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WanderingChild:
Correction: Immigrant Visa not visa (see below posts from the twitter account of the DoS). @Efetobore1980 is right that I should have posted this (not on B1/B2) but on the immigrant (EB or family) visa thread.

Presidential Proclamation 10998 is still in effect and bans issuance of F1 visas (and other non-immigrant visas) to Nigerian students and others. see attached.

Note: Comprehension is one key issue here. This statement Visa applicants who are subject to Presidential Proclamation 10998 may still submit visa applications and schedule interviews, but they may be ineligible for visa issuance or admission to the United States is enough to clarify to you as a student who must have written GRE or GMAT or IELTS or TOEFL and learnt comprehension that you can apply, but F1 visa WILL NOT be issued. The proclamation is very clear on when exceptions can apply.

I will advice that you don't waste resources exploring the US for now as a potential student. That route is closed to Nigerians. Even those inside are unsure of their OPT issuance. Coming to the US as a Nigerian student (without another unbanned citizenship or PR status) is ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE because of 10998.

To @Efetobore1980, I trust you are doing great. I appreciate your continued support for students to keep applying to the US despite the obvious bans in place. Could you please sincerely advise why you think any student will be issued F1 when the 10998 Presidential Proclamation is still in effect? How did you come to the conclusion that the inclusion of Nigeria among nations to pay for visa bond signifies that the US is open to issuing visas to genuine people? Do you have any anecdotal evidence to justify this (I do not claim that this equates empirical evidence but your personal experience may help clarify your continued insistence)? It will be unfair to stick to this adverse advice knowing full well that these things cost time, money and effort and will fail. If they have no fall back options what then happens to their timelines/progression? I think we should keep an open mind here and advise strongly for potential students to diversify their options. The US is great but is closed to us for now, our thinking or feeling cannot reverse this.

That bot called Efetobore1980 will still disregard this and comment that he/she has facts and proof that interviews are still going on and people can disregard the current proclamation 😂. The adamant nature is just outright hilarious.

I remember when Nigeria was banned in 2020. This too shall pass for prospective aspirants

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Efetobore1980:
Stop using different accounts to comment on this forum.. Were you the initial poster ? Were you the elementary pupil who posted that Phd is fully funded in all countries of the world in order to lure applicants into European Universities where they would be stranded half way after spending millions of Naira ?

You should always post the truth. Tell Nairalanders that there is language barrier in most of the countries you listed. Also tell them that funds for Phd majorly comes from external grants and majority of the donors or givers (ie companies , financial institutions etc) focus the more in American (U.S/Canada) markets.

Go and advertise your European Phd fundings in the right section. Stop spamming the U.S F1 visa thread with unrealistic and sugar-coated advertisement.

This particular thread is bless with intelligentsia, therefore , your antics to deceive people will always be exposed.

First, no one is “luring” anyone into Europe. In STEM fields, especially engineering, computer science, and applied sciences, many European PhDs (Germany, Netherlands, Scandinavia) are employment-based, not speculative . In Germany for instance, PhD candidates are typically hired under TV-L E13 contracts, earning €3,000– 4700+ gross monthly, with health insurance, pension, and full employee protections. That is not marketing, it is public pay scale data.

Second, the idea that PhD funding “majorly comes from external donors focused on the U.S./Canada” is not accurate for STEM. In Europe, a large portion of PhD funding comes from universities, public research institutes, and government-backed research councils (e.g., DFG, NWO, SNSF), not ad-hoc private donors. These positions are advertised as jobs, not promises.

On language, yes, daily life may require local language, but in STEM PhDs, the working language is overwhelmingly English, especially in Germany, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia. This is a known and documented reality in technical research environments.

Finally, acknowledging alternatives to the U.S. system is not “spamming” or anti-USA. The U.S. remains excellent for research scale and industry pipelines. But it is also factual that most U.S. PhDs are stipend-based, and only top-tier programs (Ivy League / Ivy-adjacent) financially approach what standard employment-based European PhDs offer.

This thread is indeed read by informed people which is exactly why accurate, balanced comparisons matter more than emotional policing of who is allowed to mention non-U.S. pathways especially now that there's a ban on Nigerians.

So please, pretend to be atleast smart, even though you sound like a tout that is capable of gaming the system, evident by your cult like nature of the USA. The hope is that the ban is lifted soon, but while at it, learn to stop being an attack dog.

Efetobore1980:
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Funded by the sane minds on this forum 😀.

Mind you, if it is not U.S.A, it cannot be like U.S.A. At least we have seen hundreds of U.S Universities Phd Form-I 20 with partial or full fundings, as well as Msc Form I - 20 with Work-study or Graduate assistantship. Ask the poster to show the public any full funding admission letter from those aforementioned countries.

Every U.S bound international students on this forum should disregard the shady list and focus on America. Even, as Standard as the UK and Canada educational standard is, they still cannot meet up with the United States Educational scholarships and funding opportunities.

It's so distasteful how you're so ignorant and adamant to the core that you can't just accept when you're wrong. Are you jobless? It's becoming horrible anytime you comment honestly. Can't you just shut up

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kiiiingggggg99:
off topic oh. but why leave Denmark for Canada. Is Denmark not way better than Canada at this point? Omo I don’t know sha but if i was in Denmark I wouldn’t leave for any reason especially if I have pathway to citizenship. But anyhow sha God help you

Hype obviously.

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Amazingamb:
Please, I recently enrolled into Stutern cohort program(software development), and it's almost 600k for the full tuition. I already made the first payment of 150k, I want to know if it's worth the money or I should just cut my loss and move on. Please share your knowledge/experiences about their mode of operation. Thanks as you contribute

Hows the program so far. Do you mind giving us update on the state you are down to when you get placed? Thank you

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