And I guess you didn't come here to ask questions before going for the interview. go thru successful transcript here and re-package bro.Shalom!

Adetoro01:
Visa denied yesterday at u.s embassy (lagos)
Transcript
Me- good morning
Vo- good morning
Me- how re u doing?
Vo- fine, thnx
Vo-hope u listened to previous interviews.
Me-yes
Vo- so u know that one of the questions i ll b asking u, is y did u chose d specific school
Me - yes
Vo- y did u chose msu
Me- becuz d school has a safe environment, tuition affordable, classroom small to enable better interaction btw tutor nd students.
Vo- so it seems u were interested in d safety, what's d crime nd murder rate in d sch state
Me- very low
Vo-you must ve rehearsedur ans in d mirror
Me- no
Vo- wots d percentage?
Me- no specific percentage but its very low,
Vo - dere ought to b, u cant chose a sch becuz of safety?
Vo- how did u know abt d sch?
Me-extensive research using usnews.com, Princetonreview.com. etc
Vo- in wch region of u.s is d state of ur sch located
Me- northern
Vo- whats d name of border d state of ur sch?
Me - manitoba(not sure)
Vo-did u writed English exam?
Me- yes
Vo- sorry ur visa cant b approved at this time blablabla
Pls gurus in d house what do u think about d vo nnd my ans? am suppose to resume jan, but.....

Bross sorry about the delay.,the VO gave you a blank cheque by saying that he would be asking you just one question.'why that sch'? you should have talked about the school's course curriculum and researches which aligns with your area of specilization.

Adetoro01:
Visa denied yesterday at u.s embassy (lagos)
Transcript
Me- good morning
Vo- good morning
Me- how re u doing?
Vo- fine, thnx
Vo-hope u listened to previous interviews.
Me-yes
Vo- so u know that one of the questions i ll b asking u, is y did u chose d specific school
Me - yes
Vo- y did u chose msu
Me- becuz d school has a safe environment, tuition affordable, classroom small to enable better interaction btw tutor nd students.
Vo- so it seems u were interested in d safety, what's d crime nd murder rate in d sch state
Me- very low
Vo-you must ve rehearsedur ans in d mirror
Me- no
Vo- wots d percentage?
Me- no specific percentage but its very low,
Vo - dere ought to b, u cant chose a sch becuz of safety?
Vo- how did u know abt d sch?
Me-extensive research using usnews.com, Princetonreview.com. etc
Vo- in wch region of u.s is d state of ur sch located
Me- northern
Vo- whats d name of border d state of ur sch?
Me - manitoba(not sure)
Vo-did u writed English exam?
Me- yes
Vo- sorry ur visa cant b approved at this time blablabla
Pls gurus in d house what do u think about d vo nnd my ans? am suppose to resume jan, but.....

Congrats bro,we await your transcritp.

teelekan:
Visa approved today. Transcript soon.
Wonderful bank of knowledge here guys. God bless you all. DJMAKSON!!!!!! Thanks a lot bro. See you soon.

Congrats bro

Emmasmith2016:
Visa approved...transcript coming soon...thank You Jesus (

Sorry about the delay bro,you will get your visa when you go again by God's grace. And yes you can reapply.post your transcript so that gurus in the house can vet your lapses.

AsiwajuAfo001:
Visa denied this morning, hmmm...... Can I still reapply?

Congrats bro.

wiseman2392:
ALHAMDULILLAH, my Visa is approved at Lagos embassy this morning. It is by God nothing more. Transcript coming later today. SLIMMY05, your head is valid. And to all that go and would go for their visa, it shall be approved. You better claim it.

Congrats bro

laboldkid:
Visa Approved.... Transcript coming soon! I'm on my way home.

I claim it in jesus name.AMEN!

wiseman2392:
ALHAMDULILLAH, my Visa is approved at Lagos embassy this morning. It is by God nothing more. Transcript coming later today. SLIMMY05, your head is valid. And to all that go and would go for their visa, it shall be approved. You better claim it.

Am happy! My very own sister from another mother got her visa approved this morning after being delayed twice! GOD answers prayers.and congrats to all those that got their visas approved here.HALLELUYAh OOOO

Best of Luck to everyone having their interview this week. Grace would speak for you in jesus name.

In my opinion,I think you should say that you have made more extensive research about the school and the course you intend to study.

Daniel3366:
Gurus in the house please I need your opinion on this question but before that, I was denied because I couldn't give enough reason for choosing my school(Murray state University). Now the question is

Q- What is different from your case right now from before?

Please how do I answer this, because I think it has to be related to my reason for Denial

@slimmy05,happy birthday sir.live long and prosper!!!

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baodium:
VISA INTERVIEW
My F1 visa was approved yesterday (11/12/2015) at the Lagos embassy

MY EXPERIENCE
I got to the US embassy around 6:15am and to my utter dismay I met quite a number of people on the queue . I proceeded to where I did my first security check. While I was being checked, my international passport mistakenly fell on the ground and one of the "Oyinbo" guy looked at me and said "Your visa will be denied" . I was shocked! I just locked up. Fast forward to the biometric center. I gave the woman my i20, sevis fee, passport (international and photograph). The woman looked at me and said " Your i20 is not complete". I tried to respond and she said something like "you want to teach me my job, you are likely to have a problem with the consular officer" . At this point, my confidence is almost close to zilch . I quickly verified with other F1 applicants and I realized that my i20 is actually complete and the supposed missing part is at the back of my i20.

I think all F1 applicants were interviewed by the lady in window 8. After a short while, I concluded that the lady has been programmed to say " Unfortunately, you are not qualified for the US Visa ". She just dey dash out denials like "mama Christmas " . But I think the process is fair.

INTERVIEW
Me: Good morning, how are you doing?
VO: Good morning, so you are going to university of Arkansas at Little Rock
Me: Yes
VO: oh, you are going for a doctorate, what is your research interests?
Me: My primary research interests is in the area of computational medicine and bio-informatics. I am looking at how ICT tools can be used to enhance healthcare delivery in developing countries like Nigeria. I sha talk a lot of rubbish and yes I told her that I worked with the Health Informatics research lab during my NYSC and I was involved in the development of an healthcare solution, I elicited requirements from medical practitioners, modelled the system using UML and developed it using Java. I finished by saying something like " I believe integrating my knowledge with this degree will help me tackle some of the challenges facing healthcare delivery in Nigeria. (You see, I talk a lot of rubbish - me self know )
VO: so what are the challenges facing healthcare delivery in Nigeria using ICT tools
Me (I no expect am): well, I think electricity because erratic power supply will hinder medical practitioners from using healthcare solution. Also, unstable internet because the medical practitioners wont have a timely access in retrieving patients information.
VO: Who will be sponsoring you?
Me: my dad
VO: what does he do?
Me: I told her what he is into and before I could even finish, she said "Your visa has been approved"
Me: thank you
VO: you are welcome, have a nice day

APPRECIATION
Thanks to @sirRiddy and everyone that has contributed on this thread, you have helped so many people without knowing. God bless you!

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Well, I didn't fast (I like chow ) neither did I pray (maybe my mama prayer fit dey do the background job sha). I even had fun before the interview (you don't need to know the details, you too like aproko). I really think what the VO is looking for is "purposefulness". At least you should be able to articulate why studying in the US is the best thing for you. I think one lady was denied because when the VO asked her why she chose the school, she responded with "That's the only school that gave me an admission or stuffs like that". Another was talking about groundnut oil and so on (she sounded desperate to me - think she is going for MS in food science).

In sum, be confident.

congrats bro. what works for u might not work for your brother saying that you didn't pray and fast,and even hard fun before interview.

Bro,pls come out straight and be sincere with us here. Djmakson I think have said it all what could have transpired between you and the consular.pls,affirm to djmakson's submission or better still come out straight.

djmakson:


The truth is some other persons will give same responses and get their visa. All in all, it takes the grace of God. Hard work should not be left out.

However, your denial may go beyond what you just wrote. It could be due to probable factors you might not have stated like you not being confident enough, didn't maintain eye contact, probably you stuttered while you gave the responses and couldn't make up a sentence due to you being nervous.

I feel for you bro. Just work on your lapses and refire. Quiters never win!

Me too going to murray state uni once visa is approved by God's grace.

Daniel3366:
Will be too once my visa is Approved

Me too going to murray state uni once is approved.

Daniel3366:
Will be too once my visa is Approved

Congratulations.......the lord is Good.

newstudenthere:
Transcript..........
VO: what is your study plan for five years in USA?
ME: complete my pre-engineering program at cincy and then transfer to a four year college for my degree afterwards
VO: which college would you want to transfer to?
ME: university of Cincinnati
VO: why didn't you just head straight to university of Cincinnati?
ME: because I want to have a cost-effective start to my degree.
,VO: what do you plan to do after your education?
ME: head back to Nigeria and set up a software development center
VO:what's that?
ME: a place where softwares can be developed just like Microsoft, Ubuntu, Linux and I could work on android
VO:do you play video games
ME: umm sniper
VO: do you know anybody at Cincinnati?
ME: yeah my uncle
VO:what does he do
Me: he has a company
VO: will you stay at your uncle's place
ME: no he lives about 20miles away from the school
VO: do you have brothers?
ME: yeah two brothers, they are both graduates...
she just gave me the white pick up slip.......

@Daniel3366 I hope you have gotten some cojent points now about why you choose your school from bigsteve transcript.you can as well say that you really got impressed with the researches carried out in the department as they align greatly with your fiel of intrest.

Dhejy:

Congrats

Congrats bigsteve,na God save you o that she gave you more mintues to actually give her what she wanted to hear about why you choose the school.

bigsteve00:
Visa approved at Lagos embassy earlier this week.
Firstly, I just want to thank God almighty, who made this possible. Work hard ,pray harder is the key. And I must say nairaland contributed immensely to my success. Even though, I was at the us embassy for the first time. Nothing was new to me from the security checks to the biometrics due to the fact that I read this thread from part 4 to 8 ( wasn't easy but worth it) . After waiting for about 25 mins the consular officers started arriving one after the other (in my mind, oyinbo sef sabi use African time chai) . I also noticed the lady at window 7 as @busysammy07 mentioned earlier, She was quite friendly and I also wish she interviewed me but I was directed to window 9 with 3 guys. While waiting for my interview, I noticed my friendly window 7 VO denied her first applicant . The first two guys at my front too were also denied and a girl at window 10 at my side. . In my mind I was like denial everywhere(today na today). But I didn't panic, instead I was thanking God in my mind and still maintained my confidence. The first question the VOs were asking was "why did you chose this school' and to be honest the first applicants before me answers were not impressive enough, I guess that majorly contributed to their denials. I wish I could link them up to this thread.
Sorry for my story here comes my transcript:
VO: Good morning, please pass me your documents (she was busy typing)
Me: Good morning (I didn't remember to smile lol )
VO: Why do you want to study in the united states?
Me: I want to study in the united states because of the good quality of education . And mental health counseling is not offered in any of the schools here both at undergraduate and post graduate level (looking straight into her eye, while she kept nodding)
VO: So why did you chose this school
Me: I chose the school, because it's one of the few schools that student irrespective of their majors belongs to a social intellectual community that builds that foundation for success ( actually, I didn't plan to mention this first but I was just nervous all of a sudden)
VO: Cut in...you mean that is why you chose the school ( frowning)
Me: oh (pretended as if I didn't understand the question earlier) I chose the school because it has a well structured curriculum that aligns to my career goals (I was still yet to balance)
VO: cuts in (still frowning) oh well others schools has a well structured curriculum
Me: I smiled (now I got my confidence back, devil is a liar)yea, the school is very affordable for my mother and it is located in a pretty safe town to study. It also has a faculty to student ratio of 16 : 1 which will enable me to have the personal attention i need from my lecturers to excel in my profession (now she stopped frowning)
VO: (looking at my I20) why mental health counseling?
Me: While working in a NGO. I realized how unfairly mentally ill people get treated and I think studying about mental health helps to remove that stigma. Our society needs a better understanding of mental health issues.
VO: Mental health issues like?
Me: Depression, anxiety, addiction and substance abuse, suicidal impulses, stress, problems with self-esteem, and grief. And, also job and career concerns, educational decisions, issues related to family, parenting, marital, or other relationship problems.
VO: what is the name of the NGO u work for?
ME: I mentioned it
VO: Where is it located?
ME: In oyo state
VO: How many people do u normally see in a day
ME: you mean staffs or clients? ( I know what she meant, but just trying to think)
VO: clients
ME: 4 to 6
VO: you have your degree in what? (didn't hear her well tho)
ME: Psychology
VO: Did you do any international exam like Gmaths?
ME: yes, I did GRE and TOEFL
VO: your scores?
ME: Gre 292 , Toefl 86
VO: what do you plan to do after the program?
ME: I plan to come back to Nigeria and change the mental health world, the discipline is behind in Nigeria. I would be helping people manage and live with health conditions such as HIV, cancer or chronic pain, assisting people who have difficulties in maintaining relationships or providing advice about how to care for a child who has been abused.
VO: (while I was still busy talking, she cuts in and said the golden words) She returned my I-20 saying I would be needing it at P.O.E plus the white sheet and blah blah.
ME: Thank you ( my expression was....just like that)
Once again, Glory be to the capital GOD. my advice to others expecting their visas. Put God first , Be well prepared and again put God first. No documents was asked for. Abeg ,Nigerians students in Mississippi kindly hook up. I need some infos.

Congrats bro,we wait for your transcript.

iseyinoro:
Visa approved today at the Lagos Consular office at window nine.It was a verbal war between myself and the oyinbo guy but at the end of d day,he issued me the visa cos he has no option. The booth nine guy is d only one attending to Non-immigrant applicants and he denied a lot of people but with the grace of God, I got my visa approved through him.
Transcript will follow later.

Congratulations.......m

tanzii:
VISA ISSUED today @ the US Consular, Abuja
Its the grace of God and favour. Only Three questions asked and no documents seen.
ME: Hello Good morning (with a smile)
V.O: hi, Pass me your documents.
ME: Sure, here........ (brings out my documents on the Desk... spreads all out...
V.O : sorry i wont be needing any of those documents
M.E: I jeje close my folder.
V.O: what are going to the us to do?
me: i am going for my masters in Energy and natural Resources law.
V.O: What will the LLM do for u on your return to Nigeria
me: IN the contemporary Nigerian Society today, we are talking about transition from traditional sources of Energy to alternative sources of Energy supply, This course will help me enhance my work in this field
V. O: Why University of ...........,
ME: Its course content is related specifically to my line of job here in Nigeria.
v>O how many Schools did u apply to
M.E: 5 schools.... i named them all
V.O: How many accepted you,
me: four of them did.
V.O : so what will this degree do for you, if you are already doing something similar, why then do u need this degree(i did not anticipate this)
ME: its not just about doing similar stuff but having an expert knowledge in that field, that is why ....... agency is sponsoring students for studies abroad so they can gather the expertise and contribute to the development of the country on their return
V.O: is it full scholarship,?
ME: no its not. My uncle will see to the rest:
V.O: what does he do?
ME: he is the Executive Director of bla bla company
v.O: Your Visa has been approved, pick up at bla bla ...............
ME: Thank You.

The VO that denied him on his attempt on that day actually called my friend back when he was leaving hall and told him emphatically that he would like him to reapply.fortunately,he met the same VO but pushed him away to the next VO having recognised he denied him before and granted his visa.the next VO could have denied despite already granted but GOD showed up! Its indeed a double blessing.but I guess someone is scared to tap into this grace.lol

awe2015:


Omo see double blessings! God needed to over qualify the guy lol... he should make two intl passports to get those visas respectively

My friend actually got two white papers today after he was he interviewed by the same VO that denied him on his first attempt.he later said to my friend he face looked familiar and passed him onto to the next VO havin given him the white paper.then,the lady VO asked him some few questions and then said congratulations and that was how he got the second white paper.

Amennnnnnn in jesus name!

awe2015:
Congrats @mubarakopeyemi... This December shall favor all nairalanders in Jesus' name! Amen!

Congrats to my friend BIGSAM got his visa approved this morning. Got it the second time! This God is wonderful. He was asked 17 questions and interviewed twice! NA GOD WIN o

Congrats bro,the lord is GOOD. We await your transcript.

mubarakopeyemi:
Visa approved this morning around 8:00 am. 6:30 appointment Lagos.
Extremely happy.
Transcript loading.....
A lot of people were denied oo
but na God, my preparation and you guys.
Thank you all. you're all wonderful!
special thanks to slimmy05 for his answers to the questions I asked the other day!

AMEN......

fregkay:
Thanks bro,God bless you.pls,I would like to have your number or let me drop mine so u just beep me then I call you back.08085502372 thanks bro.

Congrats bro.God is great!

busysammy07:
Hello, house. Visa was issued today at the lagos embassy; window 7(middle aged V.O with freckles). Transcript coming up soon. Special Shout out@Slimmy 05; thanks so much for your time. To those who were delayed, don't give up! Best of luck to those going in the next coming days.(us student visa hustle is real)