kennyrony:

It not a must. It advisable u book a one way ticket.

RuuDie:


Thanks man... but you're absolutely certain!? I got that bit from a ticketing agency.

bigfrancis21:


It is possible but she would need to provide proof of economic hardship. Though she might not really need to file for economic hardship if her school can permit her to take the fall semester off to work.

However, the EAD is valid for 1 year, after which it would need to be renewed with proof of continued economic hardship.

kennyrony:

Return ticket is only compulsory 4 pple on visiting Visa. As a student u are not expected to come any moment, a one way ticket is allowed. Do u want to book ur returning ticket 4 2017? Or u want to come home during ur studies

mbeenox:


Goodluck, just be confident, No denial in Jesus Name

wynaskawai:


success......

Elparaiso:

I got it o ..
Thanks

kennyrony:

Congratulations bro. Share ur transcript

Elparaiso:
transcript?

Elparaiso:
transcript?

Elparaiso:
transcript?

Alani55:


Yeah, you need to share your transcript. Your encounter with the visa officer, you know, for others to see. Esp aspiring interviewee like us. Thanks

kennyrony:

Yea, u tell us how d interview went.

charzyh2:

I congratulate you on your success today. However,the culture here is you post your interview questions & answers after your visa interview. Since you just discovered this thread today, you are not mandated but help your brothers by posting your interview transcript.

Elparaiso:

Thanks I got it

Elparaiso:

OK I will this evening....
But please make sure the documents are complete....
VO: Good Morning
Me:Good morning sir (with a smile)
VO: why are you going to America?
Me: For studies
Vo: Graduate or undergraduate?
Me: undergraduate.
Vo: what secondary schools did you attend?
Me: bleep at 200* and bleep at 200*
Vo: what course are gonna study?
Me: elect elect engr
Vo:why elect elect(while looking at me intently, study me I think)
Me:because I love robots and I believe they are the future...everything is automated this days(while returning the look)
Vo: how are you going to pay for the course
Me: I was awarded a partial scholarship due to my score on Sat (shows him i-20)
Vo:but that's just bleep amount, how about the rest(looks at me again)
Me: my mum would pay for the rest(returns look)
Vo: what does she do?
Me:she sell clothes. She imports and sells them in Nigeria..
Vo:how much does she earn?
Me: I don't know but o brought her statement of account for 2015 (brings out statement of acct from file and gives him)
Vo: (reads it a lil bit, returns it) have you taken any advanced tests or exams
Me: yes ,I took the SAT (hhands him sat printout)
Vo: (reads it) what was your score?
Me: bleep
Vo: ok ,your visa has been approved and would he ready for pick up in a weeks time...
Me: thank you very much, can I have my passport please
Vo: no you can't, it will be picked up with your visa...
Me: thank you sir... ( bounces out like a boss)


Brethren that's how it went down....
I didn't have a reason for picking elect elect....
Just formed one on the spot...
Also I had chronic cough that I battled with throughout the interview....
Thanks

kobe79:



hmmmmmmmm i smell a rat

bigfrancis21:


If 'she' decides to get admission to switch schools, she would not be released by her current school until she pays off all debts owed. Her current school would not release her SEVIS records for the new school to pick until she offsets her debts. The possibility of her switching schools while owing over $17k in debt in the previous school is almost zero.

Her best bet can be to take one full year off from school work, to come up with the money, pay off the debt AND SEEK A CHEAPER SCHOOL TO SWITCH TO.

I know a student (an undergraduate) who was in a similar situation but the amount he owed was about $7k. He found a cheaper school (community college) and wanted to transfer but his university would not release him to his new school until he paid off his debt. His new school wouldn't accept him either because he still owed the first school tuition. There's no way the new school could access his SEVIS record without it first released by the first school. If he didn't pay up, he stood the risk of falling out of status which scared him to death. Lucky for him, it was the spring semester ending and he had summer coming (time to work). It took several weeks of pleading and shedding of tears to convince the admission officer to release him, who accompanied him to his new school himself to request that the new school let him enrol on the condition that by the ending of summer (of last year) that he would offset his tuition debt at his first school and his SEVIS records would be released to the community college. This poor boy worked his butt off the entire summer last year, and with about $2k from home he came up with the $7k and cleared his tuition debt. He's at the community college now where tuition is way cheaper and he can afford to come up with the tuition at least every summer break, if he doesn't get any support from home.

I've always advised those coming into the US with barely 1 full semester of tuition to avoid enrolling in school at all to avoid incurring the heavy debt of tuition and fees. It is a terrible situation to be in to owe school fees and be unable to pay it off. If you don't have money for tuition, leave school for now, focus on getting your residency after which you can always go back to school on loan available to you as a US permanent resident, but unavailable to international students. Going to a top school here in US does not really matter. What matters is having a US degree in the first place. Getting a good job here in US depends on how well networked one is (connection) and one's personality as a person.

I can't say this enough. Anybody planning on coming to the US to study without tuition money and expecting miracle to happen is in for a serious issue. I strongly recommend that you go for a cheap school and have at least 1 or 2 semester (s) tuition money.

Glocal1:
What r d ways or means of securing d US citizen's permanent residency within d period of student F1 visa validity?

bartino:
I just got a text now that's passport is ready for pick up,interview was in abuja June 12th

SantaClause:


Thanks Kenny..how much is the tuition per semester we talking about here?

briefty:
Thank so much for the reply.

Busconductor:

congrats.....don't know why things are slow here in Lagos

bigfrancis21:


The statement should have an amount strictly equal to or greater than 8 million naira.

bartino:
just be patient....

Elparaiso:

OK I will this evening....

Brethren that's how it went down....
I didn't have a reason for picking elect elect....
Just formed one on the spot...
Also I had chronic cough that I battled with throughout the interview....
Thanks

biikeys:


which state is that?