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Has anyone got a date for lagos's surge, today?

Amenndmore:
God is awesome and to be trusted in everything:
Transcript :
Abuja 3rd of Nov: delayed
Korean vo: pass me your i20,
Why are you going to USA ?
I am going to study msc in public health in estu.
Who will be sponsoring you ?
My dad and I am kind of self sponsored cos he put the money in my account for the fees( my school put only sef sponsored even after I sent both my school and my fathers own. Their error )
Can I see your soa: showed him both
Have you ever traveled out of the country?
Yes I schooled in Europe and I listed the countries I have visited
How many are you guys in your family?
We are 3 and I am the last
Any of your siblings schooled in usa?
No !
Sorry I will be delaying your visa blah blah

2nd attempt : 8/12/2021 , lagos
Vo: American woman a bit chubby. Visa approved
Vo: Why are you going to USA?
I will be going to USA to get my msc in public health with specialization in community health
I can see you have funding how come?
I got a graduate research assistantship in center for … in ndsu.
Vo: cool cool (shakes head)- I knew I was going to get it here
Vo: Are you working as a doctor now?
Yes but I will be switching to public health specialist.
Vo: Did you hear about what they passed about drs? The news is everywhere ?
I wasn’t sure I said no, didn’t hear. She said aren’t you a dr you should know this. I said please enlighten me. She said about the money 900k drs after to pay before practicing.
So I laughed and said I heard but senate suspended it. And by the way I have written my exams passed and I am working.(ps my md wasn’t from Nigeria )
Vo:Have you been denied visa before ?
No
Vo:Are you sure think about that well?
I tot I was like yes to Canada was just a tourist visa I was still in school. She wrote it down.
Okay take this I will be approving your visa.

See God works miracles . Anyone that say there is no God is a fool. I asked God to give me a vo who will listen to me and he did. !!

Ps I changed my school, i20, sevis transfer done and new ds160 after getting a surge date lol

Congratulations!

macsilver:
Please I need help with writing a good resume. Anyone, please?

Academic CV for Graduate school application? I can get one done for you for a reasonable fee. If interested let me know

Otogie1:
Hello everyone! I want to first of all give all the glory to God almighty for his favor he showed to me today at the Abuja Consulate. Indeed, God is faithful!
I also want to appreciate everyone’s transcript here. It really prepared me for the interview

Location: Abuja consulate
Status: Approved (2nd attempt)
School: University of New Haven
Funding: 50% dean’s scholarship

Please read my wonderful transcript below�
December 8th, 2021. Abuja

VO: good morning
Me: good morning sir �, season’s greetings! � (I kept on smiling like Mumu �)
VO: sorry ??
Me: Season’s greetings!! (this time I was intentional about it make him hear me well �)
VO: Oh same to you.
VO: I see you want to study Human resource management......
Me: (I cut the VO) yes sir, and I’ll be concentrating in employee relations.
VO: ok good. And you have a scholarship of .......
Me: (I cut him again) 50% dean’s scholarship sir �
VO: (started typing) ...... okay.... who’s sponsoring you ?
Me: My father
VO: What does he do?
Me: He’s the proprietor of a private school In Lagos named Glomat blossom school and he’s also the founder and presiding Bishop of a church in Lagos as well with over 7 branches in Nigeria.
VO: (was typing for long) ...What will this degree do for you? (Looking directly into my eyes)
Me: With this degree I will gain necessary HR skills and experience to expand my father’s school and I’ll also set up my own Human Resource training company to train aspiring human resource personnels and managers because it has always been my dream.
VO: Ok. Errrrrr..... take this paper. You can pick up your passport with 3-5 business days and make sure you observe COVID protocols
Me: (my eyes were soaked with tears already) Collected the white paper and said “Thank you sir and have a great day ahead”
VO: you too!

My advise to applicants who are yet to have their interviews:
Trust God and his promises. Prepare well to the best of your ability. Be honest with your answers. Again, trust God and his promises!

Scriptures that helped my faith before the interview
1. Psalm 20:4
2. Nehemiah 2:8(b)
3. Psalms 5:12

Success in your interviews!❤️

Our God is awesome! Congratulations!

elllalistic:
Good morning everyone

Thanks a lot to those that have been contributing to this thread. I must confess, I've learnt so much after going through the thread.

Please I wanted to ask if it's possible to start my application on January and still get access to funding/GA; would it be too late by then? I could start this month but I've not written GRE yet. Also, is it possible to get funding without writing GRE. Thank you �

Sure. I wrote GRE, TOEFL and Duolingo. Applied to three schools. Two gave me fully funded offers. However, I didn't use my GRE score because they ask not to upload it.

It depends on school

Vairux:
please can somebody recommend an affordable hotel one can stay close to the embassy at Abuja

Optimal hotel is at the back of the embassy. Say three minutes walk at most.

8k per night. Standard room option

Favourezeokoye:
Good day everyone.
Please is there anyone with a sample of how a high school transcript ought to look like?

Lol�.... Naija secondary schools dey give transcript? �

ObaOfEsan:
Lol�.... Naija secondary schools dey give transcript? �

Yes, shocking but yes they do, especially if you attended private school lol

Childofgrace01:
VISA APPROVED✅✅
First of all, I’m very grateful to everyone who posts on this forum. I’ve been an avid reader of every transcript posted here and I vowed to join and post mine when I get my visa as this forum helped me a lot!
Visa approved Tuesday 07/12/2021 Abuja consulate
Appointment time was 9:15am I got there 8:15am but was interviewed around 12:15pm because there was only 1 VO, the bald white man…he was nice.
VO: Good morning please pass your I-20 passport, DS 160 confirmation and visa fee receipt
Me: Passes documents
VO: So where are you going to in the United States?
Me: I’m going to northern Illinois University dekalb Illinois.
VO: What are you going there to do
Me: I’m going for my master’s in public health
VO: Why public health?
Me: Public health is in continuation with what I studied as an undergrad which is medicine and surgery. While I was in medical school and even as a practicing doctor I realized one of the problems that plagued patients was lack of access to healthcare. Public health will give me the knowledge I need to work with the federal ministry of health and key stakeholders in the health sector to develop and implement policies that improve patient’s access to healthcare.
VO: Have you traveled out of the country before?
Me: Yes I have, I’ve been to the United Kingdom
VO: Oh really what did you go there to do?
Me: I’ve gone for different reasons- went on vacation a couple of times, went for a fashion show and went to present one of my publications in a medical conference
VO: What do you do here in Nigeria?
Me: I work as a research assistant at bleep teaching hospital. Prior to that, I was a practicing medical doctor for a year.
VO: What plans do you have after the public health?
Me: I’ll come back to Nigeria to work hand in hand with the federal ministry of health and health maintenance organizations to improve on those policies I mentioned earlier that will improve patient’s access to healthcare. I will also return to my Alma mater where I’m currently working as a research assistant to lecture
VO: Who will be sponsoring your education?
Me: My parents
VO: What do they do?
Me: My mom is a corporate lawyer. She’s a senior manager at bleep in Abuja and my dad is a barrister and solicitor, he represents clients in court. I also received a merit based partial tuition waiver
VO: Oh nice and how much is the waiver?
Me: About 7,000 dollars. I noticed the VO was looking for the waiver on my I-20 so I quickly informed him that the waiver came in after I had received my I-20. I tried emailing the school to send an updated I-20 but they refused and said the letter stating the tuition waiver should suffice and I should present it along with my financials if I’m asked for proof.
VO: Okay your application sounds good, I will be approving your visa. So I’ll keep your passport, you can pick it up in about a week. You’ll need your I-20 at the port of entry keep it with you at all times. This white paper will give you information on how to pick up your passport.
Me: Thank you very much, have a good day!
NB: No documents were asked for, nothing not even bank statements

Wow! Na Abuja Consulate dey reign oo! Congratulations to you.

beejhay69:
DM

I have emailed you. Can you give me your contact there?

Do I need to contact a professor before been admitted in US schools? I have started application in BU in US. I don't want to waste money and time. Please can I just fill in all the form and make payment or I would need to contact supervisor?

Thank you so much for this info

nysot:
Don't cancel your appointment in Abuja,go with the approved surge mail the embassy sent to you. You also do not need to fill another ds 160, when you get to the interview hall they will ask you to sit and retrieve your file from Abuja to Lagos and then you proceed to biometrics and your interview follows.
All the best

Osof:
Thank you so much for this info

hello bro, when did you get appointment for lagos's surge

Last week

Habs4800:
hello bro, when did you get appointment for lagos's surge

Scholar212:
Academic CV for Graduate school application? I can get one done for you for a reasonable fee. If interested let me know

I mean Resume chief, and how much do you want for it? I wasn’t expecting to pay, hence my reason for asking for help, but how much do you want for it?

Good day my people, please how much is the recent reciprocity fees after white paper have been issued after F1 visa interview.

Osof:
Last week

last week Tuesday

zanyt:
Wow you applied to Bowie congratulations
My visa was denied yesterday I was also admitted at Bowie to study MIS

Hoping to get another appointment date in Abuja

I’m so sorry about that. It would have been nice to have someone to start the journey with. What are your next steps now?

Good evening everyone.
Pls, can I get a surge date without creating an account on CGIFEDERAL?.
I've been trying to create an account on it but to no avail. Below is the notification I got;

"Your request cannot be processed at this time. The site administrator has been alerted."

Thank you

Thank you so much ����

elijman:
Good evening everyone.
Pls, can I get a surge date without creating an account on CGIFEDERAL?.
I've been trying to create an account on it but to no avail. Below is the notification I got;

"Your request cannot be processed at this time. The site administrator has been alerted."

Thank you

Go to page 23 and 24 of this thread, your problem will surely be solved.

This thread has been really helpful, I was refered to @walspring for sevis fee and he did it within 24 hours and I got the receipt...you people can check him out

Go to page 623 and 624 for solution

elijman:
Good evening everyone.
Pls, can I get a surge date without creating an account on CGIFEDERAL?.
I've been trying to create an account on it but to no avail. Below is the notification I got;

"Your request cannot be processed at this time. The site administrator has been alerted."

Thank you

Mailing them doesn’t actually solve it. It been a week I mailed them & got the prompt that my case has been created & would be attended to in 1-2 biz days & yet till now nothing

ifedayosol:
Go to page 623 and 624 for solution

Probably doesn't solve it anymore.
I had same issue last week, I mailed them and was rectified within a minute. Infact, it was and auto-reply.

urchdiya:
Mailing them doesn’t actually solve it. It been a week I mailed them & got the prompt that my case has been created & would be attended to in 1-2 biz days & yet till now nothing

Kiiishiii:
I’m so sorry about that. It would have been nice to have someone to start the journey with. What are your next steps now?

I want to reapply hopefully I get another appointment in Abuja before school resumes

I'm also interested in the mock interview please

Dayoaf:
Please I want to do mock interview too,
Should I email you?

Hi, I have an appointment for 16th that's next week I was denied last year December 21st

mojolajesu:
Please who is a second timer who got an appointment with Abuja recently

Ohh your denial wasn’t recent. I pray you get it this time.

Some of us got denied in the past week and looking at getting another appointment soonest. Anyone in this category?

Joynancy143:
Hi, I have an appointment for 16th that's next week I was denied last year December 21st

Good evening guys ,

For those applying to TAMUK for fall 22,please is this a normal occurrence on the Applytexas platform as aLL the credentials filling spaces keep saying "the school doesn't ask applicants to fill out this ".

Hello everyone, I need someone to help me interprete dis my i20.. sch fees 23,400 personal funds .. 0
Living expenses..12,400 int scholarship..7500
Books and fees 1800 cooperate sponsorship 33,400
Total...34,300 total..34,300
Please I would like to understand this...does dis means am I have zero deficit?

Hi everyone! Good evening! Is it really the case that one cannot pay SEVIS fee in Nigeria even through Western Union QuickPay whereby you visit a local agent and pay the equivalent in local currency?

Furthermore, I just obtained (today) my I-20 for Spring 2022. Does anyone have any tips on what I need to do secure a visa whether through emergency appointments or surge method as school starts in January?

I look forward to your inputs. Thank you.