innovativeame:
congratulations to all who got their visa approved!
please, I want to ask all the gurus in the house, does one need to go for a second visa interview if the person wishes to defer his/her admission from a particular semester to another? I have contacted the school for detailed explanation, all I got was that, a new application will be made and a new I20 issued with the same SEVIS number but I will have to go for a second interview. Please, house, save a troubled soul. Has anyone been through this?

I don't think you have to. As long as you have a valid I-20 with the correct resumption date (make sure you enter before the date of resumption listed on your I-20), you'll be fine. The first visa i got was in March and i didn't go to the US until like August and I had no issues.

PrettyPie:


I don't think you have to. As long as you have a valid I-20 with the correct resumption date (make sure you enter before the date of resumption listed on your I-20), you'll be fine. The first visa i got was in March and i didn't go to the US until like August and I had no issues.

Your first visa ?? Was it a student visa ?

PrettyPie:


I don't think you have to. As long as you have a valid I-20 with the correct resumption date (make sure you enter before the date of resumption listed on your I-20), you'll be fine. The first visa i got was in March and i didn't go to the US until like August and I had no issues.

thanks for allying my fears.

Walspring:


You dont need second visa interview if you defer, all you need is a new updated I-20 that will reflect as the new semester you deferred to..

Thanks bro, I appreciate. I am still waiting for further responses

mcfarlin:
Congrats@coobboy

thank you

JabinodelaRatta:
congrats

thank you sir.

Where are you in yaba?

coobboy:

go to yaba, around tejuosho market, enough winter jackets are there !!!! yaba na my area ;d

JabinodelaRatta:
Where are you in yaba?

jibowu......waec

PrettyPie:


I don't think you have to. As long as you have a valid I-20 with the correct resumption date (make sure you enter before the date of resumption listed on your I-20), you'll be fine. The first visa i got was in March and i didn't go to the US until like August and I had no issues.

Please, you have got a PM, kindly check your email inbox. Thanks.

layo23:
Do u mean I should cancel it an reapply again my sch resumes jan don want to get late date

you can't go to the embasssy with two different application number.cancel it and reapply.That is the new US law

pm sent

coobboy:


jibowu......waec

JabinodelaRatta:
pm sent

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efiyefaa:
Hello all Long time no log in soo much has been going on with me.
here is my travel script it is not a happy one.
on tyhe day of my trip i got to the airport early, thinking that since i already checked in online oit was going to be a breeze... how wrong i was!
First they said one of my bags was over weighted that i had to reduce it. i promptly did so and when paid for excess baggage about 10k everything was going on a bit fine until one babe came in and decided to take over my matter. she weighed my bags again and couldnt find fault with that and said i must open the bags for her to search i did that and she said i had to remove my dried fish and grounded egusi that they wont let me carry it i said why and she said it was against usa policies i tried to explain to her that my friend traveled last week and i packed according to her list that they didnt raise any eyebrows for her and she said that's my business that if i wanted to fly i must remove them that the laws changed the night before. one of her colleagues said it wasnt applicable to los angeles but she shut him up that i must remove them, so i did so immediately and gave to my sister. then she said she wanted to weigh my hand luggage i brought it forward and she said it was too big that i had change the bag , her colleagues said it didnt look too big she shushed them up again so i asked her to measure it herself and see it wasnt, she said the person in charge of measuring was not in and that as far as she is concerned it was too big and if i wanted to fly i must change it , so i did and she weighed it again , it was over weight by 0.5kg she made me remove that i did. then she said i couldn't fly with my handbag and laptop bag that one of them must go! even though on the bottom part of my ticket it said i was entitled to carry them both she said if i wanted to fly i had to carry just one or i wasnt going anywhere! i pleaded and pleaded to no avail then i dropped my laptop bag and put my latop in my hand bag then she said she wanted to weigh my handbag!!!she did and said it was overweight! i asked by what standard cos there isnt any weight .limit for your handbag as long as you can carry it, or put it under the seat in front of you she said no and i explained that it was because of my laptop in it she still said no until one of her colig put his foot down and told her to let me go by this time i was the last person to check in and get a pass the boarding gate was already about to be closed. so i ran thru customs paid their compulsory bribe of 1k put my fish and egusi back in my bags sealed and handed over to etihad and then when i got to the boarding gate she had already called ahead already i was soooo late that a nice woman whom i didnt know was a person of authority had been looking at it all, so when she saw me running she asked for my name and called ahead to hold the craft! when i got to the gate the devil lady had already called ahead to tell them to reweigh my bags and search me extra when they couldnt find anything extra, her partner in evil told me my tablet was considered a laptop and that i am entitled one laptop so i had to drop either my laptop or my tablet! i was sooo late so i just got on my knees and started pleading she refused that if i know i want to fly then i had to drop one of them that no begging can save me. fortunately my good Samaritan was still around so i turned to her and begged her to collect it from me so i could call my sister to come pick it up from her the next day but she just told them to let me go.
so in i ran to the plane by that time i was gasping for breath like i was about to faint so the host was like calm down ma'am its ok you made it just calm down
TO BE CONTINUED

Na dat lady dey send to u. Lol

God I am so so sad.cud not find a visa emergency date this year till 15th of Jan and my school resumes 14th of jan.wat else can I do plz

I haven't seen it

coobboy:

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JabinodelaRatta:
I haven't seen it

yahoo problem, sent again

frankarecords:
God I am so so sad.cud not find a visa emergency date this year till 15th of Jan and my school resumes 14th of jan.wat else can I do plz

if it wasnt or csnt be granted, i implore you to defer your admission, cos you wouldn't want to go to the embassy with an outdated I-20 even with an extension letter, redflag.... so just defer to summer --> april2015 or fall--> August 2015

Still not seen, better still reach me thru mcrolife at yahoo dot com

coobboy:

yahoo problem, sent again

JabinodelaRatta:
Still not seen, better still reach me thru mcrolife at yahoo dot com

sent

VISA APPROVED this morning at the Abuja US consulate office
Hasn't sunk in yet. I'll post a full debrief later.

Horayce:
VISA APPROVED this morning at the Abuja US consulate office
Hasn't sunk in yet. I'll post a full debrief later.

Congrats man

Horayce:
VISA APPROVED this morning at the Abuja US consulate office
Hasn't sunk in yet. I'll post a full debrief later.

congratulations

Yaaay! American bobo. Been waiting to hear from you. Congrats.

Horayce:
VISA APPROVED this morning at the Abuja US consulate office
Hasn't sunk in yet. I'll post a full debrief later.

Horayce:
VISA APPROVED this morning at the Abuja US consulate office
Hasn't sunk in yet. I'll post a full debrief later.

Congrat

congrats

Horayce:
VISA APPROVED this morning at the Abuja US consulate office
Hasn't sunk in yet. I'll post a full debrief later.

I was denied yesterday @ Abuja usa embassy

all house pls I need advise on my case,
though I went to Abuja us embassy for interview yesterday but I was refused with unknown reasons. this is my story..........
I had an hnd cert in accounting
I applied for academy of art university with school sat and my hnd cert to study graphics design,
reason y I choose graphics is that am a computer guru, I have a computer school and computer sales and services center, have been doing this for the past 5 years but I registered my company about a year and half.
I was admitted by the school and got my i-20 in which other document was prepared as normal, paid my sevis and others.
the sad story.... the interview goes thus
me - good morning
vo - same
vo - why did u chose the school
me - the school is prestigious........ bla bla bla
vo - did u have toefl, great...... etc
me - no
vo - why
me - not require by the school (nb) on my i-20 was written epc will available for you
vo - why did u chose the course
me - to improve my graphics knowledge........ bla bla
vo - do u have copy of your work here
me - no
vo - who is your sponsor
me - my mother then I showed her d account of 18.6m
vo - she typed on her system and said sorry you're not qualify for us student and better try next time....
.
..
.
don't know y I was refused so I will be more careful next time cos I want to read apply

Horayce:
VISA APPROVED this morning at the Abuja US consulate office
Hasn't sunk in yet. I'll post a full debrief later.

Congrats

Ctemi:
Visa Approved today@Lagos consulate.

Vo: why the skul
Me: apart from be ranked among the best universities by usnews&ireport,it also has expectional professionals who ve vast knowledge in various aspect of business administration
Vo: Hw many school do u apply to?
Me: 4, name it
Vo: how many gave you admission?
Me: 3
Vo: who is sponsoring you?
Me: my mum
Vo: wat do she do for living?
Me: she is a medical doctor
Vo: can I see her statement of account
Me: gave it to him
Vo: do you write any standarized test?
Me: yes, gre but my heart cut cos my score is low but he just look through
Vo: visa approve
But am ask to bring my sevis receipt on monday because I was unable to take the print out along.
Note: it is just God mercy&favor cos in course of checking in my name was mistakenly tick before I got there& the woman told me there is mistake she then said God will used the mistake for my favor.
Am really grateful and appreciate everybody on this forum for the good work, God will favour those that are yet to get their visa&those delay God will pave way for you all. I appreciate the like of Walspring, azeezahbee,profojah. God bless you all&we shall all meet at the apex ladder of success.

Congrats, pls am new to dis. Can we dm I need u to put Mr tru wit sometins pls

Horayce:
VISA APPROVED this morning at the Abuja US consulate office
Hasn't sunk in yet. I'll post a full debrief later.

You just know Some people will be granted visa.

Sorry bro but you only wasted money and time.you should have asked for advice before going there and with what you typed here?if I were the vo. I would ban you for another 5 years for wasting my time. D gurus will come and advice you but my 2 kobo is defer that admission if you intend to still pursue this. Do GRE and toefl.know why you are going for this course and how it will be of advantage after finishing and lastly. Buy enough mb and read from page 1 of this page. Don't give that your babalawo any dime again. E is a fake.

sobatec:
all house pls I need advise on my case,
though I went to Abuja us embassy for interview yesterday but I was refused with unknown reasons. this is my story..........
I had an hnd cert in accounting
I applied for academy of art university with school sat and my hnd cert to study graphics design,
reason y I choose graphics is that am a computer guru, I have a computer school and computer sales and services center, have been doing this for the past 5 years but I registered my company about a year and half.
I was admitted by the school and got my i-20 in which other document was prepared as normal, paid my sevis and others.
the sad story.... the interview goes thus
me - good morning
vo - same
vo - why did u chose the school
me - the school is prestigious........ bla bla bla
vo - did u have toefl, great...... etc
me - no
vo - why
me - not require by the school (nb) on my i-20 was written epc will available for you
vo - why did u chose the course
me - to improve my graphics knowledge........ bla bla
vo - do u have copy of your work here
me - no
vo - who is your sponsor
me - my mother then I showed her d account of 18.6m
vo - she typed on her system and said sorry you're not qualify for us student and better try next time....
.
..
.
don't know y I was refused so I will be more careful next time cos I want to read apply

Has anyone gotten emergency date from the embassy?I herd thy hardly reply the request in time.i booked mine since yestaday and hoping I can get a mail from them today.so any one gotten a mail from them before?