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heeedreeez:
Uncle had about total of 40k closing balance from two personal accts...

Like i said. Funding is the issue here. If they minus 39k$ from your uncle's money, what will remain? So he should survive with 1k$ just cos he wants to sponsor you? You are not even his child for him to spend that huge on you. 60k$ and above Statement of account would have been better.

heeedreeez:
Hi guyz, so i got denied 2 days ago..Here is my transcript.
Profile: Georgia Southern University
Gre 298.
3 admits, 2msc and 1Phd.
No funding
$39k Total COA
Personal Fund: $4500
Family Fund : $35500

Good morning
Where are you going: I am going to Georgia Southern University for my masters program in electrical engineering with specialization in power electronics
Why the school : I chose GSU because they have higher number of professors in the field of power management electronics which I am interested in, as compared to other schools with professors research focusing on power conversion aspect of the course.. I also got interested in professor massoud davaris research where he is currently investigating how to use ICs to ensure smart and efficient means of managing power **nods

Why this course: I chose the course because I already have my ug in electrical and electronics engineering and considering my work experience where I manage power solutions for Telecom equipment.. * she made a sign like she didn't hear... So I had to repeat that part..** Then I fire on hence this course will give me opportunity to advance my career and make me an expert in this field. It will also give me a competitive advantage while joining multinational companies in the energy sector here in Nigeria such as GE and Schneider electric

How many other schools you applied to: 2, Florida State University in Florida and St. Cloud state university in Minnesota
Did you write any test: yes I wrote GRE and IELTS. I had 298 in my Gre and 7band score in ielts
Who is sponsoring you: my uncle '''''''''' CEO of ''''', one of d most reputable FMCG companies that specializes in production of bla bla bla
Who is he related to. : **i didn't hear clearly hear... She had to repeat there times
And I answered... he is from my mother side..my mother's Elder brother
She asked for his bank statement... I passed it.... She looks at it... And types.... She asked me... How much have I saved... I said 1.7million equivalent to 4500$
*she wanted to return the bank statements den she quickly checked the last page again.
She then passed the pink paper bla bla bla

Funding is the issue here. If what your uncle has is 35500$ and your i20 bal is 39k$. It won't fly

keji157:
FedEX charged me $65

Was there a promo or discount?

LagosismyHome:
Just used your exact words back to you

...so joking this early morning

I know Ma, laughing out hard here. Good morning

LagosismyHome:
Then don't give answer like a visa officer

Okay ma hides face

LagosismyHome:
@ bold : Are you a visa officer?

Just giving hope ni. Make i run b4 V.O catch me.

wintabotom:
Good evening

@fairheart @justwise and other experienced members please should i try again this fall. If i hve a better and more articulated transcript, do you think i have a chance? Please dont forget that i was denied 2ce..

PS i am going with my daughter.

Tell your school to remove the English proficiency is required from your i20 or change school before trying again. You will definitely get it

laboldkid:
Don't tell me what to say.

Okay sir

laboldkid:
No

Then don't give answer like a visa officer

Vhintage:
Nairalanders pls help me out...the statement of account from Italy is not well detailed like the ones from Nigeria here..I just translated it to English and found out that it was just a payment made into the account by my bro but it shows the current account balance as at march 2019 is it acceptable by the consular??

Is it just one payment made by your bro that's there? A 6months bank statement should have other transactions running on it. Ask your bro if that's how Italy own is. Get more clarification from him

laboldkid:
No

Are you a visa officer?

Brown2Green:
NACES is for America . Thanks for the correction.

You can do this without coming out rude.

No prob. Wanted to know where you got the information from, didn't mean to sound rude.

Flaame:
Yes,youre right, you can't edit 3 days before interview, it'll go against you

Yeah unless you contact embassy or reschedule.

Brown2Green:
Lol
That's where lots of people miss it.
WES and ECE are all under the ICES.. International Credential Evaluation Services..

Look up on the school's website and you'll see WES or any evaluation under the ICES.

You can confirm it from the website or better still, mail the graduate school.

So as well, visit the ECE website .

I wonder where you got this from. ICES is for canada

Pascopele:
We have 7.8Billion people on this planet earth.

Women = 5.6Billion
Men = 2.2Billion

So, you see my sister think twice before giving attitudes to any man because out of the 2.2 Billion men:

• One billion are married already.

• 130,000 are in the prison.

• 70,000 are mentally ill.

That means that we have just 1 billion men available for marriage and out of the
1billion:

• 50% are jobless
• 3% are gay
• 5% are Catholic Priests
• 10% are your relatives
• 35% are above 66years

So, ladies both the married and singles, you have to rethink before treating any man like trash.

Source: United Nations

This is a wrong statistics

The number of men and women in the world is roughly equal, though men hold a slight lead with 102 men for 100 women (in 2015). More precisely, out of 1,000 people, 504 are men (50.4%) and 496 are women (49.6%).

shogunley:
When you fill another Ds 160 form with a view to change the previous one used for the appointment, does it mean that you will have to pick another appointment date or you can still retain the former date?

You don't have to pick another appointment date. You just edit the ds 160 number on your appointment page.

AgreatMan:
Please I need some answers as the situation pass me.

A guy here went for his Visa and this is the transcript. I have his permission to post.

V.O: Good morning
Me: Good morning
V.O: Pass me your passport and I-20
Me: obliged
V.O: you are going to UTA for what
Me: masters degree in chemistry
V.O: did you apply to other schools
Me: mention the two other schools, IIT and Auburn
V.O: where do yo live
Me: Port Harcourt
V.O: what did you graduate with at University of Ilorin
Me: first-class
V.O: have you had any issues with the police or any law enforcement before
Me: replied No
V.O: where do you live
Me: I answered Port Harcourt, he nods and said correct
V.O: where do you work
Me: told him XYZ limited in PH
Baba dropped my passport and gave me white paper, told me he had to check something and placed it on AP.

According to him, he said he can't check the status until after 60 days.

He said he has no relatives in US.

He also said his records are clean.

What can he do to perhaps hasten the process?
What could have caused it?
Has there any similarly case and how did the process go?

Any other help will be appreciated.

Fairheart, LagosismyHome, time2win, walspring, bracelum, please everybody.

I have discussed with this fellow before. There is nothing he can do, he should just let the V.O do their background checks. Only them knows what they are checking

Predstan:
I thought u said one can submit even within 48hours

Yes. Just correcting something when it comes to submission towards your interview date

Pefuele:
Is it just 3 days or 3 working days?

3days for appointment stuff is 3days. Either working days or not

kacey007:
For clarity, in case one has multiple submissions, I hope the one used for appointment booking is what will be used for the interview?

Yes. You will be interviewed based on the one you have on your appointment page

Predstan:
You cannot do this anymore when you have 3 days to your interview. Else, you will be turned back at the Embassy.

Was my post talking about 3days to your interview?

By the way, if the option to edit the DS-160 number is not there on your appointment portal, you can contact the embassy to change it for you (someone has done that 48hrs to his interview). You can as well reschedule your interview.

Brown2Green:
As far as you've not submitted your DS 160.
If you've submitted it, anything you change can stand stand against you .

You can submit ds 160 and still go ahead and change something by filling a fresh one. You can fill up to 100 different ds 160 with different details, it won't stand against you if you didn't interview with it. It's only the ds 160 number they used in interviewing that they will leave on your profile and it count against you if you change anything during your second interview asumming you weren't given visa in the first attempt. If you have submitted your ds 160 and feel you made a mistake, you can fill a fresh one and change it with the old one you have on your appointment page. The unused ones (the one you weren't interviewed with) even if submitted will be deleted after 30days from the system.

shogunley:
Yes, printed a month ago

If it's just a month to your interview date, you can use it but i always advise people to go with a very recent copy

shogunley:
What if the SOA is just a month, can it be presented?

Printed a month ago or what?

Davidkking:
Guys abeg can I use a SOA from 2 months ago to go to the embassy?.......NB: the balance is still intact

Best is to print a fresh one. Some V.O may accept it, some may not.

sconp:
I can, especially with the description she gave of the lady (young and mid twenties), if na one baba now I fit lock up.

Look at it this way, with the way interview was going, the poster was already expecting a blue paper. So what else was there to lose?

BTW, when I mean I'll correct the VO it doesn't have to be aggressively. It wasn't just about the shut up but the whole attitude. Different strokes for different folks

Congrats to the poster though

Unless you are willing to lose the visa for the correction you are about to give her. The poster was just calm all the shut up, the V.O felt she did bad and in other to compensate her wrong, she approved him. That's if she truly said shut up as the poster said.

For the sake of visa, best is to swallow the insult as far as you get what you want.

sconp:
I was shocked too when I read it, multiple shut ups and bossy, harsh, loud, angry and authoritative attitude. Boy! I'd tell the VO politely that she messed up o.

Tell the V.O, hahaha you are very funny. Don't just say what you can't do in public

Are you there to collect your visa or correct the V.O?

Olalekank:
You're too proud and never accepting facts
Everyone that doesn't agree with you is always talking thrash

Essentially, you're saying that Harvard, ranked number 21 in Engineering is better than CALTECH regards number 5.

he is Jack of all trade, master of all. I tuale for him

bracelum:
A number 1 ranked school does not mean they are the best in all fields. In the US, there are liberal arts universities, engineering universities and natural science universities. Liberal arts universities have the best social science programs but not as good science/engineering programs. Same applies to every other university in every bracket.

There is no US university that is the best on all three fronts. Each university chooses to focus where their strength lies

So, I don't see an issue with Harvard having strong liberal arts programs and still being among the top 25 engineering schools. It doesn't still stop them from being the best university in the US (alongside Stanford). You can never be a master of everything. Again, top 25 in the US is still very good for a university that doesn't focus much on engineering as they do in other areas.

Despite that, the engineering school at Harvard still attracts better talent than most of the engineering schools ranked between 10th and 20th. In fact, there are some graduate programs at Harvard Engineering with average GRE scores around 330 (this data is not on their website but from my own research).

The fact that you're an engineering student doesn't mean you know engineering programs in the US better than me. I do my research and I don't talk trash.

Master of all programs. Clap for yourself

Is Harvard offering all the core engineering programs for both MSc and PhD? Must you talk trash always?

Engineering is not for Harvard and it's obvious. You have even answered yourself

bracelum:
Lol, Harvard's Engineering is ranked among the top 25 in the US. But they still attract better talent than a lot of schools placed higher than them. A look at their class profiles will tell you. So, don't say what you don't know.

Harvard is Harvard dude! The brand and the network there covers you even if you study the least marketable course.

A top 25 school is an elite school, not a bad school

For a school ranked number 1 in USA to be ranked 21 in engineering shows that they are not really good in it. Don't come here and preach epistle. I have friends there and those in MIT too. By the way I am an engineering student, I know what I am saying with the research i have done.

Harvard is a big name on its own and that's the glory they are using. Also they have few engineering programs (about 3 or so). Engineering is not for them

bracelum:
Hahaha, no go talk this one for public o

I will say it over and over again. Are you an engineering student abi you are master of all fields?

Alfarrouk:
i have been denied visa once and had to defer my admission. I am now reapplying, if asked by the VO, how many schools I applied to, do i respond with the number of schools i applied to the first i was denied or i can simply say just the one i had to defer my admission for?

thank You

How is this a confusing question? Say the number of schools you applied to. Why confusing yourself