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Hello everyone. This is my first time commenting here but I've been following the comments since August and a lot of the comments, especially those containing transcripts were very helpful so here goes...

Portland State University
MSC Communication
Graduate Assistantship but with a deficit of about $7k

Visa approved -7th September (expedited appointment)

Me: Good morning.
VO: Good morning.

I passed my documents through. Just i-20, appointment and confirmation page, SEVIS reciept and passport. None of my other documents were looked at or even asked for including bank statements, admission and offer letters.

VO: I can see you're going to Portland State University to study communications.
Me: Yes ma

VO: Okay, so what will this degree do for you?
Me: I'm planning to focus my studies on Health communication and campaigns. I have a bachelor's degree in Law and my undergraduate project was on mental health laws and policies in Nigeria. I discovered that we had policies but the issue the government had with implementation was that they could never seem to communicate effectively in order to make these policies grassroot projects. By studying health campaigns and with my background, I would be able to work with the government or NGOs to create effective health campaigns...

VO: (cuts me off) that's okay. I can see you have a deficit. Who would be covering that?
Me: My cousin. She has lived with and been a part of my family since before I was born and is more like an elder sister.

VO: So what does your sister do?
Me: She's a business woman in Aba. She...

VO: (cuts me off again, lol) Okay. You work here? Where?
Me: At a media company.

VO: What do you do there?
Me: I work as an assistant manager.

VO: (types for what seems like forever but couldn't have been more than 30 seconds, opens my passport, looks up at me for the very first time) Your visa is approved... (Says some other things but I've blanked out) ... And have a safe trip to the US.
Me: Thank you.

All of this took less than 2 minutes. She was rapping (like talking really fast), I was rapping too.

Passport was legit ready by the next day. Abuja is the place to go just in case you haven't gotten to this stage yet. There are seats so you can sit while you wait your turn.