Am very grateful for this how can I reach u personal

Chyjoey:


Here's a personal tip:

Find the most cynical educated friend you have, imagine that friend as the VO. Practice the interview with them everyday, let them point out why your answers don't make sense to them, and refine your answers till you can convince that friend beyond a reasonable doubt to grant you a visa.

While preparing for my interview, my brother was the most cynical person I knew (apart from Twoods ) and I practiced with him. He would make logical arguments about some of the things I was saying during my mock interviews and why they didn't necessarily make sense, and I would refine those. Once I could convince him, I was sure I could convince anyone.

That's what you need! You need killer answers for those issues I pointed out to you, and you should know when to provide those answers without being expressly asked.
Good luck!

Chyjoey:


I'm gonna give you a plain secret.

Your visa approval is gonna lie in how confidently, convincingly and eloquently you can explain to the VO what you have been doing since 2018, and why you suddenly decided that this is the time to go for a masters. What said masters will do for you, and how you are dying to return to Nigeria at the completion (to help improve this shithole) .

The VOs never expressly ask you these questions. They expect you to be able to speak about it at certain points during the interview. With practice, you should know when.

Upon reading various transcripts, I see people miss the opportunity to explain their red flags and it's a pity.

If you can articulate properly, you should have no problems. Of course, assuming you're admitted in a reasonably ranked school and have straightforward funding.

Thank u so much is there a practicing platform?

Chyjoey:
DISCLAIMER: This post is meant for genuine students.

There is no doubt that Grace plays a big role in getting an approval.

However, let's not attribute everything to grace and fail to see the emerging pattern here.

The VOs do NOT want to deny you a Visa. Infact, they want to approve you but the law and their training dictates that they assume you are an immigrant till you prove you aren't. So when you're denied, they are not saying 'Bleep off, we don't want you in our country' it's more like 'I believe you're trying to illegally immigrate, try the legal immigration route instead or convince me that you're a non-immigrant'.

This hurts me so much because I've seen genuine students denied because of the sins of visa abusers.

Now to the concept of ties, You must have ties to Nigeria to be considered a non-immigrant.

You see some of these people with Jobs they have worked at for more than 3 years with a work leave getting approved? Yes, it's grace but it's also Work ties.
For instance, today I saw a woman get approved who has been at a workplace for 15 years, and trust me her interview wasn't spectacular. Infact, she wasn't even vibing with the VO, but she had strong work ties and the program she was going for was plausibly going to improve her career. Hence, she was approved.

So if you're Jobless, are you screwed? Not necessarily.
Family ties - Are you married? Do you have older family members depending on you for care?(please be careful about telling fantastical stories that the VO would call bullshit on immediately)
What of dependent children?
Demonstrating that you have family in Nigeria you can't possibly abandon helps your case.

Social ties - Do you lead an an organization here in Nigeria that would suffer in your prolonged absence? Are you a prominent member of your community that a lot of people depend on? What of your church or political party? Is there anything there that would compel you to return?

Try as you may, some people may not have plausible ties.
Then your plans for the future come into play.
What steps have you taken to secure your future in Nigeria (at the completion of your program) ?
You may have no ties now to Nigeria but you can be able to convince the VO that you plan to return by applying for a position here in Nigeria that would be provisionally accepted pending your program completion. (This is just an example).

If you have no ties or plausible compelling future plans, then your profile becomes really important.

Young, straight outta high school applying to a bachelors? Likely genuine student, more likely to be approved than someone in their late 20s, 10 years out of high school, being doing a 'computer diploma program' in the interim applying for the same bachelors.

Mid 20s, recently graduated (best months after graduation), going for a masters in a course related to their bachelors, likely to be approved regardless of ties compared to someone in their 30s, years post bachelors, masters in sth totally unrelated and no career benefit.

My point is Grace plays a huge role but we need to learn to analyze people's profiles when they are approved.

Check in this order
1. Ties
2. Plans
3. Profile

Very true please help me out here
Have applied for since
Have been deferring cox of covid
And this year too cox of some post covid issue so now am scheduled for interview later this year for spring semester
I had my Bsc in computer science
After NYSc 2018
Going for masters in computer network and security...
What kind of profile do I need ..

Adem20:
Guys please I’m confused and in need of help. When I applied for an emergency appointment, the earliest possible date I got was for 26th of August, however, my school resumes on the 23rd so I already booked my flight for Abuja for next week. However, my school wrote to me today that if I can’t make it by the resumption date, I might have to defer my admission to January or take this semester courses online.

After much deliberation, I decided to defer till January since she told me that the visa won’t be granted coz I need to take a minimum of one course on site and it’s too late for that and she is willing to issue me a new I-20 for January and deferment letter.

Now my issue is this, will I be able to interview for January in August? given this rule of you can only interview within 120days to your next resumption date.

I think u have to reschedule ur interview it happened to too I was suppose to resume August but my interview date was changed die minute and I was asked if I want the online and I said no so am referring till spring I was able to reschedule another appointment without paying again for December ,now my question is who told u that u won't be given visa if u don't take a minimum of one course on site I don't get that part