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Please how much should a reasonable bank statement have altogether. Do they also look at how busy the account has been i.e deposits and credits even though the balance isn't really much. playback answer oooh. Thanks my ppl

ziondaughter247:
Please how much should a reasonable bank statement have altogether. Do they also look at how busy the account has been i.e deposits and credits even though the balance isn't really much. playback answer oooh. Thanks my ppl

I shake my head for some kind of questions asked here, it all depends on the amount you have on your i20, what is reasonable to A might be unreasonable for B

GahiaO:
I would like to share my transcripts here because the Nairaland platform was of tremendous help in preparing for my Visa interview. But before I go into all that, I would like to give a brief bio.

I am a Medical Dr and I applied for a masters degree to study Public Health at the University of Massachusetts. My IELTS score was 8/9 and my GRE score was 300. Applied to two other schools, university of Arizona and Georgia Southern University. I got accepted to all of them but only Massachusetts give me an Assistantship (which came with full tuition waiver, health benefits and biweekly stipends). I got my visa in my second attempt. My first one was in August 11, 2018 (at 11am) and it goes as follows;

VO; Goodmorning
Me; Goodmorning - can’t remember if I smiled or not
VO: so you are going to the University of Massachusetts?
Me; yes
VO: what would you be studying?
Me; Public Health with a focus in Health Policy and Management
VO: Ok. how long is your program?
Me: 2 years
VO; Ooh you are a Medical Doctor
Me; yes
VO: are you currently working?
Me: yes
VO; what do plan to with this degree?
Me; I intend to come back to Nigeria so that I could work in key organizations both government and Non governmental organizations involved in health policy formulations like the the ministry for health, primary health care development board. I also intend to.. the VO cuts in and says “so your father would be sponsoring you”
Me; NO, it’s actually my uncle. And besides I got a graduate assistantship that came with a full tuition waiver, health benefits and biweekly stipends. The entire value of my award is in excess of $44k.

VO: I know but your I-20 says you have a deficit of $12,300 (my total cost of attendance was $56000)

Me; yes, my uncle would take care of the rest.

VO: do you have his statements?

Me: yes
VO: lemme have them
Me: passed it to him. I came with a total of N6.1m from two financial institutions; Zenith Bank( had 1.6m) and Arm Investment Company ( had 4.5m)

VO; looks at it for a while and then say “.. ok.. congratulations.. I would be approving your visa but I would verify these statements and if they are fake you would ban from entering the US for life..”
Me; that’s fine they are 400% authentic.
VO; passes me the white paper and told me where to pick up my passport. He then mentioned that “..inform your school so that they can send you a letter that you would present at the POE should there be delays with verifying your statements”
Me: Ok. Then I walked away

So after the interview, the embassy closed down for over 2weeks. When they reopened, I got a mail from the embassy saying I should submit a letter of authorization for just the ARM Investment Company bank statements. I did that quickly. I sent copies to both the bank and the embassy. I also informed them that I had submitted what they asked. So, after a week got another mail saying that I should resubmit my bank statements along with my passport. The next day they returned my passport so I printed the exact same bank statements I came with during my interview and resubmitted it alongside my passport. After this, I was quite optimistic that there won’t be any issues. 2days later, I checked my status and it had changed from “administrative processing” to “Refused”
I was a bit confused and shocked. because my bank statements were legit and I had done all that they asked. So I waited to pick up my passport to see what their could have been. When I pick my passport, they attached a denial letter to it. It was very generic and it was the same one they normally give anyone they denied. I was really sad. I didn’t want to try again. The whole process had taken over a month and in the end I was still denied. Meanwhile, my school had deferred my admission to spring 2019. But luckily for me, they said I would still have my assistantship should I come over in January. This gave some form of courage to try again. So I did. My second interview was last week Thursday (25th October) at 9am Abuja. This time around, I got a new bank statement from a Conventional Bank that had more money (9.4m). My interview was as follows;

VO; Goodmorning, welcome to the United States embassy
Me; Goodmorning
VO; why are you going to the University Of Massachusetts
Me; I’m going to obtain a masters degree in Public Health
VO; what school did you attend
Me: university of PortHarcourt. I studied medicine and surgery
VO: I can see that you have a GA, does it cover for you full tuition
Me; yes it does, it also comes with health benefits and a biweekly stipend.

NB: After I said this I tried to bring out my bank statements to give to him because I thought he said “can I see your statements” but he quickly cut in and said “ pls put that back, I would not be needing that”

VO: how did you get this Assistantship
Me; I applied, then I was invited to do a Skype interview with the Director and weeks after, I got a mail saying I had been offered the position
VO: when did you get this Assistantship
Me; July, 2018
VO: are you currently practicing
Me: yes
VO; he typed for a while and the said “ congratulations, I would be approving your visa..I hope you enjoy your stay at the University of Massachusetts” and then he gave me two white slips and then was said some other things about where to pick up my passport. But At that point I could no longer hear him.. I was so happy and shocked.. I kept saying in my “ he did ask for my bank statements, he didn’t ask why I chose to study this course, or what this course would do for me, or what are your study plans, or why were you denied the last time” all the questions I prepared for, all the questions I feared he might.. he didn’t ask any of them. He just approved my visa. Just like that !!

My passport was ready for pick the next day but I picked it up yesterday.

It was a very humbling experience for me and in all I give thanks to God almighty. He did it for me. It ended in praise. I am also grateful to everyone here on this platform. You guys are doing a great job. God bless you all. Shalom

Congratulations!!!

GahiaO:
I would like to share my transcripts here because the Nairaland platform was of tremendous help in preparing for my Visa interview. But before I go into all that, I would like to give a brief bio.

I am a Medical Dr and I applied for a masters degree to study Public Health at the University of Massachusetts. My IELTS score was 8/9 and my GRE score was 300. Applied to two other schools, university of Arizona and Georgia Southern University. I got accepted to all of them but only Massachusetts give me an Assistantship (which came with full tuition waiver, health benefits and biweekly stipends). I got my visa in my second attempt. My first one was in August 11, 2018 (at 11am) and it goes as follows;

VO; Goodmorning
Me; Goodmorning - can’t remember if I smiled or not
VO: so you are going to the University of Massachusetts?
Me; yes
VO: what would you be studying?
Me; Public Health with a focus in Health Policy and Management
VO: Ok. how long is your program?
Me: 2 years
VO; Ooh you are a Medical Doctor
Me; yes
VO: are you currently working?
Me: yes
VO; what do plan to with this degree?
Me; I intend to come back to Nigeria so that I could work in key organizations both government and Non governmental organizations involved in health policy formulations like the the ministry for health, primary health care development board. I also intend to.. the VO cuts in and says “so your father would be sponsoring you”
Me; NO, it’s actually my uncle. And besides I got a graduate assistantship that came with a full tuition waiver, health benefits and biweekly stipends. The entire value of my award is in excess of $44k.

VO: I know but your I-20 says you have a deficit of $12,300 (my total cost of attendance was $56000)

Me; yes, my uncle would take care of the rest.

VO: do you have his statements?

Me: yes
VO: lemme have them
Me: passed it to him. I came with a total of N6.1m from two financial institutions; Zenith Bank( had 1.6m) and Arm Investment Company ( had 4.5m)

VO; looks at it for a while and then say “.. ok.. congratulations.. I would be approving your visa but I would verify these statements and if they are fake you would ban from entering the US for life..”
Me; that’s fine they are 400% authentic.
VO; passes me the white paper and told me where to pick up my passport. He then mentioned that “..inform your school so that they can send you a letter that you would present at the POE should there be delays with verifying your statements”
Me: Ok. Then I walked away

So after the interview, the embassy closed down for over 2weeks. When they reopened, I got a mail from the embassy saying I should submit a letter of authorization for just the ARM Investment Company bank statements. I did that quickly. I sent copies to both the bank and the embassy. I also informed them that I had submitted what they asked. So, after a week got another mail saying that I should resubmit my bank statements along with my passport. The next day they returned my passport so I printed the exact same bank statements I came with during my interview and resubmitted it alongside my passport. After this, I was quite optimistic that there won’t be any issues. 2days later, I checked my status and it had changed from “administrative processing” to “Refused”
I was a bit confused and shocked. because my bank statements were legit and I had done all that they asked. So I waited to pick up my passport to see what their could have been. When I pick my passport, they attached a denial letter to it. It was very generic and it was the same one they normally give anyone they denied. I was really sad. I didn’t want to try again. The whole process had taken over a month and in the end I was still denied. Meanwhile, my school had deferred my admission to spring 2019. But luckily for me, they said I would still have my assistantship should I come over in January. This gave some form of courage to try again. So I did. My second interview was last week Thursday (25th October) at 9am Abuja. This time around, I got a new bank statement from a Conventional Bank that had more money (9.4m). My interview was as follows;

VO; Goodmorning, welcome to the United States embassy
Me; Goodmorning
VO; why are you going to the University Of Massachusetts
Me; I’m going to obtain a masters degree in Public Health
VO; what school did you attend
Me: university of PortHarcourt. I studied medicine and surgery
VO: I can see that you have a GA, does it cover for you full tuition
Me; yes it does, it also comes with health benefits and a biweekly stipend.

NB: After I said this I tried to bring out my bank statements to give to him because I thought he said “can I see your statements” but he quickly cut in and said “ pls put that back, I would not be needing that”

VO: how did you get this Assistantship
Me; I applied, then I was invited to do a Skype interview with the Director and weeks after, I got a mail saying I had been offered the position
VO: when did you get this Assistantship
Me; July, 2018
VO: are you currently practicing
Me: yes
VO; he typed for a while and the said “ congratulations, I would be approving your visa..I hope you enjoy your stay at the University of Massachusetts” and then he gave me two white slips and then was said some other things about where to pick up my passport. But At that point I could no longer hear him.. I was so happy and shocked.. I kept saying in my “ he did ask for my bank statements, he didn’t ask why I chose to study this course, or what this course would do for me, or what are your study plans, or why were you denied the last time” all the questions I prepared for, all the questions I feared he might.. he didn’t ask any of them. He just approved my visa. Just like that !!

My passport was ready for pick the next day but I picked it up yesterday.

It was a very humbling experience for me and in all I give thanks to God almighty. He did it for me. It ended in praise. I am also grateful to everyone here on this platform. You guys are doing a great job. God bless you all. Shalom

Congrats Bros. You did well by going again and kudos to the school for maintaining the GTA on your behalf for the spring not many schools does that. Have a very successful studies out there and say me to Ogbeni Trump.

CuteRedd:
GUYS PLS I NEED HELP HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR WAEC TO VERIFY MY RESULT TO WES?

WES IS WAITING FOR WAEC TO VERIFY THE RESULT THEY SENT. PLS WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP

Bro please give me your no,really need to ask you something

dwilliams707:
Bro please give me your no,really need to ask you something

lol everyone isnt a bro now. Kindly drop yours would contact

smokey12345:
University of Jos

You might want to try out Southern Illinois University. I know Ife graduates of Physics gets in with ease because over the years, many have done so well and created a good path for those coming next.

Gewezzy1:
Hi house, I got my I20 today,now i plan to use my Uncle who has enough money in his account,he has good travel history too.... But my major ish is we don't bear same surname and on the requirements for visa i saw I have to prove wt birth certificate dt we are related, how am I supposed to prove that because we don't have same name. Do i get a court statement?

I do not seem to understand your story. Is your uncle paying your tuition or why do you want to use him at this point?

homirefacuny:
Congrats Bros. You did well by going again and kudos to the school for maintaining the GTA on your behalf for the spring not many schools does that. Have a very successful studies out there and say me to Ogbeni Trump.

thanks brotherly. I go help you hail am when I reach..�

They did mine in less than a week. WES is becoming something else, their processes is now becoming herculean. I wouldn't blame them though,

CuteRedd:
pls anybody pls

Congratulations.

GahiaO:
I would like to share my transcripts here because the Nairaland platform was of tremendous help in preparing for my Visa interview. But before I go into all that, I would like to give a brief bio.

I am a Medical Dr and I applied for a masters degree to study Public Health at the University of Massachusetts. My IELTS score was 8/9 and my GRE score was 300. Applied to two other schools, university of Arizona and Georgia Southern University. I got accepted to all of them but only Massachusetts give me an Assistantship (which came with full tuition waiver, health benefits and biweekly stipends). I got my visa in my second attempt. My first one was in August 11, 2018 (at 11am) and it goes as follows;

VO; Goodmorning
Me; Goodmorning - can’t remember if I smiled or not
VO: so you are going to the University of Massachusetts?
Me; yes
VO: what would you be studying?
Me; Public Health with a focus in Health Policy and Management
VO: Ok. how long is your program?
Me: 2 years
VO; Ooh you are a Medical Doctor
Me; yes
VO: are you currently working?
Me: yes
VO; what do plan to with this degree?
Me; I intend to come back to Nigeria so that I could work in key organizations both government and Non governmental organizations involved in health policy formulations like the the ministry for health, primary health care development board. I also intend to.. the VO cuts in and says “so your father would be sponsoring you”
Me; NO, it’s actually my uncle. And besides I got a graduate assistantship that came with a full tuition waiver, health benefits and biweekly stipends. The entire value of my award is in excess of $44k.

VO: I know but your I-20 says you have a deficit of $12,300 (my total cost of attendance was $56000)

Me; yes, my uncle would take care of the rest.

VO: do you have his statements?

Me: yes
VO: lemme have them
Me: passed it to him. I came with a total of N6.1m from two financial institutions; Zenith Bank( had 1.6m) and Arm Investment Company ( had 4.5m)

VO; looks at it for a while and then say “.. ok.. congratulations.. I would be approving your visa but I would verify these statements and if they are fake you would ban from entering the US for life..”
Me; that’s fine they are 400% authentic.
VO; passes me the white paper and told me where to pick up my passport. He then mentioned that “..inform your school so that they can send you a letter that you would present at the POE should there be delays with verifying your statements”
Me: Ok. Then I walked away

So after the interview, the embassy closed down for over 2weeks. When they reopened, I got a mail from the embassy saying I should submit a letter of authorization for just the ARM Investment Company bank statements. I did that quickly. I sent copies to both the bank and the embassy. I also informed them that I had submitted what they asked. So, after a week got another mail saying that I should resubmit my bank statements along with my passport. The next day they returned my passport so I printed the exact same bank statements I came with during my interview and resubmitted it alongside my passport. After this, I was quite optimistic that there won’t be any issues. 2days later, I checked my status and it had changed from “administrative processing” to “Refused”
I was a bit confused and shocked. because my bank statements were legit and I had done all that they asked. So I waited to pick up my passport to see what their could have been. When I pick my passport, they attached a denial letter to it. It was very generic and it was the same one they normally give anyone they denied. I was really sad. I didn’t want to try again. The whole process had taken over a month and in the end I was still denied. Meanwhile, my school had deferred my admission to spring 2019. But luckily for me, they said I would still have my assistantship should I come over in January. This gave some form of courage to try again. So I did. My second interview was last week Thursday (25th October) at 9am Abuja. This time around, I got a new bank statement from a Conventional Bank that had more money (9.4m). My interview was as follows;

VO; Goodmorning, welcome to the United States embassy
Me; Goodmorning
VO; why are you going to the University Of Massachusetts
Me; I’m going to obtain a masters degree in Public Health
VO; what school did you attend
Me: university of PortHarcourt. I studied medicine and surgery
VO: I can see that you have a GA, does it cover for you full tuition
Me; yes it does, it also comes with health benefits and a biweekly stipend.

NB: After I said this I tried to bring out my bank statements to give to him because I thought he said “can I see your statements” but he quickly cut in and said “ pls put that back, I would not be needing that”

VO: how did you get this Assistantship
Me; I applied, then I was invited to do a Skype interview with the Director and weeks after, I got a mail saying I had been offered the position
VO: when did you get this Assistantship
Me; July, 2018
VO: are you currently practicing
Me: yes
VO; he typed for a while and the said “ congratulations, I would be approving your visa..I hope you enjoy your stay at the University of Massachusetts” and then he gave me two white slips and then was said some other things about where to pick up my passport. But At that point I could no longer hear him.. I was so happy and shocked.. I kept saying in my “ he did ask for my bank statements, he didn’t ask why I chose to study this course, or what this course would do for me, or what are your study plans, or why were you denied the last time” all the questions I prepared for, all the questions I feared he might.. he didn’t ask any of them. He just approved my visa. Just like that !!

My passport was ready for pick the next day but I picked it up yesterday.

It was a very humbling experience for me and in all I give thanks to God almighty. He did it for me. It ended in praise. I am also grateful to everyone here on this platform. You guys are doing a great job. God bless you all. Shalom

They DONT WAIVE bro, the WAEC evaluation is a first and foremost requirement for their evaluation. It started this June, ECE don't do such anyway.

GboyegaD:
Send them an email to waive it. This is what most people I know do.

ziondaughter247:
Please how much should a reasonable bank statement have altogether. Do they also look at how busy the account has been i.e deposits and credits even though the balance isn't really much. playback answer oooh. Thanks my ppl

Your balances should cover the figures in your i-20 with a little overage.
An inactive account ("less busy" account) that suddenly bears a lump sum is sure to raise a red flag. It will be common sense to deny such candidate on grounds of sponsorship.

GahiaO:
I would like to share my transcripts here because the Nairaland platform was of tremendous help in preparing for my Visa interview.

VO; he typed for a while and the said “ congratulations, I would be approving your visa..I hope you enjoy your stay at the University of Massachusetts”

My passport was ready for pick the next day but I picked it up yesterday.

It was a very humbling experience for me and in all I give thanks to God almighty... I am also grateful to everyone here on this platform. You guys are doing a great job. God bless you all. Shalom

Congratulations Doctor and more blessings. Ensure to represent yourself and country well.

Hello.house..i got a mail from my school that i should send an account detail to them before they can issue me I-20,will the amount in the account reflect on the I-20 form...

100kobo:
Congratulations Doctor and more blessings. Ensure to represent yourself and country well.

I would.. thanks

rimijoshua:
Hello.house..i got a mail from my school that i should send an account detail to them before they can issue me I-20,will the amount in the account reflect on the I-20 form...

Most probably.

Damidolly:
Good morning,

My school is asking for declaration of finance form to be filled. I want to ask if my sponsor must attach his statement of account or just for him to fill his part.

Thank you.

Both must be done including sworn or signed affidavit of support by a notary public.

Adhheir:
How many days does it take couriers to send I20 down to Nigeria? Min and max time frame please. Thanks

minimum of 5 days maximum of 7 days

CuteRedd:
lol everyone isnt a bro now. Kindly drop yours would contact

Please I'd also need you to contact me on how to go about WAEC verification with WES. Please help me as soon as you can /get this. amakasophia68@yahoo.com

Hello everyone,

My friend is expecting admissions/funding from some universities, but already has an unfunded position at hand and he's considering using his uncle's company account to get I-20 and applying for visa.

I want to know the current trend with a company sponsoring a prospective student. Has recent success rate been good with such arrangement?

Loool

uniquefurlife:
"Kindly advice me on what to say" bros you go wait tire then grow iron bear bear because nobody here will do your research for you. If you are a genuine student i will advice you to carry out your research then come back here and seek opinion abt your research. I believe the ogas found this your post annoying that's why you've not gotten any response.

Manifoldlove:
They DONT WAIVE bro, the WAEC evaluation is a first and foremost requirement for their evaluation. It started this June, ECE don't do such anyway.

It started after August 3 and I know two people who got theirs waived for ECA evaluation for Canadian immigration. I would suggest you speak based on what you know and don't counter others opinion a 100 percent as no one knows it all.
Regards.

This one wey this thread quiet so, people dey prepare for interview oo

Visa Delayed. A White Man (Not sure he's an American but not Black) Window 4, Lagos Embassy


Vo: Pass ur documents
Me: Good morning
Vo: which university are you going
Me: University of South Florida
Vo: What course and level
Me: Masters degree in Electrical Engineering
Vo: What's ur highest degree
Me: HND

Course?
Electrical engineering

What year did you obtain your degree?
2016

What have you been doing since then?
I went for my NYSC which I completed in 2017 and I have been working in dads company since January 2018 as a technical supervisor.

What type of company is it?
Electrical contracting company

Did you write any test?
Yes I wrote the GRE

What's your score?
I got 157 in quant, 146 in verbal and 3.0 in analytical

How many universities did you apply to?
6 universities

How many admit?
I got admitted into all

So why dis university?
Because of it's interdisciplinary research. Its ranked 12th among universities in world granted... Cuts in

I don't have time here how is this ranking going to help you?
This is an indication of the kind of research that is carried out this university and I will be researching under a professor that have committed over 40years of his professional Life on researching on photovoltaic solar energy system.
Mention a material in a photovoltaic solar system
Diode
What is used to construct solar panel
I started explain how a thin film solar cell is used to capture solar energy which is then converted into Direct Current (DC) and electrical components such as resistor, capacitor and diode is... cuts in

Who's ur sponsor?
I got a loan from prodigy finance and my aunt will be supporting me while my dad will be taking care of any required expenses

Have you travelled out of the country before?
No I have not had any reason to

Am sorry, you have been found ineligible for this Visa. This blue paper would tell you why



Please help me as I will be reapplying soon.

Loolz.....from now to Dec na peak period for spring....expect transcripts to be pouring in �.....All the best to everyone though, keep preparing, be specific, be bold and have it at the back of your mind that las las it’s not a do or die affair

Philadelphia:
This one wey this thread quiet so, people dey prepare for interview oo

angelajuni:
Loolz.....from now to Dec na peak period for spring....expect transcripts to be pouring in �.....All the best to everyone though, keep preparing, be specific, be bold and have it at the back of your mind that las las it’s not a do or die affair

Blessings and success to Spring 2019 F-1 visa appointees;
Amen!

Please does anyone have in depth knowledge about WES waec verification process? I have a question to ask.

AmaSophy:
Please I'd also need you to contact me on how to go about WAEC verification with WES. Please help me as soon as you can /get this. amakasophia68@yahoo.com

Follow this verbatim and you will be fine

Predstan:
Visa Delayed.


So why dis university?
Because of it's interdisciplinary research. Its ranked 12th among universities in world granted... Cuts in

I don't have time here how is this ranking going to help you?




Who's ur sponsor?
I got a loan from prodigy finance and my aunt will be supporting me while my dad will be taking care of any required expenses

Have you travelled out of the country before?
No I have not had any reason to

Am sorry, you have been found ineligible for this Visa. This blue paper would tell you why



Please help me as I will be reapplying soon.

Geez, my own Predstan....Let my bosses do justice, but no one could read the mind of a VO to deduce what prompted issuing a visa, as someone with full tuition to even Massachusetts was rejected from the transcript we read here yesterday...