lack of passport booklet is now be coming alarming. For months now immigration have been claiming this and I need to apply. Please help us tag them on Twitter � to do something to it.

Denvan:
Hello all, Visa interview appointment date is April 2021 but school start date is January 2021. Called/emailed to have an emergency/expedited interview date but denied. Asking me to pay another MRV fee. Please all, what can I do?

Please, did you submit I20 and sevis receipt? Were you within 60 days to the start of your program when you request for emergency?
Have you submitted DS160 before submission?
what's your strong reason for emergency?
I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yes, I attached the supporting documents like Form I20, DS-160, SEVIS payment confirmation etc.

Ftos:


Please, did you submit I20 and sevis receipt? Were you within 60 days to the start of your program when you request for emergency?
Have you submitted DS160 before submission?
what's your strong reason for emergency?
I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Hello guys, I choose abj consulate office and I’m still unable to book a date.. I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong or so .. attached is the response I was getting

Denvan:
Hello all, Visa interview appointment date is April 2021 but school start date is January 2021. Called/emailed to have an emergency/expedited interview date but denied. Asking me to pay another MRV fee. Please all, what can I do?

What is the start date on your I-20? If currently you are within 60days to the start date or not and you have been denied emergency appointment, you may wait a little while to see if early dates will be opened between now and next week, if not, you can then proceed to pay another MRV fee, and apply for another emergency appointment. However, if I may ask, did you apply with your I-20 and SEVIS fee receipt, or what reason did they give or what do you perceive must have caused the denial? So many people are in this situation, and many have called the embassy. I believe they know about the situation and should open more slots anytime soon.

Earthstone:
Please who is having his or her interview in late November/ early December that will be interested in having a dual interview drill, we’d both practice and ask ourselves interviews till our interview dates ?

I'm having on the 11th December.

How do we contact each other?

Hello House,

For those who have gotten their passports stamped, how long did it take?

Again, those whose interviews were successful on the 6h of this month, have you guys gotten your VISA?

THANKS.

[quote author=Rut3 post=95940307]No funding, no course allignment, no anything you can think abt, just Grace.
Visa transcript approved.
Interview date: 6th November, 2020. Sorry it took time to post, i am nairaland shy(if theres even anything like that) @mulerider did this.�Bae got me hotel and booked taxi for me, never seen anyone as supportive, woke me up to pray severally, alaye I slept. He did the praying and fasting all night. I really can't appreciate enough. Interview time 7am, taxi dropped me at about 6am, on the queue, the next person that appeared behind happen to be Moses, the guy I have virtually known, but I refused to introduce myself, so he wnt locate me incase I get a reject, but I changed my mind to reach out.

Congratulations!!!!!!

It shows that there is no really problems with switching fields

Goodluck to those with interviews tomorrow. I pray for more and more approvals.

Denvan:
Hello all, Visa interview appointment date is April 2021 but school start date is January 2021. Called/emailed to have an emergency/expedited interview date but denied. Asking me to pay another MRV fee. Please all, what can I do?

Can you still find the emergency request on your dashboard?

Yes, I have!

Lildairo:
Hello House,

For those who have gotten their passports stamped, how long did it take?

Again, those whose interviews were successful on the 6h of this month, have you guys gotten your VISA?

THANKS.

Ykxcels:
Yes, I have!

Interview Location, LAGOS?

Beautifulbee:
Visa Approved on Nov 6, 2020

Interview was for 10am but got to the embassy around 7:30, didn’t get interviewed until around 11

Transcript:
Me: Please can I lean on this(was already so tired)

Vo: yes, you can
Vo: Hold on for a min . Please place your four right hand on the scanner

Me: I did

Vo: Please place your left 4 fingers on the scanner

Me: I did

Vo: Now place your 2 thumbs together

Me: I did

Vo: So where are you going to?

Me: I’m going to Michigan Tech University at Houghton, Michigan

Vo: Oh houghton?!

Me: Yes (nodding my head)

Vo: What are you going to do at Michigan?

Me: I’m going to pursue a doctorate degree in chemical engineering with a research focus in renewable energy

Vo: Why did you pick Michigan Tech?

Me: Asides being fully funded by the department of chemical engineering at Michigan Tech, many of their faculty members are conducting research on renewable energy with an emphasis on biofuels. This is my area of research interest and experience. Furthermore, they have many labs dedicated towards this research area.

Vo: (nods like he was satisfied with my answer). What is entropy?

Me: (saying to myself that my village people had finally gotten me; question was unexpected) Entropy is the energy related to movement of matter or particles but I’m not really sure

Vo: Between this table you’re leaning on and air, which has more entropy?

Me: Air has more entropy but I’m not really sure

Vo: You have full funding right?

Me: (In my mind, I thought he meant so with your full funding, you can’t define entropy �) Yes, I do (sluggishly)

Vo: Travelled outside Nigeria before?

Me:No

Vo: Are you married?

Me: No

Vo: Kids?

Me: No

Vo: (Brings out a pink slip)

Me: (me thinking it was the popular
pink slip) Please you can ask me another...

Vo: I intend approving your visa bla bla bla

Me: Thank you so much.....

Congratulations. Can your drop your full profile.
GPA, GRE, etc.

princejunaid:
lack of passport booklet is now be coming alarming. For months now immigration have been claiming this and I need to apply. Please help us tag them on Twitter � to do something to it.

Ikoyi office has booklet

Let there be too many testimonies today!

A friend of mine going to the embassy soon has a little issue. His documents are consistent except for a mistake in his DOB, which is 1989 on all his documents but a mistake was made on his passport as 1987. What is the best way to go about this? Should he swear an affidavit?

Please if anybody knows when dates will be available in Abuja pls do well to inform us oo

Hi everyone, pls I would like to know how to get an early interview date for the US embassy in Abuja because my school starts in January. Please help, thanks.

Hello guys , i m grateful for this thread .
Please my interview is coming soon , can someone here help me with a mock interview, I have been practising by myself but would like to take a step further .

Anyone please, I would b most grateful!

Denvan:
Yes, I attached the supporting documents like Form I20, DS-160, SEVIS payment confirmation etc.

We're you within 60 days to the start of your program? Did you request after 72 weeks to you submitting the ds160?

Visa approved today.
Thanks Guys
Coming back with transcript

prosper388:
Visa approved today.
Thanks Guys
Coming back with transcript

Congrats!

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Yes, no real problems, but you have to be able to defend it when asked tho

prosper388:
Visa approved today.
Thanks Guys
Coming back with transcript

Wow. Congrats

prosper388:
Visa approved today.
Thanks Guys
Coming back with transcript

Congratulations!!! We are waiting to hear your transcript.

Pls how long does it take to get your passport back if you did interview in Abuja and intend to collect it in Lagos?

Also those that did interview on Monday 9th November, have you collected back your passport?

Visa approved today (13th Nov 2020). Transcript will come soon. Fairheart you are a blessing and God will embarass you with his blessings

Zoeyp:
Visa approved today (13th Nov 2020). Transcript will come soon. Fairheart you are a blessing and God will embarass you with his blessings

Wow......Congrats

Zoeyp:
Visa approved today (13th Nov 2020). Transcript will come soon. Fairheart you are a blessing and God will embarass you with his blessings

I cant wait for your transcript really.

Pls was it Lagos or Abuja?

Tell us everything especially about the kids.

Zoeyp:
Visa approved today (13th Nov 2020). Transcript will come soon. Fairheart you are a blessing and God will embarass you with his blessings

Congratulations

prosper388:
Visa approved today.
Thanks Guys
Coming back with transcript

I got to the embassy by 6am. We were around like 40 as I estimated. I didn't spend up to 2 hours standing and waiting.

Me: Good morning
VO: Good morning, your passport and I-20
Me: (passed both to him)
VO: your DS-160 and place your 4 fingers on the machine.
Me: (I did everything he told me to do)
VO: why are you going to the US?
Me: I am going for a master’s degree in petroleum engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
VO: why this school?
Me: UL has a centre for optimization of petroleum system which aligns with my research interest and I was also given full funding.
VO: did you apply to other schools and name them?
Me: I applied to Louisiana state university, University of Kansas, University of Oklahoma, Texas Tech University and this University of Louisiana at Lafayette
VO: where do you currently work?
Me: I work as a performance analyst at TradeDepot Limited
VO: Trade what
Me: TradeDepot
VO: what do they do there?
Me: It's a retail distribution company and I work as a performance analyst.
VO: so how does this correlate with petroleum engineering?
Me: (at this point, I was lost; I didn't know what to say again) I wanted to start explaining how I love data science and Artificial Intelligence before the VO cut in..
VO: wait, what did you study in your undergraduate?
Me: (looking for how to regain my confidence back) I graduated with a first-class degree in petroleum engineering (me adding the ”first-class” to convince the VO that I understand the course quite well)
VO: (looking convinced) are you married?
Me: No
VO: any kids?
Me: No
VO: types to like a minutes and says, ”I will be approving your visa”.
Me: (while VO was typing, I said, ”Lord let your will be done”)


I noticed a lot from people that were denied and I easily predicted that the VOs weren't convinced.
A lady was asked why she chose a school and she said, ”the school offers a lot of courses”. The VO was like, so other universities don't have several courses? At that point, she sensed she was going to be denied.
Another guy with funding was asked who pays the rest, he said his bro. VO asked what his bro does, he said the bro works so so so and has a farm and does this and that. The VO didn't look convinced because it looked like the guy was beating around the bush.
Tips: once you have full funding, you already have a 95% chance of your getting approved; you just need to be confident and add the God factor.
If you have deficit, please try to clearly state what your sponsor does.

Thanks to everyone who has dropped his or her transcript here and those that give answers. Also thanks to my friend, Matluck and my two Gees, Kg and Karen.