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Lizzy55:
Thanks for the reply. On my i20 I have "school official to contact upon arrival" is that it?
The soa I have from U.S isn't showing the inflow and outflow of money, it is just a two line something, I think it shows total amount that came in and total amount spent from oct-nov then the end balance (don't have it right here with me)
Told him (my brother) thought its supposed to look like whatwe have in Nigeria showing the inflow and outflow he said no its different in America and that any vo I present it to will understd it, but I am just not convinced.

Yes on your i20. The V.O knows whats obtainable in their country. If granted, you may be put on 'AP" to verify the authenticity of the soa.

Goodluck!

Lizzy55:
1.Good morning good people, please do want to know while filling online for your visa interview under the "U.S contact information" who should your "contact person in the US" be? a friend, relative, someone you know in the U.S or is it someone in the school? maybe one of the officials you have been communicating with.

2. And for those in America or whoever might know, does American soa look different from Nigerian's own that shows the inflow and outflow of income?

3.Also can I go to the embassy by March with a SOA dated Nov 2017

4.I need directives on how to download the transcripts, I downloaded the one of part10 and since then any other one I click on directs me to part 10 transcript.
Thanks,
Lizzy.

1. There is name of a contact person on your i-20
2. You don't need anything special whether different or not, as long as it shows inflow and outflow and balance on the account
3. To show within 6 month flows. Dated November might have been downward. do the calculation yourself upward. Print a new one

EldeeA:
Get your self prepared
I was denied Twice last December. Travelling over from South Africa to apply.. So to me traveling experiences don't work with those guys even though I have years of experience working as a lecturer in South Africa.


The major point here is to get your self prepared.
Mostly your sponsor
Because I think had issues using my maternal step brother as a sponsor at first then later my self as a co sponsor. But my brother's acc has turn over of 300m but balance or 500k which doesn't make any sense to pay a tuition a of 15k dollar and expense of 10k dollars.

Let's just hope this forum assist cos people judge easily here

You didn't tell us other places you have been to. While it's not only the yardstick to determine your eligibility, it does help if you have travelling experience to allies countries. However, travelling alone does not guaranty your eligibility. You must prove yourself to be a genuine student. Someone who has never been to the airport will get Visa if he can convince the VO of his intention before anybody who has lived in SA. So to have lived in SA for years is not the case, you need to convince the VO. Each case is different.

[quote author=ibksolar post=64951538]Hello everyone.

Can someone kindly answer this?

Thank you.

[b]If there's anyone who needs naira[/b],

I need naira o. How much you can you give me. Are you into charity?

justwise:
I have seen it, everybody that quoted that post got banned for some reasons

pepe4reps:
Pm me @ pwaf2015@vmail.com

Why don't you give the suggestion here? Others can benefit. P m for what? hope you are not an agent sha

Good job.

Ijebuboy525:
So you believe everybody that got visa through student package are really going to school?

Good that you are telling us your intention

Remily:
A silent follower on this platform. Visa denied at 6:30am, 6 February, 2018.

V.O -Good morning
Me-Good morning
V.o-pass me your passport and i-20
V.o- where are you going in the US
Me- Stanton University, Garden Grove, CARLIFORNIA
V.o-How is it possible that the school's tuition will be below 3k dols.
Me- That's the tuition the school charges and I believe it's because its non-for profit institution.
V.o- Are you sure this is a real school?
Me- Yes I am. The school is Authorized by the BPPE.
V.o - She killed my moral. [b]The school is situated on a strippers club![/b]
me- Ewo! I don die.
V.o- Started typing and prolly searching for information about
V.o- Did you apply to any other school
Me- Yes. Lincoln University
V.o- And you picked Stanton over Lincoln?
Me- Yes. I had a first recommendation about Stanton.
v.o- sorry, i cant approve your visa.
Me- Choi! Thank you o


So gurus, what should be my next shot abeg? I just fall a victim sha

This transcript looked like a fiction initially. Choose the other school and reapply. When people are advised about choice of schools, some see it as discouraging them. Didn't you see the school website and location?

following!!

spyder880:
To add to my post above, we also have the freelancers who do it all in one. These guys come to the site and measure then buy the roofing sheets and install themselves. But there is a caveat here.

Such all in one dealers are still going to visit the roofing companies and obtain the materials after paying. (therefore, making it a chain middlemen link that we were trying to avoid) Another risk is that these all in one dealers are so small that we sometimes fear to commit them with millions of Naira. A single guy, probably an experienced carpenter with a single small office to collect Such an amount sounds a little risky. Many people like me will feel better paying to the big roofing companies with a little more rest of mind.

I used this option and it saved me more than half a million naira. I didn't even bargain workmanship and transportation when I saw the difference.

Good info and detailed analyses. But why is today January 8?

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ga2157:
Hello,

Are there any female students aged 25-35 years old who plan to come to the USA (specifically the New York City area) by 2019? PM me if so.

You didn't tell us what they will do with you.

BabygirlDee:
Visa Aproved this morning in Abuja by the guy in window 7
Korede Bello was also on the line �
Hello I’ve been a silent follower for a couple of days now and I have to admit this forum is really helpful. But the approval is nothing short of God’s work. This forum really helped me prepare so I think it’s only fair that I share my transcript.
Anyway when I was called to window 7 I was terrified because I had noticed that this this particular go was very fast because he kept cutting people off when they were speaking and not being patient at all. He had given out about 5 blue pallets and not a single white. I was even praying in my mind God please don’t let them give me this guy but aperently God had other plans.
So I was called to the guy and here is my transcript

Me: Hello,

Vo : Hi, pass Me your passport and I-20

Me : (passed it over )


Vo: (types for a while) so why did you choose the university of Denver?

Me: after deciding I wanted a masters in
communication management, I found 8 schools that offered the program. So I weighed them based on program content, international student surport and and start date and I chose the university of Denver because they have more courses in thier program that I’m excited about, the have a start date in April (actually March ) which is really convenient and they have a significantly sized international student community which I think is really important.


Vo: (types) so the past times you’ve been to the United States what’s the longest you’ve ever stayed in the United States ?

Me: about 3 and a half weeks (actually we’ve never stayed longer than 3 weeks so that was another mistake)


Vo: (types for a really long time) so who will be sponsoring your trip?

Me: my dad, sorry my dad and my Mum


Vo: what do they do for a living ?
Me: my dad works for......and my mum works for..


Vo: so I will be approving your visa, good luck in your studies
Me: thanks you
And off I went �

If these are just the questions, the VO was only interested in your travel history.

knoph2007:
Not experienced about the whole process but did gre yesterday and had this qt 161 verbal 143.. I have hnd in accounting 3.25/4 Bsc in Accounting 4.19/5 Msc in Finance 3.93/5. More than 8 years working exp. What are my chances with the gre result

Chances of what?

Daboomb:
If l may contribute:

Columns need a Basket, so as to reduce the 'punching-effect' (Pressure) of the Vertical force (Pressure = Force/Area) it is carrying.
This is a fact we should not even be arguing about.

Now, since the downward acting force is what the basket is "designed to reduce", you will all agree with me that if that Vertical Force is "negligible", we can as well do away with the Basket since it is designed to "spread that Force" acting downwards, which has now been said to be negligible..

This is why Bungalows of the olden days dont use columns, not to talk of adding a basket to the columns!
Those Bungalows have stood for almost a hundred years and all the rain and thunder of many decades has not collapsed them but we have newer building collapsing even before they are completed!

In essence, if the Vertical Force is negligible, you can do away with a column (as shown above) and by inference, do away with a basket.
Your house will still stand (and the obvious reason for that, is that, as they do in the olden days, you would have used "standard blocks and mortar-mix", to erect your house. Not th fake blocks of today).

So, using a basket, being for a reason, is not given.

And that brings me back to the origins of this current discussion: using basket in the columns of a Septic tank.
As l have pointed out above, it all depends on "how much vertical force" you envisage and therefore, have the intention of spreading.

With particular reference to my able builder, Abdulwastecx, if you are building a septic tank in some places, where the ground is unrepentantly very hard, the use of columns is an 'over-kill' and waste of money because in such places, l have seen such tanks built with just blocks (no columns at all) and they have stood there, doing their job for over fifty years now. No collapse!
Why?
Bceause such structure is carrying negligible wight and therefore the 'Vertical Force' (from Pressure = Force/Area) is also very negligible.
There is virtually nothing, in terms of "Force" to spread (which is the job of a basket! You wont spend moneyand effort, just to achieve nothing, would you?).

Thus, when someone says you can do a column without using a basket, the next question should be "what weight is that column carrying"? Is such weight/Force Negligible?

And l guess the man asking for "drawings" is thinking along that direction (Such drawing will show the 'Weight/Force' being carried, that necesitates the use of a column and hence, a basket).
Columns are not just for decoration, they are an engineering, structural functionality in a building though a lot of 'enthusiastic' builders just use "guesswork" to throw columns here and there, even where they are not necessary, not functional and a total waste.

To say all columns must carry a basket without being specific on what it is acrrying in terms of 'vertical force' is like saying all cars must have a cooling airconditioner or HQ-Surround Sound!
if it has one, good for the occupant.
if it does not have one, it will still serve its purpose of just taking the occupant from point A, to point B (but inside this heat ehn, dem go confess their sins sharp-sharp ) if that is all that matters to them.

Let us not turn this into another bric-brac (as l see it going, if we dont stop now).

Both sides of the arguement are correct but they are both arguing on different things. No congruency at all


Anyway, wetin l know sef.

Baba, Twaleee o. Incise and straight forward. I dey read the post like I dey read Paddy story. Thanks for enlightenment.

victree4:
Hi experts,
The school I'm applying to doesn't require gre or gmat so I don't intend writing it. However, does it put my visa chances with the vo in jeopardy?

Technically yes, esp if you meet the standardized tests--oriented VO; however, if you can defend yourself in front a VO who is ready to listen, you might be lucky.

Gospelozy:
Good evening house. Please I need help oo. I want to pay my application fee of $55 at USF. I am having difficulty paying it with my first bank MasterCard.

Please can someone help me with the payment?

Madam gospel,you are still on this payment since last year? you have my mail.

Janet01234:
Hello guys please has anyone heard of cases where an applicant was denied because he applied for summer semester instead of spring or fall??

PLEASE HELP

There are so many applicants that were denied for Fall and Spring. What is important is your ability to prove you are a genuine student. The VOs know their educational sessions.

afodam247:
Please I want to know if its a crime to apply to only one school. This is because I applied to just one because I knew they will admit me cos I have a friend studying in the same school. Please I need advise on this as am close to my interview date. Also i don't want to lie and I can't afford applying to another school now.
Thanks

Why would you need to lie? Tell them the no of school you applied to and why when ask.

diordaves:
The fact that you have done soakaway columns without basket doesn't mean it's right. Mind you, basket and columns are not two separate things. They go together. Columns without basket is cutting corners. It's not best practice.

We need pictures of these baskets o. Abeg. make we learn.

EgunMogaji:
Response to the general quote requests.

This is what worked for me. I separated labor from materials.

Get your materials negotiated and delivered yourself. Sand, granite, steel and wood. You can do it. Or get a trusted person.

Then work on labor. Block laying is about N40 per block.

The economy makes it a good time to build if you have money already allocated.

I get calls from both vendors and artisans that just want to keep working on my site. The economy on the ground seems scary though our people can pretend.

This is not to say to cheat artisans but get a few labor only quotes and go with one, not necessarily the cheapest.

Baba EgunMogaji I hail o Can these artisans work in Lagos?

boboboss:
Hello house, please I need some suggestions on cheap schools to study Msc supply chain and logistics from gurus in the house. All I been seeing are just colleges, I studied chemistry science with a cgpa of 3.65/5.00 but my career path as been in supply chain management for more than 5 years now. Guys please help me out.
Thanks

University of Houston.


Good luck

samhardy:
Hello NL, I jst got admitted to southwest Minnesota state university in usa to study computer science for a degree. Pls, I want 2 confirm hope it not a red flag school? I ll appreciate ur response.

It's an old, traditional school; no wahala. Just go and do well with your interview.

Josh4wod:
Hello guys

Is it good to apply to about 3 different schools in just one state?

femi312, folmos, lagosismyhome and other gurus.....

It's good to apply to more than one school but better to have at least one in a different state and best in 3 different states.

qdamilola:
The school in question here is WIU western Illinois University. Is that what u are also referring to?

The person that commented knows the school. Am not referring to any school except the one I mentioned which is not WIU but VIU.

qdamilola:
Sincerely I found it really discouraging and after asking why, no answer was given to it. That same school I know about 4 people personally who attended the school, I also know a brother that got admission last year august.

Well, enough said....

Let’s try to explain things better not discourage

Thanks

Some schools are profit-oriented, using one-storey buildings. They will give admission as long as you have money to pay without any major standardized tests. Such schools are known at the embassy. While a lenient VO might give a visa, those looking for avenue to deny you will see it a platform. That's why folks here do frown at such schools. I know 2 students admitted by VIU but both got denied twice until they changed their schools. In summary, apply to competitive schools that have good reputations.

Nwabu007:
Yes. You can have multiple visa type on your passport.

You cannot have multiple US visa on your passport; you will cancel one for one.

snoopylinus:
Good morning from here,please people,i got confuse, I'm about applying for SAT exams and parents wants Me to go through community college to do nursing from a family friend's advice they got,Is it advisable to use a community college for a bachelors degree in Nursing science,please i need your advice,and should i go ahead and apply for SAT exams...

Go and write SAT and aim a higher score to get scholarship in a reputable Uni instead of CC.

gimmehear:
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LASSA FEVER KILLS 21 PEOPLE IN NIGERIA.
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Twenty-one people have died from Lassa fever in Nigeria this month, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said on Wednesday, in the latest outbreak in Africa’s most populous nation.

“Since the beginning of 2018, 80 cases have been classified as: 77 confirmed cases, three probable cases with 21 deaths,” the NCDC said on Twitter.

Cases have been reported in 13 of 36 states while 10 health care workers had been affected, it added.

Lassa fever belongs to the same family as Marburg and Ebola, two deadly viruses that lead to infections with fever, vomiting and in worst-case scenarios, haemorrhagic bleeding.

Its name comes from the town of Lassa in northern Nigeria where it was first identified in 1969.

More than one hundred people were killed in 2016 in one of the nation’s worst outbreaks of the disease, affecting 14 of the 36 states, including Lagos and the capital Abuja.

The virus is spread through contact with food or household items contaminated with rats’ urine or faeces or after coming into direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person.

The disease can be prevented through enhanced personal hygiene, avoidance of all contact with rats and keeping the house and surrounding clean.
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No vaccination yet for this killer virus?