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Mayflowa:
Do you truly know him? I want contact with him. I want to guide him secure scholarship to the one of the best universities in the United State. I will pay for the initial expenses.

Northeastern:
Update time.

I have gone to pick up our passports.

Wifee and I received emails and text messages informing us to go for collection. She's not around so I picked on her behalf. The requirement to pick for her was to drop a photocopy of my Id. The DHL office does not have a photocopier so I made the photocopy outside in a car that is parked on the street for one hundred naira for a copy.

On booking flight, British Airways was our first choice but we can only take one 23kg check-in baggage per head in their economy. We fashi am based on say we want carry three bags.

We now faced Turkish Airways, Etihad, Emirates and Qatar. Screened out TA because it is the most expensive.

While the Dubai and Doha airports top the Abu Dhabi airport in terms of class and prestige, the have more traffic. Also, fares for Emirates and Qatar are higher than that of Etihad across most if not all dates. So I'll be booking Etihad for price and traffic reasons.

I have looked at the pricing of fares and discovered that it is cheapest for dates that are far into the future like 3 months+, and cheaper around 3 to 9 days before departure.

I am looking at booking a one way ticket to JFK for the two of us for $1,653 for any day between 24th and 31st of July. That is the lowest it gets to on Etihad when the departure date draws near. That amount is less than 600k naira.

On housing, I have gotten an agent to hold a studio for me @ $1,179 per month, it is available from July 17th and can be held till July 31st. The initial unit we were considering @ $1,022 available August 6 was given to another tenant. There are other units @ $1,022 that will be available by September, I might switch to the cheaper unit later.

The greatest advantage of the apartment is its location; I'll only trek for 6 minutes to campus.

May God bring all our hopes to pass.

BlowJobs:
not when you worked really really long hours. everything for life no be money o

BlowJobs:
Nursing is easy and not easy. Depends on your mind set.

You'll be required to take some Science courses and yes, you can easily switch field ( especially if you have the money). A lot of people have done it in the past.

The only reason why people think nursing is "lucrative" is because you can't be out of employment. You can easily get a job being a nurse. In fact, Jobs will "fall on your laps".

There's nothing lucrative about working really really long hours to make 4000-6000 per month. There are several IT people that make that and more without working long hours. Even some waiters at restaurants make that amount (or more depending on season and Tips from customers)

theamerican:
Oh my! thank you for that correction. I had a feeling I was wrong about something in the long post. Glad you quoted it so your post now looks like a "part 2/update" to mine. Thanks for sharing the information.

theamerican:
I will try to interpret this. The U.S immigration laws are so complex that unless you understand them, you could make mistakes and put yourself in trouble when you panic and do something stupid.

When a student falls out of status, That's all there is to it: they're out of status. Some people think the day you violate your visa and fall out of status is the day you start accruing unlawful presence. NO! Unlawful presence starts counting when you get an order to leave/deportation order or when you apply for an immigrant benefit and it gets denied.

Let's use an example. A student is supposed to resume school on August 7, 2016. He didn't go to the school. He remains in the U.S. and works illegally. He has been out of Status, that's all. We're in May 2018. You'd think he has accrued 2 years of unlawful presence. He has not. Until he gets a deportation order, or he applies for an immigration benefit (for example green card) unsuccessfully, they don't start counting unlawful presence.

Now, the new law has fixed that. It has triggered counting unlawful presence the instant you fall out of status. In the past, they had to find you, and get a judge to issue you an order to leave voluntarily, or deportation order or a denied USCIS application to start the clock to count the days.

Do you understand so far? Good.

It's the same way a 3 year/10 year ban is only activated when you wanna return to the U.S. so if you've accrued unlawful presence for 6 months for example and you never leave the U.S. the ban doesn't come to effect. It is triggered when you answer calls from the village, visit them and then wanna get back into the U.S.

A summary of the new law: once you fall out of status, you start accruing unlawful status. Any unlawful presence over 180 days triggers a ban that works just like I explained above. In addition, 1 year of unlawful presence triggers a permanent ban. The bans also make you ineligible to try to get a visa, greencard, etc. This new law has blocked some paths.

When you wanna adjust your status and get a green card, there are two questions you'll have to answer. Have you ever violated the terms of your visa (been out of status)? And have you ever been ordered to leave/received a deportation order/applied for a green card (to calculate accrued unlawful presence)?

Let's see an example:

Suppose that same student in the above example marries here and wants to get a green card. Under the old law, he hasn't accrued any unlawful presence (I believe you understand how/why), but under this new law, he has accrued over 1 year, triggered a permanent ban which makes him permanently inadmissible and ineligible to apply for visa/green card.

Oh, I must add... Marrying a U.S. citizen makes them forgive a visa overstay (falling out of status), but this new law blocks that. Now it's not falling out of status anymore but unlawful presence/ban and even marriage can't save some people because unlawful presence/permanent bans rule you out of adjusting your status.

This is my opinion/interpretation. It's not legal advice and shouldn't be construed as one.

neurosci:
Heyyy, pls resend.

signature2012:
Is it a crime to get married to a USC?You casting the young man as if you are saint.
Your younger brother did same to get his papers ogbeni....

Oluwaseunsodiq:
Too bad i have pressing issues i have to take care of i would have done business with you.

timesup234:
It is indeed sad to see your dreams fade away right before your very eyes. This is one harsh life lessons you should pass down to your kids so they dont make same mistake. It was never meant to be this way

timesup234:
Your post is for the brainwashed. There are more people suffering in America than Nigeria. America is a country filled with homeless and hopeless people. The net worth of Americans is tied to the value of their home they wont be able to afford till death. College educated Americans at the age of 35yrs are still living with their parents while the females sell their bodies to sugar daddies in europe in order to come up with the monthly $200 student loan debt. America infratructure is in a decaying state and illiteracy is rampant with very high suicide rate. The US. death rate is higher than that of Nigeria in figures, i can go on and on and on. America indeed is one overhyped shithole

Stanleyelege:
I have read the debates here .

Nigeria is d fastest place to make money only if u indulge in sharp practices.
I was working with mtn prior my relocation to Australia. I am currently schooling and I save at least 3000dollars a month.
It took me 3.years of dedicated savings to gather 3million naira which I used as my first deposit.

I've spent only 6months in a Australia and I've saved over 12,000 dollars that is over 3milion naira. I have bought a rav4 jeep during this time, married an American citizen during this time, paid my tuition fee of 8000dollars during this time.
Saving $3k a month as a student... this one got me.


My dept at mtn was outsourced nd salary was adjusted to 48,000. This is less than what I earn a day working as a student. So how much do u expect such person to save from a salary of 48,000 naira

ezzylee:
Lol..... I think anyone in a new/different country is guilty of the currency conversion thing. When I first went to ghana, the way I converted for any item I was about purchasing. In your mind you'll be like "this item dey expensive for here ooooo. I no go buy am". I later got used to it sha.

thacokeboy:
hello Good afternoon everyone.. please apart from intl passport what are other things one need to take along to d bank for visa fee payment

CanadianNurse:
Heathrow, JFK, the list goes on and on !

jopex:
how many days it's take school to send admission letter to me in Nigeria. Is it going to take weeks/Months just want to know.
Straight answer from good people

Mayflowa:
No train to Chicago except you using bus, greyhound. You will need to book online on time to make it cheaper. You also have to consider taxi fare in JFK to greyhound station too. It all depends on how much difference is the flight fare.

mjksho:
Is anybody travelling to JFK through Egypt Air on August 1st? Let's connect. Send me a PM.

I intend to write about the experience and share photos. Maybe even do some reviews.

kodeya:
For my interview, apart from my Sevis registration and receipt, 1-20, D-160 , Confirmation page and statement of account, is there any other thing I need?

And do my printouts need to be in coloured?

mudi1012:
please house , My flight is next weekend ..My I-20 was printed via email and not the regular one that the school sends via post office..i hope this will not be a problem at the POE ? ..

dannyfrank:
heloo my pipo.
for someone who just left high school and has been working what do i fill as primary occupation under Present Work/Education/­Training Information in My ds160 should i specify my current job?.otmr choose un-employed?

aariwa:
I made an inquiry in the former thread about my friend whose daughter wants to write SAT.Please what's the difference between SAT 1 and SAT 11 and are both of them compulsory for somebody who wants to apply for scholarship. Thank you

Rheenah:
Not at all