₦airaland Forum

ExpressBooking:
I was denied today at Lagos. Transcript goes thus;

Me: Good morning
VO: (didn't reply) Asks for passport and i-20
Me: Passed on requested docs
VO: Why M-1 visa
Me: Its vocational training (Aircraft Pilot)
VO: What do you do?
Me: Am the managing director xyz firm and we do business
VO: What do you sell?
Me: Office and Home furnitures we import and clear too
VO: Cuts in...Why study aircraft pilot now?
Me: I don't have sponsorship and program is quite expensive, so it took me time to be financially prepared for this since I am financing myself
VO:What do you want to do with the training?
Me: I want to work as an ATP (Airline Transport Pilot)
VO: You import cars too?
Me: I used to but business wasn't favourable so I quit
VO: Reaches for and hands me a blue paper and you know the rest.


Note: I went for B1/B2 Last year June and was denied. then I wrote car importation and sales as major business. I waited for one year before enrolling for a flight training school so that this car dealer thing won't pop up, but it still did. I guess that reason for denial. I am going to wait for a month and try again. My Pilot program starts on October 1st

resurgent2019:
I am asking this question with a heavy heart because a friend of mine told me his F1 visa application—as well as that of all intending students to the US—was denied this morning. He answered all the questions of the visa officer perfectly but he was still denied. He was aked if he is married and had kids, and he answered in the negative. Could his being single be a factor in the denial of his application? Or is there something else prompting the US embassy to deny Nigerians visas? I am really perplexed because my friend expended a lot of money to apply and gain admission to a US school. If the US doesnt want Nigerians to come to their country anymore, they can as well a formal and well publicized directive to that effect. The practice of swindling Nigerians of exorbitant visas fees must be deprecated and discouraged by the Nigerian Government.

According to my friend, all intending students for masters degree to the US were denied their visas this morning. Not even one was issued a visa. This is the height of visa discrimination and something must be done to remedy the situation. Nigerians cannot continue to waste their hard earned money to apply for visa that has already been denied by fiat of the authorities at the State Department(Foggy Bottom). We need clarity and honesty on this visa issue from US authorities. Enough is Enough.

Mods, do the needful, please.

justwise:
How do you know that he answered those questions perfectly?

daewoorazer:
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xkunzo:
pls guys is possible to get PHD in partial or fully funded mathematics without any international exam like gre/gmat ?

if yes like universiy can you suggest

P1P2:
Please i am new in this forum. I guess i found this awesome page a liitle bit late but all the same i thank God am here.
I was denied student visa on the 18th of this month(July) and i was almost discouraged until i found a post, that encouraged me not to give up and i can try as many times as i want.
I am so happy to be part of this forum, God bless you all who have one way or the other contributed in making this forum a sucess.

Please here is my transcript for on the 18th of July 2018.
Time: 6.45am
Venue: Lagos

VO: Good morning
Me: good morning sir
VO: where are you heading to:
Me: West Texas A&M university in Texas, canyon to be precised
VO: OK, so what are you going there for
Me: am going there for a master's degree in Business administration.
VO: Why do you want to study that course
Me: because i have been working with a multinational company for the past 5years now and i felt is time for me to enhance my career by going for master's degree in order for me to occupy a managerial position in my company and also become a CEO in the long run which is one of my career goals.
VO: are you married?
me: no sir
VO: who is your sponsor?
Me: my god father and i also have my own personal fund
What does he do: he is an operation/logistics manager with a company.
the next thing i saw was the blue paper.
VO: sorry you are not qualified, go through the paper and you will see the reasons.
Me: i was shocked and almost tearing.

when i got outside i went through the blue paper and its says, applicant was not able to demonstrate his intended activities in the united state and for which would be consistent with the classification of the nonimmgrant visa for which he applied for.......

Secondly ,applicant does not have a strong tie to his home country blablabla........

P.S; i am married but barely a year and the marriage crashed, and its in the court for divorce. I don't have my marriage certificate, its with my wife and that's the reason i chose to pick single while i was filing the visa application online.

secondly, i own a property ( a house), but the issue is that i dont have c of o, i only have the deed of assignment of the property and some other documents like, receipt of payment(for buying the house) ownership transfer blablabla. but dont have c of o and survey plan in my name. though i am planning to do a survey for the house in my name so that i can present this at the embassy.

Another one is that, when i spoke to my lawyer he said he can get me another original marriage certificate from the court since the first one is with my wife and she refused to release it.

Please house help me out, what do you guys advise, should i get the marriage certificate and apply again as a married person or i should use my property as home time. and then kindly go through my transcript and advise where necessary. i will be very grateful if i am able to get loads of good advises and comments! God bless our hussles.

P.S, i am no longer working, left the company last week Monday. Please put this in consideration while advising. God bless you guys!

Dennis3D:
I love to write with facts and figures and more practical.
Like I said before I just went through my phone archive now to bring out a client from Nairaland here too that have a similar shape of land. I was able to design a Duplex on it and as we speak am currently doing the construction too in Gbagada Lagos state on Pile.

See the image below...

megacontrol:
Cost - they often come cheaper if properly negotiated
Value - you will likely get better value per sqm
Location
Uniqueness - rare opportunity to erect a non-conventional structure
Availability - your view has a big "IF". On the other hand, if it is a prime/location of choice and not many plots available, then sure you may have to grab what is available provided it works for you.

This irregularly shaped plot is exactly some client/architect's dream. Like someone already mentioned, a good architect will turn this around into a dream structure. for example you can tuck in a pool or playground into that smaller corner.

Dennis3D:
Now that's why you need a professional and experienced architect to design something that would change your view over the land. As far as am concerned. What am seeing can enter Duplex with very good car park spaces and recreational areas.

I have worked on more irregular shaped land and have done well in them.

The records are there to see.

ThatHistoryGuy:
It depends on what he wants to use it for and also how busy the road is.

Nahum777:
presiade

Thank you very much. You did a lot for me bro. God will bless you 100%..

Baratheon:
This was a long time ago but not anymore.

Rbreed:
Please I'm interested 07087931034, 08180417321 or if there's any way I can contact you pls help me out.

yinkade75:
Purpose built 3 Bedroom Flat with C of O. fenced with gate on a half plot of land. With All rooms ensuite. Each room with toilet and wardrobe and all tiled. Functional water supply.

Sitting room measures 21 by 21 feet and master bedroom measures 21 by 15 feet.

Masters is 21 by 15 ft,.Floors are tiled including kitchen and bathroom walls.

Location is Osere Matogbun Agbado Oke-Aro Lagos suburb.

Call or WhatsApp Adedoyin on 08023709019.

kallowdean:
Hi Guys!
Apologies for my absenteeism, it's been a while.
The Spring semester exams coupled with getting an internship for this summer break made us busy.

However, I have a piece of note advice for the incoming Graduate students to Trumpland!!! Not the escapees oo
Please, Please and Please... for the sake of living a responsible life after leaving Nigeria and also for the sake of maintaining your status, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP (Or any form of funding) & your Papa is not Aliko Dangote/Mike Adenuga and Co (You know what i mean here).
Please defer your resumption till the program coordinator guarantee you a GA or better seek for GA in other schools.
Those here know the gravity of what I am preaching
Thanks all

segzy14:

Ok, i will give an estimated cost.
Is the land waterlogged?

segzy14:

That is Eleko axis.
Contact for breakdown of cost.
Email: samuelajoseengineers@gmail.com
Whatsapp: 07035596641

GentleIsaac:
I will get back to you on the cost.

raymondFirstborn:
I would need to see a copy of the survey plan to ascertain the landsize & dimensions.

That would serve as a basis upon which my estimates would be made.

raymondFirstborn:
presiade

I can help you with the estimate & cost analysis for your fence project.

contact
09056082348(call & whatsapp)
or
Raymondfubara@gmail.com

dan5loriel:
Oga he has gotten his visa now.... what are you correcting again

Mathano:
Good day,

I had my visa interview on the 20th of June around 6:45 am. Below is the transcript of my interview.

VO: Good morning
ME: Good morning sir (I smiled, he also smiled)

VO: Pass your passport and i20
ME: Have it Sir.

VO: Where are you going?
ME: I am going to the University of Texas at Dallas

VO: What Course?
ME: I am going for my Phd in computer Science.

VO: Why Utdallas?
ME: Out of all the schools I applied to, Utdallas has the highest ranking, Many of the research labs at Utdallas are well ranked nationally, The Natural language processing lab is ranked third nationally according to csrankings.org, the software engineering lab is also ranked sixth(he cuts me here and asked another question)

Don't just tell him the school and labs are highly ranked, but that the faculty have research interests that best fit your interests. School ranking is secondary in PhD, so they say, not my personal view though.

VO: What other schools did you apply to ?
ME: I applied to university of kansas, Kansas state university, Bowling green state University and East tennesse state University

VO: What research work will you be doing?
ME: I will be working on data mining to aid faster response to disaster recovery

VO: How will you achieve this?
ME: I explained the method I intend to use to him

VO: I can see that you have some funding. why is the school funding you?
ME: I performed excellently in my GRE

VO: What was your score
ME: I had 160 in the quantitative reasoning, 156 in VR and 4.0 in the Analytical writing assement

Your scores are good but not eXceLLent (Although I believe that there's little correlation between GRE and grad school capability/intelligence). It's better you say the university finds your holistic profile outstanding among other applicants and offered you a merit-based funding.

VO: I will be approving your visa.
ME: Do have a nice day sir.

I am very grateful to everyone that has contributed on this visa thread. I made sure I read all the comments. I also downloaded the approved and rejected visa transcripts and I went through it. Though, I have been a silent follower of this thread but I gleaned a lot on this thread. I am particularly grateful to lagosismyhome. She is always eager to help people, May all your wishes come true. I will advise people going for interview not to present any document to the VO unless it is asked. I am wishing everyone preparing for their interview all the best.

iceberge:
hello friemds,

i just recently receieved a phd offer from texas a&m college station. it is a fully funded position in engineering. my i-20 is yet to arrive and my resumption date is late august. can anyone tell me the general timeline for a visa application and what ways i can expidite the process in order to meet my resumption date.

thanks

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femi312:
Yeah I understand how it feels to wait for one year but Phd is not worth doing where you don't like just because you got funding. However the decision is yours to make. Just calm down and think, who knows spring might also work. There is no hard rule to these things but based on experiences, we can only advice each other. As you peruse each school website for faculty fit, also try to send them emails (market yourself well). It helps sometimes.