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Ola9292:
please house, i got an admission to wright state university for august but i want to defer till january 2020 as this would allow me finish my ongoing masters here in nigeria, what reasonable excuse can i give the school to defer my admission. thanks house.

you don't need an excuse to defer just tell them you want to defer your admissions that's it.

Felizz:
Hello Houz next week is my interview according to my I20
Tuition fee is 47k
Living expenses 21k
Other expenses 2146

And i was given a fellowship of 10k
I have personal fund of 4k
With my mother SOA of 34M

Pls houz,hope this is enough to convince the VO that i have Fund to cater for my masters
Thanks

You sure are paying a lot of money for a graduate degree. I do hope it's a reputable school. As long as you can convice the VO that your sponsor has a steady job and income to support your education expenses, you should be good with funds.

smart812:
Good morning house...Can some one help me out .. have submitted my visa application to Portugal embassy to renew my visa again with the help FVS Lagos since 25th April this year and I was called a month and one week after submission to send all payments made when I traveled first to Lisbon Portugal and I did for over 3 weeks now I don't hear from them I keep calling them and sending mail dose who picked my calls always tell me to wait for fvs message and no reply to all mail I sent.... my date for travel is today 4th I want to know what is going to happen, are they going to change my travel date or what ?

wrong thread. Try checking a Portugal visa thread if there's any help

shoyoyebiodun:
Hello house the available date am seeing is 3days to school resumption date can anybody please advise on what to do

Should i go ahead and book or deffer the admission

@ LagosismyHome fairheart

book it and ask you school Iso to provide you a letter stating you're allowed to arrive later than resumption date. sometimes, spots do get open if you wanna wait and try your luck for an early date

juliouze:
This is my proposed transcript, please help a brother out, interview is on Monday ejor ooo.
Any form of correction or abuse is highly needed lol ( PS pardon my grammatical semantics, they're not good enough and possibly typographical errors as well ) plus any form of mock interview will be highly appreciated. Please I'm begging ni oo.
• Why are you going to the US?
==>I’M GOING TO THE U.S FOR MY MASTER’S DEGREE IN STATISTICS
Where at? what school?

• What will you specialize in for your degree?
==>BUSNINESS ANAYSIS

• What will be your major?you already answered this above.

==>STATISTICS


• Who is your current employer? What do you do?
==>I CURRENTLY WORK with U.B.A AS JUNIOR DATA ANALYST; I INTERPRETE DATA WITH DATA VISUALIZATION USING VARIOUS TOOLS LIKE EXCEL, POWERBI, TABLEAU AND GIVE REPORTS FOR DECISION MAKING.

• Why are you planning to continue your education?
==>I’VE ALWAYS LOVE TO WORK WITH DATA, WHICH MADE ME TO OBTAIN MY BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN STATISTICS, TO BE THE BEST DATA ANALYST, ONE HAVE TO IMPROVE HIS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ON Latest TECHNOLOGIES AROUND THE WORLD, THIS DEGREE IN THE U.S WILL GIVE ME SUCH OPPORTUNITY.
to give you a better hand at you job will be sufficient

• Can you not continue your education in your home country? WHY U.S?
==>THE UNITED STATES IS KNOWN TO BE THE TOP COUNTRY IN TECHNOLOGY AND DATA, BIG TECH COMPANIES LIKE GOOGLE, FACEBOOK AND MICROSOFT RELIES HEAVILY ON DATA, THESE MAKE STUDYING THIS COURSE IN THE U.S AHEAD OF ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, I WOULD BE EXPOSED TO MORE ADVANCE SKILLS IN DATA analysis AND I WOULD BE HAVING AN INTERNSHIP DURING MY PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD ALSO GIVE ME OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE.

• How will this study program relate to your past work or studies?
==>WORKING AS DATA ANALYST,THIS PROGRAM WILL IMPROVE MY SKILLS AND EXPOSURE TO DATA SCIENCE, I WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN MORE ON LATEST SOFTWARES THAT ARE BEING USED IN THIS FIELD. IT WILL MAKE ME BE A BETTER DATA Scientist AND I'll BE ABLE TO WORK IN ONE OF THE BIG TECH COMPANIES IN THE WORLD.here you imply that you wanna stay and work in the USA after you graduate !! (denial)

• Why this school?
==>When I tried looking up for schools that matched my profile and desired career pursuit, university of Idaho was a perfect match[b]you can do better here[/b]
• How did you know about this school?
==> I used usnews.com and Princeton review and my brother recommended the school as well wah made your brother recommend it?

• How many Schools did you apply to
==> 3 schools, Eastern Michigan University, university of Idaho and middle state Tennessee university
• When did you graduate from University?
==> I graduated 2016
• What have you been doing?
==>I went for my compulsory Nysc program and been working with United Bank of Africa for some months now
• What do you understand by data analysis?
==>It's a process of inspecting, cleansing ,transforming and modeling data with the primary aim of discovering useful information ,making conclusion and decision making .
• Why Statistics?
==>I've had a huge zeal for problem solving for a long time,coupled with my passion for mathematics and understand how real life problems can be solved, mathematics wouldn't have given me adequate exposure to real life problems so I chose statistics instead
• What do you plan to do with this degree?
==> I intend to come back to my country and continue my job in United Bank of Africa is not a big tech company! as a senior data analyst
• How many schools did you get admitted to?
==> 2 schools
• How many schools rejected you?
==> One school
• Have you been to the US before?
==>No
• Do you know your professors at that university? What are their names?
==> Professor **** in the department of mathematics and ********
• What city is your school located in?
==> Moscow
• Did you write any standardized test?
==>Yes I wrote TOEFL,GRE wasn't required
• What was your previous GPA?
==> 3.83
• How will you manage the cultural and educational differences in the US?
==> I've been introduced to some educational and cultural groups already and I won't have problem enjoying them
• Why do you want to pursue a degree in the US?
==> Aside the exposure to practical work that I'll get, I get to see and work with great minds like professor ***** who is a Don in the use of powerbi and other tools for data analysis, I believe a degree under such great minds will give me Alot of knowledge in my career field
this questioned was answered/asked above
• Can I see your high school/college diploma?
==>Yes, there it is
• What is your monthly income?
==>******
• What is your sponsor’s annual income?
==> I don't know precisely you dont know ? how do you know its enough to sponsor you (this prolly wont be asked)
• How do you plan to fund the entire duration of your education?
==>mother and my uncle will be sponsoring me
• How much does your school cost?
==>About $44k
• How will you meet these expenses?
==>I've been promised a ga upon my arrival once the vacancy is open and my mother and uncle will foot the bill till I get the GA this is really vague also (if the vacancy is open?)!!!
• Who is going to sponsor your education?
==>My mother and uncle
• What is your sponsor's occupation?
==>My mother owns a private hospital (medical doctor ) and my uncle owns an IT firm in Lagos here
• How else will you cover the rest of your costs?
==>My mother,uncle and brother will assist with those
• Do you have a copy of your bank statements?
==>Yes my uncle's.
• Did you get offered a scholarship at your school?
==>I was promised schorlaship upon arrival hmm....
• Do you have relatives or friends currently in the US?
==>Yes, I have a brother
• What are your plans post-graduation?
==>I'll come back to continue my job as a senior data analyst
• Do you have a job or career in mind after you graduate
==>Yes my previous job is a good place to continue
• Do you plan on returning back to your home country?
==>Yes definitely
• What are your plans after graduation?
==>Return back to my country to continue my job
• Will you continue to work for your current employer after you graduate?
==>Definitely I will.

I skimmed through a bit and your answers seem to be repetitive. You could easily summarize them, it will save you a lot of time and explanation.In addition, your sponsorship answers need more work. Just consider the part I highlighted in your transcript. Don't forget to read approved and disapproved transcripts and learn from them.

Rosetinah:
Let's not be discouraging people pls..there have been people who reapplied a week,two weeks after being denied and dey got it.. Sometimes it is just your confidence that needs to change or your answers to question or your determination... Not that something must change on your form or in your life.. Also having to be interviewed by a new vo is a significant change too.. People should be free to reapply once they feel they can do better than the first time esp as the just give the generic pink paper to everyone not saying exactly what is wrong..
And if one way told specifically what was wrong in previus interview, one can work on it and reapply

I'm still trynna find the sentence in which I discouraged someone

Skillset11:
Please house, My brother lost the photo he uploaded on his ds160 form.
Can he present another photos at the embassy?

lol as long as he doesn't have a different face and meets the photo requirements.

barrlabs975:
its 2 weeks after my Visa is approved and yet I have received my passport. it says my passport is still with the US/embassy when i track it online .what does this mean please?
is there any body that has been to the the Embassy of recent and have received approval.. for F1

also you can easily call the embassy if you have any question or problem .It's not that big of a deal.

Kalkaothar:
Hello guys!
I'm new here, please help with clarifications and advise on the following.
I was denied a U.S Student visa at the Lagos Embassy on the 20th of June. School starts August 20 and classes start August 26. I am considering reapplying.
Here are my questions;
Will I be able to use emergency booking and I if I am, who has an idea on the nearest available EMERGENCY date in Lagos?
Someone said since I was denied in Lagos, I should still reapply in Lagos, what do you think?
What are the chances for getting my visa approved if I reapply a second time after 2weeks of denial?

Thanks in anticipation of your response. Kindly advice on other informations I might need.

you're emergency request will prolly not be granted . all you need is a letter from your school's ISO stating you're allowed to enter the State even after resumption date. ( I don't think you need an emergency appointment ) also the chances of you getting denied will not change if ntn about your last interview that led to your denial hasn't changed .