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Travel › Re: Trails of Green (T.O.G) by Firefox01: 7:13pm On Aug 24, 2021
Hadampson:
Wow, that's great smiley
Be careful cos antispam bot can ban you for that grin

Instead of saying that, just say (vielen Dank) wink cool
Noted boss. wink
Travel › Re: Trails of Green (T.O.G) by Firefox01: 6:30pm On Aug 24, 2021
Hadampson:
Here you go brother smiley

https://www.nairaland.com/5833204/being-black-berlin-germany
Danke sehr viel.

Started learning German also wink
Travel › Re: Trails of Green (T.O.G) by Firefox01: 5:11pm On Aug 24, 2021
Guys, who still has the link to that DanielHouston's thread, being Black in Germany or so?

Cc Hadampson
Travel › Re: Trails of Green (T.O.G) by Firefox01: 5:56pm On Aug 23, 2021
Hadampson, I don dey look Germany side too o. Not just US. Make we see as e go be cool I just have a question, does Mass Communication or any related course have Masters in Germany?
Business › Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 15 by Firefox01: 12:46pm On Aug 23, 2021
Tolulopefinest:
This betting na pure luck.
Na my craziest pick which I played with the smallest Money entered.

If I had known, I would have at least played with 300 naira and collect 1M.

But thank God for this . It will go a long way.

Na to start playing big odds with better Money now o. Maybe my story will change one day.


BC6R8XL

This is for this week.

Goodluck to us
Congratulations boss. Incase you go like bless us small make we fire your game, I dey abeg.
Business › Re: Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 15 by Firefox01: 9:24am On Aug 21, 2021
mesmer:
Funding Time is here

First 10 monikers that quote this post gets #100 naira funding

Drop your Bookie i.d or number for Airtime

mesmer is the name
Hmm
Politics › Re: Makinde Seeks Approval For ₦50 Billion Supplementary Budget From Oyo Lawmakers by Firefox01: 10:52am On Aug 18, 2021
hargbolahan01:
As someone who uses that airport very well you should know that the airport needs upgrade and that is not befitting airport for Ibadan.... I believe we should watch closely if the money spent is worth money allocated
The Crux of the matter was not whether the airport needed upgrade or not, it was of the stupid lie that the first airline started operations there yesterday.
Politics › Re: Makinde Seeks Approval For ₦50 Billion Supplementary Budget From Oyo Lawmakers by Firefox01: 9:23am On Aug 18, 2021
aisha2008:
APC boy but the first airline started operations yesterday. I know you and from Ibadan. The circular road approved by Ajimobi, where is the money
You must think everyone is stupid. That Airpeace started yesterday makes it the first airline to ply the Ibadan airport? You've exposed yourself as someone who is very used to only the Iworoad to Oje route, Beere to Idi Ayunre route. Overland airways have been flying constantly from the Ibadan Airport and I've taken it to Abuja several times. Don't be a fool, your type are the ones who won't even use Air Peace even as they have come to join Overland as you have no business in the Airport in the first place.
Travel › Re: Naija to Yankee Thoughts And Experiences by Firefox01: 10:03am On Aug 16, 2021
Emarex:
can one get fully funded scholarship with GRE sir?
Your profile together with a very sound score in GRE may get you full funding not just the GRE alone.
Travel › Re: Naija to Yankee Thoughts And Experiences by Firefox01: 7:25pm On Aug 15, 2021
hitan:
Please guys I would like to know if I can get admitted to a university in the United States with a 2.2 Nigerian degree
Yes you can. Just make sure you Smash the GRE especially if you're looking for funding.
Romance › Re: 61-Year-Old American Grandmother Engaged To 24-Year-Old Boyfriend (Pictures) by Firefox01: 12:44pm On Aug 14, 2021
How can this woman be 61? This woman is at least 80!!! Them dey try use football age make the age gap look decent but na still failure. undecided
Travel › Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Firefox01: 9:19pm On Aug 11, 2021
librangyps:
Hi guys, I just got a good flight deal on Lufthansa but we will stopover at Frankfurt.

What do you think?
Take it. What else do you want? A flight with no stopovers?
Travel › Re: Yankee: through the eyes of a village boy. by Firefox01: 10:43am On Aug 11, 2021
About starting this thread all over once again. Just finished MackyNaija and Lionlee's own grin
Travel › Re: My US Adventures/Trips. by Firefox01: 10:41am On Aug 11, 2021
Hadampson:
E make sense smiley
He's welcome

Richdee1, wetin you think?!

That aside, have you come up with a name for our crew smiley
Boss, is it still Germany on your mind or you won't mind the US? wink
Travel › Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Firefox01: 10:36am On Aug 11, 2021
Omonikansoso:
Visa denied 11th August, Abuja.
Phd full funding
Transcript
Vo; Good morning
Me: Good morning
Vo. Pass me your i20 and passport
YesMe: passed
Vo. Have you travelled before
Me; yes to Russia, Germany, Austria and ghana
Vo. What for
Me. For conferences, short courses and trainings related to cancer epidemiology
Vo: what do you do
Me: I work full time as a lecturer with the Ahmadu Bello university where my primary responsibilities borders on teaching and research.
Vo: great. Are you married
Me;yes I'm married
Vo: typing for only God knows how long.
Vo. Ypur spouse is the United states what is he doing
Me: He previously had his masters in business administration and currently doing a second degree in health management.
Vo..pass me blue p

I'm thinking of reapplying. I'm not sure what I should do right now. Your advice and input is needed. Please thanks
Depending on how your husband started his second degree, I have no doubts he's the cause of your denial. He went for masters, did he come back to Nigeria before applying for his second degree or just continued from there? Seems to me the VO want to use you as a guarantee that your husband will return from the US. However, you can try again. Goodluck to you.
Travel › Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Firefox01: 10:34am On Aug 11, 2021
Shadbay:
Visa approved at the Abj embassy. (7:30 am appointment) EA approved on 2nd August after waiting almost a month.
COA: $29,000
Funding: nil
SOA: $70,000
Sponsor: Uncle (Different surnames)

I was attended to by a white male VO. There were two windows active with VOs this morning. One male and one female.

The guy had denied about 7 applicants right before it got to my turn.

VO: Good morning. Pass me your I-20 and your passport please.
Me: (I obliged)
VO: (types for what seemed like 30 secs) First time? Have you traveled to the US before?
Me: No.
VO: Okay, first time. And who'll be paying for your studies?
Me: My uncle.
VO: What does your uncle do?
Me: He's a real estate developer and property management consultant.
VO: Oh, wow. Do you have his bank statements?
Me: Yes (I passed them to him and he perused through it carefully)
VO: What do you do?
Me: I'm a Hydrogeologist. (I didn't bother telling him where and for how long I have been working. He was fixed on his screen, typing)
VO:What did you study for your undergraduate degree?
Me: Geology.
VO: Do you have any family in the US?
Me: No.
VO: So what are your plans after your studies?
Me: I will come back and work as a consultant to my state's water corporation. I wish to help tackle water sustainability issues and other critical problems affecting quality of groundwater here in Nigeria.
VO: (types for what seemed like an eternity)
Okay, I'll be approving your visa. Pick up your passport from your designated collection centre. It might take a week because of COVID-19 rules.



I was fighting to contain my excitement. That VO was on a denial streak and God came through for me. Thank you, Jesus. I had to bone up so the hustlers no go tax me. Lol.
I'd like to point out that confidence is key. This is my second application. I was denied 2 years ago. I came back better, well prepared and more confident. If you were denied, just re-strategize and come back with a stronger application.

Selah


PS: Please, who's in Bowling Green State University, let's link up.
Congratulations
Travel › Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Firefox01: 10:17am On Aug 11, 2021
Omonikansoso:
Visa denied 11th August, Abuja.
Phd full funding
Transcript
Vo; Good morning
Me: Good morning
Vo. Pass me your i20 and passport
YesMe: passed
Vo. Have you travelled before
Me; yes to Russia, Germany, Austria and ghana
Vo. What for
Me. For conferences, short courses and trainings related to cancer epidemiology
Vo: what do you do
Me: I work full time as a lecturer with the Ahmadu Bello university where my primary responsibilities borders on teaching and research.
Vo: great. Are you married
Me;yes I'm married
Vo: typing for only God knows how long.
Vo. Ypur spouse is the United states what is he doing
Me: He previously had his masters in business administration and currently doing a second degree in health management.
Vo..pass me blue p

I'm thinking of reapplying. I'm not sure what I should do right now. Your advice and input is needed. Please thanks
I think the issue lies with your husband.
Travel › Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Firefox01: 7:26pm On Aug 10, 2021
Chyjoey:
DISCLAIMER: This post is meant for genuine students.

There is no doubt that Grace plays a big role I'm getting an approval.

However, let's not attribute everything to grace and fail to see the emerging pattern here.

The VOs do NOT want to deny you a Visa. Infact, they want to approve you but the law and their training dictates that they assume you are an immigrant till you prove you aren't. So when you're denied, they are not saying 'Bleep off, we don't want you in our country' it's more like 'I believe you're trying to illegally immigrate, try the legal immigration route instead or convince me that you're a non-immigrant'.

This hurts me so much because I've seen genuine students denied because of the sins of visa abusers.

Now to the concept of ties, You must have ties to Nigeria to be considered a non-immigrant.

You see some of these people with Jobs they have worked at for more than 3 years with a work leave getting approved? Yes, it's grace but it's also Work ties.
For instance, today I saw a woman get approved who has been at a workplace for 15 years, and trust me her interview wasn't spectacular. Infact, she wasn't even vibing with the VO, but she had strong work ties and the program she was going for was plausibly going to improve her career. Hence, she was approved.

So if you're Jobless, are you screwed? Not necessarily.
Family ties - Are you married? Do you have older family members depending on you for care?(please be careful about telling fantastical stories that the VO would call bullshit on immediately)
What of dependent children?
Demonstrating that you have family in Nigeria you can't possibly abandon helps your case.

Social ties - Do you lead an an organization here in Nigeria that would suffer in your prolonged absence? Are you a prominent member of your community that a lot of people depend on? What of your church or political party? Is there anything there that would compel you to return?

Try as you may, some people may not have plausible ties.
Then your plans for the future come into play.
What steps have you taken to secure your future in Nigeria (at the completion of your program) ?
You may have no ties now to Nigeria but you can be able to convince the VO that you plan to return by applying for a position here in Nigeria that would be provisionally accepted pending your program completion. (This is just an example).

If you have no ties or plausible compelling future plans, then your profile becomes really important.

Young, straight outta high school applying to a bachelors? Likely genuine student, more likely to be approved than someone in their late 20s, 10 years out of high school, being doing a 'computer diploma program' in the interim applying for the same bachelors.

Mid 20s, recently graduated (best months after graduation), going for a masters in a course related to their bachelors, likely to be approved regardless of ties compared to someone in their 30s, years post bachelors, masters in sth totally unrelated and no career benefit.

My point is Grace plays a huge role but we need to learn to analyze people's profiles when they are approved.

Check in this order
1. Ties
2. Plans
3. Profile
Hmmm. Wisdom smiley
Travel › Re: My US Adventures/Trips. by Firefox01: 10:56pm On Aug 09, 2021
Osheyy cool
Travel › Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Firefox01: 3:18pm On Aug 09, 2021
Kassidy4luv:
My friend's VISA was denied today @ Abuja embassy.

He said the VO asked him 3 questions about funding his studies.
His COA is 32k
He has partial funding/scholarship of about 8k
Personal funds about 11k
Sponsor( uncle) will take care of the 13k deficit.

What could be the reason for his denialhuh
Drop his entire transcript. It may not be about his funds alone.
Travel › Re: The Bad Behaviour Of Some Nigerians Abroad by Firefox01: 10:24am On Aug 09, 2021
Lol. If it was possible to make visa hard for Nigerians to enter Nigeria, I would honestly do it. Something is fundamentally wrong with Nigerians.
Travel › Re: Naija to Yankee Thoughts And Experiences by Firefox01: 7:40pm On Aug 08, 2021
Drella:
Congrats bro!

Did you go for undergraduate or postgraduate studies?
Start from Page one undecided
Travel › Re: Naija to Yankee Thoughts And Experiences by Firefox01: 9:33am On Aug 08, 2021
MackyNaija:
Back for 5mins from my hiatus..

Unexpectedly received my 10 year gre3n card today. smiley Took 1/3 the time I thought it'd take.
Too little chance to 'celebrate' it as I am busy cooking something. wink

This Cali, we MUST comot! cheesy


And for the Fall 2021 batch of incoming students, may your journey be fruitful.
I recently completed 4years in the US and I have totally forgotten I ever schooled here. Life's too fast!

You'll be fine, just stay strong and always keep your morale high. Las las... All will be well. smiley
Congrats bro wink
Fashion › Re: Meet The Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria 2021 Contestants (Pictures) by Firefox01: 6:01pm On Aug 02, 2021
Miss Lagos is fireee cool
TV/Movies › Re: Power TV Series Fan Thread: STARZ by Firefox01: 10:51pm On Aug 01, 2021
wildchild1:
Kanan's mum needed to do something to protect her son, the game is not easy.
Who did she kill?
Politics › Re: Chidiogo Akunyili & Husband, Andrew Parr Expecting First Child (Photos) by Firefox01: 2:59pm On Jul 28, 2021
She's ugly Sha. Unlike her mom sad
Business › Re: What To Do To Make Money Online? by Firefox01: 4:29pm On Jul 25, 2021
codemaniacs:
most top rated domain investors use specific registrars... the registrar can also determine the amount of traffic a domain name receives.
Lol, this is strange undecided
Events › Re: Nkechi Bianze Is Married: "No Bride Price Paid" (Wedding Pictures) by Firefox01: 11:59am On Jul 19, 2021
This woman is fucking ugly! Damn embarassed
Business › Re: What To Do To Make Money Online? by Firefox01: 8:49am On Jul 14, 2021
sodiquisty:
Good morning fellow domainer

Please I need the services of a good email scrapper for my domain.
Opistorincos
Politics › Re: BREAKING : Gov. Makinde Dissolves Cabinet, Retains SSG, Cos by Firefox01: 8:27pm On Jun 29, 2021
Wasiu Olatunbosun, the hungry man is about to become a political orphan. This is the end of his political career in Oyo State cheesy
Politics › Re: BOMBSHELL: Reno Omokri Has This To Say On Yorubas by Firefox01: 6:48pm On Jun 28, 2021
Reno Omockery, I never thought I would ever have cause to agree with you cheesy

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