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godG: Imperiouxx! What a feat! You shall always move from strength to strength. Ricky, enjoy America, live responsibly, reach for your dreams.

This is for your reading and reflecting pleasures:

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

William Ernest Henley

Graviton nothing dey my Broda, mo n Jaye mi lowkey.

Wow!!!! This is so wonderful bro. Thank you for this lovly poem you just put up here for me. You are Blesses bro. Thanks.

technolee: Congratulations to you @Imperiouxx on the completion of your program. The next level shall be as easy as you don't expect IJN (Jer33:3).
@Ricky Rozay (Osuofia), I gbadun your story men! When will episode 2 be released? Wish you all the best in your endeavours.

Hahahahahaha. Osuofia. Lol. Thanks brother!!

Amefrica: Bro, why you dey do this to yourself? Ok, answer this question; What's this course going to do for you?

Abi no be the same fashion design dem dey learn for my area? N20,000 for 2 years? The thing is ur course of study doesn't really concern VOs but why would you want to spend millions of naira in studying fashion design learning tailoring

Please, I beg you in the name of God, do not go to the embassy with that I-20. I can assist you with my school and good course and guide you from A-Z.. There's a guy here that can bear me witness, he's going to my school, he got his VISA last month, with my help and God's..

YOUR CHANCES ARE VERY SLIM RIGHT NOW..

God Bless you my ibadan boi. You are 100% right. Good job you doing on here! Keep it up!

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lisadem: @Ricky Welcome to Obamaland and enjoy the chilly weather in Minnesota (weather of temp range -15 and below). God knows i don't envy you .Anyway, i believe you are a survivor. wish you all the best in your studies and good you've settled in quickly. send your Yankee no when you get one make we relate...

Thanks bro. You'v got a PM.

bodeplot: @ricky..welcome to America bro..lovely flight experience and US touch. Please how does the updated yellow card look like..me wanna collect one too.who knows where I can collect one in ibadan?

For the guy that doesn't have his sevis fee online till now,just go to the embassu on ur appointment date bcz is closer now and to get a date now na war,go with faith,I saw a student that didn't have the sevis fee receipt but also paid too like u and was allowed in,but didn't know about his interviw sha,because it was all man for himself that day as no one even remember each other
Just believe God,all shall be well.

The New Yellow card looks more unique and more secured that the former one. And it also came wth a Number. I guess it is the card your card no they allocated to you. Just for security reasons and to avoid fraud. because even some mushrooms hospitals issue yellow card to people that don't qualify to have one after bribing em wth money. Lol

Regarding getting it in ibadan, I think you should go to any health centre in your local government area in ibadan and ask for the New Yellow card.

JFK12: @Ricky Congrat bro,Enjoy ur stay in Obama Land. Ricky gieva dnt lift up to my expectation O.My receipt is not up yet nd my interview is on monday.Some part of house said no problem I shd go for my interview only WALSPRING said I shouldn't,and I Also called d sevis office in yankee d lady I spoke with also said I shouldn't.CONFUSED HOUSE,pls help me out

Go to the Embassy for your Interview bro. No worries. The same issue you have happened to walecrysler, and he still went for his visa interview and got his visa approved.

He didn't have issues @ the embassy wth the sevis receipt because they saw it on their system that it has been paid. Gieva now give a minimum of 2 weeks to process sevis fee receipt, But Most sevis receipt usually get processed before that period tho!

You should be fine. Cheers bro.

nomso27: Ricky, Ricky . .. . .hw many times did i call u.

Where've u been bro ? Been asking abt u.

If i stay i no enjoy ur story na lie.

Bro we need to talk abt dat yellow card, is ur fone ready ? U back on those chat apps ?

My Bro, I dey. Ur boi just dey observe for yankee here oooo. Too many friendly white chicks around here mehn. I spot my Green card in 3D, coming soon... Loool

Yea, I was back on bbm few hours ago, but my bbm connection has gone off again. Will pm you when I'm bck on. Or maybe we could chat on yahoo messnger if you want. You can email me your yahoo ID, so I will add u up. BOSS.

nethacker: @Ricky, Welcome to where I call HOME. PM me when you settledown. Next====>>

Thanks brother. Will Pm you soon. Cheers.

Hello Guys just wanted to inform you all that I'm currently in the United States. I Just arrived here on wednessday and I have been trying to settle in.

I can fully say for now that I have settle in with my accomodation. I already arranged for a place to stay (off campus accomodation), since when I was in Nigeria, which I got from craiglist.

So I sent out about 40 messages to available rooms close to campus and the ones that had good deals and much affordable for me. And I communicated directly with em thru facebook. So anyone looking for a room should follow this foot steps and you should be fine.

And pls only make housing arrangement on craiglist and NEVER pay any money to anybody on craiglist Until you arrive the United States and move in. Simple!! Then you make payment. That's the way I did mine.

Okay, back to how my journey went,

First I took flyemirate airline and my flight left @ 2:45pm Nigeria time, so I left home by 10am and got to the airport @ 11:30am. So I quickly went to the medical centre @ the int'l airport to get my Yellow card done, I got useful info from Bigfrancis and nomso27 just the same day I was leaving the country, they informed me that the Yellow card has been changed to a new one and updated one, and the former Health yellow card won't be accepted in the US anymore, because it has been rendered Obsolete since the 1st of October. And I did my fist Yellow card in August.
All thanks to the Great Bigfrancis and Nomso27.

so I will quickly rushed down to the Health centre when I arrived the airport and pleaded to em to get mine done quickly because my flight was leaving in few hours time, because there were lots of people on the queue @ the medicals, so I gave em my former yellow card and gave em my int'l passport and #1,000 for them to get it done. And that's the same amount that is collected from everybody in general tho!

So after about 15 minutes, it was ready, I was too happy, so I quickly went to flyemirate counter for the normal check-in, my load plenty no be small, I took 2 loaded boxes and they were above the baggage limit, so we had to split my luggages into 4 places, so I took 3 hand luggages inside the plane and 2 boxes as check-in boxes.

So I took, 1 ghana must go bag, lol, laptop bag and a school bag as hand luggage! Which I took inside the plane.

Those immigration no know say me don tear eyes for them b4 I enter airport, I get their time that day. they were just asking me to drop somethin of em, me I told em I'm a hustler like em. So they freed me. I just dey use style dey form familarity wth em, and behold, I didn't pay any penny to any immigration officer in 9ja till I enter plane, even though my passport was a virgin passport as someone scared the hell outta me that I will get drilled @ the airport because I'm a first timer.

So I got into the plane, and settled in, and that was the first time I will ever enter a plane in my life. I give thanks to God. I chose a window seat when I booked my flight, one lady sitting next to me then asked me, if we can swap seat, as a sharp guy, I tell am say I'm a first timer ooo, so i wanna feel the whole experience and asked if she is a first timer too and she said NO. 9ja and their over sabi, that was not all, she con dey threaten me for plane with style, lol con talk say she wants to make a phone call to ask someone who really owns the seat, me just dey look am, she think say she don see Mugu inside plane, make she dey display dey go if she tire she go rest. Lol If she like call President Obama, I'm still headin to the United States in that window seat.

because I sat @ the appropriate seat number written on my ticket, e be like say the person for phone wey she call, give am yawa, dem talk say she will sit @ the edge, na so she keep quite.

Mehn, I enjoyed my emirate flight no be small ooooo. E make sense die. I ate all kinds of food inside the plane. Those emirate hostressess no wan pity us wth food, dem just dey knack us with food, snacks, alcohol, pizza, vodka, juice, fried rice chicken e.t.c almost every 30 minutes to 1 hour dem just dey bring am come.

I ate about 6 times in my flight from Lagos to Dubai and I ate another 7 rounds in my flight from Dubai to JFK NewYork. me no dey shame oooo. That other aunty wey dey my side dey look me as I dey other like say na only me dey inside plane, me just throway my face commot, shey na she buy flight ticket for me ni. My money talking..

Guys were not smiling in the plane ooo. We just dey order for food and drinks like say na our papa get fly emirate.
Some of em dey knack toilet like mad. Lol! Me just dey sit dey observe, dey drink vodka.

I watched lots of movies in the plane, latest movies, and I use style enter rest room dey observe.. Mehn dts so on point.

Those female hostressess just dey compliment my winter coat about 2 of em, dem dey feel the Yankee boi. Lol

Na so we land dubai International Airport @ about 1:45am midnite and nxt flight takes off @ 2:25am. We didn't even waste time, immediately we landed dubai, we started checking in for the next flight to JFK NewYork. Mehn dubai airport is veryy big oooo. Chai. Murtala muhammed airport na ghetto compared to what I saw @ dubai. 9ja still dey learn work oooo. .

How inside airport go even get train station. Chai. Oyinbo don sell us finish. When our own normal train station, na waste product and feaces dey occupy am.

When I land NewYork, I was like wow!!!! God is wonderful. Your boi don land yankee, yankee wey everybody dey die for. You need see this American cops speaking this their slanks with that american accent. Mehn, I love the way they talk, love the flows, it's got much swagger.

So we queued @ the P.O.E and I went up to the VO and he asked for my docs which I gave him, and he asked for my i-20, and he said I should give him a minute, he said I should follow him to another office for further processing. Me con dey fear oooo. I think say maybe dem don detect fraud for my application. Lol because all this person no fit dey predict em all dis cops for yankee

So I waited in the office and I later found out that the reason I was transfered to another office was becos they didn't have Sevis record file on their system. So this chinko man con dey in charge of my file. My next flight to Minnesota leaves @ about 11:25am and I arrived NewYork @ 8:30am.

So immigration kept me in their office till 10:30am. I was later getting scared that I will miss my flight and na another money wey I no budget for be that wan go so.

After I kept waiting and didn't hear a response from those VOs @ the POE, whether na VO or Immigration officer dem dey call em, me no even know. But dem wear uniform, put gun for pocket,

So I walked up to the chinko Vo with confidence and told him, Good morning sir, you have not attended to my file, the student file, it was just dropped here on the table without being attended to, Pls sir, I have a flight to catch in about an hour time, and guess the response this chinko VO gave me;

Go and sit down and wait for your turn, we will call you and in case you miss your flight, you book another one.

Me just dey look am as eem dey run eem mouth like tap. E dey talk like as if na him wan give me money book for another flight ticket. #smh

Guys be careful with any chinese person u see around ooo. Chinese people get too proud especially when they put em in high positions. And this people are Notin to us compared to the Americans. Can't u see their chinese type @ the Us Embassy, the chinese man and woman will just be denying peeps without any reason. They are very wicked and strict.

Na so after about 10 minutes, God sent one better American VO come my side and he took the file and said he will look into it, Na so the chinko VO con use side eyes dey look me as the american officer carry my file, me just throwey face commot.

The chinko just dey interrogate one other chinko guy of eem type wey wan enter US, he was like why did u leave your family behind and without coming along wth them. Wetin concern u. He refused to grant the guy entry into the United States oooo. They kept dragging it there.

While I was waiting, those Immigration officers brought about 2 Nigerian Guys in handcuffs, they brought out drugs from their bags. Mehn seriously our nigerian brothers are really spoiling our name abroad ooo. Chai. Una no even dey try @ all. You need to see their faces, they look so innocent.

I even over-heard the immigration officer telling his colleague that, he is the 2nd Nigerian guy we caught 2day. Na wa ooo.

So after some minutes, the VO came outside and asked me some few questions and he was like,

Why did you apply to this school,
Hw many schools did u apply to?
Name em?
And wht course you going for?
And what is the duration of your course and I said 60 months sir, which is about 4 yrs, and he said why did the US embassy give you a 2 year visa and not a 4 year visa, I was wondering he was asking me this question because he sholud know better, maybe he just dey use style dey find my mouth,

As a sharp guy, I told him, it is the normal duration they give to all students in Nigeria and we will be expected to Renew it when it expires, na so he con look me and said okay gimme a minute and he went inside and brought out my int'l passport and stamped somethin on it, which they wrote F-1 and D/S. The D/S stands for Duration of stay, so I can stay in the US for as long as the duration stated on my i-20 and still remain legally on status.

So I told him thank you and off I go to Minnesota, so I had to quickly rush to meet up my flight going to minnesota, along the line I 4got one of my hand luggages @ JFK NewYork airport which had my under pant short, clipper, towel, polsih and some few tings. Thank God say all those tins r somethin that could be replaceable, and my 5 New native wears I sew were inside my checked in boxes.

The security checks were just too much jare, that's one of the reason why I forgot the luggaage, they will tell u to pulll out your belt, ur wallet, phones, bags e.t.c and pass it beneath a machine. na small remain we for evem naked for there self. lol

And I was in a hurry, that's why I 4got the school bag wth some few stuffs on it.

I took sun country airline from NewYork to Minnesota (Non-stop) and just about 3 minutes after I entered the plane, the doors were shut down by the pilot and the plane took off to Minnesota. Narrow escape, I nearly missed that flight!

NB: You guys have connecting flights should allow enough time for airport delays atleast 5 hrs ahead. You might not get lucky like the way I did.

The journey was quite stessful for me due to the large amount of luggages I carried, you might want to reduce your luggage to relieve ur self wth pressure especially when you don't have anyone to come pick you up @ the airport in the US. Becos I was all alone in the US, na so I wear the laptop bag wth my school doc in em, carry ghana must go for my right hand, still wear school bag for my back, and at the same time pushing 1 big box on my right hand together wth the ghana must go bag and pushing the other box wth my left hand. Omo seriously that tin no easy oooo. I just dey sweat inside A.c for airport. Na so one oyinbo con meet me say make e help me carry my luggage, I guess he is all this airport pick-up service, I even tink say na free, na so I jump rush, before e con tell me say na $5, omo na race oooo, I con tell am $1 I fit pay, thank God he no tear me slap wth the amount wey I wan offer am Lol. The guy look me just dey waka e own. I was left alone to carry my load oooo. Lol

When I arrived Minnesota, I was just amazed wth the beautiful surroundings, Minneapolis Saint Paul Airport is so on point!!!!!.

Everybody keeps warning me about cold weather @ minesota and I will be like 4get all those issues, notin fit happen, oboi my eyes see fire oooo.

When I stepped outside the airport @ minnesota to get a bus to take me to school campus, na race I tear enter airport back ooo. . The cold fit fling person. I just be like JJC, different oyinbo people dey make calls inside airport, dem dey call their family, friends, taxi cab inside building make dem con block dem outside entrance, me just dey waka like mumu inside that snow, until about 4 minutes, I noticed my fingers were already stiff together like ice block, and it was hurting me real bad. I couldn't lift my box up.

The only luck I had here was that I already made arrangement for off campus accomodation, So it was just to get a bus that will take me to my apartment.

NB: So if u don't know anyone in the US and you haven't even made any arrangement on accomodation. Mehn you are on a long thing oooooo. You can't even stay outside for up to 5 minutes, immediately u step outside, u will quickly run inside a building to stay warm and await a bus.

The cold here is somethin else. So I was able to get a bus wth the help of a guy I saw here in minnesota that works in a company that books taxi for students which takes em to their destination, getting a taxi from the airport to my school campus was going to cost me $200 as he said, suicide!!!!

So he called a free shuttle bus service which came to pick me up @ the airport after a long wait of not seeing any bus @ Terminal 2 in Minneapolis, the shuttle bus took me to Terminal 1, the main station, where I booked Land to Air Express bus to my school campus for $35. The woman/coach who drives the bus was even kind enough to drop me in front of my apartment insead of the school campus, because my innitial plan was to get a bus from Minneapolis Airport to My school campus, then from school campus, will take a $5 cab to my apartment which is about 5 minutes from school campus to my apartment. And it was already gettin late. So I got to my apartment @ about 8:30pm.

The people I have been meeting so far here in Minnesota are very friendly, most especially the white, they will just be smiling with you, answering any questions you ask em, and they are welcoming.. Nothing like Racism here in Minnesota!!! I'm really enjoying my stay here. I feel @ home.

Thank you guyz for everything. You are loved.

Everytime I wake up in the morning here, and look through the window, seeing the beautiful surroundings, the snow in America, sometimes I just wonder if I'm alive or a ghost, because I can't ever imagine ever in my life being able to step my 2 legs on American soil.

My Quotation: "The Happiest day in my life, 11th of December 2013, the day I stepped my foot on American Soil. Dreams do come true"

God is Wonderful!!

gr8ever: I knew you'll comment. You this guy!

You no dey hear anything female??

You dey mind am.. #smh

imperiouxx: To me,

https://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/party/party0016.gif

I passed my thesis defense some hours ago!

Congrats our Oga Imperiouxx, this will be the beginning of many joys that is yet to come in your life. God has used you as a point of contact to help everyone here, and now he has blessed you too. As they say, One good turn deserves another. The
Sky will be your limit.

Just go dey find one correct sexy white chick wey fit give you GreenCard. Lol

blackbee: Visa Granted... Miraculous... More to Follow

Wow!!! Wonders shall Never seize to end @ the US Embassy. You are a 29 yr old, going for undergrad studies and still got your US student Visa APPROVED, @ first trial for that matter!!! I give u hand bro!!! This is really miraculous.. God is working magic here!! This thread Is such a blessing. Your coming here to seek guidiance was never in vain.

Congrats bro, I like your drive, you worked hard for this visa and all your efforts paid off. Welcome on board, Enjoy your stay in the United States!

Pop pop pop pop, Pooooppp Champagne!!!!!!!

Congrats Ayobrain1 on your US visa APPROVAL!!!!! God keeps showering more Visa testimonies upon everyone here. Welcome to the United States. Na wa with these VOs and their NEW technique of demanding for WAEC certificate from masters students. Anyone going for masters should make sure he goes along with his/her WAEC certificate.

Walspring: @Ricky Rozay.... I called u yesternight but your phone was switched off.. Anyway we need to talk and expect my call tomorrow or try call me tomorrow!

Sorry, I had a very low ba3 yesterday. The light situation in my area has gone from worse to WORST. You can call me anytime from now, I'm available.

bodeplot: VISA APPROVED...thank u JESUS...bigfrancis. Where ur fon..rickyrozay finally

Congrats bro. God is just working his magic here!!!
I remember you were DENIED not quite long, about few weeks ago! And you still Never gave up and look @ you now, you have won the battle!!!

Enjoy your stay in the US bro!!!!

sannytex: PLEASE FRIENDS I NEED YOUR HELP HERE,I HAVE ALREADY SEND MY DOCUMENTS TO BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY AND PAY MY APPLICATION FEE,NOW THEY ARE SAYING THAT BEFORE THEY WILL PROCESS MY ADMISSION I NEED TO REGISTER WITH EDUCATIONUSA CENTRE.PLEASE BRODA I NEED YOUR HELP TO GUIDE ME FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY MEAN BY THAT AND WHAT I WILL DO ON THE ISSUE.THANK YOU GOOD BRODA

There is Nothing you can do @ this point bro, since you have already innitiated the process of your Admission with that school. Some schools now make It MANDATORY for prospective students to register with EducationUSA as part of the admission requirement due to the high rate of Visa denials. it takes a great deal of divine Intervention before one can get a US Student Visa here in Nigeria. And some students need serious Counselling on what to do in other to make their US student Visa application a SUCCESS!

IF you DON'T register with EducationUSA, the school won't process your admission application.

Because students registering with EducationUSA located will be Counseled, guided & advised on US admission and visa related issues.

My school also made it MANDATORY just few months ago for all students wishing to study, should register through EducationUSA.

So your options are;

Either, You Register through EducationUSA OR You apply to another school that doesn't make this a Requirement as part of their admissions Requirement.

Then you can come here to seek guidiance.. But pls DON'T do it Blindly, Even if you don't go through EducationUSA, you have to come here on Nairaland and seek advice and know the proper step and will guide you through the Whole admission and Visa Process till you get your US Student Visa!

NB: You will pay for the Registration @ EducationUSA. Someone told me the fee they charge is ranges from about 32 -37k. Not really sure about the exact amount of the registration fee, Price is NOT static. It fluctuates. if you intend taking the EducationUSA route, you can get their contact on the US Embassy website and give em a call to make your enquiry. EducationUSA is located @ the US Embassy..

regby: Visa approved today at Lagos embassy!

Congrats dear!! Welcome to the United States Of America!!! God keeps doing wonders and work the magic for us.. More testimonies awaits us all!!!!!

Enjoy your stay in Obamaland!!! Go & accomplish your dream goals in the US and make your mom proud of ya!

gracious17: I thank Lord Jesus for his enabling grace through out the applications and for not just giving me only the visa but also GA with full tuition waiver irrespective of my frailities and doubts. Jesus just proved to me that my success doesn't depend on me or my faith but on his faithfullness and love for me.

Me: good morning ma'am
VO: good morning, hw re u today
Me: fine
VO: u hv been issued visa here last year
Me: no, it was my twin brother, not me
VO: ok, wat is he doing now in US
Me: he is studying
VO: ok
VO why re u going to US
Me: to do my masters in my course
VO: which school
Me: I told her
VO: why that school?
Me its curriculum has strong emphasis in my specialization. So this particular school suits my career aspiration and the school awarded me GA.
VO: when did u graduate?
Me: 2010
VO: what hv u been doing since then
Me: I did my nysc and four months after my nysc I joined LV in an internship program
VO: ok, any standardised test
Me: yes, I gave her my test scores

VO: can I see ur transcript,Bsc certificate n waec
Me: yes, I gave her
VO: full tuition waiver?
Me: yes
VO: so who will take care of the little cost
Me: my father
VO: wat does he do
Me: I told her ( I wanted to show her my father's statement of account)
VO: no no, I dnt need ur statement of account.
Me: ok
VO: pick ur visa on ...

Thank you Jesus.

Congrats bro. Welcome to United States of America.

Hello house,

News reaching me from the US Embassy just confirmed to me that our brother here on NL, Obajamie, just got his US Student Visa APPROVED today.

He informed me to let you guyz know of his Visa SUCCESS!!! His phone just crashed and he is getting it done asap and will post his experience very soon.

Congrats Obajamiu, God is Just So wonderful!!!! Welcome to United States Of America. Go & Fulfilll your Dreams!

Walspring: If the test were genuine why would ETS declared administrative reviews on toefl and gre? Cant u see that ETS noticed fraud or malpractise on these exams cos i dont know why u are still arguing cos result cancelled is equal to zero and result not availble is equal to zero. So can you state the differences on both since they are equal to zero? Because i dont know how to spot differences on both ooo.

Instead you should rather be thinking of what u will tell VO if u are being ask why is your result not available online anymore or u should be praying that VO should not ask ur toefl result print like that guy on this thread who scored very low in gre and the VO didnt ask for his result print out and he was granted visa.

FYI the VO all knew why ETS is doing administrative review concerning toefl and gre but ETS still believe that not all people who sat for this exams are guilty which is a normal thought but they are doing this to seperate the innocent from the guilty and VO does not accuse applicants for fake documents

Havent u read of someone who is qualified for visa but not still elligible to be issue visa? My brother lets pray for God's unmerited favour during visa interview and lets stop arguing pls..

#onelove

God Bless your Father! God Bless your Mother! God Bless your Unborn Children, In fact God bless all your Generation for coming here to clarify the point I'm making here.

You get time to dey battle the issue wth em, just leave em make dem dey do whatever pleases em, Afterall truth is bitter. People only want to hear the sweet things.

Some people can be very funny, saying "Scores Not Available", & "Scores Canceled", are both not the same thing.

The other one is telling me to stop putting fear in people, Okay we don hear you, Mr VO or Mr ETS representative, he is just assuming in what he is saying and not even laying facts straight here. Human beings can be very funny & Unpredictable. You just dey showurself. #ibitemyfingers.

Does he think ETS will take the blame @ the embassy for whatever happened with your Canceled TOEFL results, You are the one to bear the blame and consequences. People need to be informed before taking any route, so you don't regret your actions. We are all here to learn and make useful suggestion & contribution.

See walspring, funny enough, if something goes wrong down there @ the embassy, None of em here will even come here to tell people what really happened so we can learn from their experience, they will just close their mouth in shame & silence.

I don't want to argue with anyone of em, I will just save my phone battery and use it to do more productive things, than to receive unwarranted insults from people.

Please just leave em, let em do whatever pleases em, I just leave comment here just for others who are inside this mess will learn something from it.
So they can know whaterver route they intend taking and have well prepared points to back-up whatever claim they make, instead of going there Unprepared, thinking the VO will give you a Big round of applause to hear your TOEFL scores were canceled.

So what happened to the other students bringing TOEFL results that were not canceled rather their scores were still intact and yours is different from em. What do you think the VO will code from it.

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abbey621: Bros no one is saying that they won't verify but you can't be accused of fraud for a genuine test. There's a difference between scores canceled and scores not available. The VO cannot accuse someone of fraud if the person truly took the test. But each person to their own, it's all about confidence. Even the visa officers are now aware of what's going on between ETS and Nigeria, so a simple explanation such as " I only have the copy sent to me by my school or I only have the online print out" will do. It's still way better than telling the VO, "I did not take any test"

Okay bro. I wish you and your friend success @ the embassy!!!

Goodluck.

abbey621: Bro there's no such thing as fraud here as long as you took the exam, an official score report was sent to my friend's school. All she asked for was that the school include a copy of the test score along with her I-20 which they did. Toefl never informed her that scores were canceled, just that she cannot view it online. You people are funny o, Visa Officers are not gods!

Even the Official copy sent to the school, which she intends taking to the embassy will still be VERIFIED online by the VO to detect the true AUTHENCITY of the Score report.

The VO verified my Official SAT score report i received from collegeboard, she verified it right on the spot.

They don't have that time to start giving ETS/collegeboard a phone call, to know if the student truly took the Test.

They will just access the database online to verify the scores.

abbey621: Toefl is currently reevaluating all exams from the past 4 months taken at a Nigerian test center, same thing happened to someone I know. You can call ETS till Jesus comes they won't give you a concrete answer. Anyone fortunate to print the result before they took it away can definitely use that print out. I personally paid and helped my friend register through the ETS website and I intend on taking legal action against them. Nigerians should not be treated like common criminals just because they seek quality education.

I have a question to ask you. Your friend that was fortunate to print out his TOEFL result online before it got Canceled by ETS.

Did the VO verify his online TOEFL score card, which he submitted to the VO?

Because to me, I feel like one is putting him/herself into TROUBLE @ the Embassy if you take a TOEFL score report that CANNOT be VERIFIED online by the VO. Because most of the VOs verify most standarlized score card one submit to em when requested! They verify it right on the spot.

What if for example, you got lucky to print out your TOEFL score report before it got Canceled by ETS and you eventually take the TOEFL score card to the embassy, and the VO demands to see your TOEFL score card, and you give him/her the Online print out which you were lucky to print out before it got canceled later, and while the VO tried running a Check online on the AUTHENTICITY of your TOEFL score report you showed him/her and to her surprise, the VO discovers something else written on the website (SCORES NOT AVAILABLE) which is much different from what you showed her. Na Gobe be that ooooo.

You will have to give so much explanation to the VO why your scores isn't available up there. And you might even be labeled as being among those students that involve in exam malpractices so your scores got CANCELED by ETS, If you are lucky, the VO might believe your normal ETS story, if you are NOT, you will tell your touching story to others for a lesson to be learnt.

Seriously one can put himself into trouble with this issue I gave up there. And it is such a pity that the innocent students will be the ones to face lots of challenges with this ETS issue.

Because the VO will smell something fishy here. If you are even the nervous type and you are innocent with this ETS issue, you can be judged wrongly by the VO as bringing a FAKE TOEFL score card to the embassy. And once the VO makes his/her final decision on your Student Visa application, even obama cannot change their decision.

So before anyone goes to the embassy, Please, I will suggest you CONFIRM and check your scores online, a day before going to the embassy, to know if your scores are INTACT before you think about printing it out and taking it to the Embassy! Be Mindful!

pablo excobar: House, Visa granted. Special tanx to KUNLEBAL u ve been supportive and motivating like wise Ricky Rozay I can't tank d entire house enof u guys has helped in one way or d other. DETAILS of interview to follow soon

Wow!!! This is sooo wonderful!!!!! God is Great!!! Congrats bro on your US Student Visa APPROVAL!!!!!!!! After all the difficulties you passed through. God still showed you that Nothing is Impossible.

Welcome to Obamaland!!!!! Can't wait to read your Interview Transcript.

Happy Birthday Ms Nas. Our Madam of NL . Wish you Long Life & Prosperity. Keep rocking the world and keep it spinning. Oluwa is involved! Hv a Blast. Cheers.

conyema12: Good morning guys,

After reading all the complexities involved in I-20, I had to send a mail for my school to send an e-copy of my I-20.
Though I did not see any mistake on my own ( especially on my name, DOB and all that,) But I needed a clarification from the house. On the financial part, they wrote.

Students personal fund : $0
Funds from school : $0
Specify type:_______________
Funds from another source: $XX,Bleep
Specify type: John Smith Investment company Nig. ( Which is my dad's account name)

My concern is that they changed the 'funds from family' to be 'funds from another source'

And also I will be going with my dads company's Corporate Affairs Commission registration certificate. and Affidavit of financial support. I hope that will help?

Thanks.

Since the Name of your Dad's company was stated on your i-20 as source of funds, and you intend going along with the same company's bank statement which was written on your i-20.

My bro, that is what we call CONSISTENCY. You are veryy good to Go!!!!!!!

The reason why it was written as Funds from another source is because you are using a COMPANY'S BANK STATEMENT, so it should fall under funds from another source NOT Family funds.

There is NO Error on the i-20. Let your school proceed in sending you the hard copy of your i-20 down to you here asap!

Also, Going along with your Dad's company's Corporate Affairs Commission registration certificate and Affidavit of financial
support is NOT a bad idea. But only Show any of those documents Only if requested by the VO.

And I'm most certain that even if the VO demands to see any of the above docs, it will definately be Your Sponsor's BANK STATEMENT and AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT/LETTER OF SPONSORSHIP which would be requested.

ikaboy: mehnnnn u guys are the best. I have spoken with the school and they will be sending me another I-20 ASAP. meanwhile, i have canceled my appointment and reshedule for Jan 23, 2014, hoping to do the emergency apponitment. Do i go ahead with the emergencu appointment or i have to wait for the new form I-20?

Okay, very good step you have taken! I hope you have informed your school that you intend using a courier service to receive the NEW i-20.

Pls Don't take any chances ooo. And make sure you try every posssible way for em to scan the corrected i-20 to you, so you can see it with your two Naked eyes that the error has been corrected and has been reflected on your i-20 before it is being mailed to you.

By the way, why did you book a date for January, I posted available dates today @ the Lagos Embassy for the 6th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th of this December. Didn't u see it?.

I think December 17th or 18th will be a much better and ideal date for you, so you can allow ample of time for preparations and receiving your NEW i-20 from your school.