nunicelady:


https:///+dlRgY2o53UsxMTY0


Not sure what else to say. Please paste on browser. I hope it works this time.

puffmama:


The 2 years visa is multiple entries so she is permitted to use it as often as she likes we long as she does not over stay .
In time past, as long as you dont overstay the 6 months stamped it was not an issue but these days , actually just before covid it became an issue ..you won't be totally refused but you will be given a 221g to come for a physical interview as long as you can explain why you stayed longer than indicated then it will be approved .

I would always advise people , the first time or using a recently renewed visa , use the exact period specified , the other uses since no form filled you can stay as long as you can within the period stamped but long stay can affect your renewal in future .
The way the consular officers think is this, If you have a job or business in Naija why would you go for a vacation longer than 2-4 weeks .
Anything longer unless it's for medical reason , they assume you went to work .
The elderly can stay longer especially if they went to help care for their grandkids or they are retired . But for younger people Its a serious red flag. They assume you are trying to Japa in am illegal way

zblade:
If you check more than 3 times in a day...you would be blocked for 72 hours....its best you use it wisely...or join the telegram group that helps everyone get dates effectively...

amjustme2:
IW B1/B2
Submitted on 10 March

Status today: Issued

Waiting for Pickup Email.

Thanks to all who contributed ideas, Zemth special mention.

I wish everyone on this road succes too!!

YoungIncredible:


Hi everyone. I still need help/advice

imperiouxx:


How is what I said becomes your own headache? How many I-20 have I seen...... you must have thought I come here to crack a joke. How could her sister's name (another int'l student) be on the I-20? Probably you don't know what you're saying yourself. If you claim to be a follower of this thread, then you don't need schooling to be experienced on what not to say in your visa interview.

imperiouxx:


Her uncle alone will get her the visa if she's going to get the visa. From the beginning of the interview her sister has nothing to do with the interview. Sponsor on your I-20 is the most important and I haven't seen where they put sponsor as uncle, mom and sister altogether. They have to leave her uncle and check her sister since she offered to talk about her so much. Volunteering info is not good. She's lucky to get it, some people have nailed offering unnecessary info.

imperiouxx:





Volunteering of unnecessary info is bad.



But why



Outcome of volunteering info.



Even an incomplete SOA from your uncle. And why you still put your sister into this again when she's not your sponsor? She's not taking care of your living expense my friend, you're only going to live with her (what you supposed to say)



You don't even have her statement of account. She's only an ordinary student who depends on school funding.

This interview is terrible and shows lots of inexperience. There are many info you volunteered on your own, which in your case don't help. Good you got it but others should learn from this and never state things terrible like this.

gbaby4live:
Hello @ all,
Got to the Newark international airport around 10pm and took their AirTran to rail station where I took a train from the train station to Newark penn Station..
Upon getting down at the penn station, I realized that I didn't pick up my hand luggage which cosists of all my documents including International passport..

Please, what's the best option for me?

I have tried contacting the NJ train station but they couldn't find it..

Thanks

234ng44uk:


I don't question her abilities. Her score could be low for many reasons, that doesn't mean she can't do better next time. The gentleman came for opinion and I offered my honest opinion, that the score cannot fly. She already scaled the first hurdle, a good GPA. Why not encourage her to scale the GRE hurdle too? When I said "disgrace", I meant that the GRE score is embarrassing to that GPA.

onicemus1:


Exactly boss

surg411:
Hello everyone. Im not very active on this thread.However i took ample time to study all the manuscripts. My visa got approved today to the glory of God. It can only be God. Thank you Nairaland.

V.O : so, why New England College

Me: the school is ranked by world report and USnews.com as best regional school in the north as far as my course is concerned. Also the school has a track record tailored to what i want to study. Student faculty ratio is 19:1. It has seasoned professionals both on field and in research, the like of Dr. Lori Koziol who is an outstanding scholar in the field of translational bioinformatics( v.o cuts in)

V.O : When did you finish university

Me: in 2013

V.O : What have you been doing since then.

Me: After NYSC, i have been working as a medical officer at the federal medical center Lagos, where i treat general medical cases. I manage uncomplicated medical emergencies in all age groups. I also administer and monitor vaccination in immunization clinic. My work involves keeping tract of vast amounts of data recorded manually hence my choice of course..(cuts in).

V.O : I will be approving your visa.( hands me white paper and circles pickup address)bla bla...

I went blank and didn't hear the rest of all what he was saying.

Advice- be audible, coherent in speech and confident. Maintain a genial eye contact and speak fluently( without faking any accent).

gaviria:
Good morning all, I want to use this opportunity to specially thank God almighty for his grace and favor in the course of my US movement. And I want to thank Mr Seun (Shayhune) who helped me after my second Denial last week. He volunteered to help me through the whole process and mock interview. God bless you. And to everyone else that corrected me when I posted my transcript last week, thank you too. God bless everyone. After 2 denials (April 28 and May 18) I finally got my visa approved today (May 24). I went 3 times in less than a month, I wasn't going to relent because I'm not a quitter nor a dull guy although It's all the Grace of God. The 2 times I was denied, as I was leaving Walter carrington I went straight to a GTBank branch to pay the 64k again for the appointment. I told myself I wasn't going to quit and I'm going to the US whatever it took, the same way I told myself back then I wasn't going to any other school asides from Unilag when I left secondary school and people were discouraging me but I tried till I got my admission. Let me cut the story short. I chose the 6:30 appointment because I was told the VOs are always livelier in the morning and as such I should make sure I'm in the first 3-5 people on the queue inside. So I did that I was the second person to enter the consulate but by the time we got to the queue for the visa, I was third on the queue. So the fresh young guy VO called the first guy in front and the CGI guy told the girl behind him to follow him and queue behind him in front of the VO. So I was left in front, 5 seconds later I was called by a VO, mind you this VO was ruthless the last time I went for the interview. He was denying everyone that came to meet him that day, I guess he was in a bad mood or he only asked technical questions that the people weren't prepared for, I was praying not to get him that day but then I still got denied.lol. So as I walked towards him I just said "God take control". So he said Good morning and I answered Good morning and how was your night.
VO: Night was good and yours?
Me: Was alright too.
VO: So tell me what interested you in this school that made you choose it.
Me: My research interest aligns with that of a professor(Cuts me)
VO: What research interest?
Me: Embedded systems in power electronics.
VO: What is Embedded systems
Me: An embedded system is a computer system with a dedicated function on a larger electrical system (I just learnt that last night, didn't know what the research Entailed before last night, something just told me to google and know the definition of all the words in the research name)
VO: So what will you be doing with this professor?
(I didn't know what to say as I didn't prepare for that question)
Me: The research is designed like your mobile phone where all the electronic circuits on the motherboard in the phone have a dedicated function in a larger electrical system which is the phone in its entirety. (Na idea I use, that was just an example of embedded system wey I repackage)
VO: What school did you have your bachelors?
Me: University of Lagos.
Types for 5seconds and asks me to pick my visa in 3 days, I didn't expect it. It didn't last up to a minute and he didn't look at me once throughout, he was just typing and asking the questions. I was waiting for questions like "Who's paying"?,"What school and what course?", "What do you do now?. etc.
I'm very happy. I was confident and very calm this time because not being calm cost me at my last interview. I was the first person issued a white paper today at the Lagos Consulate as that guy in front of me was still with that fresh VO guy and so was the girl behind him. Thanks to everyone for their encouraging transcripts and words. It's God at the end of it all, I prayed to God and emptied my pocket in church last Sunday and told God to help me this week and he did. Let me stop my epistle here, sorry I'm used to writing epistles.

LagosismyHome:


Yes some banks wont give PTA to one way but others do....so you have to check with some banks before you buy

But then again you need to make the calculation on what the difference in price between one way and return ticket ..that amount verus the PTA exchange rate verus black market rate . ... the difference might not be worth getting PTA

LagosismyHome:


For student visa one way is fine ..... visting visa b1b2 then that a big NO

Gunnerson:
I no even know where i wan begin my story from. Abeg wey my brother and oga @Oludare01
Make i cut long story short.
Na so I reach embassy last friday o, before 5am for 6:30am interview. I thought i had all my document in place, so i was just using those hustling guys to catch cruise . Until it was 6:30 and the CGI staff called us to line up and bring out our document. I no carry my DS160 confirmation page go. Make i go out go print another one, though na 500naira be all the money for my hand, na him police say i no fit comot .Esupofo! na him i start dey speak in tongue for my mind. after small time, police gree me comot.
On getting outside around few minutes to 7, na him the hustler i meet to print say my money na 3k. My eye clear again . i sha beg the woman to collect 1k. Okay now, she say make i bring 1k, na him i surrender say na 500naira be all the money for my hand,second round of begging. Above all sha, she print, i run enter back. Me wey dey front before come dey back back . But God dey.
We do all the serenren enter interview room. Oya come and be seeing blue paper flying around . luckily, one of the VOs dey manage give 1 white paper out of 5. I sha beg God make i fall for the guy front, na him God answer my prayer, na the guy front i fall.
Suddenly suddenly, na him CGI staff bring one old mama from back come put for my front. Yeh!aye mi, temi ba mi. I sha begin dey speak in tongue for my mind again, dey recite Isaiah 50:7.

Suddenly, one fine woman just resumed at window5. call on me to come over. *sighs* now the transcript. Just 3 questions and all was settled in less than 90seconds

Me: Good morning
Fine woman: Good morning, your document please.

Me: *better person* passed her the document

Fine woman: *Calmly perused my i20 before looking at me* *unexpectedly* Tell me about your research interest.
Me: Wawu!this woman has changed parade o..anyways, God dey. Na so i start.
I would be doing research in *** at the university. During this time, I would be working under professor Yin who is currently research in ***. he is currently doing this by *na him i bring wetin i learn for undergraduate with hand demonstration*. This is imperative for me cos the North eastern part of the country currently need this and the govt has decided to fund research in this field. *as long as i dey talk, the woman no look me o, she just dey press computer*
As the woman no gree look me and i don tire, i just pim dey look the woman face. na so she raise face up look my face, nod.

Fine woman: I see you have assistanship, tell me about it
Me: Oya na... it is an academic merit award. I get the admission committee were impressed by my undergraduate result and the SOI i submitted during my application *to show i did the application myself*
*she look me nod again* I don dey thank God already

Fine woman: Does the fund cover your whole expenses?
me: it covers my whole tuition and i have stipend left. The remaining living expens...... before i finish, i don see white paper dey come.



whatever she said as the white paper was coming, na una sabi as una dey hear am o...me i no hear anything o...i just dey calcu as the thing with my i20 dey come say make the woman no change her mind.

Above all, it was a great experience. All thanks to God and my padi @Oludare1. baba and him oga overcriticize me during the mock interview.*One orijin onike for una* .
@imperiouxx, @bartino, @lagosismyhome thanks to you guys for your advise, when i almost lied on the DS160 and you guys criticized and advised me against it. Knowing i was honest with my application, i was a bit more confident at the interview.

I am willing to help anybody with mock anytime. Just PM me.

ajibayo4:
Have been a great follower.
Thanks to the transcript packed together in the drop box.

My interview was for 7am yesterday.
I was placed with the Chinese and I remembered how people always complain of him nit granting people Visa's but I just said to myself. Bros you go give me my own Visa today

Status: Visa Approved
Transcript goes thus;

VO: Can I have your Passport and I20


VO: What's the purpose of your travel?
Ans: am going for my masters degree program in Biosystem and Agricultural Engineering at OKSU.

VO: Where do you work?

I work with XXXX Company as a Sales Engineer.

VO: Are you Married
Me: No

VO: Why Oklahoma State University.

Me: I choose to study in Oklahoma State University because the University has a tailored program that will meet my academic need and personal wish for my career in Food processing and Machine System.
Cuts in.

VO: How many Schools did you apply to
Me: I applied to 3 Universities.
The University of Bridgeport in Connecticut.
Murray State University
Aand OKSU.

VO: What's your GRE Score
Me: 292

VO: why didn't you go to Bridgeport.
Me: OKSU has good research facility and it's the best University with someone with a profile has mine.

VO: brought out a White sheet aand was typing hard. Suddenly he looked aat my I20 and stooped aand saaid who is Sadik.

Me: He's my Guardian and Uncle. He will be paaying for my education.

VO: you will need to pick up your passport in 3 days time. I no hear anything else.

Na so I collect my Visa.
Thanks to all that created and contributed to this group. You guys are awesome.

Na God . Mine was so easy and stress free. Na God

Congrats. #Mytestimonyloading#teamfall2017

ajibayo4:
Have been a great follower.
Thanks to the transcript packed together in the drop box.

My interview was for 7am yesterday.
I was placed with the Chinese and I remembered how people always complain of him nit granting people Visa's but I just said to myself. Bros you go give me my own Visa today

Status: Visa Approved
Transcript goes thus;

VO: Can I have your Passport and I20
congrats. my testimony loading
VO: What's the purpose of your travel?
Ans: am going for my masters degree program in Biosystem and Agricultural Engineering at OKSU.

VO: Where do you work?

I work with XXXX Company as a Sales Engineer.

VO: Are you Married
Me: No

VO: Why Oklahoma State University.

Me: I choose to study in Oklahoma State University because the University has a tailored program that will meet my academic need and personal wish for my career in Food processing and Machine System.
Cuts in.

VO: How many Schools did you apply to
Me: I applied to 3 Universities.
The University of Bridgeport in Connecticut.
Murray State University
Aand OKSU.

VO: What's your GRE Score
Me: 292

VO: why didn't you go to Bridgeport.
Me: OKSU has good research facility and it's the best University with someone with a profile has mine.

VO: brought out a White sheet aand was typing hard. Suddenly he looked aat my I20 and stooped aand saaid who is Sadik.

Me: He's my Guardian and Uncle. He will be paaying for my education.

VO: you will need to pick up your passport in 3 days time. I no hear anything else.

Na so I collect my Visa.
Thanks to all that created and contributed to this group. You guys are awesome.

Na God . Mine was so easy and stress free. Na God

shayhune:
Visa Approved this morning. Glory to God. Transcript loading....

Jesusbabygirl:
Visa Approved!!!!. Transcript loading....God bless this family of God...lol

Walspring:


You don't take ds160 confirmation to bank only to the embassy during the visa interview..

Only original or photocopy of international passport is needed when paying for visa fee at any gtbank outlets

DoTheNeedful:
Guys,is it possible to fill the DS-160 form before paying visa application fee? I tried filling it a couple of times but I have not been able to move the first page. Please help out.

duduafri:
Hello House,

God has done it again! I got my F1 Visa approval today inspite of refusal a week ago.

Here is the transcript

VO: Good Morning, how are you doing today
Me: Im doing very well and You

VO: Great

VO: pass me your passport and I 20
Me: Passed

Vo: Tell me your study plan
Me: i will be going to MSU for MBA for 24 month, Im expected to take 36 credits prior graduation, I listed some of the courses I will be taking. and I told him that I intend to return back to Nigeria after the program as my organisation has approved study leave for me and i will be working with SME Banking team to develop innovative electronic business solutions to assist them grow their Businesses. We all know that SME is the major driver of economic activities hence they are very critical to the growth of any economy. I will be working on the following business solutions ( Stock and inventory management solutions, HR payroll system, Business Litercacy kits for start ups with limited business experience. My wife and child are here in Nigeria and I will be returning back to Nigeria after my MBA.

Vo: Have you been to the US before
Me: Yes, twice.

Vo: When was your last visit
Me: Oct last year

Vo:Why did u choose MSU
Me: I told him that MSU was recommended to Me by my Manager who happens to be an Alumni of the MBA school and he told me how the MBA studies has been beneficial to his career , also during my last visit to the States I met with the school's MBA program director and we had an extensive conversation about the MBA program and i was really impressed

Vo: Did you applied to other Universities
Me: Yes, Listed their names 1 uk, 1 canada and 2 Us

Vo: Why US
Me: I had the opprotunity of getting a first hand information from the Alumni of the University and my previous visit gave me the comfort about the school's MBA

Vo: How many years have u spent with your current employer
Me: 3years

Vo: Tell me other places you ve worked
Me: Listed my previous banks

Vo: So you ve been a banker for how long
Me: 6 years

Vo: Your visa is approved
Me: Thank You.

Collected my white paper went temporarily deaf for few seconds as I didnt wait to hear when to pick my visa. I only collected my I20 and White paper.

Vo: Dont forget to bring 120 on the plane.

God truly answers prayers. Please be honest and confident. Leave the rest to God to do his Job if its his will it will work out.

Thanks to all the monkiers. You rock!

Awesu122:
good morning house
My brothers VIsA was approved this morning, Texas A and M, and he needs to travel before 25th of may, please anyone with idea of where he could get a cheap and reliable flight? And has anyone fly Qatar airway lately? What is their rating lately? And hope people don't have problem flying them to USA
Waiting for urgent answers
Thanks

Perotti:
Hello house, greetings to my ogas at the top. I have a skype interview with a potential PhD supervisor for next week. Please any tips and advice?
Thank you all.
Cheers