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GMs:
Good afternoon everyone. I have a question, my wife and I are applying together. And we have our proof of funds in both account. But the Thing is, on the 8th of December, someone advised I transfer my own proof of funds to her account which I did, before then and until now she has always had hers own money in her account which is past 28th days already and can be printed anytime. Although I still have money in my own account which can cover for my proof of funds and it’s past 28th days as well. The money I transferred to her which will be sufficient for us to use her own account to apply matures 6th of January. Here’s where I need to make a decision, I got date for biometric 4th of January and she got hers 10th of January. If I wait until 10th of January to do a walk in with her. We would be able to submit her own account only and not have to need mine but if she does a walk in with me THen we’ would have to submit both account, please guys advise me on what to do. But my question is, is it better to wait until the 10th January for her appointment, by then the POF in her account would have matured for both of us and we can submit her own account alone or she does a walk in with me on the 4th of January that way the POF in her own account won’t cover for both of us but I can submit my account as I have another money alternatively for POF in my account as well, Her school resumes 17th January but the latest resumption date is 11th February

See Money Every Where!!! money Is not the problem but where to keep it.. COngratulations.

Sammyib:
Hello I was recently denied an f1 visa to a community college in December last year, I believe due to funding Cos I wasn’t prepared for the question of what my sponsor does and his business here i stammered and wasn’t confident . I decided to start classes fully online at the community college till my next interview date which is in October 2022, will this increase my chances of getting the visa since it shows I have paid the fees for the first year and it also shows I am serious with the school?

Hmmmm... You really Paid School Fees from here? That is Intresting to hear. However i only know of someone who started classes online though on schorlaship. He was still rejected twice. I hope they approve your visa seeing you have made payments. US is not Predictable at all

sholadele4:
Please add me to the group too. 08161264485.

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mojolajesu:
Congratulations Bro!

You should just be thankful that you got it.

Some of us ticked the right boxes(dressing, confidence, eye contact, funding and all) and we were still denied.

Just be thankful bro

Congratulations.

If you portray some confidence and you are goin for undergraduate with your parents as sponsors you must get your visa

Systrom:
You got your visa because you are young, your parents are sponsoring you, your profile seems like that of an actual young student going for school and not someone trying to runaway

Congrats tho

Exactly. No doubts these VOs look at all the profile before the interview Date. Your DS 160 form is used to place percentage of approval even before you come.

Guilty until you prove otherwise

Stevenssen:
You said it yourself, you were nervous. You will be less nervous next time.
Was this your first interview?

Yes bro, first time and first time with family

seeker321:
Bro, you don't force documents unto them, you wait to be asked for it. Let's not allow this travel history thing disorient us. Nobody started travelling before he/she was born, there's always a first time and during my interview, two applicants without travel history got approved.. There are a host of other factors that these VO's look out for.

You are right anyways.however it is also a factor

HRprof:
I suspect that part "who is sponsoring you? " could be the problem. Some time is better self sponsored as a family man, they might look at it in a different direction as if some is taking your burden as full grown man. If is organisation sponsor that's different. Self sponsor is better if you have prove of fund as a family man.
My 2 cent

That’s a perspective I see too. Thanks for pointing that out

Predstan:
You got a feedback that you were denied for Travel history? I don’t know when they start doing that. I don’t think you were denied for travel history. Share your transcript if possible

VIsa Denied Today Abuja Around 11am
Me and My Wife carrying our baby: Good afternoon Sir
VO: Have you travelled out before?

Me: You mean me or my Wife?

VO: Any of you

Me: No , but my Wife Yes.

VO to my Wife: Which country did you go to?

My Wife: United Kingdom

VO: While typing already not interested in our response from his face. What did you travel to do? At this point I had become unstable.

My wife: I went on a care Visit, I went to take care of my sick brother.

VO to me: Why did you choose University of Arkansas?

Me: I chose the University because the industrial engineering programs has a added concentration on Operations research and manufacturing which are my core areas of interest. Apart from being among the top ranked universities in the US( I sha chop mouth here)

VO: Where are you working now:

Me : I work as a specialist Engineer in my company name: I quickly brought out my reference letter to give him , he said don’t worry.

VO : what area of engineering do you work?

Me: Telecommunications

VO; Nodes his head? What will you be doing after your program:

Me: My company is currently expanding into a few Africa countries and we plan to build over 5,000 telecommunications towers for the 5G technology in Nigeria. I intend to lead a technical role and it opens more opportunities for me.

VO: nodes his head still typing

VO: who is sponsoring you?

Me: my brother in-law mr Xyz

VO: what does he do?

Me: he is so so so in so so bank. I brought out the documents but he didn’t want to see them

VO: Keeps typing and typing and typing while we watch. Then the rejection line with blue paper.

I sha feel I didn’t answer my question as I planned due to fear. Almost 6 people ahead of me were denied due to that first question of travel history.

Is Well make una respond

Temitemi28:
Hello everyone I just got denied today in Abuja embassy transcript later ,my resumption date is January 5th can I still get a date in Lagos?

Same here. The VO kept Rejecting People because of travel history. This is a very irrelevant reason for Visa denial. Common there is always a first time. I was rejected too with my wife and baby. Immediately in answered his first question. Every other thing I was saying he didn’t listen, he didn’t even look at my docs

Heya93:
Thanks alot for this. I thought about it but was afraid of it affecting my current app. God bless �

Please did you try this? Did it work?

Carmal90:
Can you brief us of what happened?

Exactly What Carmal90 Said. They Evaluated my ND and HND to be equivalent to US undergraduate. Then Went ahead to make a very contradictory statement.

I contacted them after back and forth emails they said in fact HND is not equivalent to BSC.

my 120 dollars don waka be that.

i for kuku add money do WES that is verified.

They also said they dont agree with WES which i think is why they are not Under the umbrella Body which WES is under.

AM focusing on the Schools that didnt require evaluation.

MSU
UTRGV
and West Virginia University

Geenona:
I have read with keen interest most of the comments in here and I find it very interesting, absolutely interesting. My brother is a graduate of Public Administration from IMT Enugu (2009) and he made Upper Credit 3.36, HND. He is currently applying for his MSc program in 2 Universities in Texas. One of the schools require transcript evaluation from Foreign Credentials Services America (FCSA). And this is from the 1st page of his transcript evaluation from FCSA:

Equivalence
Four years of undergraduate study in public administration, plus a one-year
non-credit practicum between years two and three
U.S. Semester Hours / GPA
Undergraduate 141 Hrs / 3.01
Credentials
1 U.S. equivalency Four years of undergraduate study in public
administration, plus a one-year practicum between
years two and three
Country Nigeria
Credential Higher National Diploma
Institution Institute of Management and Technology
Date awarded December 2009
Length of program 5 years, including two-year National Diploma and
one-year non-credit practicum
Documents viewed Photocopy of transcript and diplomas

And this is a note from the second page of his transcript

[b]NOTES
Between the two-year National Diploma and two-year Higher National Diploma, Mr ............ completed a
one-year industrial attachment (practicum) in 2006-07. While the Higher National Diploma represents
four years of study, it is an applied degree and not equivalent to the more theoretical bachelor's

And here is an email my brother got from one of the schools:

Good Morning, xxxxxxx!

We have received all the documentation you mentioned in your email; however, the FCSA evaluation does not indicate that you have a U.S. equivalent Bachelor’s Degree. As a result, you do not meet the requirements for graduate school and your application will not be forwarded to the program. If this is an error, please contact the FCSA.

Should you have any questions, please contact me.

Thank you.

Gerry Dimas
Graduate Admissions Specialist

And this is me writing now: It is absolutely an error for FCSA to append that comment on page 2 of my brother's evaluation even when they have CATEGORICALLY stated on page 1 that the HND is equivalent to a US Bachelor's degree.


Now this is what my brother is doing
1. He has applied to WES to do same transcript evaluation. I will post WES http://www.wes.org/ evaluation report here when he gets it
2. He has contacted FCSA and is asking for explanations and correction of the contradictory statement on page 2 of his Transcript
3. This particular school that requested for FCSA evaluation is now saying they can accept WES evaluation (which is even far far better and more recognized than FCSA)
NB: The reason why he used FCSA in the first place is because this graduate school wanted the evaluation from FCSA otherwise WES is the evaluation services of choice even though it is more expensive: $286 to have transcript evaluation sent to 2 schools.

Take 'aways' from my brother's experience so far:
1. Yes, HND is clearly equivalent to US Bachelors degree and this lends to what a few people have posted here.
2. HND students complete even more credits than Bachelors degree students in Nigeria, they do more academic work!
3. HND students are ABSOLUTELY qualified to apply for Msc programs in the US and I assume anywhere in the world! NB: Admission depends on a lot of factors.
4. Don't take NO for an answer. Always challenge the status quo, ask why, what and clearly present your own facts. DON'T LISTEN TO STREET TALKS, e dey spoil matter

Follow ups:
1. I will post here WES evaluation once it is ready
2. Just incase you are wondering, I am a FUTO Engineering graduate, got my MBA and 2 other degrees from US (I didn't need any transcript evaluations though and this was many yrs back shaa....mgbe enu bu nke nwa osa..... )
NB: I will be watching this post for any questions I can chip in on....
3. I hope this encourages a lot of people out there.......YOU ARE WELL WORTH MORE THAN YOU CAN EVEN IMAGINE, HND OR NOT!! BE DILIGENT AND FOLLOW THE LORD JESUS!!!
4. Here is my brother's FCSA Evaluation:

U.S. Equivalence
Four years of undergraduate study in public administration, plus a one-year
non-credit practicum between years two and three
U.S. Semester Hours / GPA
Undergraduate 141 Hrs / 3.01
Credentials
1 U.S. equivalency Four years of undergraduate study in public
administration, plus a one-year practicum between
years two and three
Country Nigeria
Credential Higher National Diploma
Institution Institute of Management and Technology
Date awarded December 2009
Length of program 5 years, including two-year National Diploma and
one-year non-credit practicum
Documents viewed Photocopy of transcript and diplomas


NOTES
Between the two-year National Diploma and two-year Higher National Diploma, Mr.xxxxxx completed a one-year industrial attachment (practicum) in 2006-07. While the
Higher National Diploma represents four years of study, it is an applied degree and not
equivalent to the more theoretical bachelor's degree in Nigeria and the US. Credits have
been converted to US semester hours.

UNDERGRADUATE
INSTITUTIONS / DATES / SUBJECTS HOURS GRADE
Institute of Management and Technology, 2004-2009
Year 1, National Diploma, 2004-05
Elements of Public Administration I 2.0 B+
Theory of Administration 1.0 B
Elements of Government 2.0 B+
Principles of Economics I 1.0 C
Intro to Sociology 1.0 C
Business Math 2.0 B+
Intro to Psychology 2.0 C+
Principles of Accounting 3.0 C+
Use of English I 1.0 C
General Biology 2.0 C
Citizenship Education 1.0 C+
Nigerian Government & Politics 2.0 C+
Community & Rural Development 2.0 C+
Statistics 3.0 C+
Principles of Law 2.0 B
Elements of Cooperatives 1.0 C+
Local Government Administration 2.0 A
Principles of Marketing 1.0 B
Communication in English I 1.0 C
Intro to Computers 1.0 C+
General Chemistry 2.0 C+
Total : 35.00
Year 2, National Diploma, 2005-06
Use of English II 1.0 C+
Human Resource Management 2.0 C+
Local Government Administration II 2.0 A
Cooperative Development 1.0 B+
Computer Applications 1.0 B
Public Enterprise Management 2.0 C+
Cost Accounting 2.0 C+
Public Finance 2.0 C+
Research Methodology 2.0 B
Nigerian Government & Politics II 2.0 B+
Public Service Rules & Procedures 1.0 A
Intergovernmental Relations 1.0 B+
Project 1.0 B
Social & Economic Development 2.0 A
Entrepreneurship Development 1.0 B
Principles of Marketing II 2.0 B

INSTITUTIONS / DATES / SUBJECTS HOURS GRADE
Nigerian Labor Law 2.0 C
Office Administration & Management 2.0 C+
Auditing 2.0 B
Taxation 2.0 C
Communication in English II 1.0 B+
Communication & National Development 1.0 C
Total : 35.00
Non-credit industrial attachment (practicum), 2006-07
Year 3, Higher National Diploma, 2007-08
Use of English III 1.0 B
Constitutional Law 2.0 B
Intro to Local Government Finance 2.0 B+
Public Finance 3.0 B
Administration Theory I 2.0 B+
Nigerian Government & Administration 2.0 B
General Biology 2.0 C+
Organizational Behavior I 2.0 A
Cooperative Field Administration 2.0 B+
Development Administration 2.0 B+
Statistics 2.0 B
Rural Development & Administration 2.0 B
Administrative Theory II 2.0 C+
Research Methods 2.0 B+
Advanced Local Government Finance 2.0 B+
Small Scale Business Management 2.0 C+
Communication in English III 1.0 B
Organizational Behavior II 2.0 B
Total : 35.00
Year 4, Higher National Diploma, 2008-09
Local Government Administration II 2.0 A
Workshop in Administration 2.0 B+
Development Administration 2.0 B+
Industrial Relations 2.0 A
Public Personnel Management 2.0 B
Public Sector Accounting 3.0 C+
Advanced Computer Programming Packages 2.0 B+
Communication in English IV 1.0 B+
Material Management 2.0 B+
Public Enterprise Management 3.0 A
Project 4.0 B+
Comparative Public Administration 3.0 A

INSTITUTIONS / DATES / SUBJECTS HOURS GRADE
Public Policy Analysis 3.0 A
Comparative Local Government 3.0 A
Literary Appreciation 2.0 B+
Total : 36.00
Undergraduate Total Hours = 141
Undergraduate GPA = 3.01

It seems like they have the attitude to make this silly mistakes. They just messed up my FCSA evaluation. I have written to them and am hoping they do soemthing

Is a full time program

Naijagram:
Did you apply with only HND and what's the name of the school please?

Oh! I didn't Hide it intentionally. The name of the University is university of kansas

Nozino:
I don’t see the need for hiding the name of the school. If the initial poster had hidden the information about WES, maybe we won’t be here but what do I know.

So i applied to another University with my HND and they Specifically requested for Transcript evaluation by either WES or FCSA. I intentionally informed them that i do not have the Funds and time to do WES evaluation which they accepted and recommended i do FCSA. FCSA is little bit cheaper and the transcript i have was used to do the Evaluation. The report cam out yesterday and WHoooooop My GPA of about 3.02 became 3.36. Am hoping every other thing go well as i hope to be admitted.

Guys Be intentional

So guys, I have something to show you concerning HND and BSc in the US.

I will share a mail i got from one of the schools am applying to.

Note: I didn't do WES evaluation, Because they didnt ask for it.

The message is, Be intentional

Thanks to this guy GNwafor. You are doing a great job demystifying this Information.

I agree with a lot of things you have said from the beginning of this thread up till now. Men!! is over 4 years and you still follow up.

Well am in the process, i know WES is great, i also know that A lot of People has used WES evaluation to get Masters In the US.

One of the schools am applying to in the US specifically requested my Transcripts to be evaluated by either FSCA or WES.(I have ND and HND)

I don't have money and time for WES since i have made progress with my school applications i decided to go for FSCA which is cheaper and easier.

I hope the outcome will be favorable.

My Advice to any one seeking for admission in the US. Ask questions and make your research. Admission Process in the US is real Hard Work but it pays at the end.

Am available on daviduchennachukwu@gmail.com

A young man Has been denied a contract because the sponsor discovered he was a Buhari Supporter. Today was supposed to be mobilization but he got a message of disappointment.

Nsogbu uwa

Your cross bro

Enemy of the state

MRS Tinubu has said she won’t run again
That even this RE-run wasn’t her decision.

Good Night

MRS Tinubu has said she won’t run again
That even this RE-run wasn’t her decision.

Good Night

Is on channel he just voted

Yes please do

When devil gives u something with the right hand, he will collect it with the left hand

U see how young they all look ? Wait let me check my AG President

I know few persons that had already finished their NYSC and MSC at the age of 21.The company knows who they are looking for...

Access bank don pay o

She can only wear it at home....