Mac2016:
Guys, pls I need some info. I plan to commence studies in the US by Spring 2018 but My passport expires February 2018 (meaning that presently, it is six months less than expiration date as required at embassy). Can I be allowed to renew my passport before expiration in February?

You can renew your passport 6 months in advance to expiration ... If its expiring in February then 6 months behind is August so Yes you can start working on it now

LagosismyHome:


You can renew your passport 6 months in advance to expiration ... If its expiring in February then 6 months behind is August so Yes you can start working on it now

thank you, luf

Fenix:


The 2nd number you were given is correct
Just be patient. You have to listen carefully to all the options. When you first dial the number, choose option 4. From there choose option 2. From there, choose 6. You will then hear a long message. Wait until the end of the message and you will present prompted to choose an option to tall to a service agent.

Buy lots of credit.

The second number is not going through only the first connected through; I tried the second number 0144066218 till the end of work hour which is 4pm all to no avail. What can I do? I have just tomorrow to clarify all these issues, do you have any other number or email address I could use to reach them? And again what would be the implication of all these if the issue is not rectified before wednesday, should I go to the consulate office with the two printed DS160 or stick with new one I just filled?

Hello. I got denied today, I'm applying again.
I just filled another DS160. I tried booking an appointment, but my previous application is still on the dash board.
My question is- will it go away soon? and how soon, cos I need to refire asap.
Anyone pls help

chinemomah2020:


Who said you can no longer use Ghana-must go Bag? My close friend traveled with Qatar airways this January(Spring 2017) and he used Ghana must go as a second bag to pack all his food stuffs and there was no issues or query. so in line with your question Yes, you can use Ghana must go.. have a safe trip!

Even if it was not banned, it's not easy traveling with it. I bought Ghana must go bag at JFK and the remaining journey to my destination was not just funny. Since he is still in Nigeria, it's best he buys bags with wheels.

NefT:



The second number is not going through only the first connected through; I tried the second number 0144066218 till the end of work hour which is 4pm all to no avail. What can I do? I have just tomorrow to clarify all these issues, do you have any other number or email address I could use to reach them? And again what would be the implication of all these if the issue is not rectified before wednesday, should I go to the consulate office with the two printed DS160 or stick with new one I just filled?

Wow. The number worked perfectly for me today.

I'll be frank with you, it will take a miracle for you to go for your interview on Wednesday. The embassy usually takes 3 business days to reflect any change on their end. I was also in your situation and I got turned back.

AusterHeights:
People of God please help!!!!
WES sent me a notice that they sent photocopies of my docs to my institution for verification in March but my school confirmed to me that they have not received anything from WES. The woman in charge at the registrars office even opened the email inbox and spam folder of address that they use to receive the docs from WES, we found nothing in my name. Disturbed about that info, I sent several emails to WES asking them to resend to my schoo(even stated the right email address), they confirmed to me yesterday that have sent the photocopies to my school again, but to my surprise my school confirmed to me this morning that they have not received anything yet again. Who has an idea of what is going on pls? I don't even know how to proceed from here. I paid for the course by course evaluation. Is it possible that WES did not send the photocopies of my docs through email? Someone help me pls

Hmm. This WES issue can raise one's blood pressure at times. It may take at least 2-3 weeks for the photocopies to reach your school for verification. You need to have a reliable contact at your school's exams and records office or registrar's office to follow up so they can confirm when it has arrived. WES doesn't send or receive verification via e-mails. They do hard copies and they may not use priority mailing service. I had similar experience.

Is there anyone who has or knows anyone in Arkansas state university, Jonesboro or heading there this fall too? I will be leaving this week

Fenix:


Wow. The number worked perfectly for me today.

I'll be frank with you, it will take a miracle for you to go for your interview on Wednesday. The embassy usually takes 3 business days to reflect any change on their end. I was also in your situation and I got turned back.

Please can I have your number, PM me.

NefT:


Please can I have your number, PM me.

I've sent you a PM. Check your email.

Fenix:


Wow. The number worked perfectly for me today.

I'll be frank with you, it will take a miracle for you to go for your interview on Wednesday. The embassy usually takes 3 business days to reflect any change on their end. I was also in your situation and I got turned back.

If that is the case, can I reschedule my interview for another date, will this attract another 64k? Please someone should save my soul. I don't have another 64k to pay. Is it possible they rectify this issue tomorrow? In your own case, what really transpired, at what point were you turned back and which of the DS 160 did you take along?
I am really worried, someone should advice me on what to do

hello everyone I have been following silently I have my interview on Thursday in abuja, I applied to only one university and I was admitted, hope it will not be any issue.
please help me its my first time and interview

Femmyy90:
VISA DENIED!!! 7:00AM BATCH
By the woman at window 8

Vo:good morning
Me:good morning
Vo:what is your highest degree
Me:high school
Vo: when did you graduate
Me:2013
Vo:what have you been doing since then?
Me: I volunteered working with my uncle who works as machine installation at Dangote cement
Vo:How many schools did you consider
Me: 2
Vo: why this school
Me: I choose to study in college because this would let me to adapt to US educational system before transferring and also the school has more international student from Africa so I know I would fits in the environment

Vo: sorry bla bla bla


Thinking to refire back.... any suggestions in the house

You denied yourself visa with that. How could you volunteer for 4years? Put your working experience. and refire!

Thank you! The problem here is that the first doc was 'sent' in March(according to Wes), and I think even our own NIPOST would have delivered since then. I have arranged for them to send it by courier; hopefully they'll do what I paid them for in the end. They are the most useless agency out there. Really bad experience for me.

richiepolymer:



Hmm. This WES issue can raise one's blood pressure at times. It may take at least 2-3 weeks for the photocopies to reach your school for verification. You need to have a reliable contact at your school's exams and records office or registrar's office to follow up so they can confirm when it has arrived. WES doesn't send or receive verification via e-mails. They do hard copies and they may not use priority mailing service. I had similar experience.

fisayoprisca:
good afternoon, I went for my visa interview today 07/08/ 6:30am and I was denied, this is the thread of my interview.
Vo: good morning.
Me: Morning (smiling) VO: she asked for my documents
Me: then I passed my I-20 and Passport.
VO: How many schools did you apply for?
ME: I applied to three, East tennesee state university, colorado state university sorry University of Colorad, Boulder and Wright State University.
VO: How many gave you admission:
ME; one, East Tennesse state University (but two gave me, I don't know how I just mistakenly said one).
VO: What Course are you studying Me: Liberal Arts concentration(she cuts in what course?) then I said Gender diversity studies.
VO: Tell me about Gender studies: Me: (I guess this was where I flopped) I started by talking about my sokoto experience as a youth corper where I had my students being married off at a younger age, i could not continue then she stops me.
VO: You have a schorlarship, How did you get it? I got it becuase of my undergraduate academic excellence.
VO: did you apply? Yes, I applied for it, I sent in my transcript for it. VO: did you do GRE: ME:
ME: Yes, I did. VO:
VO: What did you score:
Me: I scored 289.
VO: what university did you attend: I attended the prestigious university of Ibadan.
Then she gave me the blue paper, read what is inside.

*though, I could not find a space to fill the name of my University when I filled my DS-160 form. So it was not reflecting on my ds-160 form
*I want to re-apply again this week, I do I go about it, without having difficulties in scheduling a time.
*what are my faults please? Advise me please

You messed up @ bold.Reapply and you will get it.

Hi All, thanks for all your comments and advice.
Ready to refire and book appointment this week.
I'm planning to add sponsorship letter, land papers and letter from my parents just to present on the home ties side.
Any other last minute advise considering the first transcript will be appreciated �

djpope:
So I got delayed on the 31st of July by the VO in window 7. The guy was just dashing blue paper like baba blue.
No issue throughout biometrics and all.
Was prepared which made me very confident and relaxed all through till interview proper.
Vo: Goodmorning
Me: Good morning , how are you?
Vo: Fine. So tell me about your school?
Me: My school is Morgan state university. Apart from being one of the most diversified and the biggest HBCU in Maryland, their school of community health and policy offers rigorous teaching in health sciences while integrating community based learning and offering hands on practical and experimental approach to aid student have a well balanced education. ( The Box was missing).
Vo: why nursing?
Me: Nurses are very compassionate and helpful people and a degree in nursing is going to give me a very wide range of skills needed to help improve and save lives while offering job security and vast opportunities to grow and progress in a challenging environment.
Vo: how many schools did you apply to?
Me: 3 and I went on to name them....Morgan state university, Baltimore City community college and University of Minnesota
Vo: why did you apply to one community college?
Me: this one caught me off guard so I said that cc was just an associate degree to get first hand knowledge so I applied to one as a back up. ( Might be where I bleeped up)
Vo: did you take any test?
Me: No as none was required by the school but I have an IETLS with a band score of 8.0
Vo: who is sponsoring you?
Me: my maternal uncle
Vo: what does he do?
Me: he is a businessman into haulage of oil and gas products.
Vo: unfortunately you are not qualified to blabla at this time. You can reapply....Naso e hand me blue paper.
It's not as if it's a do or die but the denial thing just messes you up.
I fasted , prayed and prepared and it didn't work out. ( Everything get reason wey God know)
Please assist correct and fine tune my answers and what to do if I want to re-apply and how soon can i as school resumes 23rd August.
Thank you.

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texrem:


You denied yourself visa with that. How could you volunteer for 4years? Put your working experience. and refire!

Thanks bro... thinking of differing my admission to spring semester because class start aug22 and might not be able to meet up...

Or what you think bro??

emmayodata:
I didn't get ur pm, pls resend.

Av resent, if u still couldn't get it, u can send me urs.

my

hello house I have been following the page, although I was denied Canadian visa once so I applied to a community college in USA, Oregon.. got my admission letter, my documents, paid SEVIS fee (awaiting receipt) what's the next step pls and is there something am missing out?

sayilousnwa:



Hello Cosade

Thanks for taking your time to write me on here, well from my last post, I said I am not married. even when I was asked at the embassy, I told them NO. I'm still not married.
As for my In-law sponsoring me, He has a treasury bill account with a good sum which usually brings him good returns every year, September to be precise and this money in the treasury bill is his retirement money to say, hope it wont raise issues? and also I told the VO during my first intervies that I would be sponsoring my first trip and now changing it to my in-law to sponsor me, Is it not going to be an issue?

When you said in-law, I had assumed he's your father-in-law. Hmmnn brother-in-law? Definitely it would be an issue so you should be prepared to explain why he would want to fully shoulder your education outside Nigeria.

sayilousnwa:
Please to this noble house, I really want you guys to vert my transcript which I intend pouring out to the VO soon, I have asked God for just these questions. I believe that my prayers would be answered. Here I go

Sai: Good Morning Ma
VO: Good morning.
Sai: How was you night?
VO: Very well thank you and yours?
Sai: Good.
VO: Pass me your documents.
Sai: Here they are.
VO: Where are you going to?
Sai: I am going to California Miramar University, San Diego. for my MBA program with a concentration on Technology Management upon a s
successful completion, it's required of me to return back to my country Nigeria to use my knowledge to create a grate value for the
company.
VO: Why CMU?
Sai: CMU is ranked one of the best business schools in the states, 10# to be precised and they have a well structured curriculum which cuts across my

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Never say that to a non Nigerian, it's a very embarrassing question.

Fodio84:
Nairalanders I don't know if this question is for this room, pls kindly attend to it, I am a family man with 2 kids, presently i work with a micro finance institute, I intend to travel to US with a vocational training program for like 3-6 months and am sponsoring myself for the training, do I have a chance of securing? Pls ask me questions.

Vocational training on what?

sayilousnwa:
Please to this noble house, I really want you guys to vert my transcript which I intend pouring out to the VO soon, I have asked God for just these questions. I believe that my prayers would be answered. Here I go

Sai: Good Morning Ma
VO: Good morning.
Sai: How was you night?
VO: Very well thank you and yours?
Sai: Good.
VO: Pass me your documents.
Sai: Here they are.
VO: Where are you going to?
Sai: I am going to California Miramar University, San Diego. for my MBA program with a concentration on Technology Management upon a s
successful completion, it's required of me to return back to my country Nigeria to use my knowledge to create a grate value for the
company.
VO: Why CMU?
Sai: CMU is ranked one of the best business schools in the states, 10# to be precised and they have a well structured curriculum which cuts across my

Please do not go an say California Miramar University is one of the best business school....

Spetzzy7:




can you give a link on how i can sell and make good cash please

LOL! Which state are you heading to?

raptorakhigbe:
hello house I have been following the page, although I was denied Canadian visa once so I applied to a community college in USA, Oregon.. got my admission letter, my documents, paid SEVIS fee (awaiting receipt) what's the next step pls and is there something am missing out?

Awaiting receipt? What do you mean by that? Idealy you get your payment confirmation about 15mins after making payment through western Union. Your next step is to fill ds 160 online, pay visa fee at gtb then schedule your interview. Just to chip in, you will need to be ready to convince the VO why you applied to a community college and not a proper university. The rate of visa approval for community college is about 1/5. Who knows you might be the 1 out of every 5.

LagosismyHome:


Please do not go an say California Miramar University is one of the best business school....

Please I sent you a PM regarding your friends who got into Wharton but were denied initially.

sayilousnwa:
Please to this noble house, I really want you guys to vert my transcript which I intend pouring out to the VO soon, I have asked God for just these questions. I believe that my prayers would be answered. Here I go

Sai: Good Morning Ma
VO: Good morning.
Sai: How was you night?
VO: Very well thank you and yours?
Sai: Good.
VO: Pass me your documents.
Sai: Here they are.
VO: Where are you going to?
Sai: I am going to California Miramar University, San Diego. for my MBA program with a concentration on Technology Management upon a s
successful completion, it's required of me to return back to my country Nigeria to use my knowledge to create a grate value for the
company.
VO: Why CMU?
Sai: CMU is ranked one of the best business schools in the states, 10# to be precised and they have a well structured curriculum which cuts across my

Just to re-emphasize what lagosismyhome bolded, you need to delete that statement with immediate alacrity. That school is not one of the best for MBA, saying that to the VO means you didnt do your homework. Secondly, MBA is a very competitive course, you need to attend a very good school to get a job with the way things are turning out, however people are different and destiny differs too. You might need to reevaluate and plan well.

fisayoprisca:
good afternoon, I went for my visa interview today 07/08/ 6:30am and I was denied, this is the thread of my interview.
Vo: good morning.
Me: Morning (smiling) VO: she asked for my documents
Me: then I passed my I-20 and Passport.
VO: How many schools did you apply for?
ME: I applied to three, East tennesee state university, colorado state university sorry University of Colorad, Boulder and Wright State University.
VO: How many gave you admission:
ME; one, East Tennesse state University (but two gave me, I don't know how I just mistakenly said one).
VO: What Course are you studying Me: Liberal Arts concentration(she cuts in what course?) then I said Gender diversity studies.
VO: Tell me about Gender studies: Me: (I guess this was where I flopped) I started by talking about my sokoto experience as a youth corper where I had my students being married off at a younger age, i could not continue then she stops me.
VO: You have a schorlarship, How did you get it? I got it becuase of my undergraduate academic excellence.
VO: did you apply? Yes, I applied for it, I sent in my transcript for it. VO: did you do GRE: ME:
ME: Yes, I did. VO:
VO: What did you score:
Me: I scored 289.
VO: what university did you attend: I attended the prestigious university of Ibadan.
Then she gave me the blue paper, read what is inside.

*though, I could not find a space to fill the name of my University when I filled my DS-160 form. So it was not reflecting on my ds-160 form
*I want to re-apply again this week, I do I go about it, without having difficulties in scheduling a time.
*what are my faults please? Advise me please

You attended a prestigious University of Ibadan. Are you kidding me? Why did you use the word prestigious? University of Ibadan is not even among top universities in the world.

Second, your GRE score is low. Fourth, you did not explain accurately about your intended course of study abroad. Getting one admission of three didn't sound good to the VO's listening even with your academic results.

Sorry for your denial!

Visa approved earlier today, 07/08/2017. God is just too good. My admission to visa journey all in 3 weeks!
Story for another day.
Transcript:
VO: pls pass your i20 and passport.
Me: passed them and added good morning.
VO: good morning. Why this school?(she didn't even read the i20, and she just started typing fast on her computer)
Me: Because I will be working with Dr Lionel Messi as research assistant on a funded project in the Department of Crop and Soil Science at Colorado State University. Colorado state also has an agric experimental station where they produce quality research output.(I was so tensed, I spoke so fast, VO said I should calm down and talk to her as a friend)
VO asked me the same question again and I answered in a similar fashion. VO said again that she is given me a last chance for the question. I calmed down well and answered her, tho I added that I had two Skype interviews with my supervisor and we have a good working relationship...
VO: tell about your MSc thesis
Me: I explained what I did and after a while she cut in
VO: where did u do your MSc?
Me: Federal University of Agric, Abk
VO: you did your undergrad in a diff school?
Me: yes/OAU
VO: who is sponsoring your studies
Me: I got a full assistantship.
VO: wow okay, have you traveled before?
Me: yes to Canada for a conference and...she cuts in and says, don't say too much than asked.
VO: how long did u spend in Canada
Me: one week
VO: which other countries have u been to
Me: Benin rep
VO: tell me about your family
Me: I come from a family of 5, two siblings.
VO: are they all here?
Me: yes
VO: tell me about your ties to Nigeria
Me: I currently work as an extension officer withe the FGN as an intermediary BTW farmers and researchers. I facilitate and communicate best agric practices to them
Vo: are your employers guaranteeing your job when you return
Me: Yes.
Vo: kept typing and all of a returns my i20 sevis and the famous white paper. She said I will receive a text on picking up my visa..bla bla bla.
Me: thank you very much..
I am so grateful to God. He broke multiple protocols for me.
I felt tensed because she denied a guy before me going to Boston Uni or so and the guy had a GRE score of 327. She asked him if he had ever traveled before and he said no. Visa approval is a battle oo. Scaling through admission is one battle, visa is another. I pray that God will help us.
Special thanks to Toakins, she is in Iowa State now and she did a mock for me before she flew. Thanks to the indefatigable team of men and women of this great and legendary thread. God bless you all. Amen
Abeg I dey find cheap flight o. I am leaving on Sunday..Colorado people pls show up o

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