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alexohams2000:
Hello house

Finally succeeded in paying my Sevisfee today, All thanks to my own brother Sheke01 May God bless you richly.

Please Help, my interview is 26th, just paid Sevis today (we've been trying since Saturday, no success) considering it's weekend already and Tuesday is Christmas holiday, what would you suggest I do. Please I really need all to make suggestions, probably those you've had same experience. Should I go ahead with interview or reschedule? No dates until 28th of January. School resumes 9th but I am expected to be available by 6th January or earlier. I need suggestions please..

Sevis fee take only 3 days to update on your profile so you are good bro.

Go for your interview and bring home the white paper

Vandemoo:
Good morning guys, I had my interview today Wednesday 19th, 2018 at the Abuja consulate. I had previously been denied in Lagos in August so this was my second attempt. Before I proceed, I need to state that there are 4 elements to be considered before visa issuance.
1. Acceptance into an accredited school.
2. Possession of sufficient funds.
3. Preparation for course of studies to show if you're a credible student.
4. Presenting intent to leave the US at the end of your studies, i.e you need to display your purpose of travel and overcome the hometies barrier.

Most applicants don't have problems with the first 2 but rather with the last 2.
It's left to you to prove points 3 and 4.

Have it at your mind that your responses should address how to fix a problem in Nigeria.
Know your ds160 like the back of your hand. Prepare like there's no God, pray like you never prepared.

This is my transcript.

Me: Good morning.
VO: Responds, pass me your passport and i-20
VO: Why did you choose Bleep University.
Me: I chose Bleep University because it would help me gain more research and technical knowledge in seeking ways to reduce material and structural failure in made in Nigeria products that have engineering applications...
VO: What was your undergraduate in?
Me: Bleep
VO: From which school?
Me: Mentioned
VO: What will you specialise in?
Me: Composites, because there is no one single engineering material that meets a general application, so the knowledge of composites enable you to engineer materials to meet each specific function.
VO: Where do you work?
Me: I work in Bleep as a project analyst, I analyse, manage and execute projects and I also conduct needs assessments based on the service level agreement between Bleep and their clients.
VO: I can see you have a graduate assistantship, did you apply for it, run me through the process of how you got it.
Me: I told the school about my research work, they evaluated it, and because of the quality of the research, I was granted the assistantship.
VO: Who will be paying the balance?
Me: My aunt
VO: What does she do?
Me: She is into sales of building materials.
VO:What do you intend to do with this degree, your post-graduation plans?
Me: I plan to return to Nigeria and seek gainful employment in policy making institutions like the Standards Organisation of Nigeria where I can contribute to making policies that would help improve research and development in Nigeria.
VO: Are you married?
Me: No
VO: Do you have any relative in the US?
Me: No
VO: Your visa has been approved, passes white paper & the rest is history.

Congratulations I tap from your success

Spring2019:
I also got denied today at Abuja embassy. I think today was just a bad day there cos I am going to refire. So to those two other people that didn't get, just calm down, reconstruct your transcript and reapply. Today was just a bad day in both embassies cos no one got while I was there for almost three hours.
Transcript
VO: Pass your passport and I-20
Me: passsed
VO: How did you choose this school
Me: I wanted a school that would allow me have my clinical rotations at the center for disease control and prevention so I chose this school because it would enable me have that opportunity
Cuts in
VO: what are the other schools you applied to
Mentioned them
VO: Who is paying for this
Me: My sister's husband
VO:How old are you?
Me: Mentioned
Then she passed the paper and said sorry
She was at window 6, tall white woman with pointed nose but she wasn't even giving people the room to talk and defend themselves.
Even families that had a lot of travel history were denied.
Finally my people, US Visa has never been easy. 20 years ago it was like this, 10 years ago it was very difficult and that is how it will be. You will be the one to be strong enough to always refire till you get it.
Alot of people here got it after their first, second and even third attempts so don't let that weigh you down
And as for me, I am going to Lagos to collect my visa

I love your zeal, prepare more and am sure you will get it.

Godsmercy11:
All in the sake of studying in the USa, what if your sponsor can afford? Is anything wrong with having no funding?? They should just tell us you must have funding before you apply i think its better that way

The bad people who have used the student route to enter Yankee jeopardise the chances of the serious student.

We just needed more prove that we are a geniune student. We will all get it. Please pray for me my interview is coming soon as well

Godsmercy11:
I took d GRE (290) and TOEFL (90) i was never asked abt it... funding not an issue i guess will just av to sit for another GRE MY SCORE NOT A GREAT SCORE TO SECURE FULL FUNDING THINK?

Don't say that dear a lot of people have gotten fun funding with low GRE score it is just that you need to research schools. I am a testimony of it, my GRE score was abysmal I have 281 and I secure a GTA with full funding. You can actually sit for another GRE while preparing for the GRE also make research for schools that will find you with the GRE scores you have now

Godsmercy11:
Not to discourage anyone but might probably give it a break or go to another country for my masters(i dont understand this yankee people anymore).. my interview was today at the lagos embassy and i was denied.

This is not my first time, i was previously denied around august this year and i made little changes to my ds160... added the fact that i was now employed and currently working in my dads private property and investment company as a site building project supervisor...

below is my interview transcript...

Vo:What are you going to do in the us?
Me: i am going for my msc in IE at the university of newhaven in west haven Connecticut

Vo: Why this course?

Me: I choose to study IE because of its limitless job opportunities. IE is a good mixture of business and engineering and that is why it is applied to most area of work that needs to be improved by any standard, there is really no other engineerig decipline that allows such level of freedom bwt the industry and roles that can be played by an Engineering sotherefore upon my return to Nigeria i did be able to fix into multiple rules in the Nigeria Industrial sectors ranging from prodcution, logistics, quality assurance, safety management and lots more..

Vo: what will you do after the end of your program?

Me: upon graduation i will be comming back to Nigeria to contribute to the revolution of industry, most especially the manufacturing industry because according to Nigeria vission 2020 the Nigeria manufacturing industry further provides us with the greatest opportunity to transform our economy and i hope to contribute imersely to this. Aslo going forward i hope to establish a polythene manufacturing...(he then cut me short)

Vo: kept typing for long, then looked at my I20 and asked who was paying and what does he do

Me: i told him first that i got 30 percent scholarship to reduce my tuttion and then my dad would be paying for the rest and i told hm my dad is an architect by profession and he is also a private building contractor and he also owns a private property and investment company in abuja.

Vo: Then he opened my passport and checked through for any visa stamp( same thing the last vo did, i dont understand why this is so do i have to have travelling esperience to secure visa?)

He then asked if i had travelled out of Nigeria b4 and i said no that i had no reason to until now...

Na so i hear sorry...!i just smiled and left

I was relaxed all through the conversation unlike my previous application

Please i would appreciate any input on this

Thank you.

God will do wonders in your life, what I will advice is that you should write standardised test and get school that will give you full funding, with that am sure you will be fine.

jerrypeacelinks:
PM. We are available.

I have pm you please reply

I need a volunteer who could help me with mock interview

Please. This my mirror cannot do all

Naughtyvirgin:
if you aint going for your appointment ...kindly free a date biko....a date in Dec precisely

See begging

Lizzy828:
Hello house, pls I urgently need a date for December as my school will be resuming on 4th Jan but the date I got is 10 Jan and have being refreshing but no closer date yet. Just in case anyone want to free his/her date pls don't hesitate to contact me

Just request for an extension from your school. Tell them about what is going on, I did not even have a close date like this and I was issued an extension letter. I got this because I asked for it

PRYCE:
Don't go to the embassy and say choosed oo; just saying!

You mean he should lie

Jaxx007:
I have been a silent reader here and I just want to thank all the guru on here. God continue to bless you all. The first time I came on here I had a heart attack because of the reject I saw that day and it was the same university I got admission to and I planned never to come to nairaland ever again. But some one encouraged me to come 2 days to my interview day and I did and did not regret it.
My transcript

Vo looking at me while waiting to give someone she called a reject and asked me to come forward

Congratulations bro

Abacino007:
I clicked on reschedule appointment now to see availabile date.

After i left the page to view my appointment history and on my return I saw this second screenshot.

Does that mean I can’t check the page anymore?

Chil by tomorrow it will be released so you can reschedule. There is a number of times you can view the appointment page per day

casttlebarbz:
pls i applied to lincoln uni, and the response i got was that All International transcripts must be evaluated by World Education Services (WES), and usedi eCE already ...
should i do the WES evaluation , cos am really confused

What you have to do is to mail them and let them. Know that you already have your transcripts evaluated by a ECE which is registered under NACES, then ask if they will accept it. Many school will accept it but some just want WES only but if you did not ask you won't know.

2shywayne1:
But it wasn't required by my school

You do it for interview sake

2shywayne1:
Had my interview today and it was hell....please help me look through,am open to suggestion and corrections, I need to know where I got it wrong.... The conversation goes thus :
Me : Good morning ma (with a smile)
Vo:Good morning,pass me ur passport and I20
Vo: Why did u choose this school?
Me: I choose Baltimore city community college because of it standard and content of education they offer and the fact that they emphasis more on the likes of the course's I'd be taking
Vo: Did you write any standardized exam's?
Me: No ma
Vo: Have you travelled before?
Me: No ma ,have never heard any cause to travel
Vo: Am sorry u do not qualify for a visa ,handed me my passport and a blue paper

I will say the VO decided after asking about your standardize test and you said no, this is one of the reason people do advice we write this exams so that they wont have any where to grap us.
I feel your pain, better luck next time

yuscodguy:
There is an app for that process where you can apply to many schools for free but i have forgotten sha

i now remember you can use common app to apply to several schools for free

Awilibogy:
The Boss@ Fairheart,

I need help with 5 names of universities without application fees for undergraduates, someone special needs it boss thanks.

There is an app for that process where you can apply to many schools for free but i have forgotten sha

Good morning everyone, I hope we all had a nice weekend? We are going to celebrate approved visa this week, throughout the month of December and throughout spring process by God's grace.

Stay blessed and put all hope in God.

Beblessedbaba:
Good evening guys. Please does anyone know any budget hotel close to the Embassy.... Feedback will be appreciated

There are several hotels around Obalende and environs that cost 5000 - 7000naira and the transport from the hotels to the embassy is just 100naira

iseoluwa89:
Thanks for the swift response.

Another one again @all, pls am a bit confused about the education /work/ training section. In what order should educational institutions attended come. Is it most university down to primary sch or frm primary sch to university?
And what if am presently unemployed, what should be in the present employer or sch name?

If unemployed put what you have been doing because you must have been doing something with a company or personal business.

For the education I don't think there is any order, I stand to be corrected by the gurus.

homirefacuny:


Very wicked somebori

Lizzy828:
1. Where are you going to?
I am going for associate degree in psychology at Houston community college, Houston, Texas.

2. Why associate degree?
I want to acquire foundational knowledge and develop my critical thinking skills in psychology to enable me specialize in criminal psychology at the bachelor's level.

3. How many schools did you apply to?
I applied to 5 schools (Houston community college, Lone star college system, Murray state college, Blinn college, Central texas college) 3 gave me admission (Houston community college, Lone star college system, Central texas college).

4. Why HCC?
HCC has a multi-disciplinary course structure that will enable me learn across several major field in psychology hence brings about vast knowledge. Electives can be chosen according to my needs. It also help learning about psychology outside the classroom through interaction with students and professors who share similar interest as me thus create great learning experience.

5. How did you hear about this school?
It was highly recommended by my tutor at the SAT class afterwards I used internet tool like google.com to navigate the school's website to see if it matched my profile and USnew.com to check for it ranking.

6. Why psychology?
It will develop my thinking skills, make me a better communicator and create knowledge and understanding of how minds of individuals work and how it influence their behaviour thus making it easier for me to specialize in criminal psychology at my bachelor's level in other to help my country reduce crime rate by understanding the mind and behavior of criminals, evaluate factors that cause the occurance of crime and create techniques to help people make smarter choices in life.

7. Tell me about your study plan?
Psychology is the scientific study of human minds and how it influences behaviour. Course duration is 24months, 60credit hours, few of the courses I will be taking are(biology for science, general psychology, introduction to psychology, lifespan growth and development, statistical method in psychology).

8. Why the USA?
The USA schools comprises of diverse people from different country hence brings about different talent, skills and experience thus creates innovation. The standard of education in the USA is impeccable as it entails both practical and theoretical blend that will guarantee a great learning experience and best practices to bring back home when I return to Nigeria.

9. Who is your sponsor?
My brother(*******) is my sponsor and the CEO of ******* oil and gas PLC.

Congrats I will be approving your visa.
Biko Admins criticize my transcript and correct me and I need more morales pls. I hope I can express myself on the deal day.

You have really done a great job.

If a VO ask you why Associate degree and not Bachelor degree. Come up with an answer for that. Good luck

johnmattew:
how do I locate famous guest house?...any alternative hotel apart from famous?

When is your interview, Famous guest house is located at obalende. There lowest room is for 5,500k. It is very conducive.

iseoluwa89:
Good evening all, trust we had a great day.
Pls i just paid for my visa fee and about to fill the ds160 form so i downloaded a pdf copy atleast to see some of the details am to fill. But am not cleared with this two things;
Passport book number and national identification number. Someone should help clarify so i dnt enter a wrong details.

Thanks.

You can check the does not apply

Flaame:
Please how much does it codt to register for educationUSA

It is 40,000naira in Lagos. I am a member of US library

Gent009:
Visa Approved Transcript

Appointment was by 7:30am in Abuja. Got to the embassy few mins to 7. Let me say this pls pay no attention to the guys outside the embassy they have nothing to offer and do well to keep ur phone at home or at the hotel. only take it along if u really need it. I paid 1,500 just to keep my phone.

The t

Congrats bro, i tap your success

Beblessedbaba:
sent you a pm pls

Sorry i didnt see your message

slamcole:
Good afternoon here. Visa approved today at the US consulate in Abuja this morning. Here's my transcript

ME: Good morning ma'am (with a wry smile)
VO: passport and 1-20 please.


VO: why USM
ME: It is classified as a R1 institution by the Carnegie foundation. And the Biological Science department has a diverse approach to their graduate program where researches provide solutions to problems affecting one health

Congratulations, i tap from your success

Ogunwandetosin:
I hope it gets approved. How long does it take to get a response?

Hopefully by Monday you will get a reply from them

Ogunwandetosin:
ooopss!!! I ddnt include that o.

Oooops you might be lucky but I was denied because of that.

Jpoppins:
Good morning guys , please my interview is on Tuesday and I’ve been practicing hard . I feel prepared , and can answer any question I’m asked but my problem is tension , nervousness and fear . Please how can I get myself to relax during the interview , i don’t want my voice to be shaky and appear nervous. I really want to be calm , doesn’t anyone have tips on what I can do or even take to be calm ?

Pm let me give you a mock interview