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see me rolling on the ground with laughter

BigIyanga:
Yes as an investment banker on Wall Street in order to save $35k/yr

It is not I was replying to the person who asked the question.
I married a long time ago.

Guruindahouse:
I wish you all the best, sis.

You are in the wrong thread go to the Canada group.

Any way the referral letter is on his portal if it is for Canada and the number is on it.

henroo2003:
Good morning all, Pls I need your assistance here;

My younger brother has a medical appointment with IOM Lagos on Monday and he is ask to bring "Printed Referral Letter( Containing your LGS Number)". How can he gets this pls.

Secondly, he is suppose to resume by May 31 and his visa interview is mid August. Pls what can he . Thanks so much

you go wound ooh
no try this thing wey you wan do

Davegabriel:
Lmao 🤣 With F1 visa Stripper no follow oh. Can I work off campus. My school dey Albany, New York.

I was looking forward to your reply.
I was not disappointed.
Keep it up

BigIyanga:
Maybe as a high class escort or stripper in Vegas

E go haaaaaard oooh
It means you will do both legal 20hrs work and under-the-table work.

So how will you study and pass?

For your information, C is considered a fail in graduate school over here.

Davegabriel:
Hello everyone, please can someone work in the US and cover a COA of about $35k in his school?

hahahah 9jia
them no dey waive am ooohhhh

Rdfactor:
Thanks for the tip. So it means you basically need to apply on your school website for OPT first, and that'd prompt them to send an updated i20 for work authorization to the USCIS. Thanks. Some people talked about a way to have this $410 waived I don't know 😆

Since you are none STEM you should have one of the plans below;

Look for OPT accompanies that will file H1B for you,
or
Get any company that accepts you and stay there and look for another that will give you H1B

or

Go for PhD straight or another maters that is STEM eg health informatics

or go for PhD or another study after your 1 year OPT

Then while in PhD consider NIW

NOTE
you can not do OPT again if you go back for the same level of study after the first one so think am well well

las las you will be fine

Kenny4smart:
Guys, just a quick one about the OPT thing please.
I understand that it is a one year work permit during or post study for international students in non STEM degrees.
If I activate the OPT while doing a 2 years Msc program, the permit should be exhausted one year into that program. Now, what happens in the second year please?
Further, If an OPT has been exhausted during study. Am I eligible for a new OPT after graduation?

Your clarity on the practicality of this will be very much appreciated 🙏

Warm Regards.

I got my EAD in early Feb. It was from USCIS. Your school will give you I-20, which you would use to apply.

So first, you apply on your school sight for OPT, then get approved and sent an updated I-20, which you will use to apply for your EAD from USCIS.
The cost is $410 as of today.

Note
Start applying for jobs 6 months before your graduation so that you do not get stranded.

Rdfactor:
Sounds good. I'll probably be looking forward to OPT by the ending of the year. Man's got to take a u-turn for some reasons LoL. Have you gotten your EAD card? I learnt application is now directly from the USCIS. Do you need a new I-20 for OPT? I'm yet to really get myself involved in the OPT thing.

add GRE to your CGPA and try those schools again.

Jesusweptoh:
Hello nairaland fam,
Please I’m really worried about something and I would love to share it on here
I have a low gpa of 2.57 on a scale of 5.00 in my undergraduate mechanical engineering
So I would love to know if there are schools anyone can recommend to me that would accept me for masters degree
I’m just worried because I’ve got admission refusal from MARSHALL and UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN and since then I’ve been down because they’re the school my hopes are on because of the high acceptances rate

I don’t know if anyone can advise me and also recommend school that accept low gpa of 2.57/5.00

add GRE to it too

Jesusweptoh:
I’m also considering WES but someone said with the low Gpa Some schools will accept it and also I did really nice in my last two years gpa
I had 3.85/5.00 in my last two years my friend said some school makes use of gpa of just last two years but I don’t know if anyone can help me with the schools

I will get my visa from Germany then come home and get married and then apply for his I-20 then he can join me.

Estherbabe1000:
Hello everyone, I am new to the U.S. visa thread and I have gone through some parts of the thread as well. Guys I really need your help to answer all my questions . It’s somehow complicated, so I will give some background details
I currently live in Germany, had my bachelors degree in German language in Nigeria and studying M.A intercultural communication( would be done in July hopefully)
So I got admitted and was given a funding of 18,500 for a masters program in German studies. Tuition fee of 20k was waived.
The issue is I have a fiancé in Nigeria and I would love that we apply together, which means I have to come to Nigeria, get married so we apply together from Nigeria as well.
Guys would you advise, I apply from here while he applies for a dependent visa after I must have gotten my visa. I read there is an issue with appointment dates .
How much POF would he need, my school said I don’t need any.
I am unmarried now, will this affect my applications in any way since the school is dealing with me as a single person. Also at the point of visa interview, will this affect me? Because I will have the court wedding few days/ weeks to the wedding since I filled the form as single. Note , I can’t afford coming earlier, I can only fly home once. Please guys help me by responding .

MS graduating in April and starting OPT in May.

Rdfactor:
Lol. Thanks. Are you studying? PhD or. Ms? Looks like we exchanged comments before

You nailed it

Rdfactor:
It depends on the length of the program you're planning to do. While it's easier to wiggle through a Ms program without funding since it's a 2yrs program, once you have support from home, place of work, your savings and the little hustle you are able to do on Campus trying to raise money, the same can't be said of PhD (it's a 5-6 yrs program). I don't advise people to take PhD admissions without funding. Working shifts to raise $30k tuition per year isn't as easy as you've been told.

That said, if it's a PhD, I'll advise you seek funding. Even if it means you'll reapply to better schools that'll give you funding+admit. You'll get one as Long as you do the right thing. Even if it means you have to stay 6months more in Nigeria to seek for funding, do it, it's worth it. The stress of school+ the stress of looking for Money to pay your tuition will backfire no matter what anyone tells you.

If it's a Masters degree without funding and you have enough savings or you have alternative means of getting money, it's fine. It's Only for two years, and things get easier after that.

The point here is make sure the POF you want to use will be one that's consistent, one that will sustain you through the program.

You need to have help from somewhere. Otherwise paying your way through $30k every year is crazy. Funding is important. And getting one is easy if you put in the work. Even if you work 24hrs nonstop for 6months at McDonalds, you might not be able to raise this type of money.

My advise is that make sure you have the means to pay your tuition; either through an assistantship, your own savings, company's money, family fund or other means. I'm saying this because I know how it is.

your school should advise you on the next steps.

I-20 ETC

So reach out to them or wait for them to send you the instructions.

Tehilla23:
Please house,after the acceptance of my admission offer,what do I do next?

Gbam

Rdfactor:
Thing is if you advise an average Nigerian to be careful about using agents, to work on getting their own admission and funding themselves, and that all these things can be done by them, they feel you don't want them to come. You see things like "he's discouraging me from japa" "he doesn't want me to come" . These are obvious desperation. Take your time to figure this thing out and you'll get what you want.

That's why I stop giving them candid advise. Even if I see one without funding coming for PhD, instead of me to tell him to convince the school to give him funding, I'll rather advise him to come because it is easy to pick $50,000 on the street in the US. That's what they want to hear. Anything contrary, you become their enemy

Use wakanow or booking.com to compare, but please make sure to buy from the airlines directly.

HairStar:
What is the best flight booking app? Would anyone recommend wakanow? I'm asking because I need an overall estimate on time. Thank you.

You know them. I hear a lot of them say, "I no like abroad" there is no place like home.
okoroooo

BigIyanga:
Exactly… they dont like US that much?? Lol

Even themselves. some do not even know how to get an international passport.

BigIyanga:
Visa applicants need to declare one day of national mourning for agents…dem sabi everything but cant help their relatives lol

See answers in bold

Nikkygold4life:
Good morning gurus in the house. May God reward the great work you're doing here. I just got issued my 1-20 form after gaining admision to study Masters in the US for August fall 2023. Please, I need help with this:
1. Do I fill my D 160 application now to book for interview? Is there a specific time lag to do this?

yes without it you can not book for interview

2. Is payment of SEVIS applicabe for all students to study in the US? And us there a particular time to make the payment?

yes and must be paid 72hrs before the interview.

Thanks

You can defer as many times as possible but with a fee this time.
The schools know the challenges of international students including this one you are facing.

toluene23:
Bro
It’s the second time the school assisted me in my deferred letter all coz of getting date and they adjusted my the resumption day upfront so that I will be able to get a date. My first letter was November last year and this second time the date on the letter was moved to March 13 to 20 and now I can’t find date and my emergency date was not approved again.

What should I do now?
Or is it possible to still be considered for deferment again the second time ?

Or it’s the end of the road?
And channel my energy on getting another admission again?

You might have to look for work visa thread.
This is for students

Yhlopppp:
Hello everyone,

I'm not conversant with this thread unlike the Canadian study visa thread I'm really use to but please I would really appreciate our response. Because of how much information I get about the Canadian study visa that's why I thought of coming here

My mum told me just this evening about her plans to go to the USA for 6months on a work visa, I'm not so in support of this so I really need all information I can get while I take time to go through this thread to maybe discourage or encourage her if she has a chance

1. Please how would she go about it? She told me about her younger sister sponsoring her
2. I really don't want her using an agent cause she told me she already has one. Please is it something I can process for her? I mean like a DIY thing Do it Yourself

Please help a sister

That's not an issue if it's only educational information that was misrepresented.
Just do it by yourself this time with the current school.

Lawal1555:
Greetings,

Please, I’m having a little challenge with my previous ds160. In 2016 when all hopes were down, I tried using an agent to secure a US visa. While filling out the ds160, he misrepresented me by putting the wrong institution and program without my knowledge; I discovered this error when I demanded a ds160 printout. I went for an interview, and I was denied; I stopped applying for any visa and started building my life.

Now I have secured admission with funding, how do I face the challenge of conflicting information on my previous and current ds160? Do I put my real institution because there is no way I would continue with the school he filled in the last ds160?

Please help me.

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No fear I know a lot of people with hand bags who go their visas on first attempt.

Dreamsss:
Amen. Honestly, it's that embassy that scares me. Coupled with the fact say I get two handbags

I might reprioritize my priorities sha

Congratulations and well come to the USA
Keep in touch

Mickeywilliams
post=121842596:
Transcript.

ABUJA

MARCH 7th

Came in past 7am, joined several queues. Appointment 7:30am

Interview time :9:20am


VO: Pass me your i20
Me: Alright here it is
VO: Scans through I20, nods head, and says "So University of Florida PhD" I said yes.

Have you travelled before?

Me: No I have not had a reason to

My PhD in in internet of things , and connected systems, and ...

VO interrupts me and says what do you plan to do when you return?

Me: I will take up a senior role. My company is expanding its R and D footprint as we service clients in Oil and gas and Energy systems.....

VO: Cuts in again.. What do you do right now

Me: iam an engineering project consultant.

VO: Nods head and smiles a bit while

I continue to talk about
t how I want to come back and take up a senior role, and conduct research with my alma mater.

VO: Interrupts and says take this paper and follow the instructions on how to pick your visa.

Me: Thanks you

Total interview time : 3 mins

Followed this thread for three years. Too much invaluable information. Thank you all.

Meanwhile , Anyone in Florida for the summer?

Redo

ty888:
I already stated my current job in my ds160.
Though I have been carrying out research and teaching chemistry outside my present job.

If it is for spring 2024 tell her you will take it and differ your till then even after getting your visa.

Dreamsss:
Amen oo.

Congrats in advance jare. Keep practicing your pitch on how you tutored students; your strategies to get them engaged, what you enjoy in it...you can use Google for basic teaching assistant questions. I don't think they ever go crazy as to ask really professional teachers questions, but go the extra mile, if you can.

Funny thing is that one woman told me she has an opening in January, without even any interview...then when I reminded her that I was admitted for the fall term, na she remember say na spring she de find...mscheww. Tease.
Of cos, I still de her neck like this..for toying with my emotions.

What is brp and COS ?
Do not assume we all know these abbreviations

haaryobhami:
Good afternoon house , a friend of mine is in a delima ,his present brp would expire on may 3rd but his passport has expired and the new one he applied for the collection date is may 16. He has been given COS but he can’t apply for tier 2 brp without a new passport and brp expires before he gets his new passport.
Hous,e please what can he do?

I would twik my CV to favor Chemistry.

ty888:
Hi everyone, my highly respected gurus in the house...
My visa interview is next week.
I need someone to do a mock interview with me.

Ph.D. Chemistry with GTA and a monthly stipend
Personal fund $15000
My present work has nothing to do with Chemistry.
Email: tayetwin88@gmail.com

Which pool? Looks like you are in the wrong thread.

Zacatecas:
Hello house , please I have Have a post graduate diploma in microbiology, do I still need to add my B.Sc when evaluating in Wes , I’m only trying to get into the pool not applying for any school

Make una gather create one naaaaa

Idogoodluck:
Have you found any yet ?