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Slizzords:
This man called @money121 is very funny lol, he's just a middle man who will add at least 300-400 on per square meter of roofing sheets .

Thank God i was wise enough to make my research from the people at the company.

Lol so you caught his scope. It's called marketing strategy na

LEEJORDAN270:
April 11th 2023
Visa category: F1
Masters degree in Communication
School: Eastern New Mexico University
Visa Approved


So my interview was by 6:30, i got there around 3am, due to Lagos traffic, because i live in Ikorodu, i don't want to take any risk i would later regret.

Interviewer was a black American lady, sort of busty. Window 5

ME: Good morning, How was the holiday (Easter)

VO: Good morning it was great, yours?

ME: Great also, thank you.

VO: What course did you study for your 1st degree?

ME: Linguistics

VO: When did you graduate?

ME: 2019

VO: Have you ever traveled out of Nigeria before?

ME: No i haven't

VO: So why is it now you are going for your masters after 4 years?

ME: I needed to acquire some set of skills before going for masters, which i did, but then masters degree has a very big edge over bachelors degree here in Nigeria.

VO: But it is also the same way in the US.

ME: Well, like i said before, i have traveled out of Nigeria before, so i can't say i know how it is outside the country, i only know for my home country.

VO: (Smile) So what do you do currently?

ME: I was a software developer as at last year October when i filled my DS-160 form, but now i am a content and program editor for a radio station (radio name)

VO: I want to know what you do currently?

ME: I am a content and program editor.

VO: Who is funding you?

ME: I have a GA with the school and my elder sister is paying for the remaining deficit.

VO: What does your sister do?

ME: She is a Senior Software developer and also has a side business, which is real estate.

VO: (Typed for long and fast, then she looked at me and said) Your visa has been approved, congratulations...

Omo i nearly prostrate for her. Grace found me, at my first try for traveling out.

Grace found you indeed. Congratulations. Welcome to Ame

infosoftlife:
I sell past interviews questions and answers for just $500
There's quantitative reason and abstract inclusive.

I need this urgently but I will pay after I get my visa approved
Deal?

Going

Clean Nigerian Used Red Toyota Rav4 2008 V6.

First body.
Fabric interior.
Sound v6 engine.
Ac working fine.
Direct in my possession.
In a good working condition.

Location - Giwa Junction (After iju Ishaga).
Price - 3.350m

April 15 is here already

Happy Easter Sunday

Omah01:
okay! Thanks.
I would try to get up earlier cos I’ve been doing that around 4am.

Use VPN and if you can use edge browser as well

Anyone admitted to APSU here?

Shodakemi:
Pls I received a report from wes saying I forge my transcript, what to do plsss, it's urgent. Thank you.

You better be careful, don't let them blacklist you.
Follow the right guidelines

Jefferydhamer:
Ogun kee your Papa there. You no see the useless message way dem send give my contacts? Or you no see the abnormal interest when dey add join the money way I borrow. I no go pay, in fact I call on others not to repay the loans taken from this loan sharks dem. Useless people. If more people like me dey Nigeria, them for don fold up since

Imagine those pple

infosoftlife:
Find another school you can afford except you have a sponsor that's very well-loaded.

He or she may have the money

Enough dates in April for first timer

23Ju:
Good! Here it is. If you have money to start the cafe, fine. But if you don't have no problem. Here is how.
God has blessed each and everyone of us equally with time, T. Use the time to hustle out the first money, M. Get dirty. Do menial jobs to get your seed capital. Then use the money to set up ur cyber cafe. As it grows, bring in people who will replace you to get freedom. That is buying other people time, T. This is a concept called Time Money Time arbitrage.(TMT). It simply states if you don't have money to start a business, hustle yourself out(that is using your time, T) to get the first money(M), then use the money to buy others time, T.
This framework has made a lot of people rich including me.

I learnt something new from you bro (TMT arbitrage).

I freelance my time for money, now I will use the money to set a business to employ other people's time.

Active and passive income like

If you wanna last six rounds in this Buhari economy

Let me know

This year made it 7 years I graduated, still no real job only hustle. Without connection you won't get any meaningful job. Unless you are Fulani though.

JAPA oo

Adexgentle005:
Exactly what I’m talking about. Thank God I’m not doing salary job, I wonder what would have become of me. All the things I’ve acquired so far like land and all that I got them when I was still a bachelor. Imagine buying land now when I’m married. It’s not just easy at all.

I bought my land and car when I got married

HaleemahYinusa:
It was a white woman that interviewed me. It was the last window by the right (can't remember the window number)inside one small office like place sha.

VO: oh you're going to school in Louisiana

Me: Yes

VO: How are you going to afford this( something like that I can'treally remember)?

Me: My dad is sponsoring me. He is a senior manager at .... bank

VO: Your dad is a banker?

Me: Yes

VO: How long as he been working there?

Me: Over 15 years now.

VO: So why did you choose this school in Louisiana.

Me: I chose ULM because I loved the fact that they held virtual information sessions where-

She cut me off

VO: Did you get accepted by other schools?

Me: Yes. 3 other schools

VO: Name them?

Me: The university of Michigan Flint, Norwich University and William Patterson University of new Jersey.

VO: Okay so you chose this because because you liked that they held information sessions?

Me: Yes. I was able to enquire more about scholarships, school of nursing etc.

VO- Oh okay. Do you have siblings?

Me: Yes I do. My older sister is-

VO:How many?

ME: 3 siblings.

VO: Your said your older sister is where? Here in Nigeria?

Me: No. She's currently studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of North Texas.

Vo: Oh North Texas.

Me: Yes. She's currently in her 2nd year.

VO: Okay. Have you traveled out of Nigeria before?

Me: No I have not.

VO: Okay. Give me a minute.

Then she started typing.

Then she said Congratulations I'm going to be granting your Visa. Itll be ready in the next 5 days. Always keep your I20 with you.

Omo I wanted to scream and start jumping.

Then she picked the white paper and joined it with my I 20.
Then she said Oh you know you can't travel more than 30 days before your expedited date.

I told her yes yes I know that.

Congratulations! Grace found you.

Lagos or Abuja??

Anonymoususher:
Losing that job could be answers to the prayers you went for. Sometimes salary blinds you from the numerous opportunities that abounds around you.

Imagine yourself staying tied in one building 8-5 everyday and you don't grow neither do you know what's happening around.

Most office workers don't even have any business idea that's why they are the first to fall for ponzi schemes because they don't have time for themselves so they easily fall for anything that will make money work for them.

Let me tell you a bit about myself.

After graduation, I worked as a teacher earning 47k monthly. My family and everyone depended on that money. Infact my life was on it, I was so scared of losing my job.

After two years earning was increased to just 61k. I couldn't live outside the salary but something happened.

In 2020 during covid lockdown, you know teachers were affected most. I stayed at home doing online lesson and salary dropped from 60k to 40k to 30k to 10k until the school decided that they can no longer pay salaries.

My fears had come to pass. No salary, how do I survive? How will my mom and siblings survive? With lack of salary my eyes opened to opportunities and I started marketing people's goods.

I would go-to markets, take pictures and market, sellers give their price and I will add my price and market. I marketed anything sellable online, from phones, to fridge, to TV etc.
Gradually I began to make little sales with profit of 4k, 5k, 10k etc. Gradually I began making my salary.

Fast forward to when covid madness was over, they called us back but I told my family to buckle up that I was about to drop a resignation letter. If I could survive those months without salary then it wasn't the salary that has been sustaining me.

My mom and siblings everyone adjusted and i went out to continue with my hustle.

Fast forward to today, my colleagues that I left in that school are still earning 75k but that amount sometimes I make that profit in a day, many atimes in a week (though there are bad weeks and months sha).

I have three cars out there for e-hailing with people driving and giving remittance of 25k weekly each, I have two POS stands, I have two plots of lands and I have been able to rent a good house for myself and left mama's house for good.

I tell people this story so they can open their eyes and see sack letters as a blessing in disguise.

If your job is not paying you enough to make you live large then you shouldn't die cos of a sack letter.

I keep saying it, this life your destiny is in your hand. Thanks for the write up.
I had my major breakthrough since 2020 when I stopped working for anyone.

itoski:
They pull up your application and if you send a complete package you should be getting a decision.

Admission is given on a first come first serve policy and you can't jump the process except if it has been months without a decision and you just have to send a message for follow-up.

Don't go and bomb them before they take your mail to the spam box.

I pity anyone that take this advice. You think you're only one that has competitive profile. Alot of people are competing with your prof's inbox.
Even my GC do tell me to remind them at so so time for more update about internal happenings.
Don't just over do it

taiwogabriel:
I guess for them, the thinking is that you already have an offer somewhere else but probably waiting for their decision to select which offers to choose from. Like you said, it's best to wait for their decision and more often than not, when a school is delaying a bit much than is expected it might be the case that you are a potential and might want to wait for others who would reject their admission, where slots are already filled, before they consider you. So best for you to wait their decision. Don't be too anxious.

This is not always true, at times other candidates are bombarding the inbox of the graduate coordinator, they won't even have your own time. So the more you send an email (follow up) the better.

Anyone admitted to Apsu here?

emmybobo1:
I don’t understand this issue. I completed my interview on Tuesday and was successful. Today I received a message to pick up my passport at dhl. But while trying to schedule appointment with dhl the system says that my passport number doesn’t match their records, that I should make sure my DOB is correct. But everything is correct

You can share your transcript for others coming behind to learn from your experience, also remember you benefitted immensely from the information others gave out here.
No one knows it all.
Congrats

Senator27:
Hello everyone,

I have been hearing about unavailability of date and I just bought my MRV, can I go ahead to create appointment and be of look out for date without filling my DS 160?

ASAP

toluene23:
Bro
It’s the second time the school assisted me in my deferred letter all coz of getting date and they adjusted my the resumption day upfront so that I will be able to get a date. My first letter was November last year and this second time the date on the letter was moved to March 13 to 20 and now I can’t find date and my emergency date was not approved again.

What should I do now?
Or is it possible to still be considered for deferment again the second time ?

Or it’s the end of the road?
And channel my energy on getting another admission again?

Pay a new mrv fee you'll get something fresh

Nikkygold4life:
Good morning gurus in the house. May God reward the great work you're doing here. I just got issued my 1-20 form after gaining admision to study Masters in the US for August fall 2023. Please, I need help with this:
1. Do I fill my D 160 application now to book for interview? Is there a specific time lag to do this?
2. Is payment of SEVIS applicabe for all students to study in the US? And us there a particular time to make the payment?
Thanks

1. You can book your interview without filling ds- form, please take your time to fill your ds form as any information you put can be used against you in the front of VO. Pay your Visa fee for now and look for closer day for your interview as date is getting scarce now.

2. Yes, it's compulsory you must pay. You need to pay it at most 72 hours to your interview day.

Don't forget to do mock interview to gain confidence.

Good luck.

Dreamsss:
Amen. Honestly, it's that embassy that scares me. Coupled with the fact say I get two handbags

I might reprioritize my priorities sha

Don't be scared

Mickeywilliams:
Transcript.

ABUJA

MARCH 7th

Came in past 7am, joined several queues. Appointment 7:30am

Interview time :9:20am


VO: Pass me your i20
Me: Alright here it is
VO: Scans through I20, nods head, and says "So University of Florida PhD" I said yes.

Have you travelled before?

Me: No I have not had a reason to

My PhD in in internet of things , and connected systems, and ...

VO interrupts me and says what do you plan to do when you return?

Me: I will take up a senior role. My company is expanding its R and D footprint as we service clients in Oil and gas and Energy systems.....

VO: Cuts in again.. What do you do right now

Me: iam an engineering project consultant.

VO: Nods head and smiles a bit while

I continue to talk about
t how I want to come back and take up a senior role, and conduct research with my alma mater.

VO: Interrupts and says take this paper and follow the instructions on how to pick your visa.

Me: Thanks you

Total interview time : 3 mins

Followed this thread for three years. Too much invaluable information. Thank you all.

Meanwhile , Anyone in Florida for the summer?

Congratulation dear scholar, you fought and won. US is a place to be, the struggle really worth it.

Dreamsss:
Are you?

Funding will come, and if it doesn't, you get a bank statement and head to the embassy, when you get on campus you look for graduate assistantship in other departments. God no go shame us.

I need a foreign upwork account. Sent me a pm.

Dreamsss:
So many teases in this my journey ..if I was not a strong woman...kaiii

Rest