Hi everyone, it’s been a while. I’m just here to encourage you guys to keep pushing. Your dreams are very valid! I have been on this US journey since 2020 and this is me here in the United States. Keep pushing, keep sending those cold emails. I understand this place is very dry and very few information gets here but just keep pushing, one day your story will change.

I honestly wish no one answers your questions. You sound like a selfish person who only comes here to get whatever information they need without thinking of rendering help to others. I’m sure if you didn’t have this issue, you wouldn’t even bother posting about your visa getting approved and how much information you got here.

Ladekrane:
Hello everyone.
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone, joined here December and my interview was Jan 12 and it was approved. First trial.
All glory be to God and those of you here who have been posting.
I will share transcript soon. My visa has been approved since last week Wednesday and DHL haven’t texted me for pick up even tho when I tracked it on the US consulate website, it’s says ready for pick up. Hence, I haven’t been able to book my flight Kindly suggest the best international flights with durable fares)

I need an advice, should I go to the pick up location tomorrow or still wait for DHL email?

That’s a lie.

sfApase:




Since you've not gotten a travel history, they want you to have someone in America but preferably not residing in the state you want to school.

Hello guys , did anyone apply to The University of Texas at Arlington? Please

Hi, Good morning, when did you apply and have you gotten a response?

degxyflexy:
I applied

Please guys ��

psychologyshuby:
Hello guys ... did anyone apply to Iowa state University here? Please

Hello guys ... did anyone apply to Iowa state University here? Please

How many credit hours did you take? And how many credit hours is required?

tmann626:
it was due to insufficient undergraduate credit hours i.e curriculum deficiencies and my GPA is 2.94 (wes).

Hello, congratulations to you please were you rejected twice even with the 100% GA position? Or you had some deficit?

AydotNX:
NEVER GET DISCOURAGE ON THIS JOURNEY, JUST REMAIN FOCUS.
3rd attempt at Abuja on August 24 gave me the long await VISA APPROVAL

After my rejection on June 28, I reapplied and available date was December 15. I deferred till Spring 2021.While wait for updated I-20, I keep checking available dates and re-applying for EA. EA was rejected 3 times at ABUJA from July- August 15,2021.On August 16 EA was APPROVED and I changed to September 24 with the hope that I can still make fall 2021 or just wait till Spring 2022. On August 21 I requested for another EA and it was approved within 25 minutes. Available dates was August 24 from September 24, I could not pick the date. It was so close and I stay in Lagos while interview is Abuja. (Friday 21 is not far from Tuesday 24) .After consulting my friends and wife, I picked August 24. Monday night I enter Abuja, after serious prayer and fasting.
10.AM with a young white lady.
V.O : I see you are going to Eastern Michigan UNI. with 100%G.A to for a doc. degree in Eng. Tech.
Me: I said yes ma and i completed the statement by mentioning my area of conc.
V.O : what will you do after this?
me: I will return to Nig. to take the position of the country manager in R& in my company
V.O: SHE checked where i work in her system and mentioned it.
me: Yes ma.
v.o: Is your wife travelling with you?
ME: No, she enjoys her career here in Nig. she works in an oil n gas firm( I mentioned the name) as Professional accountant and she has given her support and consent to start the program.
V.O: your VISA will be approved.
ME: I was shocked, just like that. All the questions i prepared for have not been asked. I tried to pay attention to what she was saying after getting the white paper but i did not hear much other corvid 19.... restriction.
I was crying that wao...... this is God. People taught I was rejected. Mean while i dressed very very causal and people were actually looking at me that do i really come for interview. Thank God for everything. This is just to encourage someone, don't give up until you hit the target.


See you at the top.

Maybe he is going for an undergraduate program.

Mcquine:


How is this an issue?

Since you are so sure of everything so why come here for peoples opinion ? Because to me you not ready to learn or take advice. So if berea college says they don’t require SAT for admission , fine and good... but trust me they would pick people who have nice SAT scores than pick you.

Kind regards.

Teecee18th:


Berea college is fully funded, both tuition and living costs, so I don't NEED sat. But I will consider taking it for admission purposes, thanks dear

I’m so happy to hear this. You deserve it.

Approvalll:
Visa approved Abuja embassy if you give up Na you Bleep up transcript coming soon thank you Jesus

Big congratulations!!!Do the work and put your trust in God. May God bless your new journey

tonero4urch:
Visa Transcript

Consulate: Ankara -Turkey

Attempt : 5 (two B1B2 tourist visa in Nigeria, one B1B2 tourist visa and J1 work and travel visa in Ankara -Turkey).

Interview : As a family (with my Turkish wife)

School : Georgia State University -Atlanta Georgia USA.

Cost of Attendance : 57k dollars

Funding : I would say i am fully funded (monthly stipend and an on-campus employment as a lab Assistant) because without adding my wife as dependent I should have a surplus of 150 dollars but because I am going with her i have deficit of 4,630 dollars)

Program : Department of Mathematics and Statistics (Biostatistics concentration). I already have a masters in Statistics degree from Ankara university Ankara - Turkey which was on scholarship by the Turkish Government.

Visa status : Approved

Nationality : Nigerian

Date :July 28

Interview Time : 10:45 am

In time : 11:15am

Out time: 12:00 noon

Visa interview duration : less than 3 minutes

Visa officer: Black American guy.He should be in his late 30's. His name is Mathew.

He was approving visas quickly. Me and my wife are 191 on the line. The last person that the black guy interviewed was 175 on the line so we were surprised when the VO told the guy calling people in for interview to call us without even following the line serially. I just thought he was determined to give us visa because even when we were in the embassy me and my wife were acting lovey dovey in the embassy and it seems he noticed it. Going for my visa interview with my wife made everything easy because I remembered how nervous I was the other times I went to the embassy alone. We were just discussing inside the hall waiting for our turn to the cynosure of all eyes. It was like...every eye was on us. It really relieved all my stress because i wasn't alone. I had fun as company in my wife.

When we got to the VO:

Me: A very good morning to you.
VO: Good morning to you.

Me: How are you today?
VO: I am fine and you?

Me: We are fine too.
VO: Okay (he took our documents which are i20 and passports and said we should place our fingers to do our biometrics and we did)

VO: Where are you going in the US?
Me: I got a fully funded admission with an on-campus employment as lab assistant in the department of Mathematics and Statistics in Georgia State University Atlanta- Georgia US. I have a deficit of 4,634 dollars because I added my wife as a dependent and my cousin Michael will pay the deficit.

VO: (He nodded and started looking at my my i20 and looking at the computer screen, he is probably reading the comments made by the other visa officers that rejected me in the past). He then asked me : Have you travelled to any other country apart from Turkey?( I guess he was looking at my DS 160 form and saw that I have travelled to France)
Me: I have been to France through Germany for a conference about Woman mutilation in Africa and the protection of the religious minority.

VO: How long have you been living in Turkey?
Me: I have been in Turkey since 2016. I came here on scholarship and i am leaving again for another scholarship in America. As you can see I am married to my Turkish wife (pointing to my wife) and i am on the verge of getting Turkish citizenship.

VO: (Nodding in approval) What is your plan after this program?
Me: I will be returning to my al mata to take up a lecturing job in Nigeria. I have a verbal agreement with the head of department that I will lead the Biostatistics lab that would be opened there.

VO: (He nodded and said) : "Good plan"
Me: Yes

All these while my wife was just looking and smiling sheepishly(lols) and waiting for the VO to ask her questions too and she was shocked when the VO said the golden words : "Congratulations I am approving your visas. Your visa will get to you(me and my wife) in 5 working days. Take care and follow the COVID 19 protocols when you get to America".
Me: Thank you very much and take care.
My wife : Thank you!

VO: Take care!

When we were going out of the interview room, my wife was like....Babeeee....i was waiting for his questions and he didn't even ask me anything. I replied by saying "It's the will of God".

Tears of joy was just flowing from my eyes because I have been denied 4 times- If you know what that means. One thing about this visa stuff, if you get American visa on your first attempt you won't feel the same happiness someone that has been denied before but finally got it feels. The person that has been denied before would always be happier than the person that got it on first attempt. It's only God that did this for me and my wife and not man.

N/B : I just want to tell everyone here on this platform. No one on this Nairaland US student visa section has the power to give you visa. Only God, you and the visa officer make it possible. Why i saying this? I want to tell you my experience with Fairheart. I am not writing this to spite him or make vituperative statements about his person- to me he is a great guy. I wrote Fairheart on whatsapp with the help of a friend who gave me his number. I told him all the issue I am having about being denied 4 times (two B1B2 tourist visa in Nigeria, one B1B2 tourist visa and J1 work and travel visa in Ankara -Turkey). I wanted to have a mock interview with him and he charged me 50k saying he doesn't do it for free. I said that's too much and I can't afford it at the time so I removed the mock interview out of the equation.
Then I asked him his candid opinion about my case because I was helpless at the time and that was due to my past experiences. He then told me that I should remove my wife from my dependant and come to Nigeria and apply. He said it would be difficult to get a US student visa from Turkey as a Nigerian. I told him okay that I will take my chances since I have already book my interview date. So I told him that if I don't get it then I can come to Nigeria and apply.

Behold my brothers and sisters, me and my wife got out visa today. Why am I saying this? Let no one tell you that you can't get visa no matter anywhere you are and no matter how many times that you have been denied. It's only the grace of God, you and the visa officer that decides the outcome of your visa interview.

That will be all for now. Me and my wife are celebrating and popping champagne...shhhhh...no disturbance. Lols!

What stupid trusted source? My friend still got his emergency request approved yesterday. Stop spreading stupid and dumb information please!!!! You were the same person that came here few months ago to tell people with zero funding not to bother going for their interview that they would be denied yet you came back here to tell us about your visa denial with a deficit of $60k... even you didn’t follow your advice... please stop coming here to spread stupid rumors .

MelaninGemstone:
Just got information from a trusted source at the embassy

Sadly, No more visa interview dates this 2021

Earliest date is January 2022

Those of you going for Fall 2021Defer your admissions now, before it’s too late!!

Spring 2022 is your surest bet now

Wow congratulations! Was this approval also in Abuja? And please what is his/her undergraduate degree?

Occc:
My friend transcript
COA: $41k

Funding: $37k

Course: PhD Agricultural Economics

Third attempt
Rejected twice in Abuja for M.Sc Business Analytics at the Texas A&M, Commerce with no funding.

This was how my interview went

My interview transcript

V/O: please pass my your I-20 and your passport. Types for almost 2 minutes while I peruse her office.

V/O: (pauses typing and looks at me fully in the eyes) please tell me why you chose this university and this program.

Me: (looks at her fully too) I chose this university because the curriculum is tailored to meet my career goals as it offers me a blend of agriculture, economics and technology. Also, I have developed a good student-faculty relationship with the department plus I got funding.
(spends some minutes typing)

V/O: yeah, I can see some funding here. Who is Mr and Mrs Bleep...

Me: (I completed the names for her.) Mr and Mrs XXXX are my parents.

V/O: What are you doing now?

Me: I work as a Data Annotator with XXXX where I label and classify data from the industrial sector, agricultural sector, e-commerce and other sectors of the economy.

V/O: what do you intend to do with this degree?

Me: this degree will act as a spring board for me to launch my career as an agritech research scientist with the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture here in Nigeria. I have liaised with them and the minimum qualification I need for this role is a PhD in Agricultural Economics.

She didn't hear the name of the organization and I had to repeat it thrice.


V/O: I have approved your visa....


All the glory belongs to God.

Have you tried to evaluate your transcript using the free WES IcAP? Please do that and let us know what your GP is on a 4. Scale. I believe it should be over 2.9 which is fair enough for some universities.

Erudite77:


Thanks for the reply.

I just checked it out. Its first requirement is a minimum of 3.4. And I have 3.27.

Hello everyone, the age on my transcript is different from the one on my passport and my birth certificate which is also the one I used in registering for WES. Please is there going to be an issue? Which of the age will WES put on the final evaluation. Please help.

Hello guys, Please can anyone recommend schools admitting for Spring 2022.
Bsc Public Administration 3.37/5
GRE Q-164 V-155 AWA-4
Proposed course Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

If you plan to use a different school, then be prepared to give a good reason. It could be Mayb you got funding from the new school. Just make sure you have a good reason for changing schools.

rastaraj:
Please everyone,have tried USA student visa for 2 times but was denied of it so i want to re-try so am doubting if i should try with same school or different school?

Post your transcript first. Let people scrutinize to see what went wrong then you can take the next step.

Fayeze:
Hi guys,
I just had my interview now and was denied.
Please any suggestions on what to do next? My school is resuming on the 23rd of August. I would like your kind response. Thank you

Hello, you have a good profile already. Try to take the GRE and aim to score at least 300. You don’t have to pay anyone anything. You have all the information you need here. I repeat don’t pay anyone you honestly don’t need to. You can check out these schools;
University of Akron
University of Alabama Birmingham
Wish you the best.

Nioj:
I'm in a dilemma, I'm torn between continuing with my low paying job which is not in line with my course of study or quitting to focus more on my graduate school application.

I'm also planning to apply for Canadian Express entry while preparing for my master's application. But the problem here is that I don't have up to 3 years experience yet, I have to wait till next year April.


For the graduate school application, I plan to take GRE and TOEFL and I need time to myself to prepare and also run around for my transcript and recommendation letters. Working won't give me the time I feel I need to do these things. I have about #700k saved up which I plan to use for this application.

What do you advice I do in such situation

Here is my profile
Undergraduate course: Pure and Applied Chemistry
CGPA: 4.3/5
No publication

Please check your email

stalone001:
Who is going to Ball State University for Fall 2021

Congratulations!!! I hope this motivates someone out there! Visa approved in Jesus name for me !!

Adedayo65:
Hmmm! I eventually got my Visa on the 9th June 2021 (After 3 denials, First one was in Lagos, second and third were in Abuja). All thanks to God, it has ended in praise.
And to fairheart, thanks for everything, its been a long way coming, God bless you, I’m so grateful.

To everyone still trying to get their Visas, I wish you all the best.

My interview was in Lagos, 6:45am window 7, a very beautiful woman about 40+.

GRE = 314

Graduate Assistantship = $33k
Deficit = $7k

Transcript

Vo- Pass me your passport and I20
Me- I did
Vo - What is your plan ?
Me - i plan to go for my masters in Agricultural Economics at **** and I will be working with prof *** who’s my supervisor, together we will be working on the economic and environmental impact of Oklahoma agricultural production system, we want to see how well these producers are complying with the various existing environmental and economic laws.
Vo — (she no even send me, she just dey type)
Vo — who’s paying your school fees (this was a major part of the reason I was denied the last 2times)
Me — I have a full funding (I no even talk about deficit lol)
Vo— ooh ok, (Na just then the woman start dey check and scrutinize my i20)
Vo — Where do you work?
Me — I work with *******, an environmental consulting firm and we basically conduct EIA for our clients
Vo — congratulations bla bla bla

N.B— if you have been denied before, make sure you study and understand why you think you were denied and work on it before going back, if not, one might just keep getting refused over and over.
In my own case, I understood it was coz I was going for a second bachelors and sponsor statement was also an issue and I gave it a break, worked on those and I applied after almost 2 years (went for my NYSC and worked a while)

I wish every one nothing but the best.

Hello please carefully read her write up. She didn’t say she has a Doctorate degree. She said she has been denied visa for 2 masters and a PhD

Tayoade19:


Congrats on your admit with full funding. Have you considered applying for F2 visa instead of F1? Did you fill it in your DS 160 form that you already had a PhD degree? If yes, you may be asked by the VO about why you are going for another PhD program. If you have research experience, you can look for schools in the US that can take you into their postdoc fellowship programs. If your husband has funding, he can request that your own i20 for dependents should be sent to you and then you can apply for F2 visa with that. Those are the other options you have, however since you have admission with full funding and you have applied for F1 visa interview, just be hopeful that your next F1 visa interview will be successful.

Tbh, now that you have successfully secured funding from school,I believe your interview would be stress free. Don’t be surprised they won’t even ask all these questions. Wish you luck!!!

Omonikansoso:
Please I'd appreciate your advice.

I was denied three times for an f1 visa btw 2018&2019. Two masters program and phd. All without funding. My spouse studies in the US and both universities I applied were same as his. During the interviews, the Visa officers asked if I have kids(I dont) and kept asking why I'm applying to same school as my spouse ( this question came up in the three interviews and it was at this point I got denied). My response was along these lines: Emotional support for both of us, research in the school that aligns with mine.
I have however secured a full funded PHD program with surplus funding( the surplus scares me sef) in Engineering in Missouri ( my spouse stays at Florida). How do I respond to a question e.g why are you going to same country with your spouse? (Married for 4years, no kids yet). How do I prove ties asides having a lecturing job with the Federal Government?

I take God beg una make una help a sister make my funding no waste. Thanks

Thank you so much. My GPA is 3.2/4. I guess I’m not qualified

Childofthemosth:
Harvard business school is offering no Tuition + 43k stipend for PhD in Business Administration, Organizational psychology is also part.
GRE and IELTS are required, Admission for next Fall closes this December. You don't have to have masters but you need 3.5 GPA in your undergrad. Good luck

Guys please help with school with funding for industrial and organizational psychology.

Sorry to hear this. I also can’t spot the tuition waiver. On the I20, it states that all funds are coming from family.I will advice you inform your school and ask them for a new I20 stating your waiver and all other funds coming from the school. All the best dear.

Shadomaan7:
Hello All,

I did my visa interview today at the Lagos embassy and was denied. The reason was because the VO said there is no proof that I got a tuition waiver from my school but I showed her where it was written on the I-20 but she said it’s not enough proof. I attack the I-20 screenshot below.

Transcript
VO: Good Morning. Pass me your I-20 and passport.
VO: Why are you going to the USA
Me: I’m going to the USA for my masters in Industrial Engineering at LSU
VO: Why LSU
Me: After I completed my GRE exam, I went online to look for universities that offer admission for Ms in industrial engineering and LSU was part of the universities that came up in the search. I emailed the departmental coordinator with my credentials and she gave a promising reply and went far as saying I can merit a tuition waiver from the graduate school with my credentials which I was later awarded.

—That is where the problem started, the VO said she can’t see any tuition waiver award on my I-20 but I told her it’s right there under the remarks with a ** and she said no.

Then I brought out a printout of the email from the graduate school where they gave the tuition waiver award and she said that is still not enough evidence and she will be denying my visa.

Normally total cost of attendance is $47,600 but with my tuition waiver it’s $22100. But yet this VO is not taking it.

Please help me guys, I am trying to reapply, could you please advise on what need to be done?

I just emailed the department coordinator, graduate school, and ISO office to notify them about this and request an official letter of the tuition waiver award but no reply yet coz I think it’s still very early in USA.

Please advise on what I can do about this.

Also:
What process do I need to take to reapply for my visa? Do I need to fill in another DS-160? Could some help with a high level view of how I need to reapply for appointment because I am trying to reapply today ASAP to get a date sooner.

Congratulations!!!This is amazing, indeed what God cannot do doesn’t exist. .

Ajibfo:
Thank u jesus, I just got approved in Abuja, no traveling experience, COA is 78k dol, I told people here but they said I shouldn't waste my time. Well what God cannot do does not exist. No document was asked just my I20

Architecture. Thanks a lot.

abdullahi45:


Which course? Your brother has got more research to do for himself. Intending to pursue a PhD is no joke, he better knows that now and start exploring the internet for opportunities.

Good luck to him.