₦airaland Forum

oliverjiad:
clearing is 380k while the Demourage would be calculated when u provide bill laden to get to uber total cost

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Yankeeboi1: My fellow Nairalanders, I cant explain all I am facing here in the US as a student coz I'm finding it somehow uneasy. First, when I got here this fall I have a problem with my accommodation and where I eventually move to is too far from my school. I have to walk for about 20-30mins to the bus stop before I can get a free shuttle bus to the school. To be candid my pple, I'm not coping in classes coz since we start lectures, the lecturers always talked about one article or the other and also presentations whereby I didnt have a computer with me here I believe in myself to be a good student but it is becoming the other way round in this country and I feel alot depressed anytime we have classes. Is this how I will continue or Is there anybody in the house who has or is in my shoe? I tried to look for job in other to sustain myself but all prove abortive as I was told I have to have a work study before I could get one presently. I even went to the cafetaria yesterday and I was told to file up an application which I dont know when it will be review. Pls I need to know the way out of this b4 it get out of hand. I am just trying to manage the little money with me here. Kindly let me know what to do coz I'm thinking of leaving this school to another state where I get some pple but im afraid of falling out of status. I believe I can transfer but I dont believe I can stay here till next fall or even spring.Any advice pls?

bobyzamora: OYEWOLEJOS
            hOW UR SIDE? ARE U STILL IN LOS ANGELES? PLS I NEED UR CONTACT, I NEED TO ASK U SOME QUESTIONS(after reading through some of ur post,i fink u are the best person to giude me on this) , PLS UR ANSWERS COULD BE CAREER SAVING FOR ME, HERES MY EMAIL mikegagasons@yahoo.com, am currently in usa, so if u can send me ur email and phone,i"d much appreciate it so i can call u write away or mail u, thanks

justwise: Wrong. Only in a corrupt system like Nigeria will somebody get e-passport by proxy as long as you know 'somebody who know somebody' or bribe your way out of it. The details you submitted before might have changed, you address, your height,maybe you had an accident and lost an eye or any other form of disability, these details have to be as accurate as it can be, basically they have to make sure that you are who you claimed to be.

Entry and exit stamp in passport matters and where you got your passport matters as well. If you are holding a new e-passport in UK for example that was issued in Nigeria, that passport supposed to show the exit stamp from Nigeria and entry stamp into the UK, the same passport number will show in your UK visa.

If that passport was issued at the Nigerian embassy in the UK then exist and entry stamp is not a problem but when traveling out of the UK you need to carry both your old and new passport.

justwise: That will be fraud, each time you want to re-new e-passport or get a new one we are expected to be there in person, you don't do it by proxy, they will take your biometric again to compare to what they have already in the system.

justwise:
Do you really believe that? Will you cut your finger and send for biometric? How will you digitally signed that passport?

If somebody do it for you while you are still in the UK how will you get the stamp showing your exit from Nigeria and entry to the UK?

lanrypaddy: Hello my pple,

I arrived US on Friday evening and till now I have been struggling to settle down here. Looking for an apartment but all what I have been seeing off campus are just too high. $450/month, is that a good deal for me? My school's International Orientation is tomorrow and I want to move in to any apartment I get that same tomorrow. Please anyone with a better deal at CCSU connecticut should help out.

There were shouts of joy across the wards of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) as Governor Adams Oshiomhole picked up the medical bills of patients held back by the hospital management over their inability to defray the cost of their treatment.

Oshiomhole was visiting the hospital to see some patients when his attention was drawn to the plight of the indigent ones who could not pay their bills and were consequently not allowed to go home.

Oshiomhole offset the bills through the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Cordelia Aiwuzie.

The Commissioner delivered sum of N12m to the hospital management on the instruction of the governor.

It was, however, gathered that a woman who told Oshiomhole that her daughter was also held at the hospital after being discharged, absconded with the money given to her by the governor in spite of pleas by the hospital management to pay up and take her daughter home.

Over 50 persons across the hospital wards including newborns were ‘detained’ by the hospital over their inability to pay.

Tears of joy flowed down the cheeks of the ‘prisoner’ patients and their family members when they learnt about Governor Oshiomhole’s gesture.

They fell on their knees, thanking God for using the governor to set them free as many of them, it was learnt, were treated since last year.

Uduak Mary, Shuaibu Daniel and Emmanuel Chukwu had lost hope of reuniting with their families after undergoing successful treatment owing to the huge debt they incurred during treatment.

Emmanuel Chukwu’s case was most pathetic. He was involved in an accident which affected his legs.

He was discharged since October last year but couldn’t pay the N1.2m bill he incurred. He resigned to fate.

“I wouldn’t have been able to pay the money. My wife and children live in Onitsha. I thank Oshiomhole very much,” he told journalists on his bed.

Udauk said she was treated and discharged for more than two months but could not raise the N691,000 she was asked to pay. Shuaibu’s bill was N343,160.

Blessing Ogbugo was treated since October last year but could not pay the N600,000 bill; Esther Jeremiah owed N83,000 while Ramatu Idris was indebted to the tune of N58,000. Everyone of them, including the girl whose mother absconded with the money, danced to the admiration of all at the ward.

Joy, mother of baby Okafor who was among the ‘prisoner’ patients, said she was very happy that her baby can now go home. She showered prayers on Governor Oshiomhole.

Besides the ‘prisoner’ patients that benefitted from the good gesture of the governor, over 600 patients who were on sick bed that day were given N5000 each.

The money made available by Governor Oshiomhole was not enough to clear the debts owed by the ‘prisoner’ patients but the hospital management wrote off the balance as a show of appreciation to Oshiomhole and allowed all the patients to go home.

The Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee of the hospital who represented the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Alfred Ogbemudia, thanked the governor for the payment, adding that the hospital will pay whatever was left of the patients’ bill.

He said: “Oshiomhole has demonstrated an example of good leadership by paying the bills of indigent patients. If the bills are in excess of what the governor provided, we will waive the balance.”

“For him to go beyond doing well in governance to show such affection is an uncommon display of affection.”

Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Aiwuzie who represented the governor, said Oshiomhole’s desire was for the patients to be reunited with their families.

According to her, “The governor is not showing off. He came here two days ago and saw many patients who couldn’t pay their bills. He decided to pay the bills.”

phy: Yes a student can start a business but cannot work for the business except you have work authorization. So how do you manage the business. People that I've seen with business registration waited till they got their H1.

product: @house

I feel somehow when no one gives a damn abt my post .

Transfer students , did ur i-20 states 36mnths for the duration of ur studies or 24mnths . Its kinda confusin . What wud someone tell the VO wen asked , the forms show 36months.

bigfrancis21: My question is, is it possible for someone after f1 study to start a business immediately? And what type of visa would this person need?

deevick246: @ oyewolejos,
I salute you man. Its feel good seeing a foundational guru of this thread coming around to drop a line or two. Your good words/ works speaks volume. I hail bruv.

jimtosam: @oyewole,you as a small business owner and an employer of labour, when will you be qualified to file H1B VISA..Please sir, can you tell me the process to take in registering business in America after school cos I know students are not allowed.And also,have you shipped from USA to Nigeria before. what's the fastest and cheapest means. Thanks in advance

imperiouxx: I was told you got to leave US to have it renewed, irrespective of where you got it renewed, just do it outside US. Some even say they do it in US but still need to confirm how possible that can be.

bigfrancis21: From the lot of reading i've done on US immigration, It is very much possible to remain behind after f1 study without being illegal, on overstay or going to mexico. Infact the mexico thing is likely to backfire, given that you're not a mexican national. The normal plan is to use the OPT training period(if your course is part of STEM-Science, Technology,Engineering and Medical sciences. STEM intl graduates are the only graduates allowed to be hired in america and obtain H1b work visa, to fill up the gaps created in these fields due to the insufficient american graduates [/b]required). The OPT training lasts for about 1yr and few months or so and is used to gain work experience after f1 study. Now while on OPT, get a job and [b]have your employer file an H1b work visa for you. Once it comes through, you start work with him and can only work for that employer. The H1b visa is usually valid for 6 years, maximum. During this period you can file for the GC if you want, and within a few months to few years, its ready. Remember, your course must be part of STEM, in order to be qualified for this path.

imperiouxx: Most states will ask your money being directly paid to your bank account and so by that, they ask for your SSN. You can't get SSN without a reference from your work place. The under table jobs as they say can pay you in cash but know that instead of the minimum wage of $7:50/hr you can be paid like $3 to $4/hr (don't really the amount but it's ridiculous) and you won't like to be exploit. GA alone pay about $22/hr. For int'l students, it's illegal to work off campus except your school allows you to get hired which I know they won't being international. To extend your visa, some don't extend it even after it expired and they continue with their studies but will have to do so before they can be allowed to enter back into US if at all they leave US. Many and what I'm gonna do is to go to Mexico for renewal. Mexico is closer to US than Nigeria and save cost too. And people that don't come back home can either look for something that will still make them legal doing in US and later straighten their papers.

GboyegaD: They are not willing to help because many of them have gotten their fingers burnt by choosing to help people whose intention from the word go was never to go to school.
Whilst I understand fingers are not equal and it isn't easy surviving, I believe when there is a will there sure would be a way. I am responsible for myself here in the US, came in with very small amount of money although I got some funding which enables me pay in state tuition and also gives me stipends to cover my housing, feeding and other bills and have a little left to pay part of my tuition and God has been meeting my needs. I believe in positive thinking and my advise would be try to be positive in whatever you do, focus on your studies and you may be fortunate to get enough scholarships and grants after your 1st year if you do so well although I agree it isn't easy particularly for graduate students because of the expectations and what they believe we should know but God is ever faithful I can tell you.

GboyegaD: They are not willing to help because many of them have gotten their fingers burnt by choosing to help people whose intention from the word go was never to go to school.
Whilst I understand fingers are not equal and it isn't easy surviving, I believe when there is a will there sure would be a way. I am responsible for myself here in the US, came in with very small amount of money although I got some funding which enables me pay in state tuition and also gives me stipends to cover my housing, feeding and other bills and have a little left to pay part of my tuition and God has been meeting my needs. I believe in positive thinking and my advise would be try to be positive in whatever you do, focus on your studies and you may be fortunate to get enough scholarships and grants after your 1st year if you do so well although I agree it isn't easy particularly for graduate students because of the expectations and what they believe we should know but God is ever faithful I can tell you.