caneberry:
Infomations systems

Hi, sorry for the bother, Is the US still conducting Visa interviews for students?

GboyegaD:


Hope you are enjoying the States and how is your sister as well?

Yes I am, thanks for asking. My sister is also doing great

Try North Carolina Central University..... Great Physics program and they give tuition waver and GA

kidUrbane:
Hello Everybody,
Please who has information for graduate studies in geophysics. I want a school that offers assistantship plus stipends. Studied Physics for bachelors with a cgpa of 4.10/5. Currently in the process of registering for GRE. I’m asking for a close friend of mine. Please whoever has credible information on this subject should please help. Thank you.

NefT:

After all said and done, were you able to get the dollar, if so and at what rate i

Yea sure @360

tolatof:


Depends on what you school requires...
If you have taken the required vaccines, then you are good to go

ohh okay , thanks

tolatof:
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TB Skin test goes for about N1000..
Go to any hospitala nd run the test

Please do I need to do any test since I have my vaccination card with me

LagosismyHome:


Good info .... but is buying a return ticket really worth it? when black market rate and bank rate is very similar . Black market doesn't care about ticket or students

the same thing I said too but I THINK they might turn students back at the POE and I’m saying this based on what I heard

I went to the bank today to do somethings and I asked if I could buy dollars, they asked ticket details and all. I showed them but I was told that they don’t sell to people ( students)with one way ticket. After so much arguing and calls been made to confirm or not, I got to know that the rule would take effect next month. So if you are a student and you have your visa , il advise you try to get your ticket before next month so you don’t have to pay double for ticket.

ebonychic18:
POE: JFK

I flew emirates arrived JFK about 25mins before the expected arrival time. Egypt air and one other airline were already on ground, there were too many people on the ground the queue was something else. Proceeded to the scanner did my biometrics collected the printout as I was looking left and right trying to figure out what next, an officer signalled me, I stepped forward, she looked at my slip and directed me to another female officer.

CPB: Why are you here?
Me....holiday
Cpb....How long?
Me.....12days
Cpb... can i see your return ticket? I showed her
Cpb..... enjoy your holiday
Me....Thanks
Proceeded to baggage claim picked up my box. On getting to the exit just about to go out I brought out my phone to call my host. Another female officer walks up to me and the following ensued

Cpb....is this your first time here? No

Cpb.... why are you here? Holiday
Cpb....When are you leaving?
Me... 12days time. Do you want to see my ticket?
Cpb...No. what was the purpose of your last visit?
Me..... conference
Cpb..... who will you be staying with?
Me.....the sister of my friend
Cpb...is she the one you're trying to call?
Me... Yes, she's outside.
Cpb.... I'm gonna search your bag
Me.... with all pleasure.
She searched my box and my backpack. I had beans, ukwa, yaji, groundnuts, plenty gala. She checked them all. Told me thanks enjoy your holiday.

All the above took less than 15mins from arrival till I walked out because it still wasn't 7pm.

Thank God. At least now I know I can carry gala with me . Thanks for the info

sodres:
Please what kind of questions you were asked doing the visa interview?.
Am also going for a conference but recently booked my appointment and I need some advice.

Join this thread .
https://www.nairaland.com/3905661/general-u.s.a-student-visa-enquiries-part

Nahum777:
Hehehe, I need the link too

Lol. You ehn

Please who has the link for port of entry interview for students. I have gone through the previous posts and I can’t find anything for students. Thanks

LagosismyHome:


Love your determination of not giving up.... welldone

Congrats. God bless your new journey

Amen. Thank you ma’am

[quote author=doublezero7 post=69705094]


This is no doubt the most inspiring transcript I've read. 7 times of trying. Wow! Congratulations dear. I pray all your dreams come true. Cheers.[/quote
Amen !!!!!!!! Thank you so much

Gospelozy:

A very big congratulations to you Dear. What a touching transcript.
Go & excel in Trump's land!!!

Thank you �

Osiokoye:
Lol you didn’t read his message properly. He said it is wrong for the VO to punish you for not knowing details about your sister. Congratulations though.

Don’t mind me .. thank for pointing that out jawe, my mistake. Thank you

kekenation:
Big congrats my dear. God bless you! #durham_princess

Thank you My Unilorin Gee...

Ubah1:


Woow!!! Am short of words. Am so happy you made it at last. This will serve as encouragement to many, never give up, keep pursuing that dream until it ends in praise. May God bless your new journey, IJN

Thank you so much .

Olalekank:

Did her sister do anything wrong?
Just asking?

thank you ... did she do anything wrong? No she didn’t ooo.

ghs007:
Congratulations, It is not really fair to punish you for what your sister did. Thank God you met a considerate consular officer.

Lol, Punish my sister? I can never do that oo. She’s the angel God sent to me . My own God sent.i wouldn’t be here if not for her. I can never ever punish her oo, lai lai . Instead I’m grateful to her . And by the way, she didn’t do anything wrong so I don’t have any reason to punish her.

haywhizzy21:
First of al i really respect ur courage for not giving up after several attempts...IF GOD B FOR U, TELL ME WHO CAN B AGAINST YOU? WHO?
Congrats deary ,,may the good God bless ur mission.

Thank you �. A big Amen to that

thirdpage:


This your story sweet die...there is joy after much struggles... I can imagine what you must have gone thru. But glad you made it finally! Congrats, and your status will change soon to "Issued".

Lol. It’s always sweet when telling the story, never sweet when it was happening. Just got a mail to come pick it up tomorrow.

jj17cv:
Never Give Up ur Dreams Congratulations My sis

Thank you

Haryormeedey:


This is truly inspiring.
Congratulation sis.

Thank you �

Husky14:


Wow...congratulations!
Your perseverance finally paid off

Thank you. What can I say I was determined in kano’s voice.

Sorelee:
oh my sister words can not express how happy i am for you.... Go and succeed

N.B

i hope others learn from your story......

Soreleee My Gee.... thank you for everything. I’m so grateful

Chidon360:


No be small thing ooo, Congrsts man...but how did the VO Know your sisters stays in the US. did u mentioned your sis in your DS-160?

I’m sure it’s on the record and I mentioned I have on sister while filling my DS-160

Tunmise100:


CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS GOD'S FAVOUR

It truly is . Thank you

[quote author=Ekebs post=69697639]Aww... Thank God. Congrats

Nahum777:
lalahhh


Wow, Congrats, at long last. 7 times? Damn! I only went once oo. I really admire your courage. This will definitely ginger many people.

Thank you so much .

Ekebs:
Aww... Thank God. Congrats dear.

Thank you. I’m waiting for yours too ooo

Im sorry but my post will be long. I decided to post this after seeing that my AP status changed to issued. First I’ll like to thank God for everything, Sorelee I thank you so so much, words can’t express how grateful I am to you. Ubah1 thank you for encouraging me. Kekenation thank you too. You guys are amazing. I have been to the embassy 7 times , 4 times last year and 3 times this year. I don’t think my last year’s transcripts would be necessary. So here’s my first interview transcript for this year.
Me- Good morning
VO- pass me your I 20 and passport
VO- where are you going to?
Me- North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina for my masters in( VO cuts in)
VO- what are you going for?
Me- My Masters Degree in History
VO- how did you get this assistantship?
Me- The department’s Chair was impressed with my GRE, my transcript, statement of purpose and essay.
VO- so why did you change course and school ?
Me- sorry? I didn’t get that.
VO- the last time you were here you were wanted to go to Arcadia so why change to NCCU?
Me- Arcadia gave me partial scholarship while NCCU gave me the full ride and in NCCU, I get to minor in courses related to Peace and Conflict Resolution.
VO- so who would pay for other expenses
Me- I have family funds
VO-which family?
Me- My Uncle
VO- what does he do?
Me - he works with the Kwara state government, at the Lower Niger River Basin.
VO- where does he live?
Me- Kwara state
She looks at the I 20 for a while then drops it
She asked for bank statement which I gave to her
She stared at it for a while , typed somethings ... In my mind I was just praying , then she asked
VO- why is your Uncle paying
Me- my parents sent his to school so this is more like a more thank you and he has the money
VO- how many siblings do you have ?
Me- 5
VO- which Uncle would be paying for them?
Me- I am the last child
VO - what’s the name of your Uncle
Me- I said his name
Then she picked up the I 20 again .... looked at it again and asked
VO- are you married?
Me- NO I’m not
VO- do you have children?
Me - No I don’t
Then she finally said I’m sorry you are not found eligible at this time.
This was lagos embassy. I was advised to try Abuja embassy and I did. Interview was for June 30th.
VO- Good morning , Pass your I-20
Me- Answered her while passing it.
VO- I see you have been denied in Lagos , why come to Abuja ?
Me- after being denied I informed the school and I was asked to please try again but I checked Lagos embassy and I couldn’t get an early date but I got here in Abuja.
VO- while nodding her head, what are you going to do in United States of America
Me- I’m going for my masters in History in North Carolina Central University
VO- how many schools did you apply to?
Me- 4. University of Wyoming, Texas A&M, North Carolina A&T and NCCU.
VO- I see you have full tuition waver
Me - Ohh yes while opening all my 36
Then she picked up the white paper, in my mind I was saying Ohhh yes, come to Mama... I’m right here baby , then she looked at me my heartbeat increased rapidly.
VO- where is you sister
Me - Confused n lost .... sorry?
VO- I said where is your sister?
Me- she’s in USA on OTP
VO- why isn’t she back? When did she travel? When is her date of birth? When did she travel?
Me- ahhhh I don’t know the answers to all these questions.. we are not so close
VO- wait I’m trying to help you out here
Me - shaking, already disorganized
Then she finally said it ... I’m sorry I won’t be issuing your visa.
Me - why? What’s wrong?
So I got home, with the mind of this is the end , called my sister and explained everything to her . She explained the part I mixed and begged me to go one more time, reluctantly I said ok. Luckily for me, we got July 19th on that same day. Truthfully I wasn’t so hyped about the last interview, I was dressed casually. I got interviewed by this middle aged woman on Ankara. A very nice woman I must add infact the nicest VO I ever came across. So here is the third transcript
Me- Goodmorning
VO- Good morning, you passport and I-20 please
I gave it to her
VO - ohhh NCCU
Me - yeah North Carolina Central University
VO- so who’s sponsoring you?
Me- I have full tuition waver and family support
VO- family support?
Me- yea my uncle.
VO- what does he do?
Me- he works with Kwara state Government at the Lower Niger River Basin
VO- Kwara state?
Me- yea Kwara state.
VO- where is that on the map? While looking at her map
Me- can you see Oyo state? It’s right beside Oyo state.
VO- ohhh wow , I can see it now .
VO- I see you have been denied twice , what has changed about your application?
Me- the last time I came here , i noticed the VO kept asking me questions about my sister that I didn’t know about and she ended up denying me. I went home, called my sister and she explained everything to me.
VO- so explain it to me too
Me- I did . Told her everything
VO- you see the main reason why you have been denied all these while is because of your family history, you sister finished school and she didn’t return.
Me- but she’s still in OTP and that’s my sister not me
VO- i know and that’s why it’s called family history . il do you a favour , il overlook it
Me- thank you so much
VO- wait
Me - in my mind, mo daran kilotun sele bayii
VO- il place you on AP , if we find anything fraudulent about your documents, you will be banned from entering the USA for life.
Me - No wahala , they are all real.
VO- Are you sure? make sure you travel before classes starts or else you will be turned back at the port of entry.
Me - ok ma’am. Thank you . Please can I pick up a tissue
VO - sure please do, take as much as u need .
Me- picked up the tissue and left
I might have forgotten some questions asked sha but this is all I can remember. I have found this thread really helpful. The main thing is be well prepared, be organized and learn from people. Thank you so much once again
Sorelee
Ubah1
Kekenation
Ekebs I really hope they issue yours too soon.