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eniolagharxe:
As a new f1 student can I enter the United states after program start date but before start of classes?

Get extension letter from your school if you plan to do that because you need attend the orientation for new student which is very compulsory and its just 2 or 3 days difference between the start date and start of classes

seriki1563:
visa issued on monday(6:30 am)
me- good morning sir
vo- pls give me a litlle time
me-ok sir(he was typing and concentrating and also chilling with his coffee and I was also admiring his mustache and beard)
vo-good morning
me-morning with a warm smile
vo-ass me ur document (passport and I-20)
me-i gave them to him
vo-so what do you want to go and do in east tennessee state university
me-I am going to ETSU to pursue my bachelors degree in chemistry
vo-ok, which city is ETSU
me- johnson city
vo-how many schools did you apply to
me-3( na just one I apply to ooooo but u wont say one if u are truly looking for a visa)
vo-how many gave u admission
me-2
vo-name them
me- ETSU and uni of ARKANSAS
vo-which one rejected
me-Idaho state uni
vo-why ETSU
me-(this is where I finish the job) When I google searched using princetonreview, usnews.com and chemistry.org then I streamlined my researches on schools that perfectly match my area of interest which is chemistry and ETSU seems to be one of them.Though I was accepted to other schools but ETSU became my top priority above others because chemistry is offered as a major while other uni do not do it as a major
vo-u mean uni of ARKANSAS dont take chemistry as a major
me-yes( even though I was not sure)
vo-ok, ok, ok. What will you do with chemistry
me-It will give me the opportunity to work as an analytical and industrial chemist when I return to Nigeria and also it will give me the indepth knowledge and scientific skills to head my father's newly set up food testing laboratory as well as working with the federal government research institutes in Nigeria and in this way, I will be able to contribute into the improvement of human's health in my country Nigeria.
vo-so you will work for the govenment
me-no mainly my dad's food testing laboratoy
vo-so your dad has a laboratory
me-yes( i think he didn't hear it when I mentioned it before)
vo-who will pay for this in your i-20 (tuition fee)
me-my dad
vo-what does he do
me-he is the CEO of al-mubarak travels and tours limited and also the founder of AL-mubis food testing LAB
vo-did your dad study chemistry
me-no
vo-When did he set up the Food testing LAB
me-2013
vo-How was it easy for him to move from a travelling agent to a chemist
me-He his only a founder and not a worker sir and actually my dad has built the LAB all because of me because he has always promise me a LAB right from when I was young because I have always tell him my career prospect is to be an analytical chemist and he also made a promise to send me to the US to study due to their good quality of education.
vo-ok,ok,ok why did you choose chemistry
me-I chose chemistry because when I was in high school, a teacherof mine do ask for our carieer prospect and mine has always make him give an advice to study chemistry.
vo-what do u understand or what have U experienced about the food testing LAB
me-All the expertise in the company do make sur that all food are well tested against contamination like what was discovered some weeks back are people coocking beans cake with plastic which are very dangerous to our health because thos plastics are not ideal for cooking because they are made from hydrocarbons which are made from waste of crude oil.......
vo-ok,ok-I will be issuing ur visa now and bla bla bla which I did not even wait to here.no document was asked. It is not by my power but God alone. I fasted for 30 days and pray mostly in the midnight. My advice do not be appaled on whatever question that is asked because all they want to hear is a reason for u to return to Nigeria and do not be disturbed by the processes taken before getting to the consular officer and neither must u feel aghast if someone's visa is rejected just mind ur business and try to chill with some people before getting in for screeniin just to gain confidence.

Congratulations and enjoy your stay in Obamaland

jyemsta:
VISA APPROVED (7TH DEC. 2016, 9:00am)...Special thanks to d almighty for everything so far. I was just too organised to be disorganized, i thank all d nairaland guru for the info on this platform. Having got dat much info, i crossed my mind not to do any mock interview but cous d info are more than enough.
Transcript goes thus:
VO: Good morning
ME: Good morning maaa
VO: How was ur nit
Me: very fine, nd urs?
VO: Tell me ur study plan
Me: I plan to study masters in engineering tech at ETSU with specialization in electrical/electronics tech&product development. Engineering tech is a blend of advance engineering and business education, it basically will equip me with advance knowledge, skills, tools&techniques to handle engineering production with efficiency of up to six sigma nd lean six sigma......cut in
VO: How did u hear about d school
Me: From my senior colleague were i work, my chief metering engineer and also my instrumention&control engineer.
Vo: Where do u work
Me: ....... Company here on the island.
Vo: how do u intend to apply d knowledge
Me: presently Nigeria lacked d critical mass of engineering manager who have advance knowledge of handling large productions and system, on completion of the program i will use the knowledge gained to help the my company in key activities such as implementation, utilization of machines, systems and software as well as the relation of this elements and systems with humans.
Vo: Tell me about how u got d admission
Me: I applied to d school myself, sent in my documents nd i also got scholarship which i believe was due to my past academic achievement. I graduated as onr of the top 10% in my under grad days.
Vo: Wat school nd course.
Me: University of ......., Elect.elect engr.
Vo: Do u have ur transcript here, let me see it.
Me: gave it to her.
Vo: Tell me ur best course nd talk about it, nd wat level.
Me: Special topics in electrical machine.(but me said year four instead of final, but as a sharp guy i no shake ooo, i just insist nd convinced her more).
Vo; Who is to sponsor u.
Me : my dad
Vo: what does he do.
Me: he is a senior custom officer with the NCSE.
VO: I would be approving ur visa bla bla bla.......
Na so i collect white paper nd move ahead, was so happy cous many guys were bounced before me.
I BELIEVE CONFIDENCE AND ROBUST INFO ABOUT UR SCHOOL ND COURSE IS THE KEY. Even wen u dey tear lie, do it with confidence...
Finally, Pray for God favour.

Congrats and enjoy your stay in Obamaland

OluDare01:

Na heart attack you go give yourself. During my time, Na exchange rate I dey check

Also looking for form 2B in all the banks here in Nigeria

texrem:
I AM NOT TEXRIM....NA TEXREM

Everytime your name is always remix

SlimHan:
i did already.

Waiting for your reply via pm

SlimHan:
thank God you are here. please help me out. how do i pay. i cant see any option for credit card payment here.

I need check with your details and look for it.. Send me pm

Hengene:
We need him to attend to us ooo

Am here boss

cecemat:
Hehehe... Bad gang leader make d dude see ds post first

I don see am and whats good ?

OluDare01:
Walspring will be back when they unfreeze MMM .
Baba dey receive Rhema ontop mountain

Lol.....

SAMUELS3:
Let's practice..

Nice one and thanks

sobastical:
I need a coach to mock me up, interview in about 48hrs
My boss walspring is so busy now... Anyone willing should kindly shoot me a PM or I do after quoting me.

Gracias!

Nah you be big boss ooooo

Venek:
Visa approved this morning, I Give all Thanx to God for showing me favour. My appointment was for 8.15am but got interviewed by 10.40, first I was told during biometric that my barcode doesn't correspond, this got me destabilized, good thing was that the fault didn't come from me, so it was fixed within minutes.
I want to thank the wonderful men and women that God used to make this day a success, thank you for your prayers, love and support. Thanx to Deetus for your time, a day never passed by without your advice, interviews and words of encouragement, thanx texrem for sevis fee payment, mock interview, and contributing to my transcript especially when i was depressed.Thanx robedolu for making this dream real and also introducing Brightify to me, @brightify your scolding on the first day of interview made me to sit up, thanx for your advice, encouragement and time, even in your busy schedule, thanks to pastor Walspring for the accomodation, prayers and showing me around Lagos, I for lost oo. Thanx Gunther for TOEFL fee subsidy. I thank everyone that have posted in this forum, I read and learnt alot.....transcript loading

To God be the Glory....

DeeTus:
Congrats gurl. Now, I truly believe what my prophet told me about the devil trying to stop you with the barcode thing.

God's the greatest. Enjoy your success and stay cool!

Lol.. Can i talk to your prophet too?

Check you pm...

Sorry for sending this late

rossi49ja:
I would be an ingrate not to come back to this page and pay homage to whom it's due. I got confirmed yesterday morning alongside a fellow nairalander, Christian129. Although I have been one of the silent sneak-peakers on this forum. My sincere thanks to all the contributors on the USA Visa Enquiries page especially Lagosismyhome and Walspring for giving me my initial footing when I began the process. Also, my thanks to Texrem for handling my sevis payment. To Sureboy, me dey miss your yarns oooh. Not forgetting the ever vivacious God’s Own Scholars; Christian, Prof Charles, Adebimpe, Kenny and Sughar et al, una too gbasky . These dudes gave me the necessary prep( them tough pass VO sef sha ).

Transcript Loading:

Steps to window 7( no b laptop own oooh )

Me: Good morning Ma
VO: With a wide smile on her face ‘Pass me your passport please’
Me: Here it is
VO: Looks at her screen, ‘when did you graduate’?
Me: I graduated in 2010
VO: What have you been doing since then?
Me: I started working right after my mandatory National Youth Service at ****** as a Team Lead and I listed out my job description.
VO: So what next after your degree?
Me: I am coming right back to Nigeria to resume in an elevated status as the Technical Operations Director for my company
VO: Where will you be staying when you get to the US?
Me: The School Dormitory
VO: But schools don’t normally make prior reservations for student’s accommodation
Me: I already discussed that with my school’s immigration assistant(mentioned her name) and she has got me covered. (Actually lied on this count, but that was the best I could do )
VO: Make sure you keep your I-20 safe, you will be needing it at your POE and handed me the white paper. Also, have your US contact’s no on your phone at all times. (Na so I shine my 32 dash her and she reciprocated).

Na so my interview end and I joyfully waka comot d smile like christmas sheep.

Lesson Learnt: Confidence is key!!! Be audible and speak boldly, also maintain eye contact at all times. Lastly, let’s not forget the import of our creator. Always pray for divine favour. Danke!!!

Congrats and enjoy your stay in Obamaland

LagosismyHome:
....No to small abandonment

Walspring we dont see your brake light here again ooooo .

No be my fault oooo

I need to quickly close my account for the year and start new year plans but am back as usual

happney65:
My broda Walspring how is MMM doing you?Trust and believe in Jah as you always do and MMM would be back January...Pele Akanji.

MMM making me to smile oooooo

You believe say Jah dey? OMG!

Guy you need serious deliverance oooo

Christian129:
Okay, journey of 6 months officially came to an end today at around 7am. God bless the VO that approved my visa. i really dunno where to start from, but anytime i remember how the journey started with Lagosismyhome paying my application fee without collecting a dime, i'm always jolted back to sobriety. I'd drop transcript shortly.
Special shoutout to my virtual family; God's own scholars, especially Prof Charles, Adebimpe (aka Wikipedia), Egbon Kenny of Illinois, and Femi - i swear if this guy na VO, nobody go dey receive visa . i also appreciate Pastor Walspring, Texrem, Sureboy ,Francis, Bobority ... the list is endless mehn.
Goodluck to those going for their interview this week and the subsequent ones. I love this family mehn. God bless you all.

Wow!!!! Congrats and enjoy your stay in Obamaland

sobastical:
Make me sef dey find people for USA oo. .any nairaland in Iowa? abeg I need link up

NB walspring wan turn guru for mmm so he's busy for now...lol

Lol....

Waiting for the call tomorrow and na because of you i took first nation enter lagos ooo and i hope you no mind my busy schedule ?

deWav:
Please, i need your constructive advice.

I'm a tech savvy guy, never been tutored but somehow catch up on tech. I intend changing to computer science from chemical engineering(fantastic field) for masters.

Here is the thing; considering both fields are dissimilar, is that a red flag for the VO?

GPA:3.01/4.00 (WES unofficial)
GRE: In a couple of days
TOEFL: Next Month

I have been discouraged from changing field on grounds on visa & funding.

Schools I've contacted about MS in Computer Science(no specialization yet).
University of Texas—​Austin
University of Massachusetts—​Amherst
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
University of Houston

UH seem to have the better option. Here is an extract from the mail with the CS grad cord (she was so blunt).



Every School i have contacted seem to be directly or indirectly hinting at have the pre-requisites down first before consideration.
So if i manage to secure admission directly without these pre-requisites i could end up having my 1st year solely on pre-requites and foundation courses at full cost as no one is will to fund someone still testing the waters.

Someone advised I secure an admit in chemical Engineering solely for the VO, when i get there I request for transfer of my I-20 to a CC to obtain these pre-requisites. After which I could have more options shooting for top schools and possible secure some level of assistantship, as a year in the school system will expose me to more ways to secure funding.
I'm skeptical of plying this route due to stories for the school insisting on having a semester with them before transferring of out-rightly terminating the I-20.

How will you advise i go about it?

cc. Walspring, MsNas, lagosismyhome, walspring, texrem, femi321, djmakson, SirRiddy, godG, Mystique, Bigfrancis21, Ojap, Profojah2, Slimmy2005, Imperiouxx et. al.

Am sure this has been attended to..

Wishing you the best...

tomisinobm:
Lagosismyhome where's walspring o?
His mmm has gone on 30 days "leave"

lol.... As if i am the one that owns MMM

Yes we went on leave because we need protect our community from crashing

Fesobi92:
If you're talking about Personal travelling allowance, the answer is NO where than ABOKI SHOP. Tell him you need pta. However, if you're talking about parent teachers Association. Tell Walspring. He still have a slot in ireakari nursery and primary school

You funny no be small

Nah Harvard and MIIT i get slot oo

kellycute:
Oga walspring I greet u bro, please check your inbox.

I replied you ever since..

adamatrump:
My Visa was again denied yesterday for the third time. Please who can help me here with these people's personal contact; texrem,samuels3,walspring,femi321. I'd send them email(my phone no) when i needed mock interview but they are ignored me. Doyean26 please can you help me?

Am here just send me PM and you get my contact

Those thinking i crashed with MMM, Una no try at all because i dey gidigba with MMM

Even before MMM, every year like this i dey always dey offline nairaland like this

Big shout out to Lagosismyhome, kphamtom for checking on me and thanks to you guys

I get plenty post and i will overlook most of it cos no time since year don almost end

Omogirl2016:
To God be the glory ,great things he hath done.for the Lord is good and his mercy endureth forever.he really favored me cos my interview was less than 2 minutes ND stress free.
My interview was on 6th Dec ,8am appointment ND I was interviewed at window 5.now to my transcript
Me: good morning sir
V.O: can't Remember if he responded
V.O: your passport please
Me: passed my passport
V.O: why are you going to US
Me: am going for my master's degree program in information Science at ballstate university in Muncie. indiana
V.o: what school did you have your undergraduate
Me: Adekunle Ajasin university, akungba akoko
V.o: who is sponsoring your trip
Me: my father
V.o: did you write any exam
Me: No,it was waived (I paused and the man was typing ) The school was impressed with the documents I sent and they waived the exam
V.o: (stopped typing and looked at me).what was your undergraduate in
Me: Environmental biology and fisheries.
V.o: brought out the white paper ND said he is approving my visa.
Note: the VO only asked of my passport.he didn't even collect my i20 ND the rest.it was then I realized God was with me.my special thanks goes to the almighty God.i also thank the gurus in the house who contributed to my success.@walspring,lagosismyhome,slimmy2005,texrem,oludare01,mayflower ND those who has been posting their transcripts tank u all cos I really gained a lot from reading those transcripts tank you all and God bless.
I really prayed ,prayed ND prayed oooooo.God factor really works oo

Check your email

Omogirl2016:
To God be the glory ,great things he hath done.for the Lord is good and his mercy endureth forever.he really favored me cos my interview was less than 2 minutes ND stress free.
My interview was on 6th Dec ,8am appointment ND I was interviewed at window 5.now to my transcript
Me: good morning sir
V.O: can't Remember if he responded
V.O: your passport please
Me: passed my passport
V.O: why are you going to US
Me: am going for my master's degree program in information Science at ballstate university in Muncie. indiana
V.o: what school did you have your undergraduate
Me: Adekunle Ajasin university, akungba akoko
V.o: who is sponsoring your trip
Me: my father
V.o: did you write any exam
Me: No,it was waived (I paused and the man was typing ) The school was impressed with the documents I sent and they waived the exam
V.o: (stopped typing and looked at me).what was your undergraduate in
Me: Environmental biology and fisheries.
V.o: brought out the white paper ND said he is approving my visa.
Note: the VO only asked of my passport.he didn't even collect my i20 ND the rest.it was then I realized God was with me.my special thanks goes to the almighty God.i also thank the gurus in the house who contributed to my success.@walspring,lagosismyhome,slimmy2005,texrem,oludare01,mayflower ND those who has been posting their transcripts tank u all cos I really gained a lot from reading those transcripts tank you all and God bless.
I really prayed ,prayed ND prayed oooooo.God factor really works oo

Congrats..

What year did you grad from bold school (AAUA)?

Check you pm..

Folafetty:
First of all I wanna thank the Alafin of Orun that made my story 'a stroll in the park' from Canada thread to US it can only be God. Exactly one week today, I was at the U.S. Embassy and I found favour all round after two failed trials with Canada, I want to thank every member of this beautiful house, God bless una falafala...this house is a total package, I got all Info here unlike Canada where I had to pay an agent and yet it was to no avail.

Sureboy God bless you brother you were with me at every stage, my personal persons Bright and Tomisin you both shall never lack anything good...Textrem and Wallspring thanks brother for going through my transcript...God bless u handsomely.


VO-Hi good morning
Me- Morning How you doing?
VO-good thanks
VO -your passport please
Me (passed it)
VO-what your study plans
Me-going for my Master of Arts in English Language and Literature after which I will be coming back home to Nigeria to contribute my quota to our Educational system at large
VO- do you have a teaching job!?
Me-yes I currently work as a teacher in Dewtime College where I teach young kids
VO-have you ever travelled out?
Me-yes I went to Bene Republic in 2012 for a 3 month course in French and I was sponsored last month by my employee for a four days trip in South Africa as the best teacher of the year.
VO-Good, so will this give you a edge at work?
Me-ofcourse, it will accelerate my promotion as I will be targeting the class of Nigerian students who are not only finding it difficult to convey their many thoughts confidently with the English Language but also struggling to understand all other subjects taught in Class with English as the language of instruction.
VO-let me give you this education guideline slip that we give students coming to the U.S. For studies...(handed the slip over with my white paper). Thank you for your time
Me- thanks alot

NB....intending applicants please read and go through the threads, contact gurus in the house,be confident and optimistic.

Please anyone going Oklahoma State University? I heard accomodation there get as e be...please make we run minds...pm me. God bless una

Congrats and enjoy your stay in Obamaland

Ardedaryor:
Lol....u reminded me of the first time I saw PTA on this thread I was liKe...parent teachers association meeting for travel again Kilode

Yes back then in primary and secondary school

Fesobi92:
so I wasn't the only one too.

slimmy2005:
If you wan to pay application fee worth $50 please let me know. I'll do N380

Nice one

MrJhay:
My Visa Approval transcript......
my appointment was 7am, arrived at the embassy some few minutes before the time, thereafter a lady came to meet us outside and shouted 7am,7;15;7;30 come this way....blahblahblah. did everything and eventually into the visa room. Well, quite crowded as expected. I joined the que thought it was the visa interview queue sef but a lady in the window just collected my document did somethings on the computer and returned my docs then to another queue for finger printing by one bearded big white man, then finally to the real queue...
V.O: Good morning
Me: Good morning
V.O: Can i have your passport (sighted my I-20) and your I-20
Me: Passed it to her
V.O: (typing for a long time) tell me about your program
Me: (something wey i don over read for google) the program is Information Security Management.......(also talking with my hand and we were looking into eachother while she was nodding her head)
V.O: How did you know about the School
Me: My senior colleague is a product of this school also i made my search using the keywoprd information security management so i got some response and i applied to some schools(meanwhile she was nodding her head and typing)
V.O: Who is your Sponsor
Me: My sister
V.O: What does she do
Me: She is an IT practitioner and she also has another business that she does
V.O: Pick up your visa the the address in this paper blah blah blah


My Little advice,
dont be too over concious, u might just find yourself blabbing.
dont keep your confidence till the interview proper, let it start with the first person that attend to you from the window cos who knows approval might start from the first widow-to finger print window- and the interview proper, they are all potential VOs.
Also please PRAY, PRAY and PRAY. i fasted for this and prayed, pls pray. My Course was just a 7-months certification program.
My story too long i guess....OK. I go sharap here.
Thanks to all the gurus.....your effort to potential applicant successful interview is much appreciated

Congrats and enjoy your stay in Obamaland