Hello everyone. I refired and to God be the glory my visa was approved on Tuesday by a lady in window 1.
Transcript goes thus:

VO: Good morning
Me:Good morning ma
VO: Why you going to the US
Me: Im going for my Masters in Communication and media studies at Eastern Illinois University.
VO: What's your career goal
Me: To be a communication specialist. I want to be able to identify and develop the best communication strategies to solve communication problems when the need arises.
VO: Y eiu
Me: Cos the curriculum matches my carrier interest. Also, the communication and media studies programme is organized in three academic concentration which is the strategic communication, human communication and cultural studies.The strategic communication aligns with my professional ambition (Vo cuts in STOP)
VO: What's the requirement for the program? The credit hours, the core courses you'ld be doing what and what you would learn. (She was really focused here..we were looking at each other)
Me:A total number of 36 credit is required. I would be taking core courses like Communication theory, communication research methods, communication pedagogy, special topics in communication studies, organizational communication etc. Then I just briefly defined organizational communication and communication pedagogy.
VO: What do u do
Me:I work with a telecoms company
VO: Have you traveled out of the country before
Me: Yes
VO: Whats your highest qualification
Me: Bsc Masscommunication
VO: Who's sponsoring you
Me: My dad
VO: Can I see his statement
Me:I passed it. ( this time around I presented his personal statement and a letter from the bank though I also went with both the company's bank statement I presented the first time but she said she didn't need that)
VO: What's your father's name
Me: I told her
VO: How many siblings do you have
Me: I told her
VO: Do you have any relative in the US
Me: Not an immediate one (just as I filled in my ds-160)
VO: Any friends?
Me: Yes (I mentioned my friend's name and that my friend actually recommended the school being a student there)
VO: Typing....
VO: I would be approving your visa.............and handed over the white paper.

jerrypeacelinks:



So sorry about your denial bro/ sis. Your interview to me was good but the statement of account you presented was wrong. VO's from my observation prefer Personal Bank statements of sponsors and not Company bank statement of sponsors.

If you can address this, kindly refire.

Thank you so much. Would definitely refire.

Hello everyone. My visa was denied by a guy in window 6 yesterday 29th December
Transcript goes thus:

VO: Good morning
Me:Good morning sir
VO: How are u?
Me: Im fine thank you and you?
VO: Where are u going to?
Me: Eastern Illinois university
VO:Y eiu
Me:cos the communication and media studies programme is organized in three academic concentration which is the strategic communication, human communication and cultural studies which aligns with my professional ambition (Vo cuts in)
VO:What would the degree do for u
Me:it would equip me with skills to be able to identify and develop the best communication strategies when the need arises and would also be able to provide possible solutions and recommendations as I want to work with the Nigerian Communication Commission as a communication specialist.
VO: What do u do
Me:I work with a telecoms company and I stated my job descriptions.
VO: So wats gonna happen to d job now. Mayb u're probably gonna take up a job at next.He was laughing and said somethings I didn't hear
Me: I just giggled along with him
VO: Whats your highest qualification
Me: Bsc Masscommunication
VO: Did u write any test?
Me: Yes Toefl. I had 72 ( it was actually waived but I didn't mention it)
VO: I can see you're going for a communication programme
Me: Yes ( he looks at the I-20)
VO: Did u apply to other schools
Me: Fort Hays State University and East Tennessee State University. Got offer from FHSU while ETSU still pending
VO: Who's sponsoring you
Me: My dad
VO:What does he do
Me:He's into import and export of goods as well as haulage of goods
VO: Does he import cars from the US
Me: Yes sometimes
VO: Can I see a statement
Me: Handed him a copy of his company's bank statement
VO: Typing....
VO: Sorry, you said your dad import cars from the US
Me: I repeated yes sometimes. He's into import and exports, haulage as well as clearing and fowarding.
VO: I can see you've been to the US on a family vacation
Me: Yes
VO: Where did you go
Me:Houston and Atlanta
He typed for some mins and handed over the blue paper.

My family members have actually renewed their visas but withdrew mine cos I wanted to apply for student visa. Now I'm feeling I should have just renewed with them.
So also, before my interview I sent a mail to the school as regards my late visa appointment stating that the earliest date I got for my interview was 29th of December. I got a response from them saying "Please move forward with the visa process and keep in touch with our office with an estimated date of arrival. We are able to provide you with an orientation to make you cover what you miss. I hope the interview goes well"
Mind you the statement I presented dats from May to October 2017 cos dat was what I sent to the school. Can I still use it to reapply in January? (Just wanna know if the statement could still be useful for a January application)

Please I would like to know where I got it all wrong. Thank you.

Damilare5882:
Anyone applying to Eastern Illinois University??

Yes please

Good day everyone! I'm new to this thread.
Pls I'ld like to ask a few questions. Can one use his/her father's company's account as proof of financial affidavit to be sent to the school as well as embassy; Probably with a letter of introduction from my father.
What's the difference between SOP and academic writing because I'm a bit confused.
Also is anyone applying to Eastern Illinois University or Fort Hays State University. Thank you.