Congratulations!!! So happy for you.

BlowJobs:
And I am now a permanent Resident.
The aim of the thread has been fulfilled.

Thank you all for participating.

Congrats on your new feat bro. Still waiting for you to reply your pm.

MackyNaija:
As was said by the 'onye ochas'...

Monday, 18th December 2017 all results would be available online,

...so was it done.

All results were posted to my account around noon, Fall 2017 is done and dusted.

I won the battle, got a perfect GPA.
All the Thanks be to God, I put in my best and he confirmed everything.

How are you people getting this thing now. Enlighten me please

Damilare5882:
got mine too...pray make person no go sleep over time

Congrats. Check your pm. Going to TAMUK also.

HST:
I have been a silent follower on this thread and I have learnt a lot from all the gurus in the house. God bless you all. Drove past traffic light at surulere. Hot pursuit between myself and the police. I was pulled over and was given a high bill.was delayed for over 20mins. I sha gave them 1k. Interview was for 7:30am, got to Walter Carrington 7:15am. Joined the queue for verification. Did finger print. And was directed to window .... can't remember see. Two guys in front of me were denied. My turn

VO: Goodmorning.
Me: Goodmorning.
VO: Pass your passport and I-20
Me: Passes it
VO: why are you going to the US?
ME: I am going to the US to pursue my masters degree in Mathematics and statistics in Texas A&M university Kingsville.
VO: (She was just typing).When did you graduate from college?
Me:2013
VO: What course?
Me:Accounting and statistics
VO: How many schools did you apply to?
ME: I applied to 3 schools. Delaware state university,dovery, Northern illinios university, Chicago and Texas A&M university, Kingsville.
VO: Why did you choose TAMUK over NIU.
ME: I chose TAMUK because it is my first choice university and fortunately they were the first to offer me an admission and also the tuition is quite affordable and I was offered an on-campus free housing scholarship.
VO:You were offered an on-campus free housing scholarship?
Me: Yes.
VO: what is your plan after studies?
Me: my plan after studies is to return to my Country Nigeria to resume my position at bleep communications as a data analyst where I will be using my improved and newly acquired analytical and computational skill and knowledge in my field. My company is fully aware of my proposed postgraduate studies as I will be given 2year study leave.
VO: Did you write the GRE?
Me: yes I did. ( told her my score plus my IELTS score)
VO: Who's your sponsor?
Me: My father is my sponsor. Moreover, I am gainfully employed and I will be supporting with personal fund.
VO: typing. Your visa is approved. Gave me the white paper and educationusa slip.
Me: Thank you very much. Do have a lovely day.

No document was asked. Was just favoured. I want to appreciate all the gurus on the thread expecially @jerrypeacelinks. You are such a selfless individual, even after u were denied, you kept encouraging me. God bless you Bro. And to those yet to go for their interview, favour and grace fall on you.

I've sent you a pm. Kindly respond

abeeolars:

Yes I booked through Wakanow. The thing is that a lot of of people are not aware of this complimentary room offer. So even though you book directly with the airline, just send them an email requesting for the complimentary room. You can pm me if need be. Safe trip

Hi... did you book directly from Qatar or from a travel agency.Wakanow has a discounted fee, I wanted to be sure I'll get a hotel if a book through a travel agency before paying.

Hello, can I pm you on this?

abeeolars:
Hi Guys. For those flying via Qatar airways and will be having a stop over which will require you to wait over at Doha for some hours at mid night before your final flight to the Usa in the morning, kindly inform Qatar or your travel agency that you want the complimentary hotel room provided by the airline. I just got mine.

hello bro, my F1 visa has been approved for master's in chemical engineering at Tamuk. Can I pm you to ask some questions

MackyNaija:
So IF rent is $150 + utilities $80 + food $80

You have easily crossed $250. This is an average cost here for managing.

Any errors or questions, you can point it out.

If you do 6people in a 3bedroom, the cost drops further but still hovers around $200 monthly for the most essential things.

Hello, pls I'd like to know how to send transcripts from Senate without going through records unit as they are even on strike sef. Sent you a pm

KISSABLE0606:
Lol Sorry ooo, emmmm but if the school is university of lagos, there is a way you can get your transcript without going through school and its stress, the person works at senate also, you could just talk to him and get sorted..........Irony of life.....

I introduced a friend to this thread some times back and he turned a visa agent over night.


Meanwhile, my Alma Mata still refuse to release my transcript on the grounds that they couldn't find my 100level results. This is after 6 years of graduation from the school oooo.

Academic affairs said I should go to dept, my department said I should go to course advisor. Course advisor said I should go to hod. HOD said I should go back to exams and records to hold them responsible because for me to have graduated, obtained degree certificate, and served, then it means all my results had been sent to the Senate as at the time of my graduation.


The only help they are willing to do for me is to convert me to direct entry which won't go well because my proposed school requires WES. and WES requires all my results. I'm frustrated.


Good GPA for that matter. I have been on this transcript issue since July this year. I have missed spring 2018 period, now hoping for fall and yet, no transcript.


I'm depressed, frustrated. Tots of "sniper" have been filling my mind lately.

VISA APPROVED.
My visa was approved by a beautiful lady at window 3. I was praying to be interviewed by her cos she approved like two people while I was still on the queue. It got to my turn and the cgi directed me to her, I just knew I got it already. It lasted for about 1min max.
Here's My transcript
Me: Good morning ma.
Vo: *didn't reply, continued typing,* your passport and I20 pls.
Me: Here you go.
VO: *checked my I20 for like 10s* and asked where are you going to?
Me: I'm going to Texas A&M University Kingsville for a master's degree in chemical engineering with concentration in Environmental Pollution.
Vo: *nods* why master's degree
Me: I've had basic knowledge of chemical engineering in my undergraduate degree and I believe this would enable me to broaden my... Vo Cuts in
Vo: when did you graduate
Me: Jan ****
Vo : which school
Me: University of lagos
Vo: did you write any exam
Me: I wrote the gre and toefl
Vo: how did you do
Me: I did well scoring bleep on my gre and bleep on my Quantitative and verbal section. I also had bleep on toefl.
Vo: Who will be paying for this
Me: My uncle
Vo : what does he do
Me: told her
*she typed for like 15s while I just kept praying *
Then she brought out the white paper and said you qualified for this visa today. I couldn't hear anything again honestly.I thought people always lie when they say it here but it's true mehn . I just saw her circling my pick up location and she reminded me to keep my I20 properly as I'd need it at poe. I said my thanks and left happily.

I over prepared for the interview, I couldn't even sleep well at night, always ruminating possible questions and answers. She didn't even ask those questions, it's just God.

Many thanks to everyone on this forum that have in one way or the other contributed to my success. Special thanks to jerrypeacelinks for mock interview and words of encouragement, you'll surely get yours too. To Mayorboi, I say big thanks for the mock interview and heads up. We'll surely connect at Kingsville. To other spring 2018 applicants, I wish everyone all the best.

PS : Please pray fervently and also dress well. God bless you.

Visa approved. 6:45am. Lagos consulate. Transcript loading...

It's advisable to sign before you even reach the embassy. Good luck to us.

Upandup:
Please, when is it appropriate to sign the form I-20? Before visa interview or after? Cos my interview is 2moro morning and I haven't signed it yet.

Congrats

isaacology:
It has been God all the way,my visa was approved on Monday morning,4th of December. I was interviewed by a tiny lady at the last window. Thanks to Walspring for paying my Sevis fee for me and his words of encouragement. And to my amazing friends.

The Interview went this way
Vo: good morning
Me: good morning
Me : how was ur weekend?
VO: It was fine, and yours
Me: great
VO: You are going to study in US right
Me: yes
VO: How do you know about this school?
Me: it was recommended by mom's friend whose son finished from the same school.
VO: what is your highest degree?
Me: Bachelor degree
VO: when did you finish?
Me: 2014
VO: who is your sponsor?
VO: My mom and I was given a scholarship by the school
VO: Why?
Me: because of my outstanding academic performance where I have 4.31 of 5 scale ,and 3.65 of 4 scale .
VO: how did you get it?
Me: I only sent my transcript
VO: What was your project doing your undergraduate?
Me: ( I can't remember, I stammered for while with incoherent sentences) Misconceptions of history where I identify how to use history to solve crises and violence such a Bokoharam in a historical way which I conducted in University of Lagos. I also took it to public school to inculcate spirit of patriotism in them.
VO: what part of history will you be studying?
Me: World history, because I will be teaching IGCSE history when I returned to Nigeria.
VO: Do know anybody in Us
Me: No
A moment of silence
And the magic word came

It is God's favour and grace nothing else. No document was asked even I dont have any.
This is a great thread,it was introduced to me late last year, very helpful.

Where is TWoods? this is GOD'S FAVOUR I don run

Kindly post your transcript

vikturaikay:
Good morning house! Had my Visa interview this morning and was placed on AP. After tapping the keyboard for ages and telling me " just a minute" like a 100 times,The VO went thus " I will be keeping your passport but something is not coming up in my system so I will be placing you on Administrative process " asterisk "Administratover process " in the white paper and hand it to me. i will communicate to you through e mail on your status. No documents asked for both during and after the interview. So what are my chances. People around was telling congratulations. Please what should i do.

chemical engineering

Glowrie22:


That's my school. Which program are you coming in for?

Could please send a message to my mail instead so I can give you my contact, tosino62@yahoo.com. The pm isn't working. Thanks

ahyoncolar:

That's fine.

Congrats bro. My visa interview is next week. Going for MSc Chemical engineering. Can I pm you for mock interview

ahyoncolar:
Hi guys! Visa got approved this Monday at Lagos Embassy.

Being my first time, I got to the street that lead to the embassy very early (around 6:30am because my appointment was for 8am). I was bombarded by some mobile business centres guys who paraded me without giving me any breathing space. Not so long after the parade, I realised that some of my documents were missing. I had no choice than to engage one of those guys. They helped me print out all the missing documents at the rate of 1,000 naira (I wanted to cry though). After this I moved to the embassy entrance immediately. On getting to the police check point, I realised that mobile phones were not allowed at the venue. I look for a police officer to drop the phone with. She charged me a bill of 1,000 to help me keep the phone. I was so frustrated as that was the last card on me. At that point, I made a prayer to God that I must not go home with my passport as this stress and spending was too much. I was sweating profusely and later join the line at the embassy. Little did I know that I am going into another queuing. Anyways, after all the paparazzi, I was sent to a VO line. On getting to the line, I started observing people that are being interviewed by the VO. The VO was just denying people of visa. I was like, who is this wicked lady. At that point I was afraid and shaking. But I said to myself, I am going home with the white paper. I was tempted to change line, I discovered that other lines too were like the same. I just calm down at my line. After a lot of people were denied, I think one was approved, it got to my turn. I said, God favour me. Then the conversation started as follow;

VO: Good morning
Me: Good morning
VO: Your documents please.
Me: I gave her the documents (I20, Sevis Receipt and International Passport)
VO: Checking the documents and typing. After few seconds, you are going to illinois for doctorate degree (she was talking to herself while typing).
Me: I was looking at her.
VO: What is your highest degree of qualification
Me: BSc. First Class
VO: Really? But you are going for PhD. Okay you will be doing the masters along.
Me: I was just looking at her as she answered herself. I only nodded my head in agreement.
VO: She typed a little bit. How many schools did you applied to?
Me: Two schools, I named the schools
VO: Why have you decided to go for UIC?
Me: (Stammering) I listed three reasons as she was looking at me.
VO: What did you studied for BSc.?
Me: Chemical Engineering
VO: She looked at the I20. Okay you will be studying Chemical Engineering too.
VO: Have you traveled out before?
Me: No
VO: Why? (straight face)
Me: Because I have not had any reason to do that until now.
VO: She nodded her head
VO: What was your research area
Me: Kinetics and reaction engineering
VO: What will you be focusing on at UIC?
Me: Kinetics and reaction engineering
VO: What is Kinetics and reaction engineering? (straight face with full attention on me)
Me: (I was like, thank God) I answered her to the extent that she stopped me.
VO: What is your role at your place of work?
Me: I told her and stylishly relate it to process engineering, though they are related.
VO: Do you know anybody in USA?
Me: No
VO: Are you willing to pay for your bills?
Me: Yes. (I was like - who will say no?)
VO: Your Visa is approved. She gave me a white paper and circle my visa pick up point.
Every other things she said, I did not listen. I just wanted to leave the hall.
On leaving the hall, the police woman saw my face, among all other faces that were coming out from the visa office, she decided that she was not going to give me my 500 naira change. She latter calculated my transport fare for me and gave me 200 naira to return to Shomolu. Who am I to complain. At least I have my visa anyways. then I left the location.

The ONLY documents checked were;
1. I20
2. Sevis receipt
3. International Passport

Remark: I tried to see if I could get a science to the process, I can only say, the only thing is God's grace and favour. I prayed and prayed. Of course, I practiced with a lot of transcripts from here as given to me by my friend. I also spoke with other students that have passed through the process.

Thanks everybody. May God bless you.

I applied to UA too. Have they started rolling out admission decisions?

lydia19:
Good morning all, please is there anybody going to University of Arkansas for medical sciences for spring 2018?

Thank you for this!

Nwabu007:
Hi Nairalanders, I'm dropping the transcript of a very close friend of mine who indirectly benefited from the wealth of information on this forum. I must acknowledge the great work everyone is doing here. Both those asking the questions and people responding to these questions. His transcript goes thus;
VO: Good morning
Me: Good morning
VO: Your documents please.
Me: I gave her the documents (I20, Sevis Receipt and International Passport)
VO: Checking the documents and typing. After few seconds, you are going to Illinois for doctorate degree (she was talking to herself while typing).
Me: I was looking at her.
VO: What is your highest degree of qualification
Me: BSc. First Class
VO: Really? But you are going for PhD. Okay you will be doing the masters along.
Me: I was just looking at her as she answered herself. I only nodded my head in agreement.
VO: She typed a little bit. How many schools did you applied to?
Me: Two schools, I named the schools
VO: Why have you decided to go for UIC?
Me: I chose this school because of these reasons; 1.UIC promotes cutting edge research opportunities, transformative educational growth and professional advancement. 2. Chemical Engineering department is populated largely by award-winning faculty that develop advanced fundamental insights into new processes and building innovative technologies. 3. My interactions with Prof Meenesh Singh and Prof Christos G. Takoudis whose wealth of research experience in Reaction Kinetics and Process Analysis aligns greatly with my research interest and my Undergraduate research project and I hope to learn a great deal from, in application to solving environmental and energy related problems.
VO: What did you studied for BSc.?
Me: Chemical Engineering
VO: She looked at the I20. Okay you will be studying Chemical Engineering too.
VO: What was your research area
Me: Kinetics and reaction engineering
VO: What will you be focusing on at UIC?
Me: Kinetics and reaction engineering
VO: What is Kinetics and reaction engineering?
Me: I answered her to the extent that she stopped me.
VO: Do you know anybody in USA?
Me: No
VO: Are you willing to pay for your bills?
Me: Yes.
VO: Your Visa is approved. She gave me a white paper and circle my visa pick up point.
Remark: I tried to see if there is science to the process, the only thing is God's grace and favour. I prayed.

PS: I had to retrieve this from my friend as it will be largely unfair if he doesn't give back.

Hopefully, mine wil come up next year. I had to reconsider further processing of St John University as I wasn't awarded TA. New York is very expensive place to study and live and like Egbon Twood would say, take your time to plan your study. Lagosismyhome would always advise, REFIRE! That's what I have done with three schools for Fall 2018.

Congrats

abeeolars:
Goodmorning Guys,

This thread has been very helpful i must confess. I was interviewed yesterday morning and i got the VISA. So here is a little way to give back and say thank you. First of all i want to say a big thank you to everyone who comes back here from time to time to drop their transcript, a big thank you to OMOLUABI for the series of mock, also to my whatsapp nairaland group members, especially Dupsaw and Therighteous for their own mock interviews and advice too. It felt like a small family with you guys and i pray that every member of our whatsapp group gets their visas as well.

Ok, i left my Ikoyi apartment around 4.15am, i said my final prayers, ordered for taxify and by 4.30am i was at the embassy. I was the first person to arrive and it felt super cool, infact it felt like i won a medal LOL. I actually wore my best suit, best shoes, and i was looking all corporate, and i felt so confident. I had already read here to ignore those embassy touts, so i didnt even pay any attention. People started arriving at about 5am and by 6am the embassy was filled up.

I did try as much as possible to maintain my front area position, fast forward to 6.30am, two officers came out from the embassy and told us to form a queue, chai some fast guys took my front position. Anyways i was amongst the first batch and i did all the necessary finger prints and i was later directed to the white guy at Desk 1.I noticed some mistakes that some people made that i will like to address; when you get to the embassy, dont go about making new friends, gisting and hanging around, it may cause you some distraction, just focus on the mission at hand, also dress sense is also important as your appearance counts alot, for the Men, try to get a clean haircut and a clean shave, remove all those beards, dress in a manner that the VO will be convinced that you are a responsible fellow, dont come wearing some canvas and looking hipy, or some random outfit, for the ladies too dress like someone who is going to a higher institution for professional studies.

My transcript goes thus-

VO- Goodmorning
ME- Goodmorning Sir

VO- Kindly pass me your I-20 and passport please.
ME- Have it Sir.

VO- So i can see you are going to Sulross state university for your Masters degree in business administration?
ME- Yes, i am going to Sulross state university at Alpine in texas for my MBA.

VO- Why the career change from Agricultural Economics to Business Management?
ME- While i was in the university i realised that i had a strong passion for discovering and promoting young entrepreneurs, and also organising
events. I have discovered and promoted over 300 startup brands here in Nigeria so upon graduation i realised that this was what i wanted
to do for the rest of my life.

VO- (Now he looks straight at me in the eyes and i starred back at him) So how will an MBA help you in this choosen career?
ME- The MBA will help me in acquiring the needed professional skills for a successful business career. It will also
help me to learn and network with a diverse class of people who would have come from different parts of the world.

VO- Did you apply to any other school?
ME- Yes, i also applied to Texas A&M University at Commerce.

VO- Did you get in?
ME- Yes i was also admitted.

VO- So why Sulross?
ME- (He stares at me again) Well, i had been in close contact with *chai i forgot the professors name ooo so i came up with a name* Dr Bleep she
heard about what i have been able to achieve with my startup business here in Nigeria and she has agreed to offer me mentorship to
inorder to become a better business Man (thanks to Dupsaw for that line). Also Sulross state university is very affordable for a state
university and considering the quality of education they offer.

VO- Did you write any tests?
ME- Yes, i wrote TOEFL and GRE.

VO- What did you score?
ME- Toefl 82, GRE 281

VO- Who is sponsoring?
ME- My Dad.

VO- What does he do?
ME- He sells and import cars and he is also into real estate.

VO- Do you have any statement to show you have enough funds for your first year?
ME- Yes. *sharp sharp i brought out all the documents, na em i com dey find the statement oooo, lol cos i had printed out my personal bank
statement and that of my business, so i had about 3 different statements, the Man was actually waiting patiently for me. I later found my
Fathers statement hiding under one of the documents. He looked through for about 15 secs.

VO- He picked a white paper from his table, circled my pickup location. He didnt even say i will be approving your visa like i read from other
transcripts, he just said so you can pick up your visa in three days time, honestly, i didnt hear all the other things he was saying
afterwards.
ME- Thanks alot Sir. God bless. I packed all the scattered documents and i left.

Once i came out of the exit door, i looked up to the sky, i felt connected to the Lord at that moment and i felt he gave me a BIG smile back, i said "Thank you Lord". So i am going to the AMERICA

The Lord did it and i give him all the glory. I really practiced so hard for this, it reminded me of how much i prepared during those years i was writing ICAN back in uni

I wish you guys all the best.

You can drop your phone number if you need mock. x

Congrats

Damilare5882:
Visa approved ... brb

I'd strongly suggest you put it in writing here as no one is an island of knowledge. You could gain immensely from other people's ideas as well. However, if you insist on calling, you can pm me. [quote author=Alfred2000 post=62764660]

Well it's possible. But then you'd need to explain to the VO convincingly why you didn't write any standardized test which more often than not results in visa denial[quote author=Alfred2000 post=62756064

Congrats

cassey14:
Visa approved this morning at the lagos consulate. Transcript loading shortly..

Congrats

gbaby4live:
Got to the Embassy around 5am and my appointment is 7am..
We waited till is 6:30 before they started checking us.
Meanwhile, all those before me got rejected.

Here's my transcript.

Me: Good Morning
VO: No response, Your passport and I-20
Me: passed my PP, then I-20 was next.
VO: Where are you going?
Me: I'm going to Minnesota State University Moorehead for my Bachelors degree in Computer Science
VO: how did you know about this School?
Me: After Making decision to study in US, I searched for schools that are inline with career prospect and was directed to Princeton review and Usnews.com, where I narrowed down to 3 schools.
VO: How many schools did you applied to?
Me: 3 and I named them.
VO: How long will it take you to finish this course?
Me: 48 months
VO: is there any exam required for this course?
Me: My admission was based on my high school transcript and waec
VO: you said?
Me: I repeated again
VO: You finished at Laspotech?
Me: Yes, in 2016 after which I went for compulsory internship at Nigerian Aviation Management Agency.
VO: what degree will you be getting from this University?
Me: Bachelors Degree in Computer Science
VO: What you do after your degree?
Me: I'll be returning to Nigeria to work with the EFCC in combating Cyber Crime in Nigeria, whereby it's now a Global threat just as it was discussed in the just concluded Wef2017 in Davos, Switzerland and I'll be establishing my own Cyber Academy where I'll be grooming passionate Nigerians to be a good computer security analyst..
VO: Who will be sponsoring you?
Me: I have an instate tuition scholarship and my dad will be paying for the rest.

VO: I'll be approving your visa..
She kept my PP and gave me that white paper..

A very big Thank you to @Successflow, @Walspring For helping me with all my payments, @Lagosismyhome for her total support, and helping me reach out to the school that refused to refund my enrollment fee and my brother @Omoluabiguy, you are mouthed for those Mock interview, you are a blessing to me..

And to all Nairalander who are yet to receive theirs, I'm wishing you all the Very best..

I didn't need to fund my PayPal account. All I did was register my first Bank and access Bank master card under the saved card option. When prompted to pay,
I'd select either one and the naira equivalent of the dollar amount would be deducted.

paulavon:
Pls explain the process of funding a PayPal account?

Go back to the drawing board bro. That's a really bad score. You'd need to redo the gre and ace it to even think of getting a PhD admit with funding. No shortcut.
Good luck!

Alfred2000:
Scored 274 in my GRE test. I guess i did poorly.am applying to study masters in chemistry and in one of tje schools i apply for a PHD in chemistry. What are my chances of getting an admission or funding with this score? I await your responses house..i need to know what next to do

Done

jagaban17:
Thank You. Its helpful but I have this too. Please I need the questions only, I saw it somewhere and I've been looking for it. If you can help me ,I'll appreciate.

In my case, there were three courier service options,
DHL, FedEx, UPS. All with different prices. As a Nigerian, I went for the cheapest which was UPS, $92.80 and got my document 4days later paying through PayPal.

paulavon:
Pls how much did eship charge you to send down your i20 and what means did you use in paying the fee?
Thank you

That's the same thing I did cos I finished Nysc in April too and currently unemployed. I think it's the right thing to do

quinzypearl:
Hi guys, first time commenting on this forum..

Please guys, while filling my DS-160 form I click on umployed and explain that I just finish my Nysc this year which is April 2017. Is that a good thing to do? And also click on NO opition for where you previously employed question...please, have I done the right thing filling those questions with that answers, if that the wrong thing to do, what answer should I have given for those questions so I can fill a new DS-160 form, cause have submitted the form and also book a visa appointment with the ID number..

Looking forward to your reply ��pls no insult��

I chose Not employed and explained what I have been doing since I finished schooling. Just make sure you remember what you write there as the VO might ask during the interview.

NiklausAkins:
hello house please i am filling my ds 160 form and am having a little issue.
In the PRIMARY OCCUPATION. am i supposed to pick NOT EMPLOYED or EDUCATION. because when i select EDUCATION its is asking for my current school which am not in any. And if i click NOT EMPLOYED its asking for a reason. PLEASE guys put me through.