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crespo67: Tanx somuch bro 4 ur quick reply and encouragement..was planning fall 2014,buh am not certain yet..my undergrad cgpa was a 3.46....so,i was rily hoping to use my gre scores to make up 4 dat...sent my transcript to WES earlier this year,buh my ish is paying 4 it from here..i don't knw if I cud use my gtbank master card to pay...I was also hoping to get a GA/TA...wiv doze scores,i aint sure if I wud get dat even if I got an admit...buh,i wudnt give up wiv d scores,wud contact a faculty at UH 2 see wat my stance wud be...tanx a lot bro.....

You can use Gtbank master card, just make sure you have money that can cover the fee in your account, paid mine last week monday through Gtbank Master card. You can pm me so that we can talk better

bigfrancis21: I thank God for my visa approval today. I initially scheduled my interview for July 22 at the same Abuja, as you all know, but missed the interview because my I20 did not arrive as expected. I had to reschedule and got today using emergency request.
I had my interview at the Abuja embassy today. My interview time was 11.45am however, there were just so many applicants today that I was actually interviewed at around 12.25pm. My post is very long and I believe I really owe you guys my narration. I took out my time to type my experience with every single detail because you all deserve it.

I left Owerri where I was at the moment for Enugu on sunday to visit my maternal relatives and stayed with them for 2 days. Then I left Enugu for Abuja on tuesday by bus (Peace park. Oh God, I love the way their drivers speed. Makes me feel like I'm on a flight. ). Got to Abuja around 6.30pm and slept over at my aunt's. I wasn't that much bothered neither did I do cram work nor rehearsals of my answers. I just watched movies last night and this morning , prepared and left for the embassy at 10am sharp. Got to the embassy 10 minutes later. Those for 10.30am and 10.45am were called, and few minutes later all others for 11am were called in. I went inside, did biometrics, sat down and waited for my turn. Sat for almost 30 minutes till it got to my turn. I used the opportunity to observe the visa officers. I must confess that while going there I was scared given the horrible news I had been hearing about the visa officers. But on entering the interview lounge and seeing them, all my fears swept away in just a second. 'Oh these people are humans afterall', was the thought I had. After that, I relaxed, became lively, started smiling, and even discussing with those beside me. All the visa officers were around, all 4 of them - 3 ladies and 1 guy. I used the opportunity to observe the VOs. All ladies at counters 6, 8 and 9 were quite fair in their visa issuance rates, except the guy. He gave more denials than approvals. His own voice at the speaker was the loudest more than the other VOs. His own voice was suppressing the others such that you could barely hear the interview process of the other VOs. I kinda liked the guy sha because I noticed that the guy is intelligent, though he was denying more because he was very scrutinizing of applicants. He was scrutinizing for those that were the 'best' to him. His first question was always, 'have you travelled out of the country before?' Followed by, 'what state is your school located in and what part of the US map is your state located in'. I couldn't help but notice a guy who the male VO denied earlier this morning. He smartly went into the bathroom, waited a while, came out and joined the queue. When it got to his turn, he was still called at counter 7(male visa officer's counter) and when the VO called up his record, he shouted that the guy had been denied earlier before, and called security to take him out of the building. I saw him grant only one student who had a scholarship from his university. The lady at counter 8 was a very nice lady, just granting visas. The VO at counter 9 will grill and grill you, even laugh with you but deny you in the end. She's the same person who denied the member here who his resumption date coincided with his passport pick-up date. I prayed to be interviewed by the lady at counter 8 and God just answered my prayers. I'll tell you how he did so in the penultimate paragraph. It then got to my turn, and I was called at Window 8!, and I went forward.

Me: Good afternoon (smiling)
VO: Good afternoon. Pass me your passport and application documents please. (I did).
VO: (Looked at my document and typed something on her keyboard and said) Hold on sir, let me verify your details.
VO: (Looking up after a few seconds) Okay! What are you going to the US to do?
ME: To further my studies. I'm going for my masters degree.
VO: Have you travelled out of Nigeria before?
ME: Not really. I've never had the opportunity to before.(Note, I didn't just say 'no'. I dreaded that answer like a plague. The answer I gave was more preferable)
VO: What school are you going to?
ME: University of Maryland, College Park.
VO: Ok! In what field are you going for your masters?
ME: Telecommunications Engineering.
VO: Ok. When did you obtain your bachelors degree?
ME: July last year.
VO: What school did you obtain your bachelors degree from?
ME: University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
VO: (Thinking and saying) Nsukka...Ok! (She shouted it and smiled at me. To go to a good school is really good. I was surprised she'd know UNN sef, given that its not in Lagos or Abuja that they can easily hear or know of.)
VO: How did you come about this your school?
ME: I performed intense research on the internet and discovered the school and found out that it ranks among the top 20 schools in the US in the field of engineering so I decided to apply to the school and other 2 schools.
VO: (still smiling) What other schools did you apply to?
ME: University of Tennessee and University of Alabama.
VO: (On hearing U of Alabama, she fell back into her seat, laughing loudly and shouting) Oh! Alabama! Why didn't you go to University of Alabama! I schooled there.
ME: (Laughing loudly) Really? That's nice! My dad schooled there too.
VO: Really?! Tuscaloosa?
ME: Yea. Tuscaloosa.(She was then laughing now and typing).
VO: Who will be paying for your studies?
ME: I got a graduate assistantship from the school though...
VO: (Cuts in)...wonderful! (Looking at my I20)
ME: (I continued). However, my sponsor is my paternal uncle.
VO: What does he do?
ME: He's a financial consultant. He has a company that offers financial consultations and advise. He also works for FirstBank and DiamondBank on contract basis where he trains their newly recruited bank staff.
VO: (Looking at me, smiling). Wonderful. Do you have his bank statement?
ME: Yes. I passed it to her. (She quickly flips to the back, looks at it and gives it back to me. It was containing a balance of 10.4 million naira)
VO: Can you please place your left thumb on the scanner?
ME: Yes. (I quickly did so).
VO: (Returning my I20, looking up at me smiling) Your visa has been approved! Pick up your passport on friday at this address located on the pick-up form.
ME: Thank you! (Smiling now).

I packed my file and left. She didn't ask for my GRE or my transcripts like the male VO was doing. The whole interview didn't last up to 1 minute because it went so fast. Boldness, confidence, and speaking eloquently are very important. Gesticulations are also important. I spoke confidently, brilliantly, together with hand movements. Most importantly, God's favour supersedes all. I'll tell you how.

I prayed to be interviewed by the lady at counter 8. BAnd God answered my prayers immediately and in a miraculous way! When I was the third to go ie two people were before me, the lady at counter 8 concluded with one applicant and was supposed to call 'next applicant' as usual, but she didn't. She just looked our direction, noticed that I wasn't next, and kept on typing on her system. The VO at counter 9 called, the first person left, and the VO at counter 6 called and the second person went to her counter. I was then next. The nice lady, on looking my direction again and seeing that I was next then called 'next applicant' and I moved forward to her counter. I noticed she wanted to interview me herself. It was just God's doing. Funny enough, the two that were in front of me who went to the other two female VOs were denied! The nice VO just waited to interview me herself and grant me the visa! God's favour is just so wonderful.

Thank you all. My enormous thanks goes out to all the members on this thread. God bless you all.

CONGRAT BRO, ALL THE BEST. WHERE IS THE PARTY @

mr swagger: Visa Approved today at Abuja for my bro from another mother, Bigfrancis.

Congratulations to Bigfrancis on his Visa Approval....... God has blessed you bro. And he has paid you for the help you have rendered everyone here on NL...

Welcome to USA!!!!!!!!! Enjoy Obamaland bro....

WOW, BECAUSE BIG FRANCIS IS BIG THAT IS WHY AM USING CAPITAL LETTER. CONGRAT BRO, WISH YOU THE BEST IN OBAMALAND. REMEMBER WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR YOUR INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE. CHEERS BRO,

Amefrica: Omo my brothers plenty for here ooo.. GREAT OSUites (OOUites)..
Na who com d Ago day and ebiripo night last year ? Huh ? I stay behind Limelite (koroko) tho..
Sorry for derailing...
Aunty kofsy, hope u nor dey vex 4 me shaa..? It was just a joke tho..

TheHannafis, Oh! thanks.. Prepare well for the test..
#GoAceIt..
Once again my bros.. Great OSUites!

Correct my guy you sabi ago-iwoye very well. Na igan road I stay throughout my program in OOU, Omo Osu no dey carry last Oº°˚˚°ºo

technolee: O boi, all these styles no go fit win OAU's babe heart ooo!!! Go do it to OSU girl... I can't help laughing. @Kofsy, how jacking? And where is your colleague Sholay??

@technolee why osu babe na, am proud of my school Oº°˚˚°ºo.
@amefrica congrat bro, all the best

Ms Nas: I don't think that's an option. Especially coming from a Nigerian institution. You could try it sha

Sup bro, am finding it difficult to pay WES Evaluation application fee with my Gtbank mastercard, this is the response i got from the payment site.
WE ARE SORRY, WE ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM WHILE VERIFYING YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW YOUR CREDIT CARD AND BILLING ADDRESS INFORMATION TO BE SURE OF AII THE INFORMATION ENTERED IS CORRECT. Am still confuse here because i inserted the right address and master card number. I NEED HELP PLEASE

iamchux: Anything pertaining WES just try and do it in time so as to beat spring'14 deadlines.
My ordeal with WES goes thus:
WES sent an email containing letter to me stating that the photocopies of my transcript has been sent back to my institution for further verification. I called my school after 5 weeks of waiting for my status to change from "Waiting for verification from institution" only to discover that these said photocopies hadn't even gotten to my school, they only received the email sent by WES. I had to email WES back the following day, only for them to reply back and tell me my evaluation has been placed on-hold until I pay a $60 fee, so as my documents would be sent via International Post. In fact, as am typing, I just settled the bill with my card. Hoping for a positive reply....!
So just have it in mind that, at times WES could delay evaluation.

Sup bro, am finding it difficult to pay WES Evaluation application fee with my Gtbank mastercard, this is the response i got from the payment site.
WE ARE SORRY, WE ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM WHILE VERIFYING YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW YOUR CREDIT CARD AND BILLING ADDRESS INFORMATION TO BE SURE OF AII THE INFORMATION ENTERED IS CORRECT. Am still confuse here because i inserted the right address and master card number. I NEED HELP PLEASE

iamchux: Anything pertaining WES just try and do it in time so as to beat spring'14 deadlines.
My ordeal with WES goes thus:
WES sent an email containing letter to me stating that the photocopies of my transcript has been sent back to my institution for further verification. I called my school after 5 weeks of waiting for my status to change from "Waiting for verification from institution" only to discover that these said photocopies hadn't even gotten to my school, they only received the email sent by WES. I had to email WES back the following day, only for them to reply back and tell me my evaluation has been placed on-hold until I pay a $60 fee, so as my documents would be sent via International Post. In fact, as am typing, I just settled the bill with my card. Hoping for a positive reply....!
So just have it in mind that, at times WES could delay evaluation.

Thanks bro, I will round it up next week by God grace because public holz start from thursday till friday. @ eduson002 I will keep that in mind, cos it very important. Evaluation is the only thing that is holding my admission.

imperiouxx: This is true. Mostly when dealing with professional evaluators whose work is to check authenticity of every document received.

That's a good point bro, I will send copy of my certificate through Nipost. You guys just solved my question, thanks very much. I just hope WES will do the evaluation very fast cos time is not really our my side against spring 2014

imperiouxx: To complete what Ms Nas said, na inside trash can WES go dump the transcript. Send them separately even on different days. Just like it was your school that mailed them without the transcript getting to your hands.

@Oga imperiouxx,iamchux, MS Nas, winbyforce, I really appreciate your guys responses, I will do as you guys said asap. If I didn't take it from my school, they will just use nipost to send the transcript to wes and it will take nothing last than 10 working days to get to WES. I will send the transcript through Fedex n will look for somebody that can help me in the state to send the photocopy of my certificate to WES. But I don't mind if you guys can help me to send to the certificate Oº°˚˚°ºo.

winbyforce: I think you should send it separately. The transcript should appear as coming directly from your school. You can send the photocopy of your certificate via Nipost registered mail-it only takes 2weeks. That's my opinion sha. Let those that have used WES before comment on the matter. My school has courier services within the records office, so you just choose which one you wanna use and they'll send it for you.

Thanks very appreciate your response

imperiouxx: If it's first time, I usually reply back with "Hi". Then the person has access to write me with the pressing issue(s).

I want to make one enquiry from you guys, I just receive my transcript this evening from my school(STAMP n SEALED) and am thinking of putting the photocopy of my certificate inside the brown envelope that am going to put my transcript before I will send it to WES for evaluation through FEDEX.
My question is can I put my transcript and photocopy of my certificate together in one envelope.

midi20: Visa now approved at lagos. Make I go for boat cruising, I dey come. All I can say ia alamdulilahi. Big francais, show ur face. Imperiouxx, no shayo, ramadan dey oo

CONGRAT

iamchux: Send your email, I have a 6MB sized TOEFL study guide I used during my time but I will advice you to print it out so as not to damage your eye staring on your laptop

Kunlebal@yahoo.com

Amefrica: I registered, I wrote and I passed (by God's grace) thanks to those who wished me success..
Jah bless u

ALL THE BEST BRO.

Sup guys, as anybody use EMS to send documents or received I-20 from Obamaland, would like to know how many days it takes to deliver.

ferdimako: Send me ur e-mail addy. I will push the TOEFL materials with 2 cds' samples.

Can u pls send the material to me too, kunlebal@yahoo.com

imperiouxx: @Bigfrancis,

More power to your elbow. God's grace, you'll triumph soon.

Have your https://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/sign/sign0075.gif

It pays to be good..... just continue doing what you like doing best...... good!


@Rick-ross,

Ask for the guy called webstradamus at the administrative building when you get there. He's also a good guy on here.

@imperiouxx thanks very much, really appreciate your effort and for my able Big Francis, just want to say thank you for what you have done for me so far, God will see you through, you will come to NL with your testimony in jesus name. U make my documentations very easy bro, we are all going to make it to OBAMALAND and for my people going to Minnesota State University pls identify yourself Oº°˚˚°ºo

Ricky Rozay: Visa Approved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't shout ooooooooooooo.. I will be back with the Full Gist.......

congrat bro, welcome to obamaland.

babsharon: Sent

pls can you can you forward affidavit of support and sponsorship letter format. kunlebal@yahoo.com

Ricky Rozay: Do u reside in lagos.. If YES, then I can give you directions to where you can take yours. because dts where I took mine and it perfect..

It is a well suitable and standard studio at ikeja.

Sup bro, am also working on Minnesota state university for Msc in Accounting spring semesters. I will really appreciate if I can get your mail for us to talk better, I have lot to ask you about the school. My email address is kunlebal@yahoo.com.

GUYS, WHAT IS THE REGISTRATION FEES FOR GMAT IN NIGERIA (I MEAN TOTAL AMOUNT FOR GMAT) BECAUSE AM PLANNING TO WRITE IT THIS MONTH OR NEXT MONTH.
I WILL REALLY APPRECIATE IF I CAN GET THE FULL BREAK DOWN, AM WORKING ON MBA OR MASTER IN ACCOUNTING PROGRAM

chronique:

CAN IT GO FOR 300K

bigfrancis21: Check your mail bro.

didn't get it, says am not connected with you. can u re-forward it to my yahoomail or better still give me your number.

bigfrancis21: Where do you stay?

i stay around egbeda area of iyana ipaja, lagos.

bigfrancis21: When you mention sponsorship, try to be a little more specific here. By sponsorship, you mean the agents will provide the student with a bank account reflecting the amount of money the student's school wants to see, and not actually sponsoring the student in school as in paying school fees, accommodation, buying books, buying health insurance plan etc.

Note that many students who never patronized agents have found their way round the bank statement thing without agent's help.

You said it all bro, for someone like me now the huge bank statement is my problem. Am planning to go for my Msc in Accounting/Finance in january and the total package is around $20,000-$30,000, I have people (both here in najia n abroad)that are ready to assist me in paying the school fees but non of them as up to that amount in there banks statement and I don't want to go through an agent. So what do u think I should do, Cos I want to start the process now against january

annoymous: I couldn't have said it better than bigfrancis - make no mistake of patronising agents. Avoid it like the plague. And besides, 148000 for what? Or are they buying you a flight ticket too?

Once u av paid the visa appointment and sevis fee, u start hunting for a date for your interview

@annoymous
Am not saying agent is good, but people patronize agent cos of sponsorship. What I mean by sponsorship is this: some people don't av a family member or family friends that have huge amount of money in there account, which is the most important thing in student visa application. U guys can correct me if am wrong, we are aii here to learn.

Snazzygirl: @Kunlebal, if u plan to start this fall, it is not possible. Because, I don't think there is any application for fall 2013 still open. Have u written GMAT? U can check schools for Jan 2014.

Ok, january is not bad too. I have not done GMAT, please how can i go about GMAT stuff before January

babsharon: Amen !!! Which study pack are u using??

Please house, is it still possible for me to get admission to study MBA before the year runs out. I need urgent reply please, so that I can start the process

Please house,i have a friend that want to apply for uk visa, the purpose of the visit is training n conference. What kind of visa form is him going to fill, is it the same VAF 1A application.

mr swagger: Yes, he can sponsor you, you will claim him as your Maternal Uncle..

You are good to go!!!!!!! Cheers..

@ameafrica n swagger thanks very much, really appreciate. Much love
This thread is the best, @justwise kip it up

mr swagger: Yes, he can sponsor you, you will claim him as your Maternal Uncle..

You are good to go!!!!!!! Cheers..

@ameafrica n swagger thanks very much, really appreciate. Much love