₦airaland Forum

ollatoye:
Good evening everyone,
Please I need assistant on step by step on how to process MSC program in the US and preferably which institution i can apply for business info system. Thanks

What you need is a brain, not “assistant”.

makaba10:
Abeg who fit help me with genuine Bank statement wey carry 20+ million naira (50+ thousand dollars)?

Sure. Whatever you want.

bigfamo:
Okay... Let's leave it if that's how you see it.. I don't see it that way cus I called on him specifically to tutor me but he ran me down.. Anyway am sorry if it looked that way

Tutor you on what exactly? You got a visa now, I guess you can now tutor others. We’ll see what your own response would be. If I may guess, we’ll likely not see you again on these boards.

bigfamo:
Abeg you can keep your suggestions to yourself next time bros if you don't have anything good to say... Either you like it or not, God was and still at work...

Feel free to say whatever you wish. I guess God just failed to be “at work” for the majority whose applications were denied? Or did they just pray less or fast less than you did? The proof is in the pudding buddy... majority who cry about the “Lord” end up serving him with their lips only, when things are favorable for them. It’s funny, I’ve never seen anyone who was refused come here and tell us the Lord was involved. Strange.

bigfamo:
I got my visa approved today in Lagos.. God of impossibility made things possible
Transcript loading... Lincoln University here I come

Obtaining a visa to study in the United States is not an impossible task. Thousands of Chinese and Indian students get visas every year. Our predilection for fraud is why things have become difficult for us. Nothing to do with God here.

gbaby4live:
Hello bro,
Please are still in NJ?

I really need your help.

What’s the problem?

The story is confusing. Another Nigerian criminal disgracing his country...

Pearl93:
I know this has been said before. But it worked out for me. To those looking to book tickets, best time to check is at night/ midnight. I just got a ticket for 320k. My flight is on Saturday. Other airlines had tickets for over 500k for Saturday. I picked up my passport today. Its a very stupid airline. Royal Air Maroc. I heard they don't even provide hotel accommodation. But with the extra money you would be saving on other tickets, I think it's worth it. To those looking for tickets, keep checking at night. I would be spending a few days in New York with my friends before flying to Dallas. If anyone else would be on that flight Saturday Morning, please send me a DM. Misery loves company �. And this is going to be one miserable long flight. I packed a couple of good books to read. Including Dan Brown's Origin���. I can share if you are pretty.

It wasn't clear to me why you are telling us all these. One would think the rest of us haven't been to the US before.

For someone who told us how rich and privileged she was, I wonder why you need to stay awake at night looking for cheap tickets through a "very stupid" airline.

whandeykoal:
If IL be applying to two schools, will I have to pay for transcript twice for my school to send because it's different destination?

No. Just tell both schools to coordinate... the other can pass to the next after they've finished evaluating the single copy you sent.

You obviously cannot afford to study in the US... you should stay back and get a job.

Oshikoya23:
Hello Everyone. I have been a silent reader of this thread through my brother who has account here since 2016. I had 4.23/ 5.0 and I wanted to apply to study masters in statistics or any related course. I want funding and I read here that without good GRE I cannot get funding and I decided to use the whole 2017 to prepare and write GRE. My first GRE I got 294 which I knew I would have done better and I read here that you can have many chances if someone can get like 300. I wrote my GRE on 6th of this month again and I got 309.
Please with my profile of 4.2/5.0 cgpa and 309 in gre, which school can I apply to and get funding? Thank you.

You took a whole year to prep for the GRE and it did not occur to you to also check to see which schools offered your course of choice, what the admission requirements were and what the average GRE score was for typical applicants to their program?

bigfrancis21:
Same experience here. I have 4 people that applied to Bowie State University for Spring 2018 also and up till now they have not heard from them yet. The school is really messed up. The man in charge of international admissions, Mr Samuel Yego, is the main culprit here. I don't mean to be mean but the man is very incompetent, rude, lies, never replies emails nor calls etc. and I wonder why he is still in charge of admissions. I have met him on a few occasions and he always claims busy and being in the office till 8pm everyday yet nothing ever gets done. He has lied to me on several occasions that a few of the 4 people have been processed and sent for i20 production only to get to the i20 office and Mr. Yego did not send the admission file to begin with.

Another question is if he has sent your file to the department for review to begin with? This is because he emailed the 4 students on November 14 2017 that he had sent their files for departmental review and after over a month of waiting and no reply they all called their department (MIS department) on December 16 and they were told that Mr Yego had not sent their files to review for admission to begin with. Don't be surprised if he hasn't forwarded your file to the department for review to begin with. The admission list you talked about may just be the list of all those who applied to the university. When I discovered the gross incompetency and lack of awareness about time factor I was very disappointed to say the least, coming from an institution that is supposed to be in the United States. This Yego of a person is Kenyan by the way (bringing in his typical lousy African work ethic to the US).

Another thing I noticed is that they seem to be doing 'IM' in that school. They process admissions faster for those who have someone working in the school or living in Maryland.

Try calling the Provost. That seems to be the only person he answers to in the university.

301-860-3464

Or
Celestine J. Grimm
Staff Assistant

Henry Administration Building, Suite 2200

301-860-3464

To others thinking of applying to Bowie State University, beware. You just might not hear from them after applying.

The downside of applying to majority black institutions where entry requirements are lax. You get what you pay for.

IAmPhiL:
thanks a lot @LagosismyHome your pms and calls really helped a lot

@Teedawg thanks for your savage response all the same

and for those applying to Bowie State University, keep off!!!.


cheers

Your response is not helpful. Keep off for what reason? US schools are not Nigerian schools, they have specific reasons for taking specific actions and they make sure that this is communicated to you in a timely manner. My guess is that you dropped the ball somewhere. Did you obtain any written communication indicating you were offered admission? No one just reads names off a list as proof of admission.

Myhighdreams:
Please i need someone to guide me through on how to apply for an international scholarship, the requirement and qualification.

It's not rocket science. Find the school you are interested in, find out what sort of financial aid they offer, engage them in a conversation to see what their requirements are, if you qualify, then apply. It's really simple.

omoyemela:
[You act like you are so perfect that you don't ever make mistakes. To me that's pride. Help if you will and if not shut up haba. Nigerians this Nigerians that are you not one.

Depends on the school. Some are so competitive that they have equally excellent students on waiting lists. In addition, we Nigerians are used to simply making decisions on the fly, no plan, no respect for others plans and time. That doesn't work elsewhere. A lot of schools like to be prepped. If you can't make it on resumption day, you should have known well in advance and informed them so they can make necessary adjustments. Unless you died or fell seriously sick and thus incapacitated, you should be able to know if you can make it on orientation day or not.

Take a seat son. No one is technically here to "help" you, especially when much of the "help" you claim to need is simply you just being intellectually lazy. There is no pride or acting perfect, just a fellow who is sick of the lackadaisical attitude of most Nigerians to much of anything that requires simply rubbing two brain cells together. Dropping a plate is a mistake, coming late to your orientation is not. Many of you will get a rude shock... that lateness is a habit that no one else outside of Africa tolerates.

kennygee:
If only her husband got a similar advice.

It takes two to make a marriage work.

If the woman took on all the advice her father gave her, it will take a devil of a husband not to love and cherish that woman. Often times you don't need to give advice to both...

GloriaNinja:
THAT'S A GOOD FATHER RIGHT THERE BUT THAT'S TOO TINY TO READ

There is a zoom feature on every browser.

k199192:
my brother. It turns out that I cannot even pronounce BURGER. na so I dry write am out for the today. I don't know if the G is silent because ayamnotuderatanding. I have a deep voice though so many be that one follow dey mess me up.

lol the "R" is silent.

presh68:
Hello everyone, pls I need advice my school sent me an email which goes thus "pls provide us with a copy of your original high school transcript we have received the evaluated one"(The evaluated copy was sent to them by wes) pls I need advice on how to send it to the school, why I need advice is because Waec office sent the result the last time to wes which then sent the evaluated copy to the School, I don't know if it is still duty of Waec to send the result directly to the school, or whether it is the duty of my high school.I will appreciate your advice, pls those who have experienced such should also air their opinions

Send both.

WAEC should send a copy of your SSCE results to your school. Your high school should also send your transcript - that would contain all classes you took all through your high school, including each grade. That is what I think they want to see.

biacan:
I thought you said you're a chef so you cooking at your own house shouldn't be a problem......cause most chef don't like women cooking for them.......

The last point you made stating that is her primary duty to cook and serve you as a wife where was it written that it's the duty of a woman to cook and serve her husband meals that should be 50/50 so we it gets to her turn she might be tired due to her daily routine so as a husband you need to understand your wife and be a good listener or do you want her to fall down when cooking in the kitchen don't ruin your home with that African mentality it is the cause of many broken homes I hope these helps

Dear Lord, have you ever heard of punctuations?

biikeys:
DSOs (really the school) still have some role to play..such as recommending OPT-eligible students for the program in SEVIS on time before those students can apply with USCIS, [b]determining what jobs relate to the course of study in cases in cases things are not well defined [/b]etc.
If what's being looked at is the duration, then sure it's out of the control of the school for the most part.

This is strange. Are you talking of OPT or CPT?

biikeys:
That might just be the school..changes currently being looked into are wrt H1-B extension. I haven't anything concrete about OPT yet.

The OPT is being actively looked at. It will most definitely be scaled back to 12 months. The OPT is not the prerogative of the school, it is a USCIS rule.

imperiouxx:
I don't get it. Which school is this? Even in U.S, a doctor's report or formal letter covers a situation where one misses an appointment.

Depends on the school. Some are so competitive that they have equally excellent students on waiting lists. In addition, we Nigerians are used to simply making decisions on the fly, no plan, no respect for others plans and time. That doesn't work elsewhere. A lot of schools like to be prepped. If you can't make it on resumption day, you should have known well in advance and informed them so they can make necessary adjustments. Unless you died or fell seriously sick and thus incapacitated, you should be able to know if you can make it on orientation day or not.

Mayorr89:
Smh
1.it is more like an immigrant visa (employment immigrant visa)
2.so obvious we followed his way for better understanding
3.candid!
4 . Noted..

There is no argument... B, F, H, J visas are all non-immigrant visas. Period.

https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/h-1b-specialty-occupations-dod-cooperative-research-and-development-project-workers-and-fashion-models

k199192:
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A staff at my school's center for international students mentioned that the OPT program is under review. I then remembered that TWOODS already said that here. Make Oga Trump no mess with me o. Me that supported him all the way. I hope it doesn't affect STEM programs sha.

Oga twoods never lies to you.

pappybarry:
I'll like to visit then. But is there a possibility I could extend my stay legally? Maybe by applying for a short term program or something

Your options are limited to going to school and applying for an F1 visa, or get married. But expect a lot of scrutiny when you apply for a green card.

seyewest:
You will need an Immigrant Visa... I think there's an immigrant visa thread on Nairaland if you check very well and it's handle by the U.S Embassy so you have nothing to worry about.

Mayorr89:
Well regarding your issue..its an immigrant visa u are to aplly for (employment visa) this is a non immigrant visa thred but I will give u a little clue..first,to get a registered company to send u an invite is not so easy..and finally when u get..and u try to process ur visa..it would be so hard to convince the v.o the position u r going to occupy cannot be occupied by a u.s citizen or a lpr ..they believe there are still employment individuals in u.s. only if u have extra ordinary talents or u have a very good qualification like u studied medicine.. Nursing ..and co . all the same I wish u best of luck.. Get ur priorities right. Try as much to get the employers letter and file for an employment visa.Good luck.. Success is urs

The above is flatly wrong.

1. An employment visa is not an immigrant visa.
2. A company cannot simply send you an invite, you need an approved I-797 (and other business docs) to apply for a work visa.
3. The H1B application process is where the employer is asked if the position on offer cannot be filled by a US citizen or LPR, that is not the role of the VO.
4. You CANNOT file for an employment visa by yourself. It is entirely an employer-based process.

pappybarry:
Hello Everyone. I want to first start by appreciating everyone who has sincerely contributed to this tread for I know the advice given here has gone as far as changing lives for the better.

I want to travel to the US and I need help!
I have never traveled outside the shores of the country so I don't have any experience whatsoever.
I'm a graduate (25yrs) with no paycheck but I'm into digital marketing.
I've got a lady friend in Kentucky who has offered to send an invite / convince an employer to send a letter of employment. The company is in Oklahoma but she doesn't live there so I'd have to sort my accommodation issue if I apply based on the employment proposal.

My questions are.....
[b]Do I apply for an Immigrant visa or Non immigrant Visa?
[/b]Do I stand a chance considering my family would be sponsoring the trip?
In fact, I'm clueless as to going about the whole thing. People, I need you guys to help advice me on what type of visa best suit my situation.

All questions would be entertained, I'm looking forward.. Thanks Fam!

Unfortunately much of the advice you received was wrong. People should not offer advice if they are not very sure...

1. You cannot, by yourself, apply for a visa to go and work in the US. The company wishing to employ you needs to file an H1B work visa for you. Only after this has been approved and you have a hard copy of the I-797B can you then apply for an H1B visa to the US. Note, the H1B visa is strictly a non-immigrant visa. Albeit, it is considered to be dual-purpose so your company can then file for permanent residency for you once you are now in the US. This is a lengthy and expensive process that requires more than just an invitation letter.

2. I notice in one of your responses that you indicate that the job offer is not specialized... if that is the case, the H1B application is more than likely going to be denied, as it is only required for specialized skills.

Bottom-line, you have next to zero chance of getting an H1B visa, find other means to go to the US.

kekenation:
Does East Tennessee State University accepts WES evaluations for graduate school? Please help a brother

ask them.

timesup234:
If your dream is to make money in life you have no business going abroad. Nigeria is where all the money is, the money you will make in Nigeria can never be made in any part of the world.

There is no money in Nigeria. It is simply a nation where pilfering of the public till is a national pastime.

gbollytee:
Please how do I get a cheap health insurance? The one recommended by my school is over $1500. Anyone with suggestions?

Be careful with “cheap” insurance that covers nothing. Should you ever get sick, you’d wish you paid for that “expensive” coverage. There is a reason your school is recommending that particular coverage to you.