charleymed:
Good evening everyone.

Please is it possible to defer admission and resume in the next term after getting visa for a particular term.

For instance, is possible to get Visa in spring and defer to fall without entering the USA?

mojolajesu:
Hello gurus

Reading through various transcripts here, I have noticed every says they applied to 2/3 schools. Does that mean that applying to one school alone reduce your chances?

kaey10:
Guys pls is wakanow.com reliable n legit for booking flight?

Tylerbaby:
I guess this should do.

Tylerbaby:
Just got my 4000 dollars covid relief fund for students sent to my account today. Here for barely 2 months and I'm already a millionaire as a student. Please, if you are really interested in studying in the US and have spent lots of money on it, do not relent, it'll pay off!!!

librangyps:


Wakanow

Phaithy:


I flew from Lagos-Frankfurt -Houston on Tuesday. There was no issue whatsoever. Just have your covid test available.

beejhay69:
Have you submitted the Ds-160? If Yes, no issues.
Go to the Ds page and fill all the fields then click on "create new application".
Some of your previous datas would come up.
Fill columns that are void with the accurate information you want to input.
Review, and Submit.
Click on "Print confirmation" Download the final copy.
Note the new Ds confirmation number. Go back to your cgi page, update your profile with the new Ds code.
Print out all updated docs and go for your interview.
All the above to be done 72hrs PRIOR your appointment date.
Hope this helps. ✌

librangyps:


Me: Good morning Sir,
VO: (Sighted us) wow goodmorning . Have you been to the US before?
Me: No sir
VO: First time
ME: Yes Sir
VO: So where are you going to....
Me: I'm going to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University for me their Master of Accounting and Information Systems program.

VO: Has your husband gotten his visa
Me: No sir, he is engaged with his business but will visit us at least once when he can

VO: Have you been here before
Me: Yes Sir, Lagos
VO: When
Me: November last year
VO: Same program
Same program: Yes sir

( At this point I believe he was reading where I wrote three paragraphs under reason for denial, I used this space to explain that it was due to home tie cos I believed leaving my parents date of birth blank affected me but I truly do not have their date of birth information as I lost them both in my teens and have no document containing their date of birth. Also I am married with kids and have all my sisters brothers cousins nephews and nieces here in Nigeria. Also I am a member of ICAN which is my professional family)

VO: How did you hear about this school or was it program (not sure which)
Me: My colleague first mentioned Virginia tech to me and upon further research I found out about the MADA certificate that I will receive in addition to my Master of Accounting and Information Systems Certificate without extending my program duration. I also connected with my program coordinator, Professor Nadia Rogers who also told me more about the program
Have you started classes
No sir but I have registered courses I will be taking this fall

VO: How are you funding this?
My GA and scholarship together cover about 80percent of my program cost

VO: Who is paying for the deficit
Me: My husband
VO: What does he do
Me: He is into the sales of electronics, computers and accessories
VO: How long do you expect your program to last
Me: 2years
Vo: Did you apply to any other school
Me: Yes sir also applied and got admitted to Kansas State university
VO: When is your program start date.
Me: My class starts 23rd August
VO: What was your most recent degree?
ME: I have Bachelor degree in Accounting and also just completed my ICAN exams and got induction May this year.

He said I should fly past some countries in Europe cos of covid

Hurdles I faced included taking passport for 4k cos me and one of my boys had the wrong passport photographs. No ears ...lol

Also I didn't go with my old passport. Explained its cos I wasn't asked for it during my first application in Lagos and it's also virgin passport.
I prayed for God to touch her heart and let the lady checking know it's way back in Lagos. We came all that way.
She let us through but please learn from this and go with yours.

Also of you have been denied before, stay through to your previous answers. If you must adjust your answers, expantiate on it instead.

I'm just happy to be out of this stage of life for now and go get that masters degree.

Best of luck and if your heart say yes...never give up.

librangyps:


Ofcourse you can, but not all fields will be repopulated.
Hopefully you find what you seek.

Tiimmy:
I have been following quite a number of threads in preparation for my F1 visa interview, and I feel it’s only fair I share my experience so as to help someone else.

My visa interview took place in Lagos on the 22nd of July 2021 10:30am.

Visa Transcript -

VO - Good morning, can I have your documents
Me - I greeted him back and proceeded to hand him my i20 and intl passport.

VO - Why are you going to the US
me - I’m going for my Masters of Business Administration & Management at bla bla bla business school in Boston Massachusetts.

VO - Why did you choose this school.
Me - I chose this school because of its central focus on entrepreneurship as well as an exciting elective titled “Business Strategy in emerging Markets”. For some reason the VO guy nodded.

VO - Have you travelled out of Nigeria before?
Me - Yes

VO - Where have you travelled to?
Me - Australia

VO - I see you have a $30k scholarship, how do you intend to cover the rest of your tuition and living expenses?
Me - I have been awarded a student loan by a private company affiliated with the school (I proceeded to hand him a letter from the loan company (prodigy finance) + a sheet with the breakdown of the loan amount, interest rate and loan repayment terms)

VO - How long will it take to pay this money back?
Me - The maximum repayment term is 20years, however because the company uses an APR system, I intend to pay back much sooner to reduce the overall amount I’ll eventually have to pay back. (VO nodded for the second time)

VO - How do you plan to pay this money back?
Me - I have been offered a managerial position in my company (I proceeded to hand over my post-study employment letter from my employer)

VO - (flips through the letter to the salary breakdown section) This amount is your annual salary right?
Me - Yes it is

VO - Are you married?
Me - Yes I am

VO - Do you have any children?
Me - Yes I do. I have a one year old daughter

VO - Why aren’t you travelling with your family?
Me - My wife just started working at a new company less than 6months ago, and she isn’t entitled to an annual leave yet. My daughter is also very young and we have all the help we need in raising our daughter here in Nigeria, in the US we will have no such help. (VO nodded for the third time).

VO - (types fast and said nothing for what felt like 2 long minutes). I’ll be approving your visa, (handed me a white sheet of paper) you can pick your passport up at bla bla bla.

The whole process took less than 5minutes.

My advice to those going for their interview soon -

1. Read through as many visa transcripts on nairaland as you can find. I wasn’t asked any question that I wasn’t prepared for thanks to reading through a lot of transcripts.

2. F1 visa is classified as “non immigrant visa”. You need to show sufficient proof that you have no plans to immigrate permanently to the US. Saying it to the VO is not enough. There were alot of people who said the same “I will be returning to Nigeria after my studies” who got rejected. You need to show proof of ties to Nigeria.

3. Get your financial documents intact. For some reasons most people who had extended family members sponsoring them were denied (eg uncles, aunts, god father etc). You are better off being sponsored by parents or siblings. And they are so much more interested in the careers of your sponsors than just looking through their statement of account details. I didn’t notice anyone being asked for SOA, I certainly wasn’t asked as well (I think they have figured that some people come along with fake SOA).

4. Remain calm. Don’t be ruffled by other peoples interview, no two interviews are exactly the same. I personally tried my hardest not to focus on other people’s interview although for the most part it’s difficult not to hear what’s going on.

Wish you the best. Cheers.

Tflap:
Dear Applicant,

Your regular B appointment at the US Embassy Abuja has been cancelled.
The Embassy and Consulate General continue to prioritize travelers with urgent travel needs, although regular visa appointments are made available as the local conditions allow. In response to ongoing pandemic-related service disruptions, the Department of State announced the extension of Machine Readable Visa (MRV) fee validity until September 30, 2022 for individuals who paid an MRV fee, but were unable to schedule and/or attend an interview during the suspension of services. If you have an urgent matter and need to travel immediately, please follow the guidance provided at https://ustraveldocs.com/ng/ng-niv-expeditedappointment.asp to request an emergency appointment.

I got this mail from the embassy today followed by a text message that says

Your B1/B2 visa appointment at the US Embassy has been cancelled. Please check your email for more details.


Please o...what's the implication of this message?? What should I do? My appointment date is still Intact, but I'm waiting for a response to my emergency interview request...
Please someone that has been through this should answer me Biko

YoungHunter:
Did they say anything about second batch for those being kept in view till further notice?

Ilsontof:

I think it means we weren’t shortlisted for the whole recruitment process, cos we should have gotten test details. And it probably means they could consider us later in the future for any other recruitment program that comes up.

Scholar94:
It does not mean that provided you got the mail that you have been shortlisted for the test in March. It only means that they are conducting the test in batch. They will send further update on that (just has they have mentioned in the last part of the mail)

slyfran6:


I did. And it's saddening.
Very saddening.

I'm not sure what it means yet though

PremiumTrends:
I haven't heard anything since Documentation either, but someone below said they had Assessment Centre exercise in March. The same March we did Documentation. I'm surprised!

Hello, just to let you know I completed my documentation last year August, and I had to wait for almost 7 months before I could do the AC exercise which took place in March. We were four who took AC exercise, it was about Case study and also individual presentation, and lastly a short interview. It was a bit tense, but It went really well overall (I’m hoping for the best). Try to work on your individual presentation because you would be given a range of topics to talk about, and you would have 5 mins to choose one topic and ponder about how you are gonna deliver it, you won’t be allowed to use phones to check Google or anything, So you have to be sharp and critical in your thinking to know how you are going to deliver. The brief interview is basically about questions regarding why KPMG, why do you think you are the best for this role, what skills do you possess, and etc. I hope this helps!!

ennyj01:
Hi guys, good evening. Please I have a question I wanna ask those that have passed workforce on site test before.

Please is there anyone here that used the on screen calculator during the workforce on site exam and progressed to the next stage?

Please I really wanna know because sometimes you will need to calculate big figures and decimals, and calculator can only be the solution to be fast

aelai:


It's on or before that date

MercyF:

I did o..someone said he got a test message not a mail yesterday but today he has gotten a mail from SHL while I haven’t gotten anything yet. Please have u gotten a mail today from SHL?

magthan:


Please has anyone who applied advisory gotten the Text or Mail?