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leadzeal: @deevick,

U ll sure get it. Just make necessary adjustment.

@jimtosam,

Thanks for that insightful advice. God ll surely see us thru.

Thanks man. I sincerely appreciate you.

AnythinCanHapen: Oga,i think you were just unfortunate. The guy no want give u.He denied you based on ties and not the GRE only.After telling him you have not traveled out and not married,your chances were very low.Answering another No to the GRE was like pouring petrol to the fire.

Alright, thanks for your comment.

@ imprexousxxx
I need the GRE materials also, please send it to my email. I know you have it because you have once sent me TOEFL materials before. Thanks.

Modified.

lanrypaddy: Sorry Fø̲̣̣я̅ that bro...yeah D̶̲̥̅̊âŧ'š d spirit, its not over yet...so are You planning 2 reapply and hope time Ȋ̝̊̅§ still by Ʊя̲̅ side?

I will reapply after I have a GRE score. Lol. Once beating, twice shy. The V0 was impressed, I can say this confidently becos he was busy typing mostly as I was vomiting my memory verses. It was worth the try. I Thank God.

I was refused today by the V0 at counter 6 (Lagos). This is how it went down:
I was not praying for the VO because he was spending a lot of time with applicants and he rejected a lot of applicants.
VO: the sighed me as I was walking across to him. Good morning, pass me your documents pls.
ME: good morning sir, here they are
VO: ok can you bring up your case...
ME: I was like na which one be bring up your case again. I asked him to repeat himself and he said it again. So I got it that he want me to tell him what I am here for. Na so I start by saying, I am going to study Masters in Public Administration at ..... University, then defined Public Administration as a disciplined which broadly deals with good governance, human relations and the society at large and also focuses on the implementation of government policies, programmes and activities for the betterment of the citizens. I choose to study masters in PA because I have a keen interest in good governance in Nigeria.
V0: ok, why this school?
ME: because the university offers excellence career preparation in public administration which a real world learning experience.
VO: Have u travel out of Nigeria before?
ME: no, there has not been a need to.
VO: ok, are u married?
ME: No.
VO: where do u work?
ME: I told him.
VO: who is paying for your fees.
ME: my dad.
VO: what does not dad do?
ME: he is a building contractor and a estate developer.
VO: did you write the GRE?
ME: No, the university does not require it for admission into this programme.
VO: I'm sorry I can not issue you the visa at this time....bla bla

Lesson: I know surely that I was refused on the grounds of GRE. Its painful tho, because the V0 was just looking at me and typing seriously and me maintained eye contacts all through.
Advice: please everyone going as a graduate student should endeavour to write either the GRE or GMAT, even if your school does not require it for admission purpose, like mine did not and plus that I had a $2000 partial scholarship, so I was thinking the GRE won't be an issue since its not part of the admission requirements.

At this point, I want to congratulate everyone who got their visas and those yet to go for their interview, I beg make una no dey entertain unnecessary fear, that interview is not as difficult as it has been projected. Its basically a conversation between 2 people ( you and the VO). Be yourself.
I sincerely appreciate king1_00, Freeman_lxy, leadzeal, djunit, walex57, samuel4U and everyone on this thread.
Its not over yet, until I get my visa lol

sha_money: My visa has just been issued to me in abuja embassy by d VO in window 7. I ll post d details soon.

Congratulations to you bruv. I am happy for you.

Congratulations WARYZ. I know say u been don te for this thread

kpolli: @deevick26 when is ur own interview? Cos na ur testimony I dey eagerly wait for

Thanks brov, i believe you. Na this month ooo...God go do am.

walex57: Infact Kpolli you read my mind wella...deevick go get am..i was sure of samiel4u and now i'm 120% sure of deevick...go get am jor
@samiel4u: congrats again and again i say congratulobia congratulatesss, congratulaata....

[quote author=walex57]My man walex57, thanks plenty, l cant wait to go for the interview self. l know you wish me well.

samiel4u: Here is my experience,
Got to the embassy @ 6.00am, called for document checking at 7.30am and then biometrics
4 VO , all guys.
Me: Good morning
VO: good morning, how r u?(Busy perusing my I-20 like say exam dey for him to write after reading the form)
Me: fine
VO: pass ur document please
Me: passed passport, I-20 and DS-160
VO: Why do u want go to the US?
Me: To study for Masters in Public Health at the UAB
VO: How did you hear about dis skool?
Me: I made my research on the internet, browsed Sophas.org and checked the skool ranking on the USnew.com(VO nodding his head)
VO: Why public health?
Me: As a general physician, I realise that most of the diseases that plague my country are preventable disease such as Malaria,HIV,hypertension etc and the complication of this diseases account for the major causes of morbidity and mortality.Hence prevention of this diseases will be pivotal and instrumental to the reduction in this disease burden
(VO starts typing furiously and kept my passport and I-20 and tear the green card)
VO: did u take the gre?
Me: Yes(show him result)
VO: who is sponsoring you?
Me: My uncle, he is a civil engineer and the deputy director at the fed min of xxxx(tryin to show him my statement, he said I shudnt wory)
VO: pick up your visa at lekki, remember to take ur I-20 along u will need at POE blah blah blah

Guys, please your early responses go a long way in getting you the visa.note my first answer,I covered 3 questions and after the second question he has already make up his mind to issue the visa.
Please know your major very well and be technical to dazzle the VO because its ur chance of educating the VO.
I appreciate you all, SEUN helped got my appointment date, deevick, imperious, walex, kpoli, leadzeal and all in the house.
@ waryz..I was putting on ash colored long sleev shirt with black trouser.
We still dey pop champagne here for ikoyi,
I love u all and still dey wait more news for dis fall.#pardon pls if there is any grammatical error, typing on fone#

Congratulations to samiel4u once again. I am very happy for you. Was it the V0 at counter 4 that interviewed?

samiel4u: housemates
I just got my F1 visa at the US embassy in lagos.
Will put up my experience soon.
Thanks to you all, Nairaland is KEY to yankee

Congratulations to you man.

fittty: Thanks Bruv... Are u sure with this the VO could convienced on how masters in public admin relates to Bsc Economics? I'm just scared cos I don't want any denial as this will be my first time of going to an embassy, I hope u know what I mean. I've been following this thread from part one and I ensure to log into this thread every single day to read peoples posts and I copy and save sucesses stories and failed ones just to have them on my note pad and compare. I've also noted that being bold and looking into the VO's eyes and having a sound knowledge of my intended course and Bsc course is what it takes to get the visa. I intend going to the embassy just once and come out with the green ticket for the visa.... Bruv thank so much and all dons in d house. I hope I'm doing the right thing by going in for a Masters in Public Admin and I hope the VO wouldbe conviences cos I've read from here about people being denied. Cos their intended course stands apart from their first degree

What you seems to be bothered about is within your power. The V0 has no right to denied any applicant on the grounds that there is no continuation or progression in the line of study. That is why there are questions like these"why study this course or what benefit does this course hold to you?" ( For a graduate of Economics like you, you can say you are interested in working for the Nigeria government, you intend to join the Central Bank or ministry of Finance, to ensure that Budgets preparation and allocation are done without any bias and to ensure that the purposes for which the budget were allocated are well executed.....bla bla, this is just a hint)The onus lies on the applicant to educate the VO on why he or she has choose to follow this new study path and I tell you, this is where most people in this kind of scenario who didn't get their visas missed it. You need to be well armed as to why you are changing your study line in this particular time in your life. If you study the thread well, you will notice that recent interviews only requires portraying genuine study intention to the VO and not documents presentations as we have thought or has it has been before. The reason is simple, the VOs only want to accord genuine students the opportunity to actualise their dreams of going to the US to study. Best of Luck man.

fittty: Guys pls advice me on this. I've asked previously but I need to make a final decision on it.... I have a Bsc in Economics and I want to go in for a Masters in Public Administration for Spring 2013. But I'm thinking during my interview, the VO might just say both courses aren't related. Guys should I continue with d application for Masters in Public Admin or I should just go for a different course related to Economics. Pls dons in d house advise me on this.. I dey beg una

The last time we exchange messages on this thread, you agreed to do research on how to marry Economics as a field of study with Public Administration. I can't really ascertain how far you have gone with that. Like I told you the last time, PA is a very lucrative profession, the likes of Ban Ki- moon, the former UN secretary General and the present president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson are graduates of PA.
PA has five core branches and they are: 1. Policy Analysis,
2. Public Budgeting, 3. Ethics, 4. Operational Theory,5. and Human Resource. Link is:

therealbradleybyrne.com/2012/03/09/masters-in-public-administration-the-five-core-branches-of-public-administration/

You can choose one of the areas to specialise in and relate it with your Economics first degree. I think Public Budgeting should suit well with Economics.
You see my friend, there is need for you to note that, PA is both a field of study and profession. It is meant for individuals who want to go into government and a non profit organisation. Though the study is multi-dimentional, which means you can also fit in into the private sector as well. The ball is in your court to decide what you wanna study, only you can take this decision. Best of luck.

kpolli: Here is my experience, though I was shaky and can't remember much. . . It is God, to me I wasn't that good. . . My case wasn't strong but with God, it was too strong for them. . .

4 VOs, all guys. . . . The one that called me seemed to be the one rejecting the most

Me - Good morning
VO- Good morning, pass your documents (I pass it to him)
VO- Did you take GRE
Me- Yes (pass him the documents)
VO- Your going for masters in Information Systems?
Me- No, I am going for a masters in System science, kindly check the remarks section of my I-20
VO- What is system science
Me- System science is the same as computer science, the school's dept of computer science calls their masters program system science.
VO- How many schools did u apply to?
Me- 5, UFL, ASU, Uni of Salford.....
VO- Is that in the UK
Me- Yes
VO- Why USA
Me- (forgot my lines and started stammering but said) Because USA has the best Unis in the world and They teach more practically unlike over here
VO- When did u finish Uni
Me- 2008
VO- What Uni
Me- Unilag
VO- Are you with ur transcript?
Me- Yes (pass it to him even though it wasn't impressive, I wanted to be completely honest)
VO glances thru it
VO- So have u served
Me- Yes in 2008, sorry 2009
VO- What am I doing now
Me- I work in XXXXX IT firm
VO- How much did u earn
Me- Told him (sorry have to use that for privacy purposes)
VO- Who is sponsoring
Me- My mum
VO- Can I see her statements (note: not letter)
Me- Pass it to him
VO- What does she do
Me- Teacher
VO- Uni
Me- No principal of a sec skool
VO- Where did she get all these money from
Me- She has been working for over 30yrs (gave him this c'mon look)

VO tears ticket and passes it to me. . . Collect ur visa on Tuesday

Congratulations! All of una way benefit via me announcing the july dates way don collect visa, oya make una come celebrate am for me.

leadzeal: Guys, I got my visa about 10:02 am today.. I will debrief u guys properly soonest. Thanks guys.

Congratulation my friend. I know you were gonna get it. I am on my way to your house for the celebration. I beg go arrange wine down ooo for the celebration.

@ Adolite,
A big congratulations to you. You got your heart desire at last after been refused the F1 Visa 3 times. You are indeed a die hard individual.

kennix73: @deevick246, I have gotten my Visa and the school's orientation and resumption dates are 29th August & 5th Sept respectively.
Am I supposed to pay the tuition fee here in Nigeria or there in USA?
Please help me with this question, deevick246, imeriouxx and co

Congratulation on the getting of your visa. What you need do now is go to your school's website and check the payment plan out. I am damn sure you can't be required to pay your tuition fees here in Nigeria, its usually required from you when resume for your studies /during the orientation week or first week of academic lectures. I hope you be able to find your way round this piece of information. If you still can't, though I doubt if you would, just ring your schools Assistant Director for international Admissions and make inquiry about the payment/registration pattern. I wish you plenty of Luck.

kennix73: please house, when am I supposed to pay the tuition fee? Is it when I arrive USA or here in Nigeria?

This depends solely on the payment/registration system of the particular University you are applying to. However, most Universities in the US don't require tuition fee payments before issuance of the admission documents (i20), only a few require a stipend, say between $100 to $200 as deposit towards tuition fees.
Its is your responsibility to look out for the registration/tuition fee payment regulation of the university you are applying to. Best of luck.

Anika Shiloh: Interesting! This interview narrated above goes to affirm that ''PROTOCOLS'' and RULES can be broken when the favour of God is at work. I remembered many of us here were never in congruent to the fact that the couples can be interviewed together but see as it turned out for them? I am happy for you both jare. You have made history on this thread, you are the first couples to be interviewed for F1visa and you both got it.
On a lighter note, I guess the VO was afraid of the both of you, husband & wife and the scripture that says ''what God has joined together, let no man put asunder'' worked for your favour. I am so happy for you guys.


The lady arranging the documents outside actually said that when she told us to go together

Really? Just as if I was there when she said that to you guys . Congratulations once again.

Adolite: My F1 Visa was approved this morning in abuja.............I'm Happy mehn.........

Adolite!!! That's good news. I remember you very well. I recollect you have been refused more than once and here you are celebrating your F1 visa success. I feel so happy for you.
Oya, come narrate your ordeal at the embassy for us all to learn from it.

jimtosam: Thank you all.Imperiouxx, GboyegaD, Phy, Successgreat, walex special thanks to you guys. God did it yesterday at Abuja by 10:45am.
Please, we cannot rule out favour.

Counter 8,One old white guy. at Abuja yesterday was tough. But, what I discovered about him is that he wanted people to prove their cases strongly. It's like Counter 7 guy was undergoing training. Cos, somebody was given him clues of questions to ask. Cos they are two there. Counter 9 girl is very lovely even though she was not dashing out VISA like gift too.She interviewed about 3 families before me and their cases were strong.They were all granted.

Counter 7 guy was very busy, I was just speaking in tougues that God should let this counter 7 guy be ready when it's my turn but Later I said God let your will be done. Take me to where I am going to get the VISA. As God will have it, Counter 7 guy just got ready. Next Applicant. Immediately I heard next applicant, God just brought a confidence into me that I couldn't explain.

I will post my experience soonest. My internet is down and phone battery is almost flat now.

Congratulations!!! I beg come and finish what you started lol

Anika Shiloh: Yay! I and hubby got our visas yesterday(10th) @ Lagos. It was God all the way through.

7.30am appointment. At the first spot before entering where they check and arrange the docs in ur passport, the lady there said we should go together to be interviewed together since we r married and in same sch, same course. So we did.

There was a guy @ window 3 that was refusing almost everyone and he was the only one free wen our number was next but he got called away, returned, went away... he was just busy till another guy was free @ window 7 - we were so glad.

Hubby: Good afternoon
VO: (smiles and says Good Morning)

VO: Both going for F1 (wondering y he is interviewing us together - yet to change my name)
Hubby: We are married (was bringing out the marriage certificate but the VO waived not to bother)

VO (@ me): Where do you work and what do you do there?
Me: I am a medical Doctor. Work @ ... School Clinic. Attend to ill students and staff. liaise with the LGA for immunizations for under fives, organise health seminars regularly for the students and staff

VO: So, y do u wanna study MPH?
Me: Most pxs of the diseases could be prevented. Public health is a field that deals with promoting and protecting the health of a population. thus want to gain knowledge that would help me improve the health of a large group of people at a time is my aim

VO (@ hubby): What school and wen did u graduate?
hubby: Col of Med, Unilag 2007

VO: How did you know about UAB and Y did u choose it.
Hubby: Through the SOPHAS website. Course content in dept @ UAB suits well in the track of public health I'm interested in (then explained how the field is to his current job) and my course advisor does research in that field with projects in Nigeria.

VO: Wen is school resuming
Both: August 15th

VO: Did you write GRE
Both: Yes

VO: Who's ur sponsor?
Me: My brother is sponsoring us both

VO: What does he do?
Me: Comp scientist and web programmer, top nigerian site (told him name so he could check up if he wanted), partnership with Google

VO then starts typing on his computer. Hubby had brought all his documents out of the file ready to show any but the VO did not even request to see any document

VO: (tears the green ticket) come pick visa...

It was just God.

Interesting! This interview narrated above goes to affirm that ''PROTOCOLS'' and RULES can be broken when the favour of God is at work. I remembered many of us here were never in congruent to the fact that the couples can be interviewed together but see as it turned out for them? I am happy for you both jare. You have made history on this thread, you are the first couples to be interviewed for F1visa and you both got it.
On a lighter note, I guess the VO was afraid of the both of you, husband & wife and the scripture that says ''what God has joined together, let no man put asunder'' worked for your favour. I am so happy for you guys.

sha_money: No p bro. We all share a common interest here. I ll just have to go and work on d connection between wat I did in d coy and my course. Thank you so much for the response,by His grace we ll all come back wit our success stories.
Thank u house.

I'm glad you understand. Just work on the connection between your intended major and what you have been doing. If you need further advice or clarification do not hesitate to inquire here. We are one Big family here. Best of luck bruv.

walex57: deevick...i already know u've gotten it so just relax ok...we go share ur testimony

Amen ooo. Thanks plenty my guy walex.

sha_money: I tink dat question should be directed to jamb and d schools I applied to. I asked a straight forward question , no need for d joke. U wrote jamb and prolly got admitted and did ur undergraduate,good,I wasn't as lucky as u are. I tink dis is now my time. Abeg help answer my question though.

I wasn't joking with your inquiry at all. Why would I? I didn't get your initial post well, I thought you said you were going for a second degree programme. Sorry for the mix up.
Now, on your inquiry, you said you graduated from secondary school in 2007 and you have since been helping your dad in his work/company, like dr.dolittle asked you already...hope what you have been helping doing for your has relevant with what you are going to study? If this is sorted and you tackle all the remaining likely questions, eg why the course, why the school? Bla bla. You get a lot of similar questions here. I think you should be fine. Best of Luck.

kpolli: But u've been active on this thread for almost 2yrs so ur a don

Abi ooo, I have really been around for a while now. But now is just the right time for me to go for the interview. But Yankee F1 Visa, no be by how long one has been on this thread, its basically by the Favour and Mercy of God.

imperiouxx: Haba! deevick. Soon nau, very soon.

I rely only on God's favour and Mercy. Thanks.

imperiouxx: May I ask why don't you get the admission?

@ sha_money, oya come answer this imperiouxx question....you claimed you did Jamb and passed shei be? So why didn't you get admission into the university with it?

sha_money: Please someone should answer me, imperiouxx, dr_do little, everyone pls..

Make sure its feel good and make sense to you claiming all you have sighted above. If it doesn't sound logical to you, don't feel it will to the VO. If it doesn't then work on it again. This has been said over and over here.
To me why go for another undergraduate programme, when you are already a graduated? Its additional and recurring expenses of what you already had. But if you feel there is need to start again or diversify, then its just fine. Best of Luck.

dr_dolittle: So sorry about this brov.Please brace up, get ur docs and stuff together...and when convinced that you've done your best...go get the visa.It is there waiting for you.Three guys got their visas for associates degrees on monday and were wayyy past the age..so you can do the same.Bless you.

Imperioux, wale, deevick, and others..I appreciate you all..Bless you real good.

God bless you too. These people (walex and Imperiousxxx) you mentioned my name among are yankee peeps(walex just got his visa)me never do my interview yet ooo. Lol

kennix73: pls house, I am sorry for the delay.
This is my success story.
I was the next to see any of the VOs and the VOs at window 7&9 were free because applicants just left there. I wanted the young white lady in window 9 because she spends like 8-12mins for the interview. And the white man in window 7 was very fast. He beckoned me
me: goodmorning sir
vo: goodmorning
vo: please ur documents
(I gave him my docs, he smiled and gave me back my appiontment letter. I smiled back)
vo: what do u want to study?
Me: master's in chemistry, General ( as stipulated in my I-20 form)
vo: wat did u study in ur first degree?
Me: industrial chemistry
vo: so wat's ur specialization
me: it is master's in General chemistry, it touches the different aspects of chemistry.( Actaually it was analytical chemistry I opted for but I was trying to follow the I-20 form)
vo: No we can't accept this.....without specialization. I am sorry.....(as he was saying dat I became afraid and started praying in my mind. Immediately I interrupted him)
me : no sir, this is a letter from the graduate admissions office. (He took it and while he was reading it, I gave him anoda from the graduate coordinator. Thank God I got his attention back)
Vo: ok
vo: .................. for graduation?
Me: pardon sir
Vo.....................for graduation!
Me: pardon sir (he was speaking very fast)
He smiled after repeating himself twice.
vo: wat does it require for graduation?
Me: I told him abt the course structure and how it was organized.
Vo: ok
vo: who is sponsoring you
me: my dad
vo: wat does he do?
Me: I told him and I brought out a reference letter from the manufacturing coy my dad buys his goods from (dat leter confirms the biz relationship btw them and my dad). While he was reading it, I brought out the sponsorship letter, affidivet of support, bank reference letter and bank statement.
He read the sponsorship letter, scanned tro the affidivet of support and bank ref letter, flpped to the last page of the bank statement. He went back to the sponsorship letter, looked at the letterhead and he typed sth in his pc.
vo: ok! Welcome to USA, I wish u success in ur program.
Me: thank u sir

Congratulations. I dey very happy for you. You really demonstrated strong confident.