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Chemist4life:
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Good morning,
I am an F1 visa applicant,i was accepted into spring 2025 academic program to study *****, United States..the start date on my 1-20 is 13th january 2025 , howverber, i will be needed to be in school as early as the 5th of january for there will be an orientation program for graduate students but I have been experiencing difficulties while trying to schedule an appointment on AVITS. I have paid the mrv and sevis fees and i'm currently in the pre-approval stage. Is there anything that can be done to expedite this, that would allow me to resume my academic program in the United States on time,.please, find attached my form i-20, evidence of visa and sevis fees payment to this email for your kind perusal

Thank you.

Chemist4life:
@firstlady99

Chemist4life:
I enter pre approval stage on 21st of November and was approved 2nd of December

Curry814:
Please, has anyone gotten approved for an F1 visa without school funding for a master’s degree program? I know getting school funding will be helpful but I only got $3000 scholarship, which leaves my deficit at $33k.

I resume in January 2025 and I am currently at the appointment pre approval stage in my visa application process. It’s late now to get admission for another school for spring semester and my department doesn’t offer graduate assistantships.

I just want to know what my chances are so I can prepare accordingly. Thank you.

Chemist4life:
Brother, to be sincere with you,it cannot be influence by anybody, I just follow the suggestion been raised here ,which is sending email and attach my mrv and sevis receipt with my 1-20 and i support it prayer

Samuelborode:
Okay thanks, did you send those documents as attachment or inline with the mail, because one of the customer support told me that they don’t open any attachment…?

Teensmentor:
Hi Nairalanders,


So I am a current PhD student. I had a visa interview (renewal) for 12th and was supposed to travel in to Nigeria on the 8th. The airline canceled the trip and rebooked us for 10th. Meaning we’d arrive Nigeria a day before our interview. Unfortunately, we missed that flight and we couldn’t meet the interview.


We’ve called and were advised to reschedule and apply for emergency appointments. So we were able to reschedule before the interview date but only available dates were in April. We’ve applied for the emergency appointment through the portal but haven’t gotten any response since Wednesday
.

School resumes 19th January for spring semester and our GA appointment starts 8th January.

I guess my question is, does anyone know the fastest way to get the emergency appointment expediated? How do I contact them to get this resolved asap? Has anyone been in similar situation and what did they do?


We have called the embassy and even raised ticket but all we’ve been asked to do is wait.

Ihomon:
Hello, I booked for Abuja consulate in my ds160 but am yet to get a Favourable date and my school resumes 14 January. Is it advisable to book for appointment in Lagos embassy since there are good dates there OR I should go for expedited booking at the Abuja embassy ?
Your candid advice is urgently needed.

Chemist4life:
I will suggest, you chat the up and explain ur issues to them

Teensmentor:
We chatted them up and they were the ones who suggested to reschedule and apply for emergency appointment.

Chemist4life:
Ok,did you write the reason why you miss your interview together with ur resumption date

Oluwatosin2000:
Good evening everyone.

I have a spring 2025 admission, but I’m just about to get my I-20. With the situation of things pertaining to interview dates, is it still possible I’d meet up with spring intake? Or I should consider deferring?

Teensmentor:
Hi Nairalanders,


So I am a current PhD student. I had a visa interview (renewal) for 12th and was supposed to travel in to Nigeria on the 8th. The airline canceled the trip and rebooked us for 10th. Meaning we’d arrive Nigeria a day before our interview. Unfortunately, we missed that flight and we couldn’t meet the interview.


We’ve called and were advised to reschedule and apply for emergency appointments. So we were able to reschedule before the interview date but only available dates were in April. We’ve applied for the emergency appointment through the portal but haven’t gotten any response since Wednesday
.

School resumes 19th January for spring semester and our GA appointment starts 8th January.

I guess my question is, does anyone know the fastest way to get the emergency appointment expediated? How do I contact them to get this resolved asap? Has anyone been in similar situation and what did they do?


We have called the embassy and even raised ticket but all we’ve been asked to do is wait.

Debbie6534:
Hello everyone. Please I need as much help as possible. My sister got an admission for Masters for Spring 2025 and her resumption date is January 16th. She has partial funding from the school. She got an interview date for December 13th. She went for the interview but was denied. Before the transcript, I would like to note that she filled in her DS 160 that she has a sibling in the US (which is me). I’m also a permanent resident here. Also, my dad is currently visiting. So where they asked in the DS 160 that is your father in US, she put yes.

So here goes her transcript as she sent it to me;


F1 visa( first attempt)
Visa delayed
Abuja embassy
COA: 28807
Deficit: 14807
13th December, 2024

VO: an Asian woman

VO: Good morning pass me your documents
Me: good morning ma'am, this is it ma.
VO: do you have a child?
Me: No, I don't have a child.
VO: Are you single?
Me: Yes I am single but I am(I was cut short)
VO: do you have a siblings in US?
Me: yes, I have a sister.....
V.O: where does she stays?
Me: Dallas Texas
V.O: What does she do?
Me my mind was not settled again, because she was not even asking any questions that have to do with my study) she works as xx in xx
V.O: your dad is also living in the US?
Me: Noooo, he only went for visiting........(Cut me short again)
V.O: how will you be paying for your deficit?( Typing hard.....)
Me: apart from the GRA I got from my department after series of 2 interviews and submission of outstanding documents (my steeze don drop here sha), my dad will be covering for my deficit,he is the..........(Naso mama cut me, as she heard my dad)
V.O: sorry.... Blah blah blah
Me:Thank you ma (collected my white denial paper jejeje)

After the interview, someone we told said we shouldn’t have filled that she has a sibling in the US. Please what can she do better next time?

Teensmentor:
Hi Nairalanders,


So I am a current PhD student. I had a visa interview (renewal) for 12th and was supposed to travel in to Nigeria on the 8th. The airline canceled the trip and rebooked us for 10th. Meaning we’d arrive Nigeria a day before our interview. Unfortunately, we missed that flight and we couldn’t meet the interview.


We’ve called and were advised to reschedule and apply for emergency appointments. So we were able to reschedule before the interview date but only available dates were in April. We’ve applied for the emergency appointment through the portal but haven’t gotten any response since Wednesday
.

School resumes 19th January for spring semester and our GA appointment starts 8th January.

I guess my question is, does anyone know the fastest way to get the emergency appointment expediated? How do I contact them to get this resolved asap? Has anyone been in similar situation and what did they do?


We have called the embassy and even raised ticket but all we’ve been asked to do is wait.

Debbie6534:
Hello everyone. Please I need as much help as possible. My sister got an admission for Masters for Spring 2025 and her resumption date is January 16th. She has partial funding from the school. She got an interview date for December 13th. She went for the interview but was denied. Before the transcript, I would like to note that she filled in her DS 160 that she has a sibling in the US (which is me). I’m also a permanent resident here. Also, my dad is currently visiting. So where they asked in the DS 160 that is your father in US, she put yes.

So here goes her transcript as she sent it to me;


F1 visa( first attempt)
Visa delayed
Abuja embassy
COA: 28807
Deficit: 14807
13th December, 2024

VO: an Asian woman

VO: Good morning pass me your documents
Me: good morning ma'am, this is it ma.
VO: do you have a child?
Me: No, I don't have a child.
VO: Are you single?
Me: Yes I am single but I am(I was cut short)
VO: do you have a siblings in US?
Me: yes, I have a sister.....
V.O: where does she stays?
Me: Dallas Texas
V.O: What does she do?
Me my mind was not settled again, because she was not even asking any questions that have to do with my study) she works as xx in xx
V.O: your dad is also living in the US?
Me: Noooo, he only went for visiting........(Cut me short again)
V.O: how will you be paying for your deficit?( Typing hard.....)
Me: apart from the GRA I got from my department after series of 2 interviews and submission of outstanding documents (my steeze don drop here sha), my dad will be covering for my deficit,he is the..........(Naso mama cut me, as she heard my dad)
V.O: sorry.... Blah blah blah
Me:Thank you ma (collected my white denial paper jejeje)

After the interview, someone we told said we shouldn’t have filled that she has a sibling in the US. Please what can she do better next time?

ibroh22:
Having the sister in the US shouldn’t be an issue, especially if the school is not in the same state or town, she could have just answered the question that her sister stays in so so which us different from this so so state she is going to study and won’t be depending on her during her course of study. She shouldn’t have put her father is in the US since he is just visiting and he is not staying there permanently. Since she put her dad is in US and they ask how she is covering her deficit and still mention same dad again, it can pass off as tho her dad is working in the US. This is just my personal opinion, I am not an expert. Next application, she should try to get full funding from the school, so if they ask what has changed since her last application, she can start off from a strong point and move on from there.

ibroh22:
I will be honest with you, funding from school gives you some level of playground sha but people without funding still gets visa and some people with funding self get denied. So funding is good, luck can still find you without funding depends on the VO, make sure the story on how to cover your deficit is believable. I for one won’t advise anyone to enter the embassy without funding especially if it is your first attempt.
Best of luck