₦airaland Forum

temmitats:
This is definitely not true. Most Americans don't see marriage as do or die.

But the VOs see it as a tie your country.

LagosismyHome:
Lol....an ESL is not a Master program
Why would a VO give you a visa to go to the US to learn basic english. Is Nigeria not an english speaking country ? . This is program for people who english is a second language and is not an academic credit program

That what happens when you dont do things yourself and learn from it . If you have a bsc then its really not that difficult. Go online read about schools amd their requirements and that helps shape what u need to do

how much did you pay for this

And don't know what is done on your behalf. The agent wants to use that to ' free' himself. He will say : Che you no get admission?

connectpoint:
But Nairaland was functional nah...It beats me why eople can't communicate with Whites...Look at whites and tell them fky ya... I wonder why Nigerians are too fearful of whites...

Not only whites, any color that's not black. Imagine all the Indians and Lebanese; my folks will see them as superior. But sometimes, you can't blame people. May God help us.

But being a reporter with a 'National Daily' ought to have equipped him; journalism is a field of exuding confidence at anytime any where. But may be the atmosphere 'deruba'; some people are lily liver. But I believe he should try again and learn from his mistakes.

Bibiakonure:
This is my transcript in regards to my visa approval on Friday the 14th july. God be praised and i want to appreciate my friends who did the mock interview with me, thise who skimmed through my mock transcript, those who I contacted and said i was gonna call but i never called forgive me as i am guilty as charged.

V.O: why this school
Me: i picked the university of new haven because of it's concentration on biomaterials because its very applicable to our dwindling health condition in Nigeria.
V.O: Can you explain the Biomaterial
Me: This are materials used in replacing human tissues.( then she cuts me)
V.O: I know you came here rehearsed but just explain in normal language I would understand
Me: what i mean is that this are materials that replace the breast, heart valve, limb, hips and knee prostheses.
V.O:How many schools did you apply to
Me: i considered three schools but only applied to this school
V.O: Did you consider any here in Nigeria
Me: Yes i did which was unilag
V.O whats your highest degree
Me: Bachelors in Engineering
V.O when did you finish
Me: 2015
V.O: what have you been doing since then
Me: went for my compulsory nysc in 2016 and finished 2017
V.O: Have you been outside Nigeria before
Me: yes i have been to the Us
V.O: Where did you go to
Me: Jamica queens in New York
V.O Do you have a family outside Nigeria
Me: Yes i do my brother
V.O I see you have a scholarship how did you get it
Me: it was based on my academic transcript and my statement of intent showed my purpose for selecting this course
V.O: who would pay the rest
Me: My dad. He is a medical practitioner
V.O: what of your siblings how many
Me: Just two apart from my brother in the Us
V.O where are they
Me here in lagos with my parents
V.O I would be approving your visa pick it up after 3 days.

No Documents were asked.

Congrat !!! Enjoy your stay in the US; safe flight.

Shigoboy:
Good morning guys, I'm processing admission for my younger brother, the school required application fee to be paid through credit card only, I need to know if I can make this payment with my naira master card, if yes, which bank is the best to do this with?

If you have GTB, you are good to go; however, virtually all banks are ok.

The is gradually resembling the 3D and am watching it in 3D; well done baba rotech!!

Oya, Why NYSC certificate dey carry same months e.g Feb 2007 -Feb 2008?

Even thats what most employers do: If you start work in January, na January following year you be 1 year

DeeTus:
@Ability247, sorry for this denial. You really messed up even when you had the interview going pretty well on your direction. Please do re-apply with your uncle's personal statement of account, not company's and learn how to respond to questions.

Your uncle's company has a large employees, why didn't you say something like above 100? But unfortunately, you said not sure. Not sure means you didn't know about yours uncle's number of workers and that is pitiful.

We already advised him on the bold but because someone used the coy acct; the person might not tell you what really happened. Your case might be different. Go with whatever he has in his personal acct. A strict VO wont give F1 with coy acct, even if na your papa get the coy.

Ability247:
Someone I know recently got approved with a company account. And the owner of the company isn't even related to the person by blood. If my uncle's personal acc could do the job, I would have used it. If he moves large chunks of money there now, it would look suspicious. I am just praying for more grace this time

How are you sure he was asked about account? Did he apply for student visa? And not all student were asked the questions about account. His case may be differ from yours. I rest my case. Go with grace. Wish you good luck!!

kekenation:
Hello House,

I wrote my GRE last year. q151 v149 A4.0

i stopped the applications along the way because i diverted some of the money intended for use then.

I am considering re writing the GRE and also TOEFL

Some schools i tried contacting wants me to evaluate my transcript. Most of the schools are in south dakota.

Intended study is M.ed Curriculum and Instructions, 3.17/5

WES free evaluation: 3.02/4.0

I intend to use IERF. DO THEY BOOST GPA TOO ?

Any advice

Abeg make we help this bro; I don see this post like 3 times since yesterday. If you feel your GRE scores are low, try another one. Why are you looking for GP booster? Check Cameron Uni; they should admit you with waiver. Abeg go evaluate your transcripts if it's compulsory or check other schools that do not need evaluation. Good luck!!

Loso351:
... Bros abeg no vex so company cannot sponsor someone again because me nah my uncle dey sponsor me buh nah him company name i dey use because him no get sufficient balance for his personal account and even him dey go embassy nah him company account him dey use he's d ceo, so what should you advise me on that one

Che him dey go as a student ni? At the bold You fit try your luck. but carry him personal acct with the little wey dey there with the company acct. good luck!!

Ability247:
Thanks, but I believe I mentioned that I have a research assistantship and that my uncle would be footing the rest. I'm sorry I didn't include it in the transcript. I will modify it. I remember mentioning that, just that it skipped my memory as I was typing my transcript. His issue wasn't that the money wouldn't be enough. It was that it is a company account, which still sounds weird to most people I have told because I also came with letters from the bank and the man himself that owns the company, concerning the company. But like I said, God knows the best.

Thanks for the advice. If it comes up again, I shall certainly not forget to mention it.

To the best of my knowledge, company account is at disadvantage with F1 to some extent depending on whom your VO is; B1/2 with company account won't have an issue. Infact, three of my colleague and I got our B1/2 with our company's account in 2014. A company is an entity on its own; if it liquidates what happens to you? I will advise you use your uncle personal acct in future. I am not a VO; this is just my view BUT COMPANY ACCOUNT AND F1 VISA ARE LIKE A MARRIAGE WHERE ONE IS BEING COMPELLED ON OTHER; IT WON'T WORK.

What is the size of this plot and wher's the location ?

Cheers!!

Welldone boss. I can see a small fence with blocks and something like iron fence. Hope I am right.

oscarnoble:
meaning

Following with keen interest

Laadeh:
Congrats to those that I've gotten their Visas approved. I've been following up on this thread few days back.
Tho I just began my application process for spring 2018. I need someone to guide me through the interview, its not too early to start preparing. Pls help a sister.
Thanks

I think it's too early. Get admitted first and you can keep reading transcript here. That should help a lot.

Babs612000:
I paid mine N70 per block in Abeokuta and he still complaining l think l need to send him away from the site.

@Babs12000, you are not updating us with your project o.!!!

No update on this project

Bibiakonure:
Visa approved this morning at the lagos state embassy. Transcript would be posted soon.

Congrat

Adegbulugbe:
Backside of the decking area

Good and thanks for the explanations!!

phemmyB:
good day house.. Pls if one is denied a visa.. when can one reapply?.. also will one be paying Sevis fee again the second time or one will only pay the visa application fee 64k?

thanks

You can reapply immediately if you see available date; your sevis fee is still valid.

Adegbulugbe:
More pics to decking level,Happy for the reduce in price level of rod,preparing for decking iron work soon

Since this is meant to be a duplex, why there is no option of pillars?

we dey follow; wet our appetite with pix and explanations

LagosismyHome:
if that is the case then a better answer would have been ,

VO - U know what, I did the same course you are going for. So why Arcadia University why not the school I attended . I bet if I google schools who offer IPCR I won't find Arcadia.

Yes there are other well known schools that offer IPCR , but after I applied to Arcadia I was given funding which is one of the key reasons why I decided to go for this school and their program also offers xx .......

You have to be well prepared and think fast on your feet to always defend why a particular school and you have less than 2 minutes to do so . What other schools did you apply to ??

The VO was just playing on her intelligent. The response lacks substance. That's why the VO was asking the questions repeatedly. She didn't do her homework properly; she can apply again.

tehinse1:
Gud pm guys, Pls i need an urgent advice. My self and my wife was denied a tourist visa to the US about 1 1/2yrs nw. Presently i was advice to seek an admisión for máster in the US, But my undergraduate CPGA was 2.98 in public administration, i presently had 3yrs working experience. Is there any possibility Of securing the visa to the US?

Nothing is wrong with your GPA, go ahead if you want to apply.

lalahhh:
Congratulations.........
I was scheduled to go for the interview today. I went there but I was denied. Here is how the interview went.
VO - Good morning
Me - Good morning, how are you?
VO - Fine thank you . Please pass your passport and I 20.
Me - I did
VO - so why Arcadia University
Me - I did an online research and I liked the structure of the program at Arcadia. Arcadia offers better expose and ...
VO cuts in
VO - why Arcadia University
Me - apart from this, one of my undergraduate lectures told me to apply to Arcadia University
VO cuts in
VO - You are still not answering the question I asked you ...
Me - like I said I did an online research and my sister did too and we decided for Arcadia University
VO - U know what, I did the same course you are going for. So why Arcadia University why not the school I attended . I bet if I google schools who offer IPCR I won't find Arcadia.
VO presses the keyboard and says you see I can't find Arcadia but I can find the school I went to.
VO - I regret to you inform but you cannot be granted the visa at this point . Pls go back and do your research well and come back.
Me - when should I come back ?
VO - you can come back tomorrow if you get a space while booking .
So I left , I'm planning to try again.
I don't know if I said anything wrong or probably the answer I gave him wasn't enough. Pls tell me so I can prepare for the next appointment.

you didn't answer the question at all. If you have been following this thread, you would have given a better answer.

Temitope746:
July 3: Visa denied
July 10: Visa Approved
Appointment: 7am
Remark: It can only be God. Gods grace and favour with prayers.
Appreciation: I appreciate all NL family, all that stood by me, Mr Texrem, Mr John, all that message me and make comment on my denied transcript. You are to much. And most importantly. I give it all to God.

I got to the embassy around 5:30 am. Skipping to the checking point. My name was note found on the book for scheduled interview. I was asked to go sit down(20-30 minute thereabout) , for my mind, I said I am done today. Yet I fight it back in my spirit. I was later called up that my name dey system, so I was cleared to go. Got to the judgement room for screening and biometric. Submit docs for screening, then hurried to the rest room to do the usual and pray once more because I already met and seen people wey dey frown face with blue paper. For inside toilet, I dey hear my name, lagbaja come to window 14, I sit down for rest room dey do d tin dey go. Finally I came out after 5min. The whole room put eye on me, na u dem dey call since. I hurried to 14, she then ask me to bring my doc. Is this how to fill a form, na wetin she ask, she then ask me some questions I replied and she typed. I knew say na my ds160 she was referring to. I forgot biometric, I was later called out of line by the Cgi to go out of line to go do biometric. I return. Now to window 4. She's in her 30s I suppose.

Vo: good morning(smiling)
Me: morning and how was your night?
Vo: very fine and yours
Me: its very lovely
Vo: your doc please
Me: passing the documents. Here it is
Vo: why are you going to the US?
Me: (I said you are finished today for my mind, cos I don rehearse answer to this question) I am going to the US for my masters degree at Montana State University (cut in)
Vo: oh...smiling. I see .
Vo: so are u married
Me: no
Vo: any kids
Me: no
Vo : so what course u going for and who is sponsoring
Me: mathematics, full scholarship and GTA
Vo: what were u doing in Italy
Me I answered
Vo: also in Bulgaria
Me: I answered.
Vo: what's the derivative of acceleration?
Me: (for my mind, I was like is she playing with me) I pause for a minute, look at her in the eye, smile, she smile back, then gave her the answer. She then smiled the more and brought out white paper, and start saying all their grammar after three working days so so and so. No question about my first denial a week ago.



God settled my case. My case is different. It can only be God. Thank you all

congrat!!

Tobsam237:
Hallo house....

Please. I'm preparing for my interview and I've followed every transcript closely..

I observed that most successful transcripts gave more than 1 schools to the question :

*How many schools did you apply to?*

My Case:
I applied to only one school...

Though... I contacted several other schools admission office when I was searching for obvious reasons... To enquire before making my final decision...

Please house.

What are my chances?
Am I at a disadvantage?
Does it poses any harm?

*My Interview date: Early August*

Answer this way: 'I considered 3 schools but eventually settled for this one.' Look for two names and tell VO if he asks you to name them; you can't attend two schools at the same time.

thebee001:
please help☝�

As you refused to read the thread, Oya take this and read:

femi312:
There is this saying that says ''If we don't fight we have failed, but if we fight we can either fail or succeed''. So forget the tuition part for now and put in some work. First, you need to decide on the course you want to study, To save you some stress start from this website http://graddecision.org/ to know the application process, So step 1) Decide on the course you want to study 2) Search for schools using a)www.msinus.com (open this website with a laptop, you should see a list of school and ranking for some of the most common courses, you can start from there b)www.gradschools.com c)www.google.com (you can just type 'msc in bla bla in the us in google' d) www.usnews.com e) www.4icu.org . 3) check up the website of the schools you find, to see the requirements. most schools will require GRE and some will require both gre and toefl . 4) Register for standardize exam and take it. You can register for gre as soon as you are ready and prepared to take the exam. Its done online at www.ets.org. You can also get all the information you need about the exam on the website. You will get adequate materials to prepare for the exam in this dropbox I created https://www.dropbox.com/sh/t9ot6d07hp1lkm7/AADL_dTihjEvNBRCBsmAcoXja?dl=0

TOEFL is an English test required by some US universities. though, some schools waive due to the fact that Nigeria is an Anglophone country.
For toefl, all you need are the speaking noteful videos in the link below, the ets toefl guide is enough to ace the exam for other sections. Just download the toefl ETS Guide from there website and the simulation test.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/45tvc3ifi8wh8sh/AACXR5j6l3nsWK8vZx5P28TVa?dl=0

As for the Tuition, if you have good results (GRE, GPA, Toefl), SOP and LOR; US schools do offer assistanship to graduate students. This can either be Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant or Administrative Assistant. Depending on the school, if you get an assistantship, your Tuition will be waived and you will also be paid a monthly stipend that can take care of your living expenses. One advice, once you shortlist schools, send emails to the grad cord of the schools and ask specific questions relating to that course and funding opportunities, be very explicit.

Lastly, there are basically 2 admission session in the US, Spring (Jan) and Fall (August). Schools admit more students in Fall, so Its advisable you plan towards Fall 2018. If you plan to resume in fall 2018, make sure you submit all your application documents before ending of Dec 2017. If you don't give it a trial, you will never know.My philosophy in life is to always do my part, with that I don't get to regret later. Above all, if you believe in God,pray to him..if not, good for you.

If you have any question, drop it here and you should get more than one good answer.

Time2Smile:
All praises and thanks be to Allah Visa approved this morning at windows 1 by the young bespectacled female VO. The interview lasted for less than a minute and I was only asked three questions

The crowd was mammoth and blue papers were mostly dished out. Although I think the process was fair and those that were denied were given time to make their case. I am not accusing anyone, but those that are delayed don't seem to post the full transcript. Denial interviews usually last longer than I read here.

On to my interview, the VO approved the two visiting visa to two middle aged men before and I have to say their response made sense. Pronto it was my turn and the following ensued ;
VO: Good Morning
Time2smile :Good morning ma'am, how are you doing? (She didn't reply me)
VO; Pass me your documents. ( I complied while she scanned my passport and studied my I 20)
VO: You are going for a PhD, what research would you be working on?
Time2smile: I would be working on Neurodegenration research. The department has an ongoing collaboration with the School of Behavioral and Brain Science on the molecular mechanism underlying neuro degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. (She wasn't looking at me but was typing and nodding so I continued) We would be using various molecular biology tools such as Real PCR, Next generation DNA sequencing, Micro array analysis to look for genes expressed in Alzheimer's disease but not in healthy individuals (I actually said all this but not as smoothly as it reads, by now I had her full attention).
VO: Good, why did you choose University of Texas?
Time2smile: Actually one of the the reasons is because of the research interest. Also, the university has high diversity with high number of international students and has great support for international students and........ hmm there is another reason(actually forgot and was thinking) ..... yes I was given funding.
VO: You funding is it through a scholarship or fellowship
Time2smile; I am awarded a graduate tuition scholarship that covers my tuition, I would also work as a graduate teaching assistant. I would be assisting to teach courses, invigilate exams, conduct tutorials and hold office hours.
She picked a white paper, returned my I 20 and sevis, and said Your visa has been approved pick up your passport in few days. She no circle location of.
Time2smile; Thank you and have a nice day.

I would like to appreciate everyone's who has contributed positively to this thread in one way or the other. I have really gained immensely. The resident gurus continue the good works, (I hope I would also become a guru here in good time). My e family from the GRE thread, I am grateful for all your support and advice.

NB ; I am sorry for any error, I am typing on a spoilt phone in Lagos traffic. I would edit later and other gists day ooo.

Congrat baba, but this interview go pass one minute with all the typing; it took me more than one minute to read your interview gan PhD applicants will hardly have problem if they know why the are there. Congra!!!

oduzbaba89:
good morning. may God help us all.

please aside from parents , who is another sure bet to sponsor persons education in US. Can daddy's friend help somebody.

That daddy's friend go get as e be o.

internetguy:
My interview was today by 7:00 am at Victoria Island.
Visa Offier was a late twenties (probably) beautiful brunette (definitely American - from the accent).

She was frowning and not even acknowledging me from the start. She was just looking at her computer.

Transcript:

Me: Good morning

VO: (no reply)... pass your passport and I-20.

Me: (again) good morning

VO: (still no reply) why are you going to xxxx University.

Me: (thinking...wetin dey make this one vex) With voice a bit shaky, I started....During my Masters thesis (I attended Bleep university in Nigeria) I found the technique of one of Prof... xxxx of Ohio University Research paper very helpful in completing my thesis. I contacted him to learn more and the possibility of further research in this area. When the opportunity to pursue a PhD came I applied to xxxx university.

VO: What is your research area?

Me: I'm going for a PhD in Elect. Engr. My area of specialization would be in Communications and Digital signal processing.

VO: Who is Sponsoring.

Me: I have a scholarship (VO was quite pleased and looked at my I-20 with surprise ... my I-20 specified the full costs as family funds) then I added my dad would cover any cost difference.

VO: Picks a paper (me eager to look, Oh! Thank God, its White) and says instruction t o pick bla bla bla....

Me: (With a big smile). Thank you, you have made my day.

VO still didn't answer)

Me: Found my way out of there ASAP!!!

No othet documents was requested for during the interview.

Thank you very much everyone for relating your experiences and advice.... you made this possible.

Congratulations!!!!! I have always said to people. If you are a graduate students going for visa, you must sound practical not memorizing theories; give responses that the VO can relate with convincingly.