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Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by gaviria: 4:31pm On Nov 14, 2019 |
You're just trying to be "smart". Why would you say Columbia University in the first place? There are alot of schools in America, and besides you can apply to Columbia even if you don't write GRE, the only thing that'll happen is they'll deny your application and you can then say you applied there. I understood your point but try not to be sleek next time. Oasishavenng: |
Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by gaviria: 10:51pm On Nov 13, 2019 |
Noone will know how many schools you applied to. You just have to be confident in the one school you applied to. I applied to just 1 school a couple of years ago, but i had all my facts right and gathered in regards to that school. The interviewer asked how many schools i applied to and i said 3. I'm not asking you to lie, i'm just saying the VO only knows what you tell them most of the time. Approved2019: |
Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by gaviria: 10:42pm On Nov 13, 2019 |
It's been awhile i came on here. I just remembered this platform and logged in. I am sorry to say this but your reason for choosing that course is why you got denied. It's not rocket science, sounds like a lot of bull. I am sorry if it sounded harsh but people need to think and be constructive when giving a reason for choosing the school or course because you know that question will definitely be asked. NewHeaven3: |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 5:26pm On Nov 10, 2017 |
bigfrancis21:Bro please if someone wants to send money from Nigeria to someone in the US what’s the best way to go about it? Other gurus please: @lagosismyhome, @oludare01 @imperiouxx etc Thanks |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 5:27am On Nov 03, 2017 |
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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 9:31pm On Aug 04, 2017 |
Victorjoel:I didn't mean I claimed 3 luggages. I meant I claimed 2 luggages and I had my hand luggage with me from the plane. So moving 3 boxes in total was difficult. And I just put my documentable in the DHL package that it was sent in and carried it in my hand. 1 Like |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 3:10pm On Aug 04, 2017 |
Victorjoel:I don't understand what you mean by screening. I had 2 boxes(1 big, 1 small) and a small bag. The 2 bags were checked in for my international flight and the hang luggage with me on the plane(there was no space in the hand luggage, so I had to put my documents in a file that I also carried with me. And for AA because one of my boxes was small and could fit in the overhead luggage, I didn't pay for it. |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 1:59am On Aug 04, 2017 |
ecoleco:You can carry 2 checked bags and a hand luggage that can enter the overhead compartment and not more than 10kg. For those people that'll take connecting flights, you'll pay for your checked bags. For American Airlines it's $25 (plus $5 for the generation of the AA card since you don't have a credit card) a bag and $60 for 2 bags. But if one of your checked bags can fit in the overhead compartment then you can take it inside with you along with your hand luggage. That's something some people don't know. And it saved me $35. 3 Likes |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 8:56pm On Aug 03, 2017 |
So I got to my final destination(Illinois) like an hour ago. My flight from Lagos to Casablanca was scheduled for 6:30am but got delayed till 10am on Wednesday morning, so I had gotten to the airport around 12am not knowing they had rescheduled the flight, so I stayed at the airport till the next morning with sleeping at all. So we left Lagos for Casablanca around 10:20 and got there around 14:30, meanwhile my stopover was to be 4 hours in Casablanca and we had already used that up in the Lagos delay, so as soon as we alighted those of us with the 4 hour stopover had to rush over to the departure terminal to leave immediately. So we left Casablanca around 15:20 and got to New York(JFK) at 7:30pm local time. The POE queue was freaking long. People of different color, race and gender all queuing to enter the US. We were sha moving small small till I got to the front. By the way I don't know why I've just been having that thought of secondary screening and each time it pops up in my head I just reject it. So I was put on a queue in front of one white CBP officer where I had some Asians and Europeans in front of me. The guy took one Asian and one European for secondary screening. I just said it cannot happen to me in my mind. Gbam it got to my turn Me: Good evening sir CBP: Good evening sir I gave him my passport,i20 and SEVIS without him asking. He stared at the passport and looked into my eyes, asked me to put my four fingers on the scanner, Checked my i20, stamped my passport, gave it to me and said "Next". He didn't ask me a single question. Not even why are you here? Or where are you headed? Or do you have garri and so? So I cleared immigration around 9:30pm at JFK. Moved to baggage claim, carried my 2 heavy boxes and my heavy hand luggage to luggage storage because my flight to St. Louis was for 5am in the morning and I can't be carrying heavy bags up and down the very big airport that someone can lost inside. So I had already checked online and saw that it's only in Terminal 4 that the luggage storage is run 24hours, so I moved from Terminal 1 to Terminal 4 using AirTrain which is free within the airport. I stored my luggage, they don't weigh luggage o, they use the height of the box/bag to tell you how much you'll pay. Anyways I paid $16 to store the 3 boxes. I then proceeded to look for Terminal 8 which is where my American Airlines flight is. I went there and they told me check-in starts by 3am. So I went to Dunkin Donuts and bought Turkey with bacon and cheddar in flatbread and I ate it with iced coffee. Everything was $8.64. Then I used the free internet for 30minutes which was quite fast. Time went by and American Airlines delayed their flight till 6:30am, I waited again, meanwhile throughout my trip which was over 30hours by then I hadn't got more than 5 hours of sleep, noting that I didn't sleep the night before the day I left Nigeria because I was happy. Cutting the story short even though it's very long already.lol. I left JFK to my destination around 7:00am Thursday and I got to my apartment around 13:00. The time is 14:58. And I really need to sleep. 25 Likes 1 Share |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 9:16pm On Jul 31, 2017 |
SimonWales:You scheduled interview without knowing what SEVIS is? Anyways you need to pay it and have it reflect before your interview date. It's a compulsion by the US Immigration. |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 4:06pm On Jul 31, 2017 |
Fenix:Yes |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 7:11pm On Jul 30, 2017 |
LagosismyHome:Oh. Okay thanks. What about bottled groundnuts? All good yeah? |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 6:33pm On Jul 30, 2017 |
LagosismyHome:Thank God I saw this, I had already packed Maggi chicken. It's not worth the risk of thinking some POE allow. It's just 500naira. It's not worth coming back home for or paying a fine of like $50.lol. DeeTus and Lagosismyhome you just saved me stress. Thanks. |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 12:58pm On Jul 30, 2017 |
towbaynah:My guy you made it . Nice one. Been waiting for your update. 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 4:22pm On Jul 29, 2017 |
michelcedric:If you say TOEFL is hard, then you can't do/write GRE English. Because TOEFL is actually simple. 1 Like |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 5:27am On Jul 28, 2017 |
towbaynah:Safe travels man. Don't forget to drop your transcript after your POE. 4 Likes |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 2:59pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
naijatisumi:Well I'd say you should go again since it wasn't what you said that caused your denials, it's what you didn't say. So pray to God and ask him to open your mouth when you're in front of the VO. And also tell God you want to be directed to the VO that'll approve your visa. And you'll get it by his grace. 7 Likes |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 2:14pm On Jul 26, 2017 |
AfonjaBoston:You have bad manners. I took the liberty of going through your previous posts and I saw you're an attacker/bully. You're no better than the person you're subbing so please kindly go radio silent again because the period you haven't been around this place has been relatively peaceful. 7 Likes |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 11:05pm On Jul 25, 2017 |
AfonjaBoston:Spot on! 1 Like |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 11:01pm On Jul 25, 2017 |
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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 7:32pm On Jul 25, 2017 |
AfonjaBoston:You say it like you're 100% certain. Anyways you're wrong. 4 Likes |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 6:00pm On Jul 25, 2017 |
Fenix:Hi, You're welcome. God bless you too! |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 5:29pm On Jul 25, 2017 |
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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 12:59pm On Jul 21, 2017 |
olumide098:Please if you don't have something better to say, let people that want to say it talk. Because cheap flight is illegal or the plane dey crash or it affects POE decision? Not everyone can afford to fly Lufthansa or British Airways. And you're not in Nigeria you don't know how to economy is, or maybe you do and you're just trolling. 16 Likes |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 12:20pm On Jul 21, 2017 |
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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 10:51am On Jul 21, 2017 |
djpope:Sevis fee doesn't determine appointment date, you can book an appointment now, but the thing is you have to pay your sevis fee before the date you choose for your interview on the appointment. 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 10:05am On Jul 21, 2017 |
mantleguy:Yeah just prepare for GRE and TOEFL, get good scores. And follow the thread judiciously. |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 10:03am On Jul 21, 2017 |
DeeTus:Chief it's not that deep.lol 3 Likes |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 10:01am On Jul 21, 2017 |
DeeTus:Don't tight the world to your chest *in frank donga's voice* 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 12 by gaviria: 12:41am On Jul 21, 2017 |
Zodam16:I see nothing wrong here. It's the famous "black Margaret Thatcher" of the Abuja consulate. Go to Lagos and with your responses you shouldn't have any issue by God's grace. 5 Likes 1 Share |
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