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Ricky Rozay: Visa Approved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't shout ooooooooooooo.. I will be back with the Full Gist.......

babsharon: Mail not correct.

Ricky Rozay: @Fadinus and @xtus.

I see u guys r tryin to send me a message. I dnt know how to read messages in my nairaland inbox..
It gives me probs.. Kinda complicated..

Please kindly forward your messages to - simon_maybach@yahoo.com..

I will reply you guys.. Cheers...

vivysparkles: Visa approved 30mins ago in Abuja...

VO : good morning pass me ur docs
Me: good morning, passed docs
VO : what r u going to do in the us
Me: graduate studies in public health
VO:where was ur undergrad
Me: KNUST, Ghana
VO: lemme have ur transcripts please
Me: passed em
VO: what's ur cumulative gap
Me: 66.09%
VO: since u went to Ghana to study, why are u now going to the US?
Me: becos there's no master of public health programme in Ghana
VO: who's paying for ur studies
Me: my dad
VO: what does he do
Me: he's an assistant manager at Bleep oil company
VO: in portharcourt?
Me: yes
VO: how long has he been assistant manager
Me: told her
VO: how many siblings do u have and what are they doing currently?
Me: told her
VO: ok ur visa is approved, allow enuf tym for customs and immigration bla bla bla and hands me a pickup paper
Me: ok...thank you ma!

Yaaaayyyyyyyyy!

Ms Nas: Okay. So i had my interview at the lagos embassy this morning (7:30am).
We did check in, biometrics and all. sat down waiting for my number to come up.
was number 119 and had a f-1 person before and after me.
I tried as much as possible to be calm, but I was failing miserably in me. I noticed a the black elderly lady in window 5 was giving people time to talk, but she denied quite a few. the Asian guy in window one was denying, tho some of them were justified. there was a guy in full yoruba attire, with cap to match who said he's going to the US for Ogun Festival :d :d. he denied the f-1 guy after me. but the Caucasian lady in window 2 was giving at a percentage of 85%. She was smiling and laughing with people sef.
After a while, I noticed that they had passed my number and had reached 199. I approached the security and complained, but the guy said I should chill and wait for my turn. But I said no, and he said okay...approach one of the VO's when they're free. I was scared, but I approached the lady in window 2, and she told me to wait till she finishes with the guy in front of her. She called me afterwards....

Me: Good Morning (which a weak smile, I was tired)
VO: oh, good morning Ma'am. Can I have your docs please?
Me: (passes it
VO: why are you going to the US?
Me: For my masters degree in Information Technology.
VO: okayy, nice! (Beams a smile)
So why did you choose this school?
Me: Well asides the fact that the school is affordable for my sponsor (she laughs), I also get to work with Professor Fang, he's published a lot of works in International and American Journals. He's current research topic is similar to mine too. The school curriculum is top-notch as well. I get to do a lot of practicals.
VO: oh wow!! I like. You're tech savvy!
That was when I laughed. I said yeah, something like that.
VO: What did u do for UG?
Me: Physics
VO: Cool!! You must be really smart.
Did u do GRE?
Me: Yes! I took both GRE and TOEFL. (I quickly passed my score reports for her to see)
VO: oh, I see you have good scores here.
How many schools did you apply too?
Me: 4.
VO: Who's sponsoring you?
Me: My father.
VO: what does he do?
Me: He retired as a director at the federal ministry of Works in Abuja. Now he's into importation of Industrial Generators (just like the ones you use here at the embassy), cars and computer from Japan, China and Korea.
VO: Okay. (She didn't ask for my statement of account)
Picks my I-20, and puts it into my passport. I was like, No! No!! No!!! Don't gimme those back! (Inside of me oo)
She brings out pick-up slip, circles Oshodi and said "You can pick up your Visa at Apapa on thursday!

Praise the Lord!!!
Many F-1 Visas were denied tho! It wasn't entirely the VOs fault, some of them couldn't express themselves well(stammering and all) and some of them don't know Jack about what they came there to do

ogbestand: Hi,pls tell me what I need to bring and possible questions to reharse as my interview is in 8days time in lagos.I got admission to study computer science at the masters level in university of akron,ohio,usa

flynbird: Wait you guys are confusing me here oh.

Should the bank statement be showing 6months transaction or it shouldn't be older than six month. Which one?

jerrywool: [size=28pt]can someone help?[/size]

justwise: I'm just noticing this now, if you have created BBM group for some reasons known to you then deal with any question you have regarding Canadian visa issues within your group, don't bring it here.

Your idea of creating a BBM group for Canadian visa issues will kill the sharing spirit that exist here.

Keeping things open here keeps everybody, not everybody has Blackberry and whatever info you are sharing in your BBM will not be available with simple Google search.

Taking the discussion to BBM group means that you are not getting any help here, so there is no point coming back here to ask people to help you again

koolmd: I applied exactly 20 days ago!

newacca: Na me need am pass ooo Baba siga. Though I don apply to Humber n abt to pay my app fee. I dey contemplate on applyn 2 oda skool as an alternative. Anu clue?

Coleran: Does anyone knows d embassy address?

earthgreeners: Your admission letter is accessible through the UMGradConnect account; we do not mail out hard copy admission letters.

Can someone please shed more light on the above.

kenniy: i see zero implications..even better for u it seems since ur dad has direct responsibility on you. you can just have him write a letter add indicating he is sponsoring you now as his son, since they consider your elder brother's sponsorship not good enough (in more soothing tone of cos..lol)..

tybo: Pls can sm1 hlp out wit schools in canada dt offers admission to MSc in info Tech courses or oda related courses...CGPA 3.4/5.0

tybo: Pls can sm1 hlp out wit schools in canada dt offers admission to MSc in info Tech courses or oda related courses...CGPA 3.4/5.0

onuawuchi: I keep asking this question in this forum and people are always reluctant answering me. Those the visa application centre in Nigeria have a cut off date for application acceptance. If true, when is it. Cos my submission is looking at next week

morgan2006: I have replied you xtus. Thanks