₦airaland Forum

BigIyanga:
Your chances of getting approved are slim if you are going to a community college.
How old are you?

Leftrightcenter:
Visa denied(2nd attempt)
First attempt was for spring admission but a different school
COA:~30k

Scholarship:~12k
Program: MPH
School: LSUS
Deficit: to be paid by me
Location: US consulate office in one of the middle east country(where I work, same consulate as the first but not same VO. Although I saw the VO that denied before, and I even had wanted he be the one to interview me)

VO: I can see you were denied...
Me: yes sir I was denied xyz, I made some mistake while filling the DS 160 form, also my passport was less than 6month(I applied for the passport renewal in our of the Nigerian embassy in the middle east country but has not gotten the new passport). I got accepted in another school with funding and the school aligns better...(VO cuts in)
NB previous school's COA was over 40k with no fundings, but the school has higher ranking

VO: pass me you I-20( I passed it to him and wanted to also give him my SOA but he was not interested in that one)
VO: where is the admission letter
Me: (never knew they would ask for it and also did not receive any official admission letter from the school) the school did not send me any admission letter, my communication with them where via both email confirming my admission offer and through their website

VO: how long have you been in this country
Me: about 1yr 11m, working with...(VO cuts in)
VO: are you married
Me: no sir but I started the process during my last vacation in Nigeria and will hopefully be completing the process after my program or before that if possible
VO: (starred at him computer for about a minute as if reading something and a bit worried) sorry you are not eligible for the visa you applied for(hands me my passport and denial letter)
Me: please what is the possible reason for my denial
VO: we do not tell people why they are denied.

On back of the paper, the alien(3rd country applicant stuff) immigration law was stated, some like aliens(foreigners working in another country) are seen as immigrants until they can prove otherwise to the satisfaction of the consulate officer...
I think one of the major issues I had was applying from another country and not having enough home ties/proving so(eg same question of how long you have been in XYZ country and are you married were asked in first attempt).


My observations in the consulate office:
It is very easy to get appointment dates(eg one can see appointment dates within 3days of intended interview date,...)

Most citizens are granted visas(F1, tourist, etc) without much questions while noncitizens are refused more with more questioning.

I am currently thinking if I should forget about the school stuff, settle down first before reapplying, defer the admission or reapply from Nigeria(I do not think it is wise to reapply from the country as it does not provide enough ties, I maybe wrong though)

My questions are:
1. If I decide to reapply ASAP, is it possible to apply from Nigeria while still leaving and working outside Nigeria?(if possible, how can I go about it especially in filling DS 160 form, the section of home/mailing address, employment details, referee, etc. Also, how possible is it to get date(program starts in 3rd week of August) before then and do I create another email with ustraveldocs.com?

2. Has any one use the services of a visa consultant like argovisa, etc. I am considering using one but do not know if it is worth it especially considering the cost?

Please holistic advice from gurus here would be greatly appreciated.

Bleble2022:
Good afternoon,
Please can someone help with how I can pay SEVIS fee in lagos through Western Union?
I have gone to different banks today but they said the western union is not operating for now.

Amazon2190:
Can you share your transcript please

Embassy: Johannesburg
Attempt: 1st
School: Lake Erie College
Course: MBA
COA: $28,000
Funding: Personal Funds
Status: Approved✅✅
Date: June 6th 2023

VO: good morning
Me: good morning
VO: Kindly pass me your documents.
Me: Passed him the documents
VO: Let us do your biometrics.
Me: OK. (Captured fingerprints)
VO: Why are you here today?
Me: I am here to seek study visa approval to study MBA at Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio.
VO: Why this College?
Me: I decided to apply to this college after attending a virtual MBA session, the college is highly specialized, classes are small and allows one on one interaction with students and professors. The College MBA program is one of the best in the world with a concentration in Information Technology.
VO: What do you do?
Me: I work as Senior Technical Consultant at XXXXXX, where i ........XXXXXX stated my job responsibilities
VO: How much do you earn after tax?
Me: XXXXXXX, this amount excludes yearly bonuses and other compensations.
VO: You know the COA is about $30K, how do you plan to fund your study
Me: from my savings of over 15years of working and rental income from my real estate investments. i own multiple properties here in Johannesburg and Nigeria. revenue from my real estate investment is in excess of XXXX per annum and my salary in above Bleep per annum.
VO: do you plan to sell one of your properties to finance your study?
Me: I already have this money set aside and i have it here in my bank account.
VO: Oh bring me your bank statement
Me: gave him my bank statement. VO continue to type and scanning through my bank statements for 3 mins..looking at the pages, dont know what he is looking at though.
VO: have you travelled to US before?
Me: No but i have travelled to Europe and Asia...i have been to Germany, France , Turkey, India and Kenya multiple times and most recently Nigeria.
VO: Are you married?
Me: Yes with three beautiful children
VO: Is your family accompanying you?
Me: No, but my family will visit me during the holiday, my wife is busy with work at the moment, i also plan to visit them as well. VO node his head
VO: Are you a permanent resident of South Africa?
Me: Yes
VO: What is your highest qualification?
Me: Bachelors degree
VO: Type for a long time....3mins or so
VO: Your visa is approved, please have this slip it will direct you on how to collect your passport.
Me: Collected my yellow paper.( Embassy here uses pink and yellow papers)
Me: Thank you very much.
Me: Ran out.
VO: called me back and return my bank statement.

Elily:
Hi everyone,

Please I need advice concerning my family's F2 visa.

I traveled to US exactly one year now on F1 visa for my PhD studies. I went to the interview alone because my family's passport wasn't ready by then. They (husband and two kids, 6yrs & 4yrs) have tried on two attempts to get their F2 visa which was denied. On the first instance, the VO asked of our plan for a nanny since my husband said he will be spending one month in US (my husband was advised to say so). We didn't have plan for a nanny by then and they were denied.

On the second occasion after two months, we made inquiries on babysitting and presented it to the VO. My school also has resources for parenting graduate students which my husband presented to the VO but still they got denial.

I don't really know what else to do. I'm planning on going with them next time but I'm not sure if I will be allowed in the interview hall since my visa has not expired.

What should be our next of action

Please your candid advice will be highly appreciated.

Elily:
Hi everyone,

Please I need advice concerning my family's F2 visa.

I traveled to US exactly one year now on F1 visa for my PhD studies. I went to the interview alone because my family's passport wasn't ready by then. They (husband and two kids, 6yrs & 4yrs) have tried on two attempts to get their F2 visa which was denied. On the first instance, the VO asked of our plan for a nanny since my husband said he will be spending one month in US (my husband was advised to say so). We didn't have plan for a nanny by then and they were denied.

On the second occasion after two months, we made inquiries on babysitting and presented it to the VO. My school also has resources for parenting graduate students which my husband presented to the VO but still they got denial.

I don't really know what else to do. I'm planning on going with them next time but I'm not sure if I will be allowed in the interview hall since my visa has not expired.

What should be our next of action

Please your candid advice will be highly appreciated.

Emmafe:
Congratulation!

Pls check if ur bvl is addressed to lagos embassy.

femiaction:
Keep deceiving yourself. "I met a lady and her brother with the DHA Evisa who was asked to step aside by air code voire airline that she cannot travel with the so called original Site visa" Okay. So the website that did not on the DHA website is original. Thank you bros. My people open your eyes ooooo.

Bursttt:
The guy na mumu 😂😂 who buy am phone sef. So daft. Arguing when you know you are wrong welf99 restttttt!!!! You know nothing

Anniebam:
You must be a joker, I have been to SA more than once and this is thesame VFS number I always call whenever I have issues or I need to confirm something even before they started this yeye VFS e visa. You are just misinformed bro, calm down na of us go dey see shege for these people hand , doesn’t mean the website is fake. Ask travel agents they will tell you the same thing. Apparently, the DHA website has had serious issues lately, it was okay when they started and because of they backlogs of applications they had to CONTRACT visa issuing out to VFS. Stop arguing and accept they you were wrong.

Anniebam:
This is a very silly accusation. I just called the VFS office in Lagos just to reconfirm and they said the VFS e visa website is genuine. There are two different types of e visa, the one by DHA and the VFS e visa which they just started recently. These people entered into a contract with VFS to help them with visa applications from Nigeria.
Nigerians will not read but rather blame others for their misfortune. I have my family living in SA and I heard about the VFS e visa from them first and then my sister before I applied myself.

Kayraph:
@welf99 please what are the chances of one quickly getting a job in any of the listed critical skills on the one year CSV.

Could you please advise on what to do?

Geenosko:
Do you have numbers to back it up?

Anyway, I don't want debate based on conjectures.

Visit home affairs website, the process of marriage is very straightforward unless I'm missing something in which case I'm very happy to learn and update my knowledge.

Geenosko:
There has been a lot of back and forth about whether a visitor can change status to a spousal visa while still in SA.

For the avoidance of doubt, this is Constitutional Court's Judgement in South Africa affirming that this is permissible.

https://www.concourt.org.za/index.php/judgement/325-nandutu-and-others-v-minister-of-home-affairs-and-others-cct114-18-28-june-2019


https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-08-08-concourt-judgment-on-spousal-visas-will-help-keep-families-together/amp/

Read both articles line by line.

For those who can't read, the only change of status allowed for people who are on a valid visitors visa in SA is to change to spousal visa

Peace.

Dhara12:
Good day guys,

pls someone talked about going to SA on asylum... but I can't read through now.

can someone share more light!


Thanks

xtylyn:
Good morning to all the wonderful people of this thread.
Please i need clarification on saqa, for schools that do not give transcript to student(ie you pay and it is sent by the school to the destination specified on your application) , what do you advice for such a person to do?
Should such a one send the certified copy of the Bsc and application, proof of payment and consent form alone? Then apply to the school for the school to send the transcript alone?
Is there any issue with the above arrangement?
If the school send the transcript, would saqa still need to email them during the period of verification?

Please help a sister in dear need of this information, thanks in anticipation and God bless