waived, health insurance covered, Research assistantship) so I have lil amount (abt $6500) left as stated on my i-20 and since I'm on bonding with NMC (not official) that means I still get my salary for the whole duration and then my uncle will always help too

VO- Ok..come pick up ur visa on Tuesday

Me: thank you

VO - have a nice trip and study

Me - thankiu.

(that was all)

:- truth is : my rehearsal as at yday morning was to say 'I was recommended by a Prof...' buh after I refreshed the NL page yday evening (I do this almost every hour) and since I couldn't print out any of our conversations, I learnt de better trick and den came up with the better truth..

:- this nl trend have always been my prep guide..I refresh de page every hr to see updates and thanks to my friend that gave me de link and thanks to 'always ready and happy to help people' here..God bless U all

Congratulations!..bro, pls did you take the subject gre as well as the general gre?. I sent you a pm

Rubywoo: My Bros Ashigolo thanks a lot for today.I was the one who called you about the TNT courier thing.You were really so nice and helpful.

The school had already made arrangements and they've sent it.

Its good to hear its been picked up. You are always welcome. Cheers!

hello house, a friend just told me about iberia airline cheap flights offer. I checked it out and saw $592 to chicago. How true is this, has anyone used this airline?.

Sponge3: America, I no forget u oooh. I salute

sup bro, please did the school request for an evaluated transcript?. I sent you a pm

Walspring: Are you also going to Texas and do stay in Lagos or Ibadan ?

@walspring, I'm also going to texas (elpaso) and will be leaving 18th. Anyone leaving at this period?

Sponge3: Visa just approved in Lagos consulate. Transcripts coming soon. I thank all the gurus in the house for giving me the confidence.

congratulations to you...welcome to the club.

Congratulations to those who got their visas approved recently. Also congratulations in advance to those who will be going for their interview this morning. You shall all see God's favaour. My very own friend, doctoroma, walspring and the rest, go get the visa and come back with good news.

femmy10303: Ashigolo wa gbayi ... nice one......congrats

No wahala man..thanks.

This is how my affidavit of support looks like
and please don't copy and paste ooooo.

The Consular General,
United States of America Consulate
2,Walter Carrington Crescent,
Victoria Island,
Lagos.

Dear Sir/Ma,
AFFIDAVIT OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT

I write to introduce my son, Mr. David
Johhn Paul who is applying for a student
visa from your office. He needs to undergo
qualitative studies of crime to withstand
today's challenges in the field of Criminal Justice.

He has already been accepted as a student
for a full master's degree study at Saint
Joseph's University majoring in Criminal
Justice. He is expected to report to the
school not later than 21st August, 2014.

To this end, all arrangements concerning
his studies abroad has been concluded and
I will be duly responsible for his tuition and
fees,living expenses, insurance and books
totaling $14,000 per academic term of
12months.

I will therefore appreciate your positive
response to his application.

Thank You.

Yours Truly

Signature
Mr David John West
Managing Director
******* Nig. Ltd.

Lobatan....Please I drafted this myself and you can correct any grammar you think is wrong. I hope this helps someone. Note: Mine is stamped and on my dad's letter head.

*That was posted by @bimbola85 and was on page 438 of part 5 b4 nairaland was attacked.

Stewee: My pick letter too wasn't circled...But I chose VI for my pick up centre....
I hope there won't be any yawa?

My guess is, by default, your passport with visa is collected at wherever location you selected while (or after ) booking your visa appointment regardless of where the VO said or circled (occasionally not circled) after the visa approval. My thought though

Feexo: I am picking the passport with visa up at DHL Isolo tomorrow. Thanks for allaying our fear earlier in the day...

Thanks to you too bro.

honeyad: Selected isolo dhl office.. The guy circled VI

I guess it was a mistake on the part of the V.O. Same thing happend to me, I selected Isolo as my pickup adress while booking but the V.O circled V.I and from the mail i got this evening, my passport with visa is ready for pickup at DHL Isolo. So bro, you will likely get your visa at Isolo. Cheers!

McKinzie: @Ashigolo and Feexo, Got the email confirmation yet?

yea bro, I'll be picking up my passport with visa tomorrow at DHL isolo. Thanks alot