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seeker88:
Hello House,

Please I need your advice. I plan to travel to Texas for my MS this coming Fall. My passport will expire by Feb 2018. I was at the Port Harcourt Immigration Office today with the hope of renewing the passport before applying for Visa. Unfortunately, I was told that renewal isn't possible since the expiration date is more than 6months from now. However, after explaining d reason for wanting to renew before d expiration date, the immigration officer said that only a reissue can be done, and that can be done only in Abuja Office. That it's a special case and as such, I'd have to pay at least 41k for the processing and also travel to Abuja for data capturing.

Now, if all these were to be done here in PH, I wouldn't really mind. But the challenge is on how to take days off work to travel to Abj coupled with d additional travelling expenses....fall application don suck my money finish . Please I'd like to know if I can travel with my old passport that will expire in Feb 2018 and renew it in US, because I don't know when I can possibly get a day or 2days off work to travel to Abj. This situation has created so many unanswered questions in my mind:

How easy is it to get passport renewed in US (Texas) and how much will it cost?

Will I have issue with my Visa interview consideration the expiration date on my current passport (Feb 18)?.....I hope to go for visa interview by June

Will there be any issue at POE?.....I intend to travel by July ending or beginning of Aug.

Please I need your advice and suggestion. Don't know what to do now.

cc: LagosIsMyHome, bigfrancis21, OjaP, imperiouxx, femi321, biikeys, slimmy2005 and every other contributor in this great forum....your usual pieces of advice will go a long way.

You don't need to stress yourself, You can renew when you get to US or if mistakenly you defer your admission after getting your visa, You will surely renew it..

seeker88:
Thank you so much for taking out time to provide such a detailed response. Your response has provided a great relief.....**deep sigh**

Yea, the exact expiration date is 18 Feb 2018. I plan to be out before 19 August '17. For passport booklet, they actually have booklets now in PH and also Abuja....saw someone who applied today was asked to come back tomorrow for d booklet collection.

Thanks again for this swift response.

Booklets now a bit available.

Those hoarding it like dollars are releasing it little by little

segunojo866:
I need help. They is no single appointment date for july. Is anyone facing this problem.

Don't worry you will get date and it show up because some might cancel while embassy might add more dates

Capitas7:
I want to say thank you to Walspring and Texrem for the SEVIS payment. Both were responsive, though I paid through Texrem, no delay, kept to his words. Thank you to everyone who suggested these good men.

Let's give the thanks to God

blacnewton:
Pleas help.

I sent money to my friend in the US to help with payment of my SEVIS, but when the Western Union agents tried, they got a prompt that the SEVIS ID had already been used.

I have not used this SEVIS ID before. Can you please advise on the line of action.

Thanks

Contact your school and explain to them

OluDare01:
So after my PhD, I'll go back to Nigeria and be saying yes sir to someone? Where are the facilities for research in Nigeria?

Nah so no dulling ooo

towbaynah:
If we can stop discussing Unilag for five hours, I'll send everybody recharge card.

Lol....

princeGee23:
See greatest akokites fighting for his school cos they are best in Nigeria but far behind in the world. This is very TRUE and POSSIBLE. Just thank your star such didn't happen to you. Something like that still happen recently, a course was remove from a student course and that drop his cgpa. the guy in question had A in this course and was able to know after his master admission ask him to retake this course as a prerequisites and he checked his transcript and see the reason for the drop in CGPA. Just keep thanking your stars.... a lot is wrong with Naija not only aso rock.... I really don't wanna talk to much but ur defense tactics made me. #GBAM

What is true and possible if i may ask?

Do you mean its true and possible for a school/department to process results for courses that was not registered in a semester on the course form ? because i am yet to see such schools in my country and the whole world

OGreene:
Hello. I remember there was a problem with cgpa calculation. I finished 2010 and my cgpa was lower than when I calculated myself, same with some other students. We reported and they said they will work on them. I remember someone saying it's the software used at that time.

Well mine wasn't changed, I think some people who were very negatively affected were resolved. I got tired of going there, complaining and writing to HOD and CITS. It didnt affect my grade, I was still on 2.1. The diff was small sha but I felt I should have my EXACT cgpa and not less by 0.01 or more.

People please do not be quick to call someone a liar. That you haven't heard a case before doesn't mean it couldnt have happened. Do you know everything? How can you tell whether something is possible or not. The best is to ask/ probe further and see if your doubt will be cleared.

My funny question is that does the software calculate for courses that the students didn't registered for in the semester ? because i still find i hard to a school in the whole world who will calculate results for course that wasn't registered for students in a semester

Chinewon88:
Slept in the office for my 7am appointment because its closer to the consulate. Got there in the rain by 5:30 or so. After all the checks, queued up and the VOs came to their desks. I wanted one other slim vo because he seemed cool and patient lol, but I was asked to meet the Chinese guy - I think he should be about 32. I wouldn't say he's strict, as the interview wasn't as scary as I feared. You just need to give him or any of them good responses..

VO: good morning
me: good morning
vo: passport, i20? so why are you going to St Cloud?
me: I'm going to st cloud state university to study for an MS degree in Applied Clinical Research.
vo: how many schools did you apply to?
me: I applied to 4 schools; the university of Rhode Island, Virginia Commonwealth university, the university of Texas medical branch and St cloud state university.
vo: why st cloud?
me: I chose to attend st cloud because the clinical research program focuses on medical device research which basically aligns with my interests and I will ( vo cuts in)
vo: did you take any tests?
me: I took the GRE and TOEFL.
vo: how was your score on the GRE?
me: it was fair enough, I got 149, 149, 3.5
vo: ooh that's impressive( inside my mind I was like that one na score, you need to come GRE thread for nairaland make you see what brothers and sisters are doing to the GRE, but I was happy to hear him exclaim that way though)
vo: you do correlation and validation studies where you work( he read it off my ds160)
what's it about?
me: I told him we do it on new medical equipments and diagnostic procedures to ensure optimal standards.
vo: what's the difference between correlation and clausation?
me; I told him I wasn't sure what the difference is ( I had not heard that word in the context he was asking so I chose to be honest instead of explaining rubbish)
vo: what will this degree do for you?
me: this program will equip me with the requisite skills to be able to perform proper and ethical biomedical research upon my return to Nigeria.
vo: what's your research topic?
me: I'll be working on biosystems neuromodulation(the guy is super fast with asking questions and typing)
vo: do you have any scholarship ( looks at i20 for less than a second)?
me: no, I do not.
vo: OK, enjoy your time at st cloud.
me: thank you.
Passed i20 back with white form and said to pick up passport in three days.
Thanks to God and everyone on here for all your help. Walspring, Mekurexx, for assisting to pay fees from WES evaluation through application circle, I remain grateful. And to a kind heart Kene for adding his money to complete my sevis and pay in less than 48 hours to my interview- after my bossom friend( not from nairaland) squandered the first money I sent to him for sevis, may God bless you. Goodluck to everyone.

Congrats and enjoy your stay over there..

Cheers!!!!

anodebeanthony:
Exactly, anything is possible in Nigeria. Especially in Naija Universities. I remember when I was in my 100 level, my GPA was 4.50, but the game changed when I was in 200 level lol, they pack D, E, F (Long story). Now am in my 300 level my GPA has dropped drastically although not bad (3.47) for some who was once on top, it is bad. I know what happened but was discouraged by my friends to let it go (because If I push it, I might not graduate with my set).

But when am explaining what happened to people they see it as nothing because they are not the one experiencing it.

In fact, Nigeria schools knows how to kill someone's destiny, I vividly remember when I was in secondary school (S.S 1) was supposed to major in science after my S.S 1 but I made more A's and B's in Art subjects than Sciences and that's how I was forced to go to Art class (I can't do anything because I was barely 12 years) and that's how my dream to study Computer Science died (working on switching to Computer Science).

Lemme ask in that your university, Did they record grades for you in courses people did not registered for either bad o good grades?

LagosismyHome:
The Nigeria that me i know oo..anything is possible even stranger story has been told. Your experience might not be the norm yes but there are so many experience heard outside of the norm as well in Naija Uni settings.

Until it happens to you it easy to dismiss ...... then when it does you say Ahhhh anything is really possible for this our jungle..... Then or As we say it is well and we carry on

Yes anything is possible but not in aspect of the classes you don't registered for at all and you are given either a bad or good grade

gaviria:
I find this very hard to believe. Except you graduated in like year 2000-2003 o. That kind of thing can't happen in Unilag. What happened to CITS that your department HOD would have his or her own software. Oh so there's even a software to use, meaning you probably graduated between 2008 and this year. And CITS was functional then, post ume was even computer based. So in Education an HOD used software to spoil your CGPA and you didn't go to DSA or Senate or even the CITS. You're a joker sir. Sell another story. They changed 2:2 to third class for you and you're telling us cool story here.lol. Don't spoil Unilag's reputation o biko. People would start thinking HODs can make their own software to calculate GPA for them. HODs don't even record anything, the lecturers submit the result to the department and the department takes the results to the senate for approval. Mistakes like that can only come from CITS and it can't be that bad or else it'll affect the whole department in which case it'll be resolved. So accept your Grade and don't blame Software sir.

Lol... You are taking this far..

234ng44uk:
If you attended some mushroom universities in Nigeria it's possible. I've seen students who took tests and had excellent test scores but couldn't take exams, in one stupid university like that I once attended in Nigeria, eventually only test scores were recorded as F. In fact, lots of Fs.
Funny thing is that those mushroom universities won't paste results nor can you check what's on file till your final year.

I don't think you even understand the post at all because how can a course you didn't registered for you are awarded E and it was processed..

If the course you ain't registered for they gave you A, what will you think will happened?

segunojo866:
lolz. Well, am an active member in US education center. So i alway see and even joke with them during d wednesday orientation at d america education center. I even knw about three of them names and easiest to get a visa from is mrs clearer and mr eric both re patient with student applicant while mr solomon d chinese looking guy denials a lot and also d skinny old looking lady(lagos embassy) while abuja embassy only one consular thats very harsh to student applicant. She is at window one and she is tall. Window two is a young looking man, he is cool.

You try no be small... Make you greet them all for us here

adey2014:
maybe because God wanted a better life for me. i did direct entry to enter the program. chemistry education unilag and in my final year. my then departmental hod (dr busari may her soul rip) introduced a software for results calculation and as unlucky as i cud get. thw software operator went to record year 1 courses which i didnt do for me and put E along with a year four course which i did and scored C then recorded as F. u cud say my hometown witches followed me well. lolx but thank God cos everything in life has a reason for happening

This sounds as error that can be corrected as long as you didn't registered for the course..

No sane lecturer or prof will continue with it because on the school or departmental system it recorded courses you registered and that should be what must be worked on..

Lemme ask if those courses they gave you A, don't you think they will reverse it without stress? I am sure you grab my point of view about recording what you didn't registered for you and nothing was done without reversal

Mayflowa:
Funny enough, it would have been available to pick up today. If you checked your appointment booking page, you would see your visa is ready for collection. For now, enjoy the hustle and bustle of Lagos

What i can say is that it can be ready and not yet out for collection and going there is list wasting of money and someone on this thread did this calculation and he came back until he got a text or email from them, i believe to avoid such that was why they do send text or email to applicants

Chapecoense:
Lol.. Thanks bro, But u blunt o. Cant wait to go back to benin na.

Blunt?

Well nah fact i talk oo

sobastical:
Hahaha, the guy dey get butterfly for him stomach na

Yeah and nah so majority dey get am..

anodebeanthony:
GTB charged me N406/$ today for application fee of $20

I can see new exchange rate policy coming up soon from the desk of CBN..

Chapecoense:
Please who knows if DHL collection centre (Muri Okunola) Will be opened on monday?

Yes they will open. Go there and waste your tfare

Monday is democracy day even the embassy won't open, so nah DHL wan open?

Go and take chill pie till Tuesday and go there early before 10am

segunojo866:
oh! Is it that chinese man( mr solomon) that interview u or the skinny old looking lady. This two re very harsh at times

How come your sabi them like this

Are they your friend on NL, IG, FB, Twitter, snap chat etc

ddbluv:
I have a full-time proper job in my discipline which is STEM 3yrs, but the issue is that they aren't sponsoring and I would like to visit my folks back home sometime end of the year but dont want to take chances since I already have another option here to do it in Canada [cheaper flight]. 2 of my friends went back to Naija while on OPT and got renewed easily without stressful questions from the embassy. They said as far as u have job, EAD card and valid i-20, I am set which I have all but you know as Naija witches operate.

I can't believe that you are scared of the naija witches, you forgot that you can kill them or stop them before they stop you.

You better exercise that wonderful power he gave to you to thread upon serpents and scorpions..

ddbluv:
Haha! Sure boy, But wait Oo. Someone told me I can use dropbox in Naija to renew, If that is the case. Can't I send my pp, ead and other docs to folks in Naija to process it via DHL. Would my presence be required to thumbprint or any shit whatsoever?
I just want to enter naija and leave without disturbing a fly.

CC

AbujaNIV
LagosNIV

They are in the best position to advice you on this but as for me it's risky because some Dropbox the applicant attention can be needed and during visa processing and if your attention is needed which passport and documents will you use to fly down to naija unless they return the documents back to you and asked you to come back with it

Although of recent some people used this means but I will advise to come home to avoid touching story

engrayodeji:
Hi guys, I want my mum and brother for my convocation, how do I schedule their interview so they can have a joint interview at the US embassy.

When filling the appointment you click on group appointment then follow the instructions and you are good to go

adey2014:
lolz another one of "i am a female'' replies. well sometimes there are reasons where one has to do another undergraduate degree. for instance i had to do another undergraduate degree when i was given E in about 4 courses i didnt register for and dropped me from 2'2 to a third class.so sometimes people do things for specific reasons. i can only share mine cos i have recovered from the shame of telling people i went for a second undergraduate

You mean about 4 courses you didn't registered for in a semester your departmental lecturer gave you E and your course adviser used it to process your result, then your HOD and your faculty dean signed it, all those profs for senate sat down together approved it?

Ha! Ha!! Ha!!! Something is not right at all.

Are you serious or you are kidding or you fomulated this theory? because even waec exam if you didn't go for a single subject, waec won't put F but instead write absent in front of the subject.

It is not possible to get E in about 4 courses you didn't registered for because the course form your submitted is what will be used to process your semester result and I find it hard to believe that what is not on the course form that you submitted was recorded for you as E..

Lemme ask are you a fan or member of APC.

Lastly if I may ask, what is the name of that your university and department who recorded E for you in about 4 courses you didn't registered for in a semester because I need to blow their whistle

LagosismyHome:
Thanks

Ehnnn me i think say Lagos na home to man and woman. ...... Maybe Lagos need a female Governor next to help my market and femininize the moniker . I am not even from the Lagos state self only lived there, should have been Nigeriaismyhome

You can contest for the governor's seat and we will vote for you as the first female governor of Lagos state

LagosismyHome:
Good that you have a job ,,,,, There is another thread that the VO respond to , I think it best you just check with a VO giving these details and they will be able to advice you.. If they say yes you can do it and even do drop box then GREAT !!! even the witches gat nothing on you


**Also post here
https://www.nairaland.com/2991174/u.s-student-visa-f1-m1/17

He is afraid of the witches in his parents house and he doesn't want take risk of coming to naija and renew it

He forgot that those witches get 4G LTE with apply laptop and they can connect from anywhere or use their evil mirror as well

ddbluv:
I have a full-time proper job in my discipline which is STEM 3yrs, but the issue is that they aren't sponsoring and I would like to visit my folks back home sometime end of the year but dont want to take chances since I already have another option here to do it in Canada [cheaper flight]. 2 of my friends went back to Naija while on OPT and got renewed easily without stressful questions from the embassy. They said as far as u have job, EAD card and valid i-20, I am set which I have all but you know as Naija witches operate.

I can't believe that you are scared of the naija witches, you forgot that you can kill them or stop them before they stopped you.

You better exercise that wonderful power he gave to you to thread upon serpentsand scorpions..

asiwaju87:
House,

My f1 visa application was denied today, and my degree program starts by August. Can I reapply almost immediately so I can meet up before deadline date ? If no, can I defer the admission till spring 2018 (meanwhile, I already deferred once due to delay in documentation from my school in Nigeria) ?

Please candid advice, please!

You can reapply anytime before your school resumption date and make sure you work on your lapses before going back or before you refire again

asiwaju87:

OK.
Vo; good morning
Me; good morning sir
Vo; please pass me you passport and I20
Me; right away sir
Vo; why are u going to the USA?
Me; I am going for my 2nd undergraduate program.
Vo; where?
Me; etsu
Vo; what course?
Me; business and managerial economics
Vo; what is that course?
Me; (I gave him what I know and read about that course but I guess he's not satisfied with my answers)
Vo; what classes (subjects) will the course be offering?
Me; I sincerely bleeped up here ( this is for the benefit of those that will be reading this trend, please have indepth knowledge of your course and subjects offered) . I gave him some courses I knew about (but at this point I knew I fumbled)
Vo; sorry sir, bla bla bla bla... Good luck
Me; thank you sir. I was like ( I killed myself). I d
Was caught unguided but it was all my fault.

I just need help on how I can reapply soon and if I will need to pay for another, i20, SEVIS fee...

Sorry about the delay and work on your lapses

You will pay a new visa fee and not sevis fee because sevis fee last for a year

segunojo866:
i took both sat and toefl 2015 but was very sick for almost one year ( i had to do a life saving operation) so now both result have expired. I did d ielts january this year again. So what will i tell d consular about my Sat result.

It has not expired is just that schools always want 2-3 years old of those result and am sure there are schools who will accept it from
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