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sirRiddy: genealogy, nt geneology---lineage/ancestry.... I saw the word for the first time this morning and you used it now, so I had to quote u . Don't blame me, na GRE cause am.lol

Thanks for correcting me.
Now I can't forget it ever again.

Datanonymous: Is there any nairalander in Tulsa, Oklahoma Biko... Boredom over here is at its peak right now!!! It's such a white city Mehn.... I can't deal with them. I need Naija friends

I feel for all of you in OKcity.
The only friend I have there complains all the time about how boring it is.
You adjust don't worry.

Datanonymous: Hi peeps... I just noticed GTB MasterCard doesn't work in Walmart stores. Is it just me biko? Anyone had this issue before? I tried purchasing a money order today a day gbam!! Been there for hours. Please I need help.

LoL
Pele. It happens.
You could try again later.

Amerinancy: sure cars are cheap here. Erryone has a car. When you come in then your pocket and bills will let you know if you really need a car

LOL
...or a bicycle.

slimmy05: Am doing great buddy. How's studies? Guess you're taking hard on them chics cos that seems to be everyone's aim

Studies is slow. I had to transfer to another flight school in Miami. So I'm currently gonna be here most of the time. Its too early for chics but that too will come.


What's new with you?

teddyrain: Hello my guys there is now change of plans. I won't be leaving 29th. I cancelled that flight but I would be arriving earlier maybe 24th. Please how soon can I start driving with my naija driving license? I plan on getting a ride as soon as I ball in. #team Illinois #team music

You can start driving right away. I did a 4 hour drive to my city when I arrived.
You a map or gps to navigate...if not na Mexico you meet yourself. #Justkiddin
Watch out for speed limits though. Don't let them nab you for that.You want a clean slate when you eventually go to the DMV for a state licence.

Walspring: Maybe Gtbank is doing system maintenance or upgrading

My bank card selects machines. But as a rule I try to check my balance before attempting any withdrawals. If I can check my bal, then more often than not I can make withdrawals.
My card never works for Wells Fargo atms.

olumide098: Slimmy...Longest time..You just abandoned when immediately i crossed to yankee....Dont mind him ja re..allow the guy first to go and write GRE..Yankee really needs seriously planning for everything oooo...If i tell you wetin my eyes don see before i settle down..Imagine my lecturer just send Query because i missed just one class that have lost 10 percent from my score coz i was busy settling down for accomodation...Advice for guyz when coming down to yankee never believe in your friend..first get adequate plan for everything...beep my BB ja re

Arriving and settling down could be tough. But best believe that's one of the best ways to learn. After you eat MacDonald and drink one keg of Soda you sef will know that Khaki ain't leather.

ebdib: What happened to Google?
Get to work and research. Mail admission officers bd ask questions.

LMAO.

Joenice: Hehehe baby gurl, what's up? U funny pass me o. How u dey? How studies? Don't worry I go catch you for Texas one day.

She won't give you egusi soup.
Better join the queue.

zeezahbee: mine doesn't work at walmart as well. If you have kroger, fiesta, food town, whole food or other stores around, go try them

In daytona beach na so one orobo oyinbo say maki I bring yankee id com.
I come dey ask am where she want make I shit am from. I've not tried the Walmart in Miami tho.

Joenice: Haha. Being emotional is part of life sometimes. Because what he said sounded quite ambiguous and someone else might hold it against me.

I was just being social and friendly with Zee. Slimmy, how're you?

I'm already holding it against you. :|

slimmy05: Stop acting childish. If you can't differentiate between advice and threat, are you sure you can differentiate between F1 and M1.

Even if you pay the fees, the flight fares and accommodation still doesn't give you any chance cos you are advised not to

LMAO!!!
Slimmy my G.
How you doing buddy?

domex007: Hello friends,
Can I use my uncle as my sponsor as against the
company funding? Even if we don't bear d
same surname? He, my dad and my mum bears
my great grand father's name while I bear my
granfather's name.
Also, he is also runs a company account, he
doesn't have a personal account.
How possible is this??

Nna why are you not bearing your father's name? #ScrapThat

You are better off with a statement that bears your name. You really don't wana be explaining your family geneology at the stands. Plz do the 'needful'.

Hey Guys!

It's been a while.
Hope y'all be doing great.
American get as e be ooo but God by my side.

Congrats to all who got their visa's approved.

yankison: Hello house

I was admitted into PAE aviation school in Florida but i have always been bothered with my interview since i have been denied on F1 , so thinking if it would be an automatic denial goign for an M1 course now ..... Please i want to know if paying my tuition fee to the school for the course would give me more chances with my visa .... I need advice from anyone that has had an experience with the PAE SCHOOL IN FLORIDA AND HOW IT WAS BEFORE YOU GOT YOUR VISA .

THANKS TO THE GURUS

Please what is the full meaning of your school? Do you mean PEA(Phoenix East Aviation)?

Why are you bothered about the interview?
Do you have anything in particular that bothers you?

I encourage you to share so you chances can be better improved.

#Bless

yankison: hello bro please i need your correspondence ... i need to know if payign the aviation school fee would increase my chances for visa .. i am going for airline dispatcher training

Well from my point of view It dun matter.
At least I dint pay mine till I landed in school.
You should be worried about convincing a VO on why you should get a visa.

Please give us an overview on what your resume looks like.

Do you have any experience in the aviation industry? When did you graduate from high school? And/or college? What are you doing now?

Have you found a school?

When do you hope to start this training?


Let's start with that.

#Bless

Amefrica: Hehehehehe! Thanks brother..

Welcome buddy.
Do Us Proud!!!

Cheers!

Idazbawz: ole buruku! child support kor, pikin help nih.... carry am go give my mama for naija

See am!

JabinodelaRatta: there shall b no loss. Let dat b ur slogan

Amen To that.
Indeed,There shall Be No Loss!!!

Graviton2: Hello, y'all

Gravy!
How are you?

JabinodelaRatta: @Stewee...congrats n bless God for journey mercy. I hop u get ur bag with foodstuff soon so dat u dont spend too much dollars on food outside

I hope so too.
I call them everyday, morning and evening.

[quote author=ridimic1][/quote]Thank mehn!

alobam1: I see..Congrats all the same..Welcome to America..We sef dey come by God's Grace

Amen!
God will do it for you and others.
Amen!!!

alobam1: Shey u don complete am nii??You don reach school?Tell us your school experience bro

Well I've been to school.
Spoke to my admission officer. Had a school tour yesterday. Wana do biometrics and get an id.
Made a few friends in school(Nigerians). I'm not resuming till sept.
Getting an apartment is priority for me.
...im in a Pilot training school though.

So here my travel transcript.

I arrived MMIS at about 10:15am for a 2:10pm flight. Got on the short queue and customs started checking my bags. I checked in 2bags,one that had my clothes and the other that has all my food stuff. My Mom made sure I had any kind of foodstuff she could lay her hands on. I had yams, garri, plenty indomie, egusi, ground pepper, bitterleaf, stock & dry fish, some cigarettes etc. I also had some provisions too.
I gave the customs ppl 5hundred cos they threatened to take my stuff somewhere else to thoroughly search it(Bastards). I finished and left to chill for boarding with family. Took pictures and I said goodbyes...My sister started her wahala and messed her makeup up with tears and told me " You dare not shed a single tear".LOL. I left them before more drama will start. The medical folks sent me back to complete the form they gave me earlier and I had to go back to family for a pen. I boarded and by 2:15pm Qatar Airways flight 1416 taxiid and it was good bye Nigeria. I was stuck on an 8hr flight bound for Hammad Intl airport in Doha. I had a window aisle seat and one Indian was sitting beside me. We just bone ourselves till he got tired and started tlking about temperature and other stuff. Inflight entertainment was ok. I had food and plenty to drink......
Fast forward 8hrs.
We landed smoothly in Doha. We got out and a bus was waiting to ship us to arrival. Once we got the we was separated. Transit on one line and those it was their last stop went on to immigration's. We carry escalator in the duty free zone to wait for my connecting flight which was a crazy 18hrz. I connect my phone to their wifi and soon my phone was burning out. I needed to charge my phone and feed. I went to an electronic shop for a charger but they only gat this battery pack for $56. I told them i'll be right back and never returned. I then discovered the they had charging ports all over the dam airport. I kuku sidon for ground left my phone to charge. The wait was endless. I wandered and wandered. I went to a Chinese to order food. The rice and chicken sause in Makha was the most disgusting thing I ever ate. I just ate the chicken and drank Coke in a big bottle...sleep now came. I found a chair, used my bag as pillow and slept. I later woke andd decided to upgrade my flight to a closer one.them say no space. I left and went to get fries. It tasted so good and I ate as slowly as possible. The only Nigerians I met were old folks. I just sat there ordered coffee and charged my phone. The wifi I connected to disconnects every 1hr or so, so you always have to reconnect. Finally it was time to board. I cleared with immigration's and boarded. Got a window seat again. This time an Arab sat beside me. He even stole my seat. I jus leave am. Settled in for my flight and we took off by 4:30pm on the 22nd.
Again inflight service was cool. Same as the previous aircraft only that this plane seemed noisier. A 7hr flight to London heathrow. Landed in London at about 9:30pm. Went straight to immigration's. A middle aged guy interview me. Asked to see my passport and ticket. He said " you're in transit". My connecting flight to Miami was for 9am. He said what are you gonna be doing all this time you have to wait? I told him I tried to get a transit visa but couldn't complete the process.
He smile and said "You have family or friends here in England you'd like to visit?" I said Hell yeah.
He said "ok imma let you in for 24hours" "make sure ur here latest by 6am for ur flight". I said thank you and he stamped my passport for 24hrs. I sharply went and changed some dollars to some coins and made calls to my folks in London. London was chilly. I found a wifi that gave Me 45mins of free Internet. For you to move around on the bus in London you need and Oyster card. You jus put on the machine wen you get on and it zaps some money. We'll I dint have one and once the bus took me outside the airport. I asked and was given directions to Hounceslow where I was gonna stay. When I got on the bus(without no oyster) the dude asked me for it and I said I'm a transit passenger and that I have a flight in the morning and I need to get to my friends house. I begged to pay cash but he said no and allowed me on. I mistakenly got down a few stops before mine and had to walk in the cold. I found a cab. Used the cabbies phone to ring my friend for a proper address and I landed at my destination. My friend was too happy to see me andd couldn't believe his eyes. I had fun in London. I can' begin to tell the shit that went down. Well I managed to catch my flight to Miami and American Airline's service was splendid,modern aircraft and inflight entertainment. Arrived Miami at 1:45pm. Joined the queue for immigration.
I dint waste time at POE.
We exchanged pleasantries and she asked how I enjoyed my flight. She asked what my missoin was in the US and I answered. She then started typing. She took my photo and fingerprint and stamped me in. Then she asked if school gave me any document. I brought out my i-20 and gave her. She looked at it and handed everything back. She dint touch my i-20. Just wrote on my passport. She looked at my declaration card in filled inflight to Miami, stamped it as well.
I went straight to baggage claim and my bag with foodstuff dint come out. First ppl asked what I had in the bag after looking at my card but I told them the bag was missing and that I just had clothes in the other one. I sent for secondary examination and I told them the same thing. They scanned the bag told me to go. I had more indomie and provisions with my clothes tho. But I was told to go. Dint spend up to 5minutes.
I went to AA's baggage claim to lodge a complaint...it took almost 2hrs before I was attended to. She started joking on how I have a lot of names and that I've also been traveling since forever.LOL
I got a reiciept and she promised to personally help me find my bag.
I left and went to the 3rd level of the airport to rent a car to Daytona Beach.
I got my car, paid with my card and went to the parking lot and my car was there waiting. By the time I was driving out of the airport it was about six and I was exhausted. Its a four hour drive to Daytona frm Miami. I drove for about 2hours and sleep came. I dozed off twice on the wheels before I decided to end my journey for the day. My next exit said St Vero beach and located the nearest fast food joint.i asked where to find a place to lodge and got one...paid $35 and crashed for the night.
Following morning I bought gas and took off to Daytona. The map I was given was useless after about ten miles frm Miami so I relied on signs. Got to Daytona beach by 10am on sunday morning.

azeezbaba: Are you saying you have been admitted into NC A&T State University or that you got admitted in another school for Fall 2014 and now deferred till Spring 2015?

I don't have my Spring 2015 I-20 yet, I was told it will be ready by early october. So by October ending, it should have reached me

I Dm'd u Zeeza.

So I finally arrived Daytona beach,Florida.
My flight was a very long one.
Sleep is all that matters right now.

Transcript will come soon.

It's crazy as hell.

Daytona Beach is peaceful and nice.

justwise: Welcome to part 6 of general usa student visa thread, part 5 has reached 500 pages and need to be discontinued.

Please continue posting your inquiries and contributions here.

Part 5 is here for references. https://www.nairaland.com/1482362/general-u.s.a-student-visa-enquiries-part5

Sorry for the inconveniences.

Thank you

Wow
Part 6 already?
Awesome!

McKinzie: To the house. Just want to share my POE experience.. just to make others coming uhh understand there is God!

We landed in JFK.. went through the long queue.

You don't have to be angry when you hear them saying "American and Canadian citizens... And people holding a permanent residency card, this way..... If you're holding a visa, you're a visitor or its your first time , this way. I Sha join the way. When it got to my turn, the cbp officer only asked

What is your mission in the United states?
Me: Im here for my graduate studies.
Officer: what course?
Me: told him.
Officer : what school?.
Me: told him.
He checked the last page of my I--20.
And said "this is your first time in the states right?.
Me: I gladly said yes and smiled.
He requested my fingerprint and took a pic. Stamped my passport and said I can go.
Went to claim my baggage and went through customs. The only collected the declaration form I filled while on board and told me to go. Didn't check my baggage at all. I wasn't even scanned I think maybe cuz I had nothing to declare.

Hitch free access.
I'm sure I'm gonna be there forever.
I have the whole lagos in my bags.
...im in no hurry.

Walspring: Fare well and safe trip with journey mercy by the special grace of God

Thanks Wally!
I'm in Doha now. Flight over here was smooth.
I spoke to the captain and first officer at the departure lounge and they introduced me to the crew.
I almost vomited inflight cos of too much food.
The wait in Doha is tiring. Although I have free wifi that I have to refresh every 1hour charging port is everywhere.
The food is crap. My stomach is frozen.
I just ordered coffee with plenty cream and sugar so I can gaan destroy their toilet.
Doha Intl airport is Massive and clean.
I sat with an elderly Indian on ma way to doha...friendly and chatty. He took time to explain that Doha is warm(kept on mentioning something about farenheit).i wasn't so interested. So far there's no blizzard or sand storm. He dint blink an eye all through the journey,na jus Indian movie e watch once gist finish. I almost lost my phone where I went to buy coffee,d babe just gave it to my like it's a dream,i jus dey shake my head in disbelief(the kind of thing Mom would do if she was with me). The white ppl there start to laff,me sef smile collect my phone and said thank you. I forgot to tip her

The wait continues...

domex007: Safe Journey bro!
Join you soon..

Thanks Son!
If await!!!