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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by chidiakwari: 12:51pm On Aug 08
anamo:

If you are changing school (which is true in my case), you’ll need a new F-1 visa especially with the SEVIS 5 month rule

The professor who input the funding I got a visa with in school A lost his NSF application and he only told me in June after I already got my visa in April. I should have risked it and travelled but I’m scared I’ll just be left stranded after I’ve reached out to other professors who claimed they didn’t have funding. Since I got a new offers for Spring 2025, I just reached out to the grad coordinator that TA offer will be better, rather than RA, which is fine.

Right now it seems going to the embassy again will just be a waste of time.

Thank you
You do not need a new visa. What you need is SEVIS transfer
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by JohnZak: 3:29pm On Aug 08
Your story is not consistent with previous posts using your former username. This is not about school A or B.

According to you, your visa from April 2024 was issued to start school in Fall 2024. The 5 month rule applies to returning students i.e. enrolled students who have started classes and subsequently been away from their studies for at least 5 months. You are not a returning student.

You are a new, incoming student who was recently granted a visa in April and has not been enrolled but rather deferred their admission. The 5-month rule does not apply to you because you have not entered the US with that visa or started classes. All you need is an updated and signed I20 that states your new start date with your school. Your DSO just needs to update your SEVIS record with this info. Because you have not even reported and enrolled, your SEVIS record is not even considered "ACTIVE" so the 5-month rule does not apply.

Even if you want to change to a different school entirely, all you need to do is request a SEVIS transfer because your visa was issued in April and you are not considered a returning student but a new student. People do SEVIS transfers all the time. I easily did a J1 transfer when I changed programs.

Get proper clarity on your situation by speaking to your DSO!! Nobody applies for a visa multiple times just because they decided to change schools, except their SEVIS record is terminated, which is not the case in your situation.

anamo:

If you are changing school (which is true in my case), you’ll need a new F-1 visa especially with the SEVIS 5 month rule

The professor who input the funding I got a visa with in school A lost his NSF application and he only told me in June after I already got my visa in April. I should have risked it and travelled but I’m scared I’ll just be left stranded after I’ve reached out to other professors who claimed they didn’t have funding. Since I got a new offers for Spring 2025, I just reached out to the grad coordinator that TA offer will be better, rather than RA, which is fine.

Right now it seems going to the embassy again will just be a waste of time.

Thank you
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by anamo: 4:57pm On Aug 08
JohnZak:
Your story is not consistent with previous posts using your former username. This is not about school A or B.

According to you, your visa from April 2024 was issued to start school in Fall 2024. The 5 month rule applies to returning students i.e. enrolled students who have started classes and subsequently been away from their studies for at least 5 months. You are not a returning student.

You are a new, incoming student who was recently granted a visa in April and has not been enrolled but rather deferred their admission. The 5-month rule does not apply to you because you have not entered the US with that visa or started classes. All you need is an updated and signed I20 that states your new start date with your school. Your DSO just needs to update your SEVIS record with this info. Because you have not even reported and enrolled, your SEVIS record is not even considered "ACTIVE" so the 5-month rule does not apply.

Even if you want to change to a different school entirely, all you need to do is request a SEVIS transfer because your visa was issued in April and you are not considered a returning student but a new student. People do SEVIS transfers all the time. I easily did a J1 transfer when I changed programs.

Get proper clarity on your situation by speaking to your DSO!! Nobody applies for a visa multiple times just because they decided to change schools, except their SEVIS record is terminated, which is not the case in your situation.


The school won’t do a SEVIS transfer unless I check in with them by physical presence. The department also won’t do a deferral in this case…so I just had to chose another school where I have been admitted…So, transferring SEVIS ID isn’t possible in this case (but I can transfer my SEVIS payment on the SEVIS portal myself). I might be wrong but the other visa becomes invalid in this case.
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by JohnZak: 5:58pm On Aug 08
I am not referring to the school that won't do a SEVIS transfer for you. Earlier this year, you said you were ill and were away for more than 5 months without authorization so the 5 month rule applied to you at that time. Not now because you are a new, incoming student at a new school. You have not been interested in the school that won't do a transfer since last year so bringing it up again is confusing.

I am referring to the school that gave you Fall 2024 admission (in bold font below). You posted a screenshot of an email that showed that they accepted your deferral to Spring 25. This is the same school that is listed on your April visa for Fall 24 enrolment and this is the school that offered you a TA. To be eligible to start in Spring 25 at the same school, you do not need a new visa just an updated I20.

I urge you to speak frankly with your DSO at the same school that offered you Fall 2024 admission, accepted your deferral till Spring 2025, has a TA waiting for you, and for which you obtained a visa in April 2024. Except there is more to this story, this is a straightforward process.

Speaking to your DSO at the school that gave you the Fall 2024 admission is important. If the DSO does not receive any information from you or the department about a deferral, class enrollment, or no POE information, they have about 30 days before they cancel your I20 and the April visa that you have becomes invalid because you won't be able to use it to enter the US.

anamo:


The school won’t do a SEVIS transfer unless I check in with them by physical presence. The department also won’t do a deferral in this case…so I just had to chose another school where I have been admitted…So, transferring SEVIS ID isn’t possible in this case (but I can transfer my SEVIS payment on the SEVIS portal myself). I might be wrong but the other visa becomes invalid in this case.
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by JMG12: 9:36pm On Aug 08
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Breegz14:


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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by anamo: 12:05am On Aug 09
JohnZak:
I am not referring to the school that won't do a SEVIS transfer for you. Earlier this year, you said you were ill and were away for more than 5 months without authorization so the 5 month rule applied to you at that time. Not now because you are a new, incoming student at a new school. You have not been interested in the school that won't do a transfer since last year so bringing it up again is confusing.

I am referring to the school that gave you Fall 2024 admission (in bold font below). You posted a screenshot of an email that showed that they accepted your deferral to Spring 25. This is the same school that is listed on your April visa for Fall 24 enrolment and this is the school that offered you a TA. To be eligible to start in Spring 25 at the same school, you do not need a new visa just an updated I20.

I urge you to speak frankly with your DSO at the same school that offered you Fall 2024 admission, accepted your deferral till Spring 2025, has a TA waiting for you, and for which you obtained a visa in April 2024. Except there is more to this story, this is a straightforward process.

Speaking to your DSO at the school that gave you the Fall 2024 admission is important. If the DSO does not receive any information from you or the department about a deferral, class enrollment, or no POE information, they have about 30 days before they cancel your I20 and the April visa that you have becomes invalid because you won't be able to use it to enter the US.


This is what I’m trying to explain: the school that won’t do a SEVIS transfer until I’m physically present is the one whose PI couldn’t guarantee a funding because of his NSF funding that didn’t come through. The DSO said transfer is only possible for student who show up. The PI let me know about the funding issue just a month after I got my visa with their school (this was the same school I deferred till Fall 24). The school that accepted till spring deferral , their name and SEVIS isn’t the one on my visa..

Now I’m beginning to believe that the PI couldn’t wait till August and he rather awarded the fund to a domestic student because a Nigerian friend in the department told me the PI now has a domestic student working with him over the summer period (we discussed this yesterday) —cuz I didn’t show up for spring due to health

And the reason I shared this here again with my new username is for me to know whether to waste my money for a visa fee again or not. I can’t use the visa that has a different school name and SEVIS ID to enter school B for spring semester. This is the dilemma
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by TWoods(m): 12:55am On Aug 09
Savagethe21st:
sir when you went to usa to study did you not tell the visa officer you will be back after studies? I do not understand your hypocrisy

What hypocrisy? You weasels hide under this weak comeback to excuse bleeding hypocrisy. No, I was never asked to return after my studies. I had a fully paid 5-year fellowship worth over $60,000/year, no TA requirements, and all living expenses paid. I post here occasionally does not mean we are in the same boat. If you are determined, work hard, and know your worth, this thing isn't rocket science.

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by TWoods(m): 12:57am On Aug 09
anamo:


The professors I was able to reach out to claimed they didn’t have funding. So, it was only the professor who lost his NSF application that guaranteed me the initial funding …but it didn’t came through

What is your PhD in? You're perhaps not looking at the right schools or you picked a highly competitive one and your resume just does not stack up.

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by VictorMessi1: 4:27am On Aug 09
TWoods:


What hypocrisy? You weasels hide under this weak comeback to excuse bleeding hypocrisy. No, I was never asked to return after my studies. I had a fully paid 5-year fellowship worth over $60,000/year, no TA requirements, and all living expenses paid. I post here occasionally does not mean we are in the same boat. If you are determined, work hard, and know your worth, this thing isn't rocket science.
There's nothing like weak come back. You're too proud to accept the fact that you're being hypocritical. Is coming back not a prerequisite in the US visa interview? Did you tell the VO that you were going to stay back after your studies that earned you 60k dollars/year? How you got to America and how much you earned doesn't matter, what matters is that you didn't come back as required of you so your own hypocrisy stinks hell out of this earth

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by Docjay042: 8:00am On Aug 09
Please I need help:
Thank you for all you do for people, I learnt a lot from here and still got denied:

1st attempt: April 2023….
Short answers: denied
School: Bawling green state university.
Program: MSc Health admistration and management
COA:35,000
Funding:1,000
Deficit: 34,000
Funding deficit: self
Embassy: Lagos

2nd Attempt: June 11,2024….
Shirt answers: denied
Sch: Louisiana state university
Program: MPH
COA: 32,000
Funding:12,500
Deficit:19,500
Funds for deficit: self/family ( brother)
Embassy: Abuja
VO:Chubby white lady

After this attempt I joined multiple groups and even had a private trainer.

3rd attempt: 8/8/2024
School: Louisiana state university
Program: MPH
COA:32,000.00
Funding:12,500
Deficit: 19,500
Funding: self/ family(wife’s name)
Embassy: Abuja
VO: pointed nose lady

Immediately I noticed it was pointed nose lady, I took excuse and sent to toilet.
When I came back, it was same pointed nose because she was too fast denying people.
I took a second excuse and the CGI approached me, and I lied to him that she denied me 2months ago.
He insisted I meet her, I summoned courage because I felt I prepared well enough too.

VO: pass me your I-20 please
Me: here they are officer, good morning

VO: have you travelled to the US before.
Me: no officer, I have travelled round the 774LGAs of my country in the course of my duties, I have had little time to travel out of my country….cuts

VO: I can see my colleague denied you recently, what has changed?
Me: I am sorry I got denied as I wasn’t able to clearly explain my funding…cuts
VO: what’s your funding?
Me: I have landed a 63% twuition waiver from my school and the remaining deficit will be covered by my wife and I from our cumulative savings over the last 4years of 85m naira.
Having worked with XYX for years on annual income of 18m, and my wife works with a multinational….cuts
VO: I can you you are married,
Me: yes, I have been married for 6years and have known my wife for about 10years, we recently had a 6month old daughter.
VO: Why are they not going with you?
Me: my wife is preoccupied with her job at the moment and she recently got promoted to the regional operations manager and she recently had a baby, they will be visiting during her annual leave and I will return back during holidays to join them. I will to quickly finish and return back in the next two years to help out when my daughter will be starting school…cuts
VO: why is not record in your I-20?
Me: I stuttered at this point but told her that she is still preoccupied with out joint business…. Cuts
VO: I won’t be approving your visa at this point under section 214b…
Me: I felt like it’s not Gods plan for me yet.
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by JohnZak: 10:11am On Aug 09
Your experience is an outlier. It is very rare for a US govt grant like NSF that has already been awarded to be pulled absent a fraudulent/questionable/unethical grant submission. I understand how a grant from a non-profit can be pulled but NSF grants are accounted for in the previous year’s budget and the money is available before the award is even made. The prof is probably not telling the truth. Or maybe he figured later that you do not have the skills he wants for the project (May sounds harsh but I am just being frank here as I have seen RAs state that they have certain skills which you later find out that they do not have).

In my opinion, here are your options:

1. Get an updated I20 from the spring school and apply for a new visa

2. Look for a school that you can afford without depending on funding because, according to you, you already have two F1 visa issuances (Dec, 2023 and April 2024) that you have not used. Applying for another F1 in Nov/Dec 2024 (3rd F1 visa in 12 months) makes you look suspect.

3. This is the nuclear option: Travel to your school now, ask for a transfer and show them the acceptance at the spring school. They will initiate the transfer. Because the spring resumption date is more than 15 days from the transfer-out date, you will have to come back to Nigeria, however, you do not need to re-apply for a visa because your SEVIS record would have been updated with the new school’s I20.

anamo:


This is what I’m trying to explain: the school that won’t do a SEVIS transfer until I’m physically present is the one whose PI couldn’t guarantee a funding because of his NSF funding that didn’t come through. The DSO said transfer is only possible for student who show up. The PI let me know about the funding issue just a month after I got my visa with their school (this was the same school I deferred till Fall 24). The school that accepted till spring deferral , their name and SEVIS isn’t the one on my visa..

Now I’m beginning to believe that the PI couldn’t wait till August and he rather awarded the fund to a domestic student because a Nigerian friend in the department told me the PI now has a domestic student working with him over the summer period (we discussed this yesterday) —cuz I didn’t show up for spring due to health

And the reason I shared this here again with my new username is for me to know whether to waste my money for a visa fee again or not. I can’t use the visa that has a different school name and SEVIS ID to enter school B for spring semester. This is the dilemma
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by mickel00(m): 12:42pm On Aug 09
Hi Everyone,

I recently paid for WES evaluation, and almost immediately, I got a mail from QualificationChecks; an affiliate of WES. QC is to help me hasten the WES evaluation by contacting my school(UNIBEN) for my transcript and also be an intermediary with WES.

I have paid the extra $60, but my application keeps bouncing back- that I need to upload a consent form.

Is there anyone that have used their services and how did you get the consent form or should I just write a consent letter?

Thanks for your anticipated inputs.
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by AlphaMaximus(m): 1:37pm On Aug 09
This is my flight itinerary with United Airlines.

I will be switching airports from IAD (Dulles International Airport) to DCA (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport).

I have two questions:

1. Considering that this flight itinerary involves one airport switch (IAD to DCA), will my checked bags be automatically checked through to the final destination of SBN (South Bend International Airport) or will I have to retrieve my checked bags at the port of entry, IAD, and check them again at the next airport, DCA?

2. What are the most seamless transportation options/routes from IAD to DCA?

Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by JohnZak: 2:18pm On Aug 09
1. No, they won't be automatically checked. You will pick up your bags after clearing immigration at IAD and check them again at the United counter in DCA.

2. IAD is technically in northern VA and DC is in DC. Since you have a 9hr layover, you can take a taxi or Uber. There is a shuttle between both airports which might be a cheaper option. There is also a metro station but this requires some walking and might be a hassle depending on how many bags you are carrying and how big they are.

Also note that you may not be able to check your bags at DCA until about 3 hrs before your flight.

AlphaMaximus:
This is my flight itinerary with United Airlines.

I will be switching airports from IAD (Dulles International Airport) to DCA (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport).

I have two questions:

1. Considering that this flight itinerary involves one airport switch (IAD to DCA), will my checked bags be automatically checked through to the final destination of SBN (South Bend International Airport) or will I have to retrieve my checked bags at the port of entry, IAD, and check them again at the next airport, DCA?

2. What are the most seamless transportation options/routes from IAD to DCA?

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by AlphaMaximus(m): 2:25pm On Aug 09
JohnZak:
1. No, they won't be automatically checked. You will pick up your bags after clearing immigration at IAD and check them again at the United counter in DCA.

2. IAD is technically in northern VA and DC is in DC. Since you have a 9hr layover, you can take a taxi or Uber. There is a shuttle between both airports which might be a cheaper option. There is also a metro station but this requires some walking and might be a hassle depending on how many bags you are carrying and how big they are.

Also note that you may not be able to check your bags at DCA until about 3 hrs before your flight.


Thank you for your detailed explanation
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by doodz: 2:29pm On Aug 09
AlphaMaximus:
This is my flight itinerary with United Airlines.

I will be switching airports from IAD (Dulles International Airport) to DCA (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport).

I have two questions:

1. Considering that this flight itinerary involves one airport switch (IAD to DCA), will my checked bags be automatically checked through to the final destination of SBN (South Bend International Airport) or will I have to retrieve my checked bags at the port of entry, IAD, and check them again at the next airport, DCA?

2. What are the most seamless transportation options/routes from IAD to DCA?

You will have to retrieve your bags once you are done with customs clearance (port of entry) at IAD and you will immediately check it back into your next flight if you were to fly from IAD. But since your connecting flight is from DCA, you will have to go there to check your bags. Since it's a single booking, United might provide you with a taxi (or pay for it) to take you from IAD to DCA. IAD is in Virginia and DCA is in Washington DC and it's about a 45-minute drive.

Alternatively, you might ask about the train service. The best way to go about it is to ask United Airlines staff once you retrieve your bags in Dulles. The good thing is that you have enough time before your flight from DCA, so no cause for worry.

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by AlphaMaximus(m): 2:38pm On Aug 09
doodz:


You will have to retrieve your bags once you are done with customs clearance (port of entry) at IAD and you will immediately check it back into your next flight if you were to fly from IAD. But since your connecting flight is from DCA, you will have to go there to check your bags. Since it's a single booking, United might provide you with a taxi (or pay for it) to take you from IAD to DCA. IAD is in Virginia and DCA is in Washington DC and it's about a 45-minute drive.

Alternatively, you might ask about the train service. The best way to go about it is to ask United Airlines staff once you retrieve your bags in Dulles. The good thing is that you have enough time before your flight from DCA, so no cause for worry.

This is crystal. Thank you.
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by GboyegaD(m): 2:55pm On Aug 09
anamo:


H

Since you have the admission for Spring with TA, you should be good. Just wait till December before you come in. When does your F1 visa expire?
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by GboyegaD(m): 3:00pm On Aug 09
anamo:

If you are changing school (which is true in my case), you’ll need a new F-1 visa especially with the SEVIS 5 month rule

The professor who input the funding I got a visa with in school A lost his NSF application and he only told me in June after I already got my visa in April. I should have risked it and travelled but I’m scared I’ll just be left stranded after I’ve reached out to other professors who claimed they didn’t have funding. Since I got a new offers for Spring 2025, I just reached out to the grad coordinator that TA offer will be better, rather than RA, which is fine.

Right now it seems going to the embassy again will just be a waste of time.

Thank you

Why do you think you will be denied visa? You didn't commit any crime by choosing not to go for program A. You don't need to much of details. Just make it known to the visa officer that program B gave you admission for Spring 2025 and it is your preferred program as such, you decided not to go with program A. If your visa isn't expired, I don't think you need reappear for another visa interview.

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by GboyegaD(m): 3:19pm On Aug 09
anamo:


The school won’t do a SEVIS transfer unless I check in with them by physical presence. The department also won’t do a deferral in this case…so I just had to chose another school where I have been admitted…So, transferring SEVIS ID isn’t possible in this case (but I can transfer my SEVIS payment on the SEVIS portal myself). I might be wrong but the other visa becomes invalid in this case.

Why wouldn't the school transfer your SEVIS? You are not coming to their school and another school is requesting the transfer.
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by Okporkpites: 3:38pm On Aug 09
OyoTunjiUSA:



Hey 🤠

Hello, pls i am looking for someone who can genuinely put me through the US masters studies process for international student. Cause i don't really have money to pay an agent and this something i haven't done before. HERE is my number pls. 08160892128
* Be careful of another Visa debacle.


1. F1-VISA application is never a gamble please erase that notion out of your mind and your conclusion that making a non-relative as your sponsor was the reason of your visa denial is a fallacy because the 214b denial slip given to you did not state that.

2. Now making yourself (a prospective int-student who is not expected to work more than 20hrs a week while in the USA) almost a self sponsored (60%) would place your next visa application into jeopardy.

3. How quickly did you become a self-sponsored within a year ? And for any consular to beleive your quick promotion in sense 2 above means that you have become a confirmed multimillionaire with proven sources of income back home In Nigeria.


Best Wishes 🙏
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by Okporkpites: 3:55pm On Aug 09
OyoTunjiUSA:


Hello pls, i need you to guide me on the US masters study application for international student process, as i have just a few knowledge in the process. here is my contact pls or whatsapp. 08160892128
Hey 🤠

1. You do not have a choice than to attend your interview otherwise you will forfeit your MRV if you play truant tomorrow.

2. There are few situations where SEVIS fee payment failed to reflect or reflected at a later time, therefore the embassy is still having the impression that you must have paid.

3. However, you are in a dicey situation because a hardline consular might think that you wanted to out-smart the embassy or that you are an unserious F1-VISA applicant.

4. If luck is on your side and you happened to have passed your interview then you may be placed on 221g in order to go and sort your SEVIS payment out.


Best Wishes 🙏
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by Forever007: 4:01pm On Aug 09
Hey everyone,
Has anyone done F1 student visa renewal via Dropbox recently in Lagos in the past 6 weeks and has gotten it back?
Or if you know someone who has, please kindly respond.
Thanks.
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by OyoTunjiUSA(m): 6:17pm On Aug 09
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Hey 🤠


1.. Ask your question (s). People will guide you.




Best Wishes 🙏
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by OyoTunjiUSA(m): 10:15pm On Aug 09
Docjay042:
Please I need help:
Thank you for all you do for people, I learnt a lot from here and still got denied:

1st attempt: April 2023….
Short answers: denied
School: Bawling green state university.
Program: MSc Health admistration and management
COA:35,000
Funding:1,000
Deficit: 34,000
Funding deficit: self
Embassy: Lagos

2nd Attempt: June 11,2024….
Shirt answers: denied
Sch: Louisiana state university
Program: MPH
COA: 32,000
Funding:12,500
Deficit:19,500
Funds for deficit: self/family ( brother)
Embassy: Abuja
VO:Chubby white lady

After this attempt I joined multiple groups and even had a private trainer.

3rd attempt: 8/8/2024
School: Louisiana state university
Program: MPH
COA:32,000.00
Funding:12,500
Deficit: 19,500
Funding: self/ family(wife’s name)
Embassy: Abuja
VO: pointed nose lady

Immediately I noticed it was pointed nose lady, I took excuse and sent to toilet.
When I came back, it was same pointed nose because she was too fast denying people.
I took a second excuse and the CGI approached me, and I lied to him that she denied me 2months ago.
He insisted I meet her, I summoned courage because I felt I prepared well enough too.

VO: pass me your I-20 please
Me: here they are officer, good morning

VO: have you travelled to the US before.
Me: no officer, I have travelled round the 774LGAs of my country in the course of my duties, I have had little time to travel out of my country….cuts

VO: I can see my colleague denied you recently, what has changed?
Me: I am sorry I got denied as I wasn’t able to clearly explain my funding…cuts
VO: what’s your funding?
Me: I have landed a 63% twuition waiver from my school and the remaining deficit will be covered by my wife and I from our cumulative savings over the last 4years of 85m naira.
Having worked with XYX for years on annual income of 18m, and my wife works with a multinational….cuts
VO: I can you you are married,
Me: yes, I have been married for 6years and have known my wife for about 10years, we recently had a 6month old daughter.
VO: Why are they not going with you?
Me: my wife is preoccupied with her job at the moment and she recently got promoted to the regional operations manager and she recently had a baby, they will be visiting during her annual leave and I will return back during holidays to join them. I will to quickly finish and return back in the next two years to help out when my daughter will be starting school…cuts
VO: why is not record in your I-20?
Me: I stuttered at this point but told her that she is still preoccupied with out joint business…. Cuts
VO: I won’t be approving your visa at this point under section 214b…
Me: I felt like it’s not Gods plan for me yet.


Hey 🤠

** He he" Your 3rd attempt narration is kinda amusing, but take heart, and never say die !

1. The multiple groups you joined , and your private trainer have all failed you woefully. None of them , including your natural inclination are yet to discover up till now that, Proof of Fund (POF) is your F-1 VISA undoing.

2. At Bawling Green State University, you claimed self-funding of deficit of about $34k.

3. At Louisiana State University, you claimed joint (self & family) funding for deficit of about $19k500.

4. In your 3rd attempts at LSU, you also claimed self & family funding for your deficit , and indicated your wife as the main actress of the family source of funds. Thereby, you have three complicated funding records imputed inside your Form I -20s within the space of 2 years.

5. Your first answer was even off-track. How did funding of $12k500 out of $32k amounted to you receiving 63% of funding ?
Consular officers are experts in those aspects, and they want to knock you out with those playful-lose guard.

6. I don't know the salaries you imputed in your DS-160 , and your employers reputation (you and your wife) but i want to strongly reason that the consular officer did not believe your monthly savings of 4 years to have accumulated to 85.M NGN.

7. You presently have the record of a determined or genuine prospective F-1 VISA applicant at the USA embassy. But, ironically, you might be earmarked as a desperate applicant if you don't change your 4th attempt story.

8. If your family sources of funds is genuine, then you will have to change your presentation idea because the USA embassy does not believe in your joint-salaries story.

9. Bring out a new sources of funds idea, in which if your wife disappointed you while you are in school it (the extra funds) will keep you going.


Best Wishes 🙏

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by Valmary: 6:57am On Aug 10
Hello everyone,

Please I need help.

I had my B.Sc in accounting but just applied for a masters degree in computer science and I am waiting for their feedback.

Is it possible to get an assistantship position in accounting department or can I get an assistantship position in computer science without any computer science background?
And if I am to reach out to professors, should I reach out to professors in accounting or computer science?
Because I really need an assistantship.

Thanks.
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by OyoTunjiUSA(m): 8:56am On Aug 10
Valmary:
Hello everyone,

Please I need help.

I had my B.Sc in accounting but just applied for a masters degree in computer science and I am waiting for their feedback.

Is it possible to get an assistantship position in accounting department or can I get an assistantship position in computer science without any computer science background?
And if I am to reach out to professors, should I reach out to professors in accounting or computer science?
Because I really need an assistantship.

Thanks.


Hey 🤠

1. You have to be a would-be scholar if you are aiming for any form of graduate (MSc or PhD) assistantships or fundings, and every scholar has the natural inclination to want to display their skills to the academia. Therefore , no one can decide your major for you.

2. Assistantships for MSc applicants are kind of scarce because departments have a priority of funding PhD students, since PhD students are the ones who graduated into becoming professors (Professors hires MSc students to assist them in research, marking of scripts, etc).

3. In this respect, you have to be extraordinary - and demonstrate exceptional academic records, research experience (s), and strong letters of recommendation (s), and SOP to be considered for assistantships.

4. Look for the right professors where your interests are and writing a real good letter (e-Mail) matching that professors interest with yours to get attention

5. Assistantship competition is intense, so you have to be highly proactive, apply early, and put together very strong application materials to have a good chances of securing a top-list of the admissions panel's file.

PS: Reach out to the professors in either of the program where you have the 100% defence confidence.


Best Wishes 🙏
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by chidiakwari: 10:41am On Aug 10
Docjay042:
Please I need help:
Thank you for all you do for people, I learnt a lot from here and still got denied:

1st attempt: April 2023….
Short answers: denied
School: Bawling green state university.
Program: MSc Health admistration and management
COA:35,000
Funding:1,000
Deficit: 34,000
Funding deficit: self
Embassy: Lagos

2nd Attempt: June 11,2024….
Shirt answers: denied
Sch: Louisiana state university
Program: MPH
COA: 32,000
Funding:12,500
Deficit:19,500
Funds for deficit: self/family ( brother)
Embassy: Abuja
VO:Chubby white lady

After this attempt I joined multiple groups and even had a private trainer.

3rd attempt: 8/8/2024
School: Louisiana state university
Program: MPH
COA:32,000.00
Funding:12,500
Deficit: 19,500
Funding: self/ family(wife’s name)
Embassy: Abuja
VO: pointed nose lady

Immediately I noticed it was pointed nose lady, I took excuse and sent to toilet.
When I came back, it was same pointed nose because she was too fast denying people.
I took a second excuse and the CGI approached me, and I lied to him that she denied me 2months ago.
He insisted I meet her, I summoned courage because I felt I prepared well enough too.

VO: pass me your I-20 please
Me: here they are officer, good morning

VO: have you travelled to the US before.
Me: no officer, I have travelled round the 774LGAs of my country in the course of my duties, I have had little time to travel out of my country….cuts

VO: I can see my colleague denied you recently, what has changed?
Me: I am sorry I got denied as I wasn’t able to clearly explain my funding…cuts
VO: what’s your funding?
Me: I have landed a 63% twuition waiver from my school and the remaining deficit will be covered by my wife and I from our cumulative savings over the last 4years of 85m naira.
Having worked with XYX for years on annual income of 18m, and my wife works with a multinational….cuts
VO: I can you you are married,
Me: yes, I have been married for 6years and have known my wife for about 10years, we recently had a 6month old daughter.
VO: Why are they not going with you?
Me: my wife is preoccupied with her job at the moment and she recently got promoted to the regional operations manager and she recently had a baby, they will be visiting during her annual leave and I will return back during holidays to join them. I will to quickly finish and return back in the next two years to help out when my daughter will be starting school…cuts
VO: why is not record in your I-20?
Me: I stuttered at this point but told her that she is still preoccupied with out joint business…. Cuts
VO: I won’t be approving your visa at this point under section 214b…
Me: I felt like it’s not Gods plan for me yet.
You sounded desperate and the Visa Officer made the right decision.

Until you folks learn to answer simple question straightforward rather than telling us some bull stories that you were never asked.

Your desperation was oozing.

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by Blackfinegirl(f): 5:45pm On Aug 10
Docjay042:
Please I need help:
Thank you for all you do for people, I learnt a lot from here and still got denied:

1st attempt: April 2023….
Short answers: denied
School: Bawling green state university.
Program: MSc Health admistration and management
COA:35,000
Funding:1,000
Deficit: 34,000
Funding deficit: self
Embassy: Lagos

2nd Attempt: June 11,2024….
Shirt answers: denied
Sch: Louisiana state university
Program: MPH
COA: 32,000
Funding:12,500
Deficit:19,500
Funds for deficit: self/family ( brother)
Embassy: Abuja
VO:Chubby white lady

After this attempt I joined multiple groups and even had a private trainer.

3rd attempt: 8/8/2024
School: Louisiana state university
Program: MPH
COA:32,000.00
Funding:12,500
Deficit: 19,500
Funding: self/ family(wife’s name)
Embassy: Abuja
VO: pointed nose lady

Immediately I noticed it was pointed nose lady, I took excuse and sent to toilet.
When I came back, it was same pointed nose because she was too fast denying people.
I took a second excuse and the CGI approached me, and I lied to him that she denied me 2months ago.
He insisted I meet her, I summoned courage because I felt I prepared well enough too.

VO: pass me your I-20 please
Me: here they are officer, good morning

VO: have you travelled to the US before.
Me: no officer, I have travelled round the 774LGAs of my country in the course of my duties, I have had little time to travel out of my country….cuts

VO: I can see my colleague denied you recently, what has changed?
Me: I am sorry I got denied as I wasn’t able to clearly explain my funding…cuts
VO: what’s your funding?
Me: I have landed a 63% twuition waiver from my school and the remaining deficit will be covered by my wife and I from our cumulative savings over the last 4years of 85m naira.
Having worked with XYX for years on annual income of 18m, and my wife works with a multinational….cuts
VO: I can you you are married,
Me: yes, I have been married for 6years and have known my wife for about 10years, we recently had a 6month old daughter.
VO: Why are they not going with you?
Me: my wife is preoccupied with her job at the moment and she recently got promoted to the regional operations manager and she recently had a baby, they will be visiting during her annual leave and I will return back during holidays to join them. I will to quickly finish and return back in the next two years to help out when my daughter will be starting school…cuts
VO: why is not record in your I-20?
Me: I stuttered at this point but told her that she is still preoccupied with out joint business…. Cuts
VO: I won’t be approving your visa at this point under section 214b…
Me: I felt like it’s not Gods plan for me yet.


I thought it was not necessary to include on the i20 a dependent if they will not be applying and travelling with you now, then later you cab add them when they are ready to apply.
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by Yeezy24: 1:51am On Aug 11
Hi everyone, I was denied today.

Main reason from the interview is that my brother is also in the US at the same school.

Strangely, the VO asked me to do biometrics again before handling me the blue paper. I’ve been worried about the second biometrics.

What does this mean please, or nothing to worry about?

Thank you in advance.
Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by OyoTunjiUSA(m): 7:53am On Aug 11
Yeezy24:
Hi everyone, I was denied today.

Main reason from the interview is that my brother is also in the US at the same school.

Strangely, the VO asked me to do biometrics again before handling me the blue paper. I’ve been worried about the second biometrics.

What does this mean please, or nothing to worry about?

Thank you in advance.


Hey 🤠

1. Who told you OR where did you read it that, the main reason your F-1 VISA was denied is because your brother is also in the USA at the same school ? Was it written in the INA 214b denial blue paper ?

2. It is not strange that the Consular officer asked you for the 2nd biometrics prior to issuing the denied slip to you but it can mostly mean 2-situations.

3. One. The first biometric you did was smudged or not clear enough but the consular officer decided to continue with the interview , knowing well that he or she will ask you to do another round at the end of the day.

4. Two. It's an alert to stop you from committing future document and personality fraud by reapplying under different stories, or gaining access to the USA under guise of B1-B2.

5. What the sense-4 above means is that you must maintain your present stories in all your future application (s). Everything you told the consular must not change or gone entirely, ie ( I don't have any relative in the USA again).

PS: Post your transcript so that people can guide you towards the possible solution. Don't engage in self-medication.


Best Wishes 🙏

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Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 18 by liliberth: 9:29am On Aug 11
I want to ask, if your start date is spring 2025, and you have your I20, can you go for interview now?

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