Easylife338:
Hello my beautiful nairalanders. Please I came to inquire from anyone with vital information. I thank you all for the previous answers I got here and the OP for opening this thread. I may not put it in the right way but I believe from experience you would understand what I intend asking. I want to know how much Gtbank converts naira to dollar for students. My sis already got the ticket to USA and she will be traveling anytime soon because her school will resume by 15th of next month. How do we go about the conversion? Is there any way we can get a conversion rate of #310-315? Please any way u know how to help with this question, please do. Thanks.

310/315 in which Nigeria even bank pass aboki rate

Guru in the house, kindly advice me, is it a red flag during interview if i am married with a kid and i am using my dad as my sponsor.

lolzzz...I am glad you did... I have sent you a pm.

Ability247:


Lol. Yea I do. What's up?

Plz anybody free to give me a mock...,
Plz I really do need it.....
my interview is on Monday

kayuscares4u:
Guru in the house, kindly advice me, is it a red flag during interview if i am married with a kid and i am using my dad as my sponsor.

No it's Not..

kayuscares4u:
Guru in the house, kindly advice me, is it a red flag during interview if i am married with a kid and i am using my dad as my sponsor.

Not at all

kayuscares4u:
Guru in the house, kindly advice me, is it a red flag during interview if i am married with a kid and i am using my dad as my sponsor.

In our culture parents take care of pickin regardless of how old ....... lucky culture

So no not a red flag at all

Brethren and GURUS in the House:

Is it TRUE that if a student in the USA book a flight ticket for another new student in Nigeria by making payments online on Qatar airways homepage directly.
The travelling Student will be asked for the Card at Check-in in Lagos Airport

kayuscares4u:
Guru in the house, kindly advice me, is it a red flag during interview if i am married with a kid and i am using my dad as my sponsor.

In fact , its a blue Flag ..lol... You are good to go my dear , you have 100 % chance of getting your visa . The Vo knows you cant have the money for your studies all by yourself , except if you are financially buoyant .. Been married has nothing to do with your father paying your bills !!!!!!!!!!!!

please sir can you help me to pay for evaluation $140 then I pay you in naira. @timi1990

LagosismyHome:


I never said there is a problem traveling after one year . I said it more of a struggle to find a job ......

Actually, that's not a problem as well. I have quite a few friends with ZERO experience who got good jobs right off school.

whyqueu:


In fact , its a blue Flag ..lol... You are good to go my dear , you have 100 % chance of getting your visa . The Vo knows you cant have the money for your studies all by yourself , except if you are financially buoyant .. Been married has nothing to do with your father paying your bills !!!!!!!!!!!!

How do you know?

LagosismyHome:


In our culture parents take care of pickin regardless of how old ....... lucky culture

So no not a red flag at all

lagosismyhome, textrem, walspring, I need your swift input on something, can you please pm me your bb pin or phone contacts I have my interview for 31st

Hello guys, I need to know if I'm not going wrong, I studied Telecoms and info Tech in my first degree, since after my NYSC, I've been running a private Agricultural business which I wish to switch in fully, I'll be starting my PGD in Agricultural Science soon, and also planing to go for my masters in Agricultural courses in the US, hope the switch doesn't affect in future while Appling for US student visa?

GURUS in the House:

Is it TRUE that if a student in the USA book a flight ticket for another new student in Nigeria by making payments online on Qatar airways homepage directly.
The travelling Student will be asked for the Card at Check-in in Lagos Airport

stacyadams:
abeg any reputable TOEFL center in enugu..how soon can one write the exam and expect result...any one studying in minot state uni?

When you log onto the ETS TOEFL website and you are about to select a date, you will be prompted to choose a city of your choice, which is where you see available dates in different centers for that city. There you will see whether Enugu has a centre or not. And like someone already affirmed, all ETS accredited centers are "reputable".

sumonu2000:
please sir can you help me to pay for evaluation $140 then I pay you in naira. @timi1990

Yes I can . Send me a PM or message me on WhatsApp

Biggy911:
GURUS in the House:

Is it TRUE that if a student in the USA book a flight ticket for another new student in Nigeria by making payments online on Qatar airways homepage directly.
The travelling Student will be asked for the Card at Check-in in Lagos Airport

I remember this in the past ... not sure the current processs but you can take a print out of the card and the photopage of the owners passport

Or check Qatar airline to see what the process

Easylife338:
Hello my beautiful nairalanders. Please I came to inquire from anyone with vital information. I thank you all for the previous answers I got here and the OP for opening this thread. I may not put it in the right way but I believe from experience you would understand what I intend asking. I want to know how much Gtbank converts naira to dollar for students. My sis already got the ticket to USA and she will be traveling anytime soon because her school will resume by 15th of next month. How do we go about the conversion? Is there any way we can get a conversion rate of #310-315? Please any way u know how to help with this question, please do. Thanks.

You better open your eyes make you no go buy fake dollar . No place where dem dey sell dollar for 315 again . Just buy PTA from Stanbic Bank or Gtbank @ 360 or 365 depending on the exchange rate for the day

Hello House,
Anybody going to University of Illinois, Urbana-Campaign this fall?
Please say Aye!

biikeys:


Actually, that's not a problem as well. I have quite a few friends with ZERO experience who got good jobs right off school.

Thats good to hear ....

Port of Entry (POE) Experience

Good day, e-family. Greetings from Indiana. I left Naija on Friday at about 6:30AM, Nigerian time. Arrived Casablanca around 10AM. Layover lasted for 11hours. My connecting flight departed Morocco around 9PM and arrived JFK on Saturday at about 4AM, Nigerian time. I traveled with Royal Air Maroc. My journey was relatively smooth except for minor bouts of turbulence experienced from Casablanca to JFK.

On arrival, I headed to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). We were to verify our visas with one machine like that, but it turned out the machine doesn't recognize F1 visas and a couple other visa types. So my verification had to be done manually by a CBP officer. The
queue for manual verification was longer than Mugabe's term in office. Had absolutely no problem waiting though.

Finally, it got to my turn. The CBP officer was a light-skinned man of South American extraction, presumably in his mid-thirties. I presented my passport (had my boarding passes inserted at the visa page), my I-20, and the declaration form given to me on the flight from Casablanca. He returned my boarding passes, verified my visa, took a brief glimpse at my I-20. I even forgot to sign my declaration form, so he gave me to sign it and collected it afterwards. Then he asked me to put the four fingers of my right hand on a biometric machine. After that, he took a snap shot of me and proceeded to stamp my passport. BAM!

There was no much exchange. He did not ask me any single question and he didn't even say "Welcome to the US". I sha carry my passport examined it and saw the stamp. It read, "ADMITTED". A smile of pure satisfaction spread on my lips. I bounced off happily to Baggage Claim.

The journey begins...

towbaynah:
Port of Entry (POE) Experience

Good day, e-family. Greetings from Indiana. I left Naija on Friday at about 6:30AM, Nigerian time. Arrived Casablanca around 10AM. Layover lasted for 11hours. My connecting flight departed Morocco around 9PM and arrived JFK on Saturday at about 4AM, Nigerian time. I traveled with Royal Air Maroc. My journey was relatively smooth except for minor bouts of turbulence experienced from Casablanca to JFK.

On arrival, I headed to Customs and Border Control (CBP). We were to verify our visas with one machine like that, but it turned out the machine doesn't recognize F1 visas and a couple other visa types. So my verification had to be done manually by a CBP officer. The
queue for manual verification was longer than Mugabe's term in office. Had absolutely no problem waiting though.

Finally, it got to my turn. The CBP officer was a light-skinned man of South American extraction, presumably in his mid-thirties. I presented my passport (had my boarding passes inserted at the visa page), my I-20, and the declaration form given to me on the flight from Casablanca. He returned my boarding passes, verified my visa, took a brief glimpse at my I-20. I even forgot to sign my declaration form, so he gave me to sign it and collected it afterwards. Then he asked me to put the four fingers of my right hand on a biometric machine. After that, he took a snap shot of me and proceeded to stamp my passport. BAM!

There was no much exchange. He did not ask me any single question and he didn't even say "Welcome to the US". I sha carry my passport examined it and saw the stamp. It read, "ADMITTED". A smile of pure satisfaction spread on my lips. I bounced off happily to Baggage Claim.

The journey begins...

Were u offered hotel at casablanca by air maroc. Am also going tru JFK to Michigan by mid August.
That long layover nah die o o o o if hotel no dey.

Timi1990:


You better open your eyes make you no go buy fake dollar . No place where dem dey sell dollar for 315 again . Just buy PTA from Stanbic Bank or Gtbank @ 360 or 365 depending on the exchange rate for the day

Thanks

Thanks my beautiful people.

towbaynah:
Port of Entry (POE) Experience

Good day, e-family. Greetings from Indiana. I left Naija on Friday at about 6:30AM, Nigerian time. Arrived Casablanca around 10AM. Layover lasted for 11hours. My connecting flight departed Morocco around 9PM and arrived JFK on Saturday at about 4AM, Nigerian time. I traveled with Royal Air Maroc. My journey was relatively smooth except for minor bouts of turbulence experienced from Casablanca to JFK.

On arrival, I headed to Customs and Border Control (CBP). We were to verify our visas with one machine like that, but it turned out the machine doesn't recognize F1 visas and a couple other visa types. So my verification had to be done manually by a CBP officer. The
queue for manual verification was longer than Mugabe's term in office. Had absolutely no problem waiting though.

Finally, it got to my turn. The CBP officer was a light-skinned man of South American extraction, presumably in his mid-thirties. I presented my passport (had my boarding passes inserted at the visa page), my I-20, and the declaration form given to me on the flight from Casablanca. He returned my boarding passes, verified my visa, took a brief glimpse at my I-20. I even forgot to sign my declaration form, so he gave me to sign it and collected it afterwards. Then he asked me to put the four fingers of my right hand on a biometric machine. After that, he took a snap shot of me and proceeded to stamp my passport. BAM!

There was no much exchange. He did not ask me any single question and he didn't even say "Welcome to the US". I sha carry my passport examined it and saw the stamp. It read, "ADMITTED". A smile of pure satisfaction spread on my lips. I bounced off happily to Baggage Claim.

The journey begins...

Congrats man.

How much was your flight ticket?

Glurssymum:


Hello everybody. I went for students visa interview with my hubby on F2. I need to travel with him as we are young couple without any kid. Please gurus in the house kindly analyse my transcript.

Me: Good morning
Vo: Good morning
Vo: he is ur husband?
Me: yes mam
Vo:What's ur highest qualification
Me: B. Eng mechanical engineering
Vo: when did u obtain it
Me: 2010
Vo: why did it take you 7yrs to further ur education?
Me: mam it's actually 5yrs because I completed my Nysc in 2012. Meanwhile, after graduating as top 3 from my department my school showed interesting absorbing me as a lecture but I needed industry experience to be a better engineer before going back to the classroom. So I feel it is the right time to advance my degree so I can actualise my lecturing ambition.
Vo: what have you been doing since then?
Me: I have been working as an engineer. I worked with
xyz company as project engineer and currently with xyz company as maintenance supervisor
Vo: why are u going for ur masters
Me: I want to invest in my future and also actualise my quest for research works so that I can contribute to existing knowledge as undergraduate studies only prepares students to understand and apply existing knowledge.
Vo: How many schools did unspoken to?
Me: 3 mam (new jersey institute of technology, Morgan State University and California state university Los Angeles)
Vo: so only Morgan State university admitted u
Me: no mam I also got admitted by California state university
Vo: why did u choose Morgan State university
Me: because asides having an exceptional curriculum that suits my program of study, they also have provision for facilities, equipment and resources suitable for my research exploration which is on..... So cuts in
Vo: how many years have u been married?
Me: 3yrs
Vo: any kids yet?
Me: none mam
Vo: any relatives in the US?
Me: yes mam (my big cousin, my mum's sister and my mum's brother)
Vo: where do they stay
Me: they all stay in Bowie maryland
Vo: sir, whats ur occupation
Hubby: am a mechanical engineer
Vo typed for sometime and told us sorry mam u don't qualify for a non immigrant visa as u show no ties with your home country. She then handed me a blue paper of denial under section 214b.
Please house, I have paid to apply alone this time because I truly want to go for studies. I would appreciate ur advice on better ways to get my hubby come with me, I can't concentrate if we are living separately. We have been married for 3yrs but have lived together for just 1yr because we both work at different states before I resigned to join him. So I don't want us to be apart again.
Please help a sister.

I am very sorry for the long post but just had to table it down the way it is.

Sorry for these denials. Obviously, your response to questions were incoherently. Second, you sounded so desperate. Third, having a relative or relatives in America is a great advantage but you talked as if you've made a lot of plans to stay in the States permanently.

Furthermore, from the information you supplied so far, I would advice that you either go first or your husband drop or your husband goes, you drop to go later, after getting the visa, because If both of you go for another interview at the same time, you are likely to be denied again.

Congrats bro.

Hello people, I have a question to ask. My sister did her passport 2008 but the passport is lost now. She tried retrieving it but the immigration people turned her to ATM machine. She wants to go and do a new one in Lagos tomorrow and see if they will just do it and not ask her about the previous one. My question is that is it safe for her to do it this way?

OGreene:
Cc ennies02

Okay I will work on them ...thanks

burrrnerrr:
Congrats bro.

Hello people, I have a question to ask. My sister did her passport 2008 but the passport is lost now. She tried retrieving it but the immigration people turned her to ATM machine. She wants to go and do a new one in Lagos tomorrow and see if they will just do it and not ask her about the previous one. My question is that is it safe for her to do it this way?

At the point of collection of the passport, she'll be asked to present the old one. All cases of stolen/missing passports are handled in Abuja. If she has tried to get another one, then she already knows this.