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Time2win:
My Transcript

Visa approved at Lagos Embassy, 30th July 2019

School: Clarkson University

Funding: 66,000$ (Tuition and stipends)

Course : Msc Chemical Engineering

This was my 9th attempt, 7 in Lagos, 2 in Abuja

Here is my today's visa transcript:

That's it... I saw God's favour today

A very big congratulations to you, this is well deserved. Your tenacity finally paid off, nice GRE score by the way. Enjoy your stay in Trumpland

aboderinf:
Hi Guys, I have my interview on Aug 6.

I have a very high GRE score and I finished with a First Class but at the time I applied for my I-20 I had no funding. I now have a Graduate teaching assistantship which covers tuition for the fall semester.

Do you guys think I should mention this (if asked why no assistantship?

Thanks in advance for all your responses

You can try to email the international office to see if they can issue you an updated i20 that would reflect your funding. If not, during your interview, mention it that you were issued funding after you got your i20 and present your admission letter when the VO requests for it. But the first option would be better since the VO would see the funding at the first glance.

spaccleinc:
Hello guys.

Visa denied last week Friday at Lagos Consulate. Please, kindly help review the interview transcript and advise if it's still worth it to apply with this same admission offer / any other advice or tip that comes to mind. Thank you.


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VISA DENIED. Lagos Consulate.

Interview by a middle-aged man, probably late 40s or 50s (Indian origin) on Counter 1.



University of South Florida 

MS in Mechanical Engineering 

No funding/assistantship received 

35K deficit 




Transcript:


VO: Pass me your passport and I20

Me: *passed him my docs


VO typing and looking at his screen for almost 45seconds. Finally asks questions but was staring at his screen for most of the time


VO: When did you finish High School? 

Me: 2010


VO: Bachelor's? 

Me: 2016


VO: What course? 

Me: Mechanical Engineering 


VO: What have you been doing since then? 

Me: I went for my mandatory national youth service at Co**... (VO cuts in) 


VO: Oh... That's just one year 

Me: Yes... After that, I secured a job as a project engineer at **** Engineering Limited, and I've been there since then. 


VO: As a project engineer? 

Me: Yes


VO: And you're still working there? 

Me: Yes, currently working 


VO: You don't have any assistantship. Did you take the GRE? (Now looks at me) 

Me: Yes


VO: What did you score? 

Me: 318


VO: TOEFL? 

Me: Yes, 106.


VO: So, how come no assistantship? (VO said this looking very disturbed)


VO: How many universities did you apply to? 

Me: 4


VO: How many admits? 

Me: 2


VO: So why no assistantship?

Me: Well, I was also surprised that I didn't receive any assistantship or funding, so I contacted the schools about this and I was told that assistantships and scholarships are usually awarded on a first come first serve basis

Your case is a very special one. You had very good scores in your GRE and TOEFL but wasn't awarded a scholarship . I think the VO felt you should have been given a form of scholarship cause your profile seems to be good. If you went for your interview in May, I would have said you should reach out to your school to tell them the development and see if they can offer you a Tuition waiver, but now, I am not so sure.


Let's see what others have to say

juliouze:
My bad!! Please forgive my manners. I tried sending you an email...

No problem, replied

juliouze:
This is really helpful bro, thanks abunch for this piece, we statisticians are going to be learning from you and congratulations as well ps please stay tunned to help us too.

I am a lady , sure, I will try my best to help on this thread. Thank you

shogunley:
Did you actually do the Skype interview. If yes, what were questions like

I saw your question the first time, I wrote on my transcript that I had a Skype interview and you are asking if I really or actually did the skype interview. I am sure your next question would be if I really applied to 7 schools. That wasn't a nice way to put your questions cause it was as if you were in doubt.

Anyway, I am a Statistician, so:

Some of the softwares I can use for data analysis purpose and some of the project I have worked on as a data analyst, asked if I have any teaching experience, clarified about some of the courses I did during my undergraduate studies, etc

[quote author=BIMestBabe post=80471544][/quote]Thank you, the duration I wrote was 28months, so you're on track.

Yes, I clicked that I was previously denied. I stated that I was abit nervous and couldn't state my specific GA duties.

AkAbiola:
Congratulations to you sis...
This is the first time I'm seeing someone sharing GSU experience here...

I have been targeting GSU for about 5 months now, The school is my best wish for PhD Medicinal Chemistry cause they have option for Bioinformatics...

I have written GRE 297 ( I plan to rewrite though towards sept) no TOEFL yet...(I'll write around Sept/Oct)
That's not even the issue... The help I need from you is to please give me a chance to ask questions as I want to start emailing the Grad cord.... Because only GSU sent me mail to tell me they saw my GRE score, I should get to know their programs and apply...
I've been restraining from sending an email to Grad Cord by the thought of not blowing it, and not making mistake or something

I don't want to guess my way around the application process and hoping it works ... I prefer to be mentored by someone who has gone down that road.... At least, the person has result to prove for the way S/he went about it.

I sent an in mail to you...

Please, help in guiding me start the journey of application through to GSU.

Thanks sis...

Okay, no problems, we'd talk

The last post I promised, long post alert

Things that might have helped me during this admission process

During my application process, there were somethings I wished I knew while reading previous transcripts of others and that is why I have decided to be as detailed as possible in my profile so it could be of help to those going for Spring and fall 2020 and beyond that.

I graduated in November 2018 and I decided to apply for my Masters in December, that was extremely late you might say considering the fact that GRE is almost always required for my proposed course of study, but one thing that helped was that I had been following both the GRE and this thread for months before I graduated, but don't be like me if you could help it, prepare far ahead.

So I had to register to write my GRE exam in the first week of February, prepared for less than two months combined with researching the schools I wanted to apply to.


The most important thing is to know yourself, Statistics is my background and I have always loved Mathematics so it made the preparation process abit easier. But I would suggest you prepare for at least 3 months.

Because I wanted to write GRE in February, I was limited to schools that had their priority deadlines around January 31, February 1 and 15 and March.


So I will give some points that helped me and explain them:

Get in contact with the graduate coordinator/director even before you apply: I can't emphasise this enough, before I submitted my application, I emailed all the graduate directors, told them my profile and that I was going to write GRE in February and asked if I could still meet up to be considered for graduate assistantship, I went ahead with some of the schools that replied me. This helped so much that I had a feeling two schools already decided to admit me and were only waiting for my GRE scores, immediately I finished my GRE exam, I reported my unofficial scores to them via email, my official scores got to them on February 18th which was past 6 out of the 7 schools' priority deadline. I got my first admission few days later and another one few weeks later. Unsurprisingly, they were from the two schools I kept in contact with their graduate directors (GD) the most.


Please follow-up on your application: Sometimes, you wonder why you haven't heard from some schools months after you submitted your application. So I had a particular school that I didn't hear anything from around 1 month after my official GRE score got to them, i emailed the director. Guess what he told me?, he said it was indicated that something was missing on my application even when it says completed on the application portal, he told me he would help me check what was missing the next day.

When he checked, he realised there was nothing actually missing, he reviewed my application and sent my admission letter with funding that same week. So what if I didn't draw his attention to my application? Please follow up biko.


You can ask for more funding: When I was admitted into GSU, I was given full tuition waiver and 5k stipends, I got in contact with graduate students in the school and I was told there was no way the 5k stipends would sustain my living expenses. I was even more motivated when I saw on grad cafe that someone admitted few days before me, a masters student but different concentration in my department was offered 10k.

I wrote a fanimorous(don't mind the incorrect English) to the GD, telling her how the school was my top choice, how I am grateful to be admitted and offered scholarship but that I needed my stipends to be increased.

It wasn't easy o, I had to send plenty plenty reminders, she told me the highest they could offer me was 5k, I sent more emails. Later she told me, okay wait till after April 15th, if some people reject their offers, we can offer you more.

After April 15th, I sent her another email, then ending of the month, they finally said they can increase the stipends to 10k and sometime in May, I got the updated admission letter. I am sure when the GD sees me in August, she would be like, so this is Solihp that almost finished me with emails, lol.

Look at how she said she couldn't offer more but later told me to be patient, persistency paid off. Of course, it won't always work, American University that I fell in love with their curriculum, cost of attendance was around 64k and I was offered partial tuition waiver and stipends worth 19k, I sent email to the GD, he told me point blank the award is a merit based scholarship and that was the highest they give people, Washington DC living cost that was expensive, I just waka pass jare. So it won't always work but there's no harm in trying, just be polite about it.


Communication is key: Communicate with the schools you're applying to, for instance 5 out of 7 of the schools I applied to automatically waived English Proficiency test for me since Nigeria is an English speaking Country. For the remaining 2, I sent a letter from the registrar's office of my undergraduate school stating that my degree was taught solely in English Language and the compulsory requirement was waived for me.


Always remember that the admission committee tends to look at your overall profile, so try to work on things that can enhance your profile, write GRE, write TOEFL too if you have the means, write nice statement of purpose. For undergraduate, don't give up on yourself quickly, some schools assess your GPAs for the last two years of your study, so please finish strong.


In summary, prepare ahead, write those standardised tests, it would help your chance of being admitted, keep in contact with the GDs, etc. I wish you all the best. Here is my finalised offers in details.

American University (admitted into both Biostatistics and Statistics programs with 19k scholarship)

George Washington University: (admitted into both Biostatistics and Statistics programs, no funding)

Villanova University: ( Admitted into Applied Statistics program, no funding)

Michigan Technological University : ( Admitted into Statistics, Mathematical Science, and Data science programs, no funding)

Bowling Green State University : (I was admitted into their Applied Statistics program in February ending and funding didn't come until first week in June, full tuition waiver and stipends worth 13k)

University of Iowa: Waitlisted then rejected

Georgia State University: (Admitted into Biostatistics with full tuition waiver and stipends worth 40k)

Fall 2019, yes we made it

I was intentionally explicit about everything, this is my own way of giving back to the thread and I hope it would help someone in the future. All the best

Thank you everyone, couldn't reply to everyone's post so I don't derail the thread. Thanks once again

user4321:
I've been waiting weeks for this, as one of our GRE masters I'm very happy for you.. Congratulations!!!!!!!!

Ahn ahn, don't whine me na, what's my score beside yours or you think I didn't see what you scored when you shared your experience abi. Congrats on your outstanding performance, good schools with plenty full funding fall on you.

Thank you to everyone for the good wishes, I really appreciate you all

My Appreciation post

First, I want to return all the glory back to God Almighty for the strength he has given me these past 7months, going through this kind of process hasn't been all easy but I thank him cause he's ever faithful, may His name be highly magnified.


GboyegaD: When I first decided to apply for my Masters in December 2018, I emailed him with my list of schools, I had limited list because I was hoping to write GRE in the first week of February, I told him I had gone through all the Nationally ranked schools on USnews that offered Statistics(about 100 of them) , he looked at my list and told me to go over the list again. Looking back at the initial list I sent to him, I realised most of the schools I got admitted into, especially the school I am going to right now; Georgia State University was not there. Thank you very much for the encouragement and for making me go through that list again, I really appreciate your efforts.


Deyemzy: Our friendship kicked off in February, at first because we were both Statisticians. We waited for the admissions together, composed compelling emails to the graduate directors together, when it was time to apply for visa, we scrutinised each other's transcript, conducted several mock interview, etc. Thank you very much dear friend, you were one of my support system during this process.


To my school guys: Tomiwaa, Scott200, iwriterng. It has been a pleasure being in contact with you all and I am hoping to see the 3 of you in school this August during the graduate or international student orientation.


To the wonderful people I have met through this process: Omohakin, Tegaadogb, Spotlighte, etc


To the nice people I met when I got delayed on my first trial: We literally hustled for dates together, shared info about the next available dates for previously refused individuals, thank you; misstemi2, kay100, Temi87, dwilliams707. I am hoping we all get our visas very soon


Fairheart: Immediately I got delayed the first time, I sent him a message, he was very helpful as he scrutinised my transcript to perfection and conducted several mock interviews for me, thank you for your efforts and time, I do not take it for granted


To everyone: To everyone on this thread who has contributed in one way or the other, to those I have read their transcripts, to those who have stayed on this thread just to help out others, to those who came to my rescue and encouraged me when I was first delayed, I say thank you very much, the things you do accumulated to this approval. I hope I would be able to help the upcoming applicants in any way I could. Keep up the good work



One more posts incoming later

Abuja embassy
Status: Approved
Date: July 18th, 2019
Priority: Previously refused on June 19th at the Lagos Consulate
GRE : 314 (161Q, 153V, 3.0AW)
Undergraduate: Statistics
CGPA: 4.07/5.00, 3.47/4.00 unofficial WES evaluation, but if the last 60credits CGPA are calculated, it is about 3.79/4.00
Total cost of attendance for 12months:about $48.9k
Tuition waiver and stipends :$40k
Deficit: $8754
Sponsor: Uncle
Visa Approved by the white man at window 9. There was a white woman standing behind him, but she left during the interview

Me: Good morning sir (he was still talking to the lady)
Me: Good morning sir (still talking)

VO: Pass me your passport
I passed my documents

VO: Why are you going to Georgia State University
Me: I am going for my Masters in Mathematics with concentration in Biostatistics

VO: That is a strange combination; Mathematics and Biostatistics
Me: The Department at Georgia State University is the Department of Mathematics and Statistics

VO: Good, that makes sense, so you're a Statistician
Me: Yes

VO: How many other schools did you apply to?
Me: I applied to 6 other schools

VO: Mention them
Me: George Washington University, American University, Villanova University, Bowling Green State University, Michigan Technological University, and University of Iowa

VO: How did you get this scholarship
Me: During my application process, I indicated that I was interested in being considered for a graduate assistantship position, I submitted my high GRE scores, my impressive transcripts, I wrote a statement of purpose, uploaded my resume, also, I submitted three letters of recommendations from my lecturers, also, the graduate director, Dr. Xx scheduled me for a Skype interview, I believe the admission committee were impressed with my overall profile and my performance during the skype interview

VO: he said something about University of Iowa, didn't hear him properly
Me: The program at University of Iowa is Masters in Statistics not Biostatistics

VO: Three colleges offer Statistics in University of Iowa
Me: ooh yes, I applied to the one in College of Arts and science (I said somewhere that I was rejected by University of Iowa but admitted in the remaining school)

VO: I actually graduated from University of Iowa but from the Statistics program offered by the College of Education
Me: oooh waoh, that is really nice, (smiling)

VO: I would be approving your Visa, the program at University of Iowa is actually nice, I wish you were going there, have a nice study in GSU, he said something about the visa pick up and resuming not earlier than 30days of the program start date
Me: I smiled, thank you sir and have a wonderful day

Ps: anytime he looked at me, I smiled

No document asked except passport and i20

I have two more posts incoming

Hello,

To everyone mentioning me to check dates for previously refused priority, sorry for not responding, I haven't been able to access the page for over 2 days now and I won't be able to do so in the future, because....... Check my post below

You can liase with each other and try to update each other when dates pop up. All the best

@dwilliams707
@ ogogorodegree

Check now, there are earlier August dates at Abuja

dwilliams707:
Thank you,My school resumes Aug 16th,is it advisable I reschedule my last slot to that date or still wait ?

Well well , you know this date thing is unpredictable, actually, a date for July popped up just now and someone was fast enough to get it. I would say, wait a bit, there's a probability an earlier date will pop up considering your resumption date.

There's also an option to request for extension letter.

I can't really say for sure what you should do

Update, there are several dates at Abuja for previously denied people. From August 14th to ending of August.

To those that has been previously refused that are in need of dates, there are currently 2 slots in Abuja for August 16th

misstemi2:
Visa Approved at the Lagos consulate: 15th of July

Before I share my successful transcript, I should share the one where I got denied. I was denied on June 10th.

Profile
PhD Sociology (Gender inequality)
71% Tuition waiver
Teaching Assistantship
Deficit: $7,434
Sponsor: Uncle
Mississippi State University

V.O: Pass your i20 and passport
V.O : You are going to MSU?
ME : Yes
V.O : How many schools did you apply into?
ME: 5 ( she told me to list them and I did)
V.O : Have you ever travelled out before ?
ME : No
V.O : what were you looking out for while making applications?
She didn’t use those exact words but I thought she asked me indirectly why I chose MSU. I went on and on about why I chose the school cos of my research interest and she was listening until I mentioned the prof I would be working with. She interrupted...
V.O : Are you talking about MSU?
ME : Yes
V.O : I am not asking you about a school in particular. I am asking you the criteria you looked out for in schools while you were making your applications. What were the facilities you looked out for?
( As a sociologist, I couldn’t think of any facility I would be needing. All schools have a form of research activity. We don’t use the lab or any equipment. I honestly didn’t understand what she wanted from me. I mumbled something about funding and research. I can’t remember the words I used exactly but it wasn’t very intelligent) I think I said something about the research carried out in the department.
V.O : funding ? That shouldn’t be a factor. All doctoral students get a funded position. Almost all doctoral students get funding. (She corrected the “All”)

ME: Well, funding was a deciding factor for me. I have friends who got admitted for a Phd but didn’t secure any form of funding. (I don’t know why I had to say that though)
V.O: You are not eligible for this visa bla bla

I walked away feeling like disappointed in myself because I know I could have done better. Applied for another interview the following day and got July 15. Interview was for 9am but I didn’t leave the house till 7am. I got stuck in traffic and I was still there till 10am. I entered with the last set of people to be interviewed around 12.

V.O : Pass your i20 and passport. What school are you going to?
ME: MSU
V.O : why MSU?
ME: I chose MSU because their sociology department is profound in my research interest which is gender inequality & stratification and they are also closely affiliated with the gender studies program of the school. Coincidentally, Prof Kelly Kimberly who I would be working with when I resume doubles as the director of the program. I am convinced this affiliation would help me to benefit from interdisciplinary teaching and research. The department also (VO cuts in)
V.O: How many schools did you apply into?
ME : 5
V.O : what will you do after getting this degree?
ME: I would come back to Nigeria to pick up a lecturing job as my career goal is to become a professor of sociology. I would also like to engage in lots of research work that is geared towards having a radical impact on gender policy in Nigeria.
V.O : your uncle is going to sponsor you?
ME: yes
V.O : what does he do ?
ME : He is the head of sales, public sector for bleep limited
V.O : what do they sell there?
ME : it’s like a micro finance bank where they give out loans.
( my heart was beating fast here because my SOA only had 3.1M and my deficit is Close to 2.8M)
V.O : your on-campus employment is what exactly?
ME : It’s a teaching assistantship.
V.O: I will be issuing your visa now bla bla bla

I kept saying thank you � maybe about 5 times nd the guy started laughing. He told me to calm down and keep my i20 safe bla bla bla.

I learnt a lot from this platform and I am really grateful. Thanks to my love TheZed❤️, Soliph ( for her patience and care) and Tjay. Sorry for my long epistle lol

Congrats

Nahum777:
Haha, I have been using another account

Oooh cool

Pepperoni001:
Dear People,

Interview: 12the July
Location: Lagos consulate
Status: Denied

My profile GPA 3.18/4, GRE: 289 Bsc.: Food Science and Technology. Working experience: I have been working since 2015. Intended Msc.: Sustainable Energy.

I was interviewed by a black American in his mid 60's at window one.

The below transpired

V.O: Pass me your passport and I-20
Me: I obliged

V.O: Types for forever
Me: I was just wondering.

V.O: After 5 mins , the old man decided to talk. He asked when did you finish high school?
Me: *2007*

VO: When did you finish your Bsc.
Me: 2015

VO: Since then what have you been doing?
Me: I have been working

VO: Why are you just going for your Msc.
Me: At my present place of work, I signed a bond that wont allow me leave my new job role for 18 months after employment and the bond just expired few weeks ago.

VO: I can see your tuition is a lot of money, about 25k.

Me: My Tuition isn't 25k, my tuition is just 15K and my living expenses is 10k that sums it up to the 25k

VO: That's a lot, who will pay it.

Me: That's affordable and my dad is the one paying the bills

VO: What does he do?
Me: He's a prof of Law at Bleep school and he's also into clearing and forwarding.

VO: You are not qualified.


Thinking I should re write GRE and aim 300+ and apply to schools that are generous with funding.

What do you think?

Hello, I am so sorry about your denial, if you would be reapplying, I felt I should give my observations. Note, I am not a guru, I am an applicant like you. I hope this helps.

1. Since then what have you been doing?, here the VO wanted you to discuss extensively what you have been doing since you graduated, I am sure the VO knows you might have been working, maybe you filled it on your DS160 form, but the VO still asked. So what was expected of you was to talk about the companies you have worked with. For instance, maybe 2016-2017, you went for your NYSC and served at so so so company/school, afterwards, you took on a job as a bla bla at Bleep company. So that was the expectation of the VO.

2. Why are you just going for your masters degree?, it was as if you nullified your work home ties here, the fact that you said the bond has expired means that you might as well stay back in the US. Instead, you could have used your work as a home tie, speak about the next position you would like to apply for in your company, how a masters degree is needed to take on the job, how the masters degree would equip you with so so skills that would enable you take on jobs in your field.

3. The VO said 25k was alot, you didn't have to argue with him, you could have spoken about how it is worth it, because you'd gain valuable knowledge and that your dad who is your sponsor is capable of paying such fees.

4. The VO insisted it was expensive, but you still said it was affordable, the VO might have been pissed at this point

That's my own observation, over to the gurus. I hope you get it next time. All the best.

Nahum777:
Lol can't find a date. School resumes early August, next available date is September.

Does anyone know how to by pass this please?

Welcome home , that was how you ran away without telling us how the situation turned out like you promised. Hope you've been good?

You don't know me, but I read your transcript last year, how's trumpland treating you?

Kalkaothar:
Thank you so much but do you know if proximity to resumption date affect visa decisions?

Check now, there are July dates

Kalkaothar:
Congratulations to all that has made this morning filled with goodnews! I rejoice with you! Thanks for the inspiration.

Please help guys, is close resumption/class start date or even past resumption a ground for possible denial?
I am trying to reapply and I'm not getting a closer date please, I was denied last month. School resumes 20th of August, Lagos is saying no appointment available! Abuja is floating between 26 and 27 of August.

Yes, Lagos says no appointment available most of the times, but few of the times, date pops up.

For Abuja, also, earlier date becomes available once in a while, for instance, 2hrs ago, I checked and 1 slot for August 14th was available and a friend was able to book it.

Here's a strategy, you're allowed to view the calendar 5 times a day, you can check the page every 5 hours, make sure one of it is an odd hour when ppl might still be sleeping , it's alot of hard work, I know.

Also, tell people that has booked for both locations to alert you whenever they see dates that are favourable.

So it's not impossible to get dates for July ending or beginning of August, just keep checking but not too much so the system doesn't ban you for 72hrs.

All the best.

Felizz:
Pls someone should help me with this
My visa was denied 2days ago

Am have started filling another DS160 form but am having issue with one section there asking have you ever been refused for visa before , upon clicking yes a box came out to expalin..

Pls i have been this seqement since past five hours now and i guess i follow the rule of no symbols .
Pls anybody in the house should kindly guide me on the i saw no space does it mean i will contuining typing without space pls house someone should give me the format .
Thanks
Have u picked an appointment

What's the error message that was displayed?. When you click that you have been denied before, there's a box that will pop up for you to explain the reasons for your denial, you can consider changing your browser, I use Chrome and it works fine. Better still, try to fill the form on a laptop if the problem persists.

merciee:
My first time here o, Visa denied today. I feel so sick

Sorry to hear about your denial. Breath, just breath, you'd be fine.

When you're a bit calmer, you can drop your transcript (how the interview went) and your profile, so gurus in the house can help you analyse what might have gone wrong

Stay positive

iwriterng:
Visa approved!

Appointment time: 6:45am

Funding: $30k (tuition waiver not assistantship)

Deficit: 18k

School: Georgia State University

She has denied like 3 people ahead of me. I also forgot to smile.

Her: Good morning, pass your I-20 and passport.

Me: Did as instructed.

Her: How did you get this funding?

Me: After my admission I had an interview with the program director and director of laboratory, and they considered me a good assistant in the laboratory. But I won’t start in that role until my second semester after my apprenticing period.

Her: When did you graduate?

Me: 2018.

Her: What will you be doing after your studies?

Me: I’m coming back home to take up lecturing job, and also offer consulting service to cancer management centers.

Her: Interesting

Me: Excuse me?

Her: I said interesting.

Her: What will you be doing in the laboratory?

Me: Setting up the laboratory for experiment and also helping with anatomy dissection.

Her: Human body? (She look scared or something. �)

Me: Yes.

Her: Have you done this before?

Me: Yes, as an undergraduate.

Her: What did you say you studied again?

Me: Human Anatomy

Her: Who will cover the deficit?

Me: My uncle, and I have personal savings of $15k as well in my bank account.

Her: Ok. I’ll be approving your visa. This (My I-20) is like your second visa always have it with you all the time.

Me: Thank you

Her: Hold on.

She brought out that US work blah blah

Me: Thanks. Have a wonderful day.

Note:

1. No document was asked. And I went with everything oo, even NYsC discharge certificate cos I did my POP last month.

2. I was greatly favored by God. That’s just it. I believe in Him and He stepped in for me.

3. There is no blueprint for this thing. Really.

4. The entire interview lasted for less than 5mins.

Now to the next thing, ticket hunting.

Congrats

tboy47:
F1 visa approved dis morning
Lagos consulate
Was interviewed by dat blak man i guess window 3
Deficit = 5k
Got GTA of about 12k
Before i stat, na God do am for me oo. Nor b small fasting and prayers

Vo- pass me ur passport and i-20
I did
Vo- why did u choose dis sku
Me i was awarded a GA and more importantly, ( i started shaking and was confused) d research been conducted by professor cloiut on geophysics( nigga, what ar u saying, i started saying tins frm my head) it aligns wit my career ( vo was nodding his head) and also d program structure at TAMUC stands out for exmaple i will b learning experimental research on micro computer hardware, X-ray spectroscopy (vo keeps noddin) vo then started typing for like a minute..
Vo- who sponsoring you
Me- my elder bro here in nigeria
Vo- what does e do?
Me- e works at bleep
Vo- i can see you have assistanship
Me- yes sir
Vo- vo typed for like 1min30seconds. ( my heart was beating verry fast and i was also praying) Have you traveled out bfor?
Me -no
Vo started typing again and asked my undergraduate degree and school
I told him
Vo- i will b approving ur visa.
No single document asked..
I jst blank.
Pick up 3 days time wateva. D next tin i started doing michael jackson dance
I av been praying to God for favour and grace to speak for me. And behold e answered my prayers .
Tanks to dis forum and ur Contributions @fairheart, @sharwama and evevy oda members, i tank u all ooo

Congrats

Thank you @ justwise

2unji:
Hello guys!!! Pls i need an affordable hotel around abuja embassy. Am at area1 stranded�

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stripes16:
Guys please I'm still unable to schedule an interview appointment. Now I can't even login to CGI portal, it keeps giving me an error message that my login attempt has failed. Make sure the username and password are correct. I'm very sure I used the right one. Infact I tried changing password and it failed us. Please guys what do I do, time is running out

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The reason it keeps doing that to people, including myself is the fact that we are visiting the site too much , so the system flags off our accounts, the solution is to leave the account alone for like 48hrs or call the customer care this morning. (that was what I was told the last time I called them)