tarantino1:
Please what documents should I take along with me while going to make my payment at gt bank

felixboye1:
Lagos Consulate has started rescheduling date for those who their appointments got cancelled. I have been scheduled to 6/11.

imadevictor:
Those that was scheduled for Friday this week, any information about their appointment.

drlucky17:
Hello guys, my sevis was due to expire earlier this month on the 10th precisely , I checked my status and it says paid meaning active , my interview is next month . do I still pay for another sevis . Am a bit unclear on what to do in this situation .

BGodsonMay:
Congratulations to you in advance Chief

ishow:
Has anyone scheduled an interview appointment recently? Are interview dates available for Dec and Jan?

sonofakin:
Let's assume total cost of studies is $40,000 and one gets an assistantship of $30,000. It means the deficit is 10k right? So when you request for your I-20 and submit your assistantship letter, you need to also submit a bank statement for the deficit. So on that right side, your assistantship amount shows as 30k, then maybe self or family support should only show that 10k deficit. It should not matter even if you submitted a bank statement of 200k. My point is that you I-20 isn't showing your actual deficit, you will be relying on the VO to do the maths or you should be prepared to explain. I don't know if you understand my point

Sharon8:


A photocopy of your international passport and the money of course.

zeeLady:
My husband was my sponsor too and i went with my child. some of these things dont have a clear cut answer. I have seen a a couple with a child all go together and all got. I have also seen the lady go with the child and the husband was given F2 later. PhD aint an easy journey and if the baby is very young, they might all give it a try since she has full funding. Many questions might be asked but be prepared for questions related to funding for the family.


Pls zeeLady, how are you able to cope with a child? I intend coming for masters with my 5 year old but I have just been wondering how joggling that would be. Could you pls throw more light on what has helped you so far, what advice would you give to others considering this. Thank you

Ftos:
Please, can someone tell me how to go about emergency appointment?

Matluck:
I had the interview on the 16th October, 2020.


I booked a room at a hotel about 2.7km from the consulate. I also was fortunate to meet a driver who agreed to drive me to the consulate at 5am sharp...amd he kept his word... I almost felt goosebumps when he called me 4:59am.
Anyways, I arrived few minutes afterwards with some 5 interviewees waiting. We weren't attended to until few minutes past 6am.

Heads-up... please get all your documents and reciprocity fee ready. Some who came quite early had to fall out of the line to get their stuffs set... And trust the "boys" waiting to overbill you for your unpreparedness.
Shortly, we were ushered in and checked thoroughly and I began to fall back from my 2nd position in line to abt 5th (apparently, a razor was detected in my wallet which I had no premonition about)
Well, I entered sha...verifications and all. My ds160 was for Abuja and upon knowing, I was asked to wait so it can be retrieved to lagos' database. At this time, I was no 17th.
Gladly the consular official (I think he's the infamous Chinese) was just issuing visa o... Abt 14 plus... Only 1 got a yellow slip. I guess he took a break and another dude took over. And fast forward to me... Here it went thus..

Me: good morning
VO: yea, morning, your documents please
Me: hands over

VO: why are you going to US?
Me: I'm going to pursue a Masters degree in Engineering with concentration in petr....

VO: Why this school?
Me: well, besides the fact that it's among the top 10, the....

VO: I know, but why this particular one and not the other 9?
Me: OK, the works of prof... Quite aligns with mine interest and...

VO: so, who's sponsoring you?
Me: I was offered a research assistantship position which caters for the tuition and comes with stipends for my living expenses..

VO: are you married
Me: no

VO: do you have children
Me: no

... VO muted the microphone and started speaking with his colleague saying somethings like.. Yeah he's genuine and all and he's into a research program blah blah... Las Las...
VO : I intend to issue you a visa, go pay at counter 22 ensure your i-20 is with you blah blah...

Me: thank you.. God bless.

I'm profoundly grateful to my friend Prosper for the mockup interviews.. I don't know how to thank my God enough really.

sydney070:
Great minds,
I got my VISA approved on 16th October but I am yet to be notified for my passport pickup or don't send email notification when ready?

sydney070:
Great minds,
I got my VISA approved on 16th October but I am yet to be notified for my passport pickup or don't send email notification when ready?

sydney070:
Great minds,
I got my VISA approved on 16th October but I am yet to be notified for my passport pickup or don't send email notification when ready?

sydney070:
Great minds,
I got my VISA approved on 16th October but I am yet to be notified for my passport pickup or don't send email notification when ready?

tosomaju:
Hello guys. My school waved GRE and IELTS. Will that be a problem at the embassy as I don't have either?

JadePrincess:
I think you should have gotten a mail now.

Is there anyone that did theirs on the 13th of October and got their Visa?

Have you received any mail regarding pick up?

adelawry:


Use this to track it


https://www.ustraveldocs.com/ng/ng-niv-passportretrieve.asp

Although you should have gotten mail from them. Cos mine was on 19th and they sent mail this morning

adelawry:


Use this to track it


https://www.ustraveldocs.com/ng/ng-niv-passportretrieve.asp

Although you should have gotten mail from them. Cos mine was on 19th and they sent mail this morning

Ftos:
You people should post your transcript to help others!

zeeLady:
Its so hard for me honestly but I wouldnt have it any other way. I couldnt have left my baby, she was only about three months old then. Please be sure you have finances oooo even if you have full funding. If the child is above 4 years old, then you MAY get free school, but if the child is less than 4 years old, the money you will pay eh can drive someone mad (something like $220 weekly, in bigger cities it reaches and exceeds $500 weekly).
If your school is in a city where you have family, then the better for you. I didnt have the advantage of family but the church i attend is predomimnatly white people and luckily for me, all of the people i have been meeting in the church are the nicest crop of people on earth. For reasons i dont know, elderly people were becoming my friends more and from that circle, i have been able to get childcare for free including weekends, when i need them. They have become family. If you ever get to come with your baby, hit me up for more info. Take care. Also bear in mind that your husband getting F2/B is not automatic ooooo.