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aroy1:
sanciro

Why NAU?
Why Arizona?
Why transfering now?

aroy1:
sanciro : You should stop being apprehensive. By the way, which post would you be appearing for the interview?

adeniyi7:
HI friends,Thank GOD 4 mi,l got my Entry clearance 2day, Regards & Repects

layric:
[i]Hello Naira pals,Good Morning to you all i have been reading this forum for some months now and i am really impress for the grate and good job you guys are doing.I decided to join this forum so i can share with you all and contribute with the little i know .
To all student going for spring ,i am also for spring as well but still waiting for the school,they have not gotten back to me since they have received my application. So Spring student pls do let us share i deal together and lets achieve our aim.I wish everybody good luck and God will crown our effort.
Pls let me know who are for spring so we can communicate.Thanks Layric

Wilfem:
@4ril & Superbrain, I'm also a Spring hopeful too. Although I initially applied for fall, but I experienced some delays with my Transcript evaluation from WES & Poly Ibadan. The evaluated transcript just got to the institution about a month ago. I'll still continue to keep in touch here and I'm quite sure that the Alpha & Omega will see us through. Kudos!

OjaP:
Sanciro,what exactly is your question?

aroy1:
sanciro: How old are you, what course are you going for, which school? The more you can furnish, the better. But note that you are not obliged to do so if you do not want to.

benom:
@sanciro, you have basically 4 sets of documents to take to the embassy
1. Educational proficiency
2. Admission documents
3. Proof of funding to cover at least 1 yr
4. Ties to your country
5. Interview related fees (SEVIS and co)

Please get all documents to satisfy all categories above. Simply put, you should have
waec result
First degree result (if you are doing masters)
Standardised test scores
Transcript (very good but not a necessity)
Admission documents (I-20 and co)
Sponsor statement of account
Introduction letter from sponsor
Documents related to sponsor's source of income (payslip, certificates, etc, Note that it is good to have these things but the VO might not even look at it)
Employment letter if any
your own payslip, statement, etc (not a must but its good if u have them)
Documentations for properties if you hve any.

All in all, do not 4get the biggest law in this house, DO NOT PRESENT A DOCUMENT UNLESS ITS REQUESTED FOR OR ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED.


All these are the much I have gathered from this forum and others. I hope the veterans in the house will have much more to add.


@benom,really appreciate that.thanx bro i av gotten all wat you av mentioned but dont know maybe you know any frquent question dat might be asked aside from all these u av stated

OjaP:
My interview was tough,long and i was drilled but all glory be to God, This is the full gist of all that

happened.This was how it went.
Next applicant,please come to cubicle 4,i have beeen praying not to go to cubicle 3 where the chinese woman was

sitting,I even forgot to greet the Consular,
Consular:Your documents please
Me:Here they are,(passed him my Passport,I-20,Sevis fees,confirmation of appointment,my Uba receipt,though it has

been stapled together at the checking point).
He was typing(computer)
Consular:I see you have been refused visa once in Abuja.
Mecuts in) Yes,that was last week tuesday.
Consular:How come you got another date barely a week after?
Me:Immediately i was refused,i paid the necessary fees,booked and appointment for 9th sept,i was just browsing

online over the weekend when i saw that 1st september was available,so i immediately cancelled the first

appointment and went for this date.
He nodded his head and was looking at the computer as if he saw how i cancelled my first appointment.
Consular:You are Lucky then,
Me:Just laughed(Inside me,i was just talking that na visa i need no be all these flattering.
At this time,he was looking at my I-20 closely.
Consular:I see you are attending California State University at Bakersfield,and going for a master in Geology/Earth

Sciences.
Me:Yes,sir.
Consular:Why did you chose to study at CSUB?
Me:Deep inside me,i remembered that once beaten,twice,i quickly recited my national anthem(What Superbrain advised

me to say about my research work and working with Professor Robert Horton and how the research work will give me an

edge when i return back home)(Showed him the print out of the Geology Faculty showing all Profs with their researc

interests)
I was about giving him 3 more points when he cuts in
Consular:Why didnt you apply to University of Texas,University of North Carolina
Me:I remembered SeniorAk47 here(Infact,i do not only consider those two schools you mentioned,i know they are top

ranked schools in the Us when it has to come to Geology but on checking their various depts catalogues,i discovered

they do not have my research interests.
Consular:I see,What other schools do you apply to?
Me:I applied to University of Maryland @ college park,University of Alaska @ fairbanks,Oklahoma panhandle state

university,Oklahoma.
Consular:Were you admitted?
Me:Maryland send me a letter stating,admissions can not be given to every talented students,that so i should apply

later(Showed him the letter)
Consular:What about Oklahoma.
Me:I was not admitted.
Consular:I see your family have a business,you are into oil exploration right?
Me:Yes and also Geological mapping,Borehole site investigation etc.
Consular:I know much about Geology,What is Oil shale
At this point,i was afriad
Me:I have forgotten but just said something(it is a sedimentary rock that serves as source rock in which oil is

found
Consular:What is Igneous Rock.
Me:Laughed, They are formed from Solidification of Solid Magma,example is granite.
Consular:What is coal?
Me:I don forget totally,i just remembered it is a sedimentary rock also),i said it and said it has two forms,Peat

and Lignite.
Consularlaughing)
I was afraid thinking i don bleep up not knowing he was interested in our discussion,I thought that was the end.
Consular:How do you extract oil from rocks?
Me:Through seismic reflection method.
Cons:Explain.
MeI don forget,so i quickly use scope and said the little i remembered)That is the work of a Geophysist but with

my knowledge of basic Geology,i know they send sound signal into a rock and the sound is being reflected back.
Consular:I see,Your company is into oil exploration?
Me:Yes
Consular:How many workers do you have?
Me:Thirty something
Consular:No,be specific
Me:38(though,workers no reach ten)
Consular:Where is your license of operation?
Me:I come think am say,yawa don gas ooo,i no come mind,(i showed him the C.A.C).
Consular;Looked at it,Okay,but for you to operate,you must be licensed.
Instantly,God just gave me another scope.
Me:Its a new company and it is not easy to just obtain a license just like that,It takes a long process,atimes

2years,it took us close to a year to obtain this certificate of incorporation,Infact,our director of field

operations was at Abuja last week but was told it is still not yet ready.
Consular:Ok,where do you collect the license.
I knew he wants to know if i am lying,though,i no know where they collect.
Me:NNPC.
Consular:Can i see your Gre scores?
At this stage,i knew i have conquered the most difficult part.
Me:Ok sir,started searching it and couldnt find it,i come they think say hope say no be witch dey do

am,immediately,i saw the computer print out and gave it to him and told him to please wait till i find the hard

copy and gave him.
Looked at them and returned it.
Consular:Where do you plan to work after your studies?
At this stage,i knew the visa was certain,i just laughed inside me and recited my normal Stanza 2 of my National

Anthem which Superbrain and SeniorAk47 taught me.
Me:I told him.
Infact,i could read it on his face that he was so pleased with that as he asked no further questions.
Consular:Who is sponsoring your education?
Me:My father.
Consular:Can i have a letter from him indicating this?
Me:Sure,handed it over,looked at it and returned it.
Consular:Can i also have his bank statement showing at least $27k as indicated on your I-20?
Me:Showed him the account.
Looked at it and returned it.He returned it and said he was checking my SEVIS,he told me i have paid and that he

can confirm it.
Consular:Handed me the green ticket and a sheet where lekki address is and said i should go collect my Visa on

Monday.
Me:Ok sir,thank you sir
Con:Do you have any questions?
Me:No sir(thinking that why i go ask questions when i don get wetin i dey find)
Con:Why were you even denied last week?
I was afraid and was thinking that which kind wahala be this again?
Me:I wasnt composed and couldnt clearly express my self then.
Cons:Why?
Me;My mum was very sick then and hospitalised and that affected me.
Cons:How is she now?
Me:She has fully recovered(putting on a smile)
Cons:Ok,please face your studies,do your parents proud and make sure you contact your intl student adviser.
Immediately,i ran out,tipped the security people and was almost crying when i got outside,everybody noticed this

and people were just looking at me but i didnt mind.
My people,Visa is all about God and prayer,With that,God will just direct the right person to you and if asked any

questions,God will just speak through you.All these geological questions,i wasnt expecting,the oil license i wasnt

expecting but God spoke through me.I am in a joyous mood now.So,How can i get cheap tickets to CALIFORNIA?

djunit1:
You fall MUGU. How you go allow them collect money for your hand? You nor carry your naija passport? That passport is like American passport to those idiots. I have been there twice and the two times I was asked for either money or Passport I shouted at them and they let me Go. A Nigerian is highly valued there ooooh.

But I like the Stout and Chicken part oooh, Body nor be wood. I nor dey take stout but the chicken for make sense! lol

God pikin:
Dasleeky & Djunit1 are gonna be on hot seat tomorrow. I pray God that will favour them & they will return to share their F1 visa testimonies in Jesus' name-AMEN

WARYZ:
WATS UP FOLKS?its been a while.i applied to cuny(city university of n/york)and i av been sent an email that i will be notified very soon about my addmission,by may 2010,omo till now nipost neva deliver my letters,out of six schools that i registerd to av gotten a letter from onewhich is cuny baruch cllge,and i was not acceptd to dat one.[pls everybody that applied 4 d fall 2010 semester in the house,have you gotten your acceptance letters,if yes pls is it not frm the same nipost we are gettin our letters from abi schools 4 yankee dey send letters with overnyt posts,and wen i went to the post office i was told that i should chill 4 a while but me i know get tyme.please someone hlp me fast oooo .pls am all dis fings