₦airaland Forum

shayhune:
My appointment was slated for 6:30am. Got to the embassy around 5:30am. Had to wait till 6am before the whole process of checking in.
Fast forward. Got in to the main house. Did my fingerprint and waited for the VO to call me. I think it was window 4 or 5. So this is how the interview went:
VO: Good morning
Me: Good morning ma
VO: Pass me your passport
VO: So why are you going for this Masters
Me: I'm going for my Masters because I finished my undergraduate study in Computer science and this course will give me a competitive advantage in my field here in Nigeria (Sincerely, I was caught off guard with this question, maybe coz it wasn't asked the way I expected)
VO: So who will be paying for this?
Me: I was awarded a full tuition waiver and a graduate assistantship and my dad will be covering the remaining funds.
VO: So what's the name of your school?
Me: Sorry, I didn't get that question ma
VO: What's the name of the school you're going to?
Me: BGSU
VO: How many schools did you apply to?
Me: I applied to three schools
VO: So Why BGSU?
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God bless everyone here who has one way or the other been a blessing to me via their posts.

Wishing all prospective visa applicants success in their interviews.

akins2016, dramaka. I don dey come oo

Lol. Do quick dey come. Ohio weather dey wait for fresh meat to turn to frozen food. Perhaps you go fit increase temperature here with your body heat by +0.00001F.

Mayflowa:
Hmmm. I don't wanna be upfront because she has an account on here but rarely come to travel section. She had a firstclass degree in Mechanical Engineering in Nigeria. She is green-cardless. Can't refer to her current CGPA. She was thrilled when HRs from Apple and Goldman Sach personally contacted her to apply to their companies but never went to those two anyway.

Thanks. That's impressive. You are yet to mention her degree here in the US though. And also, her work experience back in Nigeria?

anodebeanthony:
One university wants me to send my document. Please whats the cheapest and fastest way? I no get time again o

See question o...if you are out of time, use a courier company na. Compare prices of DHL or FedEx or any other prominent ones you know. By now in this era, it should be a minimum of 9k for anyone of them. Someone once mentioned NIPOST has some kinda express delivery option like that. I suggest you go to their office and ask. That one shouldn't exceed 3k or so.

Mayflowa:
That is a very good school. Did you get admission into Penn State? Your GRE and Toefl score must be very good. Do you wanna share it? How did you prepared for it. How about the essay. I think the easiest way to get a job in America is going to reputable school rather lowly ranked universities. A friend of mine attending Texas A & M Uni got 3 solid intern positions this summer and so much so she is forgoing a semester to experience 2 of the 3 positions.

For context, may we know the profile of this your friend i.e. Undergrad CGPA, current grad CGPA, Program/Course, and if she has a green card?
Thanks.

reDazey:
I sent you a PM with this moniker(my new moniker).

Replied.

@andradaeze, pls PM me.

anikemoses:
Hey, I understand your point,likewise a few others here i suppose, but there are just some risks that are not worth it, for me as a person, i prefer the blunt truth than for anyone to "romance" truth to me. You should know that some of us that has been here for a while are actually irked when we see our fellow country men going through hardships that could have been avoided if only they heed to advice. No one is against anyone coming down here as majority of people in Nigeria always think, but it is out of love that people do give first hand infos and advises of what is obtained here when one doesn't have funding or tuition fees for at least a year. I wouldn't go into personal details of how i was able to scale through until my final semester here without funding.It's really a tough experience to wish on anyone,That's the major reason none of you should view a blunt advise as been wicked or whichever name y'all terms it. In my short stay here i have been privilege to meet a couple of students from Nigeria that are going through hardship as a result of the "blind zeal" of getting a visa and coming down to US without proper planning.

I can go ahead and list some few scenarios that played out here, just last week an Indian student was trailed by the authorities to an outside campus job she was doing, they stormed her work place on plane clothes an after a couple of interrogation, she also implicated 2 other Indian students that are working there with her as well,they were all moved to their school ISO and instructed to terminate their service record and take whichever important belonging they have and there goes the free ticket to Bombay. I can go on and on to site some other experiences here with International students just to buttress my point. In order words. It is not worth the stress if you don't have fundings or tuition. My heart still bleeds for a classmate of mine, whom had no tuition and works all his days just to afford tuition and this last semester, he got the shock of his life, 3Cs, which is an automatic withdrawal from graduate school,he just kept weeping and they wouldn't even allow him transfer his credit to another school to start afresh. So y'all should know that this is America where there isn't short cuts to things, you can't serve 2 masters at a time.

My pathing shot will be for anyone coming here to plan very well before coming , else you will be frustrated and homeless moving from pillar to post with no help in sight, if your dream is to marry a per hour paid "akata" just for the sake of papers and you had no other choice, then just know you chose to settle for less, you are worth more than that and be ready for more frustration when you guys starts living together, a night with her will be like a night in hell.. I usually do not like to comment here for reasons best known to me but if y'all see anyone here still taking time out to give an honest advise, please appreciate he/she without resorting to name calling.Remember that no matter how smart you think you can beat this system, with the slightest of hard luck if you are caught, that will be the end of you and your generation ever making it here except the Law changes. A word they say is enough for the wise....Note that I'm in no way taking sides or discouraging anyone to come here,one of the few things I've learnt with people here over the years is that for every honest advise one dishes out, there is always one cousin or childhood friend giving them a counter fictitious advise to discard, but when you get here you will get to understand the true meaning of all man for himself, God for all..Good luck to y'all in your pursuit of your dreams.. Peace out.

Thanks for this.

dramaka:
Chai! It is saddening to know that having 1USD offered for sale at N385 is good news now. At the beginning of this year, it was unimaginable; even in June/July. Now, even with complete legit documentation, it is sold at N385. Who are the select few then obtaining USD at N315? Nigeria....smh

Oh, now I get it. #FXRates.

djmakson:
Hopefully the old times are brought back.

Oh! How lovely to behold.

fatanu:
Well they r medical drugs for psychy and some black soap and agbo jedi... Kinda scared...

Black soap not an issue, should scale through. Gurus have in the past addressed the form in which agbo should be in to be acceptable; I think (without any liquid, dried) in transparent ziploc bags should be fine.

ponpon:
And who asked the question and how is it ubiquitous? And oldie we sef Don dey mature small small, over one year...

Someone would come and attack my pidgin English...

Sent you a PM bro

fatanu:
Gurus in the house.... Is there a restrictions to medical drugs one can bring into USA. A friend want me to help him pick some drugs for his mom... I'm scared a lil if it won't be an issue at POE. Someone clarify this pls

I'm assuming you are not referring to traditional medicine...as long as it's not in commercial quantity but clearly for personal use, especially the pain relievers. Where they see a large amount of pain relievers, without a doctor's prescription in-hand, it may be an issue. But I don't think you should worry.

akins2016:
Happy new year to you in advance. I will be in fisayo's house tomorrow 31st

My regards to her o.

akins2016:
Sure.. Na 11pm the thing enter. i monitored them die. i no know say you self dey track am LOL

Baba!!! You go fear na

ponpon:
Drama about replies lol, it hurts but then I think the search box and the Internet at large eases all the drama, you'll wait for reply, quote yourself and they'll just jump and pass.

Na so we see am o.
You know, we are in the age where people want it quick and fast.

Let me say this to all newbies, don't be upset, but it's worth the taking...there is so much information hidden in past threads, much more than anyone would be giving now in a single direct reply...so much. If you'd take the pains and go through previous threads (you don't even have to start from Part 1...you can pick any in-between) I tell you, you would not need to come and ask the ubiquitous question of which-affordable-schools-do-not-require-GRE-and-TOEFL-but-just-upload-of transcript-can-I-apply-to-for-XYZ-program?

akins2016:
lol I am patiently refreshing my PNC

Lol...it has entered since na...

Timi1990:
For those people traveling by January let me quickly drop this. If you own a Stanbic Bank or Citi Bank account not less than 3month old then you should be able to get PTA. I was able to get small amount from Stanbic before I traveled. Kindly walk into any Stanbic branch with your passport, travel document, flight ticket and a copy of 1-20. They will make a copy of those documents and ask you to fill a request form for the amount you want. Few days to your travel date , they will call you for pickup at their VI office in Lagos .
NB: you must have enough funds in the account for two weeks, because they will debit your account once they approve ur PTA.
The rate was 385/$, and the maximum is $3,000.

Chai! It is saddening to know that having 1USD offered for sale at N385 is good news now. At the beginning of this year, it was unimaginable; even in June/July. Now, even with complete legit documentation, it is sold at N385. Who are the select few then obtaining USD at N315? Nigeria....smh

jesusfriend1:
Hello everyone,happy new year in advance.This might help someone:I paid my school fees with form A last week.It took a total of 2weeks to go through and it was First bank i used.Please in still looking for a temporary accommodation in NYC.Help a sister o,i don't mind paying small bills.

Please let us know the rate at which the transaction was done? All 'em banks quoting different rates as they like.

fredoricko:
Congratulations.
University of Nebraska Lincoln??

Oh sweet UNL ...they did give me admission back in 2015 but with just a $5000 fellowship, whereas I was asked to have like $34,000 for first year of my intended masters program.

akins2016:
maybe their destiny is tied to the floor

Mister, what are you doing here at this time? Oya gooan sleep!

femi321:
Between 2weeks and Forever.

Pls do you know the exact rates offered by one or two banks? Which do you think is fastest?

sirRiddy:
I messed up on Friday jare. While people were going to stores to take advantage of sales offers, I was buying gadgets online from best buy. I kuku get hood o but the cold no dey gree for hood pocket o. I almost cried this morning while walking to the library. I am looking at that budget too but I don't want to buy nonsense gloves because of aroro. Thanks for your response. I surmise you are in a colder state.

Efiko! You actually go out to the library in freezing early morning temperature. As for me, I'd rather read in my apartment for this cold period. Only lectures can take me outside. And yes, cheap things always come with some price to pay...I learnt that too.

sirRiddy:
Hello guys,
please any ideas on getting good and affordable leather gloves? Location? Prices
This weather is dealing with me and I stupidly failed to take advantage of black friday sales.
I also do not want to make the yet again stupid mistake I did while choosing a network
provider.
cc OjaP msnas mystiqme godG bigfrancis21 slimmy05 warriboy21 biikeys and all my people here

It's surprising. Many ordinary gloves going for over $20 (N9000). Boss, you should be balling in Manhattan sha. At least, you guys still get double digit temperatures (in degree Celsius) during the day. In the meantime before you get your gloves when outdoors, always wear a hoodie into which you can put your fists in the pockets.

neurosci:
Replied you too.

Replied back again. Also check your Skype text messages.

neurosci:
Thanks. From this your post I can figure out that the likely problem is my network. I use/used MTN, in fact I bought 1 gigabyte for that particular purpose.
Unfortunately, I don't know what spectranet, Smile and the likes mean. I'm not really internet-savvy. Also, I don't reside in a place where there is wifi at all. So, I have only been using MTN which works well for Skype calls within Nigeria, worked partially from Nigeria to Cyprus. So, I'm thinking there is a particular reason it didn't work at all to call the US. I couldn't call the director with my Skype, I could only answer his own call. And I could only hear his voice without seeing him. But he could neither hear nor see me.
I have PMd you anyway, we may exchange skype addresses and fix an appointment from there. I haven't scheduled a call with anyone else, but even if I have, testing it with more people shouldn't cause any harm. It will only make me more assured that it now works well, and I will even tell the director that I have used the Skype to call MANY people in the US.
I've sent you a PM.

Replied.

neurosci:
Hey, people; I have a problem and I need someone's help here.

So, what I did now was to upgrade the Skype app, hoping that it would solve the problem. My bro couldn't do anything. I now want to call the US director and fix another appointment. However, I really would want to test the Skype with someone in the US first, to confirm that it is working very well with those in the US before calling the director. I can't afford to call him now, and experience the same problem. I must assure him that I have successfully solved the problem before fixing another appointment.




So, I need someone in the US that I can call with my Skype and be sure that it is working well before I call the director. The director is in Ohio, so if anyone is in Ohio, that would be be perfectly fine. But anywhere in the US would not be bad either.




Pls, if you are in the US and you don't mind a Skype video call with me, kindly PM me or ask me to PM you to exchange skype addresses and fix an appointment. Please, kindly understand that the main essence of this is to confirm whether my Skype can now work with the US before I fix an appointment with my school for another Skype call, so no strings attached. So, pls if you are in the US, kindly help.




And pls, if you have an idea on what problem my Skype may be having, pls kindly suggest solutions. But I still need to video call someone in the US to confirm that it's now working fine.



Thanks.

Hey, I'm in Ohio. If you haven't scheduled a Skype video call test yet, you can PM. I'm available almost anytime.
Then again, I'll advise you connect using WIFI from Spectranet, Smile and the likes. Using MTN, Etisalat, Airtel or Glo won't cut it.
I've had a Skype video call with a member of this thread in Nigeria, I could hear and see him (though the video was of poor quality as he was using MTN), but this was after several attempts modifying different issues.

LagosismyHome:
Who else go cause am . The government put up the tariff calling into Nigeria up significantly ....700% yeye people

see a quote from rebtel

The Nigerian government has recently raised the cost of calls to the country by nearly 700% in order to help manage their economic recession. This price increase affects all calling providers - unfortunately, we’re no exception. This rate increase was completely out of our control.

You don't say! So the yeye people want to use our head to run their extravagant lifestyles. Recurrent expenditure is out-of-this-world. They have stopped international transactions on all our cards, and now they have hiked by 700%. Meanwhile, the cost of governance is still ridiculously high and they have not slashed their salaries by at least 70% if they are serious about reviving the economy. They are just out to place the brunt of their mismanagement on Nigerians in diaspora!

Walspring:
www.gradschools.com

you will see many schools that fit your profile

if you are still below 26 or 27 apply for bsc if not go for msc if i am not wrongd

But mehn, other international students like the Indians, Nepalese, Iraqis doing their masters have ages ranging between 22-24 years.

eniolagharxe:
Bro,na 4.5cent per minute o

Aww! They just increased their rates too. The matter is serious sha. But I still have my past subscription active having 300 minutes for $7. Even the unlimited offer has been scrapped. Who or what's the cause of this hike sef?

imperiouxx:
I'm glad that I have some time to comment here today. What's good with everyone?

@ threadmates, what's the best for international calls now? Boss Revolution is acting up. Don't ask me to start reading from part 1 https://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/happy/happy0199.gif

@dramaka, Voip sounds crude.

@thread regulars, nice to see your tireless contributions.

@uncountable PMs, I'm sorry I don't have any spare time. I'm hoping for a better day soon.

Ahn Ahn! I have trashed this issue of making international calls, I don't know why there's still a debate on this. I'm seeing several people giving their own preferred option. Listen up! None of those options beat SKYPE, case closed. I'm tired of visiting the websites and checking the rates therein. You're making me sound like a SKYPE ambassador (Dear Skype/Microsoft, I really don't mind sha o )

Or which one of them is offering 300 minutes for $7 (ie. 2.33cents per minute)?

The only next contender is Google Hangouts. All my Indian pals here told me about it as they use Hangouts to call India at 1 cent per minute. I think for Nigeria, it's about the same with Skype.

See previous posts on the matter:

If I might add (don't wanna leave out the fun part): If you can spare an extra $8 and pay $15 per month, you get unlimited calls/minutes to mobiles and landlines in Nigeria. You talk till you drop! Again, the party in Nigeria need not have internet access or a Skype account; a Nokia 3310 will do just fine.


Buy subscription on Skype, $7 per month for 300 minutes (Voice call clarity and quality is good, I think it's a good deal, I've abandoned HotVoip) to Mobiles and Landlines in Nigeria. The other party in Nigeria doesn't need to have a Skype account.[i][/i]

House, pls has anyone ever brought in stuffs (traditional attire clothing, ingredients like egusi, stockfish, dried pap) via airwaybill to US? If so, what's the procedure like upon arrival of the items to the POE/POA? Paperwork or charges involved?

Kennyanderson:
Good Evening house,
Pls I have a BS.c in Economics and want to go for Masters in Financial Economics. I have researched on some schools like:
Middle Tennessee State University,
Youngstown State University,
Florida Atlantic University, and
Bowling Green State University.

Pls what do you guys think about this schools.
Thanks

Good schools. By ranking, FAU almost ties with BGSU, afterwards MTSU then YSU.
They are average schools and you have a very high chance of getting funded. Have your GRE and IELTS/TOEFL handy.