biikeys:


Have you checked if your school accepts external insurance policies as long as it meets certain requirements firstly? Usually, that is much cheaper as you've probably already seen. ISOA is cheap and okay..There are other ones too. Do your research and post what you see here.

And for the jeans, buy your stuff from Nigeria if you can, at least till you get fully settled except you want Walmart Faded glory jeans

lalahhh:
Please I need anyone who can help me with mock interview please.i don't want to get denied again pls. Oga textrem, biko. Any one pls

Capitas7:

Thank you very much for the concern and help. My school provides the option of waiver if certain requirement are met, and I use those requirements as a guide. I'll clench ISOA and compare to Internationalstudentsinsurance as suggested by Lagosismyhome.

I love this humour of "faded glory jeans"....
Thank you very much for the concern and help. My school provides the option of waiver if certain requirements are met, and I use those requirements as a guide. I'll check the ISOA you're suggesting and compare to International students insurance as suggested by Lagosismyhome.

I love this humour of "faded glory jeans"....and I can't stop laughing. It's a very valid advice. How much does one love the tastes of roasted corn, boiled groundnut, ponmo, sugar-filled plantain chips? It's time to have a good fill with them. I've been eating roasted corn daily since the week after my interview, can't ignore beans and corn meal. Even if e dey USA, e no go get the coal flame flavour.

Talking about waking up to greet many people - known and unknown, have an argument with one or two persons, see a live funny scene on the street or by the road, it's time to do these well as there's a slight change in social environment looming. My very dear brother has promised me fine jackets for the new weather as parting gifts.

I don't wish anyone goes to a foreign land to spend what they earned the hard way in their motherland, all in the name of settling down. I'm beginning to settle down even before taking off. More of the advice/suggestions please, as many including me are learning from these.

ProfOjah1234:

Bro we need to talk but I can't send a pm.. Kindly check my profile and send me a mail pls .. Thanks bro!!

Ndawe:


Have you filled your DS-160 form yet as this info you seek is there? Anyways as a student, ensure to have your Sevis fee recepit and I-20 in addition to confirmation of DS-160 Submission, appointment confirmation and of course international passport

log1:
Its mandatory and compulsory to do that if you dont want to be sent back. Having successfully uploaded your passport still go along with a copy. All the best.

Ndawe:
Visa approved this morning at Walter Carrington and the process was a bit tedious, I tire to stand. Also, the Nigerian staff at the embassy are so RUDE & NASTY; I just can't deal. Anyways, I got to the embassy just before 6.30am and my appointment was for 7.30am. The biometric checks and all that pre-interview stuff took a while (see crowd ehn) and it was quite stuffy because the A.C was having issues. So I was directed to window 2 and interviewed by who seemed to be a "new guy" because his supervisor was with him and kinda giving him instructions but they were both very pleasant and we had a few laughs. Here goes:

hormohh:
Am a silent follower on this trend
My interview will be coming up soon by next week
I want to go for Bsc in Computer Science @ NAU and I will be glad if I can be of help wit mock interviews and some of similar questions that may be ask...
This is my first application and I pray to be favored this once Insha Allah!!
It shall be well wit all Nairaland peepz!!!!

akoja2:
If they are going to change the I-20, will it change my SEVIS ID too?

chimsimdindu:
my niece interview at Abuja
VO: Good morning and how are you today?
Me: I'm great,Good morning Maam
VO: can I have your documents please?
VO: Why do u want to go to USA ?
Me: for my Undergraduate degree in Computer science
VO: Name of secondary school attended, private or public ?
Me: Private
VO: Have u written WAEC?
Me: Yes
VO: Who will fund for ur education ?
Me: i have full scholarship, Mother will take care of living expenses
VO: Give me the scholarship letter
VO: Why did they give u the scholarship
Me: cause of my High School GPA and SAT score
VO: what do your parents do?
Me: Told,
VO:Do u have any relation in USA
Me: Yes---Told name and address

LagosismyHome:


Nice write up

On the issue of Insurance ..... a friend has similar issues where the school was billing by default $1,500 per semester for Insurance . I saw a post here by Femi321 with this comment ; What the Hell? $1300? wow, you have money to throw around. Anyway you can use http://www.InternationalStudentInsurance.com but you will have to check the requirements for health insurance in your school first to be sure it meets any of the plans.

So I sent the link to a friend , he was able to get a quote for $300 for insurance , using the school requirement for insurance such as ensuring the quote covered Repatriation insurance coverage of XX amount and Evacuation insurance coverage of at least XX. He took that quote to the school and they accepted it . The $300 insurance then replaced the default nonsense of $1,500

femi312:
Its sad that your friend wasted about $1000. Your friend is probably 29 and above, that's why he/she had to pay $300 P.S.. To the incoming students:: you don't need to take a quote to your school first, on the insurance website, you can check the plan that your school will accept, most schools are listed on the website with the plan that is acceptable to each school. If you are below 27 or so, you might not pay more than $200 and $300 for fall and spring respectively. The price goes up with age, still at that, its far better that the exorbitant fee your school will charge.By the way if you don't know what to use money for..I am a pm away. Lastly, fill your immunization form before you leave Nigeria and ask questions, no excuse for ignorance.

gspeed360:
I beg o... University of Houston Victoria students... Help this young man coming to your place o... I need on ground contact... Accommodation and advices... Pls contact ASAP... please

chimsimdindu:
my niece interview at Abuja
VO: Good morning and how are you today?
Me: I'm great,Good morning Maam
VO: can I have your documents please?
VO: Why do u want to go to USA ?
Me: for my Undergraduate degree in Computer science
VO: Name of secondary school attended, private or public ?
Me: Private
VO: Have u written WAEC?
Me: Yes
VO: Who will fund for ur education ?
Me: i have full scholarship, Mother will take care of living expenses
VO: Give me the scholarship letter
VO: Why did they give u the scholarship
Me: cause of my High School GPA and SAT score
VO: what do your parents do?
Me: Told,
VO:Do u have any relation in USA
Me: Yes---Told name and address
VO: why are u going to mississippi when u have a relation in Texas
Me; i also applied to two schools in texas(one Uni, one community college) but choose ALCORN cause they have a Mathematics Centre that will aid my understanding of mathematics and computer science courses, and i was admitted to their honors program.
VO: took statement of account check and returned. collected WAEC result, SAT result print out, Education Perspective WAEC evaluation
and then the magic words.
Thanks to all that expressed reservation on the ranking of the school. i appreciate all ur concerns. I know she will do all in her powers thru Christ who strenghtens us to enter one of those Top colleges for her Masters.
Thanks and God Blessings to all.

Amakyzuu:
Congrats to your niece...
Did she have original copies of all these documents from her intended university (Scholarship letter and admission letter)? cos my sister has just scanned copies

femi312:
Have you noticed no one has answered you? You got visa but no transcript or am I missing something? If everybody were like you, this thread would have died a natural death since. You are here now asking for someone in
Houston. Houston kor..Iyana Ipaja Ni

LagosismyHome:


I doubt if anyone will drill a minor /15 year old too much. It would be more like simple questions on what does she want to become when she grows up . Is she excited about her scholarship..just basic conversation

Thank you for this info. I asked about the drill cos i have no experience in visa apps and have not seen people comment on my sisters kind of case on this thread.

The focus will be more around the parents affordability. The Vo will want to see that no public money should be spent on the child education...so if she on scholarship fine. Any portion of expenses outside the scholarship the parents should go with evidence that they can afford to cover it ... so in summary its the parents that will be interviewed not really the child

What do you mean by no public money? It's actually our Aunt in the US that would take care of her education and living expenses cos the scholarship is for one year out of 4years of study prior to college, my parents will be secondary (whats your take on this).

Regarding the last comment be honest and open about her journey. A more realistic comment is her intention to return back to Nigeria at the end of her education... be it university. U cant say u doing all this trouble for a few years left in high school

No hanky panky, for her, the opportunity and experience is way better than what she has here... coming from her background. We can only pray and hope she gets a VISA.

Digressing a bit....before u send a 15 yeard ensure she has adequate support system in the US so she not left on her own with no supervision and role models. A lot of cases have turned out not so good because it still a formative age . Once she has a good support system and she constantly checked on then its alright .

We already have a guardianship letter from parents to her guardians in the US signed by a notary public, this was already requested by the intending school.

lakeolamilekan:
my interview is also nxtweek bsc information technology....have u gotten someone for mock interview yet.?

OluDare01:
My insurance next semester is $102
I compared the quote from 3 companies and chose the cheapest.

femi312:
Have you noticed no one has answered you? You got visa but no transcript or am I missing something? If everybody were like you, this thread would have died a natural death since. You are here now asking for someone in Houston. Houston kor..Iyana Ipaja Ni

femi312:
Its sad that your friend wasted about $1000. Your friend is probably 29 and above, that's why he/she had to pay $300 P.S.. To the incoming students:: you don't need to take a quote to your school first, on the insurance website, you can check the plan that your school will accept, most schools are listed on the website with the plan that is acceptable to each school. If you are below 27 or so, you might not pay more than $200 and $300 for fall and spring respectively. The price goes up with age, still at that, its far better that the exorbitant fee your school will charge.By the way if you don't know what to use money for..I am a pm away. Lastly, fill your immunization form before you leave Nigeria and ask questions, no excuse for ignorance.

LagosismyHome:


$102...wow that really nice ooo and your school accepted it ?

Abeg share what site loudly make our people no go carry last for expensive insurance

OluDare01:
My insurance next semester is $102
I compared the quote from 3 companies and chose the cheapest.

OluDare01:
I use http://www.InternationalStudentInsurance.com.
Isoa.org is also cheap

meekandholy:

Please what's the name of the insurance?

femi312:
Have you noticed no one has answered you? You got visa but no transcript or am I missing something? If everybody were like you, this thread would have died a natural death since. You are here now asking for someone in Houston. Houston kor..Iyana Ipaja Ni