₦airaland Forum

liftedkris:
first of all let me congratulate u on ur scholarship.... U are talking about May 17th but my originals have been with them since 31th March..... Do not expect ur originals unless u send them a message to terminate ur application that u have changed ur mind or no longer interested.... Now, that is risky but if u are very sure about ur scholarship offer then I urge u to send them a mail to return ur originals that u are no more interested. Visa processing takes 6-8wks only when u have successfully funded and sent them confirmation of funding... Congratulations on ur PTDF scholarship!

Nawa 4 this embassy people, Kai, so they can't start my visa processing b4 they receive my proof of block account funding and later I show them, this is weird mehn haba

liftedkris:
the embassy will return ur originals with ur VISA. Don't expect ur originals after ur interview unless ur application is unsuccessful in which case ur whole documents will be returned to u including a rejection letter. This always happens within one week after interview.... I have replied ur pm tho

The thing is that I did my visa interview on May 17th, on June 10, I won PTDF overseas scholarship, so I need my original waec and Univ cert for documentation to claim my award, it's written on German embassy website that it takes 8weeks to process the visa stuff so my 8 weeks elapsed last week, don't they process the visa stuff without blocked acct funded? Or can't I receive my original documents without showing blocked acct funded and then provide evidence of funding to get my visa approved?

Chiznonso:
When will One collect back his original certificates submitted during visa application from German Consulate?, I really need it for something urgently

Please U guys should help answer me, Please it's urgent

When will One collect back his original certificates submitted during visa application from German Consulate?, I really need it for something urgently

I can assure U this Govt will be far worse

Charly68:
Useless senseless agitators , they gave you opportunity how did you utilise it ? You didn't support the appointment of the man nor his actions to stabilise things in the country .Now they removed him you are crying foul . What is wrong with this Niger delta group self ? They deceived President Jonathan & derailed his govt completely in the name of it is our time. Until the man was angrily voted out,they never allowed him to see the reality of things in the country. Now that free oil cash is no longer flowing they come up with stupid avengers struggle. God will punish you all for your hypocrisy & insincerity. I want to believed that Goodluck Jonathan would have won his second term presidential bid if not for the greed & parochiality of this bunch of evil advisers . What else will the present president do to please you ? Clean Ogoni,took shell oil to court all on your behalf yet you are restless. what type of arrant greedy people are you?

How abt Fashola that's Minister of Works Power and Housing, 3 ministries in 1, he's handling 3 different ministries, he's the worst performing minister, Has he been sacked? No wahala, Na Buhari govt go hear am

papabaks:
Kachikwu is still the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources while Baru is now the GMD of NNPC.

To reduce the work load of Kachikwu, he was relief of the possition so that the NNPC GMD can be reporting to the Minister of state.

Kachikwu still remain the Big Boss after President Buhari.

Niger Delta Avengers were right all this while

What Buhari doesn't understand is that a 15 year old niger delta boy can block up a pipeline. It's so unfortunate for Nigeria, the eyes of the Niger Deltans have opened and it's too late

Ivory coast is the largest cocoa exporter in the world, producing 1.8million tonnes which translates to $6bn annually, ivory coast is 25m in population, now tell me can 180m Nigeria depend on $6bn annually, People dont know the macroeconomic implications of Petrodollars that's they talk. If Buhari isn't careful, this militants might destroy him and his party, it's not something U joke about, it's delicate, Buhari can't go in full force with army because United Nations might sanction banning Nigeria from international business and community which is worse.

jpphilips:
You sound like the Britons who never saw the current EU deal before voting for Brexit, I understand most of you are kids but it doesn't make any sense being a national comedian on a Monday morning, believe me.

The fact remains is that if Niger Delta leave Nigeria today, Nigeria is finished, Don't U get it 95% of dollar income into our economy is Oil&Gas. What else remains? Nigeria earned $98bn from Oil in 2013, cocoa which is the next was $700m, so tell me are U making any sense, can 180m people depend on $700m, I am giving figures here, don't talk what U dont know

The fact that they mismanage their own money is none of your business, it's their money, the problem with Nigerians is that they follow the Naira income, My brother follow the Dollar income, Lagos economy is being powered by Niger Delta Oil production, 95% of Nigeria's foreign income is from Oil&gas, the gas powers 80% of Nigerian electricity generation Companies like Shell can invest $7bn on 1 project, tell me which area in Nigerian Economy that a foreign private firm has invested that any, Look @ the ports, is it naira U use to import? Look @ the banks? How will they raise foreign capital when U dont have a foreign exchange earner in your country, Do U think Foreign investors will loan U? If Niger Delta was a country on its own, they would be living like the Kuwaitis, the Emiratis, Saudis, people from other parts will rushing to find work there because it has 37bn barrels of oil and 180trn feet of gas. They don't need anybody to help, they can deal the oil companies direct,

Mekurexx:
Firstly, you will need to evaluate your gpa to a 4.0 gpa, then you take GRE. The bulk of sch search rests on you. Make use of Grad cafe, petersons etc to have a large pool of schools to select from. Check Texas A&m college station, etsu, NYU(they offered someone $50000 MBA funding if you ace your GRE, package your application well, apply to a good no of schools and more importantly favor + direction from God, you'll get that funding

Pls in evaluating by WES, will I have to send it directly to the school or jst upload my own copy to the school's portal

smartmicky:
Purdue university northwest

Can some1 get in2 Purdue university, west Lafayette with assistanship,, is it possible

smartmicky:
Purdue university northwest

Beautiful, thumbs up U deserve it, Godspeed

smartmicky:
Visa approved today in Abuja 7:30am appointment
#window 6#
Meanwhile it's the closest window to the waiting queue and the vo has only approved 2 out of about 10. Na em everyone come dey fear that window.....one foolish thought in me wanted to start praying against going to window 6. I rebuked it and said even if she denies all before me she must approve mine cos my passport no fit follow me leave.

My transcript

Vo: Good morning
Me: Good morning ma
Vo: What do you do presently?
Me: I just completed my compulsory one-year national service in April this year.
Vo: Which other schools did you apply to?
Me: Texas A & M; kaust and IPS ( in uniport here in Nigeria)
Vo: How did you hear about the U.S schools?
Me: My UG course advicer, Prof **** told me about them. Specifically, he graduated from ***uni with concentration in fluid mechanics and dynamics which happens to be my area of interest.
Vo: What did you study in your UG?
Me: Petroleum engr.
Vo: Why MEE for your Msc?
Me: During my UG i was fascinated by the mechanics of fluid flow and heat transfer, hence, i decided to concentrated on them during masters. Petroleum or MEE offers me the chance to achieve that goal. ***uni don't offer petroleum so i applied for MEE.
Vo: Have you read any course on MEE before?
Me: Yes! Fluid mechanics and heat transfer were courses i did during UG.
Vo: What will you do after graduation?
Me: I already have a job offer in my alma matter for graduating with first class, hence, i'll come back and take up the offer. My course advicer is presently the only one in that field so i'll second him.
Vo: Have you paid SEVIS?
Me: Yes. The receipt is there with you under the I-20
Vo: When?
Me: Last month.
Vo: Who is paying?
Me: My uncle. He owns a steel company that is into fabrication and repair of overhead and underground steel tanks. Am his favorite nephew and he's been sponsoring me since sec school.
Vo: Can i see his bank statement?
Me: Hands it over with his sponsorship letter.
Vo: Goes out with my SEVIS receipt, bank statement, and sponsorship letter.
Vo: Returns.
Me: Additional to my uncle's sponsorship, I also got a graduate research assistantship from the school. I have an official letter for that.
Vo: Ok! You should have just told me you paid ur Sevis some days ago instead of last month (*me for my mind....na july we dey soo)
Vo: Why didn't you go for the masters immediately after graduation?
Me: I needed time to study for GRE and TOEFL so i decide to serve within that same time and it paid off. (GRE=310; TOEFL=105). The scores are among the reasons i got the assistantship.
Vo: Your SEVIS payment hasn't reflected on our system but am going to approve your visa. So i'll keep your passport and we'll contact you about pick-up once the SEVIS is confirmed. Hands me over my docs and a small paper that lists things i'll have/do before travelling.
Me: Happily perplexed...Thanked her and walked.

It was just Chukwu Nna that made it happen.
To those still going for their interview never let denial of someone ahead of you on the queue discourage you. You always can be the first to be approved by the vo. Just prepare well and be confident....then leave the rest to God.

Which school are U going?

How will I go about this WES evaluation which should I select

EteEdoho:
[/s] Thunder kill you Buratai. You are a common criminal!. How much is your salary as a civil servant?.

The best comment on nairaland ever

It's not easy to be rich, U think its easy to owe $60m, rich men always borrow

adeyemi2015:
I think it's time to go our separate ways!

Yes Let's go our separate ways, Nigeria and it's Constitution is a Farce

dozymars:
Power generation dropped drastically before the NDA bombing, have we forgotten so soon. They should stop giving us these excuses.

I dont think, we had 5,000 GW in Feb beginning, those NDA guys blew up Forcados pipeline mid Feb. That's Nigeria's major gas pipeline zfor electricity gen and exports 300,000 barrels/day

Nigerians don't understand the economic vitality of oil in the south south, Nigeria today is Oil and Oil alone, everything in Nigeria is Oil and Remittances from Nigerians in Diaspora finish, Nigerian Budget is Oil based and non-oil based, The dollar money used to fund imports that produces Custom Levy is derived from petrodollars. NIGERIA has a far higher percentage of revenue from onshore oil production than offshore. Buhari knows that if care isn't taken Avengers will entirely destroy his government and bankrupt companies that have borrowed to invest in Niger Delta and Power Companies, even if Avengers is caught others will arise and continue from where they stopped, is it not just dynamite?

agbangam:
But dis Ipod organisation called NDA, where were dey wen GEJ and his gang of looters were busy looting our money. God placed did oil in ND for d benefit of all Nigerians and God also removed PDP/GEJ and his gang of looters for a decent man PMB to manage d NATURAL RESOURCES dat He has blessed us wit.
And NDA shud know dat no man placed d oil in d ground thru his sweat. Dey shud pls allow PMB to work and revive our nation destroyed by their hero d IB n PDP.

God did not place any oil for any Nigeria, get your filthy hands and mind of their resource, look inwards U will find your own

B4 1914, I don't think a South Southerner has ever set his eyes on a Northerner, but Igbos have been interacting with South for ages, 1 Igbo slave rose through the ranks bought his freedom and founded a Kingdom, King Jaja of Opobo

Adminisher:
The NE development commission is to be funded by UN grants, EUROPEAN UNION grants, US government grants, donations by Nigerian billionaires and Nigerian tax payers money.

Since they have brought it up, I will talk.
Please mark this day and the HDI for that region. Educational enrolment, Health, child health care and crime level. Watch for three years and compare with SS .

I bet you that region will top all the charts and the truth will come out . Nigeria' problem is mentality and not structure. The oil is just a confusing source of confusion. The NE will not loot the funds coming to their region, they will not make billionaires out of militants and they will not have cult groups killing everyone and chasing investments away.

God is going to teach this country some lessons this year. You can continue to sit in a beer palour in PHC deceiving yourself that you are better than Northerners and they are dragging Nigeria down or you get out of your ass to improve your environment. Whatever happens we will see the results

Shut up my Friend, It will be funded by Petrodollars

Aisha should sue Fayose, so that the case will open very well, then Atiku and Kachikwu's brother will go down, she might even go down. Don't trust Abuja Peeps , a whole lot of shit happens there U have no idea abt

Looking @ the manuscript, names like Dumebi Kachikwu, Atiku Abubakar were real names, they were not sham names, Y is it when her name was mentioned, that they claim it was a Sham, They should investigate it very well, we all know that past leaders family get involved in some deals, it all goes round, it's a Causcus, u can't be telling me Gowon's wife or son won't be getting some contracts or deals when we know Buhari Obasanjo Yaradua were all his juniors in the army, take for example when Abacha wanted to install himself as a democratic president, He offered TY Danjuma an oil block for his support, this haiburton deal isn't a big deal, it was jst blown out of proportion because it involved a USA citizen and he was caught, deals like dis happens everyday with DPR, PPMC, NLNG, serious deals in Abuja U have no idea about

Pasadena009:
I have been wanting to share my experience; never shared it publicly, perhaps this will be a great avenue to do so. Got my visa in 2007 at the US Lagos Consulate office. All ten people that went before me were denied. Back then when they had speaker microphone...every hears what the conversation was. Lol. One guy threw tantrums after his 3rd denial in anger. They called the security on him; I bet that would be his last US visa adventurism. Lol! I'll do my best to paraphrase the exact VO response.

I arrived at approximately 8am, my interview was at 9am. I was barely 18 yrs old...a month shy

Interview
VO: Good morning young man
Me: Good morning ma'am
VO: What's your full name?
ME: Answered...stammer on my first name like I usually do; took 8 seconds to get it out. I realized she was patiently looking at me as I blocked & stammered with the pain of a mother.
VO: Appears that you have a stammer
Me: Yes I do
VO: My son has it too. Take your time and I'll be patient with you
Me: Very appreciative ma'am.
VO: What's your date of birth.
Me: Told her xxxxxx
VO: What university are you going to?
Me: California Institute of Technology
VO: She paused, look at me and said...that's the best engineering school in the country and probably also in the world.
Me: I very much aware that
VO: You must be an ingenious since only the likes of Albert Einstein go there
Me: Smiled. I guess I must be as smart as Einstein.
VO: Grinned. What course are going to be studying?
Me: Mechanical engineering as major and minor in Aerospace engineering.
VO: Who is your sponsor?
Me: I have my Dad's bank statement however I'm under full scholarship for both undergraduate and graduate programs by CALTECH.
VO: Can I see your bank statement and proof of scholarship
Me: Sure
VO: Very unusual to have a student born with a silver spoon riding on a full academic college scholarship to a prestigious school.
Me: Smiled.
VO: Can I see your tests and scores
Me: Gave her my Waec, SAT and Toefl
VO: Looked at me again,
VO: Talked to her next officer, they both looked at me again.
Me: Now I'm wondering...hope all is well
VO: I see you have all distinctions, overall best in your class and also have the highest SAT score we have seen here.
Me: Thank you ma'am
VO: Why did you choose CALTECH?
Me: Actually I had applied and accepted on full scholarship to MIT, Georgia Tech and CALTECH.
VO: I see but you didn't answer my question
Me: Oh, I chose CALTECH simply because I wanted to be close to water/beach, cool weather as I don't like snow and high humidity with respect to Massachusetts and Georgia respectively.
VO: Smiled
VO: Congratulations, come back at noon to pick up your visa. Wish you all the best!
Me: Thank you ma'am

That was how I left the country! My advice is...be yourself. One thing I observed with every of my secondary school classmates that left for US was they were all going for engineering. The ones that were going for art, humanities or pure science majors, most were denied. Age is also a factor too...under 25 seem reasonable for undergraduate. Above 25, I would advise you go the graduate route.

Another big secret, apply to schools in small towns. This people have in-house algorithm that distributes international students evenly around the schools in US...otherwise you will have 20 people going to Los Angeles or Houston but none to Albuquerque or Provo. I swear if you apply to Albuquerque in the state of New Mexico...I swear, you must get visa. This is a powerful secret I'm giving out here. The reason is that this people want international students in those small towns since most people generally would prefer big cities with prospects. A former consulate officer told me this.

How did U get Caltech? Did U score 200% In SAT

I believe Nigeria doesn't know the value of the Niger Delta region that's Y We open our mouth and talk absolute trash, jst small oil crash, our naira fell like a pack of cards, Nigeria and Nigerians have taking things for granted in fact Gbamaturu kingdom is supposed to be like Abuja with all the amenities. 95% of out Forex Earnings is from Oil and Gas , do U know what that means?

Alphaoscar:
The real problem with this school is that Gbaramotu is too hostile to host a federal university.




That school will be the first point of attack by the militants and even the products of that school will mostly end up as cultist and militants.


I know most people will not agree with this but a more peaceful environment within the Niger Delta like Akwa-Ibom , Rivers or so will be more suitable for that university.


my own ten kobo o.

I don't think so, dis guys are not sick, how can they go and attack a school, nobody does that, u think it's Boko haram