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Religion / Re: Amazing Accounts Of Near-death Experiences by bigfrancis021: 9:04pm On Jun 12, 2013
joe4christ:

I dont see how your experience should'nt be shared cos they are personal to you.

My pre-birth experience is detailed and contains some elements such as the topics of crystal children, old souls, sexuality and reincarnation which are topics I know full well that you don't understand. I feel its a waste of time taking my time to write it all out when it will be taken with a pinch of salt. I'll, however, still go ahead to tell you some of it. My memories have always been with me since childhood and at a time in the turbulence of my adolescence I almost forgot it but then I didn't. I still remember my PBE clearly, my current life selection process in extreme details and my mission on earth. Ever heard of crystal children before? I'm one of them. Crystal children refer to the group of children that were born from 1990 downwards who are very old souls born on earth for a particular mission. They are termed 'crystal' because that is the colour of their aura, even in human form. The aura is a set of colours that surrounds every human being that indicates the level of spiritual development of the soul. The crystal or white aura is the highest level of spiritual evolution or growth a soul can attain, coming next is the gold aura, and when seen on a soul in the afterlife, it indicates highest spiritual maturity, growth and wisdom. In Christendom, images of Jesus Christ and Mary are usually drawn with a crystal/white aura surrounding them. That's the aura I'm talking about. In my PBE, I and a group of other crystal-colored souls sat in about 4 rows. We were embarking on a life mission on earth as the crystal children. A few of us were to be the pioneers to be born around 1990 and I was one of them while some were to come later in waves around 1995. We were being briefed on the specifics of our mission and I faintly remember knowing that the earth would be undergoing some significant spiritual changes at sometime soon and I remember thinking to myself that I wanted to be part of it, that I wanted to be physically present on earth when that happens. Behind us were the souls of our would-be mothers who were to give birth to us on earth. The soul of my earth mother was few rows behind together with other mother-souls. My next memory is my life selection process and during selection process, I was looking at my current human form which I was to take on. A being, which I guess is my spiritual guide, was on my right and we watched clips of my life and the specifics of it. My life was to be a fairly easy one, as it would be of others, because being a very old soul I had learnt all my lessons in previous lifetimes and I had no lessons to learn further. So many things were pre-planned in my life such as at what age I'll meet my soulmate on earth (which would be the best time), when my mother will die and the great role I'd play in her life while we'll be together, my being the first child of my mother and preceding other siblings which was very important as my mother wasn't to last long on earth and by virtue of my growth and wisdom I'd be able to take up from where she'll stop in guiding and leading my siblings, and when I'll be dying. As I am speaking to you, I already know how long I'll live, when I'm leaving this earth and how I'll die. My current lifetime is not a long one. I also know that this is meant to be my last incarnation on earth. I've left out a few details of my PBE which I told you earlier are private to me.

As I grew up, I had Deja Vus a lot and those DV occurred at those moments of my life that passed which my I remembered seeing in my PBE. Each time a DV happened, I'd exclaim, 'I remember seeing this event before in heaven'. Not many crystal children were born during 1990 and the few of us that were born then are now adults. Much of the crystal children started coming in mass numbers from around 1995. Crystal children are being born all over the world. So far in my life, I've come across only two of my fellow crystal children that were born the same time in 1990 that are now adults. When I saw them, I quickly remembered them but I'm not sure they remembered me. By standard, the memory veil is meant to be placed on every incarnating soul to block out its memory of and existence in heaven. However, only a few souls are still able to partially remember its pre-birth experience. One of them I met when I got into the university. Immediately I saw him I recognized him immediately from way back. I'm not sure he did remember me and it would be weird walking up to him and telling him that I remembered him way back from heaven. Definitely, not in a place like Nigeria. We later became friends, I approached him first. But I never told him or asked him about it.

Crystal children are known to exhibit very mature tendencies as children, and behave like adults. They are very wise, smart, already know what's right, the right thing to do and don't need much traditional parenting. I see them a lot nowadays and being one of them I quickly know one when I see one. I can quickly tell which child is a crystal in a group of kids. They are somewhat many of them now and I've literally lost count of the number I've come across so far. And one other thing I've noticed about crystal children born in africa is that we tend to be very fair in complexion. I don't mean to be racist (of course I can't be because I'm black) but I'm yet to come across a crystal child or adult that is dark skinned.

I remember thinking to myself one day as a child (I was 8 years old then) that I couldn't wait to grow up fast to begin what I came to earth for. I partially remember watching my parents wedding from 'above'. I was due for delivery a few days before my parents wedding but I remember telling myself that I didn't want to be born out of wedlock. So I didn't push but patiently waited till after their wedding. My mother also confirmed this when she told me that I was overdue by 2 weeks. My parents wedded on October 6, 1990 and exactly 2 weeks later I was born. My mother said when she saw me she doubted I was her own that I was too white to be her child. She said she assumed I was an albino which she doubted I was hers as there has never been an albino born in her family or my dad's side. She went to the doctor and complained and he told her that I'd darken a little with time as I start getting exposed to the sun. I was watching my parents wedding tape when I was 5 years old and the video was so familiar and I remember thinking to myself 'thank God I wasn't born out of wedlock. I'm glad I waited'. Looking back now, how could a 5-year old possibly know anything about 'being born out of wedlock'?

As it is with mature and old souls, I've always been interested in things about the afterlife. After I got into the university, I got a browser-enabled phone and my curiosity led me to begin searching the internet for more and more knowledge on the afterlife. I read a lot and each time I'd come across a spiritual truth, I'd tell myself 'that's so true. I remember this'.

My pre-birth memory has really helped in keeping me on track on my mission on earth. It has served to stick me to my mission because I clearly remember what it is I'm meant to do. And I've been doing just that ever since. I do believe that it was allowed to me to help me stay on track. Before I left heaven, I remember thinking to myself that I wouldn't want to forget my pre-existence as a soul while on earth and told myself that I must make sure I remember it while on earth. Finally, as I was leaving, I promised my guide that I was going to return with a very exemplary life that God will be very proud of.

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Religion / Re: Amazing Accounts Of Near-death Experiences by bigfrancis021: 2:12pm On Jun 12, 2013
joe4christ: This whole thread is delusional, i pity those who will fall for it.
Jesus is the only way, believe it or not, miracles happening all around the world through various men of God and churches are signs and wonders of the reality of the Gospel of christ.
For he said that is one of the sign that will follow them that believe.
I have nothing to lose holding on to Jesus till the end.
I can see the handwork of lucifer (The Master Of Deception) in those variouse NDE's accounts.
It's demon inspired...

Don't worry, your illusions are only for a while. You slumber but you do not know it. The scales will fall of your eyes when you cross over to the afterlife and have your diehard cherished beliefs crumble like a pack of cards at your feet. Whatever beliefs you claim to have, once your scorecard ranks very low on love, you've wasted a whole lifetime for nothing.

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 2:06pm On Jun 12, 2013
annoymous:

True. I got one for $1028 to JFK for early August. [b]Emirates has started accepting online payment [/b]but you have to present the card at check-in and it has to be in your name. I used my gtb naira MasterCard and 'twas hassle free

I was surprised to discover that. A friend of mine paid on emirates and he said he paid online. I was surprised because during my time the online option was not there, I had to go to AccessBank to pay into their account.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 2:01pm On Jun 12, 2013
My cousin going for her undergraduate studies in pharmacy at Texas State University just got granted her visa today at the lagos embassy! She had gone earlier to the Abuja embassy and got denied. Only to go to the Lagos embassy and got her visa. This is good news.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 10:12pm On Jun 11, 2013
Pumpyjay: My interview was for a student visa renewal. I was asked about three/ four question

VO: where are you going in the US.
Me: blah blah university
VO: why this school
Me: I went visiting and I liked what I saw
VO : How do you intend to pay.
Me: I have a teaching assistanship that covers my tuition and fees.
VO: where did you go undergrad
Me: blah blah university ( it was clearly written on my expired visa)
VO: your visa has been approved.

That was the second renewal of my student visa. I wasn't asked for any documents


Ok. Congrats pumpjay.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 10:03pm On Jun 11, 2013
tweetty: @bigfrancis21 dont rename me ioo. lol

departure is 14july destination is houston iah

Lol, Oga Imperiouxx renamed you Twitter.grin

Just booked now on emirates with your parameters. Saw $944.30 or N150,000. Still not bad at all. It was formerly N135,000 few weeks back.
Religion / Re: Amazing Accounts Of Near-death Experiences by bigfrancis021: 8:39pm On Jun 11, 2013
benodic: @ Rossikk

I really want to encourage you on what you are doing in this thread. I have silently followed the thread and has been enriched by it. it is not easy convincing people who know nothing about the inner planes that things are not the way they think it is.

for me growing up in a Christian home was a nightmare because as a child i had past life recalls and I knew my previous past life relationships with those in my family. but I couldn't say anything out of fear that I will be branded a devil possessed child because I was being taught in the church that you die once and after that off to heaven or hell to stay for eternity.


I'm telling you, its not easy at all. Many people are so 1000% adamant in their religious beliefs that they don't want to see the truth. The situation we have now is the same situation that was at hand when Jesus Christ came to earth to preach and met the Jews who were unilaterally stubborn and unyielding in their beliefs. Jesus tried his utmost best, and the Jews who didn't like his message branded him a hypocrite and subjected him to the type of death punishment deemed deserving of thieves, hypocrites and others in the calibre. From what we have now currently, if Jesus should decide to reincarnate again to preach to the world of the actual and true message of heaven, many of these so-called self-professed Christians will doubt and never believe he has returned or believe in his message. The same Christians will look him in the face and tell him its a lie while they clench on tightly to the bible and point at it and tell him that the book contains all the truth in the world. Lmao. Funny one.

I'm an avid reader of PBEs, NDEs, past life stories, OBEs and anything of the supernatural. Can you please drop your past life memory recall and OBE experiences, for my sake? I'd love to read them. Thanks in advance.
Religion / Re: Amazing Accounts Of Near-death Experiences by bigfrancis021: 8:01pm On Jun 11, 2013
benodic: @ Rossikk

I really want to encourage you on what you are doing in this thread. I have silently followed the thread and has been enriched by it. it is not easy convincing people who know nothing about the inner planes that things are not the way they think it is.

for me growing up in a Christian home was a nightmare because as a child i had past life recalls and I knew my previous past life relationships with those in my family. but I couldn't say anything out of fear that I will be branded a devil possessed child because I was being taught in the church that you die once and after that off to heaven or hell to stay for eternity.


I'm telling you, its not easy at all. Many people are so 1000% adamant in their religious beliefs that they don't want to see the truth. The situation we have now is the same situation that was at hand when Jesus Christ came to earth to preach and met the Jews who were unilaterally stubborn and unyielding in their beliefs. Jesus tried his utmost best, and the Jews who didn't like his message branded him a hypocrite and subjected him to the type of death punishment deemed deserving of thieves, hypocrites and others in the calibre. From what we have now currently, if Jesus should decide to reincarnate again to preach to the world of the actual and true message of heaven, many of these so-called self-professed Christians will doubt and never believe he has returned or believe in his message. The same Christians will look him in the face and tell him its a lie while they clench on tightly to the bible and point at it and tell him that the book contains all the truth in the world. Lmao. Funny one.

I'm an avid reader of PBEs, NDEs, past life stories, OBEs and anything of the supernatural. Can you please drop your past life memory recall and OBE experiences, for my sake? I'd love to read them. Thanks in advance.
Culture / Re: Delta Igbo, Bendel Igbo: What Does That Even Mean. by bigfrancis021: 7:48pm On Jun 11, 2013
Malawian: what i am saying is that elderly ika speak a language i can understand. you were kind of agreeing with him that mordern day ika speak different from elderly ika. that is why i said rubbish.

I never agreed with him, I was only reasoning using his logic and using it against him. You didn't understand my post. Read it again you'll see what I'm talking about.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 7:42pm On Jun 11, 2013
Wow, ticket cost on emirates has finally skyrocketed as expected. Lagos to JFK (economy) that was formerly $750 or so has now been increased to $1295.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 7:33pm On Jun 11, 2013
tweetty: does anyone hav anythn on cheap tickets~ direct or not

What's your destination? And departure date? I guess you'll also be flying economy. Tickets are cheap for emirates. Quickly visit, http://fly4.emirates.com to book and see their prices.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 7:26pm On Jun 11, 2013
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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 7:21pm On Jun 11, 2013
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Regards.

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 7:19pm On Jun 11, 2013
tweetty:
VO. WHR WUD U LIKE TO PIK UR PASSPORT

ME. BILLINGS WAY

VO. UR VISA HAS BN APPROVED. PLS PIK UP ON FRIDAY. CONGRATS.

ME. THANKX AND I SMILEE OUT.

IN ALL, ALL GLORY HONOR AND ADORATION BE TO GOD WHOSE FAVOUR I CUDNT AV DONE WIHOUT. HES AWESOME.

MANY MORE OF DIS KIND OF TESTIMONY

Congratulations twitter twetty! grin
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 7:17pm On Jun 11, 2013
Pumpyjay: @tweetty
I was standing a few feet behind you this morning.I was really happy for you when the VO lady said you visa was approved.
Congratulations!!

That's good to know. I guess you also went for your interview today as well? Yours was approved? Do drop your interview experience.
Culture / Re: Delta Igbo, Bendel Igbo: What Does That Even Mean. by bigfrancis021: 9:13pm On Jun 10, 2013
Malawian: rubbish. my first time in agbor park, i understood what the elderly market women were saying. also if you are ever in anambra state, tune in to Ika half hour on ABS. i tell you, you will understand them properly and even the setting for that program is always in igbo with all the nkwu ocha and ekwe. agbotaen is just fooling here.

I don't see any difference between what you said and my post you quoted. Not being versed in the Ika Igbo dialect myself, I was only making inferences in my post from what the man said. He was claiming that modern Ika speakers speak a so-called Ika adulterated with excessive Igbo words instead of Bini words, and that he always likes going home to his elderly father to learn the 'proper Ika' to which I replied him that he seems angry that his Ika people speak more of Igbo than Bini. What then prompted you to classify my post as 'rubbish'? Did I in anywhere mention anything supporting that Ika Igbo isn't Igbo at all?
Religion / Re: Amazing Accounts Of Near-death Experiences by bigfrancis021: 8:46pm On Jun 10, 2013
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Religion / Re: Amazing Accounts Of Near-death Experiences by bigfrancis021: 8:46pm On Jun 10, 2013
lymelyte: @rossike,you haven't replied my msg updated yesternite......if I may ask now,what do you believe in? Are you an eckankar,rosicrucian or hare kre shina

Must Rossike belong to any of those groups to have spiritual knowledge? Why do christians belive that one must belong to one group or the other to possess a certain set of beliefs? If only you can wake up from your slumber and see with your enhanced clarity that human beings are more powerful than any religion could be, only then would you stop seeking enlightenment externally and look within yourself, connect to God and live an exemplary life for that is what's important. Going to church/mosque and just believing in his name while your life is nothing to write home about is pure hypocrisy.

On the other hand, many so-called born again christians think that what it means to be spiritual is to live all your life going to church and fellowship every day and praying 24hours a day. They are deeply misguided for they are blind. Modern protestantism so much devalues the principles of charity, love and kindness and rather places much value on belief only as the main form of so-called salvation, thereby leading many souls (baby souls) the wrong way. True spirituality lies in how much you try to live an exemplary life based on love which is the actual composition of our souls and God.

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Religion / Re: Amazing Accounts Of Near-death Experiences by bigfrancis021: 8:38pm On Jun 10, 2013
Chibuebem: i'm sorry baba. Please educate me. Which other way saves a man from sin? My way is not compulsory. You have freewill. And study the bible, especially the new testament. God is not all that you listed. God is love. But he is also holy and he cannot allow sin to go unpunished. Thats why he sent Jesus to bear the punishment. But he wont force his salvation on you either. You have to accept him. You can choose to believe he is not there. But he is. And he rewards faith. Do not be decieved!

This is the same narrow minded view you're having about God. God is above religion and he is in no way limited to one religion nor defined by it. That is the same point that Rossik was trying to make to you. No one religion can claim it has the absolute pathway to God. You cannot limit God to the sick narrow minded human view of God in your so-called bible. That's a blatant lie. Muslims believe they have their own way to God, Buddhists believe too, so does the Confucanists too. What makes you think your own pathway is the best and only way? Ask yourself this, do you really think that an all-loving and all-encompassing God will doom the billions of people worldwide that belong to Islam, Buddhism, confucanism, african traditional religion to hell just because they don't believe in the christian Jesus? Does that truly make your Christian God loving? That your God must be a truly jealous, and vengeful God with such a terrific thirst for power and an uncontainable ego that he created humans for the sole purpose of to be forever bowing down to him and praising him to soothe his ego.

God is not a religious being. Religion is a man made creation, God is a spiritual being. You don't have to be religious to know or believe in God. You also don't have to be religious to be moral. Being religious and being spiritual are two totally different things. While religiosity talks about belonging to a religion and ascribing to their tenets, beliefs and modes of worship, spirituality refers to your inner connection to God and the way you live your life. While religiosity is external, spirituality is internal. You can be as religious as what I don't know yet be very lacking in spirituality. You can go to church/mosque 10 times a week yet don't know who God actually is. Many self-proclaimed religious people are not spiritual in anyway, and most spiritual people are not religious. Only a few religious people who truly understand the concept of God are also spiritual.

Spirituality is what is very important. Its the connexion of the inner self of every man to God. Achieving this is what is called enlightenment. Enlightenment is knowing who you truly are and your connexion to God. Every man should strive for enlightenment. If you can truly understand that you are immortal and you existed way before birth and you can never be lost as God loves you immensely, then will you begin to see that you're special. God will never doom any of his own to any so-called hell fire. Salvation is only a Christian concept used to control the intellectually weak or baby souls. Religion is simply a set of laid-down man-made rules put to control the weakly minded. Truly mature and old souls know all these things deep down and know that the so-called salvation doesn't lie in the absurd 'just believe in me and you'll be saved' theory. True salvation lies in your enlightenment, spirituality or level of spiritual growth. That's the only way you can be saved from the life cycle of death and rebirth and attain a permanent place in heaven. When Christians read the bible they tend to interpret the words of Jesus literally or understand the meaning superficially thus losing out on the deeper meaning. When Jesus made the statement, 'I am the way the truth and the life, no one cometh through the father except through me', he never meant the popular 'believe in me and be saved from hell'. What he deeply meant was that he is an example of what the father wants us to be. Anyone who wants to be like him or the father should listen to his words of spiritual growth, believe in them and act them out. That is the only way you can be saved from the cycle of continuous rebirth on earth. If you don't, you'll keep returning to earth life after life, repeating the same mistakes again and again. Heaven will not be a permanent home for you and it really sucks when each time you have to leave your heavenly friends, the immense love, joy and comfort of heaven to go back to earth filled with hatred, judgment, crime, injustice, fear, and delusion. Quite a good number of souls live permanently in heaven out of which some have long been elevated to the status of guides and angels and these souls are the ones who lived exemplary Jesus-like lives during their lifetime. Earth is the perfect place, the perfect school ground to live out the spiritual truths we souls all know back home. The test of life for humans is, if you're much away from home where everything is perfect and spiritual truths pervade, your memory is taken from you and you're put to test, can you live out the heavenly principles which we all carry deep down in our souls which we've been taught back home? Can you overcome the temptations of the human body to allow the inner spiritual qualities to shine? This is what Jesus meant when he said 'place your light up on a lampstead let it shine forth on the whole world for everyone to see'. Almost everybody will take that statement literally not knowing that he was referring to enlightened humans living exemplary lives so that others can see and emulate.

Jesus is the perfect epitome of what God wants us to be. Jesus journeyed through earth severally and achieved enlightenment quicker than others. His lifetimes were so exemplary such that God held him in high esteem and sent him the last time to show humans the way out of the cycle of rebirth and karma. Because of his level of spiritual evolution, his memory and connection to heaven wasn't cut off just like many others after he was born. He retained a good level of pre-birth memory of heaven which was allowed to him so that he could perfectly guide the human race. He came to earth to teach humans and met humans in deep spiritual sleep and tried to awaken them by teaching them spiritual truths, and how to live their lives. When he said, 'you are Gods but you don't know it', he was referring to the specialness of each human soul and the potential of each soul attaining spiritual evolution and becoming wise, all-knowing and loving just like him. In other words, the potential of every human becoming a mini God. Jesus repeatedly said it that that which he can do, we can also do it.

The concept of the souls of human beings and God can be likened to an ocean and droplets of water taken out of an ocean. Take out a cup of water from the ocean, you've separated the water from the ocean. Yet that tiny portion of water is an exact composition and quality of the larger ocean or a mini replica of its parent ocean. That water is still the ocean but in its mini form. That is how each soul is to God. We are droplets of a bigger God, whom we all return to after death.

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Culture / Re: Delta Igbo, Bendel Igbo: What Does That Even Mean. by bigfrancis021: 7:42pm On Jun 08, 2013
agbotaen: IKA LANGUAGE SHOULD BE PROTECTED ,
so many ika people will do well to start studying and learning ika language properly , i am from owa kingdom and i try each time i go home to sit with elders and learn proper ika ,and mostly what i have learnt from my father who speaks correct owa dialect of ika , my father does not like adultration of ika , and he also frowns at people using aniocha to speak ika or who always replaces ika words with new found words when ika has a word for such a thing


From your above sentence, I get the full impression that the so-called unadulterated ika speakers are very few, mostly the elders and that the modern Ika speakers speak more of Igbo in their Ika than the elderly of whom a few use use the old ika forms for certain things. And this trend seems to be working you up a lot. My friend, just get over it, o. If the modern Ika speakers prefer to tilt more towards Igbo in their speech, it only seems more natural because you surely don't expect them to combine two languages together in speech because its difficult and also Ika is basically Igbo with a few bini words scattered here and there. Moreover, I don't see why you should unyieldingly be clinging to the so-called Bini language when many of its natives don't even speak the language again and don't even care to. More and more modern Edo people are generally switching to the use of Pidgin English in their daily lives.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 3:20pm On Jun 08, 2013
flynbird:

Ok thanks..... I've never seen a western union senders form but is this how all senders form look like ? I mean do they all look like the copy of the Western Union form example http://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/wu_fm_inter.pdf). ?? Is it this way in all western union agents location or they have special forms for SEVIS payments?

Yes, I guess so. The PDF shows two images of the WU form and a sample of an I-20. The reason they want you to go along with that WU pdf form example is to be able to know how to correctly fill your own form at the WU you'll go to when filling your own form. The pdf sample you'll print online will serve to guide you when filling. The sample also shows those information you'll need to obtain from the I-20 and where you'll write them on the WU form.

flynbird:
Will he have to call western union again after making the payment?

No. he won't have to. They mentioned to call if you don't know any nearest WU agent to you. As it works abroad, if he has a phone book he could quickly look up the phone number of WU, call them and ask them for direction to the nearest WU center. Hope its clear?
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 10:58am On Jun 08, 2013
flynbird: Hi guys. Been away for a while. Bigfrancis, imperioxx and co... My I-20 is on its way. I'll be paying my Visa fee next week. Now my problem is paying my SEVIS fee. I have a cousin in the Uk and one in Malaysia. I'll like to know which of them would be in the best position to help me pay the $200 Sevis fee. I can't stand the stress of going to cotounu. What details would either of them need to pay my service fee. And would they need to send me some sort of receipt through post? Or I just need some online print out to take to the embassy?

Which of your UK/Malaysia cousins will be more willing/kind/disposed to go out of their way to help you pay the SEVIS fee? Its what you should check because that someone is your relative doesn't automatically mean the person is willing to help you out. If both of them are of the same capacity, i'd rather prefer the one in the UK to do it for me anyway, if I were you. Just my preference#

Your cousin abroad has two options to help you pay now - by money order or through western union.

Money Order Payment

First visit here, http://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/I-901.pdf to download the I-901.pdf form that you'll need to make the SEVIS payment. Fill it out and email to your cousin abroad (you can fill the form right there on your system using Adobe reader without having to print, fill and scan again. Saves you all that stress. But if you don't know how to use Adobe reader to fill out PDF forms electronically, you can then print, fill and scan the I-901). Your cousin will get a money order or international check of $200 from a bank in the UK and them mail the money order, together with the form I-901 which he/she will print out, to SEVP.
Ensure that:
-The payment is by international money order or a foreign draft drawn on a financial institution in the United States and payable in United States currency. For more details, see the section on payment by check or money order
-Your name and SEVIS ID number are on the check or money order
-The check or money order is addressed to 'I-901 Student/Exchange Visitor Processing Fee' on the recipient section of the money order.
-Write your name and SEVIS ID number on your check or money order
-Attach your check or money order to your paper Form I-901

Ensure your payment envelope has your correct return address. Your return address is where your receipt will be mailed to. Also, be sure the envelope has both your payment and your coupon or Form I-901. Send to:

By Mail

I-901 Student/Exchange Visitor Processing Fee
P.O. Box 970020
St. Louis, MO 63197-0020
United States

By Courier (to expedite delivery to SEVP)

I-901 Student/Exchange Visitor Processing Fee
1005 Convention Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63101
United States
Phone Number: 1-314-425-1809 (United States Country Code 011)
http://www.ice.gov/sevis/i901/faq4.htm

Western Union Payment
Western Union collect the I-901 SEVIS fee in local currency and transmits both the payment and the Form I-901, "Fee Remittance for Certain F, J and M Nonimmigrants," data to ICE.

There are five steps that you should follow:
-Step One: Do not file the Form I-901 online.
-Step Two: Print a copy of these instructions(print this page: http://www.ice.gov/sevis/i901/wu_instr.htm), a copy of the Western Union form example (print here: http://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/wu_fm_inter.pdf) and a photocopy of your Form I-20. Take a copy of each of these three documents with you when you visit your local Western Union Quick Pay location.
-Step Three: Go to a local Western Union agent location and pay the I-901 SEVIS fee in the local currency.
-Step Four: Review the Western Union form to make sure that the Western Union agent uses your name, your SEVIS ID number and your date of birth (not the information that appears on the Western Union form example).
Find the nearest Western Union location or call the telephone number of the Western Union Commercial Services Network Agent in your country as listed in your phone book
-Step Five: After three business days, check on FMJfee.com to view your payment status. Once you see confirmation of payment on FMJfee.com, print out the confirmation page. The confirmation page is proof of payment of the I-901 SEVIS fee, and you can use it for a visa interview at a U.S. Consulate or Embassy and for admission at a U.S. port of entry.

If you are paying on behalf of an F or M student or J exchange visitor, Western Union may require you to use your own name and address. If this happens please make sure that you are entering the F or M student or J exchange visitor’s SEVIS ID. After submitting the payment, please send an e-mail or have the student send an e-mail to fmjfee.sevis@ice.dhs.gov with INFO CHANGE in the subject line. Include the SEVIS ID for which the payment was made and any information requiring an update
Remember: It takes two or three business days to process your I-901 SEVIS fee payment.

http://www.ice.gov/sevis/i901/wu_instr.htm
http://www.ice.gov/sevis/i901/

After 3 days, visit www.fmjfee.com to print your payment confirmation page. You can take this receipt for your interview. You won't have to wait for the one from SEVP to arrive. You must not go with the receipt SEVP will mail to you. Afterall, the purpose of the receipt/payment confirmation is to show that you've paid the SEVIS fee - the payment the VO himself/herself will quickly confirm online during your interview. The confirmation is more important than the receipt. Once you pay through any of these means and are able to print your receipt online, you're good to go. smiley


Oh, I just read now on www.fmjfee.com that starting from July/August this year, SEVP will no longer mail receipts physically. Receipts will now be printed online.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 10:53pm On Jun 07, 2013
smartguy1759: Thank you very much for the reply... I want to state here that I am not coming back to the job because my company is not giving me a study leave. I that I am really interested in lecturing and research when I come back. I hope telling the VO that I plan to resign before travelling will not raise another red flag

No, don't tell him/her you plan to resign. You can express your plan by telling him how you'd want to take up a lectureship job on finishing. VOs love you PhD guys and rarely deny you guys because they believe that you guys will contribute greatly to their economy. They find it difficult to deny you guys, and especially not when you're speaking intelligently and brilliantly. wink
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 10:44pm On Jun 07, 2013
theHanafis:



Sir BigFrances adae gbadun u,cos d way u settle down n write, advice ppl on hw to go about solving dia problems,May u b rewarded witz success in ur future endeavours.U c bigfrances d issue is with my skul,to process transcript is usually not easy buh I guess I jus hav to apply again.I Applied for one since februarry dis year buh. Uptil 2dae is not yet ready,even 2dae I cal d secretary n he was telling me dat dia is a problem with my 500l result dat dey couldn't print it from d system.infact I couldn't understand wat he was trying to say n out of anger I jus cut off my call.and also I tink I really made a mistake cos den I really dnt knw more about transcripts,so in applying for one,instead of applying for a local transcript I applied for an international transcript.In d case of applying to let say 3 skuls wil I hav to apply for 3 more international transcripts?I also want to know which one is d student transcript,is it d student result dat is prented every semester?in my skul it is usually written at d bottom of d semester result dat 'This is not a Transcript' .pls I nid more clearificatn

Yes, if applying to 3 schools you'll need to pay the fee for 3 different international transcripts. Each one will be addressed differently to each of the schools and each will also come with an official letter head from your school addressed to the school abroad, then signed and sealed. I'm telling you how its done in my undergraduate school, UNN. During my time, I paid for and applied for 4 different international copies and one 1 student copy. The fee for international transcripts is usually higher and different from local or student copy. During my time, the fee for international transcript was N2,500. And I paid for 4 copies, which totals N10,000. Once the destination address for the transcript is beyond the shores of Nigeria, its automatically an international transcript.

Local transcript is one that is going to any institution, company or individual within Nigeria. It also comes with an official letter head and usually costs lower than international transcript. Student copy is the same with local transcript and the same price, the only difference being that it won't come with an extra official letter head from the school and it will bear 'Student copy. Not for official use' clearly written on it. During my time, local/student transcript was N1,250. So I paid a total of N11,250. Basically when printed out, its the same result, the same format, the same way all the transcripts come out for international, local or student. The only difference is the official letter head that comes with the international and local copies, and the lack of official letter head + 'student copy' pasted on the student copy.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 10:26pm On Jun 07, 2013
imperiouxx:


This guy https://www.nairaland.com/airforce1


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Hahaha! Just went through the guy's profile and saw his picture. Lmao grin
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 10:25pm On Jun 07, 2013
RedReact: Imperiouxx, no vex o; you look like a Nigerien or Togolese. Besides, you are not only huggly, you are hugglystically hand- and legsome,
Hahahaha...see me see laughter here o. grin grin
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 10:24pm On Jun 07, 2013
lisadem:

Wow! This is amazing. I appreciate u a lot for taking your time to write this useful piece. Hope it won't be counterproductive if I say YES this time even though I have no proof for his residence now in the US.
This will now be my answer trend:
1st attempt (B1/B2)- YES (in Texas)
2nd attempt (F1) - NO
3rd attempt (F1) - YES (where?)
#lobatan. God help me o.

During your next interview, just say yes when you get to the relative part. Make sure you do include him when filling out your next DS-160 form for the interview. You should be fine this time around. wink

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 11:18pm On Jun 06, 2013
conyema12: Hi guys, I want to add University of Texas Arlington in my list of schools for Petroleum Geosciences, Although I have others like UH, Univ of Okla, WVU in my list. But I really need a school with a high acceptance rate and at the same time would have a good reputation in case of Visa issuance. I have done my research in Google but i still need to seek the opinion of the house, before I can proceed with paying for my Transcript.
Thank you guys.

You see baa, any school that has the name, 'university of xxxx' or 'xxxx state university' is a public research university. A public research university is a federal or state funded university and also a good school. That should be your guidance when selecting reputable schools.

UTA is a good school. You can go ahead and apply and pay for your transcripts.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 11:06pm On Jun 06, 2013
ibkgbocco: I A̶̲̥̅♏ now in d position of an adviser on dis thread...believe me, [b]d favour of God dat worked 4 me [/b]will work 4 odas going 4 interviews dis year

Yeaa, I like that. You can say that again.

Congratulations to you!
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 10:01pm On Jun 05, 2013
Amefrica:

Ok bro congratulations, after seeing the confirmation in my account n other stuff is it all.?. Plus i neva get my intl passport, will i need my passport during reg. ? These r my questions...

No, that's not all. You'll receive an email confirmation containing your exam ticket which you'll print and take to the exam centre on that day.

And no, the international passport is not required for registration. However, you'll need it for the exam.


Amefrica: Help, i wanna call the ETS tomorrow, to do the registration for toefl.. Can I use Wema bank mastercard ?

Try it first. It should work, since its issued by the same mastercard company that issues GTB mastercard. I can't really vouch for Wema's MasterCard though. If you could borrow a sibling's/friend's GTB ATM card and transfer the amount into their account in order to use it to pay, then you could be rest assured that you won't have to make that call twice.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 9:57pm On Jun 05, 2013
babsharon:

They accept Visa card not mastercard, I did mine today via phone call and everything went well. Duration of Ur call should not be more than 12 †̥o 13 mins, please hurry up and book for TOEFL on time cos july is about †̥o finish if not u get August.
Cheers

MasterCard is also accepted. Don't give the people here wrong impression. Two people from this forum registered successfully using their GTB Mastercard.

I'm glad you made the call and registered successfully. Your testimony should encourage others who may be having doubts about registration by phone.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part4 by bigfrancis021: 8:24pm On Jun 05, 2013
adewale3342:



Thanks @ bigfrancis21 in reality i had already started loosing hope but your simple words furthermore inspire me i will put in my best although i have a TOEFL score of 94 . i do know it is not too late to take a GRE test but i am presently working from Monday to Saturday if i did register GRE i would not have the ample time to study very well and have a good score . i will put in my best anyway thank you God bless

You're welcome. I'm expecting your interview success story soon.

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