Knight1990:


Save me a ticket then!

Knight1990:


UVU? Oh! I got admitted to UVU too.....I almost attended, just almost!

So, i'll probably see you at General conference in October?!

4peace4:
Those of you claiming unique response on how to get a visa, assuming you jamb those two aunties the black fat vo and the light skinned black American vo na different story we for they hear by now lolzzzz us embassy na gamble. That you scaled through dosnt mean others didnt put in much effort.

Ubah1:


So if its online research you did to know about the school, you should now lie just to be different. There is no right or wrong answer to getting visa. Be yourself, be confident and let your genuineness show. Leave the rest in God's hand. Atimes you might answer everything correctly and the V.O won't be in the right mood to issue you visa. What worked for you might not work for another. Just be yourself

sureb0yy:
Fall 2018 class. I'll be here soon to give you orientation and some ginger so you don't come here and sleep on bicycle. Tomorrow is my 2 year anniversary of landing in this country. To celebrate, I'll come and give you better OT. If you have ears abi eyes, listen o.

ghs007:
My advice to all students yet to go for their interview, always try to use your strong areas at your advantage, try to talk about your strong areas when asked any question so the consular officer would concentrate more on that area. If you have funding, say it when asked why you choose the school. If you took standardized tests and scored well, say it. Quit talking about class rank, research interest etc because the consular officers have heard this reasons a lot. Make your reasons more unique and you will get your visa. Take my advice, it worked for me, it worked for people before me, and it will work for people after me.

SacredMustang:
bro please I sent you a PM. Please kindly help me respond. Thanks.

oraclemania:
English is Second Language

NefT:

Are you sure about this? My start of class is 20th August while international students and grad skul orientation are 9th and 15th respectively. My arrival is sheduled after internatnal students orientation but before grad skul orienta and start of class. I hope there would be no problem?

NefT:
Please urgent! Which of the date is the latest you can arrive in the US, Start of Class or Start of Program?

Lakesyd32:

thanks bro, I had to sleep there.

Knight1990:

Interview Yesterday

Brigham Young University Idaho's I-20


Vo: Good morning. Could you pass your documents please?

I: Good morning to you too!(passes documents to vo)

Vo: what are you studying?

I: Agribusiness and Management

Vo: why this course?

I: in my years of working in my father's farm I've come to know the one problem of Agric. In Nigeria; the problem is we are not producing enough. Do you know why sir? (Said this to get his attention). It is because we lack something called "improved crop variety".....I continued......this means that our crops are not high performing crops. Take for instance, the palm kernel tree in Malaysia is as short as I am, but it produces high year in, year out.(he looked up) Meanwhile, the palm kernel tree in Nigeria is as tall as this embassy but produces very low. This is because Nigeria's palm is not an improved variety.

Vo: who is paying?

I: my father and I have a partial scholarship too.....(he looked at my I-20 to confirm my scholarship claim) I quickly added "the I-20 was created before scholarship was awarded that explains why it isn't written there."

Vo: what will this degree do for you?

I: I currently work for my father in his farm, I will still work for him after my schooling; but this time I won't be doing clerical duties, but will be managing the day to day activities of his farm.

Vo: You've travelled outta the country before, I see!

I: Yes, to Ghana.....during my service as a Mormon missionary

Vo: your brother is in the US too?

I: yes!

Vo: same school you're going?

I: No.....different school....and I think I miss him, I added.

Vo: Do you have some documents for me......maybe something to support your scholarship claim and maybe a bank statement?

I: I passed him both documents and he examined both for a few seconds

Vo: why did they give you the scholarship?

I: They were impressed by my 2 years volunteer missionary service. Plus, Agribusiness is not a program people run to----everybody wants to be a Doctor, a Lawyer...etc., but nobody wants to provide food. I want to provide food and they(they school) was really impressed by my choice of Agribusiness and my impressive essays too.

Vo: your visa has been approved. We'll let you know when it's ready! (I gave him a big thumbs up)

I: do have a great day, I said to him, to which he replied you too.


Lessons learned:

Tell them what they haven't heard, or at least, something they don't hear very often.
If possible, use objects to explain your points; Jesus Christ always used object lessons to make his teachings meaningful.


Vary the tone of your voice; If I am probably explaining that the unsolved death of my sibling has inspired me to study criminology, i'd say this with a soft, cry-like tone.


I feel the VO only types the strong points we make, not our entire speech and you’re probably making sense, or driving your points home when he raises his head up. I think at this moment(when he raises his head) you need to hit him with more points that supports your case. Don't stop talking when he raises his head!

Finally, I believe we should never listen to advisers that tells us to "be brief and talk less" when facing a Consul.
Well, i'd rather talk a lot and get denied than be brief and after getting denied wish i'd said more!

After all has been said, truth is, we cannot control other people's actions/decisions. We might say and do all things right during our interview with the Vo but still get denied in the end. Remember, most of the time, it is not your fault. It is his fault too-----he was placed with the option of making a wrong and a right decision, and he made the wrong one by denying you!

Olalekank:

Even if it is allowed, just make sure you're collecting such item from a trusted person. It could contain stuffs that could get one into jail.

LagosismyHome:


This Agbo comes up everytime it travel time.... is it that effective as it seems to be popular here . Use the search button and some past post will come up

Dandantric:
pls people ..Im in Obalende and im trying to locate the Famous guest house...google map is not helping.. abeg oo..before man go lost.

lasthero:
To those of you seeking the help of an agent and those with fake document and travel history stamp. Please learn from this information I got on this thread.

https://www.nairaland.com/4624837/u.s-non-immigrant-visas-listening-pt

sheke01:


Visa approved today 3/08/2018 at Walter Carrington by a white lady at window 3. I was previously denied on 13/06/2018 by the notorious black lady.

My General profile: Am quite young (less than 25), I wrote GRE twice and TOEFL and got good scores, I applied to 4 schools. I was going for masters in information systems. My UG was in Mechanical Engineering


Visa delayed transcript
Interview:
I was the second person she interviewed after denying the first guy.
VO: Pass me your passport and i20
Sheke01: I passed it
VO: How did you know about Cleveland State University?
Sheke01: I got to know about cleveland state university from professor Matos Victor, a professor at CSU. I studied his works during my android programming certification program.
She type for a while and looked up
VO: Did you apply to other schools?
Sheke: Yes, I applied to 3 other schools
VO: Name them
Sheke01: Arizona state University Tempe, University of texas elpaso, University of North Carolina Charlotte.
She didn't ask about admits and rejects. She typed for a while again, looked up and asked
VO: Who's sponsoring you?
Sheke01: My mum
VO: What does she do?
Sheke01: She is a successful business woman. She is a major distributor of Dangote products.
She typed for a while and said am sorry, you are not qualified

Visa approval transcript
VO: Why this course?
Sheke01: I've been an IT professional for close to 3years. This course will consolidate on the knowledge I've gained from online certification courses and on the job trainings that I've had. I'll be receiving advanced knowledge on encryption, handshake protocol, firewalls security, brute force attack, distributed denial of service and also advanced knowledge on object oriented programming like spring framework, reactor, ORMLite, Java JDBC. Also I'll be receiving a CEH certification at the end of this program. All this would make me an all round IT professional so that I'll be able to take up Jobs with IT giants like Interswitch, google, microsoft, Andela and Cisco upon my return to the country.

VO: Did you apply to other schools:
Sheke01: Yes, I applied to three other schools.

VO: Name them?
Sheke01: Arizona state University Tempe, University of texas elpaso, University of North Carolina Charlotte

VO: Why Cleveland State University?
Sheke01: I applied to Cleveland state University because they offer a concentration in Information Security. This is an area of my programming that I really want to improve on. Also at Cleveland state university is will have access to graphic processing units for brute force attack simulations and a wide range of cloud computing infrastructure for cloud computing. Also the program offers interdisciplinary courses like emerging technology, project management and scheduling and lots of other courses that are beneficial to an IT professional.

VO: Did you take any test?
Sheke01: Yes, I took GRE twice and I took TOEFL

VO: What are your scores?
Sheke01: I had 305 the first time and 318 the second time. I had 97 in TOEFL

VO: Who's your sponsor:
Sheke01: My mum

VO: What does she do?
Sheke01: She is a BIG business woman. She is a major distributor of Dangote products.

VO: Do you have her statement of account?
Sheke01: Yes, I have 2 different account statements.....Then I passed them to her

She looked at the one on top for a while. She began to type for a period. Then she said

VO: What's your mum's name?
Sheke01: I told her

She began to type again. Even though the balance on the statement exceeds the required amount on my i20, I had to inform her again that there's a second statement behind that one o. She mumbled that she was not interested in it. I said no problem. After typing for a long while, she said

VO: I can't see your Sevis fee payment
Sheke01: I passed my Sevis fee confirmation along with my passport and i20. It's there with you
VO: I know but it's not coming up on the system

I decided to shut up at this point o. Since she is talking about sevis, she want to approve me o. Let me not use my mouth and talk rubbish at this point o.

She typed and typed and I waited. Next thing I heard was, " I will be approving your visa, pick it up at Isolo in 3 working days time. I just freezed. I couldn't even hide my white paper in my envelope and those military women outside hustled money from me which I happily gave them.

And that was how my dream became a reality.

N/B: It was God all the way. Though I played my own part but God favored me today. I prayed well and i was singing my "oh come to the throne of Grace" on the line today. Am successfully switching to Information systems from Mechanical Engineering without having to answer the dreaded "Why are you switching" question. I wore an Akpuoche like native for my interview today after being delayed wearing a suit. Don't let anybody deter you from achieving your dream. If I can do this, you can too

Jaked:
Good morning to all the gurus in the house..please I want drop my propose transcript here and help look into it..although a nairalander has helped fine tuning this..just a little suggestion on this will be great..thank u

VO....why are u going to us
Me....I am going for my bachelors degree in computer science at college of staten island.

VO....when did u finish ur high school
Me....2003

VO....highest qualification
Me...OND in computer science

VO...what have you been doing after your high school
Me...i went for OND program in computer science at xoxox college of technology and I have been working as technically support staff at xoxoxo energy

2003-2018 has a 15year difference. Most times a general answer might not make any sense and it might seem you haven't been doing anything. So I would advise you calculate this way with reasonable and valid points.

I did this for 4 years.
I did this for 3 Years.
I did this for 3 years.
This is what I am doing now.

VO....what did you do
Me....I monitor and maintain network of an organization....I configur and install computer system..I diagnosed software and hardware problem of a computer and solve technically ....I respond to computer breakdown...I solve password problems and keep records of software license.

Bros, you can do better than this. I would expect you to go into very intelligent details about what you do in your own job. I do break down this and that is too generic and it sounds like you don't even know your job. Pick two items and give them a very good explanation that would make anyone at all think they are discussing with a very intelligent person who knows his job.

VO...how did you hear abt the school
Me...my uncle and cousin graduated from the school and they speak well of the level of IT and scientific innovation and I also did further research on users and used google to check specific details about the school

VO....how many school did u apply
Me...3

VO...name them
Me....university of maryland baltimore... Radford university Virginia and college of staten island new york

VO..how many admit n reject
Me...2admit n 1 reject

VO...why csi
Me...the school offer full concentration on IT and also want to be an expatriate in IT..the computer science program in college of staten island is consistently accredited by accreditation board of engineering and technology since 1989 which gives them a global recognition of quality and best education practices in subject expertise and they also have smaller student to faculty ration which enable student to build lasting mentoring relationship with faculty and they have 4 open computer laboratory to students for their assignment and also to access internet n emails.

[b]Bros, how will this school help you in your course, how will they help you achieve your dreams? These people hear the same shit over and over again. Give them something personal, the second school you refused to pick might have the same blabla you stated there. This response is good, but just add something personal that stood out for you. For example, I Want to study Economics and I go, "Blabla university provides students with a clear understanding of economic principles in order for them to recognize, model and solve relevant economic problems. The school has a curriculum that's very comprehensive and relevant to modern economic realities. Faculty members are respectable in their various areas of specialization and will be great mentors for me to learn from. The school is located in an environment that's conducive for learning and has a faculty to student ratio of 22:1, which means faculty members can spend more time working individually with students. I was opportune to watch one of their free online lecture videos and their teaching style is very easy to understand for me etc". Things like that.[/b]

VO...what will this course do for me
Me...computer science will improve my technical ability ..it is a known fact that machines are replacing people in the. industry however we still need people to control this machines which form the basis of me wanting to study computer science and also want to focus on automation and this is an opportunity for me to fulfill my dream because USA is known to be frontier of scientific and creative innovation which makes them the best when it comes to technology and will grant me a god job after the compliment of study in nigeria.

Bros, what will the course do for you in your present job and how will it help your country? The answer is good, but touch it with personal stuff.

VO...are you married
Me...yes

VO...do u have kids
Me..yes

VO...whos sponsoring you
Me...my uncle

VO..why
Me...he has been the taking care of my education since I was a kid

VO....what does he do
Me...he works with the new york government..hes the mahattan borough chief new york city department of transportation traffic signal and street lightening installation and maintenance..

Vo...after study
Me..I will be coming to Nigeria with updated knowledge to resume work as network analyst in government agency which i plan to work for some years and after which I plan to set up my own IT company and also help me to get closer to my family..

VO....why ur degree at this age
Me...after my OND in xoxoxox..I got married and have a child and I had to wait for my wife to be emotionally and physically ready to let me go for my degree in USA which has been my dream from childhood...



Please any adjustments will be appreciated..thank u ogas in the house....

NOTE: I ADVISE YOU READ THE TRANSCRIPT ABOVE THIS MY POST. THERE'S ENOUGH TO LEARN FROM IT.

edeXede:

And you have just quoted them. They wont be able to make any correction

MykeDesigns:
You expect us to believe this costs 30 billion so each one is worth 300 million naira abi? something that will only take at most 100 million to build, he is calling 30 billion, and people are praising him

MykeDesigns:
Funny thing is that inside lekki and ajah is still dirty, only express is clean small, I live there

gbeseun:

See you
Have you been to lekki and ajah?are we not having same human being there.see how those places are clean and meat but your area remains dirty as if only animals reside there.okoko my foot

tolatof:


Lool, please travel first before sharing your transcript....