Adem20: Guys please I need your help/advice on my current situation.
I applied for an Emergency Visa Interview for Abuja and the earliest possible date I got was for 26th of August 2021, meanwhile my school is resuming (lectures) on the 23rd of August. I contacted the school and I was told I should still go for my Visa appointment provided I can be in the US in the first week of September and moreover the courses I will be taking this semester will be online. However, they are not willing to issue to me a clearance for late resumption.
My question is that, has anyone ever had a similar issue and how did it go at the embassy? Also, how were you able to defend your situation?
Please note that the delay period is just three days apart.
Thanks in anticipation of your honest replies.
Print that email conversation showing everything including the name of the person you are in contact with and go with it to the interview. if asked for prove present the conversation to them.
ife92: Please my visa was denied at the embassy on the 10th of June. I have been trying to book new appointment but the dates i can see is in November. Can i pick the date and request for emergency appointment? Will it be approved? Do they approve expedite appointment for anyone that has been denied before?
You can try. Mine was approved last year even after they denied me the first time.
RukayatAkanji: Gud evening all, pls I transferred my SEVIS fee payment from my old SEVIS ID to the new one, I was asked to check back in the next 2-3 days for approval, I've been waiting now but nothing showed....Anyone here that has done the same before?, how many days does it take pls?
Youngstown: Hi guys, my Visa was denied in November, reapplied but available dates are in March. I'm still hopeful for Spring. Do you think I should pick a date and book an emergency appointments, even tho it's clearly stated on the website that if you have been denied a visa on an emergency appointment your next won't be approved or I should continue keep on checking to see if they release available dates in December/ January. cc: zeeLady, UNCG, tarantino1
Congratulations to all those who got their visa approved already and favour to those still going. Please I need help my people.
I will be flying to Texas Tech University after Christmas, I'm in search of where to stay for 3nights before moving to my apartment. I have tried to mail the apartment about moving in earlier, but they told me there's nothing they can do, and I will have to look for where to stay for d few nights before my move in date.
Please if you are in TTU or knows someone there that can help a poor brother, kindly assist. Only for three nights, and they don't have to worry about feeding me, just where to sleep.
Help a brother
Hey how did you go about getting an apartment. I am going to TTU too
I have been unable to book F1 visa appointment for two days now. It's saying no date available and now, the pop-up is that I have reached my limit to viewing the page.
How is the process? Is it still the usual pick a date-send an email-fill emergency appointment form?
Please guide me through the process.
Thank you.
You can only refresh the page I think 5 times per day, after the 5th time you have to wait till the next day to try again.
With that said you have to time yourself. You can check it once in the morning, try again around 12 pm and again around 4 pm then by 8 pm daily until you see a date you can pick from.
And yes I think they are back to the normal process of picking a date first as I got an email from them some time ago stating they won't be attending to emergency student visa of filling the google doc form again.
drlucky17: Hello guys, my sevis was due to expire earlier this month on the 10th precisely , I checked my status and it says paid meaning active , my interview is next month . do I still pay for another sevis . Am a bit unclear on what to do in this situation .
I think you are good to go because they extended all payment till Dec because of the pandemic.
Can one book an appointment with Lagos, after booking with Abuja?
Like, can I create a new appointment profile for Lagos with the same MRV receipt, regardless of the fact that I have already booked an appointment with Abuja for March 15th & my emergency request was denied. I learned that there are dates in Lagos for December, so can I go ahead and create a new appointment profile for Lagos?
Treat as urgent.
Thanks.
I think you can reschedule your appointment once. So go to your profile and use reschedule option.
My interview was by 8:00m but I got there by 5:29am. I met 6 people there already waiting and I joined them. When it was some minutes to 6am,a woman asked us why came this early and we told her some of us had appointment by 6am,she was so shocked. She said she was expecting 7am as the earliest time for appointments. So,she took her time before she started attending to us. We were asked to line up and we did security check before we started going inside the building in 5. The V.O denied the first two ladies. They were married and working. Only one came with her kid. The 6 people that followed were given. Two were going for undergraduate,one PhD and 3 masters. Three have started their courses online. I was the 9th person that was attended to. V.O :- Good morning Me:- Good morning (I passed my passport,I-20 and SEVIS fee confirmation page). V.O:- Where are you going? Me:- I am going to Georgia state university for my master's degree in Chemistry. V.O:- Why this school? Me:- The university has a strong reputation for research, innovation and diversity, I believe it would be an exciting place to be as I would be offered varieties in (he cuts me) V.O:- Tell me things I can not find on the school website. You are telling me things you crammed from the school website Me:-( Looking at him without saying anything because I was so confused) V.O:- How many schools did you apply to? Me:- Six V.O:- Name them Me:- Marquette university,Texas Tech, Bowling Green, Auburn university,Ohio university and GSU. V.O:- Did Marquette give you admission? Me:- No V.O:- What about Auburn and others? Me:- Only GSU gave me admission. V.O:- oooooh I see, Which University did you finish from? Me:- Federal University of Technology Minna. V.O:- Who will pay for your deficit ($15,000) Me:- My brother V.O:- What does he do? Me:- He has big store where be sells food stuffs and provisions in wholesale and also.has trucks for transportation business. V.O:- Okay(types for some minutes). I intend to approve your visa,we are having problems with our reciprocity fee payment,you will have to come back tomorrow to pay it. Thank you Me:- You are welcome ( I was shocked when he told me thank you,I said you are welcome in reflex). He didn't ask me for any documents. Solihp and Iwriteng,I am joining you guys.
Did they require a passport photograph, like the one you uploaded in your DS 160. And your I-20 was it the emailed copy.
geofortress: Visa approved today October 19th 2020.
I was scheduled for 6am. Got their 5:30 am. We didn't start until around 6:30. Everyone that cane for 7 and 8 am was attended to together.. We joined the queue together.
Here is how it went
VO: good morning, pass me your documents. Me: good morning and I passed it. VO: where are you heading? Me: I am a student of GSU and im studying Geosciences at MSC level. VO: Whao! You are a student already? When did you start your program Me: Yes. I have started in fall August 24 2020. VO: type for some seconds and said do you have the evidence of enrollment. Me: yes. I passed my certificate of enrollment and school fees payment receipt. VO: He types again and ask you got a scholarship?. Me: Yes. I got a tuition waiver and GA with stipend. VO: Who is sponsoring your other expenses and what does he do? ME: My Uncle. He is into real estate and has two filling station. VO cuts in..your father side or mother side. I said my mother side. VO: OK. Where did you do your undergraduate? Me: University of Lagos, University of first choice and the Nations pride. VO: Ohh.. Lagos. Me: Yes. VO: Are you married, do you have children Me: NO I'm not married and don't have any kid. VO: This is your i20, take it along when you are traveling, Our system is down for now. Come back later maybe tomorrow to pay your recipository fee. Me: The state way. ����✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️
The white man that interviewed me denied first two people and I was number on number 9. He approved from number 3 to number 10. That I knew. I can't say about those that are after us.
2 undergraduates were approved. The remaining 4 was MSC including myself and 1 phd. 3 of us have started our program already while just two hasn't begin theirs.
Alhamdulilah.To God be the glory. I wish everyone success. When you are going, plan to be there a day to your interview. Maybe an hotel. The road blockage is mad.. I fly bike tore and very expensive while coming back. Moti gbera tan o..
My interview was by 8:00m but I got there by 5:29am. I met 6 people there already waiting and I joined them. When it was some minutes to 6am,a woman asked us why came this early and we told her some of us had appointment by 6am,she was so shocked. She said she was expecting 7am as the earliest time for appointments. So,she took her time before she started attending to us. We were asked to line up and we did security check before we started going inside the building in 5. The V.O denied the first two ladies. They were married and working. Only one came with her kid. The 6 people that followed were given. Two were going for undergraduate,one PhD and 3 masters. Three have started their courses online. I was the 9th person that was attended to. V.O :- Good morning Me:- Good morning (I passed my passport,I-20 and SEVIS fee confirmation page). V.O:- Where are you going? Me:- I am going to Georgia state university for my master's degree in Chemistry. V.O:- Why this school? Me:- The university has a strong reputation for research, innovation and diversity, I believe it would be an exciting place to be as I would be offered varieties in (he cuts me) V.O:- Tell me things I can not find on the school website. You are telling me things you crammed from the school website Me:-( Looking at him without saying anything because I was so confused) V.O:- How many schools did you apply to? Me:- Six V.O:- Name them Me:- Marquette university,Texas Tech, Bowling Green, Auburn university,Ohio university and GSU. V.O:- Did Marquette give you admission? Me:- No V.O:- What about Auburn and others? Me:- Only GSU gave me admission. V.O:- oooooh I see, Which University did you finish from? Me:- Federal University of Technology Minna. V.O:- Who will pay for your deficit ($15,000) Me:- My brother V.O:- What does he do? Me:- He has big store where be sells food stuffs and provisions in wholesale and also.has trucks for transportation business. V.O:- Okay(types for some minutes). I intend to approve your visa,we are having problems with our reciprocity fee payment,you will have to come back tomorrow to pay it. Thank you Me:- You are welcome ( I was shocked when he told me thank you,I said you are welcome in reflex). He didn't ask me for any documents. Solihp and Iwriteng,I am joining you guys.
Matluck: I had the interview on the 16th October, 2020.
I booked a room at a hotel about 2.7km from the consulate. I also was fortunate to meet a driver who agreed to drive me to the consulate at 5am sharp...amd he kept his word... I almost felt goosebumps when he called me 4:59am. Anyways, I arrived few minutes afterwards with some 5 interviewees waiting. We weren't attended to until few minutes past 6am.
Heads-up... please get all your documents and reciprocity fee ready. Some who came quite early had to fall out of the line to get their stuffs set... And trust the "boys" waiting to overbill you for your unpreparedness. Shortly, we were ushered in and checked thoroughly and I began to fall back from my 2nd position in line to abt 5th (apparently, a razor was detected in my wallet which I had no premonition about) Well, I entered sha...verifications and all. My ds160 was for Abuja and upon knowing, I was asked to wait so it can be retrieved to lagos' database. At this time, I was no 17th. Gladly the consular official (I think he's the infamous Chinese) was just issuing visa o... Abt 14 plus... Only 1 got a yellow slip. I guess he took a break and another dude took over. And fast forward to me... Here it went thus..
Me: good morning VO: yea, morning, your documents please Me: hands over
VO: why are you going to US? Me: I'm going to pursue a Masters degree in Engineering with concentration in petr....
VO: Why this school? Me: well, besides the fact that it's among the top 10, the....
VO: I know, but why this particular one and not the other 9? Me: OK, the works of prof... Quite aligns with mine interest and...
VO: so, who's sponsoring you? Me: I was offered a research assistantship position which caters for the tuition and comes with stipends for my living expenses..
VO: are you married Me: no
VO: do you have children Me: no
... VO muted the microphone and started speaking with his colleague saying somethings like.. Yeah he's genuine and all and he's into a research program blah blah... Las Las... VO : I intend to issue you a visa, go pay at counter 22 ensure your i-20 is with you blah blah...
Me: thank you.. God bless.
I'm profoundly grateful to my friend Prosper for the mockup interviews.. I don't know how to thank my God enough really.
Anybodie: Visa Approved I'll be back with transcript
Interview was scheduled for Friday, 9th October at the Lagos Consulate.
Two windows (VO) were available to interview applicants, both white in their mid 30's - 40's. My interview session was really brief and straight to the point.
VO: Good Morning, I will like to take your biometrics for verification. Me: Good Morning Ok Placed my fingers on the scanner.
VO: Please take your mask off briefly for Identification. Me: Ok
VO: So, where in the US are you going? Me: The University of Southern Mississippi
VO: What are you going there for? Me: To pursue a Masters degree in Hydrographic Science
VO: What did you call your course? Me: repeats twice
VO: So why Southern Mississippi? Me: The Hydrographic Science program at USM comes with another certification, the FIG/IHO CAT-A certification. It is an industry standard and widely accepted certification. I also want to take advantage of the quality research on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
VO: Ok, tell me about your course (at that time he stopped looking at me, started typing but kept smiling Me: drops some sakamanje about AUVs and underwater gas seepages ..... I was sure he had little or no idea about my course so I confidently said what came to my head at the moment (I read my course description last night on the school's website, this was also helpful)
VO: Visibly impressed with my description, So who will be funding your study? Did you get an assistantship? Me: Yes, My admission offer came with full tuition waiver and monthlyl stipends
VO: Ok, Are you married? Me: No, I am still single
VO: Do you have Kids? Me: (at this point, I was a bit worried because I thought he was trying to establish home ties) I smiled and replied calmly, NO sir
VO: Ok, Take this slip to the cashier and make your payments, Keep your I-20 well, it will be requested for at the POE. Me: I was smiling anyhow already, but I used my nosemask as disguise. Thank You!
That's all..... no question on travel history, educational background or professional experience. Brief and straight to the point. I think it is best to answer the questions as brief as possible, and let your answers match what you filled in your DS-160. About three candidates were rejected while I was on the line waiting for my turn. I was able to eavesdrop on their interview session
Rejection 1: He claimed to have a funding offer but it wasn't reflecting on his I-20. He said it will only reflect upon admission(I guess he meant resumption). The wasn't having any of it, he insisted the guy was admitted already and any funding offer must reflect on his I-20, he said he would have approved him but no proof of funding.
Rejection 2: Baba claimed to be single on DS-160 but said he was married when asked during the interview. He started shalaye , According to him, he gave his babe belle and had to marry her . He said he did his traditional marriage on October 10th, but was yet to do the legal marriage. VO didn't but his alaye ....Rejected.
I can't recall the reason for the third rejection.
The second VO asked some funny questions for the other guys while I was been interviewed 1) What's the official mascot of your school? The guy didn't know, he was asking what a mascot was...... His visa was approved regardless 2) Pronounce the name of your school (University of Louisville). The guy tried but not so spot on, VO corrected him and granted the Visa .
Overall, today was a good day for most applicants at the Lagos Consulate. I would say about 80% approval (judging from my time in the waiting hall, i noticed only three rejections). About 30 - 40 applicants were interviewed today, 7 am was the last time on the schedule according to the CGI official on ground, and the last person on the queue (from outside) was already in the waiting hall before I was done with my interview (around 9 a.m.).
Bottom-line, wear something you are comfortable in; It can be a long wait before it get to your turn. Trust me, you don't want to be sweating outside while standing for over two hours. I went in a simple native attire that was free on my body, so I was at ease all through.
Modelove: I have just been given an interview date for October 19....which is next Monday .....I just don’t know where to start from because I received the mail this morning ..Please help ooo
Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 16 by Lightp: 3:26pm On Sep 04, 2021 
..... I was sure he had little or no idea about my course so I confidently said what came to my head at the moment (I read my course description last night on the school's website, this was also helpful)