chibertha:
congratulations

are both of you STEM-STEM

Una be asset oyibo get sense them dey take style collect workforce

Yes we are.... Pharmaceutical sci.

Hello everyone....

I opened a new account cos my previous account was banned.

F1 and THREE(3)F2 (wife and 2kids)
Abuja
8:30am
First Attempt
School: University of ****
COA: 64k
Funding: 54k
Deficit: 10k
VO: Bald headed VO at Window 8
Status: Approved ✅✅✅

VO: cheerfully asks...Who are these people with you
F1: My wife, son and daughter...and we've been married for over 4 years now.

VO: Have you traveled out before?
F1: Yes....to Germany, Kenya and Ghana....all for academic seminars.

VO: Did u go with your family
F1: No

VO: What do you do?
F1: I work as a Lecturer in a Federal Uni... specifically University of **** with over 6years of teaching and research in ******

VO: What will you do on your return
F1: resume my lectureship position and pick up a promotion as a senior lecturer plus more research works...blah blah

VO: I can see you are fully funded and the deficit (due to your family) will come from your personal savings right?
F1: Yes Sir.

(Worthy of note: we didn't carry any recent statement of account...cos my husband believed strongly that we wouldn't be asked for it)

Turns to F2
(my son refused to stay still and was playing everywhere...so I was distracted trying to control him)
VO: What do you do?
F2: I work as a graduate research assistant at the same Faculty as my husband in the same university...
I proceeded to tell him the research I was involved with.

VO: cuts in nicely...guess he was bamboozled with my plenty grammar....plus he was looking pointedly at me.
What would you do over there?
F2: I will support my husband fully and take care of the kids cos they are very young and tender.

VO: Everything looks good
I'll be approving your visas...
He kept our four passports and handed over the white paper...

Didn't hear anything again after that.

NB
A couple with kid in front of us that was avoiding the bald headed VO...rushed to another window and was denied.
Don't form any bias for any VO...TRUST GOD!

We didn't have any preference..and yet the interview with the bald headed VO felt more like a discussion.

In all...we trusted God and we had lots of mock interviews....
Even though my husband is a very competent 'talker' ...yet he didn't allow overconfidence to becloud him... we practiced really hard like we were novices and joined WhatsApp groups for more support.
We also focused on reading transcripts
of successful F1 with dependents

Also...people tried to discourage my husband from applying with his dependents as it would reduce his chances...but Hubby was adamant!

And God showed up..

Over-preparation is better than Under-preparation ooo
Also.. YouTube videos helped a lot... especially ARGO visas... check them out on YouTube.

So shall y'all share your success transcript. Amen.

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