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Who here is going to Iowa State University. Lets link up

eminence5000:
Visa denied today
Lagos Embassy
Tuition expenses: $56000
Funding : $57,000
Deficit: No deficit
School: George Washington University


VO: Good morning
Me: Good morning
VO: I can see you are going for your doctorate degree, how did you get this huge scholarship?
Me: I believe the admission committee were impressed with my academic profile which includes my academic transcripts, excellent gre score of 332, Quantitative 169, Verbal 163 and analytical writing 5.0. Good lettee of recommendations and my statement of purpose.

VO: very good. Sorry i cant approve your visa at this time.gives me blue paper.


Pls I am trying to reapply for the visa. Can i be approved for the surge emergency appointment at abuja embassy. Since i already applied for Surge in lagos embassy. I need your suggestions as how to go about getting a new visa appointment. My resumltion date is jan 18. Thank you.

No way i would believe this if i were told

This is entirely my opinion though:

Your DS 160 form probably gets a rating after your submission. So technically, a VO already sees the rating the moment you hand your documents to him/her. It makes it easy for them hence the reason why they ask fewer questions during interview.

What i think can give you good ratings are:

Travel History,
Strong home ties (No immediate family in the US),
The University being the sponsor,
'No' on all the last questions on the form.
And more.

While i understand many might fall short of the above features, it is not uncommon that people get approved with personal funding, no travel history and perhaps, with immediate family in the US. During the interview, you should confidently express yourself and prove to the VO why the degree is pertinent to the development of you and your country. Also, find a way to convince the VO you will be returning home almost immediately after your program.

Mustn't go without saying that students should do better when asked about their sponsors. 'my uncle is into real estate and fabrics'... Naa you dont want to say that. VOs have heard so many things like that and they know when students are being evasive. Speak confidently, explain how your sponsor makes his or her money, tell the VO how the market he/she is into is burgeoning and bringing more than enough money. Explain further in details what fraction of your COA is to the total amount in bank.

Lastly fill your form diligently as though you are answering a VO right infront of you.

Predstan:
There is nothing spiritual about life. The embassy and the approval is subjective. There is no God’s miracle here. There are people who have been there over 9 times within 9 years. They got it with persistence. So God loves you more than those people? Or the millions of people who cannot even afford to pay for GRE? You are better…

Oh it’s also God that helped people who faked Bank account, lied about their intentions and did all farcade just to get their visas and at the end attributes that to GOD?

I will never associate myself to a God who Graciously helped those that lied to get a visa and rejected those who are truthful in their application.

Whatever rocks your boat gee. As for me and my household, we will owe everything to God.

Predstan:
He didn’t attacked or questioned his belief. He stated the obvious. Do the right thing before asking God. God doesn’t do miracles, He perfects your hardwork

Quick question: you think those that got rejected didn't do the right thing?

Brother, this life is Spiritual. Before you do that thing you conceive as right, ask God for direction. While doing it, do the same, after it, exhort his name with the faith that you will receive all you have diligently invested your effort in. And even when you recieve the news (favourable or not) still thank him.

This life transcends logic (though i believe there are principles one can follow to reach the zenith. While many people do not follow through, i am certain not everyone that does reach the acme of actualization).

if life were to be easy to logically dymstify, i doubt anyone here will have a faith too. So let everyone believe in whatever they want to.

Selah.

TWoods:
Congrats on getting your visa. However you committed a few of my pet peeves…

1. Obtaining a visa is not “God in action”. It’s simply satisfying visa requirements.

2. What you “noticed” has been standard practice for decades. Nothing new.

Leave the man to what he believes in. Your pet peeves for you and you alone, i doubt anyone cares.

Joclins:
Interview Slated for 10am but went 6am and got interviewed around 9am. The VO was denying so many B1/B2 and only gave just two people(One is a woman with her 2children and husband and she looks and sounds like she knows what she's doing). There were only few F1 VISA and I think I was the second or third F1 to be interviewed.
VO was a white guy, looks like he's in his 30s. Has a skinny head and looks fresh. He's the only person available for all NON-Immigrant Visas that morning. He was at window 1.
School: WIU
COA: 33k
DEFICIT: 26k
SCHOLARSHIP: 7K
FAMILY FUND: 43K
Programme: Biochemistry (Bachelor)
Interview was at Lagos.

VO: Good morning, pass your I-20 and passport please.
Me: Passed and said I stammer a bit
VO: It's fine, don't worry.
VO: Why are you going to the US and what course will you be studying.
Me: I'm going to the US for my bachelor's degree in Biochemistry. I will be majoring in Biochemistry at Western Illinois University.
VO: Kept looking at my I-20
Me: I guess he was confused Chemistry was on my I-20 and I'm going for Biochemistry. So I cut in and said my school actually put the course on my I-20 as Chemistry, but it's Biochemistry I will be Majoring in.
VO: Nods head like "okay, I understand now"
VO: Why this School?
Me: The biochemistry programme at Western Illinois University has an added concentration on Molecular diseases. The programme also provide undergraduate research opportunity for undergraduates which is an added advantage for me as I will be furthering my degree as a Clinical Scientist.
VO: Was staring hard at my I-20 and said, this is about One hundred and something...(didn't hear clearly, but knew he was referring to my tuition or COA), who will be paying this huge amount of money for your Education.
Me: I have a merit scholarship that covers about half my tuition and my mum will pay the rest.
VO: What does your mum do? me
Me: She owns a Private Primary School which she founded 15years ago. She also runs a Palm oil Plantation business...VO cuts in
VO: What did you say... about Palm oil?(looks confused)
Me: Palm oil Plantation business. I further explained with gestures that Palm trees grown in farm and harvested to produce palm oil....she supplies to the whole Western part of Nig...Vo cuts in
VO: He was looking at his screen then asked; Do you have a sister in the US(or maybe he said outside the country)?
Me: (I thought he was referring to my other siblings and that is a No. Although, I have an elder sister in another country, but she's never been to the US. I also filled in my DS-160 that I have other relatives in the US and that is my Dad's step sister, we bare thesame surname) So, I said No straight up. I was further saying I'm the last born...then cuts me and asked
VO: Have you travelled outside the country before?
Me: I've never had a reason to.
VO: How many schools did you apply to?
Me: I applied to four schools which includes Western Illinois University, Georgetown Southwestern University, University of Lynchburg, and Southern Illinois University and they all have me admission.
VO: Sorry, you are not qualify for this Visa...passes blue slip and...Omo...I just felt so disorganized and felt like I had something to tell him that I can no more. Painful oh.

I think you should have said you have no immediate relative in the US, however there is an Aunt of yours who currently resides in the US. All the VOs are checking out is to see if your confessions tally with your form.

Chynwem:
Please guys the person I sent to pay the Sevis fee for me, paid it yesterday and till now I have not gotten any email. I'm supposed to get an email immediately right?

Often times you receive a fast payment acknowledgement when the person pays using Western Union. Any method of payment other than that takes three to five working days to effect payment.

Says a VP of a country that survives mainly on crude oil

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Davsidoo:
23 November

Did you reschedule your appointment yourself or it was automatically scheduled for you?

Davsidoo:
Guys my ER just got approved for Lagos.

What date??

Firstly i think you need to know the reason why you for denied.

ironmanmax:
Please I just got denialed now at us Lagos consulate
How do I appeal or what's the next step for me to do so I can schedule for another interview

Okay, may I?

Good use of indices but wrong mathematical division. The answer could as well be equals to 1 based on the supposed theorem followed in the pict:

10(10-10)/ 10(10-10) = 1... (wrong anyways)

However, this is wrong. 0 can not cancel out 0 to become 1 in arithmetic. its like 10 x 0/ 10 x 0, then say, 0 cancels 0 since they are identical. I put it to the writer that we can as well cancel out the tens and what we are left will still be 0/0.

08147848451

I mean, if they can send an invite to everyone, it is only honourable of them to the same when the result comes out. But let's have our fingers crossed and see the outcome.

The question is will everyone be contacted regardless

Did you apply for LSS or OSS

ugofwesh:
Nothing yet..Someone said mails usually enters two weeks after the exam date. I am yet to confirm that. However, I called the dragnet hotline and the only thing he said was that we should regularly check our mail...it's two weeks in..yet no news..maybe we'd have to wait till July..I don't know sha

Any update on this scholarship?

They are the ones to give the best answer. You should pass them a call on Monday

Olaolu2005:
Is it possible for them to reschedule those that couldn't take the test?

who else cant log in

who has been able to log in

oguntoyek@gmail.com. please kindly send

Oguntoyek@gmail.com

adeksgt:
Send your email address.

DO we have any other discussion group aside this?

so many assumptions made here.
Before making an outright judgement, one needs to know the root cause of truck-related accidents, could it be due to faulty road geometric designs, traffic compliance, absence of traffic control signages and many more.

If it turned out to be any of those cause, moving alone at night is not a wise solution.

Also, what accommodation is in place for interstate truck drivers?. Are there places they could park their trucks during off-hours before continuing their journey in Lagos?

Another assumption made here is that traffic is low during night time, this is not always true. Now imagine peak traffic in the night with hundreds of truck sharing carriageways with you. A horrific experience that would be.

We should do more.

This thing is more than a month now

Did you write any exam in December

Seunfunmi18:
I thought it was only me oh
What exactly is going on..

Could be that they are doing it in batches or we should just move on and see it as unsuccessful. though my status reads: initial review

nenye994:
I think I applied late December. Current status shows initial review and no, I got my interview invite about 8 days after I took the test. However, my status changed to initial review immediately after I took the pymetrics test.

i haven't been sent any email regarding interview till now and i wasn't sent an unsuccessful email after taking the pymetrics test either. Though my application status also reads "initial review"

nenye994:
Hello. I have also just received an invite for the video interview. Please would you mind giving me an idea of the l type of questions asked during the interview? I’d really appreciate it.

Please when did you apply for this position? On your career profile, what is the current status of your job application? And did you get feedback immediately from BAT after finishing your pymetric test

I havent gotten anything from Dragnet/Rainoil. Is there any means we could use to contact them?