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Teefinix3:
Good evening house,
Pls I ve an issue bothering on renewal of b1/b2 visa. My family did a renewal in 2016 which will expire in Feb 2018. Unfortunately, my 2 kids and hubby have not travel with d visa and will definately not be chanced to use it till it expires.
I was the only one that used the visa ds yr on my from giving birth in Canada. We now want to renew it as soon as it expires in Feb but my hubby is sceptical that we might be denied due to the fact that he and the kids wasted the previous one without using it.
He also heard from a source that the US consulate has started reducing visa issuance unlike how it was few mnths ago. My hubby was with me to Canada but didn't go to d US...
We really need to know if we stand a good chance of not being denied.

I would not listen to any “source” who is not a legitimate US visa officer.

Your husband and kids should be ok to do Dropbox. There is no law that says you should be denied a visa because you didn’t get the opportunity to use the previous one. I’d wager the VOs are well aware that sometimes other priorities cause you to change travel plans.

Ollybee1234:
hi everyone am need here i want to ask a question on behave of my brother he was denied 4 times now. please is there a probability that they can give him

4 denials is equivalent to N258,000. I think it’s time he found another country.

jimzy4u:
Bros.... wetin do you and must you comment if you dont have something good to say? I dont have your time please. Baba olowo aye

It’s a public forum, if you only want “something good” as feedback (aka just what you want to hear), then set up a family blog. You are free to send what you wish, your failure would be yours alone to bear.

jimzy4u:
Hello guys, I have an issue at hand. I need to submit a statement of account with the certificate of financial support i printed online of which my sponsor doesn't have up to the required amount that is suppose to be on the statement but he has 12 million on his treasury bill investment certificate. Please can i upload that in place of the bank statement of account?

Submit what they asked for, no shortcuts. If you truly cannot afford to school in the United States, then please stay home.

Yellowgeh30:
Good day everyone, I have read through but I haven’t seen much about Chicago except cook’scounty which is now very expensive. I intend to stay with a friend in Indiana, Chicago but I am yet to find a doctor. Any form of info will be appreciated, baby is due in June.
2ndly, my b1-b2 visa I obtained as a single lady will expire this december. I am pregnant and married and confused about renewal or fresh application. Kindly advise thanks. Pls forward any useful info to my mailbox- coralbeads82@yahoo.com

Apply for dropbox, however you will likely be called for an interview since you will have indicated in the application that you wish to go have a baby in the US, but you might get lucky! I think you'll find all the info you need on this thread.

Daebuzy:
Please how can I apply for USA student visa?

By going to google and reading the application instructions available on the web.

felixomor:
Where is it written that Malachi was referring to only Levites?
Likewise, you can also conclude that Jesus was only talking to his twelve disciples during his days ba?
Isaiah, Psalms, Proverbs etc etc
Were also written for pple of those days ba?
They were not written for us ba?

And to remind you that Jesus quoted several times from the prophets during his days.

Its like Freeze has taught u people a dangerous new method of studying God's word.

You pple should continue

Clearly you've never read Malachi 2. It's quite clear.

hamilton62:
Just because you have decided to do things the way it is stated and it doesn't mean that people with more zeal for providence don't exist...
Tithing is 10% but within you and a purpose can go on a ratio above... I don't pay 10% because it is too poor being that i want extra-ordinary grace for providence though i know the recommended is 10%...
We all can't do same and want or need same magnitude of providence.

1. Grace is UNMERITED favor. Which means you don't pay for it, either with 0.1%, 10% or 30% tithe.

2. Even if you paid 100% as tithe, it is of zero value before the Lord. If your purpose for paying the tithe is so you can receive "extra-ordinary grace for providence", then it is as worthless as throwing that money down a drain. God is not man who can be bribed. He does not give grace to the highest bidder.

Your post is an eye-opener to how misinformed most "christians" truly are.

Tripletmom:
Hello
Pls,I have a cousin who is currently filling his DS-160 form.
He was previously denied last year,wanted to go on vacation(honeymoon)with his wife who already had a B1/2 Visa.

Before the last interview
His salary was 204k at his primary place of work but does other private jobs.(he’s an architect)
2 years work history at d company
No travel history
Married but no kids

Present status
Salary was increased last year November to 336k after tax due to a contract he won for d company
Over 3 years work history with same company.
Traveling history SA and Ghana
Also has a car for Uber given to a driver n makes about 160k monthly.(bin doin dat for over 7 months now)
Stil does his private job (really don’t know how much he gets from dat)

His planning for Easter 2018 vacation with his wife.

Question now is how can he merged all dis income together at his interview and in the DS-160 form.

Thanks

His salary + uber profit + whatever he makes from his private business = his total income. He should put that on his form and explain if asked.

Breadfruit:
OK. What about getting an urgent date, please.

This site lists your options for getting an expedited appointment - http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ng/ng-niv-emergencyappointment.html

As you will note, there are very stringent criteria and you will need to provide documented proof, explicitly described in the webpage above. To be honest, unless your need for an expedited date is for a death or medical emergency (i assume it is neither for a student visa or business purpose), you likely do not qualify for an expedited appointment.

femi312:
Well, No admission contact will tell any student his/her chances of getting admitted in the first place, so his/her reply is expected. My point is, he has some publications and conferences, not a lot of people applying have that. Most don't even have a single publication. Research experience and publications are actually a plus for PhD applications and I am sure you know that. That might actually work in his favor, who knows, like I said he has nothing to lose. He can always rewrite GRE.

No offense but that isn't true. Many people i went to grad school with already had 1 or more publications before applying to the phd program. Some had even completed highly competitive masters programs.

Also, while research experience and publications are a plus, the quality is also important. Frankly, a kid who worked a year doing research at johns Hopkins or Harvard, is far more desirable than someone with 5 years research experience in Nigeria, especially if that kid scores in the 90th percentile on his GRE.

While i don't necessarily disagree with your point, i don't think things like this should be rushed. I'd rather take time to prepare very well. Perhaps that's just me. Speed isn't as important to me as well done.

femi312:
In as much as you made a very good point, admission committee also understand that not all aspect of a student application will be good. They understand some students might be deficient in some aspects, that's why they consider all application holistically. Same admission contacts have also adviced potential students in the past to explain any sort of deficiency. You also need to understand that I am different from you, you are different from me and he is different from us. What works for me or you might not work for him. If he feels other aspects of his application are excellent, nothing is stopping him from giving it a trial, and if it doesn't work, he still has your advice to follow.

I think the admissions contact just indirectly told him to take time out to improve his scores and try for next year. While i agree that what works for me is different from what works for you, the limiting factor is that you do not control how many people are applying for a limited set of places. The admissions contact made that quite clear. If 20 people applied for a position that needs only 5 (phd positions don't take a lot of folks every year), then it doesn't matter how good your GPA was, especially if everyone else has equally good GPAs and excellent GRE scores. Even if you scale through the admissions process, there is also the issue of funding. There is no justification giving your funding while ignoring someone with a better score. His score is literally the 23rd percentile for verbal... i struggle to imagine that 50% of applicants will be at or below the 23rd percentile. More likely his will be the lowest score for all applicants. That is a major disadvantage, regardless of how we slice and dice it. It is always best to make sure you're putting your best foot forward at all times. It simply improves your chances.

As an international applicant, you are always going to be at a disadvantage. The best way to overcome that disadvantage is to simply be better than the rest that your application cannot be ignored.

olumidazz:
Some One Pls advise me onbthe steps to take if necessary here is the issue. While filling my form ds 160 application form I chose a travel date in late December this year and paid immediately. Now the issue at hand is all the available dates for my interview are in January.

I want to know will this not jeopardize my chances of obtaining the visa if my interview comes after the intended date of travel.

I need your advise Pls good people in the house and also if there is any other step I can take. Besides this all other things are intact.

Let's say hypothetically - i intended to travel for a conference holding on the 9th of Dec, for 2 days, and i show up for a visa interview on the 16th of Dec, if you were the VO, would you grant me a visa?

Breadfruit:
Please how can one go about scheduling an urgent visa interview date so as not to miss what they are traveling to the US for?
Also, how possible is it to get an interview at the embassy in a day or two?

Please anybody with info should assist and supply. Agent has messed up everything for the person in question after so much money spent. Everything gone down the drain and agent is AWOL.

By scheduling your interview well in advance of your travel, and taking the advice of the VOs NOT to use agents at any time for this process.

scaezar:
TBH, i used to hate your guts. But you actually seem like the only one that says things as they are. But then again, i still hate you

You can hate me from now till tomorrow. It won't take the garri from my mouth. Let me come and be going....

femi312:
If only you could get >305 in GRE, the probability of getting admitted would have been higher but then, you can still give it a shot, who knows they could overlook your GRE score. Try to mention why you had low GRE score, could be due to work schedule etc. You seem to have a good profile except your GRE score. And note that GRE is just a piece out of all the elements Admission committee consider to make a decision.

If you notice in the email he copied here, this is what the admisssions officer had to say - "If you wait a year, you would have the opportunity to conduct a systematic and thorough GRE and even TOEFL preparation to improve your scores." If i were, i would take this advice. Take a year to study thoroughly for the GRE... gain a good score (>310). For his major, verbal is of more importance than the quant. Not all admissions contacts take the time to compose a detailed email advising you specifically on how to improve your admission/funding chances. Too often, people are more interested in the NOW than in the how well.

dayoseun70:
Please I need mock o, please house help me out o I'm in serious need of mock interview, my interview is next week please

Have you read the above post by cojunior? Or have you ignored it totally in favor of "mock interviews"?

Fyorgyn:
Honestly, I don't think anyone in this generation should give this excuse... If we can spend time on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Nairaland etc we should also be able to Google "how to apply for a US visa in Nigeria".

Lack of information is NOT the problem. I think the problem with our generation is LAZINESS. We want others to think, read, pass exams, do everything for us!

You have said it all... lack of information indeed.

max1981:
I greet you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I have this feelings to pray for our brothers and sisters going for visa appointment tomorrow and through out this year... Even January applicants that God should dress them with garment of mercy and favour. They will come out jubilating IJMN. Amen! please come back here to testify. Bless you all.

What a joke... including the ones who filled their forms "without their knowledge", filled false information due to "lack of information", have zero ties to Nigeria and do not meet the criteria for a visa? This genie of yours does not influence visa decisions for other countries.

Save your prayers, they obviously haven't worked, else Nigeria would be a paradise today. Assess your situation, do you meet the criteria for a US visa? If the answer is no, stay home. If the answer is yes, fill your visa application TRUTHFULLY, answer the questions asked at the interview and accept the decision. All that takes less time than the time required to walk to church and pray endlessly for something you are not qualified for, in the name of "garments of grace".

JayCynic:
Benny Hinn and Pastor Chris. Great men of impact to this Christian dispensation. Atheists can fry their deeks if they are hating. But im Jesus all the way.

Yeah sure, how Christlike!

Both men are simply rudderless false prophets, men more interested in profit than the souls of men. Men whose marriages are in complete violation of 1 Timothy 3:2. Shame.

cojunior:
I got this message from a Grad Coordinator; please learn from it.
Dear Sir,

 

Thank you for your kind words.

 

All application processes are competitive. I can’t predict your chances. Those depends on the size, the depth, and the quality level of this year’s applicant pool.

Next year’s pool may be better, same, or worse. There is no predicting that. Despite lower than desired GRE scores, we have admitted applicants who showed evidence of clear and consistent promise

that gave us confidence they would be successful and that therefore funding them would be a good investment. I can recall as an example, an international student who had an undergraduate degree from the top university

in her country, a master’s in education research methods from another good university there, showed that she had significant quantitative methodology skills (statistics, econometrics), had a very good TOEFL score, showed unambiguous indications of strong motivation and hard work  etc. In short, there was more than enough there in the file to act as counterweight to the disappointing GRE score. We look at the overall file of each applicant because we have had some applicants with high scores and very good grades who failed within a year. There is more to a good meal than just the spices. I cannot predict what would happen if you applied this year. All I can say is that success is not impossible

and that success is not of a high likelihood. If you wait a year, you would have the opportunity to conduct a systematic and thorough GRE and even TOEFL preparation to improve your scores. I understand the financial challenges of that on a typical Nigerian salary. An application now costs money too, so you must decide whether the risk/reward ratio is satisfactory or unsatisfactory.

 

[b]Look again through the program and read the course descriptions. What preparation, skills, and abilities would you need to be successful? What do you have other than the GRE that would convince you if you were on an admissions committee and saw that file in a box with fifty other files? [/b]Admissions means choosing a few out of the many.

 

We will give your file the same careful review whether we receive it this year, next year, or even two years in a row.

As is usual, this post will be largely ignored by folks more interested in getting a visa NOW than having a successful education. Regardless of how you spin it, as this admissions coordinator has stated, there is no short cut to adequate preparation. It baffles me when I see people ask others to evaluate schools for them or help them find a cheap school. What is more important is what the air/ma has said above. Ask yourself the key questions, if you do, you would not have a need for mock interviews.

Sparkle1515:
@justwise You don't see anything wrong in his delivery,passing the message isn't the issue but the delivery..I have the right to speak on whatever pleases me on this forum,the same sets of people will complain or complain over and over about Trumps delivery before he became president yet sees nothing wrong in someone undermining a whole lot of Nigerians just because you think what he says is the absolute truth or the excuse of "Nigerians dont like to hear the truth"

There. Kindly afford others the same right.

alaya40:
Please, what is the best way to answer this question for MSc Student
what is your plan of study at the school or what is your study's plan?

Thanks.

The best way to answer the question is to tell the VO exactly what your study plan is. How would you not know?

HonNellymike12:
Honestly this has been the best way to answer someone in need not some other folks who will want to advice and then insult you ontop of it. @eze, thumbs up, love the way you answered the man, keep up with the good work, please others should learn, don't let us transfer aggression simply becos u want to help a brother out. Others should please take note.

You are free to not take advice on the web. You’re an adult.

Lastruct:
Hello House, Its been a while here. I sincerely need your advice on my issue, not minding any criticism. After much researching and taking advice from a brother (femi321). I have taken GRE amidst all difficulties and little or no time to study harder. I need to know if I have a chance of getting admission with funding (and possible suggested schools), though already preparing to send mails to grad coord. of some schools using schools list on msinus.com with the low GRE scores, I just need some advice considering the short time I have to start applications. Meanwhile, I do not intend to write another GRE, as the chance of being able to fully prepare for GRE again is too slim. My Profile below;

GRE Score: 297 (Q147, V150) as seen on the screen after the exam, waiting for AWA
MSc Civil & Environmental (Structures, Unilag): 4.48/5.00
BTech Civil Engr'g : 4.16/5.00
TOEFL: writing on 16th December
7 years work experience
Have 2 Kids (LOL)

I intend going for a PhD in Civil Engineering (Structures)
I will appeciate any kind suggestions here my people, will also like to know if there is hope or I just forget about it since I dont intend to re-write GRE.

cc: femi312, imperviouxx, LagosismyHome, Walspring, Gokuu, TWoods, EZEIGBO1OFIMO, folmus, biikeys, justwise

Thanks for your anticipated frank responses guys.

Face it. Your gre quant score is too low. You would struggle to get a school at all. Seeking for funding? That would be the joke of the century. It amazes me how you say you have no time to study for an exam on which a huge part of your future depends.

justwise:
Nah!, i did not see this coming, please lets not start this.

Fair enough. Fellas, our dear mod has spoken. Please direct all questions you may have to this thread and this thread only. i will not respond to PMs anymore. Thank you.

darkmax:
My F1 visa was refused this March...i wish to go and spend the holiday in the US this December..can this work?

No.

seyewest:
I don't believe you one bit.... No one will fill the wrong info without your permit.
Better start thinking about how to come clean.

Come clean to who? The guy is screwed. He is however free to donate N65000 to the US government, if he so wishes.

dere5:
tpako! Why do you like behaving as if you did not live in this obodo naija before you left for America or as if you don't have family members in this naija. Have you been away for so long that you have forgotten how things are back home?

This is an absurd question. Being Nigerian or having Nigerian family does not obligate me to act like the average Nigerian.

If i may, would you mind focusing on the topic of the post rather than the usual recourse to quoting my every post from 10 years ago then turning around to cry about "bullying"?

yemiosinbajo:
I thought as much; 2019 is fast approaching. Maybe he wants to unseat the incumbent moderator, justwise, who is also aiming for second term in 2019. That's gonna be a tough battle. Anyway, I hope lagosismyhome also contests, because she has the highest chance of winning the election when we vote. Let's hope oga TWoods formally declares his ambition to run, 'cos the thing wey my eyes dey see in the past few days ehnn..

Oga justwise... na lie o!