 Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 9:13pm On Jan 21, 2022 |
Davido97:
Davidson.ighalo@gmail.com I have sent the study materials to email addresses in my mention. All the best! 2 Likes |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 7:08pm On Jan 21, 2022 |
Congratulations! I didn't know you still come here! I hope your news and testimony spread hope and energy to those who are unsure or have given up. All the best from now on! Abacino007:
Visa approved
Location: Abuja
my 9th attempts.
THE SIEGE IS OVER
Firstly, I will like to thank God Almighty for answered prayers. I will also like to thank some few people specifically. Thank you @100kobo for your supports so far. You are part of the story, thank you for your prayers and words of encouragement. I can’t even thank you enough.
@Fairheart can testify also, I met Fairheart 2018 and he really tried for me. @Fall2021, thank you for being a source of inspiration to me. Also want to thank everyone here for their contributions. @Rafman12, my brother from another mother, thank you so much.
1st attempt 2017 Lagos (Wichita state University) no funding
2nd attempts 2017 Lagos (Wichita state University) no funding
3rd attempts 2018 Lagos (Wichita State University) no funding
4th attempts 2018 Abuja (Central Michigan University) 50% funding
5th attempts 2018 Abuja (Central Michigan University) 50%funding
6th attempts 2019 Abuja (Central Michigan University) 50% funding
7th attempts 2019 Lagos (Central Michigan University) 50% funding
8th attempts 2021 (Abuja Illinois State University) full tuition waiver with $13,371
9th attempts 2022 Abuja (Illinois state University) same
As usual, I walked into the interview hall with the hope and believe that God will change my story one day.
Vo: good morning
Me : good morning
Me: how are you today
Vo: no reply
Vo: place your fingers for biometric
Vo: I can see you are going to Illinois state University for your master in Quantitative Economics
Me: no, I am going for master in applied economics with concentration in Financial Economics
Vo: okay
Vo: i see you have a GA, who will be paying for the rest
Me: my aunty and I will compliments with my little savings
Vo: what’s your thesis interest
Me: pardon,
Vo then carried a paper and wrote “thesis” then showed me
Me: okay you mean thesis, I will be working with Dr ABC who is a monetary economist at the school, we will be working on a thesis topic : *Nexus between unemployment and inflation* . We will gather data from Nigeria and USA for our analysis. We will be using co integration technique, granger causality test, Ecm etc. We will be using Philip Curve as our literature review.
Vo: where were you working before?
Me: I worked with ABC limited
Vo; a forex company?
Me: yes, we deal with foreign currencies.
Vo: it’s a family business right? (this question made me realize that she was asking me questions based on the answers I have given in this past by this time I realize i need to be consistent)
Me: yes, it is owned my uncle, I worked as an account officer there, I was responsible for their receivables and payables account, and budgeting. Before I left there I was able to recover #77m potential bad debts for the company.
Vo: where do you work now?
Me: I work as a lecturer with ABC where I am responsible for course development, teaching and grading students exams and seminar papers
Vo: what courses do you take
Me; I take micro and macro economics courses
Vo: okay. That’s good
Vo: will you be returning to the institution after your masters
Me: haven gained necessary skill, knowledge, experience and exposure in the course of this study, I will be returning back to my current work place to pick up a role is senior lecturer. I have a study leave approval here with me
Vo: how many siblings do you have
Me: myself, my brother and my sister including my parent.
She typed for a while and reach out to the white paper and said congratulations… who cares about the rest
I am still in shock, God is faithful, never give up on your dreams. I have been on this since 2016 but God did it in 2022. I was divinely favoured all through.. i stammered and stammered but the lady actually was calm with me. I will never be ungrateful to God.
Guys, pls don’t give up on your dreams, my application is another example to us that God will do it at the right time. DON’T GIVE UP 2 Likes |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 2:54am On Nov 30, 2021 |
Primemark, located about 5 minutes from the embassy.. Google Pridemark Hotel. Tell them Mr. Emmanuel recommends their hotel and you will be given discount. All the best! mcafeez:
Please.... If you have been to US Consular in Abuja before... Kindly recommend affordable nearby hotels..
Thanks 8 Likes 7 Shares |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 2:52am On Nov 30, 2021 |
larkson:
VISA DENIED - Abuja 9am 02 Aug 2021
Gurus in the house, I really need your advice and help here.
Course of Study: MBA
School: Suffolk University
Fee: 71k
Funding: 23k Fellowship
Balance: 40kplus
First Resumption / Class Start Date: Sept 07
Next Resumption/ Jan 18 2022
VO: Good morning
Me: Good morning Sir
VO: Fine thank you. Is this your first time of applying for a US VISA?
Me: Yes
VO: What is your program of study?
ME: Master of Business Administration. It's a dual concentration with specialization in general mgt and business analytics
VO: Have you ever travelled out of the country before?
Me: Yes, I went to South Africa in 2014.
VO: What was the purpose of your visit. Vacation?
Me: No, It was an official trip. I was recognized by my former company (Bleep bank) for mitigating fraud and went for an award and recognition ceremony
VO: Fraud, Nice - So what is your current role where you presently work?
ME: I am the Head of Customer Experience
VO: Nice: Customer Experience. So who is sponsoring your education?
Me: My Father
VO: What does he do?
ME: He is a real estate investor. Also, work as a contractor on the ongoing Dangote refinery project and owns properties currently on rental income from banks.
VO: So, what city is Suffolk University?
ME: Boston in boston massachusetts.
VO: What year did you say to travelled out of the country again? He was typing fast and guess looking at my form
ME: In the year 2014.
V0: Brought out the green form. I was really surprised because the interview was quite smooth.
Observations:
On my DS 160, where it was asked if i had travelled before in the last 5years, I said No. During the interview, the VO asked if i have travelled before - He did not mention 5yrs, so i said YES. This question was repeated twice and my response what yes. Travelled to SA and the rest of the story. I think maybe he felt i was lying. Could this be the reason?
I have re-applied and next interview is 08 Dec 2021.
On the D-160, I still maintained "NO" as my response and stated that the VO did not clearly explain the reasons for my first rejection.
What would you suggest I do differently next week to boost my chances. I am praying to God for a divine encounter. Please share your thoughts.
Thank you.
My Background:
Age - 36yrs
work experience : 10yrs
Current role: Head, Customer experience
Marital status: Married
Bsc: Business Admin
Grad: 2.1
year of grad: 2009 The reason for refusal was not your travel experience. I think the VO was looking at your profile...years in the job, and why you are just going for the Master's. I know the angle I am looking at your case may look weird to you, but as "Head" of that position, 10 years in the job, you are mostly at the steep of your career--in that position. Why now? MBA is a degree people get to get to that steep you are currently occupying. Secondly, you are 36 and your Dad is the sponsor. As "Head" in your current position, the VO probably thought you should have your own money too. That is why I always tell applicants from here that if you have personal funds and you have a sponsor at the same time, state who is sponsoring you and ship in: " I have also saved about $10, 000 over the years and I will use this toward my living expenses." I was not at the interview with you, but I am not convinced you utilize the time you had to give detailed answer to the VO questions. I would be expecting more answers to his questions. You can reapply, but craft strong answers to the potential questions you'd be asked. All the best! 11 Likes |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 10:02pm On Oct 16, 2021 |
damuziefreak:
Dear Fairheart, I have a peculiar case I’ll like to discuss with you. I’ll like to PM you Alright |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 4:25pm On Oct 13, 2021 |
OLD POST, YOU MAY FIND IT USEFUL!fairheart:
DON'T COPY OTHERS' INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT.
This can be one of the potential causes of your refusal if you don't take it.
No matter how sweet or good an interview transcript posted here looks, please don't copy it. Create your own proposed interview transcript.
I am receiving information that more Nigerians are applying for the F1 visa than ever before. I guess this is due to the economic woes and population boom. Note that the more applicants there is in the pool, the more selective the approval will be. By this I mean if 200 students apply, the consular will sort through their interviews to approval students they deem credible or say something reasonable and with better profile.
Yes, there's a room for favour and grace of God, but note that you are still required to do your own home work.
I always say this: craft your response according to your academic profile, research interest, course, scholarship and based on your career objectives. Use your own words to create your own answers.
The interview is a pitch to convince the consular. Nothing more. A pitch is a short conversation you have with someone you are communicating an idea/views/answers to. What makes you convince this person and win their approval is your choice of words, how you say it, the tone by which you say it, and based on your profile. You see, it is straightforward.
Do not copy people's transcript or you will be limiting your chances of approval and that of other people doing copycat on this thread. Whatever is personal is always unique, and what is unique will be recognized from the crown of over 200 applicants that troop to the U.S embassies.
Imagine 5 applicants interviewed by the same VO within 2 days saying same line of word, for example, "Aside the fact that..." or "I have had no reason to travel before..." I am sure such VO would find it boring when the 6th applicant say the same thing. But what happened to saying, "More so", "Also", "In addition", "Although I receive...", OR "I have never been outside Nigeria", "I have not travelled outside Nigeria before", "I have been in Nigeria all my life", etc.
I understand that some of you here have never been grilled before, especially talking with a Westerner face-to-face on a visa application you have spent close to 500K or more, and that is why you must understand that you need to be constructive and do it well.
The interview is the most important aspect of the entire application. You may get admission from 100 schools, but if you say rubbish during interview or you let fear paralyse you, it won't matter how many school admitted you.
Take these instructions to heart and use it to work on your answers. To avoid unnecessary message request in my inbox (except for special cases or people who need personal advise), use the questions below to prepare yourself.
CONSULAR: Pass Your Passport and i-20 Please
CONSULAR: Why Are You Going to the US?
CONSULAR: Why the US?
CONSULAR: How Did You Get This School? / How Did You Hear About This School?
CONSULAR: How Many Schools Did You Apply To?
CONSULAR: What Do All These Schools Have in Common?
CONSULAR: Why Did You Choose this School?
CONSULAR: Tell Me About Your Academic Background?
CONSULAR: Why Do You Need this Masters? / What Will this degree do for you? /What is the relationship between this program and what you do at the moment?
CONSULAR: What are those courses you’ll be taking/ Tell me about your program/What is your study plan?
CONSULAR: Did You Write Any Standardized Test?
CONSULAR: Are you married?
CONSULAR: Have You Travelled Before?
CONSULAR: Who Is Paying For This? / Who Is Sponsoring You?
CONSULAR: What Does Your Sponsor Do?
CONSULAR: How Many siblings do you have
CONSULAR: What are your career plans / What is your plan after graduation?
The questions above are for preparatory purposes only. I am not saying the consular will ask you the questions as listed; you may be surprised; you may even be asked what is not on the list. It is case by case. But remember, if you know you will be interviewed, and you know what the interview would be about, you would likely want prepare to convince the interviewer that you are a credible student and that you have done your home work and that your reason for wanting to go to the United States for studies is genuine!
Please tell your truth, always. Be consistent with your answers. Do not nurse fears of what if I am refused, or else, your confidence will be smoldered. You can be refused and that is perfectly okay as there's opportunity for reapplication.
All the best! 19 Likes 10 Shares |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 4:22pm On Oct 13, 2021 |
I found this from the list of one of my old posts here and I thought I would share with those of you that are not sure how to get emergency appointment: HOW TO REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY APPOINTMENTNOTE: Emergency appointments are mostly approved for students who are requesting within 60 days of their program start date (program start date is on your I-20). So, make sure you you are applying within that 60 days. But if it is beyond that at the moment, relax; don't let others' approval news push you to request before the required period or you may limit your visa lifetime and be forced to pay another visa fee if you didn't get a suitable date later. To proceed 1, Pay visa fee, SEVIS fee, and at least, start your DS-160 FORM and have the application Number; according to the U.S embassy site, you are encouraged to complete it. 2, Create your CGI profile and fill in the details. 3. Proceed by booking any available date you see, even if the current available appointment date is 2024, book it (Schedule an appointment online for the earliest available date. Please note that you must schedule an appointment before you can request an expedited date. At the time you schedule your appointment, you will see an onscreen message showing the earliest available appointment date, which includes emergency appointments--from the US embassy site). 4, Once you are done, return to your landing page and you will see "Emergency Request." Click that and read the details on the page that loads. Once you are done, Click Here at the bottom of that page. 5, On the Emergency Request page, Fill in your tentative date. Then type your reason for requesting emergency appointment. This is a constructive message explaining that you did not see a suitable date that works for your program start date as stated on the I-20 and so, you need an interview appointment date before your program start date. 6, Since you have paid the fees mentioned in step 1, upload the pdf document in the file section below the box you type your message. Remember, your SEVIS fee payment confirmation, I20. You may attach a third document such as assistantship letter or admission letter, but this is not required. The embassy usually reply within 3 days. Read more about Emergency appointment request from the U.S embassy's designated page for it: https://www.ustraveldocs.com/ng/ng-niv-emergencyappointment.htmlRemember, getting a visa is not just about getting an admission and a date. Put in the effort to prepare for your interview; show confidence, speak up, let the consular feel energy in your voice. You have invested money, time, and other resources to come this far, the interview is the last phase to getting the visa. Give it your best. Do not go to embassy not knowing why you pick your school, your course, and what you want to do with the degree after graduation. If your appearance at the embassy this time is your chance to finally get the visa, please prepare. Let your preparation meets the opportunity! All the best! 28 Likes 15 Shares |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 3:54pm On Oct 13, 2021 |
I am here today, at least for 1 hour. Whats up? TosinClement:
@fairheart Please I’d like to have a private discussion with you |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 3:02pm On Jul 30, 2021 |
kenwizy:
Morning guys,
Gurus on the platform should please assist me with this questions.
My aunt is willing to borrow me some money for my masters program in US, would this be a reg flag to the Vo as to why someone who isn't directly related to me want to borrow me funds for tuition fee..
Or should I just say my Aunt is willing to sponsor my COA while my dad and I would be shouldering other expenses..
Then who can assist me with mock interviews please?
Thanks for your quick responses Your aunty can fund your education or borrow you funds. It is not a red flag. Get her official account statement and go to embassy with that. You can choose between saying she is sponsoring you and/by offering to borrow you the required funds and there's an agreement to repay her upon your return to Nigeria to work. All the best! 1 Like |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 2:58pm On Jul 30, 2021 |
tonero4urch:
Visa Transcript
N/B : I just want to tell everyone here on this platform. No one on this Nairaland US student visa section has the power to give you visa. Only God, you and the visa officer make it possible. Why i saying this? I want to tell you my experience with Fairheart. I am not writing this to spite him or make vituperative statements about his person- to me he is a great guy. I wrote Fairheart on whatsapp with the help of a friend who gave me his number. I told him all the issue I am having about being denied 4 times (two B1B2 tourist visa in Nigeria, one B1B2 tourist visa and J1 work and travel visa in Ankara -Turkey). I wanted to have a mock interview with him and he charged me 50k saying he doesn't do it for free. I said that's too much and I can't afford it at the time so I removed the mock interview out of the equation.
Then I asked him his candid opinion about my case because I was helpless at the time and that was due to my past experiences. He then told me that I should remove my wife from my dependant and come to Nigeria and apply. He said it would be difficult to get a US student visa from Turkey as a Nigerian. I told him okay that I will take my chances since I have already book my interview date. So I told him that if I don't get it then I can come to Nigeria and apply.
Behold my brothers and sisters, me and my wife got out visa today. Why am I saying this? Let no one tell you that you can't get visa no matter anywhere you are and no matter how many times that you have been denied. It's only the grace of God, you and the visa officer that decides the outcome of your visa interview.
That will be all for now. Me and my wife are celebrating and popping champagne...shhhhh...no disturbance. Lols!
3 people in my group shared your post with me. You are not a nice person bro, and it is people like you that turn soft people to cold one. When you contacted me, I remember giving you quality time to discuss your case. I didn't even tell you to pay me until you ask me if I can help you. I clearly told you I was busy as I have personal works I needed to attend to and you need me to come on board to better prepare you for the next interview, you'd pay. I remember sighting 3 examples of Nigerians that were refused in Turkey and was told to come to Nigeria for their visas and they got it upon applying in Nigeria. They are on this thread. When I advised, I picked from experience of other applicants. I never said you cannot get your visa with your wife. I said you may need to drop her and apply first then she can join later. There's nothing in my chat with you that was negative or that said you cannot get your visa with your wife. So, why are you posting these about me? I remember telling you you can try and see how it goes. I have never told anyone they can't get their visas. I have been refused several times too, so what are you saying? You're an adult and should do things truthfully. You simply wanted to join the league of bitter Nairalanders. I charged you 50K because that is how I test the type of people that come to my DM. A lot of people come to my DM for assistance, and I have had to assist majority without kobo. When I feel like placing a price tag on my time, those who genuinely value my time open up; those who have paid. Not giving up worked for you; Congratulations. 6 Likes |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 2:47pm On Jul 26, 2021 |
GreatUniben:
Un
@Fairheart, you are a very good person and I have benefitted from you immensely. The only problem you have is that you are too aggressive, quick to curse and rush to swear a lot. If you can take this aggressiveness, cursing and swearing away, you will sumount all challenges, become an icon and your mentorship to mentees will grow immensely and God will bless you. Thank you! Imagine someone you never knew, never communicated with, never dealt with coming on a public forum to call me a fraudulent person--without prove that I defrauded him. I need you to put yourself in my position. I know it's a blind forum, but do you know how many simple-minded people would have believed him? I am not even confident to be on this thread with such a fellow. If stone is thrown at a peaceful person, anger will ensue. When those who never offends us are attacked, they will make fist. Peace! 4 Likes |
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| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 6:51pm On Jul 25, 2021 |
Predstan:
Ofcourse, it is foolishness when you are exposed. It is obvious to the blind who you are and what you are.
You have only less than 100 posts of hates and insults on NAIRALAND. Does that not defines who you are and what you are?? I thought about how someone can have so much time to post all he has ever post. A normal person doesn't behave like this. I think he may have mental problem, because a normal human being cannot be writing all he does. I think you should avoid him. See yourself as an elephant and see him as a mouse. |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 6:22pm On Jul 25, 2021 |
justwise:
Have you also read where people asked question here but he asked that person to send him pm?
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE OF FAIRHEARTThis issue is very simple. Justwise, we are both adults. It would be foolish for me to deny my reality. The issue of charging people a fee is not an allegation (except I have never done it), because I do charge. Yes! But I HAVE NEVER asked anyone here to PM me for assistance, so that they would be charged. I always tell them that EXCEPT it is personal or they cannot share publicly, they should not contact me. You can find my post here! You are a moderator here and I believe you can check all my posts. I have NEVER asked anyone to PM me so that I'd charge them. People chose to come to my DM after they see numerous mentions from those who have been assisted one way or the other. The issue of charging a fee arose when I was getting over 20 message requests from people here. Notes that I was just here assisting with answers to questions from personal experience. We had a team of 5 young Nigerians in 2007 that wanted to study in the U.S. When it worked, people started approaching us for guideline on how it's done. Being the most experienced among them, my team advised we set up a small group that can be consulted for such. We did. I have not even opened my Nairaland account then. Over the years, a lot of students off Nairaland approached me for information on how to get their admission, scholarship, prepare for visa interview, etc. I was never interested in Nairaland, until a junior brother told me that people on the then-closed threads need my knowledge as I seem to know steps to take on admission issues and so on. That was when I started following this thread.
If you check my profile, this account was opened in 2009. I lost the password and had to find it after 4 to 5 years. I have joy in my heart today because all the people dragging Fairheart have never communicated with him one-on-one or know me personally. I am a very easy-going, and generous person when life's reality permits. They are really stupid people, including the Twoods. If they know me personally, their opinion would be different. But of course, I know that no matter how good you're, they will always be people who take your Light for Darkness, and hate you for it! This is the case for my accusers here!
In 2018, Over 50 people contacted me from here. Not 1 one them paid me kobo. You know Nigerians, when they see that a source is resourceful, they always like to tap from it. The more people messaged me, the overwhelming it became. People were passing my number around and hiding their source. I was angry and stretched. One of the things I hate to do the most in my life is say NO to people in need. When the messages kept pouring in, I got tired and told Cocoa (a member here and a close friend) and another friend from here I'd deactivate my account. They asked why? The reason was that, people kept coming to my DM, and I was using quality time to share ideas and information on resolving them, for free. Funny enough, all I got at the end of the day is "Thank you so much Fairheart. God bless you!" Of course, some of them would send 1K card, 5K card for data. I appreciate all!
I was advised that if anyone contacted me from here, charge them for your time. You're giving your time and they should pay if they value it. It was not easy, but I picked sense in the advise. What do they pay for? Even after posting guidelines here, they still want me to review and sit in front of computer to edit transcripts; some of them would even ask if I can be helping to check and pick interview dates. Imagine that! But then, as my work permits, I had set up a consultancy services with my friends in 2007, and I am still in charge. So, I kinda had the time.
God is my witness, a graduate student once told me "Bros, my head is full. I don't even know how to answer the questions." When I told him to think and think, he insisted he wouldn't know what to say to a consular question. Some of these students' answers to interview questions are in shamble. Some of them are so tensed and confused that they need someone to assure them over and over again, that all will be well. In my DM and on my WhatsApp, these are part of what I do. Is it wrong to be doing these? Is it a crime to charge them for devoting quality time to them to guide them through it? What law says I must always give my time for free and when I charge anyone that needs it, I am a criminal and evil?
Justwise, you need to answer this question in honesty as I will be asking this pertinent question for the last time on this thread.
Some of the people that got in touch in 2018, 2019, 2020, are Predstan, orimaspencer, Benita, Yetunde, Dirichi, Brown2Green, Josefortune, and so many others I can't even remember their username on here. We talk one-on-one about issues as if we are friends. None of these people paid me kobo for all the assistance rendered during their challenging times to get admission and visa. They are all here.
At another point in 2018, about 15 undergraduate students from here created a WhatsApp group and made me one of its admin. We review transcript together, while I conduct mocks for them. All for free of charge. The group is still active till date.
I charge people for my time when they need my time and I am busy and had to put off personal work. I reserve the right to! It is my time. It is my life! With all the information on this thread plus the detailed posts on how to work on transcript, admission, assistantship, statement of purpose, etc, I have written here, if anyone contacted me privately, I reserve the right to charge them a fee for my time. How on earth am I a criminal for doing that?
Those who are dragging Fairheart here are just envious. If they get their facts right, I don't see why anyone would be so interested in what they don't understand. If they are intelligent and truly educated well in the United States, they should have contacted me and ask me how I do it, and why I ask for a fee. They are either angry because of my popularity and many mentions from successful applicants, or for reasons best known to them.
Justwise, I have never scammed anyone on and off Nairaland. Some months ago, a guy said I take 200k to fix an interview date. I asked him to post prove, he didn't. When I laid curses out for both of us, he kept quiet! When I asked him to tell me who told him, he couldn't. I realise that people take my popularity on Nairaland for negative things. Till today, I am still baffled how agents get date for people while we cannot see appointment dates using conventional method, yet, I was accused I received payment for date fixing. I was also accused that I portray myself as the one that knows it all. Who doesn't know that this comes from a place of jealousy? When anyone post a question here, I try very hard to run through my experience since 2007 to pick ideas and information that could help. That is all I do. But people see different things differently.
Fairheart gets a lot of mention, perhaps, far more than any other user on this thread because I guide people well as if I am guiding myself for a successful visa application. The information I shared works. Orimaspencer is here; I edited his transcript, did mock for him. It worked that he referred his friends. He did not pay kobo! He just graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. There are so many others like him. What am I getting for the heart touched? Hates and libel from mad Nigerians who cannot even boast half of my profile in real life! It is not cool!
Justwise, I recently started charging a fee because it was becoming a burden to handle so many people at a go. At a stretch, I conduct group mock for 6 people at a time; I have done 30 applicants in a single session, and may be even more. When embassy resumed session for Spring 2021, over 80 Nairalanders were in my DM. You remember how tensed everyone were because they weren't sure they would get their visas and travel for studies because embassy was closed. The crowd was so much I was forced to create a WhatsApp group to put all of them. From Octover 2020 to today, the group is full, with 256 applicants--all from Nairaland, except 5 applicants that I am providing services on admission for.
Some of the applicants there paid me, most did not. Some of them have sent me over 100K after their approval to show appreciation. I have became good friends with some of them as well. It is a beautiful place and I am happy to have touched them in my little ways. My accusers have not done as much, and I can tell you that is why there is many mention of Fairheart here. This is the story, and I am proud to share with you and others. I put up myself to be judged!
What I am taking from all these name-calling and accusation is that, it is time to move on to a higher level. I have tried and touch lives in my little way, and I am proud I was used as a vessel of encouragement, motivation and joy for those who have came across me on this thread. One of them is even my potential future wife today. I have been rewarded and I am happy!
There is a way God reward men for their acts. I have been rewarded, and I am grateful! My time on this thread has now come to end and it is time to open up myself for the next phase of my life. I will be touching lives in a bigger way, and I know that if I am right with God He will take me far higher above those throwing indignation, bitterness, and hate.
If it's time for us to leave the small thing God gave to us but cling to it, He can create troubles that will push us forward. In my opinion, this is it!
Just imagine, I came online and seeing 54 mentions, just because of Fairheart. This thread is bigger than me and being here should not make prospective students miss important information or receive the help they need.
I will end it like this: If I have swindled people, take advantage of them or become their stumbling blocks to getting their visas, God will judge me and punish me! AMEN. But if I have offered myself as a source of hope, encouragement, free services; If I have given my time for free, stretch and go extra miles to help strangers from here, pray for them, help find solutions to their challenges in getting their admission and visas, whatever I do from now on will blossom. AMEN! Strangers will also come to my aid and I will always have abundance at every point in my life. AMEN!
Unto you, judges of Nairaland, Twoods, Prexy1999 and co. If what you accuse me of is not true, that I am a fraudulent person, may you receive misfortune and disappointments for this. May you be accused and punished for what you never do. AMEN! Ase! 10 Likes 1 Share |
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| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 7:46pm On Jul 22, 2021 |
Prexy1999:
STOP extorting people that is what I am telling you and nothing more rather than you portray yourself as a saint by claiming you are helping them pro-Bono.
Nigeria is hard man, help them if you can and don’t charge them 50,000 naira for editing transcript and holding mock interviews. Take care and Rest well !!
Lastly, I am still expecting your response to know where you are schooling if at all you are in school rather than nairaland agents as you’ve ignored that part but can write a big grammar  You are still not getting the point. Are you stupid or what? Nobody has been forced! If you need a glasses and the store says it is $2 and you are looking for it for free, you simply move on! In other word, please help people do what you claim I grossly charge them for. Stay here to help with answers to questions. Encourage them to send their transcripts to you. Do personal and group mock for them. When they beg you with heaven and earth because they have worry, stay on the phone for several minutes to hear their concerns. Encourage them; be your brother's keepers (since that is not what I am doing). Do these and touch lives. You have said I am not doing these, please do for these people what you expected me to do for them for free. Do these and let peace reign. I am disabling my account and I need you to take my place. If you don't, if you refuse to give your time and what you know, may you receive dishonor in the place of honor in your efforts. Ase! But if you do these for them, free of charge, may heaven and earth bless you. Ase! 2 Likes |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 7:39pm On Jul 22, 2021 |
Prexy1999:
Keep Garnishing . You never tell me where you are schooling? Or are you on OPT sir? \ If they combine you and your entire family, they are still not going to be as intelligent and bright as I am! Whether you know my school or not is of no use to you. Go use your time to do something to improve your mind, because academically, you'll never match my level. You will never go beyond the retarded level you are. Are you not ashamed that all your time on here has been used to trolled me? Come on! There are books to read, people to meet, personal goals to pursue and attain. Use your time for that, so that your children and family can be proud of you! 3 Likes |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 7:28pm On Jul 22, 2021 |
Prexy1999:
An agent that charges 50,000 naira for holding mock and editing prospective clients transcript. Is that not a wicked heart? Just drop the facts that you claimed to be helping people freely and announce to us that you’re officially an agent and we will accept that from you but sidelining prospective students that can have access to the info’s here freely but through your manipulations you decided they need to be paying for your charges was totally wrong Your opinion doesn't count. Your lies and blackmailing will not stop me. Have you seen where a weakling grass stops an elephant? No! Your pursuit of bringing me down here will bring you misfortune! So stop it! You can call me anything you want! What is important is that I know I have not done anyone any wrong! I know deep down that I have helped several Nairalanders for free, without kobo! Stupid people only talk about what they don't like in other people, not what is good in them and the good they have done for others! I never force anyone to pay me. I always tell people who reach out to me I have no time! Nobody has been forced at gun point. If someone is offering saying they want to be paid for their time and you cannot afford it, leave them alone and get your information and help elsewhere. FAIRHEART IS NOT THE ONLY PERSON HERE! My antagonists are here too; contact them for help. They are the help those who needed assistance needs.There is no rule that if anyone ask for your time and resources you must give it for free; that others are doing it doesn't make them a bad person. Y'all can say whatever you want; I don't give a shit. Isn't that beautiful? It is funny how those who are doing less than you are the ones that attack you. 3 Likes |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 3:30pm On Jul 22, 2021 |
TWoods:
Why do they have to pay to come to your DM? I get folks in my DM all day, I simply refer them to this page, for those who ask more personal questions - I answer the best I can... no fee asked! That's what you do... You're taking advantage of people who are desperate and do not know as much as you. if everyone did what you did, this thread would have long ceased to exist. You are simply a fraud and a predator, preying on the difficult situation most people are in.
Don't take the rest of us for fools. If you were here for business, of course you would do what you do... appearing to be super helpful, literally living on this thread, looking for individuals who don't know their right from their left to prey on. Ah! Check the last time I commented here. I have over 5 messages I have not responded to in weeks. Some I ignore. Why not let God judge me if I am predator? Why do you speak for Him? I thought you said you are a Christian? And you still have to go this length? Whatever a man does will follow him. If I have done bad, it will follow me; If I have done good by being here, it will follow me. No man will escape the consequences of their evil or goodness. If truly I am here to take advantage of people and not to help, God will judge me. My heart is clean. I am an happy and free man. Over to you the Judge of Nairaland! I rest! 1 Like |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 3:25pm On Jul 22, 2021 |
TWoods:
If anyone has been coming online to feel like a "god", it is you and those who think you have the answer to everyone's problems... offering to "link them up", boasting about who you've put up in some Nigerian home for the summer bla bla bla... all because you got lucky with a US F1 visa. Oh wait... have you responded to what school you are yet? You dodged that question so hard the last time... What are you charging for mock interviews lately? What a fraud. Na the white lady you trick into marrying you that you'd later divorce I pity. God is my witness, our ideals are not the same! The distance is too much. You do not measure up at all. |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 3:13pm On Jul 22, 2021 |
TWoods:
lol a leopard doesn't change his spots. He is basically using this forum as a business recruiting enterprise. Using the unsuspecting and desperate to make money to fund his own education. Even after stating the obvious. If I were here for business, I swear, I would never real myself... I put it out for everyone: DO NOT COME TO MY DM OR YOU PAY! STAY HERE AND GET YOUR INFORMATION! Isn't that enough for you? Or do you want me to leave this thread for you? I can do that, so that your pathetic soul can stop feeling the pain my presence here gives you? Stop being a child and reason like an educated adult! If your education in America fails, fake being a well-educated man for once. Engage me reasonably. |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 3:08pm On Jul 22, 2021 |
Oh yeah! No wonder you act like a man that own heaven and earth on Nairaland , thinking he is above everyone else! I know the feeling of having a white American as a wife, with that paper in the hand; it gets into your head! Coming online to feel like a small god and talk without reasoning and open mind. Our perspectives and ideals are not the same. It is best you avoid me. All the best to you! TWoods:
The section in highlights says it all... your job here is to get people to pay you for services they can get here for free. What makes you a "study-abroad consultant"? That you got lucky with a visa?
You keep yapping on about "network"... folks need to realize, not every state has a large community of Nigerians. Folks going to Minnessota, Michigan, Pennsylvania, upstate NY are NOT going to find a large network of Nigerians. Those people need to learn to branch out, make friends and connections with people from other cultures... that's what makes the US experience worth it. If your goal in the US is simply to hobnob with fellow Nigerians, you're cheating yourself of a wider, more enriched experience. Let people move here and explore on their own. As I said before, there is nothing special you're offering for a fee. I've been here 3 years, my wife is white American and we've both met more Nigerians here than we can count... including doctors, engineers etc., all for free! 2 Likes |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 1:59pm On Jul 22, 2021 |
TWoods:
I’ve lived in Texas 3 years. Texas has the largest concentration of Nigerians in the US. They are literally everywhere, schools, hospitals, restaurants… everyone should be wary of people who claim to offer what is readily available… especially when they’ve been caught using this forum to get people to pay them for advice they could get here for free. When I got here, a lady in the same city drove to the airport to pick me up. She found me on this thread to assist her hubby in preparing for his visa, after 2 previous denial. We got in touch and he got his visa. When I moved in, she came to pick me, free of charge, drove me around and all. Today, we are good friends. I have linked people to meet family friends, other students that connect with me from here that are in the U.S. The network is growing big--all because I extended the idea to connect with other people. You see, this is how life works, but unfortunately, you have refused to open your mind and learn from people you have differences with. And so, every opinion and views that don't align with yours is wrong. When will you grow your small mind? Also, I know your pain! Remember I tell people to leave my DM alone. I never hide it that I work part-time as a study-abroad consultant and give advise and counsel? It doesn't make me a bad person! If you come to my DM to ask me to do for you what you couldn't do by yourself for one reason or the other, I reserve the right to ask anyone to pay for my time and efforts. I have written so many instructions here on how to prepare for interview, how to create a good transcript, how to get admission and contact department for funding--far more than your pathetic mind ever conceived. I do it so that people would not be coming to my DM for questions that take time to answer--time I don't really have! Yet people still troop to my DM for assistance, to edit transcript and guide them. We all see result and I have never rob or scam anyone. There is no where on earth that a person becomes a criminal for placing financial value on their time and knowledge. If you don't do it, it doesn't mean other people doing it are bad people. It is my time--my life--and I can ask anyone to pay me for it if I feel so. I have equally helped many people for free, even pay application fees and edit SOP, etc. How earth does that make me a criminal or a bad person that you are fast to attack? Meanwhile, I have helped far more people with my time and resources for free than you will ever do if you are to live for 200 years. That is despite my busy schedule! Get that into your block head and leave me alone! You always see things with your rigid mind, and assume everyone else must be wrong if they can't see things and do things the way you see or do them. EducationUSA has membership fee, and it has not become a satanic organization for charging people to access their services or support. You are just an ignorant person. 30 Likes 2 Shares |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 11:52pm On Jul 21, 2021 |
Thank you bro. I have given more than 5 people link up in Texas from here. They go to their place during holidays. Some of them bond with other Nigerians from there and share ideas and explore opportunities. It is ridiculous how some people make conclusion here. Oyeyemidesign:
Lol chill for him na, assistance can be in form of one help or the other. He can help with Airport pickup or something… We one family here 1 Like |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 11:48pm On Jul 21, 2021 |
TWoods:
Assistance for? America is a relatively simple place to navigate, students also have their program assistants and ISO to help them with issues like transportation, housing, on- or off-campus jobs, visa issues, etc. I think we should encourage students here to take advantage of those resources. They are there to help them. Asking students to "please mention me here" is ridiculous. What "little" can you do for them when you are not a citizen yourself, obviously for a fee? Don't be quick to judge and assume before you get facts right. I expect you to know better or at least ask questions if you don't understand. I am not hosting for money, or whatever you assume. People are picking up people at the airport, for free when their schools are within the same city or state. Hosting them at their locations (within the same state, with friends or family member) before their class starts. Different people have met on Nairaland to hang around before their house lease were signed and they could move in. You don't need to be a citizen to do this. I have linked some incoming students with family friends in the U.S even when I was in Nigeria, all at no cost. Some of you here just have terrible perspectives about things you don't understand. If you don't understand something, ask questions like a responsible person. 18 Likes |
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| Crime / Re: Chidinma Ojukwu Smoking In A Video by fairheart(m): 3:42pm On Jun 26, 2021 |
PeaceforNigeria:
Dunce, does smoking make one a criminal ? It can encouragement criminality, especially if thought of crime is being nursed. Smoking will harden your heart and mind from empathizing and seeing the evil in the crime being nursed 1 Like 1 Share |
| Crime / Re: Chidinma Ojukwu Smoking In A Video by fairheart(m): 3:41pm On Jun 26, 2021 |
neyyoh:
Drug's can distort your mind.
Na you people dey destroy Nigeria with your recklessness.
Back in those days only armed robbers smoked Igbo, now 7 out of 10 females smoke it because your kind keeps endorsing it.
Before you reply with some usual silly comments, i have the data to support my Claims..
Fresh data. God bless you! 1 Like 1 Share |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 10:09am On Jun 22, 2021 |
Flexigenius:
It’s been 3 days since I applied for an emergency date (Lagos Consulate). What should I do? Keep checking, 3 times a day. Designate time for it. Ideally, 5AM, 12AM and the third chance in between. The embassies will likely release date before weekend. Keep watching! 2 Likes |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 9:58am On Jun 22, 2021 |
Bidex2016:
Good morning famz,am a jjc on this platform.i did a mistake on my sevis id when booking my visa appointment,Am trying to update it but it’s showing only my passport info and my interview is fast approaching.....pls I need ur help on what to do. For you to update SEVIS details on the appointment, you will need to cancel your current appointment, which is not a good idea right now as there is no date anywhere. If you have made payment on the correct SEVIS ID, go to the embassy with that. Don't worry about the mistake on the appointment. As long as the SEVIS ID on the I-20 is the same payment was made on and that is showing on the DS-160, you should be fine. The most important thing is that you make SEVIS payment on the SEVIS number on your i-20 and you have confirmation for it and the same SEVIS number is correctly filled on your DS-FORM. Shun worry and prepare for the interview. |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 10:49am On Jun 21, 2021 |
osadestiny:
LONG POST AHEAD!!
Hello all, a very happy Fathers day to all the fathers in the house and a happy Sunday to all of us. Please I would love to say I am going for my interview on the 28th of June in abuja, this is going to be my 4th time. I have been refused 3 times now, once in Lagos consulate and two times in abuja embassy. I am praying for the lord to help me this time around because I have made some errors in the past.
First interview in Lagos 31st of December 2020
Vo: how old are you? Note: Undergraduate studies
Me: I am 22.
Vo: how come at the age of 22 you were able to travel to Congo, Kenya and Ghana for a missionary work?
Me: yes after my high school I went for a missionary service for my church which I did for two years.
Vo: okay I see, so were you paid during this missionary work?
Me: no it was a voluntary missionary service.
Vo: where are you going to?
Me: I am going to xxxy for my xxxx
Vo: why this school and what will the degree do for you?
Me: I explained as I was directed to the extent that the Vo continue nodding his head.
Vo: so how will you be paying for your studies, my COA was $34,000
Me: meanwhile in the place where it was stated who will be paying for the trip in my ds-160, I went to put self sponsor thinking it was just only the flight ticket. I told the Vo that my father will be my sponsor.
Vo: what does he do
Me: he works in a microfinance bank
Vo: did he gave you any of his financial documents?
Me: yes he did, handed his bank statement
Vo: he went through it and then said is this the same bank your dad works with?
Me: I never expected that question because I knew that microfinance bank was different from other banks so the Vo was thinking it was a regular bank, I told him No that this not the bank he works with.
Vo: he then asked me his position in the work
Me: I told him
Vo: he typed for so long, I was thinking I would be granted then he handed the blue paper that I am not eligible for this visa.
I dropped my transcript, some people told me I wouldn't have used microfinance as the occupation of my father, I then deferred to the fall semester and reapplied again in abuja.
Second attempt in Abuja.
Vo: have you traveled outside Nigeria before
Me: yes, I have been to Kenya, Congo and Ghana for a missionary service
Vo: who is sponsoring your studies and what is the occupation of your sponsor
Me: my dad, I told the vo that my dad is into sales of vehicles, which I didn't mention in the first interview
Vo: he immediately checked my i-20, he glanced through it, I am sure he checked my COA of $34,000 then he just gave me back my documents that I am not eligible.
Third attempt still in abuja ( this time around I used a different school, for this very school I had a tuition waiver of $5,000 and the deficit was $20,000 going for undergraduate (
Vo: I see you have a scholarship, well that's good. So where are you going to
Me: I am going to xxxxy for my xxxxy
Vo: how did you hear about this school
Me: from a colleague during my missionary service
Vo: who is sponsoring you and what does your sponsor do?
Me: I still repeated what I said in the second interview that my dad is the sponsor and he is into the sales of vehicles in my city.
Vo: typed for so long then handled the green paper. He said I am so sorry but you are still not eligible for this visa at this time.
I gathered myself again and then I reapplied gotten a date now and it going to be on the 28th of June that is 8 days from now. I know I changed the occupation of my father when I was asked in the second and third attempt of my interview. But this was because of what people told me about microfinance workers that it wouldn't convince the Vo enough so that was the reason I had to use the sales of vehicles, my dad does that too but that is not his primary occupation. I know the first Vo recorded the occupation I said in the first interview but I don't know if may is because of this that i was denied and I am going for the 4th time, my deficit is not too big compared to the one I used in the first interview. This very one is $20k. Please I need you to advice me on what to do in next interview on Monday the 28th of junr regarding my sponsor. Please your contributions will really help me, it took me a lot of courage for me to continue this journey I almost gave up. Please I need all of your help on this. @fairheart, Twoods and the rest of you all
You attempt to change what your Dad do? During interview, one of the key things VO note down in their remark section on applicant's profile is what sponsor does. If you say he is a farmer during first interview and that interview did not go well and you reapply and during second interview you say he is a mechanic, it will lead to automatic refusal. They would see it as lying/misrepresentation. Also, I always say it, a consular would not take your statement if he/she is not interested in approving you. They always take the statement to look to seal their conviction that student is credible. So using this context, you satisfy consular during the interview, but your statement did not convince him/her that your Dad can comfortably pay. Now, the following interview, changing school can be nice, but only when it will significantly change your case, or make your case favourable. VOs are human too; sometimes, they can see you as unserious student when your application is riddled with inconsistency. And that is why it is good to come to this thread and share your stories and ask for advise, then use that knowledge to decide what you think is best for you. This is my opinion: I perceive you have a remark that says your sponsor may not be able to comfortably pay your COA due to the balance on the statement when you first applied. Secondly, it is possible your answer about what your sponsor do, did not sit well with the first VO, hence left a remark that affected other interviews. My Advise: Do not reapply now. Please! Get a full-tuition scholarship and go back. You will get your visa. However, if you feel convinced that reapplying with your current profile still hold a good chance, please try again. All the best! 7 Likes 1 Share |
| Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fairheart(m): 7:14pm On Jun 18, 2021 |
Actually, there's misunderstanding around showing school and hiding school from approved visa transcript. Some of you who have been on this thread since 2019 would remember a time we discussed about Red Flag schools. I was one of those who said there's nothing as such as you can get your visa with any accredited school in the United States, provided you are issued an I-20. Indeed, Nigerians forget very fast, but I remember how often I encourage people to share information, to ask questions, to support each other. We forget very fast, really!
On not showing your school, it was opinion, not a rule or law biding anyone to follow it. The same people who suddenly turned against Fairheart were here seeing him responding to questions from strangers. People call things they don't understand many things, and that is okay.
Remember I have been contributing to this thread for years, and I did not, at any point in the past, asked anyone to hide their school. I HAVE NEVER! I only advised such when the issue of Western Illinois came up and far more people are refused than approved. I get a lot of messages from silent readers, asking what did I think went wrong that led to their f-1 refusal. I was merely concerned about the number of people that will still be refused due to large number of people with the school I-20s. Then I asked, what happened to other schools? Schools you'd have applied to, get admission,with strong academic profile, scholarship and even assistantship? Why ignore those simply because someone here posted that they get their visa with a particular school?
If those antagonizing me truly cares, you'd see it is indirect encouragement to spread out and apply to more schools for better opportunity instead of focusing on a school that someone got his/her visa with. But even if they apply there, it doesn't affect me. If everyone on Nairaland wish to apply to a single school, it doesn't affect me. I was only advising potential students to avoid unnecessary refusals due to the fact that they didn't do what they should have done. I have posted schools here in the past; I have shared links, etc.
My advise, actually, is like saying: Hey, if you want to harvest, please cultivate and plant your seed. That is it and nothing more. If I knew people would only see it in a negative light, I'd not even care. After all, i no give anybody money for visa and sevis fee.
Nobody is stifling information from those who need it. If you all want to go New Haven, or Lincoln or WUI, and co, while other good schools that would fund you are ignore, please go there. When you get your visa, please put your transcript as you desire. Share your school, share your profile and all. It is an open world.
I understand that human being will never do fair judgement to those who deserve it. I am not against sharing information o.
Please let peace reign here so that those who need real-time information can access and use it.
Peace! 20 Likes |
