Linccoln:


Did you say your brother makes $15,000 a month?
Which country ? If I may ask. I guess the V.O found it funny too.

honeyade:
Interview Experience 3 DAYS ago
VISA Status: Denied
Lagos Embassy
*Please read through my experience, and kindly share any recommendations for positive results next time.*


Me: Good morning ma’am
VO: Good morning, please can you hand over your passport and I-20? (I handed it over through the space created to give documents)
VO: can you tell me what your program is about?
Me: it’s an LLM program in Intellectual property law, it’s an area of law made to protect the rights of creatives and this includes their craft, literal work or music in order for their rights to not be infringed by unauthorized persons
VO: okay, so who is finding this program
Me: my parents and brother
VO: what do they do for a living starting with your brother
Me: my brother is a cyber security expert at XYZ(big multinational TECH company), my mum is a textile trader and my dad retired as a GM of a company into his commercial farming business
VO: what is their monthly income
Me: my brother’s annual income...
VO: no I want his monthly income
Me: oh his monthly income is about $15,000, my mum’s monthly depends on the quantity of textiles sold a month but about N2.5m and my dad is in his harvest period and this month alone he made N20m from sales of his produce
VO: okay, how much do you make a month?
Me: 250,000
VO:Is that in naira
Me: yes 250,000 naira. I am a lawyer
VO: Oh you're a lawyer, how many years now
Me: 2 years
VO: okay, have you traveled before?
Me: yes, I’ve traveled to Dubai and other African countries while I was younger for the holidays
Officer: okay
……..typing something for about a minute……
Officer: I’m sorry the US immigration service won’t be granting you a US visa and the reasons behind this decision has been revealed on this piece of paper ( handed over my passport and a blue piece of paper)
Me: okay, thank you
Officer: you’re welcome and have a nice day

mayor2013:


You gave an all round over bloated figures. These guys are experienced world wide and know what obtain in every part of the world

Donbigi2:

I thought the same too

djsmart:
A beautiful morning to you, Nairalander family. A friend of mine went for US interview 2weeks ago. And he's planning to reapply to Abuja. Though he initially picked Abuja but changed to Lagos due to Abuja embassy closure at that time.
1. Please can he reapply now?
2. When reapplying, is he going to pick regular or previously denied?
Thanks in anticipation

Hotty321:

Previously denied cos they have records

djsmart:
A beautiful morning to you, Nairalander family. A friend of mine went for US interview 2weeks ago. And he's planning to reapply to Abuja. Though he initially picked Abuja but changed to Lagos due to Abuja embassy closure at that time.
1. Please can he reapply now?
2. When reapplying, is he going to pick regular or previously denied?
Thanks in anticipation

Nozino:


PharmD is not a PhD. Same way DNP or OD or other Doctoral degrees like Dsc or D.Eng are not PhDs.

chibertha:
Really
Please educate me
I am an engineer and we are awarded PhD in the specific of engineering we choose
For example I am going for PhD in Civil Engineering next year

Please � I like to learn teach me

Jacknn:


Wow thanks,I'm only asking bkaux of the possibility of securing visa date for spring 23 January 9th startup, so it's still very possible.. that's great

honeyade:
Interview Experience 3 DAYS ago
VISA Status: Denied
Lagos Embassy
*Please read through my experience, and kindly share any recommendations for positive results next time.*


Me: Good morning ma’am
VO: Good morning, please can you hand over your passport and I-20? (I handed it over through the space created to give documents)
VO: can you tell me what your program is about?
Me: it’s an LLM program in Intellectual property law, it’s an area of law made to protect the rights of creatives and this includes their craft, literal work or music in order for their rights to not be infringed by unauthorized persons
VO: okay, so who is finding this program
Me: my parents and brother
VO: what do they do for a living starting with your brother
Me: my brother is a cyber security expert at XYZ(big multinational TECH company), my mum is a textile trader and my dad retired as a GM of a company into his commercial farming business
VO: what is their monthly income
Me: my brother’s annual income...
VO: no I want his monthly income
Me: oh his monthly income is about $15,000, my mum’s monthly depends on the quantity of textiles sold a month but about N2.5m and my dad is in his harvest period and this month alone he made N20m from sales of his produce
VO: okay, how much do you make a month?
Me: 250,000
VO:Is that in naira
Me: yes 250,000 naira. I am a lawyer
VO: Oh you're a lawyer, how many years now
Me: 2 years
VO: okay, have you traveled before?
Me: yes, I’ve traveled to Dubai and other African countries while I was younger for the holidays
Officer: okay
……..typing something for about a minute……
Officer: I’m sorry the US immigration service won’t be granting you a US visa and the reasons behind this decision has been revealed on this piece of paper ( handed over my passport and a blue piece of paper)
Me: okay, thank you
Officer: you’re welcome and have a nice day

honeyade:


Yes he actually makes a little more than $15,000 per month, I said 15k because I had to divide his annual salary to monthly at the request of the VO right there. He is a US citizen and lives & works for the multinational tech company in the U.S.

chibertha:
15k USD/month ? The VO did not buy this.
It is what it is. Do not give up.

Donbigi2:
My bro is on skilled work visa in Uk and my mom is a lecturer. are they sufficient sponsors for masters? (ps. School fees will be paid in full before applying for visa)

djsmart:
A beautiful morning to you, Nairalander family. A friend of mine went for US interview 2weeks ago. And he's planning to reapply to Abuja. Though he initially picked Abuja but changed to Lagos due to Abuja embassy closure at that time.
1. Please can he reapply now?
2. When reapplying, is he going to pick regular or previously denied?
Thanks in anticipation

Mobil567:
I don’t know why you all seem amazed with the figure. It is actually possible. My boss in Sweden is also an It guy. Makes takes home 136k krona a month after tax oo!! That’s like 13,600€. I didn’t believe it till I saw it with my korokoro eyes. So it is very possible he makes $15k & I don’t think that’s why she got rejected

DawnEden:

1. Yes
2. Pls go for regular, if you choose previously denied, you will not be able to get an appointment date until 6 months as passed. Cgi don't keep such record unlike ds-160. So pls select regular

chibertha:
And they will be sent back for misrepresentation of facts.

chibertha:
Your "friend" can reapply but MUST pick previously denied

chibertha:
Really
Please educate me
I am an engineer and we are awarded PhD in the specific of engineering we choose
For example I am going for PhD in Civil Engineering next year

I have attached a screenshot from Illinois tech as I am confused.

Please � I like to learn teach me

djsmart:
A beautiful morning to you, Nairalander family. A friend of mine went for US interview 2weeks ago. And he's planning to reapply to Abuja. Though he initially picked Abuja but changed to Lagos due to Abuja embassy closure at that time.
1. Please can he reapply now?
2. When reapplying, is he going to pick regular or previously denied?
Thanks in anticipation

honeyade:


Thank you so much for the feedback. I guess I can see how the VO could have felt if you all feel that way here.

Coincidentally, my brother’s salary is not bloated at all if anything the $15k I mentioned for him is a little less than what he makes monthly. He is about 10 years older than me, a US citizen and well established in his tech career in the US.

For My dad you will notice I only mentioned 20M for last month for him based on his harvest. Maybe what I should have done is account for every other month he doesn’t sell as much and dropped his monthly to about 3M instead.

For my mom I should have done a similar thing as well.

I went in prepared to talk about annual salaries, so when VO asked for monthly I started recalculating on the spot. In total the funds available to me were more than double what I needed per year. I can trim that down to only my dad as my sponsor for next time.

DawnEden:

1. Yes
2. Pls go for regular, if you choose previously denied, you will not be able to get an appointment date until 6 months as passed. Cgi don't keep such record unlike ds-160. So pls select regular

justwise:
@All

I just think i should drop this here hope it helps those looking for an appointment


It appears that Abuja is opening a small number of dropbox opportunities every day. Just to note, from the way they seem to be managing their appointments, it appears that everyone has an equal chance to obtain an appointment whether they use a visa agent or not. In short I would encourage you to save your money and to make your own appointment without using an agent if you qualify for Abuja's interview waiver.

honeyade:
Interview Experience 3 DAYS ago
VISA Status: Denied
Lagos Embassy
*Please read through my experience, and kindly share any recommendations for positive results next time.*


Me: Good morning ma’am
VO: Good morning, please can you hand over your passport and I-20? (I handed it over through the space created to give documents)
VO: can you tell me what your program is about?
Me: it’s an LLM program in Intellectual property law, it’s an area of law made to protect the rights of creatives and this includes their craft, literal work or music in order for their rights to not be infringed by unauthorized persons
VO: okay, so who is finding this program
Me: my parents and brother
VO: what do they do for a living starting with your brother
Me: my brother is a cyber security expert at XYZ(big multinational TECH company), my mum is a textile trader and my dad retired as a GM of a company into his commercial farming business
VO: what is their monthly income
Me: my brother’s annual income...
VO: no I want his monthly income
Me: oh his monthly income is about $15,000, my mum’s monthly depends on the quantity of textiles sold a month but about N2.5m and my dad is in his harvest period and this month alone he made N20m from sales of his produce
VO: okay, how much do you make a month?
Me: 250,000
VO:Is that in naira
Me: yes 250,000 naira. I am a lawyer
VO: Oh you're a lawyer, how many years now
Me: 2 years
VO: okay, have you traveled before?
Me: yes, I’ve traveled to Dubai and other African countries while I was younger for the holidays
Officer: okay
……..typing something for about a minute……
Officer: I’m sorry the US immigration service won’t be granting you a US visa and the reasons behind this decision has been revealed on this piece of paper ( handed over my passport and a blue piece of paper)
Me: okay, thank you
Officer: you’re welcome and have a nice day

Linccoln:


Did you say your brother makes $15,000 a month?
Which country ? If I may ask. I guess the V.O found it funny too.

mayor2013:


Dear friend. No need to contest this. I still maintain the over bloated figure caused the denial. Can’t you see it was shortly the VO asked you where your brother works and you told her and you further went to say 15k usd. My friend the VO knows what’s the real take home of techs in that company. Am sure you are missing something here

honeyade:


Yes he actually makes a little more than $15,000 per month, I said 15k because I had to divide his annual salary to monthly at the request of the VO right there. He is a US citizen and lives & works for the multinational tech company in the U.S.