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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Walspring: 10:54am On Mar 05, 2021
Joclins:
How do I pay for my Sevis please,


Is it fairheart or one boss like that...I don't know. ...but I've came across some messages of people who pay Sevis for students

Send me pm or check your email since you want sevis payment.

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by titialayo: 12:38pm On Mar 05, 2021
Hello everyone,
I just got admitted into Georgia state university and University of Illinois Chicago. Both schools require 250$ acceptance deposits before I can get to know my scholarships offer and apply assistantships. Please my seniors in the house who are already in the system, kindly advise which of these 2 schools have a more robust offer for scholarships. I have 250$ for just one of the school and I'm at the junction of making a life decision.
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by EffectEn: 2:22pm On Mar 05, 2021
Georgia State is an expensive school around 52k for proof of funds, however from some stories here. It seems some people have gotten funding there previously. I dont know about University of Illinois Chicago, but most schools in these type of system give little or no funding. Either way, keep checking online, look at their requirements and check for the one you exceeded more.

titialayo:
Hello everyone,
I just got admitted into Georgia state university and University of Illinois Chicago. Both schools require 250$ acceptance deposits before I can get to know my scholarships offer and apply assistantships. Please my seniors in the house who are already in the system, kindly advise which of these 2 schools have a more robust offer for scholarships. I have 250$ for just one of the school and I'm at the junction of making a life decision.
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by kams19(m): 2:49pm On Mar 05, 2021
guys what is the hope of someone with 3.1/5 GPA in getting admission in USA
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Chonco: 2:56pm On Mar 05, 2021
EffectEn:
My passport expires September 2022, I intend to start a Msc program for 2 years by August 2021. Is my passport be valid for a visa

Over-valid is worrying your passport grin

Relax
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Stevenssen(m): 3:58pm On Mar 05, 2021
kams19:
guys what is the hope of someone with 3.1/5 GPA in getting admission in USA
Many good schools will offer you admission. US has a large number of schools so search well and check their requirements, you will find a lot of schools.
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Uriel12: 4:15pm On Mar 05, 2021
Malone122:
how is the deficit like please ?
Any scholarship ?

No scholarship.
14,700

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Krissy01(f): 4:22pm On Mar 05, 2021
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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by kams19(m): 4:35pm On Mar 05, 2021
Stevenssen:

Many good schools will offer you admission. US has a large number of schools so search well and check their requirements, you will find a lot of schools.


Bro. 3.1/5 GPA I think will be less than 2.5 when calculated using 4.0 GPA
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Stevenssen(m): 4:58pm On Mar 05, 2021
Krissy01:
Hi guys I need your honest opinion on this, like put yourself in my shoes and tell me what you would do. ok so I started this studying abroad journey back in 2019 I was fresh out of high school and didn't plan on schooling in Nigeria, Canada has always been the only country on my mind. So I apply to one school in Canada, university of Manitoba, Winnipeg I was granted admission in November 2019 and applied for visa December of that same year, my decision envelope came and I was denied because of insufficient fund not because I didn't have the money the account wasn't funded so we funded the account and applied again and I forgot to add am not the only one going it's me and my junior sister and when I mean wasn't funded the money there wasn't enough for two people. So we funded the account and applied again in February 2020 and yes we we're using an agent so I didn't get any response from the embassy till October when only passport was returned without it being stamped and a little note which says Decision making is still in progress, final decision not taken I found that weird but since they gave a reasons I kept on waiting sending emails and webforms till February when I reached out to my agent and he said he got a mail from IRCC and he needed to see us privately and I was like wondering what went wrong so we met up with him only to tell me I've been banned from Canada for 5years for misrepresentation. Turns out IRCC already sent him an email since October to respond to clear their suspicion about misrepresentation and my agent didn't respond to them neither did he let us know about it until he was arrested, This was the same for my sister. I posted that on nairaland asking for you guys help and so on, i was told to avoid these countries:US UK Australia and New Zealand because they share the same database with Canada. Now I've searched for countries and I've come to the decision that Germany was ok for both me
Russia (They definitely don't share info with US)
Poland (there is a student visa thread for this)
Italy (They have a student visa thread too)

Best options I would suggest are Netherlands, Sweden or Norway (they all have student visa threads here too) but I don't know how difficult their visa process is. The first 3 I listed are easier to get visa to and you can transfer from an European school to Germany after a year (not really sure how it's done but people have done it on the German student visa thread).

You can do your research on these countries, find out how easy it is to get employment and stay back after graduation

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Stevenssen(m): 5:01pm On Mar 05, 2021
kams19:


Bro. 3.1/5 GPA I think will be less than 2.5 when calculated using 4.0 GPA
Not always. Some 3.1 will still come out as above 3

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Krissy01(f): 5:11pm On Mar 05, 2021
Stevenssen:

Russia (They definitely don't share info with US)
Poland (there is a student visa thread for this)
Italy (They have a student visa thread too)

Best options I would suggest are Netherlands, Sweden or Norway (they all have student visa threads here too) but I don't know how difficult their visa process is. The first 3 I listed are easier to get visa to and you can transfer from an European school to Germany after a year (not really sure how it's done but people have done it on the German student visa thread).

You can do your research on these countries, find out how easy it is to get employment and stay back after graduation
Thanks for the advise
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Chonco: 6:05pm On Mar 05, 2021
PotentialNurse:


I know what I am talking about. Every school/case can’t be the same. I have been through this before. If yours happened a different way doesn’t mean mine didn’t happen, please respect my opinion. I am talking from experience.

grin lol. Mr. Man, you're a joker and very funny as well.
You want him to respect your opinion when you already failed to respect the opinion of others? Really?

If you're not comfortable with someone's opinion, they're better ways of refuting it.
Learn to respond without sounding rude.
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by PremiumTrends(m): 6:06pm On Mar 05, 2021
Good day boss. Did you study in Abia State University(Absu)?

[quote author=dkizzy01 post=98385731]I want to pursue a postgraduate degree in supply chain as I have working experience in supply chain.

But my original course is Environmental science and Resources management.
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by fantabulous08: 6:16pm On Mar 05, 2021
Hello everyone. I graduated with Bsc Biochemistry and I intend applying for MS Biology (concentration in Cancer Biology) for fall'21. Though I have applied to some few schools. However, I got a conditional admission into Jacksonville state university for fall'21 and I'm waiting for their funding decision as it is not out yet. I'm open to any information as regards JSU GTA and to what extent "conditional admission" can make or mar an applicant at the visa interview.

I wish to apply to more schools (those that accept below 2.5 GPA) with either full or partial funding. I'll be gad if I can get vital information concerning this.
Here is my profile:
Undergraduate GPA: 2.67/4.0 ( WES evaluated)
TOEFL score: 73
I'm currently preparing for IELTS and GRE so as to boost my profile. Please I am open to all suggestions and help. Thank you in advance.
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Nobody: 6:27pm On Mar 05, 2021
Chonco:


grin lol. Mr. Man, you're a joker and very funny as well.
You want him to respect your opinion when you already failed to respect the opinion of others? Really?

If you're not comfortable with someone's opinion, they're better ways of refuting it.
Learn to respond without sounding rude.

If you read through my previous comments, you would know I respected his own opinion, I never said he was wrong, sometimes some schools do things differently. Well, probably your IG is low and you couldn’t discern or understand what I wrote.

Stay blessed.

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Chonco: 6:36pm On Mar 05, 2021
PotentialNurse:


If you read through my previous comments, you would know I respected his own opinion, I never said he was wrong, sometimes some schools do things differently. Well, probably your IG is low and you couldn’t discern or understand what I wrote.

Stay blessed.

Lol. � I've always stayed blessed my boy

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Babyboy2020: 8:09pm On Mar 05, 2021
Anybody already picked a date for visa interview F1 kindly pm so we can practice together
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MarketDispatch: 8:49pm On Mar 05, 2021
Babyboy2020:
Anybody already picked a date for visa interview F1 kindly pm so we can practice together

Are you going to write exam? what practice do you require? you don't need any practice. Just be straight forward honest and answer only the question you are asked ..don't ramble along with unnecessary reply.

EG:
Consular officer: Good morning

Your answer: Good morning ( Nothing like good morning Sir, or Good morning Ma)

Consular Officer: . Why are you going to study in USA?
Best answer: I was offered admission to study xyz course at XYZ university.

Unnecessary answer: I was offered admission to study at xyz university because i came out top in my class and got a scholarship to be at xyz due to my research work being accepted by Professor JJJ at www xyz bla bla bla.

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Choicexx(m): 8:53pm On Mar 05, 2021
HollyMadison:
Please who has any idea of schools that provide a fully funded masters program in economics ?


Errrm found one MSc Applied Economics at St.Cloud University during my research, you can check it out. I think it’s partial tuition waiver and stipends or so.

Aha! Eastern Illinois university too check it out

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by EffectEn: 9:05pm On Mar 05, 2021
The Scandinavian countries have really opened up to the world, in my opinion, I'd pick Norway, Finland over Cyprus. Leave Ukraine out of it. Also you can switch to Canada later from Norway.

Germany is good as well, but I heard applications are stressful.

Krissy01:
Hi guys I need your honest opinion on this, like put yourself in my shoes and tell me what you would do. ok so I started this studying abroad journey back in 2019 I was fresh out of high school and didn't plan on schooling in Nigeria, Canada has always been the only country on my mind. So I apply to one school in Canada, university of Manitoba, Winnipeg I was granted admission in November 2019 and applied for visa December of that same year, my decision envelope came and I was denied because of insufficient fund not because I didn't have the money the account wasn't funded so we funded the account and applied again and I forgot to add am not the only one going it's me and my junior sister and when I mean wasn't funded the money there wasn't enough for two people. So we funded the account and applied again in February 2020 and yes we we're using an agent so I didn't get any response from the embassy till October when only passport was returned without it being stamped and a little note which says Decision making is still in progress, final decision not taken I found that weird but since they gave a reasons I kept on waiting sending emails and webforms till February when I reached out to my agent and he said he got a mail from IRCC and he needed to see us privately and I was like wondering what went wrong so we met up with him only to tell me I've been banned from Canada for 5years for misrepresentation. Turns out IRCC already sent him an email since October to respond to clear their suspicion about misrepresentation and my agent didn't respond to them neither did he let us know about it until he was arrested, This was the same for my sister. I posted that on nairaland asking for you guys help and so on, i was told to avoid these countries:US UK Australia and New Zealand because they share the same database with Canada. Now I've searched for countries and I've come to the decision that Germany was ok for both me and my sister I've even picked two schools already and yes I'm going for a Bachelors degree and I plan to study anything relating to business, it could be marketing, business admin.,management e.t.c. ok so now I've spent 2yrs at home already and all my classmate are in school and I don't want to waste this year again on a country that would waste my time and money then not grant me visa and with what am seeing they said booking Appointment date with Germany is like asking the Nigerian government to pass a death sentence bill for (financial) corruption which is a first red flag for me like I don't have have another year to waste I want my application to move smoothly. my question is do you have any know European country that I could try I mean put yourself in my shoes and tell Me what you would do? At this point I'm confused and No schooling in Nigeria is not an option neither is schooling in Ukraine Cyprus or turkey so pls I need as much opinions as I can get
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by omolorlarh: 9:21pm On Mar 05, 2021
Krissy01:
Hi guys I need your honest opinion on this, like put yourself in my shoes and tell me what you would do. ok so I started this studying abroad journey back in 2019 I was fresh out of high school and didn't plan on schooling in Nigeria, Canada has always been the only country on my mind. t

You should consider Schengen countries like Lithuania, Norway, Sweden etc.
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by omolorlarh: 9:23pm On Mar 05, 2021
kams19:


Bro. 3.1/5 GPA I think will be less than 2.5 when calculated using 4.0 GPA

It can't be less than 2.5. It should be close to 2.9 and above

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by NigPatriot(m): 11:54pm On Mar 05, 2021
MarketDispatch:


Are you going to write exam? what practice do you require? you don't need any practice. Just be straight forward honest and answer only the question you are asked ..don't ramble along with unnecessary reply.

EG:
Consular officer: Good morning

Your answer: Good morning ( Nothing like good morning Sir, or Good morning Ma)

Consular Officer: . Why are you going to study in USA?
Best answer: I was offered admission to study xyz course at XYZ university.

Unnecessary answer: I was offered admission to study at xyz university because i came out top in my class and got a scholarship to be at xyz due to my research work being accepted by Professor JJJ at www xyz bla bla bla.

I would assume you made a sarcastic statement or you were just plain ignorant. People practice what to say at interviews, because it's necessary. Considering the short duration given at the time of interview. It's normal for tension to set in. What practice does is relieve you off that momentum. If one practices long enough, the day of the interview looks like a routine. Past experience has shown that it helps to practice before the interview day (mock interview). The body has its way of responding to shock - which doesn't always end well. But with constant practice. The body adjusts as it can associate such scenario to something similar.

So please don't discourage people who would need the mock interviews to boost their confidence. What works for you might not work for others.

N.B the clause here is, cramming your answers - this is actually dangerous and suspicious too.

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by MarketDispatch: 12:15am On Mar 06, 2021
NigPatriot:


I would assume you made a sarcastic statement or you were just plain ignorant. People practice what to say at interviews, because it's necessary. Considering the short duration given at the time of interview. It's normal for tension to set in. What practice does is relieve you off that momentum. If one practices long enough, the day of the interview looks like a routine. Past experience has shown that it helps to practice before the interview day (mock interview). The body has its way of responding to shock - which doesn't always end well. But with constant practice. The body adjusts as it can associate such scenario to something similar.

So please don't discourage people who would need the mock interviews to boost their confidence. What works for you might not work for others.

N.B the clause here is, cramming your answers - this is actually dangerous and suspicious too.

From my experience those days i used to go for interviews, all you need to be aware of is what you filled in your application form and all the documents you supplied. That is what you will be interviewed on.

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by GreatUniben: 2:33am On Mar 06, 2021
Joclins:
How do I pay for my Sevis please,


Is it fairheart or one boss like that...I don't know. ...but I've came across some messages of people who pay Sevis for students


Please, contact Fairheart
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by LeviAckerman: 2:38am On Mar 06, 2021
Stevenssen:

Not always. Some 3.1 will still come out as above 3
Lmao how

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by nonyjess: 3:19am On Mar 06, 2021
Good morning,
Please, I need some tips. With an F-1 visa, how much do I need to have in my account to get approval for my husband to travel with me to the US
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by TWoods(m): 4:01am On Mar 06, 2021
nonyjess:
Good morning,
Please, I need some tips. With an F-1 visa, how much do I need to have in my account to get approval for my husband to travel with me to the US

Tough to say. Your husband is likely to draw some questions - better for you to apply for an F-1 visa and let him come visit you on a B1/B2 visa or apply for an F-2 visa later.

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by pompeiimagnus: 5:47am On Mar 06, 2021
Denuga91:


V.O: Who is footing these bills.
ME: My maternal uncle.
V.O:What does he do?
ME: He is a retired lawyer and he currently run a real estate business.
VO: Why is he sponsoring you?
ME: He has been my father figure since I lost my dad in 2019.
V.O: I'll be approving your visa.

Just my thoughts sha. For a research based program like this, you should really look for tuition funding at least. Your current experience as a research assistant should be a bonus and to your advantage when contacting Profs. Your Uncle is retired and based in Naija, with the current depreciation of the Naira it might not be very easy to convince someone that he would foot your bills easily - even though he can. All the best.

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