Geojnr:
I was at the embassy today in abuja consulate..I must admit the rate of F1 visa denial is very high..

I was there too. Was denied too. Interview less than 2 minutes.

brashear:

It wholly depends on the school if it accepts summer intakes. Email the international student office of your school to know if you can defer to summer.

Try and call the customer care tomorrow.

Wow. Congratulations!

querida:
First interview (denied)
School: University of Louisiana Lafayette
Deficit : 37k, no funding
July 8 2019
Location: Lagos

Me: Good morning
V.O: Good morning. Pass your I-20
V.O: why are you going to the US
Me: I'm going to pursue my master's degree in mechanical engineering at ULL
V.O: why the US
Me: I have a new role that requires enhanced and up to date knowledge. Where else but the US where I have the opportunity of interacting with the best brains in the field.
V.O: who is sponsoring you
Me: my husband, a manger at xxxx. I also have personal savings that is enough to take care of my living expenses.
V.O: sorry you are not qualified


2nd interview (approved)
Funding: tution waiver, deficit 12k
Location: Lagos
Date: 18th December
VO is a slim white man at window 4

Me: Good morning sir
VO: Good morning ma'am.
VO: why are you going to the US
Me: I'm going to pursue my masters in engineering with a concentration in mechanical engineering at the university of Louisiana Lafayette
VO:asides this school. Did you apply to others
Me: yes. University of Arkansas and west Virginia university, asides ULL
VO: why the school
Me: I chose the ULL because it has a concentration of mechanical engineering that aligns with what I currently do. The program places emphasis on computer aided design and system vibration. The program also utilizes the university's energy institute where advanced research is being carried out in my area of interest by industry based professionals. I like the that these proffesionals use the advanced design concepts that I wish to learn. The knowledge I'll get from the program is practical and will be useful in me effectively functioning as a piping Engineer when I return.
VO:what are the advanced design concepts
Me: stress analysis in piping systems and material selection of pipes.
VO: i see you have an assistantship. Who will you be working with
Me: I will be working with,sorry, assisting Dr X in the class and laboratory. Grading assignments, invigilating exams and holding office hours.
VO:how did you get it. Did you talk to anyone?
Me: I sent an email to the grad cord. We spoke about the curriculum. He then reviewed my credentials; was impressed and recommended me for an assistantship.
V.O: who pays for the deficit
Me: my father
V.O: what does he do
Me: he is businessman and he has a couple of oil and gas stations.
VO: did you have this GA the first time:
Me: no
V.O: have you travelled before
Me: No, I've not had a reason to.
V.O: what do you do
Me: I'm a Piping engr at xxxx. I design piping systems and ensure the integrity of the designed system. I also carry out quality checks on digital models of fabricated pipes to reduce error and save cost of installation.
V.O: you're married?
Me: yes I am
V.O: is this your only child?
Me: yes, she is
V.O: what about your husband
Me: my husband works as a manager in xxxx. While I'm studying, he will be working here. Although, We have plans of me visiting with the baby during summer.
V.O: do you have your father's bank statement
Me: yes I do. I also have my personal statement of account. ( gave him the two and indicated which was mine when he asked)
V.O: I'll be approving visa for you and your daughter. Pay your reciprocity fee at .........

Thanks to fairheart for helping with my mock interviews.

Herjos:
Sorry ooo hope this is not a red flag earliest admission date is Dec 13, class start 20 Dec and am going for my interview on the 15 Dec.

What location did you pick and have you been denied before?

Wilston:
Hello bro firstly be calm ...I was in this situation as at Monday my school resumes on the 8th could only get a date for 13 January was quite worried and even more when my emergency date was denied but I prayed about it as it was all I could do...I immediately logged in and tried rescheduling and I saw a free date for DEC 30th I was so thankful and happy. So bro just keep praying and trying to reschedule a date might come in your favour...I wish you all the best

Does that mean that one has to pick the earliest available date first and now reschedule for a closer date or one can keep on checking till he gets a closer date before he books appointment? Pls clarify. I have not seen a closer date since.

Ekunsgreat:
Yes

Like, was it up to 6 months?

Godiswonderful:
Not through pm I dropped my mail

Mail sent sir.

Godiswonderful:
Yes hopefully dates might open just be checking
But I have an appointment for Jan 2nd (Abuja )and as it’s looking I might cancel my appointment so you can mail me Incase I cancel you can take that slot
Josephukaegbu18@gmail.com

OK bro. I will IMMEDIATELY

sholaball:
Hello guys, my visa was approved today Dec 19th, 2019 at US Embassy.

School: Western Kentucky University
Graduate Assistantship: $26k
Balance: $3297

Before I delve into questions I was asked. I will like to say every single I was asked where questions I had written down prior and my interview went exactly the way I prayed (I prayed against being asked SOA and I wasn't asked�


My interview questions in no particular order

V.O: How are doing
Me: I'm doing great thank you.

V.O: passport and I20 pls
Me: passed it. (At this point I wasn't having cold feet and pretty much calm. Btw he had denied two guys before me

VO: why are you goin to the US
Me: To pursue a masters degree in Chemistry @ Western Kentucky University (WKU)

VO: why WKU
Me: because WKU offers interdisciplinary specialty such as computational chem, materials chem, nanochemistry, Env Chem, Hybrid inorganic-organic polymer. (VO cuts me and said but all school offers dat) Then i said not all schools do; must schools.offer courses in the traditional fields of chemistry namely organic,inorganic, physical and analytic process. * Btw I failed to tell him WKU has an advanced materials institute dat specializes in the analysis and characterization of materials for research purposes* However he was pleased wit my response. I must also mention that when he cut me I didn't fidget rather I used it to drive home my point, I was assertive in a way dat showed I know what I was talking about.

VO: How many schools did u apply? ( Didn't ask me to name them)
Me: 4

VO: do you knw any about Kentucky?
Me: Yes I do. "WKU is in Bowling Green which is the third largest city after Louisville & Lexington. The Gov is Andrew Beshear. Motto of the state is United we stand divided we fall. ( Kentucky is bounded by Ohio River in the North and Appalachian mountains in the East - didn't remember to say dis as he was satisfied wit the aforementioned)

VO checks my i20 and said "oh you were offered GT Assitanship, so whose gonna support you
Me: My dad
VO: what does he do
Me: He is a business man. He owns an oil. & Gas coy and dey are into sales and distribution of Diesel.
He didn't ask me to show my bank statement. The only documents are asked for were my passport and I20.

VO: what are you goin to be doing after graduation
Me: I'll come back to 9ja take a new position as a researcher in our lab.
VO: what does your company do?
Me: we into Engineering and Laboratory research.

VO: I will be issuing your visa @ dis tym
Me: at dis point I couldn't believe my eyes. Beginning of 2019, I didn't know when I was gonna write GRE but I would write. Collected the white paper - I momentarily felt like a star ��.
Got to the queue to pay the reciprocity fee excused myself to d bathroom and I jst started praising God.

My advice : prepare well. Speak confidently if possible slow in order to pick ur words right and audibly. Above all prayer every single I prayed about turned out.

This is how my interview went y'all.

Till we all make it, we are all a work in progress. Remember a pregnant woman doesn't envy a nursing mother.
Thanks and bye

Wow! Congrats. Where did you have the interview?

solihp:


Great

He didn't tall about whether he's been denied in the last 6 months.

Godiswonderful:
Which location Lagos or Abuja ?

Abuja

Ekunsgreat:
You can apply for it ..I did it and God help me my expedition was approved

Sorry, have you been denied in the last 6 months?

Godiswonderful:
At least 6 months

OK. Thank you. Also, is there any possibility that new dates will open?

solihp:


I am not sure of the rules that guide expedite date, i know if you've been denied before, you can't apply for expedite date, but since your denial was in fall and this new semester is Spring. I am not quite sure, you can call the customer care to be sure

Thank you for your response.

solihp:


Yes, you have to pay another application fee. If the last time you were denied was August and if the question usually asked on the visa page still remains have you been denied in the last "two months", then your answer would no and you'd be able to apply as a regular applicant.

My statements are based on the assumption that you were last denied in August and that the question asked on the Visa page is still two months.

Thank you for your response. I also asked if it is possible to apply for an expedite date and get it approved?

Godiswonderful:
No it’s not

What if it is more than 2 months? Say 4/5 months.

solihp:
I would like to address this as i have been seeing this alot. I know it is not easy checking for dates and only seeing dates after your resumptions, i know it can be frustrating.

But what i want to say is chilllll , i know the resumption dates are getting closer and the interview dates are getting farther, but i would say on no account should you chose a day later than your resumption date at this point (i am saying at this point because i know some people would get extension letter and all that but that should be your very last resort, don't go with that option for now)

The embassy does this every admission period, there might not be date for a while but it will come to a time that they would open up dates and the fastest people would take it. The interview date might even be few days away.

So i would say, chilll, keep being alert, keep checking for the dates, don't chose a date after your resumption.

Please, am I to pay the visa application fee first to see the new dates when they open because as at now the date is January 10 in Abuja and I am expected to resume the week of January 6th? Also, please I have been denied twice - the last time being August 15. Does that mean that the January 10 I am seeing is for regular or previously denied? Please attend to me. Thanks.

solihp:
I would like to address this as i have been seeing this alot. I know it is not easy checking for dates and only seeing dates after your resumptions, i know it can be frustrating.

But what i want to say is chilllll , i know the resumption dates are getting closer and the interview dates are getting farther, but i would say on no account should you chose a day later than your resumption date at this point (i am saying at this point because i know some people would get extension letter and all that but that should be your very last resort, don't go with that option for now)

The embassy does this every admission period, there might not be date for a while but it will come to a time that they would open up dates and the fastest people would take it. The interview date might even be few days away.

So i would say, chilll, keep being alert, keep checking for the dates, don't chose a date after your resumption.

Please, am I to pay the visa application fee first to see the new dates when they open because as at now the date is January 10 in Abuja and I am expected to resume the week of January 6th? Also, please I have been denied twice - the last time being August 15. Does that mean that the January 10 I am seeing is for regular or previously denied? Please attend to me. Thanks.