seedord247:


You can get cheap hotel in kuje for 3-5k per night and that's like 15 mins to the embassy via cab.

Thanks bro you the man!!!

I have a Toefl score and also I wrote SAT but the result will be out a day after my interview....What do I need to do about that?

seedord247:

Lmaoooo Malaysia of all places
Broo what do you do in Malay if I may ask

Hahaha.

SAMadex11:


Please my brother where is the remaining $60 or $50?

inside your pocket

SantaClause:
Does anyone have idea where I can get hotel close to the embassy in Abuja I mean a cheap one or any hotel in wuse

I dunno ur taste for hotels but generally hotels of about 5k in wuse aren't dat wonderful bt I guess u can manage if it's just for proximity to the embassy. Check out hotels/ guest houses in area 8 around the banks/ mr Biggs. Just ask questions there

bigfrancis21 just opened my eyes O...obodo oyinbo no be am o ...I think u cant over prepare to study in US even though u got 50k dollars in ur naira mastercard some adjustment is required....no be small thing buh we go make am

mbeenox:
On the Ds-160 application, There's a column for National id number and another for passport book number. I didn't fill anything in these columns. I want to ask if its necessary to fill something there?

please anyone

SantaClause:
Does anyone have idea where I can get hotel close to the embassy in Abuja I mean a cheap one or any hotel in wuse

Kuje is very far. There's one i know which is close to the embassy and is cheaper. Let them pay for advert here otherwise i won't disclose it. Just kidding bro.

seedord247:


Depends on how much they are paying you per hour and have it in mind that tax some shit still gonna be deduct from your pay check. Let say they pay you 10$ an hour and you worked 20 hours per week. Your check will prolly be between $140 and the 150,

na like roughly 30 k per week

Just got admission for Fall 2015. Uni Redlands, CA. I will be getting my letter and I-20 in a few days time. Should I proceed to pay the visa fee and sevis fee whiles waiting so that as soon as I get the docs, I book appointment?

mbeenox:
please anyone

u don't have to fill anything there... "not required".

buzibiza:
I dunno ur taste for hotels but generally hotels of about 5k in wuse aren't dat wonderful bt I guess u can manage if it's just for proximity to the embassy. Check out hotels/ guest houses in area 8 around the banks/ mr Biggs. Just ask questions there

Thanks for the info but I don't have a taste bro as long has I would lay down my head and wake up the next morning for my interview anyone will do

Pls house
Where can I make my SEVIS payment in Lagos through western union. The banks I went to says they don't do it

Pls urgent response is highly appreciated

Thanks

Hello everyone, I went to d embassy yesterday and I was given a paper by the CGI staff stating that I wouldn't have the interview yesterday and also my fee receipt will be reactivated today. But till now, no show. what should I do? Anyone experiencing that?

MaxiDj:
Just got admission for Fall 2015. Uni Redlands, CA. I will be getting my letter and I-20 in a few days time. Should I proceed to pay the visa fee and sevis fee whiles waiting so that as soon as I get the docs, I book appointment?

u will have to read older posts to have a complete understanding. You should request for a scanned copy of the i20 so u can use the sevis number and the university id frm the document to pay for sevis and also do ur visa application. However, if u gonn receive it in a few days, jst wait then. U can pay for ur visa fee (31,200; Intl passport and photocopy of Intl passport) in gtb bank 4now

SantaClause:


Thanks for the info but I don't have a taste bro as long has I would lay down my head and wake up the next morning for my interview anyone will do

lol... Area 8 is not more than 5minutes from the embassy. Cab like 200/250. Good luck man!

seedord247:


See as you fish me out ... I hail ooo

Bro, I sent you a mail. Reply pls

buzibiza:
lol... Area 8 is not more than 5minutes from the embassy. Cab like 200/250. Good luck man!

Thank you bro...really appreciate

mbeenox:
On the Ds-160 application, There's a column for National id number and another for passport book number. I didn't fill anything in these columns. I want to ask if its necessary to fill something there?

Don't fill anything. It not require

Please house, I have sent the SEVIS coupon with the number to someone in US to pay but she's asking how she'll go about it. Please what should I tell her? it's urgent thanks.

profdot:
Please house, I have sent the SEVIS coupon with the number to someone in US to pay but she's asking how she'll go about it. Please what should I tell her? it's urgent thanks.

tell her to open the website....google it....she will fill the form n make the payment on ur behalf....it easy from there..

Ifymanuels:
Pls house
Where can I make my SEVIS payment in Lagos through western union. The banks I went to says they don't do it

Pls urgent response is highly appreciated

Thanks

You can't make d payment in Nigeria. Only Eco Bank Seme border or som1 in US help u wit d payment

texrem:


tell her to open the website....google it....she will fill the form n make the payment on ur behalf....it easy from there..

Thanks. that's true

SAMadex11:



Nice one.....
Please my brother, as a student working 20 hours per week, how much is that 20 hours per week?

It depends on how much an hour they pay you. For 10 dollars an hour, that would be $200 per week. Here, paychecks are paid every 2 weeks. That is, every 2 weeks, your total hours worked are added up and multiplied by your hourly rate and that becomes your pre-tax paycheck for that 2 weeks. From the total, say, $400 for the two weeks for 40 hours worked your take home paycheck after tax is deducted could be anywhere between $330 to $350. Thus, in a month you're earning about $700+, which is barely enough to cover your rent and maybe feeding, if you cook at home. Rents range from as low as $300/$400 per month to as high as $1,500 per month depending on the type it is. Renting a room in a house tends to be cheaper than renting an apartment (aka flat in Nigeria).

As for working 20 hours every week, you are not even sure of working full 20 hours as it depends on the place you're working at, your supervisor (if she is willing to let you work up to 20 hours), if there are many students hired who equally need hours as well) etc. Also, lunch break times, usually 30 minutes or 1 hour, are equally deducted from hours worked. Assuming you get a job at the diners on campus, and your shifts are 7am to 1pm, 3 times a week. Each shift is a 6-hour shift and in a week that is 18 hours. Also, let's say that for each shift, you get a 30-minute break. Thus, in total 1 hour 30 mins out of 18 hours for the week is your break time you spent eating, relaxing, chatting, etc and is deducted, leaving your effective hours worked per week as 16 hours 30 minutes or 33 hours per 2 weeks, which will be multiplied by your hourly rate, and tax deducted to get your final take-home paycheck amount. This is America. Time is money.

Now, you can work hard at your job and talk with your supervisor to extend your shift hours such that each shift is 7 or 8 hours or give you an extra shift(s) so that after break times are deducted, your final total is at your desired 20 hours per week or 40 hours per 2 weeks.

bigfrancis21:


First, I'm going to warn you. Because of the 2m you mentioned, you are going to be receiving emails and 'offers' from scammers posing to be nairalanders for their 'services'. Be careful how you divulge your financial status on the internet, especially on this forum.

Second, 2m will not really take you that in terms of tuition alone here in the US. The cheapest US schools you can find will gulp close to 3m to 4m a year on tuition alone. Not including living expenses, miscellaneous and what have you.

Third, when you get into the US, don't think that your sufferings will 'end' and you'll suddenly start 'enjoying' life. You will be very surprised to find that life is very difficult here. I like being blunt and I say things the way they are. But the good thing is if you work hard you are sure of the gains and where it will lead you to. On average, it would take you close to 5 years before you can find your feet in this country.

For anyone who doesn't have a system going for them in Nigeria I can encourage you to come to the US. You will have an average life here. You will have a job, a house (on mortgage), a car (on loan), etc. You can change cars easily as you change okirika clothes, so far as you have a job that can afford the monthly payments. You can change phones anyhow and enjoy the latest phones as they are released. You will enjoy fast internet services and stream videos online easily. You'll have the life you never dreamed of having in Nigeria

However, for those who already have a system going for them in Nigeria - a good job, investments here and there, who want to resign from their jobs, sell their investments off all in the name of going to emelika, that would be the greatest folly of your life. With your status in Nigeria, you are way better off than your mates in the US who barely have investments and depend on that one job or as many as 3 jobs to survive, to be able to pay their house mortgage (lest the bank reposseses their house and they go homeless), pay their car loan (before it is repossessed), etc. and you can always visit the US and spend as many as 6 months if you want. Life in the US for many revolves around working, working and working. Taxation is very high. People barely have investments or savings in this country because they live from paycheck to paycheck.

The decision is left to you to make. At this point you have 2 decisions to choose from - either spend the next couple of years investing your inheritance into a profit venture in Nigeria that ensures returns every month, further invest your profits into other investments, expand your portfolio (there are good investment opportunities in Nigeria, which foreign investors are taking advantage of) or come to the US and spend the next 5 years working really hard to find your feet (going to school here because you really need a US degree to get a good job here + getting your residency) and living the rest of your life just like every other American - work, pay bills, work, pay bills, a revolving cycle. I'm just being blunt. America isn't the heaven that we think it is in Nigeria.

Thanks so much man.. Really Appreciate!! However, Anyone who contact me is just kidding himself because I only seek an advise not help from anyone. The dream is usually to get my MSC in United states. It has been my parents dream and I want to make sure I accomplish that.

SantaClause:



hay bro don't be discouraged....if your dreams is to study abroad you don't need to have millions before your dreams comes to be. I was in the same shoe like this last year and I tell you I made it out of Malaysia. As an international student I enter Malaysia with just 1000Naira if you know much about Malaysia u will know that Naira is not even allowed in Malaysia.

I tell you this if only you have faith brother please proceed with what you have no matter how little it is. God will always be there to help you when you in need. I got the same discouragement before I leave for Malaysia but still I went I saw and I conquered. Music one will dance with two legs....you might dance that same music with one leg. Your destiny is not tie to anybody you can make it in the U.S. Even with what is happening there. #JUSTBELIVE

Thanks man...

Richiy:
Good morning everyone. I have gone through the pages here and I have to admit I find them very informative. I want to apply for a master's degree program in the University of Massachusetts and Bridgewater State university. I am studying to take GRE but, for the course I want to apply for (professional writing) , they said MAT is more preferable. I checked online to see if there are MAT centers in Nigeria but I can't seem to find any.

I would like to know if anyone has taken that particular test here or I should just continue with GRE plans.

If anyone here is around the schools I want to apply, please notify me.

If anyone has any advice, please feel free.

Hello,

You are on the right path. Please, if I may ask, why those schools? Instead of circumscribing yourself, why not look at other schools that will take GRE from you. See, the idea of MAT is somehow - at least, to me.

Even for your course, most schools would suggest you write subjects-based GRE instead of MAT. I am saying this because I am familiar with your terrain - a graduate of English.

Ma, your chances are limited with what you have here. Don't let it be. In fact, there are schools that have Professional Writing as a major in their Department of English and all they want is your GRE. Consider this.

To cap it:

On one hand, if you are going ahead with your GRE plans, great. On the other hand, if you are going with the schools requirement, fine. Just give your all to whichever one suits you.

I wish you well.

pls guys i wanna start applying to schools. i have a bsc in human anatomy and intends going for nursing but i heard nursing is quite competitive and embassy are beginning to turn down people with nursing aspirations.

i intend applying for mba or mph(masters in public health), then will switch. pls which do u guys think will sell me well at the embassy? as i currently work with an airline though resigning this month end.

I dont have work experience in med field apart from nysc which i did 5 yrs ago, and my bros owns a pharmacy. do i go wit mba as is related to my work or go with mph as it related to wat i studied and can claim i have been working with my bros since i graduated.

pls which will aid me to get the visa, as the embassy will be looking for tie to bring me back.

urgent help pls

hello guys, For those that got their visa fee receipts reactivated, will they be required to input the reference number printed on the visa fee receipt from gt bank, when booking appointments or can the appointment-booking be done automatically without inputting the reference number?

profojah:
Congratulations @Kenkool...Oya come and drop your transcript

I await his transcripts bro... congratulations @Kenkool

slimmy05:
Of a truth, but they are getting the awareness now. I am not saying they cannot work or they will be caught. I am saying they can be reported as well, if the employer finds out or you get snitched on. Most better jobs will ask for your other documents like green card except you're going through a staffing agent. It's too much of risk to think they wouldn't find out.

They've always been aware.A few places that take in intl students know this too, and won't ask for your SSN or related info...but it's generally not a good idea.

Visa approved at Lagos consulate this morning. I was the first person to be interviewed at about 8am.
I was called at window 10 where a guy with plenty beard was.
Here are the convo:
VO: What are you going to the U.S for?
Me: Am going to the U.S for my masters in Engineering technology
V.O: How did you know about Middle Tennessee State University (mtsu )
Me: I did a research online using Google.com, gradschool.com and usnews.com to narrow my search to my area of interest.
V.O: How many schools did u apply to?
Me: I applied to three schools
V.O: Which other two did u apply to and how many you got admitted to?
Me: North Dakoda state university and Georgia Tech and I also got admitted in North dakoda (framed answer tho lol )
V.O: So why mtsu?
Me: Mtsu has a curriculum which fit in to my area of interest also there is good student to faculty ratio.. and I was fascinated about the research work going on in the department by Prof. Cheng which is on computer-integrated manufacturing (Vo was nodding like agama lol )
VO: When did you pass out from UG
Me: November 2012
VO: What have you been doing (As expected)
Me: I went for youth service the following year which I completed last year 2014,since then I have been working in an engineering firm.
VO: What is your responsibility at the work (expected that also )
Me: I work as a technical engineer which I perform electrical wiring in the panel,testing and troubleshooting of electrical panel.
VO: So you will be working in school (referring to my GA )
Me: Yes Sir. (I didn't understand the question initially )
VO: What was your undergraduate major? (Last question )
Me: Electrical Engineering.
VO passed my i-20 to me without my passport and was typing oo (for my mind I know e don pure ),he now brought out the pick-up letter and circled a location there that I should pick my Visa there. I said thank you Sir and I bounced out lol.
I was not asked to show any document and was not asked who my sponsor is (He saw that I got funding from the school ).
Wanna thank God for the favour and also to all the gurus on this thread shout out to the following peopale; msnas (Thanks alot ma'am ), slimmy05 (Always there to help ), innovateame (my tutor, I appreciate bro ), profojah (expecting yours too bro ), walspring and other gurus here. You guys all contributed to this sucess. I knew almost nothing when I joined this thread last year, all the information that have been shared here are so helpful . Thanks so much everybody.

P.S my profile :GRE -300,GPA-3.15/4,I didnt take TOEFL.(I've got no super profile tho. I can't hide anything from people here,u guys are just amazing).

And It's also my B-day today !!! (hurray )