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My school is giving us options of starting online in August or starting late in-person in October. They just published a survey for we take part in this regard.

Please, I want to fill another ds160 form due to deferred program. But I want to change my contact address. Will it have any effect?

Please I need your advice house.

I was waiting for my visa appointment when COVID-19 issue started and visa appointments were canceled. I was supposed to resume in summer. So I had to defer to fall.
But here are my confusions now.

When embassy reopens, am I going to fill a new ds160 since my program start and end dates have changed.

Mosminic:
Yes

Sorry. Have you requested yours?

Are we to request a new I-20 to state we are going for in-person programs before the visa interview?

Coldburn:
going for another degree in a Nigerian university and passing ough the same hurdles as before? No
I just want to go for a medical degree study like my life depends on it "cus it does" and graduate with good grades then go for a masters in HSA

Can you fund medical degree studies in the US?

sheke01:
Thank God I didn't post this else people would have said I should allow people to be hopeful.

If I have said here that the EU posted their directives last week about reopening and Nigeria isn't on the list of countries that will be allowed into the EU, some persons would have come here to say am a pessimist.

Truth is a bitter pill. Am weeks away from having an expired visa, I need a visa much more than most people here before am stuck in this country without a visa but I had to swallow the bitter pill that if i graduate without fixing my visa issues I might not be able to leave this country for a long time even in emergency.

You are in Nigeria now?

jhidey08:
Hi, I certified mine at the Ministry of Education and Foreign affairs in Abuja, is that still in order?

Yes. It's fine.

Sanguine1:
Thanks so much for this priceless support.

One more thing how can I do the ND and HND transcripts again? I don't E even know why i included them in my application self.

Send them a mail that you can only process your BSc transcript at the moment, and ask them if that will be enough...you may cite cost as an issue. See what they will say. Also, you will have to go to the notary public with your originals for sighting.

Sanguine1:
Hello my better people,
My school asks me to order my institution to send my official transcripts with a certified copy of my certificate. What did they mean by "Certified Copy of Bsc Certificate" because I have my Bsc certificate with me already now, so will school send it again?

I used my both ND, HND and Bsc to apply for admission, how I am going to send all the transcripts to them without costing me a lot of money?

You can get it certified in a court by a notary public at about 50 or 100 or 200 naira per page, depending on the location. I did mine at customary Court of appeal Enugu at 50 naira per copy.

Secondly, after getting it done, you may beg your institution to add the Certified documents to your transcripts when they are sending it. I don't know if this will be possible. I just think it would reduce cost of shipping for you.

labylaby:
How's the GRE like? Are you given solving paper?? Is there option for paper based?

Go on Google and do a little research on all about the test. It's just about the basic you can find out yourself without hassles.

Anybodie:
Jamaica Updates:
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/us-visa-interview-process-has-changed_197461?profile=1470

Same story

I mailed the embassy for emergency visa. See their reply.

Local flights to commence immediately.

Mosminic:
You'll need a new one. Hopefully email issued I-20 will still be valid by then.

Is email issued valid now?

omomayelakesi:
The situation in India with respect to COVID-19 is a lot worse than Nigeria in terms of cases. However, two students from India who were admitted into the same doctoral program with me said they have gotten an earlier date through the expedited appointment option for second week of July.
The told me on the WhatsApp platform we created that the embassies in India are not open yet and the regular date available is October 3rd but when they used the expedited appointment option they got second week of July.
I'm confused. Can we also use this expedient option in Naija? There is no available date in Lagos and the earliest date in Abuja is November 3rd.

Bubu is not ready to allow international travel anytime soon.

@fairheart, Walspring, Just wise, Lagosismyhome please your suggestions will be of great help.

Please, can I pm you?

Chacha22:
Please is anyone here encountering any problem filling the Ds160 form , or is it just me. The page has refused to load for days now.

Try another service provider to browse.

Predstan:
That will differ from school to school and sometimes profile of the funded student. If you have funding and cant report to school in August, just talk to your graduate coordinator and see if they can defer your funding till the spring semester of 2021.

What if the person had deferred from summer to fall... And still couldn't make it for fall resumption?

Someone said his professor withdrew his funding, I think due to his inability to start this fall as a result of COVID-19. Is it possible that funded student who were supposed to start this fall but could not as a result of embassy not opening for visa, may lose their funding?

This is holding today. Try to attend.

sonofakin:
What the whole academic/immigration world are trying to do is to stay positive and maybe be prepared incase things turn out well. A lot of recommendations are being made by the stakeholders concerned to adapt to the situation. Schools, SEVP, USCIS are all trying to modify policies to suit the current situation. An example is allowing schools to send i20 to students' school email addresses. Everyone is only trying to be hopeful, preparing for both the worst and the best, the alternative is doing nothing at all. Worst case scenario, one can defer the admission. Good for you that you got admission and funding and good for you that you are sad about it but everyone must not share your pessimism

Excellent reply.

Tell am o. Since he/she works in the exam room for all schools.

FA13:
I think I am done with this.
Which exam room?
Do you work with all schools?
I said SOME.
Maybe the school you work with has it. I did not deny that.
Get the point. SOME do not have it.
Why do we all have 'hasty generalization'. The world does not revolve round only about what you have seen.

Predstan:
I'm not arguing. I told you what a transcript should have. And you just posted exactly the same thing

You are kindly confused bro.

FA13:
Stop saying what you dont know!

It is not all schools that have marks on official transcript.
I have seen more than one without score.

No mind am.

Predstan:
If the transcript doesnt have that. It's not an official transcript

Not all schools put that on their official transcript.

Secondly, there's no separate presentation for official and unofficial transcripts.

Schrodinger1:
No, they shouldn't. Meanwhile, there are more than 1000 accredited schools in the US. Use usnews.com to verify.

There are actually about 5300 schools

Vanplato:
Hi, I applied to Stevens institute of tech for Msc in chemical Biology, my admission letter came in last Monday, I have been mailing them about availability of GA positions but they ve not been replying o. Don't know what to do for now. Have they been replying your mails?. Others who have some information regarding this can contribute Biko.

I applied there too. PhD materials science and engineering. No feedback yet.

TyTos:
Hello guys, i just gained admission, my gre was waived due to coronavirus
I have heard that embassy wont give admission to people who dont write gre. What am i supposed to do now?
I have paid for gre but it was suspended for now

You heard what? Please, where did you hear that part about embassy? And please, embassy doesn't give admission.

websta:
My interview was supposed to be last week but COVID 19 bleeped everything. Supposed to resume next month. Guys lets pray for the cure of this shit should be found ASAP. Let God also favour us after this pandemic war.

You are for summer? Same here. I will dm you.

Ifesinachi22:
Please can i get his email, I want to make some enquiries from him generally about the school.

Please

Dm

Ifesinachi22:
Please anyone already studying in Wichita state university or planning to study there?

Please i have a question for you

I know a friend there.

TrojanSnail:
Dear Applicant,

As of March 18, 2020, the United States Embassy and Consulate in Nigeria is cancelling routine nonimmigrant visa appointments. We will resume routine visa services as soon as possible but are unable to provide a specific date at this time.

The MRV fee is valid and may be used for a visa application in the country where it was purchased within one year of the date of payment.
If you have an urgent matter and need to travel immediately, please follow the guidance provided at https://ustraveldocs.com/ng/ng-niv-expeditedappointment.asp to request an emergency appointment.


Sincerely

Same here.