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Judgepelumi:
Lol I did this for 3weeks on AP but no show till I mailed them and did a follow up with calls, eventually I got it after a month. I'm not saying praying is bad but sometimes certain things require actions, not everytime praying especially for them to remember one's application is still on AP. What if I kept praying and waiting and I didn't take action? My thoughts sha

Sheq:
i feel so convinced you didnt read up to 100pages of chapter 13... you people should always read back , you could have used another word in place of aprenticeship, there are numerous oppurtunities in all schools...why not mention what makes yours standout? the highschool.mate is even so unncesarary... even though you have been out of school for long... if you had read numerous transcripts you would have been able to answer questions professionally like a graduate student.... please load chapter 13 and 12...read.. make screenshots..and refire!

Benitez05:
hello Guys....I am happy to be in your midst....just got to see this thread some few days ago....well, it did help me....my study visa was approved today but somehow I had an edge....I have before now successfully gotten a B1 visa visited the us and renewed the visa....so I had a running visa.... So I think that was what gave me the edge....however it's not always a guarantee that it would work that way.... My interview was very very strange....although I prepared myself from some of the transcript I got from here, the questions I was asked were quite strange...it didn't follow the normal generic pattern....one thing I want us to know is this guys conduct a thorough check on you even before you come....so times, they have decided whether to give you or not just from the DS...160 form we fill online....most of us don't recognize the fact that we reject/delay/turndown our applications by ourselves by carelessly filling our DS...160 form..... I sincerely hope to share from my own experience where I think many of us get it wrong....I have seen some transcripts here that were denied but nobody could spot why even when it was very clear why it was turned down....although these are my opinion and they may not be correct.... Hopefully in the coming days I hope to share my transcript and 2cent on what can be done to Better your chances of getting your visa approved ..... Thanks everyone

I have also been struggling to type in this forum but just couldn't .....I didn't understand how to do that here at all....I only just succeeded now....so I hope to be more regular to contribute my own quota here....God bless us all

fairheart:
REPOST:

If you have scheduled your appointment and now preparing for your interview, please try stay away from here. It seems the news of recent denials is not helping your psychology. No put yourself under unnecessary pressure. Stay away from this group for now. Then one more thing: revise your proposed transcript 3 times a day. Morning, afternoon and before bed. Correct what needs to be changed; put the important points first, so that before the VO cuts in, you'd have delivered quality response. Get Get familiar with your proposed transcript to an extent that if the VO wakes you up from the sleep and ask you any of the questions, you'll be able to say it confidently. Once you're able to deliver in front of the VO, your chance is higher. Statement and other factors outside your influence will do the rest.

Before you take a break, get someone from here you can do mock with. It is important.
Good luck!

Manniee:
Manniee:
Sorry for the delay in sending my transcript...
VO: Good morning
Me; ( dey smile like mumu after asking the Holy Spirit for boldness as I been was shaking from the gate) Good morning
VO; How did you find out about this university
ME:While surfing the net I came across this university and it struck a cord in me looked it up on linkdeln chatted with the students and of course the HOD has been my mentor as her work on diabetes has been awesome she published about effect of contraceptive on the insulin level of a black female and of course working with CYZ as wxv each day I come across patients with terminal diseases like diabetes and it will amaze you to know that a lot of people in Africa still feel that their sickness is caused by one witch or another they go about offering sacrifices to gods thinking that they’ve been attacked however from WHO’s article in 2016 the change in mortality and morbidity rate shows that....In 2018 the latest publication from WHO show that every 5sevonds one person dies of Diabetes every 8seconds a person with diabetes suffers heart attack and every 12 seconds a person loses a limb as a result of diabetes. However, the leading cause of death is known to be diabetes and ischaemic heart disease as this causes about 54.4% death
VO;typing
Me; i’ll Be coming back to Nigeria upon successful completion of my studies to work with cyz stretches out my offer letter written by this hospital to work as a research epidemiologist...
VO; going through the letter
Me: Kept going on and on about my school and all the research done by some of their professors
VO; did you write any Eng proficiency test
Me;UVB recognizes the fact that Nigeria is an English speaking country so they did not request for any Test for Eng however I wrote the GRE
VO; what was your score in the GRE
Me; 280 I flipped here scored more
I was like I’m engaged ( last time I applied for business visa B-1 I was denied based on the fact that I don’t have ties to my home country)
VO;looks at me where is ...based
Me; the person I’m engaged to is based in Lagos Nigeria works here and we will be getting married shortly
Me;I’ll be working with ...we will be doing our research and reaching out to people here in Lagos and Delta on type 2 diabetes as I and my siblings feel you don’t wait for govt to better your life you should do the little you can and to get we will make Nigeria a great place
VO; who is sponsoring you
ME; my brother...he is the C.E.O of ...he’s actually a favor he owes my mum
VO;how much does he make a month
Me;I give am range o in millions I was like it’s a real estate conglomerate with hotels hence the range
VO; why have you never travelled before
Me; I have no business leaving my country I have a great job I’m just going for my masters to come back that’s the reason for my passport not been stamped
VO; Passes the white paper
Me; I literally went dumb as I couldn’t hear a thing.. can’t even remember the number on the window
I was elated
Lessons
This US thing is just God’s Grace prayyyyyyy o and study about your school read about their publications but you gats pray that’s all that really matters if God is in it when it’s the set time it will happen suddenly...

Judgepelumi:
Lol I did this for 3weeks on AP but no show till I mailed them and did a follow up with calls, eventually I got it after a month. I'm not saying praying is bad but sometimes certain things require actions, not everytime praying especially for them to remember one's application is still on AP. What if I kept praying and waiting and I didn't take action? My thoughts sha

Libber:
Please what materials did you use for your sat and where can I buy the hard copy

elevatedmind:
Visa Approved. Dec 21st

VO: What are you going to the US for?
Me: my Master's degree in Plant Pathology at the University of Georgia in Athens.

(I think he noticed my GRA)

VO: What's your research going to be on?
Me: Molecular diagnosis of plant pathogens and development of effective disease management strategies

VO: What is molecular diagnosis?
Me: DNA-based method. Advancement of morphological technique. E.g. PCR... this involves DNA isolation and PCR analysis and subsequently search on the NCBI (I said the meaning of NCBI here) database to determine the genus and specie. (I said this all a little haphazardly).

VO: Are you married
Me: No

VO: Do you have kids
Me: No

I will be approving your Visa now. Pick up in circled location in 3 business days.

It was all God's Grace.

Thanks to all that contribute to this trend selflessly and responded to my questions including (but not limited to) Lagosismyhome, Ubah1, gboyegaD, 100kobo, fairheart... God's gonna bless you all immensely.
Special thanks to Jummybecks/Bassmana and Toakins... Words can't express the help they rendered to me.... God bless you both real good.

Emmalondon:
Congratulations to you once again.

Benitez05:
hello Guys....I am happy to be in your midst....just got to see this thread some few days ago....well, it did help me....my study visa was approved today but somehow I had an edge....I have before now successfully gotten a B1 visa visited the us and renewed the visa....so I had a running visa.... So I think that was what gave me the edge....however it's not always a guarantee that it would work that way.... My interview was very very strange....although I prepared myself from some of the transcript I got from here, the questions I was asked were quite strange...it didn't follow the normal generic pattern....one thing I want us to know is this guys conduct a thorough check on you even before you come....so times, they have decided whether to give you or not just from the DS...160 form we fill online....most of us don't recognize the fact that we reject/delay/turndown our applications by ourselves by carelessly filling our DS...160 form..... I sincerely hope to share from my own experience where I think many of us get it wrong....I have seen some transcripts here that were denied but nobody could spot why even when it was very clear why it was turned down....although these are my opinion and they may not be correct.... Hopefully in the coming days I hope to share my transcript and 2cent on what can be done to Better your chances of getting your visa approved ..... Thanks everyone

I have also been struggling to type in this forum but just couldn't .....I didn't understand how to do that here at all....I only just succeeded now....so I hope to be more regular to contribute my own quota here....God bless us all

Olayinkaji:
Congrats bro. Still reading fir gre before I proceed my applications. Applying to two schools should be enough?

Miaanita:
Goodmornig house, thanks for always been there for Us..

I made a mistake in typing one of my recommenders details when inserting their email address so as to get a recommendation form to submit and fill on my behalf as shown in the red box in the attached image...

But have corrected it now, and my 3 recomendations are complete, transcript received and GRE scored received as well as been checked on the list...

Hope this won't affect me in anyway and how long do I have to wait to get admission decision and should I follow up with a call or what.......

Pls help me guys, God bless y'all

Utimiracle:
Good evening, and happy new year please my interview is on 14th of this January here in lagos.
Please I need someone that would help me out for mock interview before then.
Thanks

fairheart:
PM ME and let's try.

Emmalondon:
Please I hope you don't mind helping a brother with soft copies of the GRE study materials you have.

PRYCE:
An uncle of mine just got his visa approved today at the Abuja Embassy. Him na clergy sha!

He told me that from the time he went in to when he left, only elderly people like him got approved.

And yes, he too is going to school. He's in his late 40s

I hope everyone here comes out with a different story today. Amen

deholly99:
LagosismyHome
Please how can I go about fresh application for USA vise as a student

duduade:
Shaking my head

Mazzykay:
Thanks you very much sir.honestly I didn't read up 2 100 pages on chapter 13 but I would do that now, I just got to know about this thread tho....i'll go back and read it sir..I appreciate

lasthero:
OH my God, another victim of wicked uncles?.


Like I posted earlier, everyone should learn from this. Take extra step to verify any document given to you by any uncle.

1. It's either you follow them to the bank and be present while he was collecting it.

2. Or walk in to the bank with the account number to enquire if its correct or tally with the name.

3. Use your mobile app to verify the details and compare to what you have with you.


As for your situation, you can't appeal since your uncle also confirm its "Oluwole" I'm sorry you are likely banned already

Omonoba1981:
My class start 8th January. And I am trying to get a flight to leave lagos this evening or sunday. Having difficulty to get a flight.

Does anyone know if I will have problem getting into US on Monday / Tuesday when my class starts

Lagos - Miami

Omonoba1981:
My class start 8th January. And I am trying to get a flight to leave lagos this evening or sunday. Having difficulty to get a flight.

Does anyone know if I will have problem getting into US on Monday / Tuesday when my class starts

Lagos - Miami

donsoj5:
BEEN FOLLOWING THIS THREAD FOR A WHILE NOW. PLEASE KINDLY LOOK THROUGH THIS TRANSCRIPT AND SCRUTINIZE.
I AM GOING FOR THE INTERVIEW ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS AFTER GETTING APPROVED FOR EXPEDITED INTERVIEW BY SUBMITTING MY PROPOSED RESEARCH WHICH IS STARTING AS SOON AS WE RESUME.
ME: GOOD MORNING
VO: MORNING, PASS ME YOUR I20 AND PASSPORT
ME:PASS WITH A SMILE.
VO: WHY ARE YOU GOING TO THE US?
ME: I AM GOING TO THE US TO STUDY FOR MY MASTERS IN SOCIOLOGY AT MORGAN STATE UNI, BALTIMORE. MARYLAND.
VO: WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THE US INSTEAD OF NIGERIA?
ME: IT HAS BEEN A PRIMITIVE TREND IN NIGERIA TO ALWAYS FOCUS ON THE THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF RESEARCH. BUT IN THE UNITED STATES THEY FOCUS ON BOTH PRACTICALS AND THEORIES WITHOUT DWELLING ON ONE.
VO: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE ABOUT D RESEARCH
ME: I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WRITE AN ABSTRACT AND PROPOSAL WHICH ALSO CAUGHT THE INTEREST OF MY HOD ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR ME TO GET ON THE TEAM OF THIS RESEARCH. THE CAUSES OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE, THE EFFECTS AND MY RECOMMENDATIONS.
VO: TEL ME YOUR STUDY PLAN
ME: I PLAN TO GO FOR A MASTERS IN SOCIOLOGY, TO EXTENSIVELY EXPLORE THE SAME FIELD AS MY FIRST DEGREE. IT WILL REQUIRE A TOTAL OF 34 CREDIT HOURS AND CORE COURSE WORK INCLUSIVE. I WILL BE TAKING COURSES LIKE SOCI510 SOCIAL STATISTICS, SOCI 511 CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY SOC 545 IDENTITIES AND INTERACTION AND MY THESIS IS SOC799.
VO: HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THIS SCHOOL?
ME: I DECIDED TO ATTEND THE EDUCATIONUSA ADVISING CENTER IN VI, LAGOS ON ITS 19TH ANNUAL STUDENT FAIR IN SEPTEMBER WHERE I WAS INTRODUCED TO ACADEMIC WEBSITES LIKE PETERSON, MASTERPORTAL PRIOR TO MY AREA OF SPECIALIZATION AND PROSPECTIVE COURSE OF STUDY AT WHICH MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY AND HARRISBURG UNI OF SCI N TECH STILL CAME AS THE BEST OPTION
VO: HOW MANY SCHOOLS DID YOU APPLY TO?
ME: TWO (MSU AND HARRISBURG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY). MSU GAVE ME ADMISSION AFTER BEING EVALUATED BY WORLD EDUCATION SERVICES. HARRISBURG UNI OF SCI N TECH, I AM YET TO GET A RESPONSE.
VO: WHY MSU?
ME: BOTH SCHOOLS I APPLIED TO HAVE GREAT ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND SIMILAR RESEARCH AND CURRICULUM OPPORTUNITIES BUT IN ADDITION TO MORGAN STATE UNI, IT’S THE PREEMINENT UNIVERSITY IN MARYLAND ON PUBLIC URBAN RESEARCH.
I DISCOVERED THEY TRAIN LEADERS AND THINKERS! MORESO, THEY OFFER THE BEST VALUE FOR MONEY, THE TUITION IS WELL WITHIN MY UNCLE’S BUDGET.

MOST ESPECIALLY, THE KIND OF RESEARCH THEY ARE WORKING ON AS OF THE MOMENT AFTER DISCUSSING WITH DR PAUL VOOS VIA EMAIL IS SIMILAR TO GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AND GENDER MARGINALIZATION.

VO: WHAT WILL THIS COURSE DO FOR YOU?
ME: HAVING KNOWN THAT THE SCHOOL OFFERS A BLEND OF SOCIAL RESEARCH IN PRACTICALS AS AN ADDITION TO THEIR SOCIOLOGY DEGREE WHICH IS SOMETHING I WAS ACTIVELY LOOKING OUT FOR TO MAKE ME OUTSTANDING AMONGST OTHER RESEARCHERS IN MY COUNTRY. I WILL NEED THIS COURSE TO SECURE A FULL STAFF POSITION AS AN ASSITANT LECTURER TO PROFESSOR AY, PROF OF SOCIOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN. AND ALSO COLLABORATE WITH THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AFFAIRS ON REGULATING GENDER MARGINALIZATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE IN MY NATIVE COUNTRY NIGERIA.
OR
HAVING SUBMITTED MY PROPOSAL TO MY AUNTY WHO IS THE MINISTER OF WOMEN AFFAIRS AND PLANS OF GOING TO THE UNITED STATES TO GAIN PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO REGULATE GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA AS A WHOLE, SHE PROMISED TO APPOINT ME AS HER SPECIAL ADVISER UNDER THE PRESIDENCY PARASTATALS ON THIS BASIS AFTER COMPLETION OF THIS MASTERS PROGRAM.

VO: WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING AFTER YOUR GRADUATION
ME: I HAD MY MANDATORY ONE YEAR NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS TO SERVE MY FATHERLAND AND SUBSEQUENTLY PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM I GOT A JOB WITH A BRITISH IT & RESEARCH FIRM AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER BECAUSE I AM CERTIFIED AS A CHARTERED MANAGER UNDER THE NIGERIA INSTITUE OF MANAGEMENT. WORKED THERE TILL SEPTEMBER WHEN I GOT A 3 MONTHS SCHOLARSHIP WHICH ENDED NOVEMBER TO GO AND STUDY SAP AND K2 SOFTWARES BEING USED BY FINANCIAL AND MULTINATIONAL FIRMS FOR AN EFFECTIVE SALES PROCESS.

VO: WHERE WOULD YOU BE STAYING OVER AT THE UNIVERSITY
ME: MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY HAS A STUDENT PORTAL APP FOR PROSPECTIVE AND RETURNING STUDENTS WHICH I DOWNLOADED ON APP STORE, SO WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE HOSTEL FACILITATOR AND I ALREADY REQUESTED FOR A RESERVATION AT CUMMINGS DORMITORY ON CAMPUS
VO: DID YOU WRITE ANY EXAM?
ME: NO, I DID NOT WRITE ANY EXAM BECAUSE MY DEPARTMENT EXEMPTED STANDARDIZED EXAMS FOR ME, HAVING EVALUATED MY TRANSCRIPTS BY WES. THO, OTHER DEPARTMENTS REQUIRE THIS FOR ADMISSION PROCESSES

VO: WHO IS YOUR SPONSOR?
ME: MY UNCLE
VO: WHAT DOES HE DO?
ME: HE IS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ALSO LAGOS STATE. HE ALSO OWNS A TRANSPORT COMPANY THAT DOES INTER STATES BETWEEN LAGOS,PORTHARCOURT AND BENIN.