Good morning Nairalanders. Please is there anyone in Philadelphia here or knows someone in Philadelphia that I can have a conversation with ?? I am due to be in Philadelphia next month with my wife and daughter and would like to meet someone who lives there that I can call/text with to learn more about the city. Thank you in advance and God bless you all.

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Abuja Embassy
26th June 7:30am
Family of 3

There were only 2 VO’s.. One middle age white lady in her early 40’s who was dishing out pink paper after much drilling., and an old man in his early 60’s who was very slow, he denied the two ppl in front of us, the first one a man, and next a lady and her two teenage daughters.

My Wife was with all the documents because she’s the F1, while I was carrying our 6 months old daughter, and standing besides her.

VO: Good morning

Spouse: Good morning

VO: Pass me the passports and I-20 forms

Spouse: Here you go

VO: (He looks at it confused because my passport and I-20 was first)

Spouse: (Cuts in) I am the primary applicant

VO: Oh your passport should come first

Spouse: I’m sorry, that was a mistake

VO: That’s fine (typed for 45 secs)

VO: When did you get your first degree ?(Typing)

Spouse: 2014

VO: What have you been doing since then ?

Spouse: I have been working

VO: what do you do?

Spouse: I am a legal practitioner

VO: Why Intl peace and conflict resolution?

Spouse: IPCR will give me the qualifications that I need to take up a job with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and also, in the long run it will give me the requisite skills and knowledge that I need to begin my own NGO focusing on Intl peace and conflict resolution particularly in the middle belt.

VO: Did you apply to other schools ?

Spouse: I applied to two other schools, Umass and Columbia University

VO: Did you get admit from any

Spouse: Yes, from UMASS Boston, but it was a conditional admit, I will have to go through an ISSP program for 9 months before I proceed to masters program and the fees was very high, so I decided to settle for Arcadia University

VO: Who is sponsoring you?

Spouse: it is co sponsored by my husband and I (Spouse points at me, and I looked straight in his (VO) eyes and nod my head)

VO: (Looks at me) What do you do?

Me: I am the Chief Executive of xyz.. we are into logistics, sales and supplies of steel rod for building and construction works

VO: Can I have the SOA

Spouse: Here you go

VO: This is 3 statements of accounts

Spouse: Yes, one is our joint account, the other is his personal account and the last is his company account

VO: (looks at the SOA very very well and put it besides him and asked me) How many workers do you have ?

Me: Logistic section 16, rod section 8, total 24.

VO: so if you travel to the US now what will happen to your business??

Me: I don’t plan on staying with them all through her program, I am going with them now to spend a month to make sure they are settled in and make an arrangement with a baby sitter that will care for our daughter while she is busy with school

VO: (nod his head like, impressed, then looks at my wife) Three years ago you were both denied a visa in Lagos (Typing)

Spouse: Yes but that was a visit visa

VO: Oh this is a student visa (nod his head) do you live in Lagos?

Spouse: No, we live in PH

VO: Do you have another child?

Spouse: No

VO: (removes our I-20 forms from our passports and gave them to my wife) Keep these forms you will need them at the POE.

Spouse: (took them from him) okay thank you

VO: (picks up our SOA and told us) If these statements are fraudulent or forged you risk being banned for life, should I proceed with the application?

Spouse: Yes

VO: hands her a white paper and said I have given you a conditional approval, I said conditional because I need to verify the authenticity of these account statements.

Spouse: Okay thank you..

No other document was requested and the interview lasted just 4-5 minutes

We were placed on AP for 8 business days, and finally when I tracked it on Tuesday July 9th it showed “Issued”

***Submit your case/petition to God with earnest prayers, because if God be for you nothing can stop you. He said behold I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it. You need to personalise the prayers and imagine what you want to happen on that day of the interview and begin to affirm it and declare it to God. He is the creator and the VO’s are His creation, He will turn their minds around for you and they have no other choice but to favour you. Finally, fill your ds-160 form very very well, take much time to go through it and make sure there is no error, I spent 11 days going over our ds-160 form s and making corrections anywhere I feel something isn’t right, and I submitted 4 days prior to the interview.

On behalf of my wife and daughter, very special thanks to @Lagosismyhome, @Brown2green, for your answers to my questions., and to @Walspring for helping us with the SEVIS fee payment. May the good Lord open the doors of favour to you all that no man can shut it. And to all the contributors on this great forum and those preparing for their interview, I know that you will come here to share your testimonies. God bless you all richly.

Thank you so much @walspring for coming through with my SEVIS fee and payment confirmation reflected in less than 12 hours. God bless you richly for the good works you're doing here. Please if anyone need help paying SEVIS fee, contact @walspring very reliable.

Thank you Jossywayne.

jossywayne:


Contact Walspring; go to nairaland search bar and type “@walspring” then send him a PM.

Hello Felizz, please how did you pay your service fee ?? Thanks in advance

Felizz:
My sevis fee has been paid ..it remains only my I20 the only shipping company that is available in california is UPS ,DHL is not available.
Hope i will still have space for booking this month of june?

Good morning house. Please how can I pay SEVIS fee from Nigeria??

Thanks in advance

Thank you sooo much. God bless you

Brown2Green:




Sevis must be paid before interview and yes! You must show receipt.
For the benefit of everyone , from the 24th of June, Sevis fee will increase from $200 to $350.

Thanks for your swift response.. So must it be paid before going to the appointment? Does the VO request to see SEVIS fee receipt??

Thanks once again

Brown2Green:


Not necessarily.

Good afternoon house. Pls is an F1 applicant to pay the SEVIS fee before booking an appointment??

Thank you in advance!

[quote author=Dipro post=78789780]Dear Nairalanders, good morning. Pls I am new here and have a question and need your advise. My wife a lawyer, got an admission with a school in the US for a master program, I am her sponsor, I am self employed and have a logistic company. We have a 5 months old daughter, and she wants me to come with her and our daughter to help with the baby while she’s going for her school run around. She has done everything and the school sent an I-20 form for 3 of us.

My question:
(1). Do you think it’s okay for three of us to apply the same time? Will it not look like we are running away from the country as most of the VO think which isn’t true in our case ??

(2). Should she apply alone? or apply with our daughter ?

Please house, @Justwise, OmoBendel, Ekpotec, CyberKnight, and all the well informed gurus in the house, I will appreciate more advise on the above.

Thank you and God bless.

Thanks bro! I appreciate your swift response and it’s helpful, tho I still need more advise from the house.

LagosismyHome:


This one is always hard as they is not right or wrong way . The more fluid you are the better it helps but nobody can predict as it highly subjective to the VO you get . There was a lady here last year, she went with her two small sons but her husband wasnt going and She and son were given. Some have done it that the primary applicant goes first and then the Dependents go next . Some have gone with the whole family . In all these some were given some were rejected .

It hard to predict which is the best way . I would have said daughter and mother go first however if father is not given later on. There still no way mother can cope with daughter.

Dear Nairalanders, good morning. Pls I am new here and have a question and need your advise. My wife a lawyer, got an admission with a school in the US for a master program, I am her sponsor, I am self employed and have a logistic company. We have a 5 months old daughter, and she wants me to come with her and our daughter to help with the baby while she’s going for her school run around. She has done everything and the school sent an I-20 form for 3 of us.

My question:
(1). Do you think it’s okay for three of us to apply the same time? Will it not look like we are running away from the country as most of the VO think which isn’t true in our case ??

(2). Should she apply alone? or apply with our daughter ?