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[quote author=+kross];DHello nairalanders, it was great I landed here for my visa information enquiries.I have followed with keen interest every posts on US visa interview including the accepts and rejects.I earnestly prayed that my turn will come and now it is here!this is how it went:it was a 7.30am interview. Wil start from when I had a conversation with the VO :

VO : good morning mr xx
Me : good morning Sir
Vo: ur docs pls
Me: here's it!
Vo : why do u want to go to the us?
Me; to study masters in business admin n mgt@ sul ross state uni, texas
It seems he was not sure what I said and he asked again
Vo :y do u want to go 2 d us?
Me : same response as earlier.
Vo : what year did u finish skool
Me : 2007
Vo :what course and which school?
Me : uni bla bla and bus admin as course of study
Vo : what av u been doing?
Me : went for one year nysc programme btw 2008 n late 2009. Shortly then, I got an offer as an admin officer with Bleep firm
Vo : what do ur company do?
Me : we r basically an oil and gas firm and we flare gas, extract oil and do sales of both

Vo : the skool u r going, which other cities, states r close to it
Me :d skool is in a border town btw US n mexico
Vo : who is sponsoring u?
Me : my dad
Vo : what does he do?
Me : a civil engineer and ceo of blah blah company
Vo : do u av his bank statements
Me : yes
Vo : lemme have it
Me : yes pls, I passed it specifyn his company account and his personal account
Vo : did u take the gmat
Me : yes
Vo : lemme see ur scores
Me : passed it
Vo : where did u take d test
Me. : first logic, oba akran ikeja
Vo : what date
Me : 13 july 2011
Vo : how did u take d test?
Me : here I fumbled buh God was my stay. I arrived ( d venue, we were to identify wit pp, started sayn abt verbal, quant, analytical and he cut me off

Vo : how did u take d test? Its a very simple question?

Me : these words just left my mouth," its an online test"
Vo : good, dats what I wanted to hear
Me : ok
Vo : ur visa is approved , come pick it nxt week thurs
Me : was given d collection form and a green paper with a ticket number. No so e be. Na God , no be man[/quote]congrats bro...i love what is happeneing reminds me of my time as well wey all of us just dey give testimonies....let's keep it flowing

Anthonymighty: You guys should talk to me naa.....I need a cheap ticket o! And the one way ticket i saw on skyscanner is expensive o more than $2000 o. I don't know if na to get round trip or single journey.

check wakanow...and what part of the US are you going to...what state...so we can assist you in breaking down your journey and expenses...

Mamacita007: Buh d heater in her car makes me feel lyk my mouth is dry. This evening she wound down a little bit of d back windows with the heater on. Its lyk it helped. Wen I complain she ll be dere laughing

Lol...don't worry you'll get used to the whole weather system...and yvete, don't laugh at her next time...is that clear?!...mamacita shei u no go look for bobo so cos only the opposite can give you the real warmth

Mamacita007: I'm just managing. I started feeling sick since yesterday after I ate gumbo and crawfish. I was having headache and my legs were shaking. I asked yvete for paracetamol and she wz laughing and said maybe its d weather change that's d problem. We went out to a seafood restaurant dat same evening and it became worse cos d cold wz killing. I went to buy more wool and cashmere sweaters today. For naija dey said that Houston is not cold. This kain cold no be wetin I expect. Yvete said I'm putting the heater too high in d nyt and it can dehydrate me buh as e be, I no come here to suffer. Make summer do come abeg.

kpolli send ur private jet to pick me from here (no send d type wey dey kill rich men abeg. Na Pastor oritsejafor own I want lol). Blessed jet.

Lol...na just harmattan you dey see for there ooo....come to salt lake tahoe for california....lol...me sef people dey complain say my car dey hot cos na heater 24/7 and for my house i go begin fight the people wey dey off the heater for night...

Yvete: I GIVE UP!

hahahahahaha...yvete are you sure we won't come and perform optical inspection on you so as to determine your gender so?....lol

[quote author=Chi-town Base]@ Anthony.... Yemdeb... I.Joan..Congratulations Guys, your succeessful interview's reminds me of how i felt when i got my F-1 visa back then...I'm really impressed the way this thread is helping people i wish our 9ja leaders can learn from this thread. we cant do nothing being seperate we all have a role to play to make our lives better...those guys making time out here to help prospective students i hail una oooo y'all kno urselves God Bless u all...wishing y'all a safe trip here and the best of ur studies here also ..Dueces[/quote
Chi town...where have you been all these while?

yemdeb: I have been silently following this thread for a couple of days and i can say this thread is the best thread on the forum. I got my F-1 Visa today at the Abuja Consulate. The chronicle of how i got the visa started on the 20th December, 2012. This was the actual day i was slated for interview. My time was 10.30am and i got to the Consulate at 10.25am. On arrival, i discovered i wasn't with the print out of my appointment confirmation page and i had to rush down to a nearby cyber cafe to get it printed. I got back to the consulate by 11.00am and i was told the 10.30am 'slotters' have been called. I just dashed in and was processed in. To cut the story short, i entered the interview hall.

VO in window 6, a pretty young lady was just celebrating Xmas by issuing out visa to everybody.
VO in window 7, a sturdy man issuing at 50-50
VO in window 8, a stern young woman denying everybody
VO in window 9, a handsome guy issuing at 60-40

Status quo remained the same until suddenly their system went down and there had to be some slight delay. Immediately the system came up, the issuing VO in window 6 started denying, the denying VO in window 8 was replaced by another lady while VOs in Windows 7 and 9 maintained their status quo. Suddenly it got to my turn and i found myself going to window 6.

VO: Good afternoon
ME: Afternoon ma...
VO: Pass me ur documents
ME: I handed the documents to her.......She scanned through my documents
VO: Do you know about SEVIS fee?
ME: Yes.
VO: You haven't paid it and i wont be able to conduct interview for you until this fee is paid..
ME: I already paid..... i showed her the print out of the receipt
VO: The record is not on our system and so we cant interview you.... What i will do is give you a letter that will serve as ur pass when coming some other time. You can come on either Thursday or Friday cos there are holidays on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
ME: OK
VO: Thanks
ME: You are welcome...

END OF EPISODE ONE


EPISODE TWO

Got to the Consulate as early as 6:15am. I was cold to to bone but i wasn't deterred. By 8:30am, we were called in and those of us with G-letters were attended to first. Interview proper started and the VOs that were conducting interviews on the 20th are still the very ones in their respective windows except window 8 that was not yet occupied as at the time i was there.
I was interviewed by the handsome dude in window 9 and it went thus:

VO: (frown) Good morning
ME: (fake smile) Good morning sir..
VO: Pass me ur doc
ME: I gave him
VO: Do you have your form I-20 with you?
ME: Yes i do( i passed it to him)
VO: Why going to the US?
ME: For a master degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology
VO: At which school?
ME: Western Illinois University
VO: And why the school?
ME: Everything i want in a school is present in this school. It has over 10 decades of standard and top quality education which makes it ranked high in usnews ratings. It also has an impressive student:faculty ratio of 15:1 which makes class interaction much more conducive. Worthy of note is...
VO: Its ok......
ME: (i kept quiet)
VO: Why this course?
ME: It fits my career aspiration
VO: How?
ME: It will give me the required knowledge base and technical skill to excel as a manufacturing engineer
VO: OK....When did you finish your BSc?
ME: 2008
VO: What course?
ME: Mechanical Engineering
VO: What have you been doing since then:
ME: I have been working at the production section of an agroscience company....
VO: (cut in) What are your job descriptions:
ME: Ensuring no down time in production. Occasionally carrying out repairs and maintenance on the production line.
VO: Good...did you write any exam, Sat, Gre bla bla
ME: Yes. I wrote GRE even though it is not required by the school
VO: Can i see your score pls?
ME: I mistakenly passed my TOEFL score to him.
VO: No i don't need that. Your English is kind of fluent....
ME: Sorry... i passed the GRE printout to him... he looked at it and them passed it back to me
VO: Who will pay for your studies?
ME: My brother
VO: What does your brother do?
ME: He is an engineer. He fabricates and imports machines and equipments needed for the upliftment of nigeria economy.
VO: Do you have your brothers Statement of Account with you?
ME: Yes.... i passed it to him
VO: He scanned through it page by page before returning it to me
VO: What will you do after your study?
ME: With the knowledge and skills i would have garnered from my studies, i will come and take over the Port Harcourt branch of my brothers business as the MD.

At this point he has already put my passport and application with the rest applications that were earlier granted. He then gave me the pick up paper and the following ensued:

VO: Come pick up your visa on Wednesday
ME: Thanks.
VO: Have a nice day ahead.
ME: You too.

That was how i got my visa at my very first time of applying for it. It was just like a fairy tale. I fasted, though i didn't really pray but i know someone also fasted and prayed. My fiance is a very solid backbone that has been my support. It was a sweet combination of Preparation on my part and Rigorous prayers on the part of my fiance.

My people, the secret to getting your visa is hard work and prayer and i strongly believe with the combination of these two inseparable things, your visa is certain.
One love.

Congrats bro...welcome on board

imperiouxx: I woke up late and freakingly https://serve.mysmiley.net/sick/sick0018.gif. I need flu medication. Stayed too long before going to bed. Once more https://serve.mysmiley.net/cool/cool0043.gif for your success, something good about life starts from there. Like Ms. Yvete said, get your full body armor in readiness for the winter in Boston, else you will be dancing Azonto+WizK with flu.

Bro, you need to relax...don't worry the flu will go...take some medications ooo....it is well

Anthonymighty: Yaah! I dey dance azonto........my visa eh! God has done it.......I driving home now......will gist u guys later......thanks to u all.....love u guys

Congrats bro...i love the smell and sound of good news

imperiouxx: Hibernating.

Yes you you need it bro..after all the semester's wahala...

Anthonymighty: Lol.....you go fear #omoYoruba now . Thanks boss

Lol...funny enough i'm not fully yoruba...i'm from the south south but mixed with yoruba...

imperiouxx: Ok, I will start forwarding their emails to you. God be with you. I can't even count Naira when in Nigeria, how about that?

No oooo...i'm still a student ooo...not yet time for business... ...How u dey?

imperiouxx: I can't even count money, let alone doing business.

Haaaaa Imperiouxxxi...you that haf do a lot of business...you now say you are not know how to counting money...e je kin gboran o jare...make i hear word o jare...you better do the business...me i will does it oo...i am in needing of money...uhmmm...lol

Anthonymighty: My interview is fast approaching o.....I need prayers from everyone in the house o......I shall come back here with a testimony.....any special advice for me about Lagos embassy? Tis is my first time of going there...my last appointment was at Abuja. I'm scheduled for 8 am but I plan leaving the house by 5am on that day

Go and collected...no! collection...ohhh it is collecsion...uhmmm...collecting...u understand what i'm trying to say nah?...the visa is yours

nifty: @walexy am in the states already and yes lottery

oh that's good, so i'll advise you wait till you are "in-state"...you know say for here one must take hold of any opportunity...i know it may be boring waiting that long but you just chill ok...pay the cheap money oooo...

imperiouxx: I kept getting mails about doing foreign business with people I don't know. They got my email through nairaland profile.
It's annoying https://serve.mysmiley.net/mad/mad0012.gif I no dey do business o!

One of the many gotten this morning:
"Hello Dear, Can we open this communication link here by contacting my email (xxxxxx@yahoo.com)am Kevine by name,searching for a foreign partner,for some thing serious;am contacting you after going through your profile today, but for details,contact me as i mention above to you and more of my pictures will come your way, thanks till i see your reply"

Hahahahahahahaha.....guy business is good...are you sure it's business or "business" ?....lol

nifty: @imperiouxx and walexy GBAYI!!!! guys.............................my schools i intend applying to has got in-house evaluators do you think there evaluators would do a good job or i shld go thru wes............cause i already tried one nd wasnt accepted for spring so am thinking of waiting till fall wen i am finally in-state so i can pay cheap money and as well get financial aid

Let the school do the evaluation why waste time and money with WES, wait did you win a DV lottery?...if yes then just chill till you get to the states...you have a lot of opportunities on your arrival....

nifty: @imperiouxx nd all is it possible to transfer credits from nigeria to an american university an example is leaving nigeria while in 200L OR 300L can you transfer your credits if it same as courses taken in the uni in usa and would the person apply as a transfer student?

Yes of course that's why it's called "Transfer Student"

Merry Christmas to y'all...may this season bring "Joy" to us all...and for the guys it may also bring Nkiru, Funke, Fateemah, Chiamaka and Nwakaego...lol

[quote author=Find Out!]Walex, Are graduate assistantships given to international students in your school? If yes, on the average, what does the package entail? Full or partial tuition waiver?[/quote]Yeah there are GAs in my school and it's available to international students, it could either be partial or full depending on your eligibility and availability of funds, before i came in i qualified for a partial grant but i didn't complete the form on time 'cos it was sent to me quite late but they said i should wait till this spring so it also depends on how fast you are also...

bukahands: Yes o its unn who charge 35K for transcript (though + dhl still costly ) bros which school did u finally apply to for the waiver any waiver will do and how can I qualify for one

@ house do u know how much California State University cost cos I can't find out of state tuition on d site

I attend California State University Sacramento and at least have $15000 for tuition for a year for masters...i think undergrad a just a little more maybe $1000 more

Ok here was how my interview went,I'm bringing this up again to assist anyone who may be confused on how to answer some questions...please do no plagiarize my answers ooo...just to help you
My stats: no GRE, Toefl score 103, graduated with 2.2 (weak one for that matter), virgin passport, never travelled out in ma life, first time ever at any embassy..

ME: good morning (fake smile)
VO: good morning (faking smile it as well) , pass me your documents
VO: (typing and checking some tins for a while) hummm....so what school are you going to and course?
ME: California State University Sacramento, Mechanical Engineering
VO: why this school?
ME: this was the school that offered me admission in the area of my interests amongst all other schools i applied to and owning to the fact that they have good facilities as well as a good research environment but majorly because i was offered admission there...
VO: so what benefits do your course have in Nigeria
MElisted some manufacturing companies in Nigeria) and said with the developing economy of my country, need for expertise and professionalism is highly needed in the area of manufacturing to help economic development
VO: hummm....so what other schools did u apply to?
ME: London school of commerce UK and the national power training institute of Nigeria.
VO: so did u get admissions there also?
ME: yes at both schools
VO: so why didn't you go to the UK, do they not offer specialization in manufacturing there, also the UK has equal educational standards as the US?
ME: the school in the UK offered me masters in information technology and the one here in Nigeria offered me a graduate skills program in the power sector here so i chose the USA because manufacturing was also what i specialized in during my undergraduate studies.
VO: so what school did you graduate from?
ME:the university of Ilorin
VO: so what have you been doing since you left school?
ME: i went for my NYSC and then started work at a civil/mechanical engineering company
VO: so how much was your salary, do u have payslips (me wey no dey earn shishi wey still dey hunt for job)?
ME: i wasn't collecting salary as i was there to gain experience pending when admission into any or all of the schools i applied to pulled through.
VO: so what were your functions at your place of work
ME: I was involved in repair and maintenance of earth moving equipment and generators but majorly earth moving equipment and we also consultants to other companies by maintaining their machines and moreover the company is owned by my dad
VO: oh...so your dad will be paying for your tuition and living expenses?
ME: no....my mum
VO: (surprised look) oh!...your mum....what does your mum do?
ME: she's a legal practitioner and property consultant(added the property thing oo...my mama na only lawyer oo)
VO: so does your mum have personal property?
ME: yeah (biggest true lie I've ever told)...and we also have family property.
VO: (wrote something like a small code on my ds-160, brought out a white paper (at this stage I don dey fear say that na the dreaded denial paper but suddenly he tore d green ticket for me and also gave me the white paper(the white paper turned out to be the document collection form) and said your visa will be ready on Friday...blah blah blah (at this stage i was no longer listening to him my head swell like puff puff and goose bumps just appear for all my body...i was still trying to think if i just made it or not...lol)
Me: Thank you!(dunno if i said this but let's just say I did)

note: try to demonstrate while talking, it shows sign of confidence, i wasn't even asked to show a single document or bank statement or even the TOEFL or GRE scores(or asked anything on whether I took a standardized test or not)...It was God...Please always Pray...never leave the God-factor out!

imperiouxx: It was all slip of the fingers! You know me.

Hmmmm...are you sure?...i smell some imbroglio and euphemistic mischievous metaphor right there...abeg prof makavelli...i dey correct sir?

Yvete: HAHAA ... This is so funny! You guys are crazy

Imperiouxx: Its like you don't watch Judge Joe Brown, Judge Judy and Divorce Court. Some people could cheat during the day and act as saints at nights.

Hmmm...Judge Judy, that judge wey fit abuse anybody?...i wonder how her husband dey take cope...lol...see ooo na loneliness cause am ooo..

makaveli16: Pls house, I need suggestions on how to resolve this impasse. My I-20 (which should have been delivered on the 18th of december) has been stuck in fedex's facility in POYLE GB (Great britain) since 15th of december. I mailed eshipglobal and they were like it was due to customs delay. Pls, has anyone on this gone through this same predicament? How long does it take for the imbroglio to be resolved? My school resumes on the 15th of January. Thanks

Don't worry about it, your I-20 will come down to you, when are you to resume school? i think i depends on that but i think you should just relax and the owrst case scenario is that you'll mail your school telling them to send another as you couldn't get this and explain to them...but i think you should be patient...and bro this ya english na waa ooo...u sure say u no be PhD holder already?

imperiouxx: Now I can come in. Achievement can't be accomplished. I worked in research in Nigeria, got to school to discovered all I know were few. Updating and upgrading myself now. I'm not where I was in Nigeria in the field and after this I continue going as God wants.
Sequence of life in studying: Pry cert --> O'Level --> BS/HND --> MS --> PhD --> Post Doc --> Prof --> continue studying --> Death https://serve.mysmiley.net/sign/sign0001.gif

you wan become prof ni...abeg no let your already hot head catch fire ooo...i can see why the -3 degrees no affect you...lol

Yvete: Hmnnn someone is in the spirit today ...HOLY!! Imperiouxx, go to sleep! No Church tomorrow? (mamacita says imperyy-uss )

yes oo..spirit-dancing-clapping of hands mood, did you guys sleep at all yesterday? @imperiouxx and yvete and mamacita and snazzygirl and s-beauty and mr chris and you as well, yes you!

Seunbunmi: Heloo my ogas @Imperiouxx and @Yvete
Am trying to buy the insurance package at the website u guyz gave me, but is telling me i have to start the coverage plan with today's date still when i want it to expire,
my question is should i wait till when i get to US before buying it or i should go ahead and buy it? pls what is ur advise?

my bro wait till you resume school before buying your insurance package...some schools can be really picky so i'll advise you get the insurance package offered by your school

Oya everyone sing along with me..."Odun n lo sopin oo Baba Mimo, Baba grant all of us our Visas, Ohun ti o pawa lekun o lodun tuntun...Ma je ko sele siwa o Baba rere"...sing along and translate to your own language prayer for all those about to go for their interviews

imperiouxx: Oh! That Mexico trip.....plans are going smoothly on that. Don't worry, next year we make plan to include you.

Hmmm i don't like the sound of that...I smell mischief

[quote author=s-beauty ]Lol!@ walex, guess its really fun time for u, how's cali? Used to b my dream state..(still is)
smiles r sexy.....so either ways its still romantic, or how will u find beauty sexy without a radiant n charming smiles....?[/quote]yes you are right oooo...you got me there...yes oo fun time has begun...especially after seeing my scores and GPA for the semester..abeg come to Cali ooo make you come give us a dose of that smiling beauty...

See Imperiouxx and Yvete...this una personal planning i no go gree ooo...If you both decide to go to Mexico and I'm not informed ehn...uhmmm...Gongo will so ooo...else i will attach myself to your traveling bags