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TravelRe: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MelaninGemstone(f): 5:24pm On Apr 29, 2021
Guys, please I need an advice

My program starts June 21 as written on my I-20

But the visa interview date I got is July 8.

Please what do I do huh
TravelRe: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MelaninGemstone(f): 8:08pm On Apr 28, 2021
I’ve been unable to upload my passport photograph on the final stage of my DS-160 form

Please what do I do

I’ve tried over 3 different passports and the system is rejecting them

The are all under 240kb
TravelRe: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MelaninGemstone(f): 10:18pm On Apr 26, 2021
brainboss1:
You should be able to schedule an emergency appointment then. It's probably less than 60 days to your start date.
Not all emergency appointments are approved

My friends emergency appointment appeal was denied
TravelRe: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MelaninGemstone(f): 11:23am On Apr 26, 2021
No dates again ooo

And my program starts this summer (June) cry
TravelRe: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MelaninGemstone(f): 10:48am On Apr 26, 2021
Cessnk:
Help the date I am seeing is 30th January 2024
Lagos or Abuja ?
TravelRe: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MelaninGemstone(f): 1:35pm On Apr 25, 2021
Please who has paid Stevens $500 admission acceptance fee.

My card ain’t working

What’s the best way to pay please
TravelRe: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MelaninGemstone(f): 5:11pm On Apr 21, 2021
godguy:
i got about $8,000 funding from Stevens
Did you finish with first class ?

And how did you apply for the funding? Is it through your department or through the graduate office

Or did the funding come together with your acceptance letter without you applying
TravelRe: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MelaninGemstone(f):
Shuayb0:
Wow, what an expose, I got admitted to a masters program with a $20,000 scholarship. Now negotiating assistantship with them, cos I got an assistantship elsewhere, but I didn't graduate with a first-class. Hopefully, they will consider me. Can anyone advise, please?
Is your GRE score very high? I learnt they give funding on that basis too

By the way, the school that gave you $20,000 scholarship, is it Stevens ?
TravelRe: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MelaninGemstone(f): 4:34pm On Apr 21, 2021
tonero4urch:
I think if you are given admission without assistantship in Stevens Institute of Technology it means you won't get any form of assistance. Assistantships normally come with the admission email/letter. I also got admission there without funding. I will decline soon.
Bro, what did you graduate with please? I just got a response from the graduate office of Stevens, I sent them a mail inquiring about graduate assistantships and funding, and they said that I didn’t get funding because I didn’t finish with first class. Lol

I finished with a second class upper (Hons)

So I wanna know if anyone here finished with first class and still didn’t get funding from Stevens.

If there is someone like that, that means the school is just looking for money grin
TravelRe: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MelaninGemstone(f): 4:30pm On Apr 21, 2021
kastgeraldino:
When you say funding do you mean any funding or just only full funding? Cos at the end of the day, if someone's family has money to pay full then I don't know what the issue would be. And most people don't get full funding. So if someone gets $20K funding out of a total cost of $45K, is there any advantage?
I mean any funding at all.

Doesn’t necessarily have to be full funding.
TravelRe: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MelaninGemstone(f): 4:05pm On Apr 21, 2021
godguy:
There are so many people who have gotten visa approved without financial assistance for MS program.
That was in the past

These days, you must have funding or you will be denied
TravelRe: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MelaninGemstone(f): 2:32pm On Apr 21, 2021
tonero4urch:
I think if you are given admission without assistantship in Stevens Institute of Technology it means you won't get any form of assistance. Assistantships normally come with the admission email/letter. I also got admission there without funding. I will decline soon.
Because someone told me that it will be hard to convince the VO to issue a visa if you don’t have funding

And the VO will know, because the I-20 won’t show any funding or assistantships

The VO would wonder and won’t be convinced if one will be able to pay all the COA solely.

That’s what I was told
TravelRe: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MelaninGemstone(f): 1:49pm On Apr 21, 2021
Please have anyone here ever gotten a graduate assistantship from Stevens Institute of Technology

Please reply
TravelRe: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MelaninGemstone(f): 3:24pm On Apr 20, 2021
Guys, I just got admitted to Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ.

I’m asked to pay a $500 non refundable deposit to secure my seat and admission

They said this deposit will be added to my tuition fee

My problem now is, what if I’m denied visa, so my money is gone like that ?

Please who else here got admitted to Stevens Institute of Technology?
Technology MarketRe: Clean Fairly Used HP 250 G3 Notebook PC by MelaninGemstone(op): 3:45pm On Mar 12, 2021
smothy:
What's the fault
No single fault.

2 keys in the keyboard are not working tho

I just bought a new laptop, so I’m selling this one.
Technology MarketRe: Clean Fairly Used HP 250 G3 Notebook PC by MelaninGemstone(op): 8:12am On Mar 12, 2021
Bump
Technology MarketRe: Clean Fairly Used HP 250 G3 Notebook PC by MelaninGemstone(op): 12:37am On Mar 12, 2021
More pics

Technology MarketClean Fairly Used HP 250 G3 Notebook PC by MelaninGemstone(op):
Selling my HP laptop. I just bought a MacBook.

Clean like new

No faults

2 keys in the keyboard are bad tho

4 gigabyte ram
1.70 GHz intel core processor
500 giga byte hard disk drive
Windows 8.1

Comes with the charger too

Price: 40k

TravelRe: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MelaninGemstone(f): 2:06am On Feb 22, 2021
Hey guys.

I’m applying for my masters program

Once I get admitted to a school and secure my visa

Am I to pay my school fees before I depart Nigeria

Or I can pay my deficit once I arrive the states
TravelRe: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MelaninGemstone(f): 3:42am On Feb 12, 2021
Hey guys, my company is sending me on a certificate course to broaden my knowledge in a subject matter for the betterment of our company

What kind of visa will I fall under

What are the documents I need

And what is my likelihood of getting a visa
BusinessRe: ➜ ➜ ➜Currency/E-currency Market Deals 2020 ➜ ➜ ➜ by MelaninGemstone(f): 5:36pm On Nov 10, 2020
Cash App and Venmo needed
Foreign AffairsRe: US Election Results: 6 Votes Remaining For Biden To Win by MelaninGemstone(f):
Wow
BusinessRe: ➜ ➜ ➜Currency/E-currency Market Deals 2020 ➜ ➜ ➜ by MelaninGemstone(f): 10:30am On Nov 05, 2020
Yang1993:
I have more than 700$ to sell for naira . who has the best deal please reply me here then we will discuss or contact me via WhatsApp: 09023807218.. I do transfer only and we mist meet in person to transact. Whereas I can only transfer to Ecobank dorm account . if you have good rate, contact me
I’m interested. What’s your rate ?
BusinessRe: ➜ ➜ ➜Currency/E-currency Market Deals 2020 ➜ ➜ ➜ by MelaninGemstone(f): 8:51am On Nov 05, 2020
seedord247:
Is this real?
Most of all these cheap Zelle are G-boy/yahoo dating funds
The sender (onyibo client) will charge back and report the transaction later when she discovers she has been scammed

Runnnnn

I was a victim too
BusinessRe: ➜ ➜ ➜Currency/E-currency Market Deals 2020 ➜ ➜ ➜ by MelaninGemstone(f): 4:02pm On Oct 25, 2020
Hello guys, please I’ll like to know if TransferWise now offer USD bank accounts

Also, are cards now available for Nigerians?

Please reply
Thanks
InvestmentRe: Why You Should Open An Offshore Bank Account by MelaninGemstone(f): 3:59pm On Oct 25, 2020
Tallguy28:
You can register for a Transferwise Borderless Account By clicking the link in the article. It's an offshore bank account that you can open from your phone and laptop. If you register with a Nigerian address you will have a bank account in Euros And British Pounds. No US dollars account for now. To get or use your Euro account or British Pounds Account details you must fund either of the accounts with 20 Euros or 20 Pounds and you must verify your identity. You can fund the account if you have a dollar card, You can't fund the account if you have a Naira Card. If you don't have a dollar card you can fund the account through wire transfer. Speak to the Transferwise customer care for more information on how to fund your account through wire transfer.
Hello sir, do you know if transfer wise now offer US Dollar account?

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