akin3102:
Probability is 50/50..for A stem related course, it is advisable you write atleast one stardard test in case you are asked at the embassy..whc school is that? stem related courses in most US schools require GRE..

Hello, I applied for spring 2016 mining MSc. Yesterday, I spoke with the graduate director at the University of Nevada, Reno. The guy told me that my application for assistantship could not be granted because all the funds went with fall. He also said that no professor has contacted him about giving me an assistantship. So he told me that he could get me admitted but I have to assure him that I will enrol without the assistantship. I told him to give me some time.

So brotherly, I knew you were admitted before you emailed all profs in your school and secured that half assistantship. I will like you to share a copy of the letter you sent to them. You can remove all vital info. What I want is the tone of the letter. my email is johnjbl10@gmail.com. I really hope this whole thing is not too late, though my mailing address is a US one and i20 can get to me really quick. A half assistantship is enough for me, the school doesn't run a doctorate program and those profs have strong industry links and research.

Please house, anyone with details or template on how to craft the letter. My only marketable skills are: Excel, AutoCAD, Word and anything that involves writing. CC slimmy, bigfrancis, imperriox, zazeebee, bbdd and anybody else. I know this is not the normal assistantship route, but Akin3102 has done it on this thread and I believe I can replicate that. I would like to email them today. Thank you all.

Please I need you guys advice. I pay my tuition myself and money from home, right now I really need a job to sustain myself and my school don't have good and enough on campus jobs. I was under the work-study contract and suddenly they took it from me saying it's not for foreign students only for U.S citizens. Meanwhile I already have SSN. Please how can I work off campus on code and I got good jobs which pay well but all of the organizations does E-verification. Please advise me good people. Thanks

efizzy22:
Please I need you guys advice. I pay my tuition myself and money from home, right now I really need a job to sustain myself and my school don't have good and enough on campus jobs. I was under the work-study contract and suddenly they took it from me saying it's not for foreign students only for U.S citizens. Meanwhile I already have SSN. Please how can I work off campus on code and I got good jobs which pay well but all of the organizations does E-verification. Please advise me good people. Thanks

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efizzy22:
Please I need you guys advice. I pay my tuition myself and money from home, right now I really need a job to sustain myself and my school don't have good and enough on campus jobs. I was under the work-study contract and suddenly they took it from me saying it's not for foreign students only for U.S citizens. Meanwhile I already have SSN. Please how can I work off campus on code and I got good jobs which pay well but all of the organizations does E-verification. Please advise me good people. Thanks

It is in your own interest to stick with the on campus job till your summer break, then you can do that. Save yourself the trouble, you cannot combine 40hrs/weekly job with 15 credits. You'll lose at both ends.

AgreatMan, PM sirridy.

Amother4life:


Falsely claiming to be a US Citizen is a lifetime ban from the US with no chance at a waiver. So, not all your illegals are forgiven.

and who is talking about all these. The dude in reference hasn't committed such crime neither. He was just out of status that's all. All this ITK sef dey tire person

slimmy05:
AgreatMan, PM sirridy.

Please, how do i pay the SEVIS fee,I have being to 5 Banks and they all said they dont pay into company account,please help a sister,my interview is in less than a week,someone told me to go to seme border,how do i get that done there too? is there a particular wester union shop that does it in cotounu,please help!!!!!!!!!!!

slimmy05 , Walspring , Bigfrancis.

Thanks

slimmy05:
and who is talking about all these. The dude in reference hasn't committed such crime neither. He was just out of status that's all. All this ITK sef dey tire person

What I have learnt in this forum is that Adjustment of Status through marriage for a Non Immigrant visa is an abuse of the system and is completely not allowed, even if the marriage is geniue.
The best route is to apply for an immigrant visa from your home country. If the AOS is not approved, the applicant might be deported back to Nigeria
That is my own understanding

tutolabiyi:


Please, how do i pay the SEVIS fee,I have being to 5 Banks and they all said they dont pay into company account,please help a sister,my interview is in less than a week,someone told me to go to seme border,how do i get that done there too? is there a particular wester union shop that does it in cotounu,please help!!!!!!!!!!!

slimmy05 , Walspring , Bigfrancis.

Thanks

I replied your PM already. I can help you pay via western union and it takes maximum 48hrs to reflect for you to print your sevis receipt.

topejohnson72:

What I have learnt in this forum is that Adjustment of Status through marriage for a Non Immigrant visa is an abuse of the system and is completely not allowed, even if the marriage is geniue.
The best route is to apply for an immigrant visa from your home country. If the AOS is not approved, the applicant might be deported back to Nigeria
That is my own understanding

Well, now you know better. Or are you still sticking to this understanding? Anyways that's left to you.

Slimmy05.... Hear this story, it happened to a Nigerian couples.
I read of a couples who have been married for about 10years, they both have 2 kids. At a point, they all applied for visiting US visa and they were all granted
However, they travelled, the wife travelled with her 2 kids, while the husband joined them later in the US about 1 month after the wife and kids went.
I now read that the 2 of them are adjusting their status, that they suddenly got divorced, the husband now married to a USC in Indianapolis, while the wife is remarried to another USC in Minnesota.
They were however granted temporary GC
I read this from a particular forum, can't really remember where I read it.

topejohnson72:
Slimmy05.... Hear this story, it happened to a Nigerian couples.
I read of a couples who have been married for about 10years, they both have 2 kids. At a point, they all applied for visiting US visa and they were all granted
However, they travelled, the wife travelled with her 2 kids, while the husband joined them later in the US about 1 month after the wife and kids went.
I now read that the 2 of them are adjusting their status, that they suddenly got divorced, the husband now married to a USC in Indianapolis, while the wife is remarried to another USC in Minnesota.
They were however granted temporary GC
I read this from a particular forum, can't really remember where I read it.

Ofcourse, they can divorce and get married to whoever they want in as much as they can prove that the marriage is genuine and not for the sole aim of GC

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Amother4life:


Marrying a citizen does not automatically get your AOS approved. If it was that easy there would not be 11million illegals currently in the states. Your AOS can be denied and the applicant ordered removed from the country. If you want several examples I am willing to provide.

Like I said before, you are still repeating the same thing that I said earlier. Adjusting status via marriage is approved under 2 major conditions: the marriage is genuine and the adjusting applicant has not been found to have committed any serious crime such as terrorism or linked to a terrorist group thereof, or murder because then you will be considered a threat to the safety of the United States, your case denied and your deportation out of the country ordered. I never said it was automatic. The two major conditions I just mentioned I gave earlier. Most AOS applications are denied mostly due to 'fakeness of the marriage' or some heinous crime committed by the adjusting applicant discovered during the necessary background check.

Speaking of the 11 million illegal immigrants: tons of thousands of them are adjusting their status every year but then there are many more illegals crossing the border every year entering the United States, thus re-enforcing the number of illegals already in the country, prompting Donald Trump to propose ideas such as stricter border controls implemented by erecting high-fence walls across the entire stretch of the US border with Mexico and Canada. Another factor being that there might not be enough citizens, in this case 11 million US citizens, willing to marry illegals or enough to go round each and every one of the illegals. A greater percentage of races in the country still marry within their own race: blacks stick with blacks, whites stick with whites, Asians stick with Asians and what have you.

However, as in the case of the student in question, being out of status is NOT a requirement for the approval or denial of one's adjustment of status application. Contrary to your earlier claim, the USCIS does not often deny an AOS application because the applicant fell out of status. In fact, I am yet to hear of or see such a case as you have claimed. On the flipside, there is a success rate of, at least, 90% for all AOS applications once the marriage is proven to be genuine and the adjusting applicant has not committed any grave crimes. Most denials are because the marriage was discovered to be a fake, the applicant has some serious crime record or due to something silly on the part of the filing applicant such as incomplete filing or incomplete required documents. Over speeding or jaywalking does not qualify as serious crime. The only advantage being in status offers when adjusting status is the faster processing of your application compared to those out of status.

In as much as we think that we know, let us try not to give false impressions about issues, especially regarding the United States. The United States is an entirely different place from Nigeria and false information goes a long way to negatively impact one's decisions, progress or growth in this country. If I am not too sure or knowledgeable about a subject matter, I would rather not talk about it and pass it by rather than mislead others by providing false information. I am not knowledgeable in every subject matter and only speak on matters I that I am aware of.

On a final note, be it known that I am not advocating for anyone to fall out of status to go adjust status by marriage, however, I am only telling it as it is and I would not give a misrepresentation of what the reality on ground is.

slimmy05:
Ofcourse, they can divorce and get married to whoever they want in as much as they can prove that the marriage is genuine and not for the sole aim of GC

But to me, it shows their marriages is for the sole purpose of getting a GC
How can the couples just get divorced after getting a visiting visa, and suddenly travel to the US and getting remarried at the same time to a USC
Isn't this suspicious ?

topejohnson72:

But to me, it shows their marriages is for the sole purpose of getting a GC
How can the couples just get divorced after getting a visiting visa, and suddenly travel to the US and getting remarried at the same time to a USC
Isn't this suspicious ?

No it is not suspicious. That is not how the system works. Adjustment of status by marriage MUST be to a US citizen or green card holder. In the case of the Nigerian couple, none of them was neither a US citizen nor permanent holder and even getting married to themselves here in the US does not qualify them for a green card. And you cannot be already married and be getting married to someone else for the green card. It is against the US law. This should explain to you why they had to divorce to individually marry different US citizens for their permanent residency.

topejohnson72:

What I have learnt in this forum is that Adjustment of Status through marriage for a Non Immigrant visa is an abuse of the system and is completely not allowed, even if the marriage is geniue.
The best route is to apply for an immigrant visa from your home country. If the AOS is not approved, the applicant might be deported back to Nigeria
That is my own understanding

This is one of the reasons I have advocated on this forum against the misrepresentation of facts on this forum. This gentle man has formed a very wrong impression of how the US system works based on someone else's misrepresentation of facts, which in turn, affects him in making the right decisions if he decides to settle in the United States.

NO, applying for an immigrant visa from home is NOT the 'best route' to adjusting status. It is only one of several alternatives to adjusting status because the adjusting applicant is not physically in the United States. This is applicable where one spouse is already here in the US and is a citizen or green card holder but the other spouse is abroad and the spouse in the US decides to bring the other spouse over or/and the children. A typical example would be, Chidi, who has a family back home, who comes to the US on a student visa for his masters, joins the US army 2 years after and automatically becomes a US citizen by virtue of joining the army. Next he decides to file for his spouse, any children if there are, and possibly his parents or siblings. In this case, his family members filed for would be invited by the US embassy in Nigeria for an interview and afterwards given their immigrant visas upon a successful interview. This does not apply to single individuals. If you have no family member in the United states who is a citizen or permanent resident, you have zero chances of obtaining a US permanent residency through this means.

On the other hand, you have those who arrive in the country as single individuals who adjust status mostly by marriage, or by work visa sponsorship and later green card, or by asylum or by setting up a business and investing at least $500,000 (mostly Jews that do this) etc. You have more individuals adjusting status via this means than those coming in on an immigrant visa.

If you plan on coming to the US at some point in the future, it is imperative that you arm yourself with the right information. Even if you do not believe somethings on this forum, please use google and visit the USCIS website directly and you would find the right information that you need.

musabones:


Thanks a lot bigfrancis21, you actually gave me hope now.

No problem. Always be sure to ask questions as you just did before you do certain things in this country. The US is very different from Nigeria in terms of administration and is very strict about their due process.

DSSHQ:
Hello good people of this forum.Please can anyone help me with a potential list of schools that can offer partial/full funding for a PhD in Mechanical Engineering? Cheers

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/mechanical-engineering-rankings

1.UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA/CHAMPAIGN: URBANA/CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS...good school with alot of "nigerianess"
2. PURDUE UNIVERSITY–WEST LAFAYETTE: WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANAPOLIS........
3. MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY...LOWKEY RESEARCH SCHOOL

NB: the best schools don't offer the best varieties, you don't expect colorado school of mines to teach humanities or Texas A &M to teach law....search well for schools with your preferred program and communicate with a leading professors in such field in your school of choice, they are looking for agile students

bigfrancis21 bros i hail o, how is it going, i would like to be in touch as to be fed with proper information as you share here. i would mail you, a quick response would be appreciated

efizzy22:
Please I need you guys advice. I pay my tuition myself and money from home, right now I really need a job to sustain myself and my school don't have good and enough on campus jobs. I was under the work-study contract and suddenly they took it from me saying it's not for foreign students only for U.S citizens. Meanwhile I already have SSN. Please how can I work off campus on code and I got good jobs which pay well but all of the organizations does E-verification. Please advise me good people. Thanks

Go to your international student office and tell them you need to apply for work permit because you've been paying ur fees urself and things is not going well for u atm, I believe ur Sch international officer should help u with this process it only cost 400USD. This people won't tell you bout this, you will have to go talk to them and explain

bigfrancis21:


No problem. Always be sure to ask questions as you just did before you do certain things in this country. The US is very different from Nigeria in terms of administration and is very strict about their due process.

Yes boss, I really appreciate it.

Actually boss I don't know if I can have ur direct contact here in the states.

bigfrancis21 Kindly reply your mail bro,i sent you a mail

musabones:


Yes boss, I really appreciate it.

Actually boss I don't know if I can have ur direct contact here in the states.

Email me directly and I'll respond.

femi321:
bigfrancis21 Kindly reply your mail bro,i sent you a mail

Sure, right away.

Has anyone here paid SEVIS fee via the western union outlets at seme border? What was the exchange rate like?

topejohnson72:

But to me, it shows their marriages is for the sole purpose of getting a GC
How can the couples just get divorced after getting a visiting visa, and suddenly travel to the US and getting remarried at the same time to a USC
Isn't this suspicious ?

but brother, how is that your business? It's not bout proving that your divorce is genuine, it's proving that your marriage is genuine

musabones:


Yes boss, I really appreciate it.

Actually boss I don't know if I can have ur direct contact here in the states.

ever heard the word redtapism?

musabones:


Go to your international student office and tell them you need to apply for work permit because you've been paying ur fees urself and things is not going well for u atm, I believe ur Sch international officer should help u with this process it only cost 400USD. This people won't tell you bout this, you will have to go talk to them and explain

Note that he will only be attended to if he had spent Atleast one year in the school

bigfrancis21:


Sure, right away.

I have sent it. Thanks

bigfrancis21:


Sure, right away.

Bigfrancis21, pls what's your e mail address

Hello all.
My interview transcript first, then my question. Exchanged greetings.
V.O: Pass your documents
Why Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham.
Me: Cuz it's the cheapest of all the schools I was accepted to and the cost of living is also lower compared to other states.
V.O; Which other schools were you accepted to?
Me: Answered.
V.O: Why this course
Me: Cuz I see myself as a leader in my profession in the future and I believe this course will prepare me adequately.
V.O: Who is sponsoring you?
Me: Answered.
V.O: What does your sponsor do?
Me: Answered.
V.O: Your visa has been approved. ......
P.S: Didn't even request to see bank statement.

On a lighter note, prior to my interview a gentleman was been interviewed; he was going to visit his father-in-law in America without his wife.
When asked about his wife he said she was DOWN.
He was certainly denied.

To my question, is there anyone also resuming Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham in Spring 2016?
I'm trying to get a roommate ahead.
Perhaps is there someone who's presently schooling there who can guide me concerning accommodation?
Please contact me.
Cheers all.

Hello every1. Please , i'd like to how to pay undergraduate application fees. Online or mail or some other way? Do i need to open up some type of bank account to enable me do it? Please beautiful people. Thanks in advance.