mevisbleek:
Please, is Ethiopian airline a good airline?

Their online reviews are horrible to say the least.

They are still the best Africa has to offer

Governoryomi:
Good morning house. i already applied for B1/B2 visa twice last year, June and October, but was denied. I have again now gotten an invitation in a first tier educational institution for a short program of 5days, of which i was advised to apply for visit visa as i-20 can't be issued to me as i do not need students F 1 visa, for such short program.
Now my question is this, any hope of getting it right this time around, even with this kind of situation. I know how it feels to have tried it twice and failed, though i have learnt from past failures, coupled with my exposures here. I now know better! Kindly add your advices and comments pls. Lagos or abuja? Which is better? I have been to both in my past failed attempts.

Oga your agent is feeding fat on your money... alaye ja ara e o, half measures will not serve

Mekurexx:
For Form A, check diamond bank. A big branch or their Head office. About your write up, can you confirm one can pay using CBN rate at bank counter,? Cuz qatar etihad etc all showing USD. How did you pay yours? Secondly Cheapest Emirates to where im going is N700k Can i do lets say one way to JFK or closer airport, then book a local US flight to where im going? (I will have the ticket in hand) Or do a bus-strip(stressful i know) cuz most airlines stops is Chicago, JFK, or newark. Plus what you said about 4 seats remaining is true. Its as if the whole world is traveling this Aug Gurus advise oh @ gunther6

Oga na Chicago pay you both IL and MN are in the Midwest, I think you can get that for between 190 and 220 to O'Hare, take an airport shuttle to Van Buren and Canal, Take A Megabus or Jefferson Transit(RAIL) directly to Moorhead for like $109 . Pls don't waste 700k on a flight to MN or simply take a fligt to O'hare , take a cab to Chicago Midway Airport fly Spirit / Southwest airlines to St Paul under $300

iamleye:
Lol... Anyway am coming back dude, u are a great guy, thanks for the information and ur concern. How well can I get in touch with u? I need to speak with u

Send me a PM I go drop my WhatsApp number there... I don't want Justwise or spambot's wahala

Let me use this opportunity to address the flight issue to best of my ability.

When booking your flights it is better to book at night and at least 90 days before your date of departure, a dynamic pricing model aimed to maximize profit is mostly adopted by airlines. With little exceptions it goes like this any flight you book 6 months + before your departure will be expensive, between 6months -60 days you get a good deal, <30days you start paying a premium roughly equal to or greater than what 6 months plus pays, there is also a seasonal variation , holidays , peak travel priced in (some nonsense I learnt in Transport economics at OAU )

I repeat do not use third parties/agents/websites to book your tickets they bring zero value to the process and profit heavily without doing nothing. Use third party sites to check for flights afterwards go to the official site of the airline to book your ticket. A particular member of this house overpaid by 40k+ for a ticket I also purchased heading in the same direction.

Also in my own opinion, Naira is currently pulling a cedi/bolivar stunt on our behinds, if you see a ticket that appears cheap, oga book the fluctuations of the currency means you have zero guarantee it will be cheaper tomorrow and I have news for you nearly all Qatar airlines for July/August have just 4 seats or less left, it is all on their site, don't feel like an early bird.

Lastly be wary of prices quoted in Dollars, even if the site of your bank shows a naira equivalent, Nigerian banks through unbridled corruption and unchecked rent seeking are currently on a hot red fraudulent streak don't trust them, go into the bank pay over the counter.

That been said the cheapest airline currently as long as you are not going to Houston is Emirates (186 - 220 economy) Qatar ($915 - 1250) a member of the house just informed me Standard bank is accepting exact naira equivalent, Ethiopia is cheap too as long as you are going to JFK or Newark and finally Arik (I would rather trek). If I remember anything I will add

kayzoner70:

Yeah i have actually checked that out too, thanks. Cheapflights.com.ng is not bad too sha. I just hope those prices will still come down abit, i guess it cos its summer time. Want to chill till June/July or what do you advise.

You are chilling in naija, na u get the currency abi... As at the March 31st Airline operators had $550 million they could not repatriate because of Forex problems, Delta stopped taking bookings in Naira, Qatar, Lufthansa, KLM and stylishly Virgin and Etihad too, Iberia and United just pulled out of Nigeria. Bros wait small you hear maybe you get summer for Naija. By the time the semi devaluation of Naira CBN just carried out through AFEX is priced in you go hear am but don't listen to me I'm just an amateur economist trained at Ife

So that is how you have sex indiscriminately.... Them for catch you sef, you go hear am for Angel Gabriel hand

iamleye:
How soon can I apply to another school I mean to ask, after the one month expiration of my program? Can I apply anytime?

Bros I remember you on this thread... Conflict resolution, NGO and so on when we were saying bros you will not come back you seem offended now you don taste amelika you don't want to come back to your work again... Just get your docs and report at any community college but even at that they are no longer admitting for summer... Look for a SEVIS certified language school transfer your SEVIS record there, you can at least use that to maintain your F1 status and buy some time till you decide what you want to do next.

Walspring:


Lol....

If you pay through card from any airline website you will be charged by the bank parallel market exchange rate but when you book online and pay to their bank account its normal CBN exchange rate..

I can confirm that is not true....

iamleye:
Hello guys, and hope I met everyone well? Pls my questions go thus: I got admitted into the US and d stamp on my passport reads F1,D/S.. The duration of my program is one month, how long do I have to stay in the US, and also how do I remain in status after my i20 expires in a month time, should I apply for another program after some time in order to get a new i20 cos I had like to travel back to Nigeria after a while and come back to the US but my i20 would av expired, pls how can u advise me appropriately. Thanks.

D/S means duration of status , when your program time elapses it is either you get admitted into another school or vacate the US, your one month program does not qualify for OPT. Tick tock

Walspring:


The last time I check Qatar airways website early this year, I saw naira conversion of the flight fee.. Kindly check at the top right corner, you should see it there..

That conversion is OYO until you get to Ecobank and want to pay in their naira account or when you pay with your card. Bro no try am o

malory84:
I just got info that CBN will no longer issue form A . Oyo for everybody . Black market rate as of yestarday was 350.

Where did you get your info?

Come Fortissimo, Bobority, Mike1994reds, kayzoner, Mekurexx ... Has anybody been able to get PTA ? I have submitted Form A for school fees for bank now dem don turn me to ping pong.... Shey I will pay black market rate for PTA and school fees ni?

Bobority your PM has been replied

Holudarey01:

you're so on point bro.
I read long ago how some firms help Chinese and Indians during GRE, TOEFL and SAT.

So do Nigerian firms too

dickoflife:
kool. I don book accomodation for a month also starting aug 3...

Come WhatsApp make I understand you... Guy your number dey switched off and your WhatsApp nondey deliver

dickoflife:
thanks...

Dicko how far where you dey... I just dey reach area I don resign that level... I go call you in a few mins

tjwolex:

Lol!!! Seriously? If you don't have a suggestion, you know it would have been better if you kept your silence
'Oga use google joor'
i can only laugh at such statement
Thank you anyways....your suggestion is noted

Hey Neanderthal no one on this thread will suggest a school to you, so you're making a life changing decision such as choosing a school based on mere suggestions not intellectual fit or the rigorousness of research, oga you have a virulent strain of lethargy/slothfulness I cannot deal with.... Abeg miss

hansad:
Only in Nigeria.

A known brutal dictator could be voted to office.

And the dictator has spared no effort to throwing most members of the opposition to jail in a rabid pretence that he is fighting corruption.

The economy shrinking, people may start to be eating from the rubbish bins.

Sharrap there, did he steal or not?

mevisbleek I will send you a PM later today, I hail o

Tolexander:
is that Basket mouth daughter standing alone?

How come her fore-head looks like a grinding stone?

As a father I deeply abhor the above statement, my God she is just a kid. I think people like you should not have kids. You should either be castrated or euthanized like the rabid dog that you are. Nkpi

Pandering to his abokì overlords... This man has presidential ambition, you trespass on a man's land, he fights back you kill him you pay his family 500k for his life and net a cool 4.7m for your dead cows, a tidy business... Only in Nigeria is this justice

masquellett:
Please guys, what else do i need to take to gtbank to pay visa app fee apart from my passport?

Just your passport

on sunday morning at about 6am,my family escorted me to d park to take lagos bus...chai no b smal cry o....but i got over it and de went.,,my dad escorted me to lagos....we had a 20mins layover at ore(no b only flight de get layover tongue)...only say we no change bus grin....so we got to lagos at about 4pm... and booked a hotel..because my flight was for monday 2;30pm..the next day we got to mm at 8am..but waited till 10 because dats wen checking in starts.i search for free wifi i no c sad.i had to bribe d security with 500naira to ge my dad in...den we started taking pictures...blabla

at about 15mins past 10. de started checking us in and weighing our bags..mine was even underweight sef so no problem but wen d customs saw d efty foodstuf wen i load en,,she scream blood of gott grin..as she open d bag na so al d fresh eguisi n ogbolor n crayfish wen i wrap jus de smile de look her smiley. na so she say oga ur money na 2k o.....shwoo 9 isay for wetin na,i no wan sel am giv u o...we wer jus begining to start arguing and just out of no wer my dad jus came n settled her wit d money(though e pain me sha but e was excited im going to d us n dont want any arguement blabla)..after dat i got my boarding pass n was proceeding to d main custom check...wer visitors r not alowed in...so my dad hugged me.n was praying for me..omo dis man wen i feel say e eye strong en,,as i look am e don turn red finish..na so my heart start to cut..n e sed goodbye..i jus waka go enter queue jus de tink de cry,jus de wonder say so na so e de b?..at a time i was like,y dont i jus go back..i never knew people will miss me dis much..chai

so i borded d plane at about 2pm..i was so excited..first time tins grin...i jus de snap picture fast fast nyhw...al d people for my row even understand say johny jus show grin..i snap until d pilot start d plane b4 dem asked us to switch off our phones.. one gal jus de look me for der .her expresion was like: whos dis bush boy wen de do like who never enter plane b4 ....well durr...dis is my ist time and i wil savour it..so i gave my own return expresion and i was like: who b dis mbeke feeling funky,if ,u de form posh while u no join first class u de economy with me de form posh...who u b for d film ..abi na who u help undecided..mtchew naija gals 2 de form one kind tin sef..so d plane started n b4 we knew it started flying and we bid naija gudbye,,,again tears rolled down my chick..i cant explain how or why cos as i look down,i realise im leaving naija for a long time embarassed

emirates flight is d best jare.beautiful flight atendant wen smile wan nearly tear dia cheek. cheesy gud flight entertainment,,ok food.(though i no fit chop am sha)...we got to dubai at about10pm naija time dat is 1am dubaitime

wow as we prepare for landing i looked down d window cos i was on d window seat...na so i see beautiful night lightings..chai dubai fine die for night jor...as we land na so body jus de sweet me o smiley..we got out of the plane n went into d airport,,,,chai c airport,,,2 buriful..so since i got a connecting flight in13hrs, de gave me a hotel vouvher to check in to...so i was trying to locate d outside of d airport to get to d hotel..na so i nearly lost for d airport o my people smiley.. i smart go enter lift..i enter d lift finish..i no kn wer o to press o my people smiley..weda na ll or dd o.den den 1 oyibo guy com enter ,,himsef de confuse 2 ..say e de find e hotel wen e take come outside jus nw..so i thout it wil b same hotel as me and so went with him to d fifth floor or so...i met wit the reception n told dem my predicament n de directed me...i entered about 3 lift n 2 escalator plus 1 train b4 i got to d ground level cry.. custom sharply stamp my pasport 3 months visa(emirates nde mwor kiss)emirates bus was just der waiting jejely for me n some chinko..pickt us up n took us to d hotel in town at about 10mins drive...so i saw little places in dubai wink

omo c hotel room..five star tins o...b4 i got to my room...anoda two elvators again angry (dem for kukuma add train undecided)..i was so tired......dubais weather was hot sha....only my room two beds...different tins jus de o...c bathroom...abegi...i jus sufri sleep first den wake up by 8am..feeling a little refreshed ehennn smiley...den got to d hotel restaurant for free breakfast...omo c food..chop as u like tins...buffet...as normal d bus was der waiting to take people to d airport so i got to d airport..did immigration screening again..den it was easy because my gate was different n was easy to locate..so i waited till 3pm n we boarded d plane..omo dis plane mighty sha,,,e get upstairs n clean n luxurious...chinko n indians jus full dis plane troway like kilode grin...my neigbors were indian americans..i hadnice time wit dem,,we jist oooo till we tire..dem no de understand my acent , i no de understand dia own undecided...we jus de manage ourselves.

we got to new york at about 9m US time...to be honest iwas not as excited as i was b4 i got my visa...d feeling was jus normal...i was like so dis is d us...well its kool..my next flight was for 6.30am..so i waited till d time and i boarded anoda flight to chicago...(less i forget i troway strong poorgy shhiit for newyork toilet grin)na emirate cause am jor...ehen...so i got to chicago at about 9am...n boarded a coach usa bus to indiana....somebdy fr d sch was alredy waiting for me sef...she carried me to d sch..honestly dis my sch is so..nice,(wil talk more on dat later),,...
so because i didnt kn anybody in d sch,,i checked in to a hotel for 70$(students discount),i say en,,,e pain me die...a whole 70 dollars..chai///in d morning b4 i leave sha,,i jus de de vex de tink d money chai... embarassed
well yes ooo i jus pack some small shampoo n some few goodies fr d room oo my people smiley...70dolls cnt jus go like dat...(aftr al dos goodies wer meant to be used for d night grin)
i met a nigerian ere who has been puttin me tru in some tins sha,,and so far evrytin is falling in place small small...in all i give God all d glory for everytin..
so classes begin tues and i plan to work also in d sch diner...my classes r wed nthurs,,so i prqy i make judicious use of my d rest free days.
thank you al for reading.. smiley as time goes on..i wil update u al as it unfolds(4get bout d tortorlogy tongue)

Warriboy21 Emirates/travel transcripts

dicapino:


Bro, Dallas Texas.....and send me the links.

Thanks.

The lowest na Emirates 225k

dicapino:
Guys. How far checking flights .....how do I go about that . Abi make I wait.

Don't wait o, ijafara lewu.... Wia u dey go make I help you check the cheapest give you the link but as a rule of the thumb Emirates/Ethiopian/Qatar/Arik(when I'm not mad) Na him dey cheap pass

tjwolex:
Hello naira landers, good morning
Please, does anybody know about good schools that offer masters degree in social work? I have a Bsc in sociology and I'm interested in going for additional degree in either social work or medical sociology.
Please guys your recommendations are welcome

Oga use google joor....

Holudarey01:

Cutemorgan seff na my boss.

Na you be the current capo ill tutti do capi for this thread, the day you go collect your visa ehn I go declare open bar for everyone for this thread

Holudarey01:


The boss has spoken.
Your head is very valid

Bros mi you can whine for Africa, cutemorgan can testify... Oya make I even come WhatsApp you

Holudarey01:


Emirates would fall below 200.
Chill till June and book.

Oga you don't know that if this their Autonomous foreign exchange market goes into play as it is expected to do, it means ticket rates will surely and definitely climb.

My advice to the house, Nigeria is not exactly a bastion of macroeconomic stability so if you see a price that appears to be fair or reasonable grab it with both hands, I remember when Dollars was at #250 and we were expecting it to fall, you know how the story goes.

justwise:


Done.

Owo meta fun Justwizzy