₦airaland Forum

Espice: Hello house,this is just to inform you all that my visa was approved today @ Abuja Embassy. I'll try to summarize the interview experience.
And let me also add that Abuja embassy is very friendly to applicants unlike what is the usual @ the Lagos consulate.

My appointment was for 10:30am but we were let in around 12:30. After the biometrics we got back to the queue. I observed all the VOs,an Asian-American lady,a white grey-hair guy,a black-american lady. They were all giving visas and also denying people at d rate of 60:40% respectively.
Now my interview,I was interviewed by the Asian-american:
Me: good afternoon
VO: good afternoon,how are you
Me: fine thank you
VO: why do you wanna go to the US
Me: I'll be going to US for my Master's degree program
VO: where in d US are you going you to
Me: told her
VO: why this schoo?
Me: smiled...first of all,I got to know about this particular research project that is presently being carried out by the school. I was able to contact Pro. Stanley Greenwald who is spearheading this research work also,the chairperson of the Envir Engineering dept.
VO:so what will this project do for you?
Me: it will provide me with relevant skills,training and expertise I need to be able to perform excellently in my company here in Nigeria
VO: and what research will you be working on?
Me: Application of Hydrologi and Geophysical Processing Methods on Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
VO: wow,that is interesting
Me: smiled
VO: when did you finish your undergraduate?
Me: 2010
VO: so what have you been doing?
Me: after my program,I went for one year NYSC program finished in 2011 and resume work in a manufacturing company owned by my brother
VO: so what do you manufacture?
Me: told her
VO: how many brothers do you have?
Me: only one and he is the chief executive officer of the company
VO: I see...smiled. Can I see your bank statement
ME: okay,give some minutes pls. I quickly scanned through my bag. Here it is
VO: did you write GRE?
Me: yes,I wrote both GRE and TOEFL
VO: what your score
Me: told her. Sorry my GRE is quite low,but good TOEFL.
VO: ok. Started typing for long on her computer. Then looked at me and said,I will approve your visa. Make sure you do a very good research work ok and make your family proud.
Me and VO: started laughing seriously.
VO: so take this paper,go and pick...
It was just God all the way.

imperiouxx: What a comment!

I shouldn't be helping you finding your schools.

aeronautical/aerospace engineering technology/technician

Bowling Green State University
Fairmont State University
LeTourneau University
New York Institute of Technology
Purdue University--West Lafayette
Tennessee State University
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering

Arizona State University
Auburn University
Boston University
California Institute of Technology
California State University--Long Beach

to alphabet "W" Worcester Polytechnic Institute





Among mannnnnny oooooothers! Use www.usnews.com Abegi

imperiouxx: Follow bashorun's advice. Moreover, many universities offer 4 years program in nay kind of aeronautics, even if you like to study spaceships and shuttles.

VisaOfficer: Greetings! I am a U.S. Foreign Service Officer working in a Consular section in western Africa. I primarily handle Immigrant Visas and Diversity Visas. I've noticed a significant amount of discussion about visas on this website (yes, we read the websites ) and wanted to give people the opportunity to ask questions. I will check this site daily and make every effort to respond for the next two weeks, through Friday, July 26. [Edit: Let's make that August 8.] [Another edit: Okay, September 30!]

Please note that I cannot answer questions about specific cases, nor may I reveal my identity or any personal information. Any responses in this forum are not to be taken as legally binding, as they will be based only on what you tell me in your questions, not on the information in any actual case. While I will attempt to explain U.S. immigration policies, any opinions expressed are my own views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Government.

I may not be able to respond to every post in this thread, and I will not answer abusive or insulting posts. Let's see how the conversation develops...

flexshop: The problem with nairaland. People from lagos commenting on politics in kano,portharcourt,kogi,imo etc. How can this man say APGA won in rochas senatorial zone? APGA won only in owerri zone while rochas is from orlu zone.
You people are politically uninformed. APGA won the april 14 election governorship in 2007 with martin agbaso but the election was cancelled.
And somebody is saying APGA is nothing. Rochas made a grave mistake by not consolidating his root and reintegrating APGA into APC. He just dropped 50% of his chances of winning.

flexshop: The problem with nairaland. People from lagos commenting on politics in kano,portharcourt,kogi,imo etc. How can this man say APGA won in rochas senatorial zone? APGA won only in owerri zone while rochas is from orlu zone.
You people are politically uninformed. APGA won the april 14 election governorship in 2007 with martin agbaso but the election was cancelled.
And somebody is saying APGA is nothing. Rochas made a grave mistake by not consolidating his root and reintegrating APGA into APC. He just dropped 50% of his chances of winning.

Kabikala: So how come APGA never won Imo until it fielded Okorocha? And how come APGA never won any other state in the south-east apart from Anambra and Imo? You would have to admit that the Okorocha factor counted in his victory though the APGA platform definitely also have contributed.

Onyegecha: Nemerem, your parent's reports are influenced by the smokescreen effect of the man Rochas, He is a master in the art of deceit. Take it from me, if you are a discerning fellow and step into Imo state, it will not take you two days to decode the reality on ground. THE MAN, ROCHAS, IS A LIE!