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aburo7:
Congrats. Please how did you apply for Emergency appointment in Abuja , is it through email or on the website?

EA approved today.
Location : Abuja
Date applied for EA : 17/12/21

No ma. It has to be within 120days to your resumption date.

Tamad101:
Hello guys, please is it advisable for someone resuming fall 2022 to attend visa interview in February 2022?

Go to page 623 and 624, read through, you should find solution there.

slimmy2005:
Please, a friend is trying to register for visa appointment. When he filled out his information as new user. It’s giving him error.

Anyone experiencing this?

$350.

Nanthediverse:
Good afternoon.
Please how much is sevis fee?

Bros,abeg use flight jare. Enjoy ur trip cos ur visa will be approved.

temmyseun321:
Pls house, i have an appointment on 21st this month in Abuja, I'm base in lagos and I'll be travelling by road . I would like to know if i can change my location back to lagos

Illinois state university. 100% funding

Sun1shyne:
Please, anyone knows schools that offer funding for graduate studies in Nutrition sciences?

Looking at applying for Fall 2022.

I'd really appreciate.

Thanks in anticipation

Wait oo. I still never understand this Korean guy ooo. Is he rejecting applicants because no travel history or what exactly??

Presto12:
Visa was denied today

Met with the dreaded Korean guy

Just 2 questions and he was done

VO: Have traveled out Nigeria before

Me: Not in the last 5 years

VO: who is sponsoring your education

Me: My uncle....

Thanks to everyone that has been pretty contributive to this platform. God bless you all. Keep up the good work!

For those denied lately, do not hesitate to make amends and reapply. We will surely disseminate good news on here soonest.

Admission secured
Resumption is Jan
EA still under review

Gokoyer1401:
Hopefully, madam will reply us. I had asked something similar from her earlier on.
Sir, have you secured admission and when are you planning to resume studies in US?

Congratulations!!! More wins for u.

Quick one, please how much is expenses of dependent(spouse) on your i-20 ?
Just want to have idea of expenses of dependent.

Thanks

OlawumiCecilia:
*Visa approved to the glory of God*.

NB: Our visa (F1 and F2) is a great testimony. We had the I-20 for the fall semester in June. I made application to Lagos, picked Dec 7, applied for emergency, waited for over a month and when they would respond, emergency request was denied. We were so worried. We contracted date out to an agent, that even made it worse and by August, the date we had was Dec 8 in Abuja. I notified my supervisor and HOD, who then suggested I start my program remotely. 3 working days before Dec8, Friday Dec 3 I mean (which happened to be the day before my birthday), devil raised ugly head again. Abuja embassy rescheduled our appointment to Feb 9, 2022. Ah, it was really a bad day. There was no more motivation in me to continue my program remotely. When I related that to my supervisor, he said if I cannot make it to the spring semester, I may lose my assistantship. That struck me badly. The following day, Saturday, we cancelled that Feb 9 appointment and paid new visa fee. Applied to Abuja and requested emergency. Alas, Monday came to be a good day. About 9am, Abuja embassy approved the emergency request. At that point, we knew we are getting our visa. Dec 7, 8, and 9 were the close dates available. That same Dec 8 when we originally have appointment had 18 slots, I was shocked. Why would the embassy cancelled appointment and still open that number of slots? Well, I knew it was not normal. So, we picked Dec 9, I never had interest in Dec 8 again. We prayed and fasted. I believe God answers prayers and whatever He says he would do cannot be changed. Delay is not denial.


COA: $34K (F2 expenses inclusive)
Funding: $31k
Deficit: $3k
Date: 9/12/2021
Location: Abuja
Interview time: 11:30am by one white VO
My husband and I got to the Abuja embassy around 7:30am wearing same attire. But later got interviewed by 11:30. Just one VO attended to everyone at window 9.
We: good morning
VO: good morning, what’s the relationship?
We: we are married
VO: ok. when did you get married?
We: we got married six months ago
VO: Have you travelled before?
Me: Yes, I went to the United Kingdom for my master’s degree program in Plant science and biotechnology… (VO cuts in)
VO: (to my husband) what of you? Have you travelled out before?
My husband: NO.
VO: I can see you’re going to North Dakota State University for PhD program?
Me: Yes, I am going to North Dakota State University for my doctoral degree program in Plant Pathology
VO: ok
VO: Why do you choose this course?
Me: I have interest in contributing to addressing the challenges of food insecurity that is ravaging the global population. Our food supply does not commensurate with the growing population because our crops suffer from the problem of pests and pathogens. So my interest in plant pathology is to study the interaction that goes on between hosts which is plants and pathogen and I believe this understanding would help to develop durable disease resistant hybrids.
VO: oh…great
VO: What would you do after the program:
Me: just like I returned when I went to the UK, my intention is to return back to my home country and take a research position (VO nods head) at the international institute of tropical agriculture located in Ibadan, Oyo state in Nigeria here. Not only because the company Is an international company but they have made impact not only in Nigeria but also in many African countries since it was established.
VO: I can see that you have stipend and tuition waiver
Me: Yes, I have a research assistantship with my supervisor professor Shaobin Zhong who is originally from China but now a professor at NDSU. I will be working on the interaction between plant and pathogens of crop (VO cuts in)
VO: When did you get married?
We: six months ago, June
VO: When did you know each other?
Me: 2016, that’s was in the school I did my bachelors
VO: Have you both travelled together before?
We: no, we got married six months ago.
VO (to my husband): What do you do?
Husband: I work at Resource Unveilers Nig. Ltd as a geophysicist and data analyst (VO cuts in)
VO: What are you doing there?
Husband: Basically… actually I work as a geophysicist and as a data (VO cuts in)
VO: So, what would you be doing in the US while she study?
Husband: Actually, I have a leave of absence from work that I would be accompanying my wife to the United States of America for her PhD program because I believe in her vision, goals, dreams….(VO cuts in)
VO: So you would be leaving your work for about 3 years thereabout?
Husband: yes sir.
VO starts typing for about 2 mins (In my mind, I was hoping the VO could ask more questions about my program so I can chip in that I have started my program in the fall semester remotely and had to defer I-20 to the Spring semester, but he never did ask)
VO: Did you travelled in the last 2 weeks?
We: No
Me: I travelled to the United Kingdom in 2019 and came back last year 2020. (VO cuts in)
VO: What did you say?
Me: I said I went to the UK in 2019 and came back (VO cuts in)
He typed for a while and the next thing I hear is that take this white paper, that would guide you on how to get back your passports blah blah blah…

I sent you mail, kindly respond.
Thanks

Yuppie96:
Please can someone add me to the group for checking interview dates. Here’s my number 081.06.8.1.8.8.3.3 thanks!

I am in the same situation. Patiently waiting for them to respond to my emergency appointment.

Yuppie96:
Thanks my emergency appointment hasn’t been approved yet. I applied to Lagos

Probably doesn't solve it anymore.
I had same issue last week, I mailed them and was rectified within a minute. Infact, it was and auto-reply.

urchdiya:
Mailing them doesn’t actually solve it. It been a week I mailed them & got the prompt that my case has been created & would be attended to in 1-2 biz days & yet till now nothing

Go to page 623 and 624 for solution

elijman:
Good evening everyone.
Pls, can I get a surge date without creating an account on CGIFEDERAL?.
I've been trying to create an account on it but to no avail. Below is the notification I got;

"Your request cannot be processed at this time. The site administrator has been alerted."

Thank you

CanotEngiE:
Did my interview today 08/12/2021 (Approved ✅✅)
But before my transcript let me give a brief history of God’s faithfulness… I’m a solid believer in Jesus Christ and His grace. I have seen him work for me in very strange ways.

I got an RA and TA (that’s double funding) for MSc Elect and Computer Engr Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville TN. I’m to commence Jan 3rd, but when I scheduled My Interview it was in June 2022 ( that was the best regular date), I applied for emergency and got December 7th, but suddenly I received an email that it was shifted to Jan 12 , I applied for another emergency (Never thought it was possible to apply for it twice oo) and it was scheduled for 21st Dec. I wasn’t so comfortable with that date, cos I need to resume my GA 3rd January, so I kept praying, then early hours of Tuesday 7th (around 12:00am) I was prompted in my spirit to check again and saw 8th Dec 8:30am… I quickly booked that date sharp sharp. So today…..

The number of persons, (mainly young people and most students) were really many in Abuja consulate. I believe more than 100 persons, maybe because of surge. It took some time for all the clearance process, so I finally did mine interview past 10:00am. Good news is that I was literally asked only three questions, others were information. � Again, just to say that there were a couple of discrepancies in my ds160, like funding was put as father on Ds160 even though I had Assistantship, again contact person in US was different from my I-20, Course of study on ds160 is electrical and computer , but Electrical and Electronics on I-20… The person who told me how to fill the ds160 really confused me, didn’t know I was even to use my I-20 to fill it. I was just praying that the Lord will close his eyes to those errors, cause those guys can be thorough.

Approved ✅✅
Time In: 7:00am
Time Out: 10:15am
Interview duration: Less than 2mins
Assistantship : $36,552
Deficit: $700
VO was a fresh American guy maybe in early 30’s.
Counter: 8
I saw him Reject one person, and drills people a lot, sometimes close to 10mins.

Me: Good morning sir
VO: Good morning, pass me your I-20, Passport, Ds160 Confirmation
Me: Passed
VO: Masters in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Me: Yes sir
VO: Is it research?
Me: Yes sir, I will be carrying out my research in power electronics under the supervision of Prof. Joseph, who is the head of research in Power Electronics.
VO: okay,… typing a lot of stuff
What’s your Undergraduate?
Me: Studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, Now JS Tarka University Makurdi.
VO: Good, … typing. I can see you have sponsorship, okay… personal funds of $1000 okay… typing.
VO: What will you use your degree for?
Me: Immediately after my masters, I will return back to Nigeria to seek senior engineering positions in Nigerian based energy companies like Shell, Schneider Electric, TotalEnergies. These companies are developing solutions to processing and converting renewable energy and I will like to build my career with them.
VO: Okay, good… typing… Take this white paper, you will use it at the airport… bla bla bla… I’m keeping your passport, it can take up to seven days to be ready.
Me: Thank you very much. Ran away happy and praising Jesus.

There were mixture of rejections and acceptance. But I think many were rejected sha… like one guy who was going for Medicine was bounced. There were four officers attending to people for interview counter 7,8,9,10.

Summary: Prepare yourself for any question, know your research area, have clear funding source and pray, pray, pray, pray… I can’t over emphasize that. Cos some people answer well with good explanations but get bounced, I just don’t get it.

Congratulations my guy. See you at Cookeville....

https://www.ustraveldocs.com/ng/ng-main-contactus.asp

If you need to talk to US embassy customer representative concerning your appointment, click on the link above. Once the page opens, scroll down and click on ''CLICK TO TALK" and follow the instructions. Make sure you have your documents with you cos they might ask for ur details during the conversation. I just spoke with one of the rep few mins ago.

I think they close by 5pm sha. Gooduck to us all

Hello, to be honest, I have no idea.
Let's wait for other gurus to respond to this.

Adeenine1:
Hi @ifedayosol. I have a complicated case. My EA in abuja was postponed. So I cancelled the appointment and applied for surge in Lagos. I haven’t gotten a response in Lagos and its been 3 working days. I will like to ask a question- if I cancel the appointment, pay new MRV fee and select Abuja. Will I be able to book a new emergency appointment on a new MRV application fee?

Kindly read thru page 623 and 624, you will find the solution there.
It's simple and straightforward.

Good luck

KeriBaby:
It’s been impossible to create an account so I can apply for a visa, is there a hack? Help please

If he's using his company's account, pls let him write a sponsorship letter on the company's letter headed paper. He has to do this because company's acct is not his own. It's company's own.

Good luck.

Success2022:
Good afternoon, I have my visa interview coming up, apart from my Dads bank statement do i need another letter indicating he is the one sponsoring me because he is using his company account for me

You have to send them a mail. Please go to page 623 and 624, read up and you get solution to the issue.

fantabulous08:
Can I get a response to this, please?
Thank you ��

Contact your school. They will advise further

Olufemi1400:
Not going to your school but my interview date was suddenly shifted from 8th of December also, I'm also in the same dilemma but I don't know the next steps to take.

please kindly mail your contact person at TTU and explain to him or her.

CanotEngiE:
Hi Hi, I never knew a thread like this existed. Thanks guys.
I’m to commence my RA and GA for masters in TnTech Tennessee on 3rd Jan, and classes begin 10th Jan. My Visa interview was initially scheduled for 7th Dec but suddenly I saw an email of a shift to 12th Jan. That’s far from my scheduled resumption… what can I do? I applied for another emergency Visa schedule (I had applied before to get the 7th date)… do you think the embassy just shifts Visa dates abruptly?
Please someone talk to me. I have got funding and don’t wanna miss it.
Lastly is there anyone going to Tennessee, TnTech??

Please respond to your mail. I'm going to TTU too

CanotEngiE:
Hi Hi, I never knew a thread like this existed. Thanks guys.
I’m to commence my RA and GA for masters in TnTech Tennessee on 3rd Jan, and classes begin 10th Jan. My Visa interview was initially scheduled for 7th Dec but suddenly I saw an email of a shift to 12th Jan. That’s far from my scheduled resumption… what can I do? I applied for another emergency Visa schedule (I had applied before to get the 7th date)… do you think the embassy just shifts Visa dates abruptly?
Please someone talk to me. I have got funding and don’t wanna miss it.
Lastly is there anyone going to Tennessee, TnTech??

Ok. Feel free

adeheritage:
Thanks so much, please I will dm u.

The earliest interview date as at this morning is Sept 22 2022. Just pick the available date, after that you request for emergency appointment and provide evidence to show that ur resumption is within the next 60days.

If your interview date falls after resumption date, kindly inform you school. They will advice you further.

adeheritage:
Thanks so much.

Place, do you have any idea how close interview dates can be? December? January? My resumption is mid January.

Also, supposing my interview is some time in January, will I need a new SOA or the one I got this week remains tenable?

Visa fee is $160 = 67200.

1st step, pay ur visa fee.
2nd step, fill out ur DS160
3rd step, go to cgifederal to book appointment.
4th step, pay ur sevis fee

adeheritage:
Greetings family, please, I will am expecting my I-20 during the week, I have got SOA, please how much is current visa application fee?
And please what is the step to apply for interview.
Thanks in anticipation.

I sent mine around 1am(midnight). I think that stuff is aito-response though.

niyi20:
Probably they don't respond during weekends or what do you think.

below is wat I sent and I got positive response in less than 1 minute. I was given a password to login and reset the password


Hello,

I am (full name), I am trying to register on cgifederal portal as new user but it's not going through. Below is the response I'm getting;

- your request cannot be processed at this time. The site administrator has been alerted
- User could not be created. Please ensure first name and last name are entered correctly as they are in your passport.

Kindly assist with possible solution to it as o urgently need to book an appointment.

Regards,

(Name)

niyi20:
I sent a mail yesterday there response "We have received your email and will respond accordingly within 1 to 2 business days."

I used your format this morning but I'm yet to get anuy response from them.

Yes, the funding came with the mail. Is urs same Tennessee technological university?

Bond4141:
Please, did the full funding come with the congratulatory message sent to your email? or how do you guys know the amount of funding awarded?

I saw admitted on the my portal but couldn’t find any form of funding on the portal for now. Haven’t accepted the admission because of that.

Hello all.
I just got admission to study MS chemistry at Tennessee technological university with full funding. I was asked to show Proof of fund of $5718 to cover other expenses.
I have a sponsor which is my inlaw. Is he to provide a bank letter or statement of account

I'm asking cos I see some people use only bank letter while some used 6 month statement of acct.

Secondly, printing 6month statement of account, won't it be too voluminous especially account with high frequency of transaction?

Check your DM please

Munaxara:
Created a WhatsApp group for Illinois state university hopefuls. Send a DM, if you’re interested

Yes. Thanks for you response. Once again, congratulations.
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