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Thanks Big Francis.

bigfrancis21:
Yes, your current visa does put you at a vantage point for getting the F1 visa. More so, the fact that you are going for PhD studies. Rarely are PhD students denied visas. The very fact that you have a visitor's visa, visited the US and returned to Nigeria as promised shows some level of credibility in you. When you go for your interview, your B1/B2 visa will be cancelled and you will be issued the F1 visa instead.

Do not visit the US again to try to get admission from there and begin school from there. Apply for your student visa here in Nigeria. It is easier than to try to adjust status to F1 status from B1/B2 while in the US. There is a 90% denial rate of status adjustment from B1/B2 to F1 while in the US as you would have to prove without reasonable doubt why you're suddenly changing status and your status change wasn't premeditated i.e. you knew in advance that you were going to go to school in the US after you arrive but yet came on the wrong visa type.

Most schools offer funding with PhD admissions, especially if starting in the Fall semester. I suppose that's the semester you're applying for?

As a PhD potential candidate, it is 100% recommended that you write the GRE exam. The benefits of a PhD admission are quite many and you need to work hard for it, especially with near-perfect applications coming from Chinese and Indian students. You definitely want your application to stand out.

In addition to your current school, be sure to apply to at least 2 other schools to increase your chances of funding. Do not apply to only this one school except you are very sure you would be given funding with your admission.

To apply you would need a GRE score (for most schools), your transcripts (either direct from your UG university or via a translation agency), a TOEFL score (optional for many schools that recognize Nigeria as English-speaking), a statement of purpose outlining your reasons for doing Masters and your goals, application fee for the school you're applying to and maybe any journals or papers that you have written or published.

slimmy05:
Is the PhD fully funded? If it's not abeg abeg find something better. Well you don't need GRE since you already have a masters degree. You can either apply and get your admission then proceed to F-1 visa or you can get your admission early enough to afford you the time to adjust status. But the easiest and faster route is apply for an F-1 in Nigeria, I assure you, your visa will be approved, you have a lot of valid points that can get you your visa without hassles.

Thanks Slimmy05. can i PM u??

pls I need some clarifications.
I have my Masters from a naija univerisity and seek ing to pursue my PHD in d states.

I currently have a 2 year visiting Visa and just came back to Nigeria last week after the first visit.

While their, I visited a school and my desire to pursue my PHD in such environment wouldn't be a wrong one I must confess.

A friend told me to do a second visit and try and apply over there in d states for my student visa. How feasible is that or i must do it in Nigeria??

Does my current visa put me on any vantage position to secure a student visa if offered an admission

Can I have a summary of the required documents to pursue an admission?

Is GRE mandatory, cos d school visited did not mention that.?

Brothers and sisters ur candid input will not go unappreciated

Hi guys, good to be here again . pls I need some clarifications.
I have my Masters from a naija univerisity and seek ing to pursue my PHD in d states.

I currently have a 2 year visiting Visa and just came back to Nigeria last week after the first visit.

While their, I visited a school and my desire to pursue my PHD in such environment wouldn't be a wrong one I must confess.

A friend told me to do a second visit and try and apply over there in d states for my student visa. How feasible is that or i must do it in Nigeria??

Does my current visa put me on any vantage position to secure a student visa if offered an admission

Can I have a summary of the required documents to pursue an admission?

Is GRE mandatory, cos d school visited did not mention that.?

Brothers and sisters ur candid input will not go unappreciated.

CC: imperioux, walspring, and other gurus in da house.

Hmm

OP I guess your TV set is being powered by fingers battery?

An exclusion of Fash in a change focused cabinet is suicidal.

Deziani was super powerful.

The senators have to pay fashola for this lecture.

Another rubbish from SUN, i expect the NATION to come up theirs. Little wonder my president will ignore these envelope indigenous media houses for the foreign ones for interviews.

Who be that orobobo guy on brown?

Mutuwa:
What is this Ediottt saying..PMB till sense get into your filthy brain.As dogs like you keep barking we shall keep on throwing stones.I voted PMB,whatever the case maybe even if he dines and wine's with satan direct,as long as he has a sober period to DO THE RIGHT thing..he is far better than your grandfather the mad drunkard from otueke.
Donkey..wailing will only accelerate your journey to HELL..

See who is accusing someone of filthy brain, yet cannot comprehend a simple write up. I weep for the so called future leaders.

TonyeBarcanista:
Buhari has failed this country! Since coming to power it has been from one bomb blast to the other and one bad news to the other. This is a man that vowed to clear BH in two months but more thab 4months we see no success. I will continue to maintain that Buhari and APC are unfit for leadership and are bent Ón putting Nigerians through pains and mournings with their deliberate misgovernance and acute cluelessness to issues affecting Nigerians. Nigeria bleed under this administration.

RIP to the victims!

At a time I thougt you beginning to come back to your senses, you have just dashed my hope again by this idiotic post .

enough of all these clueless and dullard. Have we lost our values and respect for elders associated with African Culture??

lightbearer

Old age is setting in

Technology sha.

OboloMAN:
Meanwhile Somewhere in the Zoo A dullard is advocating for special treatment for his misguided Brothers.

Attack on Bokoharam is Injustice To The North - Buhari 2013

Oboloman indeed. Obolo means f.. L in my dialect.

Yeye senators. Shey una wan go for recess? Una never see anything.

Mine experience wasn't funny. Their wasn't know detergent I didn't use to watch my hand, yet.

coolhumble:
How neat are you?

And some guys we put their head.

Bunkum!

Hi, single and ready to mingle. 30, employed, shy. Serous "minglers" pls.

mensdept:
Is this guy no longer governing his state? Everyday he is showcasing this prostitute left right and center

yaba left prospect

more to come

i sha love this man, dont know y.

saw her last in PH

nice

Congrats to her. Thanks to God who has given us brain to innovate and improvise technology.

looking at this illegal immigrant hiding his head at the refugee camp want to get information. OP, mind the kind of people you converse with.

Only a dunce will believe this crap