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vandarsar: Anyone knows if the strike has been suspended ??

biofem2000: Happy new year Nairalanders!!,!,!,!,!,!,!
I got lost a couple of weeks ago... Well I was missing on the conversations and every time I try to post it seems there's something else everyone's talking about. Oh we'll.... And I've been lazy too.
So, my sister inlaw got her visa this morning. I passed on the nairaland bug to her like I did for my sister and brother and.... Voila.... It worked.
She was asked a few questions. When did your brother( DH) get to the US? What does he do ( DH is the sponsor)? Why did you chose accounting? What did you do after your NYSC?
She said it was less than two minutes.
The general advise I gave her was to not talk like a desperado, don't give the impression that you must get to the US tonight, be confident, appeal to the officers emotions when you get the opportunity, relax, smile, it is easier than having to answer to God, do not lie however, do not sell yourself short. Spice up your experience, talk like a professional, don't talk like you just rolled out of bed, talk like you know what you are doing/ saying. Don't say I finished from Unijos, or UI...it is University of Jos,MAALU ( oops!!!!!!!), University of Ibadan, the Polytechnic Ibadan ( not Ibadan poly or Mapol.

Have a great freezing day! .....well... It's way below freezing on the east coast. Brutally cold!

slimmy05: hello house, please, if you have PDF format of GRE test prep please kindly send to me. I am in need of it. I want to take my GRE next month. here is my email charles4real2005@yahoo.com
NB: PDF format please, i will so much appreciate it. Thanks alot house, i know i can count on you. God bless

Billyonaire: NIPOST should be scrapped. The era of government owned mailing system is gone. Its e-mailing and private courier. Government can no longer continue to fund NIPOST when there are alternative and cheaper, more reliable private courier and e-mailing alternatives. How much NIPOST dey generate for Nigeria sef. Abeg, make dem continue the strike for ever. And for those retired NIPOST people,they should proceed to their pensioners and get disengagement emoluments, all these arrears nonsense should stop. We already have too much recurrent expense on the budgets.

ronald2g1: Pls I will stop usin dis ronaldid to post, I hv been a usin his id frm d firsy day he hlpd me to ask some questns on nairaland here cos am nt a nairalander n he just brought d idea n I guess he was helpful n since hv been personally usin his id, I will be usin my real id as prince ola afta I open a nairaland account tho once I travel to enable me continue d alredi shared humanitarian bond n not let d normal attitude of nigerians leavin afta gettin wah dey want get ova me. Thnx u all

eduson002: Ok.Thanks.Where is d office location?

saxywale: A friend was part of the government team involved in the early appraisal for this project.

Applicants would need a waec tech/Nabteb for a stream and minimum HND Mech/elect for the other stream. The apprenticeship program is for those that meet the criteria above.

ifyalways: E book on how to go to China?

When Chinko people full lagos dey use dem legs hawk panadol, ekpa for N10 ?

OP, abeg write another book.
You'll get better luck @ the travel section.

ifyalways: E book on how to go to China?

When Chinko people full lagos dey use dem legs hawk panadol, ekpa for N10 ?

OP, abeg write another book.
You'll get better luck @ the travel section.

andromida: Sounds like you are serious. Try to win her trust again.if you know her house you can go look for her,apologise sincerely.She may have moved on into the arms of a better man.

mayorxyz: @ house, pls do I need to pay SEVIS fee for a visit/tourist to the U.S?

yemdeb: House,
I got my visa yesterday and tomorrow is my wedding. Isnt this a double barrel blessing?. I bet it is. I want to request the school to give me like a week to resume late. I gat spend honeymoon with my jewel na..Resumption is 8th jan cos of orientation. I dey think make i report on 14th. Anybody can give me the cheapest flight from Lagos to Chicago or any other affordable route?

One love.

yemdeb: I have been silently following this thread for a couple of days and i can say this thread is the best thread on the forum. I got my F-1 Visa today at the Abuja Consulate. The chronicle of how i got the visa started on the 20th December, 2012. This was the actual day i was slated for interview. My time was 10.30am and i got to the Consulate at 10.25am. On arrival, i discovered i wasn't with the print out of my appointment confirmation page and i had to rush down to a nearby cyber cafe to get it printed. I got back to the consulate by 11.00am and i was told the 10.30am 'slotters' have been called. I just dashed in and was processed in. To cut the story short, i entered the interview hall.

VO in window 6, a pretty young lady was just celebrating Xmas by issuing out visa to everybody.
VO in window 7, a sturdy man issuing at 50-50
VO in window 8, a stern young woman denying everybody
VO in window 9, a handsome guy issuing at 60-40

Status quo remained the same until suddenly their system went down and there had to be some slight delay. Immediately the system came up, the issuing VO in window 6 started denying, the denying VO in window 8 was replaced by another lady while VOs in Windows 7 and 9 maintained their status quo. Suddenly it got to my turn and i found myself going to window 6.

VO: Good afternoon
ME: Afternoon ma...
VO: Pass me ur documents
ME: I handed the documents to her.......She scanned through my documents
VO: Do you know about SEVIS fee?
ME: Yes.
VO: You haven't paid it and i wont be able to conduct interview for you until this fee is paid..
ME: I already paid..... i showed her the print out of the receipt
VO: The record is not on our system and so we cant interview you.... What i will do is give you a letter that will serve as ur pass when coming some other time. You can come on either Thursday or Friday cos there are holidays on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
ME: OK
VO: Thanks
ME: You are welcome...

END OF EPISODE ONE


EPISODE TWO

Got to the Consulate as early as 6:15am. I was cold to to bone but i wasn't deterred. By 8:30am, we were called in and those of us with G-letters were attended to first. Interview proper started and the VOs that were conducting interviews on the 20th are still the very ones in their respective windows except window 8 that was not yet occupied as at the time i was there.
I was interviewed by the handsome dude in window 9 and it went thus:

VO: (frown) Good morning
ME: (fake smile) Good morning sir..
VO: Pass me ur doc
ME: I gave him
VO: Do you have your form I-20 with you?
ME: Yes i do( i passed it to him)
VO: Why going to the US?
ME: For a master degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology
VO: At which school?
ME: Western Illinois University
VO: And why the school?
ME: Everything i want in a school is present in this school. It has over 10 decades of standard and top quality education which makes it ranked high in usnews ratings. It also has an impressive student:faculty ratio of 15:1 which makes class interaction much more conducive. Worthy of note is...
VO: Its ok......
ME: (i kept quiet)
VO: Why this course?
ME: It fits my career aspiration
VO: How?
ME: It will give me the required knowledge base and technical skill to excel as a manufacturing engineer
VO: OK....When did you finish your BSc?
ME: 2008
VO: What course?
ME: Mechanical Engineering
VO: What have you been doing since then:
ME: I have been working at the production section of an agroscience company....
VO: (cut in) What are your job descriptions:
ME: Ensuring no down time in production. Occasionally carrying out repairs and maintenance on the production line.
VO: Good...did you write any exam, Sat, Gre bla bla
ME: Yes. I wrote GRE even though it is not required by the school
VO: Can i see your score pls?
ME: I mistakenly passed my TOEFL score to him.
VO: No i don't need that. Your English is kind of fluent....
ME: Sorry... i passed the GRE printout to him... he looked at it and them passed it back to me
VO: Who will pay for your studies?
ME: My brother
VO: What does your brother do?
ME: He is an engineer. He fabricates and imports machines and equipments needed for the upliftment of nigeria economy.
VO: Do you have your brothers Statement of Account with you?
ME: Yes.... i passed it to him
VO: He scanned through it page by page before returning it to me
VO: What will you do after your study?
ME: With the knowledge and skills i would have garnered from my studies, i will come and take over the Port Harcourt branch of my brothers business as the MD.

At this point he has already put my passport and application with the rest applications that were earlier granted. He then gave me the pick up paper and the following ensued:

VO: Come pick up your visa on Wednesday
ME: Thanks.
VO: Have a nice day ahead.
ME: You too.

That was how i got my visa at my very first time of applying for it. It was just like a fairy tale. I fasted, though i didn't really pray but i know someone also fasted and prayed. My fiance is a very solid backbone that has been my support. It was a sweet combination of Preparation on my part and Rigorous prayers on the part of my fiance.

My people, the secret to getting your visa is hard work and prayer and i strongly believe with the combination of these two inseparable things, your visa is certain.
One love.

Anthonymighty: Yaah! I dey dance azonto........my visa eh! God has done it.......I driving home now......will gist u guys later......thanks to u all.....love u guys

dtabimbola: @ Redscalert... Pls what is ur course, are you a Nurse? Pls Can I ve ur no, for further advice from u.

House, here is my case : my interview is next week, d admission I got is... Master of Transformative Leadership,
and I studied Nursing Science ... Pls I don browse tire o, but I couldnt find real correlation between the two, esply in convincing the VO.
Pls Guruu in d house help help help, bfor I collapse in embassy oooooooooooooooooo

imperiouxx: edus,

Getting money sent to me will cost you much because you have to pay Nigeria bank charges + bank in US will cut out of your money for wire transfer and state taxes. Instead, I advice that you go to either GTN or GIEVA. I used GTN very very well when in Nigeria, sometimes pay to their account then write them email containing the link I want them to pay to and they have never disappointed me. You know I can lead you to ruin or lost.

ferdimako: U need to be in their shoes now for u not to be stressing them.Okay, wait on him still. But I know that shiit can be handled here in Nigeria.You talk like a little girl though.

ferdimako: U can do that will GT or Diamond bank debit cards. Why stressing folks?!

imperiouxx: Thanksgiving is last than 2 hours in my state. Let's see how the spirit of thanksgiving gets extended to US consulate Nigeria.

lipsyliscious: I laugh in Spanish! @ op don't try some tinz here oh! D girl is a hot catch 4rm wat u said n dis definitely won't work. I'm in skul n I know how many guys ask 4 my name,numba n pin evryday. I'm just exasperated by d whole tin. I'll just tell u straight 'it takes 2 2 tangle' n I'm not gonna tangle with u,I'm interested so pls let me b n if I'm in an effervescent mood,I'll give u a fake name n numba so u don't bug me. Sometimes I'll let u talk till I get 2 my destination n simply say thanks 4 d company. If I'm in a restaurant wen u start,I'll just pick up my food n switch tables. Of course I don't always do dis,bt dis is wat u're lykly 2 get if u start lyk dat