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tinuowo: Hello! Please I av a quetion I would luv you 2 ans me. I just filled my DS-160 Form and there is a part dat said is anybody aware of ur arrival in the US. I wrote my dad's name and contact der. So on checking my i20 well,I noticed they av already appointed an official in international office that is aware of the student-me arrival. Do yu think this doesn't matter or I need to fill another ds-160 form?

valentijay: My school finally agreed to issue me with a new I-20 on the condition that I will pay for the whole first year otherwise my I-20 will be suspended when I come. The document has been given to dhl today.do you think it can arrive here before thursday? Can I cancel my appointment a day to the interview?

jimtosam: The VO is even putting his job on the line. Cos, according to US law, student can't enter US 30days before resumption. The student got a wrong resumption date on the I-20. Which means he just believed the word of mouth from the guy and he could be wrong.

bigass: House please is marriage a hindrance for a student visa

valentijay: Hey peeps. My I-20 arrived today only for me to detect that there is an error in the sponsorship. Personal funds was filled for me instead of funds from father. My interview is next week. It is too late to request for a new I-20. What do you suggest that i do? Someone said I should tell the school to send a mail that I can print and take to the embassy stating that it was an error from them. Others said I should reschedule. Pls help out a brother here

jimtosam: I will suggest you re-schedule ur appointment..

I-20 is a sensitive document. If at all a backup letter will be written, it won't be from your school.The back letter will be given by US department of Justice/USCIS that issued your I-20.

bigfrancis21: I think you towed the line of error by generalizing there. International students DO GET FINANCIAL AID. Financial aid or assistance all mean the same thing. However, international students are not entitled to all financial aids native americans are entitled to. Such as the FAFSA financial aid which is solely reserved for US citizens and perm residents. Other scholarships abound too which are reserved only for citizens and perm residents.

However, international students can obtain these forms of financial assistance - graduate assistantships, tuition waivers (partial or half-tuition waiver is when you're told to pay in-state tuition instead of the out-of-state tuition which is two times the in-state tuition amount international students are meant to pay. And full is when all of it is waived for you), and scholarships (whether partial of full). Any money given to a student to study in any form no matter how small is called financial aid/assistance.

There are some dept, or school's website you'll go to, under their financial assistance section you'll see this line clearly written out, 'Financial assistance or aid is given to students in the form of graduate assistantships, and scholarships.' Scholarship is usually called fellowship at the graduate level. Tuition waivers usually come with either of them.

GboyegaD: I think you are using a wrong term here. International students are not entitled to Financial Aid and they do not get same.

technolee: Hello my fellow NL's, below is the 90secs interview with my paddy. No document whatsoever was requested for. He is ready for the VO anyway as he has GRE, TOEFL,.... Just name it. Enjoy the movie......

VO: Good Afternoon
My Friend (MF): Good Afternoon, How are you doing?
VO: Good
VO: you want to study in the US
MF: yes
VO: undergraduate, masters
MF:Masters
VO: what course
MF: told her (elect/elect)
VO: was that your undergraduate course
MF: Yes
VO: why wvu
MF: I actually applied to 3 schools, mentioned them and told the number of admits. I told her Bleep uni is better ranked than the other and that my course of study is highly ranked there too
VO: who will be sponsoring u
MF: my brother
VO: what does he do?
MF: he works with ....(Na oil coy ooooo)
VO: what do u do
MF: I had the longest talk here as i described my daily activities
VO: check back on monday

God is Goooooooooood!!!

teejay_GO01: Its 5x5 not 2x2

ivory23456: I was granted the visa today after may 2nd rejection.
To be honest people, its all God's favour o! Prepare still but ultimately seek God's face.
Will post interview soon.
God bless.

Kunsoft: i think you over shoot your monthly earnings compare with the nature of job you said you do. without further details. If a system administrator could earn such money she feels there is no need of you to travel. abi house? Thanks

bigfrancis21: Hahaha! Oops...its part of the etc...
Okay, OAU, UNN, UNILAG, UI, UNIBEN, UNIZIK etc, OAU, etc

hope4me2012: Hmmn..... just updating the appointment profile is insufficient, because his appointment permit will already have the old ds160 number.
The way out will be to call the embassy/consulate and have them update his appointment permit with the new ds160 number. Someone earlier did is in the forum. ....www.nairaland.com/search?q=i+called+them+update+ds160.

hope4me2012: @flynbird,
You hav a point, it is true that u can start the ds-160 form online without completing it, and then schedule ur appointment.

However, be mindful that the incomplete ds-160 form will only be saved in their system for about 30days, so if u are sure that ur I-20 will reach u b4 30days, then go ahead, if it does not, then u can cancel the appointment, and fill another ds-160 form.
Hope this helps.

technolee: God bless you mehn! Exactly why I said capital NO. You cannot book unless you have the I-20 or you have informed your school to mail it to your contact person in yankee and the person then scan and send to you before mailing to you proper. Anyway, you can start the process as you will need some other things like your passport number, choice of state for the interview, etc. Please, let us treat another issue and move forward because, I scheduled for a friend yesterday and I hope to come back here in 33days time for thanksgiving.

flynbird: Ok. But If I'm not wrong I think i read somewhere on this thread that says one can secure an appointment date, While filling out the DS form online..... I mean like saving and completing it later before submitting. All before the interview date

flynbird: Guys is it possible to schedule an appointment with the embassy without having my I-20 yet. School resumes soon. Just need to secure a space before then but before then I should have my I-20 and all.

ivory23456: @bigfrancis21: congrats on the visa approval o, i tap into your annointing God bless you.


@imperiouxx Oga I patiently await the reply to my mail. *...* Thank you.

bigfrancis21: Tuale.

Sharp guyz...I was exactly expecting that question from someone.

Yea, the program doesn't offer TAs or RAs. It is a joint program. My GA is an administrative GA which was awarded to me by the UM graduate school unit, not by my program. Graduate assistantships are generally of three types - teaching assistantship, research assistantship and administrative assistantship. Like I said sometime long ago while advising someone on this thread, its not a must you get a GA in your department. Several other GA openings (mostly administrative GA) are available in other units (usually non-academic units) elsewhere on campus. TAs and RAs are academic GAs and are usually awarded by academic departments while Administrative graduate assistantships are usually awarded by non-academic units. For UM, there's a job website where available GA postings are posted regularly. It is then left to you to pick the ones you feel you're qualified for and then apply. Its not easy though, especially when you're an international student applying from across the Atlantic.

TA, RA and AA in UM all carry the same benefits - full tuition waiver for up to 10 credits for fall and spring semesters and 8 credits and 4 credits for summer and winter semesters respectively, a generous yearly salary + health insurance benefits.

GboyegaD: Were you able to save PDF on your phone? I tried to but couldn't save it.

Square65: I'm trying to upload the third part but I'm getting this error "1547915450" and I'm wondering what that means ...

Square65: The other one is larger than the 200kb limit, so I split it into 3 parts.

Square65: The other one is larger than the 200kb limit, so I split it into 3 parts.