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Strictly for fresh applicants who want to understand the process for full funding, necessary application details and examinations required for MSC/PhD in America, here is a well-detailed article that would help.

Samples of statement of purpose (SOP), letter of recommendation (LOR) and email to professors are also included.

PART 1: https://medium.com/@anumightytm/guide-to-graduate-studies-in-the-united-state-of-america-us-a288d3fe830c
PART 2: https://medium.com/@anumightytm/part-two-guide-to-graduate-studies-in-the-united-state-of-america-us-38142f48d1f0

Wish you the best!

[quote author=KushCollectible post=96961578][/quote]To confirm, immediately, I went through the application again and indeed I was not asked if previously denied or regular. All that was asked was nonimmigrant, location, visa type, my profile, payment and date selection. That was all.

FutureSenator:
Guys I have a question

My school said I must get a visa appointment by December 18th for me to retain my offer. When I scheduled earlier, the earliest I could get was January 20th, which I did. Then I requested for emergency appointment (still pending response).

My question is this, if I randomly login and see earlier dates like December 21, January 4 etc., and I reschedule. Will I still be able to reschedule to an earlier date if my emergency request is approved?

Thanks Thanks.

You can only reschedule once with same MRV fee. So if you reschedule, then you would have exhausted the option to reschedule and the option won't be there anymore. However, I think when your emergency appointment is approved, the reschedule option will show up again even if it was previously exhausted. I peak only from my previous experience.

Paragontek:
There are December dates in Abuja. You can login and check now.

Thank you for this. I got Dec 21. I am not sure it asked me if I was previously denied or not because I did it in a rush after seeing your message.

Hi guys, I was rejected yesterday but saw on my home page that "Your passport is still with the US embassy". What could that mean? or was there a mistake?

Chonco:
On his behalf, please kindly proceed with the explanation.
I want to know.

Send $ equivalent to someone in the US. The person will get a money order from USPS office or some other place, then mail the money order alongside the Sevis slip to the address indicated on the Sevis slip. As soon as the mail is delivered, payment would be confirmed.

Lete:
Please can anybody help me with this please, some is trying to make sevis fee payment for a friend right there in the u.s but he doesn’t know how to proceed, can anyone help please it’s urgent. Thanks.

I don't know about the western union process but I know of the mailing payment process. Although mailing process could take 2 to 3 days to get confirmed. Let me know if you want me to explain that.

Phori:
are you within the 60 days resumption bracket bro, and when did you pay ur sevis fee.

Yes I am. Sevis fee payment was confirmed Nov 9th. Applied for Lagos emergency date on Friday Nov 13th. Lagos emergency date was denied on Monday 16th.

I applied for an emergency date in Lagos and was denied on Monday. However, I still saw the emergency date option on my page so I applied for emergency again but didn't get a reply. I cancelled my Lagos appointment this afternoon and choose Abuja with same MRV. Scheduled January 6th. Then I applied for an emergency date again and was approved in less than an hour. Now I have scheduled Dec 9th.

I know that was strange to have used emergency request 3 times with same MRV, but this was simply God's grace to me.

Gabby1234:
Please house
I just canceled my appointment for Lagos and the available date I am seeing in Abuja is 4th January, 2021, I just booked it. My question now is that, my confirmation number for my DS-160 I filled for Lagos is still on the appointment confirmation for Abuja. Hope there won't be issue and also, do I have to fill another DS-160

I advise you should refill another DS-160 and update your profile with it at least 2days before your appointment date. I believe they do pre-evaluation before each candidate shows up and for you, they will have no DS-160 information to evaluate you with which could cause a reject. So just update your profile with the new DS-160 and you should be fine.

That's nice.
Did you cancel your previous Lagos appointment before you could book for Abuja?

Rabato:
I just booked for Abuja December 30th perfect

Lildairo:
If you have cancelled or rescheduled before, then you'd need to pay VISA fee cuz one can only cancel or reschedule once. If you've not, you can terminate your Lagos appointment and book with Abuja if you're sure of early available dates in Abuja.

Thank you. I haven't rescheduled before. I will try it. But do I need to fill another DS-160 form?

Does anyone know if December date is still available at Abuja right now? I know someone said it was available this morning but want to be sure if it is still available right now before switching from Lagos to Abuja

Ftos:
Did you allowed the DS160 to have been submitted at least 3 days before requesting for emergency?

Yes I waited for 4days before applying making emergency request.

Lildairo:
December

Please, do you know if I will have to pay another visa fee if I switch from Lagos to Abuja after scheduling a date in Abuja? I am asking because I need an earlier date.

edox15:
Which documents did you send to them ?

Thank you. I sent i20, sevis payment confirmation, current visa appointment and admission letter.

SeunTol:
The program start date for Spring is usually January, please check your I-20.. It's possible December is the earliest admission date, that is, the earliest you are allowed to enter the US.

I have Dec 28, 2020 on my i20. I clearly confirmed that. Orientation begins that same day and continues in January. Class begins Jan 9th.

Ftos:
Were you within 60 days to the start of your program?
have you submitted ds160 and paid sevis fee at least 3 days before requesting for an emergency?

Yes, I was in 60 days to the start of your program. Program start date is 28 Dec. I waited for 4days after sevis fee was confirmed before applying. Uploaded all necessary documents also. The denied mail has no reason stated.

Has anyone seen an earlier date on the website? I have been checking but still April 2021 available.

Ftos:
Please, if emergency request is approved and on logging in it is written on the portal "your group size is larger than the allocation" . Please, what does this mean?

Has anyone got emergency date approved of recent in Lagos? I got emergency request denied this morning and I uploaded all documents required and followed the emergency request details.