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#copied

*VISA APPROVED*
God did 😭🙏👏

Southern Illinois university
COA: $40,000
No funding
Course: funeral services and mortuary science,
First and last attempt.

First of all I want to return all glory to God for everything, I want to tell you reading this that all powers belong to Jesus Christ, I have expirenced another miracle in my life today, put all your trust in God, he liveth and he can do all things,
Prayer is the key, I have been praying since January till now about my interview I fasted throughout the past 3 months and my lovely mom backed me up as well.

I got in to the embassy by 6:00AM when I got to the embassy I went somewhere and prayed I told God Abuja will favour me, I picked some sands after praying I dropped the sands.

Me: Good morning ma'am,

VO: Good morning, how are you doing, ma'am I'm pretty good.

VO: which course are you going for?

Me: funeral services and mortuary science.
(She was shocked, I noticed her reaction and I told her my mother is mortuary , sorry my mother owns 3 mortuaries, and she makes use of old method, but I'm going to XYZ to learn a new method on the preservation of the corps, that each mortuaries contains 150- 200 coprs, at this point I was just talking rubbish fear catch this woman, she asked me so how did my mom embalm here in Nigeria?

Me: once person dies I understand how the family feels she said No, like I should tell her how my mom do embalm.
I told her if someone dies she will first of all give the dead body Injection and everything dries before she will now apply the embalming cream.

I just keep quiet she was typing she asked what's the name of the mortuary I told her, I ask her ma'am did you need any other information she said No, No No,
She was busy typing, Omo at this point I was looking at her hand, she carry pen wey dey on top of the blue papers my heart come fly, but I was very bold also demonstrating with my hands like sabinus😭
she moved her hands towards the white papers carry one give me, na so God run am for me 😥😭👏👏, within 2 minutes.

I want to thank God almighty for his grace in my life 😭😭😭

Thank you so much and God bless you @⁨Olubukola_O⁩
Thank you all who supported me in one way or the other.

Start searching dates

Luckyuk:
Good evening everyone!

I am given admission for MS in USA for Fall 2023 and my school gave me a graduate assistantship financial aid of $28,800 and I am to pay the deficit of $5,660. One of the terms and conditions is that the graduate assistantship will take effect in Fall 2023. Please how can I apply for visa so that I can get an appointment date between May to July 2023 and also which is the best place to apply for f1 visa, Lagos or Abuja?

Thank you all for your advice.

Yesterday was somehow at the Lagos Embassy.They said most of the people she gave white papers were majorly those going for PhD. You can try Abuja. Don't give up yet

folamorgan:
If you were there yesterday you would understand the whole scenario. I'm an "expressive" individual. I have mastered the art very well I won't lie to you.
Firstly, this woman was not ready to listen, I was actually forcing myself to spew out the few I could. She was cutting everything. Immediately she asked a question and you are about to answer her, she would cut it instantly. The few things you saw that came out of my mouth, I spoke them forcefully. She wasn't listening to people, she was just issuing out the blue paper after few questions without expecting replies.
Firstly, she didn't ask a question related to how the course would help my career or company but I still wanted to chip it in when I was telling her about my funding, what I do and even why I picked the school yet she did not allow me to talk on it. She stopped me abruptly
Secondly, I already prepared financial statement and I cannot give her if she didn't ask for it, I can only defend it with my mouth and I think I did justice to an extent to that by mouth, by telling her how much I pay myself from each of the companies monthly and the total annual income. It is against their rules to bring out documents if they don't asl for it, that can disqualify one.
Lastly, on the home ties, we didn't get there in the first place. I wanted to use the opportunity of why I chose the school to explain home ties but she didn't allow me.
And I want to tell you that the few words I wad able to speak out, I managed to maneuvered her questions towards them, she didn't bother to ask or even care to listen. She was quick to say, ok or I got it. For example, check the questions you will discovered that when she asked that was that the only school I chose, that was when I started using the opportunity to let her know the reason I chose the school among the three. She didn't ask to that extent but since I have discovered her pattern I wanted to see if I could maneuvered myself to speak out my unique story. But the truth is you can only convince someone that cares to listen to you. At least, she gave more than 7 people before me blue paper, including a man that has travelled to different countries like France, Germany, UK, etc. The man was articulated enough and he has a strong home ties with evidence but what finally came out of the woman mouth was "sorry, you are not qualified for this visa".
And nobody should tell me that I didn't pray o, I prayed, I quoted the bible, I did everything necessary and I also prepared by reading more than one hundred transcripts and listening to Argo, an online organisation founded by over 20 former US visa officers, where they educate people on how to answer visa questions. And I practiced all these in mocks with people and alone.
I believe probably, that's just God's will. Maybe He has another plan for me

Please when you share it, quote me so I can learn from it

samckanify:
Unfortunately, I also got scammed by the same SHEYI SHOBAYO of the infamous SposhTravelsandTours.
My story is a long and interesting one. I'm going to share it here cos someone will definitely learn from it.

Write to your grad coordinator and copy akl of them

Keyin:
Got an offer letter from the department but no official admission letter yet for the past one week. Who should I write to; the professor that accepted me or the graduate program director or the graduate school?

So sorry about your Denial!

Post your transcript on the usa student thread and let people help you

Jkseuiz:
I went for my F1 viaa even thou i was denied i guess i caused it.
My step brother is a citizen and a Us Army, but knnmy Ds160 i didnt disclose i had a relative there due to an agent telling me if i disclose i may not be granted the Visa.
Secondly, i was asked how many slibings do i have, i gave a wrong answer by saying i am the only child, apparently i am from a polygamous home, i am the only child of my mum but have older slibings from my dad.
I want to reapply, me coming out straight and telling them the truth would this affect me again or please how can i go about it.

Please you did not finish your update. Please continue

sevule:
Shop at discount stores, warehouse clubs and outlet stores

I could probably write a whole thread on getting stuff at highly discounted prices in stores. Coming from Nigeria where I learned to haggle in open markets, the mindset of getting a good deal stuck with me. The great thing about America is that even though you generally don't haggle, you can get amazing discounts if you only know how and when to buy. I used to think that Walmart was one of the cheapest places to buy groceries, clothes etcetera, boy was I mistaken!! Here are some tips I learned

1. One of the cheapest stores for groceries in the USA is Aldi not Walmart. If you have an Aldi near where you live, do yourself a favor and pay them a visit. You will be amazed at their prices.

2. If you have a family you will get massive savings by joining a warehouse club. A warehouse club is basically a store that sell bulk items cheaper than regular stores. I tend to favor Costco over Sams Club because they have a much better selection of products. Not only is food cheaper, but electronics, gas(fuel), drugs and alcohol is also cheaper at warehouse clubs.

3. Outlet stores are stores that sell things like electronics, furniture, designer clothing, furniture etc at discounted prices. If oyu are looking to buy any of these things, you might want to check an outlet store first

Lol. You don dey carry me go where I no know oo

mbapelvis:
Please can someone move to the USA through Mexico as a refugee who has no address (knows nobody) and succeed?
How will he go about it?
Thanks

@anifeld boss. Here is a link to the video

NightCyrax:
Congratulations!

Check these out:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/imodoye-s-opeyemi_how-to-approah-phdmasters-interview-congratulations-activity-7016970839183015936-rIJ8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrbCkYCaSL0

Refire.

Greatajo:
Good morning lovely people. I just came across this thread. I was denied a visa twice even with full funding and it broke my heart that I couldn't apply for admission this fall. I know studies are the easiest route as they told us and that's why I wanted to ply that route that was why I sought a scholarship as there's no way I could afford education outside. Please, what other route can one go through considering life as a Nigerian. Thank you all

#copied#

Transcript
F1&2F2
Visa approved ✅
Course: French and francophone studies
School: UIC
COA: $61k
Funding: $51k
Family: $10k
18/04/2023

After a long queue outside we finally was able to enter the building for documents checking.
Fortunately for us , we were given preference cuz of our 3 month old baby so everything happened so fast.
The interview proper:

Window(I can’t remember the number)
White lady

V.O: Good morning
Me: Good morning
VO: Pass me your documents
Me: Here they are
VO: Who is the applicant?
Me: I ma’am
VO: Okay, how old are you?
Me: xyz ma’am
VO: Why are you not going to French country to study French?
Me: I choose US because of Prof Ireland research work that has my interest. Also while doing my research, I found out that US has top rated universities and there’s also opportunities of funding… cut in
VO: what did you study during your high level degree?
Me: I studied French at the university of Lagos where I graduated with a first class and as the best student in my department.
VO: Ok, when did you graduate?
Me: I graduated in 2020 and went for my Compulsory youth service at the Nigeria French language village where I was retained as an assistant lecturer.
VO: Assistant lecturer…I quickly continued
Yes and I teach French to both diploma and modules classes, I’m also in charge of organising debate, quiz, symposium to facilitate the learning of the language. VO cut in..
How did you get your funding?
Me: after submitting a strong application, I did 2 interview with the school admission and my…VO cut in..
What are the questions asked during the interview?
Me ( was already shocked😳 Shey this woman they wine me ni?
Me: i was asked about what I was going to contribute to the department if given a GA ( I no no where that came from)
VO: okay, so what did you say?
Me: Haaa ( in my mind) I answered, with Prof research on Emancipation de la femme dans la literature africaine, that’s emancipation of women into African literature, I will be able to carry out……….I went blank😟
VO: okay, continue I’m typing it (at this point I didn’t know what to say so I started talking in the nonsense. The only thing I remember is I said opportunity 🥲) I started panicking that I have messed up oo
VO: So you said you got your funding by contacting your people?
Me: No ooo (my people bawo) after submitting my application , I made further research to see if they need a GA, then I applied for it which I was later given.
VO: So are u saying you don’t have any family in the US?
Me: yes Ma. I dont
VO: I see you have some deficits on your family funding, who will be covering that?
Me: I didn’t hear that the first time, so I had to ask her to repeat herself.
So I said my lovely husband here will be covering my deficits.
VO to F2: what do you do?
F2: I work as blah blah… with annual income of 18-20M.
VO to F1: okay, For how long have you been speaking French?
Me: 4 years, and I also have a diploma in French.
VO: okay what are your plans after studies.
Me: upon successful completion of my program, I will returning to my home country to take a position a lecturer and I will continue impacting knowledge to younger scholars.
VO typing for a while when I was busy praying praying praying
VO: everything looks good and she stretched her hand to the white paper (Omoh!!!) I collected it and I didn’t hear anything again
I just said thank you ma’am.

The moment i stepped out I found myself on the floor crying and thanking God🙂😄😄🥲
My husband was like stand up and let’s go o

Special thanks to @⁨~Dr Jegz⁩ @⁨~Lumeedee | Mide | Mide |⁩ @⁨~kaka⁩ , Tayoure, Moshkom, @⁨Alaba Mock ⁩, @⁨~Vik⁩, @⁨Teeteelawlah(Titilola) F2 Admin⁩, Sirdon, and many more for your help. God will replenish you all abundantly 🙏
Take away home: Please and please pray, pray and pray, then attend to mock session. This interview thing is just Grace of God.
Thank you all
@Ladyzee 🤗

As soon as possible. Buy new mrv and refire

bestace:
Good evening house. I want to ask a question. How fast is it possible to get a new date after been denied Visa.

No, just buy a new mrv, update you profile on cgi and pick regular so you can be able to see dates, then on your ds160 you can state the reason for denial

Davegabriel:
Greetings all,
Please is it necessary for me to write to the embassy due to change of school after a denial? Before I reapply for my Visa

She should join date search groups so as to start searching for dates, join mock group

ValentinaBless:
I am sorry in advance because my question may appear stupid.
Anyway, my younger sister applied for BSc political science in the US. She has been offered admission. The tuition fees appears reasonable so I've accepted to sponsor her. Her resumption date is this August. House, can she meet up, please?

What are the next step for her. We have no idea of how to go about it or if she will even get interview date before August.

Any help will be appreciated, thanks.

You did not sell yourself and your uncle well. And you have assistantship. What is your deficit if I may ask

bestace:
Interview transcript.
Lagos
April 18 2022
Denied
Lousiana Tech University
COA: 21,000 $
Assistantship: 3000 $


VO: pass me your documents.
Me: Good morning ma, this is it ma
VO: looked at the documents and asked how do you intend to pay for your studies?
Me: I have been working since 2019 and I have saved up for my studies and also my Uncle will be supporting me and at the same time I got an assistantship from the school.
VO: nods and keeps typing, then she said have you traveled out of the country before?
Me: No
VO: types and said sorry you do not qualify for a visa and passed me the blue slip.

Please, how fast can I get another date for the interview after being denied.


At what point do you give back to the platform and share your interview transcript?!

She should not tell Vo that she will be staying for five years. And also, tell them to join mock group

Seun4FastLoans:
Hello guys, my brother and her family (wife and kid, age 20months) applied for usa f1&f2 visas. The husband got fully funded phd program(school fees waiver and will get monthly stipends) He also has about ₦8.5m savings. The wife also has a good job.
My question ;
They intend going for the interview together.
What are the likely questions for f2 applicant?
Course is 5 years and she intend to be with her husband till the end of the program.

I have done that. I used rodze hotel at Wuse, 500 to the embassy

Solelyrespo:
How was the interview, could you share your transcript, also which hotel did you use

Six months

Ctemi:
Hello brethren, Congrat to all those that have gotten their visa. A quick one, pls how many month SOA is needed for admission and interview at the embassy? Someone was telling me 1 month SOA which I find difficult to believe.

Kai!!! Such a sad story. Marriage gets scary day by day

beyondbasicsng:
I will tell u a short story -

As per this info we only know from an outsiders POV and my story is also an outsiders POV.

Sometime last year a family I know got into brouhaha and I will state this - just because the husband wanted out of a marriage where HE has been controlling his wife since they got married. His mum wasn't an exception either as she is a typical Nigerian woman who was battered by her own husband and ALLOWS her son/children to continue to tow in abusive line to their spouse/significant other!

The woman in question - left a well paying Jon to join her husband in the South after getting married but that was the beginning of her end. Slowly but surely he started keeping away her from her friends, became controlling of her, financially as she had to depend on him especially because where they lived had no job prospects as where she left.

Fast forward when they had baby - his mum was verbally and mentally abusive, said all sort of things because baby was via CS... ETC. On moving abroad, the financial abuse became even worse - he says she can only spend about 40 on food - don't turn heating on, don't watch TV (although he claimed this was gotten for her and their kids) - Please note she had previously lived abroad before going back to get married to him. She encouraged him moving her because he's a doc. He git here, saw the life and film lifestyle changed.

Wetin Abu eye no see for gate! He would compare her to his SIL but when she tried getting jib he wouldn't give dime fir her travels. One day, after abt 3 yrs in abroad he took her phone away so no form of communication- she in turn gave him sim card because he paid for it. Then she communicated with her sib during which she stated she wld rather die than be in the situation she was in -which prompted sis to ask her to come to hers.

Guy calls sis and blames sis for taking her away even though the woman explained the reason behind it. Turns out this guys is a narcissist who wants to control. The guy shared her sis no with his mum - this woman then decides because she wants to speak to DIL n grandkids o she had the right to just call dils sis on a wkday by video call during working hours. When the girls sis responded the woman tells her son that the girl was rude and wanted an apology!

This girl finally gets a job that pays a lot and was able to afford things that's how the husband became jealous as she's not been repressed anymore.

That's how they had another fight and he let me state again HE calls the police on her stating that she was driving without license (which is true buy he had also bought her a car which she drove without license earlier in the year) and he was worried about her because she was taking some drugs which is no longer in her drug compartment. He gave the police her number, plate number and continued his day as if nothing happened!

As God will have it when police reached the girl, she was asked to come to the station and given a warning but asked if she knew why her husband will do such - that's when she told them about the DV she had suffered (controlling, emotional, financial, verbal and physical, manipulated, gaslit) that night police went and picked him up and he slept in jail! Did you think she would have told the police abt this issues? No but the husband himself wanted her to suffer because that day after calling the police and when she didn't return home, he picked up their kids, turned alarm on as if she wasn't getting back home!

What was even more surprising is he ended up telling his family he was worried about her but actually never called her own family before ringing the police. His mother has not been in contact since this happened, well shes already said she isnt her daughter but again the girl doesnt give her anything like the other girl. His own brother also drove years without license- such hypocrisy.

So the point now is - I'm telling u this story because I know the story and I know the boy is a narcissist who after realising he couldn't control her anymore, let me discard her whilst discrediting her.

Just be careful of the stories you choose to hear or listen to, when someone absolves themselves of blame - smthing us wrong. Question them because there are manipulative ppl our there

May we not become diary of a mad black woman because many nigerian woman have suffered and are still suffering due to the patriarchal nature of the society and the women who actually also harbour this! His mum suffered humiliation etc with his own father and she's also with her full chest hen! baba e lo Jo! imagine

I need to prepare myself very well for South Dakota state. With the reviews I have been reading online about South Dakota state. That staye looks scary to me and I will be heading to South Dakota state university this fall.

Please, Is there anything I should prepare for regarding that state

godG:
If you are not fan of cold, avoid South Dakota. I have lived in the midwest for almost a decade and I can tell you that SD is cold. Easily one of the 15 coldest states in the US.

If you want a quiet and affordable life with a touch of activities to not get you bored, go to Ohio or Mizzou. Midwestern states are generally good for starting and raising a family. Mind you, whatever you get in the midwest will be dependent on the city you settle in.

Iowa, though... I am a quiet person and I consider Iowa TOO quiet for my liking. I drove through the state during a road trip last summer, it is a quiet, 'corn-tastic' state. Has some really good, less-trafficked roads, though! Ultimately, my guess is that you will be bored in Iowa, except, maybe, you live in Iowa City.

I really do not know much about Kentucky (except being the birthplace of KFC) and North Carolina (aside from having a vibrant Black population. So, you guys will be close to the culture.).

In all, don't take any of these too seriously, pray to God to lead you to a place where you can fulfill His purpose for you this season. Best wishes and welcome to the greatest country in the world!

I said if it's family funds that is stated on your I-20, you can as well use any of your parents like your mom is okay even if she doesn't have such amount because it sounds more convincing and the Vo doesn't ask for bank statement, however If you want to go with your uncle is fine too,own your story and be ready to answer why would your uncle wants to spend such a huge amount on you

Jacknn:
Thank u very much!! I no longer have a father (deceased).. so the option of a maternal uncle should make sense if mother doesn't have such funds to cover

Thank you!

Rdfactor:
.I don't even know what style of hairs women do. I can't differentiate when I see it on their head 😂. But people that know better will contribute and give you insight.

They did last week

Ibks100:
Hope Lagos will release massive slots soon too

Yes and your r father can sponsor you too. That's if they write family funds on your I20, you can use anybody as your Sponsor

Jacknn:
Oh make sense, pls I have $13k deficit, can my maternal uncle who doesn't have same surname with me fund my remaining deficit, would it fly??

Thank you!!

chibertha:
briads
and weaving but make sure you do it codedly make them no tell you say you dey make money when you are not supposed to.

Join search date too. And tell people to call you when dates comes up

Ebisign:
I am searching in the Abuja embassy. This information has raised my hopes. I will keep checking.

I started my date search in February, I couldn't a closer date Until Mid March. The First date I got was September 18,then I kept hunting for it until I got April 4th and the reason I was able to get that date was because the Abuja Embassy released massive slots

bmichael22:
Oh, okay. I'll do this.
What was your initial not-favourable date, and the favourable date you ended up picking wasn't via emergency approval yeah?

The person is in the USA, the person used money order which is slow to me.

Jahard:
sorry for the many questions, please did the person use card? It seems like the Western Union option is the only one available since I filled with my Nigerian address

You are not going to cancel your appointment, the thing is you keep clicking on the cancel option so you can see a new date. When you see a favorable date you then use the reschedule button to schedule the date. You don't have to pay for a new MRV. You can only reschedule four times. Assuming you have August 15 as you appointment date, and you see may dates. You can reschedule but if the dates you are seeing are closer to the one you have don't reschedule so that you won't waste your mrv

Ebisign:
This is interesting. I have be doing this for 2 weeks now and the only dates I have been seeing are in September, October and, November. Does it actually work? That is after picking a date, one can still be able to see earlier dates when available, cancel previous appointment and book an early appointment date? Will it affect the visa fee which has already been paid?

Keep searching for date. This is my trick, I picked a not favorable date, then I used the cancel option to check for date without canceling my old date. So when a favorable date comes, I was able to know very quickly. What this trick does is that you can refresh the website for 3 hrs straight without logging out but once the website logs you, do not trt to login again for that day unless your account will be frozen for three days

bmichael22:
Currently, 11th October 2023. I've been checking for an earlier date to pick, but haven't found so far.
I plan on opting for emergency approval when it's 2months prior to my resumption date (19th August).