Humble11:


You can request for it now, upload your i20 and sevis payment. Then give brief explanation. Before Monday, you will get an approval.

Include your MRV receipt also

Damilola007:
My testimony we be share too IJN. My interview is by Dec wish me well o

We will both celebrate the New year with our Visa

Ogunwandetosin:
Were u previously denied too? I tink I jst got off d rail wen I said my credentials got released a few months ago nd she said "afta graduating so many years ago?" I was jst shocked cuz I graduated last year nd I was sure wat I filled in my form but she insisted datz wat is on d system. Mayb she mixed up my secondary skool for uni. How did u feel ur form? Is institution 1 ur secondary skool or uni?

No, i prayed not to be denied ooooo. I need my Visa now and i must not loose my GTA abeg ooooo

Ogunwandetosin:
As I jst got my credentials a few months ago, I avn't done NYSC.......Why I decided to go for a masters instead. Posted my proposed transcript on d previous page.

I saw the proposed transcript that is better of than the other one but i will check also, you can book for Jan4 because i just reschedule my own appointment to Dec31

Ogunwandetosin:
Visa got denied at the Lagos consulate on Wednesday, 28th November, 2018.

V.O: How did u knw abt d skool?
Me: online, on mastersportal.com

V.O: Ur highest degree
Me: BSc Biochemistry

V.O: what av u bin duin since u graduated
Me: My credentials jst got released, a few months ago but since I graduated, bin goin to d office wit my dad to see how tinz are being run in a corporate environment(V.O cuts in) wat kinda company? Freight forwarding company...........(Wasn't allowed to say this: while I awaited decisions from schools which I applied to bcuz I plan to av a Masters degree b4 officially going into d corporate world)

V.O: But u graduated many years ago(talking based on wat I av here)
Me: No, graduated in September, 2017

V.O: so it means u ddnt go to uni immediately afta high skool
Me:Finished high skool in 2012 and started uni in 2013

V.O: Did u see any family member wen u travelled to d UK?
Me: No, jst went on sightseeing wit my family and we all came back(wanted to say I av a UK visa on my passport dat expires in 2020 but I ddnt)

V.O: Who will pay?
Me:My dad

V.O: Gave me blue boy....... Looool

BSc Biochemistry(Sept. 2017), Master of biochemistry nd biotechnology, tho MSc biochemistry is wat is on d I-20(Eastern Illinois University, Spring 2019)...............I plan to try again in Abuja but d earliest date nw is Jan 15th, paid visa fee yesterday already, still checking out for December appointment

Bro sincerely you need to work more on your responses?, how did you get to know the school?, why the university?
what have you been doing: talk about your NYSC scheme and also what you do during and after NYSC, talking about your dad's company talk more about what they do there.

my 1%

100kobo:

I have looked your transcript thru and thru. I must admit you've done a nice job. Go and conquer!

Thank you so much bro i will be happy if you can schedule a mock interview with me.

Enasdan:
good day everyone, I do want to know for those of us going for Master's program, the total amount in the I-20 form, is it the total amount for the 2 years program or is for first year? in my I-20 form I have
1. tuition and fees
2. books, fee and medical insurance
3. living expenses
Total = $22k
please is the $22k for the 2 years program or for the first year, just in case when asked, thanks

No man, it is for a year

My proposes Transcript
Kindly help me look through it

VO: Good Morning
Me: Good Morning

VO: Pass me ur I20
Me: Passed it.

VO: What are you going to do in the US?
Me: I am going to the US for my masters in computer science and quantitative methods with concentration in predictive analytics at Austin Peay State University.

VO: Why predictive Analytics?
Me: Since big data helps in providing meaningful information for making better business decisions, I want to be able to predict the future with the use of available data. I need to equip myself in becoming a data scientist.

VO: How many schools did you apply to?
Me: I applied to 7 universities

VO: Name them?
Me: Austin Peay State University, Eastern Illinois University, Eastern Michigan University, University of New Haven, University of Cincinnati, Middle Tennessee State University and Stevens Institute of Technology.

VO: How many admit and reject?
I have 5admits, 1 reject and 1 is undecided

VO: Why APSU?
Me: Apart from the fact that I was awarded a graduate teaching assistantship which covers my entire tuition with monthly stipend, the research conducted by Dr.Jiang Li in the department of computer science and information technology on the implementation of Machine Learning on Network Performance, Monitoring and troubleshooting aligns with my area of interest.

VO: What did you study as an undergraduate and when did you graduate?
Me: I studied Computer Science and I graduated in January 2015

VO: What have you been doing ever since?
ME: I have been working as a Network Engineer at National Open University of Nigeria. I am responsible for the training of new staffs, setting up internet network for the University, troubleshooting and fixing issues with LAN(Local Area Network), repairing of faulty computers and also help in the uploading of questions to update the database of National Open University Server.

VO: Why USA?
ME: The quality of education in United States is much more impeccable than anywhere else in the world. Syllabus in the U.S offers the right blend of theoretical and practical knowledge which we will not be able to possess anywhere in this world, I need international exposure and USA being the center of inventions and innovations, I could not think of a better place.

VO: Tell me your study plan/Tell me about Computer Science at Austin Peay State University/what is your study intent?
ME: I will be doing a total of 39credit hours in 2years after which I will return to Nigeria to continue my job. Some of the courses includes: Time series analysis, Predictive analytics, Regression Analysis, Database management concept, SAS programming, Data Mining Applications and so on.

VO: So who will be paying for the remaining balance on your I20?
Me: My uncle.

VO: why will your uncle be paying?
Me: He has been the one sponsoring my education since my undergraduate days and he always encourage me about my career so as to reach the peak of my career

VO: What does your uncle do?
Me: He is a major distributor of car spare parts he has offices in Lagos, Abuja and Enugu.

VO: Are u married:
Me: yes.

VO: Any children?
Me: No

VO: how will your certificate help your career?
ME: At present am working at the ICT department of National Open University of Nigeria as a Network Engineer, a Master’s degree at this time will equip me on the technical and business skills that i needed to create, plan and build a secure and scalable networks. This degree also will elevate me in my place of work and make me a better data analyst professional and a good network architect. It will also give me room to apply for jobs in top IT companies in Nigeria.

VO: What will you be doing after your program?
Me: I will be coming back to Nigeria to take the role of a senior Data Engineer at my present place of work in the department of Big data.

VO: I will be approving your visa
Take your i-20 you will need it at the point of entry.

Please help me scrutinize my response.
CC. Big francis, lagos is my home, 100kobo, big francis,fairheart

doublezero7:
Visa Appproved at the Abuja embassy.

Got to the embassy around 8am for my 9am appointment. Longest queue ever mehn. Took over an hour to get to my turn. Passed the check points. Got in and was interviewed by a lady that looked like Sheila Zazz from Suits . Lol. I smiled as soon as i got to her and greeted. Honestly, there was no fear in my mind. I knew i was about to have a nice conversation.

She asked fot my passport and I20 which i passed to her

VO: So you're going to California State University, Los Angeles to study Healthcare Management?

Me: Yes ma'am

VO: why thia school?

Me: i chose CSULA because i they have a research in the area I am most interested in which is Medical intelligence and surveillance services systems. (She cut me)

VO: What is MIS?

Me: (wasn't expecting that so I took a pause, smiled and continued) MIS is that category of intelligence that is derived from the collection, evaluation, analysis and interpretation of foreign medical, bio scientific and enviromental information which can be of importance to strategic medical planning. (I was going to explain what MIS systems is used in the US and Canada before she cut me)


VO: when did you leave school and what did you study?


Me: i studied philosophy and graduated in 2013. (She looked up and asked)

VO: from philosophy to public health...(and she looked kinda turned off. Village people haff reach here o)

Me: Ma'am, studying philosophy gave me answers to lots of questions i had about life. I knew someday that I'd be taking up additional responsibility. So i decided to improve my art of reasoning and critical thinking skills. After my undergraduate degree, i started off as an intern at the Nigerian Institute of medical research and then got employment at the Federal Ministry of Health, Yaba Lagos. I presently work at my family's healthcare services company.

VO: That's enough. How many years of experience do you have in public health?

Me: 5 years

VO: Who is sponsoring your studies?

ME: My mother (passed her statement of account . She went through it whilst typing)

VO: Did you write any standardised test?

Me: Yes ma'am

VO: Can i have your score sheet?

Me:: (passed it)

VO: I'd be approving your visa now. Your financial document would be verified and if it is found to be fraudulent, you'd get your passport back and be banned from the USA. Do you want to submit this document.

Me: Of course ma'am.

VO: Take this paper. It would instruct you on how to pick up your passport. Take this other paper too. Enjoy your studies at the United States.

Me::Thank you. And enjoy the rest of your day too.

Congrats dude, I tap from your success.

Bro 100kobo please I sent you pm

fairheart:
Why didn't add your MRV receipt and and sevis confirmation? These two docs are part of the requirement for approval. You cause it. try again.

If am to retry now which process do I need to take because I can't find the emergency stuff there anylonger

fairheart:
Were you previously denied? If not, it is possible you did not submit enough prove with your appointment request.

Please what are the things I need to submit, I uploaded my i-20 and my GTA offer letter

please gurus help a poor boy oooo. I applied for an expedited date but I was denied. Please what can I do to get a date earlier than the one I have picked before which is January 4th. My school is resuming on January 10th and we on GTA are told to be in school by 7th of January.

Please what can I do

homirefacuny:


Which kind wahala be this na
I wan dey go there now until I saw that... Mhen. It's getting messier day after day. God dey!!!

For masters you must have first class or 4.0+ cgpa and they selected university also, you can not just go there that you are a graduate of a school they are not in support.

Please gurus how can i book an emergency date, my school resume on the 7th but the earliest date for appointment now is January 8 please someone should help

Poperich:


My transcript is just like the regular ones everybody has read on this platform.

(first interview)

Me: Good morning madam
V.O: Nodded. Pass me your I-20 form and passport pls
Me: did
And every other questions were basically on my statement of account which was retained with the passport, scrutinized and I was told I will be banned for life if it turns out false. To which I was affirmative and said she should go ahead and do the background checks.
VO: she gave me a white form thereafter

Sunday, got a call from the embassy for a re-interview on Monday.
(2nd Interview)

VO: I've checked ur documents and you came out clean. Congratulations. When you get to the US, don't get involved in anything illegal and ensure you maintain your status to avoid troubles.
Me:Thank you Ma.
VO: Issued another white form to me,congratulated me again and wishes me luck.

Conclusion: Honesty and confidence are the keys. Also, pray for God's favour. I made a mistake with my DS160, putting my residential address for my place of birth, but all these never count against me during the interview, although I was going to explain myself truthfully that I made the mistake as a result of using Google autofill in order to avoid consistent running out of session during the registration.

But thanks to this platform for everything they have done to help honest average Nigerians.

Congrat

Spring2019:


Please someone should reply this

From my own point of view, i think you can call the admission officer to know the status of your application.

Best201195:
If you were in my shoes. What will you do?

I'm currently a 300l engineering student here in Nigeria. I'm not even 19 yet. I recently got a full scholarship to the US to study any undergraduate course of my choice. I'm not paying anything (Even SAT registration fee) it's sponsored by a company here in Nigeria. Do I wait for 2 years to complete my Nigerian degree and forfeit the scholarship / just leave everything here and accept the scholarship?


I have made up my mind already but I just want to know what others would do in the same situation.

Also let me use this opportunity to encourage people. Don't stop trying. If you really want it, continue pursuing it. I've been looking for a full undergraduate scholarship since I left secondary school in 2015. I tried MasterCard twice, tried Edsap. Didn't get any but I just kept trying. I also applied for the BEA federal government scholarship twice,didn't get it(even though I don't know why till now).


Two months ago, I got a full scholarship. I'm currently preparing for my SAT in December (I was registered for free )

Keep trying people. Don't be discouraged.

This isnt a had choice to make, what you needed to do is to get a transfer from your school here in Nigeria to your chosen US school. You can send your transcript and the University in the US will decide what year you will start from.

Please take the scholarship

Predstan:



Did you apply for Prodigy Finance Loan?

Do you need help on loan?

Gewezzy1:
Are there any bank that give out loans? For study

In Nigeria no bank but you can apply to prodigy finance for loan and I can put you through if you wish to get a loan.

Rytefish:


I do not understand, your admission is for Fall 2019, but you are going for visa on 16th October, so when are you planning to travel against resumption?

No, his admission is for Fall B APSU have Fall A and B before the Spring

bellz000:

I just got admitted for fall 2 (AUSTIN PEAY) which is starting Oct 24th, also got gta, right now am praying for my visa interview which is on the 16th of october

wow congrat bro. Which department were you admitted into. Can i pm you please. Check you message

m4sure:
Please i really need you guys help. I'm very new here. I am just applying for the spring 2019 admission. I have registered with WES and i was told to drop all required documents like the bsc certificate, transcripts and WAEC. The issue now is the middle name on my WAEC certificate doesnt match with other ones. Plus i do not only make use of WAEC in obtaining admission cause i didnt make chemistry in it, it was WAEC and NECO..is it advisable i use WAEC only nd ow cn i rectify the middle name?

For the middle name, it is better you go and swear an affidavit because WAEC is not issuing another certificate with correction of name. This happened to one of my ares sister before she left for Canada this year.

Macaulay10:
I think funding opportunities are hard for spring aspirants.
I am also processing my admission to New Haven for fall 2019, I was asked during the process if I will like to be considered for both provost assistantship and Dean scholarships which I ticked yes....... So I don't know if that was the case for you spring applicants.

There was a lady on this thread whose admission package came with Automatic Dean scholarship for Fall 2018, but she secured RA position later sha with 2.7 Gpa and GRE 295.

And again the Fundings are for early bird, I think the 1st priority deadline for the fundings are December/January and 2nd priority is March. The school is nice sha, they waived $50 application fee for me.
This to encourage others to apply sha

New Haven gave me 30% scholarships yesterday night

Macaulay10:
I think funding opportunities are hard for spring aspirants.
I am also processing my admission to New Haven for fall 2019, I was asked during the process if I will like to be considered for both provost assistantship and Dean scholarships which I ticked yes....... So I don't know if that was the case for you spring applicants.

There was a lady on this thread whose admission package came with Automatic Dean scholarship for Fall 2018, but she secured RA position later sha with 2.7 Gpa and GRE 295.

And again the Fundings are for early bird, I think the 1st priority deadline for the fundings are December/January and 2nd priority is March. The school is nice sha, they waived $50 application fee for me.
This to encourage others to apply sha

Don't mind them, they gave me application fee waiver also

Icongold2006:
Good day my people and this is a great development among youths that are aspiring for betterment of their future.. I c.

First I will advice you to erase the thinking about going to an agent from your mind.
There are steps you can take. With your CGPA research for schools that accept your CGPA for your MBA program.

Register for GMAT and if necessary for TOEFL
do all these online. There are people here that can help you pay for your standardized test in a cheap price.

You can contact me later to give you tips.

Good morning guys, has anymore been admitted for spring at Austin Peay State University and Middle Tennessee State University. I am patiently waiting for their decision.

Moreso I was admitted to University of New Haven and I would like to apply for their funding but there is no where to apply for it, so I want to ask if it is automatically been considered with ones program application.

jelmusboy:
My visa just got issued after two weeks of AP but have not been told to pick up my passport.

My class started last week Monday and I must enter the class before the end of this week if I want to go for Fall 2018.

I'm just confused on what to do right now to avoid stories that touch at the point of entry.

What can I do?

NB: Going for PhD program

Alhamdulilahi Thank God, more success for us all here

Sophiaugo:
, sent you a pm pls reply asap, thanks

I have replied your mail, you are free to aske anything

kenzygist:
I had my visa interview on August 11th, 2018 at US Consulate in Abuja but my application was placed on Administrative Processing so as to verify my father's bank statement. Please who else is in this condition or had this experience? How do banks verify the bank statement?

No need to worry yourself start checking flight details. They just need to verify if the account is genuine as you submitted it. You are fine

Good evening my Nairaland family, please can anyone tell me about how to apply to prodigy finance loan for spring 2019.

While I was on prodigy finance website I saw my school but I could not find spring 2019 on the portal. Please what can you advice me so that I can get the loan and request for my i-20.

Your advice will be welcomed.

By God's grace i will give testimony on this thread. Transcript awaiting in November.......