Visa denied yesterday at Abuja embassy
$27,000
No funding
Ms comp and info science
Me: Goodmorning
Vo: pass your documents please
Me: I passed and said Good morning again with full smile
Vo: oh good morning
Me: how’re you doing today?
Vo: I’m fine thank you and you?
Me: I’m doing great
Vo: you’re going to the uni of Arkansas for ms in computer and info science?
Me: yes sir
Vo: have you travelled out of Nigeria before?
Me: No I’ve not had any reason to travel
Vo: are you married?
Me: yes I’m married
Vo: with children
Me: not yet sir
Vo: does your husband stay in Nigeria
Me: yes we stay together here in Nigeria
Vo: why did you choose this course?
Me: I told him from my experience working with xyz nig Ltd over the years, I realized the importance of information system and this course will enable me advance from being a data analyst to becoming a data specialist equipping me with the advance knowledge and skills in my area of specialization
Vo: is your husband a citizen of Nigeria?
Me: yes he is a citizen of Nigeria(tho I didn’t tell the v.o nor fill in my ds160 that my husband is a Canadian permanent resident who travels to the US to work sometimes as required by his Canadian job by road and comes back same day)
Vo: have you been denied any us visa before?
Me: I was denied a b1/b2 visa in 2017 for my ex husband’s daughter’s graduation
Vo: have you travelled out of Nigeria before?
Me: in my mind this question again? No I haven’t
Vo: sorry you’re not qualified this time bla bla
**Please where did I go wrong?**

Good morning NL family, please help me scrutinize my PROPOSED TRANSCRIPT, your own no go spoil.
SCHOOL: University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Spring 2022
COURSE: MSc Computer and Info Sc
AGE: 26

CONSULAR: Good morning, Pass me your Passport and i-20 Please

ME: Good morning, Before we start, I would like to say that I am very nervous and whenever I am nervous, my talking is fast and distorted, so if you don’t hear what I’m saying just tell me to repeat it.

1. CONSULAR: Why Are You Going to the US?

ME: I’m going to the USA for my masters degree program in computer and information science at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock

2. CONSULAR: Why the US?

ME: The US has more advanced and sophisticated tools and methods used by fortune 500 companies, like Facebook, google, Microsoft and so on. Skills which I require to be able to visualize and fetch more information from Big Data.( tools and methods like Cassandra, spark, storm etc incase he asks)

3. CONSULAR: How Did You Hear About This School?

ME: I carried out an extensive research using Google and some academic websites to search for schools that offers my course of interest and I found a few schools that I met their requirements amongst was University of Arkansas

4. CONSULAR: How Many Schools Did You Apply To?

ME: I applied to 4 schools and they are university of Arkansas at Little Rock, Iowa state university at Ames Iowa, University of Houston, Houston Texas and University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

5. CONSULAR: What Do All These Schools Have in Common?
ME: They all offer my course of interest

6. CONSULAR: Why Did You Choose this School?

ME: The University centers on a core of courses covering major traditional areas of computer science in line with my course, and it allows the flexibility in acquiring an in-depth knowledge in various other areas of specialization through elective courses.

7. CONSULAR: Tell Me About Your Academic Background?

ME: I finished from university of ilorin in 2016, then I went for my compulsory NYSC in 2017 at the federal university Lafia at their ASUU office, where I worked as a secretary using small data analysis tool like excel for data entry and management, after my nysc program I got a job at xyz Nig LTD in January 2018 as a data analyst and I’ve been working with them till now

8. CONSULAR: Why Do You Need this Masters or What Will this degree do for you?

ME: Working with companies in the past, I realize the importance of Big Data Analysis. And this Masters Program will help me advance from being a data analyst to becoming a data specialist, equipping me with advanced and sophisticated skills and methods using more advanced tools used in processing Big Data.
Which in turn will make me competent and valuable in my field as a data specialist and as a consultant and i will be returning to Nigeria to take up a new position proposed by the company I work for, as their Data Specialist, and eventually over the years as I build in my career as my own personal goal, I’ll be setting up a Data Consultancy firm to serve clients and prospective customers especially now that there's significant boom in the IT/Financial technology sector.

10. CONSULAR: What is your work role?

ME: As a data analyst, I’m responsible for scrutinizing information using data analysis tools like Tableau, I extract needed data using computerized models, I remove corrupted data, perform initial and final analysis to access the quality of data. The meaningful results i pull from the raw data help employers or clients make important decisions by identifying various facts and trends.

11. CONSULAR: What’s this course about?

ME: The program is Data Science, concerned with the collection, screening, storing and presenting of data. Now, when we talk data, we mean Big Data from companies like MTN, Nigerian Stock Exchange, Facebook and the likes, which will help them in decision making for the now and future. Data is money, and companies that have Big Data without good analysis is losing big-time in the money market. These type of data is how Facebook is able to monitor users online behavior, and come up with deciding on what business to propose to their users and display in their screens. Most of these comes in form of ads.

11. CONSULAR: What are those courses you’ll be taking/ Tell me about your program/What is your study plan?

ME: The study program spans for a period of 24 months (from Jan 18th, 2022 to Jan 20th, 2024), during which I'm expected to complete a total of 30 credit unit, out of which 2 of it are thesis instead of projects. And I will be offering courses like software engineering, operating systems, computer architecture, technology and networking, analysis of algorithm, among others.

12. CONSULAR: Can you not continue your education in your country?

ME: No, it'll be somewhat difficult, as that will not make me competent.
Reason is, education and academic calendar in Nigeria is either always interrupted or not well delivered.
I'll prefer to be exposed to a global standard, be competent, bring that training and idea back here and do better for myself.

13. CONSULAR: Did You Write Any Standardized Test?

ME: I wrote GRE and scored 314

14. CONSULAR: Are you married and with children?

ME: Yes I’m married but no children yet

15. CONSULAR: Have You Travelled Before?

ME: No I have not had any reason to

16. CONSULAR: Who Is Sponsoring You?

ME: My husband is sponsoring me

17. CONSULAR: What Does Your Sponsor Do?

ME: My husband is into oil and gas sector, he has trucks that lifts petrol within kwara state, and supplies petroleum products to different gas station like Mobil, shell and total and he’s into farming as well and he has a very big farm in kwara state and export farm produce locally and internationally

18. CONSULAR: what’s his monthly income?

ME: 24million

18. CONSULAR: How Many siblings do you have

ME: I have one sibling from my mother and seven from my father

CONSULAR: Do you have any relative in US

ME: My sibling from my mom lives in Chicago

19. CONSULAR: Where do you work and How long have you been working?

ME: I work at the xyz Nig LTD and I’ve been working for three years

20. CONSULAR: What do xyz Nig Ltd do and what’s their staff strength?

ME: xyz Nig Ltd is an information & communications technology (ICT) & management services company rendering management information system (mis) consulting, software development, system integration, project development & cloud hosting, we have two offices, one in Offa another in osogbo, with an approximate of 60 staffs in total.

22. CONSULAR: Is your husband travelling with you?

ME: No, he won’t be coming with me for now

23. CONSULAR: So where will you be staying?

ME: In the school hostel
Congratulations I’ll be approving your visa��

PLEASE DONT IGNORE.. You as a V.O, please decide my fate

Jay5050:
Please, 3 years ago, I tried to apply for the US visa using an invitation sent to me by my brother. Though it didn't worked out but I had already paid visa fee and scheduled an appointment.
Right now I am trying to apply for a student visa in one of the institutions. I have paid for visa fee but I cannot schedule appointment date because I was notified by the site that my information is already in their database and if I would want to reconcile it to avoid double applications. I tried to reconcile but that's where I am having problems. Please, has anyone experience this kind of issues. I will appreciate some advice because I don't have much time to schedule an appointment date...

I had a similar problem then I sent an email to support-nigeria@ustraveldocs.com
wrote my full name, DOB, pdf of my passport bio date page and my complaints, it was rectified after 2 weeks

niccopro:
VISA
APPROVED GUYS! Spring 2022

Date: 21st September 2021
Location: Abuja

My first time going to the US Embassy but this forum has been instrumental to my practice and information, so I had to just post mine for others to see.

I was interviewed by a white woman.
VO: Good morning, pass me your documents.
ME: Good morning. Sorry before we start, I stutter a bit but I will be fluent as possible
VO: No problem
VO: I can see you are going to Texas A&M University
ME: Yes, that's right
VO: For masters in Engineering?
ME: Masters in Industrial Engineering.(I corrected her immediately)
VO: Okay
VO: What do you do?
ME: I work at an Engineering firm in Lagos as a Technical Officer.
VO: What will you be doing after your study?
ME: I will definitely be coming back to Nigeria to continue working at my current company as I have an offer of a managerial role upon my return.
VO: I can see you work at XXXXXXXX
ME: Yes (I repeated the company name)
VO: What do they do?
ME: They are into fabrication of tanks, water and sewage treatment systems
VO: Give me an approximate staff strength of the company
ME: We have two Offices. One in Lagos and other in Ibadan with an approximate of 60 staff in total.
VO: who is sponsoring your study?
ME: My Uncle will be sponsoring me, he has been sponsoring my education as a child.
VO: What does he do?
ME: He is a medical doctor and he owns two hospitals, one in Lagos and other in Ogun state.
VO: Is he in Nigeria?
ME: Yes he is (He actually just returned from the US so my response was a bit shaky).
VO: Ok, I will be approving your visa......... (I always read on here that people stops hearing what the VO is saying about Covid at this point) I literally didn't hear anything as well, different thoughts and emotions all at once.

I collected my white paper and in two days my passport was in Lagos.

It was just God, that's all I can say!

Congratulations…please how did you get an early interview date for spring admission, I have spring admission too and we are unable to get a close interview date, my school resumes January 2022

Bamdaniels:
Please I will appreciate it if you can help me with the help desk line to call

Hello Bamdaniels, were you able to resolve the issue? I’m actually facing the same challenge at the moment

excellentwork:
Pls house help me review this, I will appreciate it if u can add or remove from what I wrote for correction are welcome. My interview is in few weeks from now.
Thanks
Vo Good morning
Me Good morning sir /ma
Vo where are you going to in US
Me. I'am going to Troy university Alabama for my masters degree in computer and information science
Vo: why computer and information science
Me: I'm an IT support officer responsible for installation and configuration of computer hardware and software system, I also monitor and maintain the computer system and network. So going for my masters in computer and information science will make me gain more knowledge on my area of specialization which is system networking and maintenance
Vo: How many schools did u apply for
Me: 3
Vo: Name them
Me: Troy university Alabama, Florida International university and St Mary University
Vo: How many offered you addmision
Me: only Troy university
Vo: why were you denied admission
Me: There admission selection is very competitive
Vo: Why did you chose Troy
Me: Troy university is recognized around the world for it's quality academic program , they also offered the best fit for my career growth interms of its curriculum content which includes network and information security, introduction to cybersecurity, analysis of algorithm. Troy university is also ranked as one of the best value for international students and rated as one of the safest universities in the United States
Vo: Where is Troy university located
Me: it is located on 600 University Avenue Troy Alabama USA
Vo: What will this program do for you
Me: In line with what am currently doing as an IT support officer responsible for monitoring and maintenance of system network both instullation of software and hardware, the program will make me gain more knowledge on my field of specialization and by the end of the program will be back to my country and fully open my IT company and become a consultant.
Vo: Have you traveled abroad before
Me: No, because I don't have anything going there to do, is only this study that is taking me outside my country and after the program I will be back to fully lunch my IT company and become an IT consultant
Vo: What is your course requirement
Me: Minimum of 30 credit hours
Vo: Who is sponsoring you
Me: My Husband
Vo: What is he doing for a living
Me: He is a business man and owns a company known as xyz group of company with about 7 staffs working under him
Vo: what area did he specialized on
Me: He is into sales of electronics , he deals also on building materials such as imported doors, stone coated roofing materials, plumbing materials and he is into real estate.
Vo: How many kids do you have
Me: I have one kid now and he is 2 years and six months.
Vo: why is he not going with you
Me: The duration of the program is small just 24months , I have putting everything thing in place for his comfort , my mother in-laws states with me and also a help that take care of him, even when am around he hardly come to me because he is used to them
Vo: I'll be approving your visa
Me: Thank

House Pls help me review..... Thanks

How was your interview?
Granted??

TWoods:


You have several problems:

Who did you enter as your husband when you applied for a visiting visa?

You have an application for permanent residency in Canada. If the VO finds out, it will be a straight denial.

My best advice - forget about schooling in America and get your spousal visa done. It is strange that you say it’s stuck. What does that mean? Why don’t you get that settled rather than waste time, money and effort pursuing an education that you don’t really want? I have a feeling your current “marriage” is no better than your previous claim.

Thanks so much for your response, the person I put as my husband for visiting was one of my uncle’s friends who has a good traveling history, I later got a divorce certificate to cancel that marriage when my husband filed for my Canada visa
Meanwhile my marriage with my husband now is real but this is is 16th month we’ve been on the Canada spousal visa, that’s why we tried the US school and now that I’ve gained admission we’re skeptical to use my husband or my father as sponsor

Hello house. Please help solve my case, I’ve been to the US embassy twice on b1/b2 visa but was denied in 2017, despite claiming I was married just to show ties although truly I was never married. Then later I got married in 2019 to my husband who’s a permanent resident of Canada, we filed for spousal visa, but we’ve been on it ever since, I guess the application is stuck, so we decided to try US student visa and I recently gained admission into university of Arkansas at Little Rock, and we are about to process my i20, I’m confused who to use as sponsor? Either my husband or my dad, my husband is a permanent resident of Canada and he has entered US by road few times, while my dad and mom are divorced, though my mom remarried and her husband died, I remember my mom filled widow on her DS-160 then, my mom has been to the US few times and has never overstayed, and she doesn’t bear my father’s name on her passport. I also don’t bear my father’s name on my passport too, I’m using my husband’s name, I’m worried if I can use my father as my sponsor, I’m worried the consular might think my father is my mom’s husband that died, and I feel I can’t use my husband cause he’s not based in Nigeria, please help clear my confusion