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AdisaMighty:
Done that many times

Tried another browser?

AdisaMighty:
After paying with card, I got this. Can’t move forward. Any solution?

Reload or try to logout and login again

deees:
I got approval within 3 hours. I included that I had paid my SEVIS fee in the information I gave, I don't know if it was what helped but I know coming across the fact that on the old platform, you had to pay SEVIS fee before an expedited appointment can be given. So I will advise anyone just paying for visa fee to pay SEVIS fee immediately too.

Can someone send email for preapproval pending issue without submitting ds-160 or attaching the confirmation page?

Chemist4life:
Good evening everyone, please I need your kindly advice, I was given admission for fall this year but without funding so I defer to fall next year, but the professor I intend to work with message me now if I could make it for Spring 2025 and if visa will be ready by mid January

Take the offer. You can make it for spring 2025

Femeto:
It’s too late. You would have to pay through your nose to get a date and it’s not Guranteed. I was to go to school in August too. But the date I got was in December. I have deferred till January now. The dates people are seeing on the portal is starting from 2026 for Lagos and 2025 for Abuja

Which portal did you get date for 2025/2026?

OyoTunjiUSA:
🤠

* You don't know how to play conspiracy games. I have said it that you have more than 100 monikers 😄 Different run aways from Yaba Left.

* I am above agent. You agents brings teasers to me to solve.. I deal with Indians and Chinese VISA applicants. I am using Nairaland as a training ground , and a showcase. Please , post one of the ridiculous answers . Nairaland is not my father's compound. But it's your grandfather's company.

* None of you is in the US. You are all empty baskets. If you are in the US, you won't have much time for Nairaland.

I laugh in Spanish 🤣🤣🤣 I have been on NL since 2012 so get your facts straight

@OyoTunjiUSA I smile whenever I read your responses because they always sound ridiculous to me. Then the trouble starts when someone else offers a different opinion from yours. I come here everyday and I stopped responding because you act like it’s your father’s compound. My last response to a question, you still quoted me and said I’m correct but added some flimsy excuses of No. it’s not a bad thing to offer free advices but understand that everybody has different experiences and your advice isn’t the gold standard for this VISA stuffs.
What worries me is the way you are quick to attack people when they offer a different view. It’s toxic behavior!

For the records, @Highzhikk isn’t a scammer or someone who doesn’t know what he is talking about. I know him physically/personally here in the US so stop dancing in your head with foolish accusation.

You are really a scammer if you admit that nobody can know the real you but your apprentice is asking for money. This means you taught them how to scam and waiting for delivery.

Although some of your advices are right, you are just an agent and not someone who has passed through the experience yourself! Learn to shut up when it’s needed not forming Mr Knowitall!

I know you will quote me and come for me but I don’t have your time because I’m enjoying my quiet life over here.

It’s a free advice forum which doesn’t belong to you!!!

Mathew2307:
Good evening all,
Do I still need POF for my Visa Interview if I get a fully funded scholarship/tuition waiver with a GA position?

No

lagosrd:
Pls notify me too. It's the same since yesterday here. User inactive

You will receive the activation email later

OyoTunjiUSA:
Hey 🤠

1. The new website is somewhere to be found , only that you did not search for it enough.

https://www.usvisaappt.com/visaapplicantui/login


Best Wishes 🙏

How do someone resolve the issue with user inactive please? The person created account but didn’t get the activation email/code. Now he can’t login because it keeps saying user inactive

anamo:
Good evening yall . I was supposed to be travelling this Fall after obtaining my F-1 visa since April. Unfortunately, the fund I was supposed to be working with was withdrawn from my PI. I could no longer proceed as I don’t want to go and constitute nuisance in the US (I don’t have money to sponsor myself). Note that this is my second time of not being able to use an F-1 visa as I couldn’t use the first one issued in January cuz I was sick and hospitalized completely.

I just want an honest opinion as I’m about to give up completely on US Schools...how do you all feel about this? I wish to apply for another admission and proceed to get a new visa..do you think the VO will think I’m not serious? What do you feel about this? If you were the VO, will you take this kind of person seriously?

My little piece of advice is stop wasting your visa chances. Get here and talk to other professors in the department for funding or apply to other schools while you are already here. Staying back in Nigeria doesn’t solve anything and giving up at the first challenge means you never wanted to study from the beginning!

fearlessfang:
I can smell your "h" factor lol.. You are beneath me.

I can smell your stupidity. I’m proud of my “h” factor any day anywhere. Irritant peasant 🤪

fearlessfang:
You’re beneath me. You were literally begging people to like you IG post of you looking like an IDP resident.

Because you escaped Nigeria in 2020 still scrambling for a roommate lol.

Got my first degree in 2008. You were probably still in high school

You’re beneath me. Irritant peasant.

Congrats on your history lesson fool! Yes I got here in 2020 and I have achieved more than what you idiot has been scrambling for since 2008. It’s not how far but how well. Now I know you truly a dimwit with empty skull. Be here on Nairaland dragging seniority Irritant Peasant chairman!

fearlessfang:
You are beneath me you irritant peasant.

Irritant peasant! With what I have achieved in US so far, your generations are still crawling out of the miserable hole you created for them

fearlessfang:
This is one of the reasons they send clowns like you to take some undergrad level writing classes so you can catch up. I can already sense the heavy "h" factor in your writings.

Irritant peasants!

You are the biggest fool I have ever encountered. “H” factor or not, sense is not in your empty skull. Reply as usual because I have time, you birdbrain nincompoop!

If you were as successful as you claim to be in the US, you wouldn't be here bragging about nonsense. I've followed this thread and noticed you write like the dimwit you are. Just because others have a different opinion on a subject doesn't warrant you insulting them.

Nobody forces you to give advice on NL, so shove your egotistical arrogance where it belongs: in the trash!

Mr know-it-all!

Please leave peasant word alone. You have used it in all your responses that it’s no longer useful. We want new insults to make the bragging more interesting.

NB: I definitely know you will insult me too but I no mind sha don’t use your atenumo insult “irritant peasant” 🤪

fearlessfang:
Most of them on here, come quick trying to form FBI when they are the actual thieves roaming around nairaland travel thread.

I bet they have never set foot outside of that hell hole called Nigeria.

Imagine that peasants telling me he is going to give me N50,000 to prove myself to him lol.

I have resigned long ago that only few Nigerians actually have comprehension skill. I do not take serious a country whose citizens center their discovery on religion.

To the Governor of Ekiti-State, Nigeria,

I hope this letter finds you in good health and high spirits. I write to you today with a heavy heart, burdened by the plight of countless pensioners who have dedicated their lives in service to our beloved nation, Nigeria. It is with great concern and urgency that I address the issue of unpaid gratuity to retired civil servants, a matter that has sadly lingered for far too long.

My mother, among many others, faithfully served the nation for decades, selflessly contributing her time, energy, and expertise to various governmental endeavors. Her retirement in 2015 was meant to be a time of well-deserved rest and security, yet she finds herself and numerous other retirees at the mercy of every governor that has ever ascended the office since 2015, pleading for their rightful dues. This situation is not only disheartening but also disgraceful.

The failure to promptly pay pensioners their gratuity raises profound questions about the values and principles upon which governance in our state is founded. Must our elderly citizens endure such hardship and uncertainty after a lifetime of service? Is this the reward they deserve for their dedication and sacrifice?

It is imperative to recognize that pensioners are not mere statistics; they are the backbone of our nation's progress and development. Their contributions, both during their active service and in retirement, should be honored and respected. Denying them their rightful gratuity undermines the very essence of justice and fairness in our society.

Therefore, I implore you, esteemed government officials, to take immediate action to address this pressing issue. Prioritize the payment of pensioners' gratuity without further delay, ensuring that they can live out their retirement years with dignity and peace of mind. This is not just a matter of financial compensation; it is a matter of upholding the basic principles of humanity and compassion.

Let us demonstrate to the world that governance in Ekiti-State is characterized by accountability, transparency, and empathy. Let us show our elderly citizens that their contributions are valued and appreciated, not disregarded and forgotten.

I urge you to heed this call for justice and act swiftly to alleviate the suffering of pensioners across our state. The time for decisive action is now. Our pensioners deserve better, and it is within your power to make a positive difference in their lives.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Yours sincerely,
Olayinka M Olajiga

iffyliz:
Please can anyone suggest graduate schools that offers graduate assistantship in computer science or any related STEM courses. Thanks

Google is your friend

My place of birth and lga of birth is wrong on NIN but date of birth is correct. Can I still use the NIN for passport renewal or I need to correct it? Thanks

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It’s funny that one is blindly giving advice and not yielding to correction.

For the record, I came to the USA three years ago on student visa so you either take my advice or leave it!

For the question regarding who is sponsoring your trip on DS-160, the right answer is “THE SCHOOL” if you are on full funding. “SELF or RELATIVE” (your choice) if no funding.

VO is not interested in who is paying for your flight to US. The question is about who is responsible for the whole travel experience which is your schooling (tuition, feeding, accommodation etc).

Ire o

Techyking:
I'm here to seek advice and recommendations on what we could do better for a tourist visa interview.

Backgound:
My wife and I welcomed a baby last week and we are inviting my mum to visit for about 4 weeks. Her interview is coming up first week of September in Lagos, I don't want her to miss this opportunity. The problem is that she had gone with my Dad in March 2023 for a tourist visa and both were denied for lack of sufficient home ties.

Additionally, my inlaws went for US visa interview this August 2023 for a tourist visa to visit their new grandson and both were denied. My inlaws did everything right in my opinion, they both had very great jobs, landed property, and business and all their kids apart from my wife are in Nigeria and the VO denied them on the grounds of lack of sufficient home ties. I'm very confused regarding what the VO is seeking as evidence of home ties.

Due to the above experience from my parents and in-laws who were both denied tourist visas, I'm sharing the responses my Mum is preparing to provide the VO for your input.
Note: This time around my mum will be going for the interview alone, not with my dad as she previously did.


Answers she is preparing to provide
VO: May I have your passport
Mum: Passes her passport

VO: What do you want to go and do in the USA
Mum: I wantt to see my newly born grandson. My son and my daughter in law had a baby in August.

VO: How long do you intend to stay in the USA
Mum: I will be visiting for 4-weeks

VO: Where will you be staying is USA
Mum: I will be staying with my Son and his family in California

VO: What does he son do
Mum: He work in xxxx company as a Software Engieer

VO:
Mum:

VO: Who will be sponsoring your trip
Mum: My husband will be sponsoring imy trip. I also have some personal savings as well.

VO: What does your husband do
Mum: He is retired from Public service. He worked in our State Post Primary School Management Board as a Supervising Principal

VO: What do you do
Mum: I'm a retired secondary school principal and now work as a full-time Catechism teacher at our local parish, I am also a laity leader in the Carmelite missionary community

VO: Do you have other relatives in the US
Mum: Yes I have another son who also lives in California

VO: How many children do you have
Mum: I have x number of kids

VO: Where are all your kids
Mum: 2 in US, 1 in Canada, 1 in UK and rest in Naija

VO: What are you childred doing
Mum: Explains

VO: Why are you not travellin with your husband
Mum: He just had a surgery and was adviced not to travel now

Kindly review these proposed answers and let me know if we are missing something.

Let your mom ask for an interpreter. Let her speak her native language that she is confident of explaining well then the interpreter does the job of explaining to the VO. It works wonders sometimes because they won’t want to ask her too much questions due to interpreting stress

Nelson2023:
I submitted my passport for stamping since 2 weeks ago but know response from VFS since. I checked my account today and I saw closed . Do anyone know the meaning of closed ?

It means your passport is ready for collection but no mail was sent to you. Go to collection center and don’t indicate that you didn’t get the mail. Same thing happened to my sister and she got the stamped passport when she went to the collection center.

maangel01:
My Cousin is preparing to travel for his Masters. He said that he needs to get a date but he is required to pay a service charge of about #300k before paying another #300k to get an emergency visa interview Date. I just stumbled on this threat and want to confirm whether this is needed as I don’t want him to be scammed.

Scam!!! nobody pays 600k for interview date

Plebes89:
Hi, gurus in the house Please help.
I got my F1 visa approved today. PhD in Economics fully funded with health insurance. (I'm 6months pregnant)
My question is will I be turned back by immigration official (POE) when I arrive because of my visible stomach. I plan on traveling next 2 weeks.
Advice Please

Congratulations 🎊
No, you won’t be turned back. You are F1 not visiting visa

What is wrong with this Abuja sef! Someone applied for emergency interview since June 1 and no response till today

josephb:
GOD has taken over IRCC, we also finally got PPR for a Family of three (3).

Application date 4th August, 2022
BVL: 5th May,
PPR: 19th June.

I pray what we are going for still works.

Thanks NL family, big shout out to @ apeleone

Congratulations

kwameoro:
Hello Good people

I finally got PPR for me , my wife and our 2 children

Application on the 6th of August 2022

BVL 5th May 2023

PPR for 4 of us 19th June 2023


the problem now is getting a date to sbmit the passports within the 30 days. All days are fully booked up in Lagos within the 30 days frame. any solution?

Congratulations

iamleye:
Hello House,

What can one provide as purpose of travel? This friend of mine is an accompanying spouse travelling with her husband who is the principal applicant for purpose of studies. The examples IRCC provided are Flight ticket, Itinerary like hotel reservations and proof of medical appointment. She do not have any of this!

She can make hotel reservation without payment (payment upon arrival option) and use the reservation for her visa application

angie88:
Swthrt'm oooo, d eagle has landed oo. Few minutes ago 10:40 after I sent an emotional mail to them dis morning around 5am. I told them that d younger brother cannot go on d trip which has already been scheduled without his sister

Finally!!!! Congratulations 🎊🎉