Good morning nairalanders.

My visa was delayed in May.

This morning, while I was trying to book an appointment, I saw two options
>>refused (if my visa was once refused)
>> regular (my first time of applying for visa)

I saw " next available appointment" on the left hand side of the screen as (29th of August)

However, after clicking the first option above (refused) I noticed that the next available appointment option changed to 3rd of January 2020. And I am to start school in August next month.

Please did I make any mistake by selecting Refused ?
Cause I was warned that there might be implications for wrong selection.

Morning guys.
Please i wanna write GMAT exam, please how is the registration? How much is it and where can i register for it in lag?

CHUUKKSS:
You can be lucky for the date to change to an earlier one if you login again or be unlucky and it is a farther one, what I did was chose the one I saw, case I heard it the slot could be filled up, I think they give refusals one month later to apply again, Just pick that date, prepare vigorously as you have time to know reason for your previous rejections, then work on it.They feel your status might not change under a week, so they give a longer date.

thanks chuks but can I reach out to you? I have already sent you a mail

Novellex:
The current available date in Lagos us consulate is August 29, is it advisable to reapply as i was denied earlier today and how can I get it to reschedule; the first time I applied I wasn't given the option of the calendar untill I pulled a call through to the embassy and i was asked to login in again and the calendar showed and I was allowed to pick the earliest available date of which I had already used the expedited appointment which was denied.

And how does expedited appointment work, does it require extra payment?

I applied today even though it was showing that same date you saw there, after confirming my appointment, the date changed to January 3rd 2020

Hello everyone, I am a silent follower of this thread but active a couple of times.

So let me give a brief history before the main gist.

I went to the US in Dec 2016 for vacation with my husband and Dad and came back after 13 days. I went to the US alone August 2017 for childbirth, I came back in Jan 2018. Reasons for staying that long is because my pregnancy was termed high risk considering the fact that I had lost 2 children after childbirth to cognital heart diseases and needed my newborn to be checked within the first 6 to 8 weeks of life. I paid ALL my bills to the sum of $19k and it was even stated that I refused medic aid even for the baby. My husband sent additional money through my parents to me when they came visiting Dec of 2017.

Main Gist:

I was denied a student visa this money here at the Abuja Embassy.
This is the transcript of the window 7 consular officer and I.

Visa officer: Pass me your passports and I-20
Me: OK. I passed them.
Visa officer: what are you going to do in the US?
Me: I am going for the Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health at Florida International University.
Visa officer: What do you do and Where do you work?
Me: I am a practising Pharmacist with ******* here in Abuja.
Visa officer: Are these your biological children?
Me : These 2 are but this isn't. She is my husband's niece.
Visa officer: Who is sponsoring you?
Me: My husband and Uncle.
(My husband was behind us. He isn't travelling with us. He only accompanied us for the interview).

Then she pointed at my toddler and asked if she was born in the US and I answered in affirmative.

Then she brought out the green slip and said we are ineligible for the U.S visa.
The Green slip has the section 214b which summarizes lack of home ties.

When I noticed she was just denying pple visas and I wanted to move another window when I heard him call out, the CGI man insisted I stay

What do you guys think happened? Please, what should I do next?

@fairheart and @sharwarma Thanks for your kind words of encouragement.

DBELLEs:

Hello everyone, I am a silent follower of this thread but active a couple of times.

So let me give a brief history before the main gist.

I went to the US in Dec 2016 for vacation with my husband and Dad and came back after 13 days. I went to the US alone August 2017 for childbirth, I came back in Jan 2018. Reasons for staying that long is because my pregnancy was termed high risk considering the fact that I had lost 2 children after childbirth to cognital heart diseases and needed my newborn to be checked within the first 6 to 8 weeks of life. I paid ALL my bills to the sum of $19k and it was even stated that I refused medic aid even for the baby. My husband sent additional money through my parents to me when they came visiting Dec of 2017.

Main Gist:

I was denied a student visa this money here at the Abuja Embassy.
This is the transcript of the window 7 consular officer and I.

Visa officer: Pass me your passports and I-20
Me: OK. I passed them.
Visa officer: what are you going to do in the US?
Me: I am going for the Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health at Florida International University.
Visa officer: What do you do and Where do you work?
Me: I am a practising Pharmacist with ******* here in Abuja.
Visa officer: Are these your biological children?
Me : These 2 are but this isn't. She is my husband's niece.
Visa officer: Who is sponsoring you?
Me: My husband and Uncle.
(My husband was behind us. He isn't travelling with us. He only accompanied us for the interview).

Then she pointed at my toddler and asked if she was born in the US and I answered in affirmative.

Then she brought out the green slip and said we are ineligible for the U.S visa.
The Green slip has the section 214b which summarizes lack of home ties.

When I noticed she was just denying pple visas and I wanted to move another window when I heard him call out, the CGI man insisted I stay

What do you guys think happened? Please, what should I do next?

why was your husband niece there

She was to go as a dependent. She is 13yrs and has lived with my family and I for almost 6 years.

why was your husband niece there[/quote]

Hello, anyone going to Houston this fall?

DBELLEs:

Hello everyone, I am a silent follower of this thread but active a couple of times.

So let me give a brief history before the main gist.

I went to the US in Dec 2016 for vacation with my husband and Dad and came back after 13 days. I went to the US alone August 2017 for childbirth, I came back in Jan 2018. Reasons for staying that long is because my pregnancy was termed high risk considering the fact that I had lost 2 children after childbirth to cognital heart diseases and needed my newborn to be checked within the first 6 to 8 weeks of life. I paid ALL my bills to the sum of $19k and it was even stated that I refused medic aid even for the baby. My husband sent additional money through my parents to me when they came visiting Dec of 2017.

Main Gist:

I was denied a student visa this money here at the Abuja Embassy.
This is the transcript of the window 7 consular officer and I.

Visa officer: Pass me your passports and I-20
Me: OK. I passed them.
Visa officer: what are you going to do in the US?
Me: I am going for the Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health at Florida International University.
Visa officer: What do you do and Where do you work?
Me: I am a practising Pharmacist with ******* here in Abuja.
Visa officer: Are these your biological children?
Me : These 2 are but this isn't. She is my husband's niece.
Visa officer: Who is sponsoring you?
Me: My husband and Uncle.
(My husband was behind us. He isn't travelling with us. He only accompanied us for the interview).

Then she pointed at my toddler and asked if she was born in the US and I answered in affirmative.

Then she brought out the green slip and said we are ineligible for the U.S visa.
The Green slip has the section 214b which summarizes lack of home ties.

When I noticed she was just denying pple visas and I wanted to move another window when I heard him call out, the CGI man insisted I stay

What do you guys think happened? Please, what should I do next?

@fairheart and @sharwarma Thanks for your kind words of encouragement.

Staying 5 months in the US, it’s unclear what job allowed you that much time to be away. Also going for your masters with your children and dependent, some of who are US citizens (not sure if you mentioned using the B2 visa for childbirth when you originally obtained it for tourism)... it’s clear you don’t have much to bring you back after your studies. You can try again though.

Boc007:


I applied today even though it was showing that same date you saw there, after confirming my appointment, the date changed to January 3rd 2020

, i am not sure maybe you should try the expedited appointment or wait till you hear of another closer date and reschedule. This was what I was told when I called the embassy concerning getting a closer date.

TWoods:


Staying 5 months in the US, it’s unclear what job allowed you that much time to be away. Also going for your masters with your children and dependent, some of who are US citizens (not sure if you mentioned using the B2 visa for childbirth when you originally obtained it for tourism)... it’s clear you don’t have much to bring you back after your studies. You can try again though.

This kind of post would've gotten the dragon to spit fire like the fiery lake of Gehenna. Seems the Pennsylvanian breeze has calming effects

Novellex:
, i am not sure maybe you should try the expedited appointment or wait till you hear of another closer date and reschedule. This was what I was told when I called the embassy concerning getting a closer date.

just keep checking till a new date come up

The only reason I asked is cos my sponsor doesn’t pick calls from numbers he doesn’t know
I am very very confident about of all lite information

TWoods:


You should realize that the US government takes every information you provide seriously. If you are honest, you have no reason to be concerned with routine confirmation of information you have provided in your visa application

Guys i got admit into MBS in KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE with a scholarship of 15,000 US Dollars and another admit into MTU no funding for MBA. Guys please your advice is needed as to which to chose between the 2 schools.

Thanks all

I am an employee of the Federal Government of Nigeria. I got the leave of absence from work without pay until maternity leave started officially Mid November, 2017. At that point, I was even ready to leave the job because I wasn't ready to go through another trauma of child loss if my leave was not granted.

My husband sent an email to the embassy asking if I could schedule another appointment (my tourist visa was about 8months then). A representative replied telling us that it wasn't necessary and it was up to us to convince the CBP officer that we could afford the medical expenses. On getting to Atlanta, I remember declaring $14k and telling the CBP officer that I will be staying for 5months.

Only one of our 2 surviving biological children is a US citizen. (the other 2 were born, died and buried here). My husband and I co-own a well thriving pharmacy with about 6 staffs. We both have properties in our names. He has a good job and can't leave it to start afresh in America and I can't abandon my husband and do long distance marriage for too long.

She didn't ask questions and also didn't bother to ask for supporting documents.

@Twoods Thanks so much. I might try again and hope to stand before a happy consular officer willing to be convinced. Your response no carry fire and smoke today.

TWoods:


Staying 5 months in the US, it’s unclear what job allowed you that much time to be away. Also going for your masters with your children and dependent, some of who are US citizens (not sure if you mentioned using the B2 visa for childbirth when you originally obtained it for tourism)... it’s clear you don’t have much to bring you back after your studies. You can try again though.

DBELLEs:

I am an employee of the Federal Government of Nigeria. I got the leave of absence from work without pay until maternity leave started officially Mid November, 2017. At that point, I was even ready to leave the job because I wasn't ready to go through another trauma of child loss if my leave was not granted.

My husband sent an email to the embassy asking if I could schedule another appointment (my tourist visa was about 8months then). A representative replied telling us that it wasn't necessary and it was up to us to convince the CBP officer that we could afford the medical expenses. On getting to Atlanta, I remember declaring $14k and telling the CBP officer that I will be staying for 5months.

Only one of our 2 surviving biological children is a US citizen. (the other 2 were born, died and buried here). My husband and I co-own a well thriving pharmacy with about 6 staffs. We both have properties in our names. He has a good job and can't leave it to start afresh in America and I can't abandon my husband and do long distance marriage for too long.

She didn't ask questions and also didn't bother to ask for supporting documents.

@Twoods Thanks so much. I might try again and hope to stand before a happy consular officer willing to be convinced. Your response no carry fire and smoke today.

Ok looks like you just didn’t get a fair interview to explain yourself. I would apply again and when asked what has changed in your status, simply mention that you were not given sufficient opportunity to state your case regarding your home ties.

Lol I’m now a married man!

pstfrancis:
Guys i got admit into MBS in KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE with a scholarship of 15,000 US Dollars and another admit into MTU no funding for MBA. Guys please your advice is needed as to which to chose between the 2 schools.

Thanks all

your input guys pls oooooo

The last part got me laughing really hard

I will try again or even defer. Let me recover from this morning's shock first.

Thanks so much once again.

Congratulations and my regards to Mrs Twoods.

TWoods:


Ok looks like you just didn’t get a fair interview to explain yourself. I would apply again and when asked what has changed in your status, simply mention that you were not given sufficient opportunity to state your case regarding your home ties.

Lol I’m now a married man!

How can one get this international drivers license, is it any different from our Nigerian drivers license? Educate me plis dear

Predstan:


The international Driver's license can be used for further 6 months abroad.

Wretch32:
How can one get this international drivers license, is it any different from our Nigerian drivers license? Educate me plis dear

Yes its different. Just visit the nearest Vio office. I think it's only 7k in naira. But as a Nigerian, you should understand the Nigerian ways of getting things done ASAp.

Novellex:
, i am not sure maybe you should try the expedited appointment or wait till you hear of another closer date and reschedule. This was what I was told when I called the embassy concerning getting a closer date.

Can I still reschedule to get a closer date if I have already been given an appointment date?

Go to the office of FRSC. It cost less than 15k and should be ready in 7 to 10days.

Please, avoid VIO in this matter. It isn't their job and if it found out that the international driver's license is fake while in the US you might not get away with it easily.

Wretch32:
How can one get this international drivers license, is it any different from our Nigerian drivers license? Educate me plis dear

Boc007:


Can I still reschedule to get a closer date if I have already been given an appointment date?

I think you can ,just ensure you check to know when the date changes.

Leone26:
For folks travelling in August, now's the time to buy your $$$ since it's still at N360 (Bureau de Change). Also consider setting up a $$$ account with GTB, and getting a $$$MasterCard. Best wishes

DBELLEs:

Go to the office of FRSC. It cost less than 15k and should be ready in 7 to 10days.

Please, avoid VIO in this matter. It isn't their job and if it found out that the international driver's license is fake while in the US you might not get away with it easily.

7 to 10 days
15K
LOOOL If I hear

Congrats!!! So what school are you going to? I have my eyes on one of your listed schools here. Thanks

[quote author=dheee post=79910343]Visa Transcript
Approved June 24, 2019

V.O: What course are you going for ma’am
Me: Masters in Business Administration and Management
V.O: What would this course do for you
Me: I work in a very competitive industry, banking industry precisely so I need this course in order to upskill my profile. Also, I would become a team lead in a few years so I need to acquire leadership and analytical skills and also sharpen my decision making skills to enable me make good judgement, further i need the exposure to enable me to relate with diverse people from different backgrounds and share varying ideas and knowledge...basically this course would help me in my career growth
V.O: How many schools did you apply to ma’am
Me: I applied to 5 schools in total
V.O: Can you Name them
Me: Michigan Technological University, Texas Southern University, University of Houston, Texas State University and Stevens Institute of Technology
V.O: Did you take any standardized tests
Me: Yes I took GMAT and TOEFL
V.O: Do you intend going with your husband
Me: No, my husband has a well paying job and a business here so he doesn’t intend joining me at anytime
V.O: Who is sponsoring you
Me: My husband is sponsoring me
V.O: Can i see his bank statement please

Sosao:
The only reason I asked is cos my sponsor doesn’t pick calls from numbers he doesn’t know
I am very very confident about of all lite information

Nigerians and fake security

What if someone wants to give him vital information and has to be anon?

Please act based on their own experience
A lot of person do cos of their status.....
That doesn’t make it fake

hustla:


Nigerians and fake security

What if someone wants to give him vital information and has to be anon?

Sosao:
Please act based on their own experience
A lot of person do cos of their status.....
That doesn’t make it fake

LOL Status