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Congratulations! Please do you know of any WhatsApp or telegram group I can join to find full funding or graduate research assistant positions in the US?

Roon9:
*Visa Approved*
Date: 21st Feb.
Attempt: 2nd
Deficit: 6,237
Vo : pretty woman of Dominican descent
Location: Abuja

My wife is the F1 and she left Aug, 2024. At her first attempt, we all travelled down but was denied. Two weeks to the slated date she got full funding but for some reasons they couldnt send a i-20 that reflected the funding and we went with almost 52k deficit; we didn't stand a chance.
Upon her second attempt however, it reflected and she was approved but I just didn't want to take the risk so I stayed back.

On the day of the interview, I tried to be very relaxed and didn't rush down even though I was slated for 9am, I got there few minutes to 9am & joined the long queue( from our first outing I got to know that as long as you are for that date the time stated isn't important)


*Interview*

*Vo* : pass me your passport & i-20s and where are we going today
F2: I'm traveling to columbus, Ohio with my son for three weeks during my annual leave and his summer holiday to visit my wife. She's a first year *** student at the **** currently on full funding.

VO : how long did you say you would be staying
F2: three weeks.

( long pause, she kept checking my son's passport and F1 i-20. She would leave and return, check her system & call out for someone. They were laughing and checking while I was rembering my hallelujah challenge the night before and praying. After 10 minutes plus she asked me to step back as they are trying to verify some things.

The next fellow was called upon to be interviewed and was summarily dismissed after which she called me back. At this point she was still not saying anything and was just focusing on the findings on my i-20. She seem to be writing them out & double checking with what she has on her screen. Meanwhile, before we came, my sister had jokingly asked my son to tell the VO that he wants to see his mommy, while we were asked to wait, I got really discouraged since I could hear everyone else around me getting bounced so I reminded my son to keep saying he wants to see his mommy once the lady calls us again. I thought this would be fruitless because I can't really communicate with him once I'm back with her.

VO: (After what felt like an eternity) How did you to meet?
F2: she was my neighbor during our undergrad years sometime in 2012 and we connected due to our shared passion for food, music & football. (She chuckled at this)

VO: When did you get married?
F2: 4th, July 2020. Around that time the covid pandemic was just getting relaxed so we were lucky to have about 170 persons present for our big day ( Nepa took light at this point and I could see her big screen. She had two separate DS pages side by side so I figured she was comparing the former with the current one. I used this opportunity to whisper to my son to "shout it" and he started singing it. Lol

VO: What do you do? ( she say up to look at my son and she asked what he's saying. I quickly told her and she rolled her eyes.

F2: I quickly started about how I'm a solar engineer with 3 branches in different locations....

VO : (seems to be getting impatient now) how much do you make?

F2: Due to the seasonal nature of the solar business, we sometimes make a quarterly returns of upto....

VO: cuts in.. I need an amount
F2 : 7,000,000

VO: (checks her screen, prolly to confirm my former DS input regarding this) Is he your biological child? And pass me his birth certificate.
F2: yes

VO: Pass me your marriage certificate.
F2: (I have about 4 documents regarding my marriage and didn't really know which she meant so I have her all of them including a wedding picture. She sighed and returned everything that only the certificate. Omo! I gave her what I thought was the certificate and she started checking the dates, comparing with her screen.

VO: have you been outside Nigeria before?
F2: I was in Ghana and togo last December where I collaborated with **, a NGO dedicated to empowering & transforming lives through efficient solar powered water solutions for rural communities across Sub Saharan Africa. Over the course of 3 days, my team and I successfully installed 17 automated water stations in Kumasi, Tamale & Kpalime (Togo)........


VO: congratulations, I'll be holding on to your passport...... Bla blaaaa blaaa! As the saying goes, I couldn't even hear anything after that. All thanks to God Almighty for this victory and also to Sir Don for the mentorship and guidance.

Many thanks Oyotunji and everyone else on this page for all the advice and corrections though I was a silent follower. To all prospective applicants please follow up on the transcripts of those that aced the interviews and learn from it.

Congratulations! Please do you know of any WhatsApp or telegram group I can join to find schools that are offering Full funding or graduate assistant positions in the US

JDB55:
I included the evidence of the first semester tuition deposit i made, i submitted my CAC cert, tax clearance & past transactions with clients. As for Lump-sum (I don't think there are any), my account is always busy- money goes in and out on a daily basis.

I’m really sorry for your refusal but I have a question.
Did you get the refusal letter via email or it was from your portal?

ChiomaMC:
Please my people
I'm confused ooo. On generating my deposit fee invoice from my school portal which is through ICBC student pay, it was stated that I take the invoice to my bank or online and payment must be initiated on or before 7th March. I used this invoice to fill my Form A (I'm sure that's the next thing to do), which has not been processed yet. My question is since it takes up to two months for Form A to be processed, and definitely the fees won't get to CIBC by 7th March, what happens next?. Or does the Form A that I have filled suffice this period time frame they gave on my fee invoice? I don't understand this things abeg

Hi, I think you can proceed with the Form A (which usually takes about 8weeks to process), after which you can send the debit advice (this you get from your bank) to your school to check their account for your tuition deposit.
I did the same, i was given 72hrs to make the bank wire transfer but I filled the details in my Form A and waited for my bank to do the transfer.

I will attach the email that was sent to the school and the reply (although it took the 2days to reply with the confirmation).
But it’s just my opinion, I am no Expert. Thanks.

obaaderemi:
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mukhcech:
On what ground did you apply and where you given your choosen state?

. I did not apply, and yes I got Abuja

Its true, dey approved mine...

I got an Approval text from NYSC.... so happy