freudianslip:
LOR- Letter Of Recommendation

SOP- Statement Of Purpose

PS- Personal Statement

SOA- Statement Of Account

SEVIS- Student and Exchange Visitors Information System

STEM- Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

OPT- Optional Practical Training

H-1B - is a visa in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 101(a)(17)(H) which allows U.S. employers to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations.

towbaynah:
Port of Entry (POE) Experience

Good day, e-family. Greetings from Indiana. I left Naija on Friday at about 6:30AM, Nigerian time. Arrived Casablanca around 10AM. Layover lasted for 11hours. My connecting flight departed Morocco around 9PM and arrived JFK on Saturday at about 4AM, Nigerian time. I traveled with Royal Air Maroc. My journey was relatively smooth except for minor bouts of turbulence experienced from Casablanca to JFK.

On arrival, I headed to Customs and Border Control (CBP). We were to verify our visas with one machine like that, but it turned out the machine doesn't recognize F1 visas and a couple other visa types. So my verification had to be done manually by a CBP officer. The
queue for manual verification was longer than Mugabe's term in office. Had absolutely no problem waiting though.

Finally, it got to my turn. The CBP officer was a light-skinned man of South American extraction, presumably in his mid-thirties. I presented my passport (had my boarding passes inserted at the visa page), my I-20, and the declaration form given to me on the flight from Casablanca. He returned my boarding passes, verified my visa, took a brief glimpse at my I-20. I even forgot to sign my declaration form, so he gave me to sign it and collected it afterwards. Then he asked me to put the four fingers of my right hand on a biometric machine. After that, he took a snap shot of me and proceeded to stamp my passport. BAM!

There was no much exchange. He did not ask me any single question and he didn't even say "Welcome to the US". I sha carry my passport examined it and saw the stamp. It read, "ADMITTED". A smile of pure satisfaction spread on my lips. I bounced off happily to Baggage Claim.

The journey begins...

larawah:
Good morning everyone. I am a silent follower and my visa was approved on the 21st of July 2017.

DeeTus:
Sorry for these denials. Obviously, your response to questions were incoherently. Second, you sounded so desperate. Third, having a relative or relatives in America is a great advantage but you talked as if you've made a lot of plans to stay in the States permanently.

Furthermore, from the information you supplied so far, I would advice that you either go first or your husband drop or your husband goes, you drop to go later, after getting the visa, because If both of you go for another interview at the same time, you are likely to be denied again.

towbaynah:
Port of Entry (POE) Experience

Good day, e-family. Greetings from Indiana. I left Naija on Friday at about 6:30AM, Nigerian time. Arrived Casablanca around 10AM. Layover lasted for 11hours. My connecting flight departed Morocco around 9PM and arrived JFK on Saturday at about 4AM, Nigerian time. I traveled with Royal Air Maroc. My journey was relatively smooth except for minor bouts of turbulence experienced from Casablanca to JFK.

On arrival, I headed to Customs and Border Control (CBP). We were to verify our visas with one machine like that, but it turned out the machine doesn't recognize F1 visas and a couple other visa types. So my verification had to be done manually by a CBP officer. The
queue for manual verification was longer than Mugabe's term in office. Had absolutely no problem waiting though.

Finally, it got to my turn. The CBP officer was a light-skinned man of South American extraction, presumably in his mid-thirties. I presented my passport (had my boarding passes inserted at the visa page), my I-20, and the declaration form given to me on the flight from Casablanca. He returned my boarding passes, verified my visa, took a brief glimpse at my I-20. I even forgot to sign my declaration form, so he gave me to sign it and collected it afterwards. Then he asked me to put the four fingers of my right hand on a biometric machine. After that, he took a snap shot of me and proceeded to stamp my passport. BAM!

There was no much exchange. He did not ask me any single question and he didn't even say "Welcome to the US". I sha carry my passport examined it and saw the stamp. It read, "ADMITTED". A smile of pure satisfaction spread on my lips. I bounced off happily to Baggage Claim.

The journey begins...

DreManuel:


Congrats man.

How much was your flight ticket?

larawah:
Good morning everyone. I am a silent follower and my visa was approved on the 21st of July 2017. I want to thank Almighty God for everything. The journey wasn't easy from looking for schools, to writing exams, to paying sevis and finally getting the Visa. I also want to thank Lagosismyhome and texrem. They replied my pm even when it wasn't convenient. Nairaland has really done a lot of tutoring and I'm glad I came upon this thread as at the time I did.

Here is my transcript.

V.o: Good morning
Me: Good morning
V.o: why are you going to the U.S
Me: I'm going for my masters in economics at the city college of new York.
V.o: How did you hear about this school
V.o: I was looking for a school that offers masters in economics so I used Google.com, msinus.com, usnews.com and I streamlined using my area of concentration which is finance.
V.o: How many schools did you apply to.
Me: Two schools
V.o: name the other one
Me: Georgia state university
V.o: where did you have your other degree
Me: I had my bachelors degree in economics at obafemi awolowo university ile-ife
V.o: Masters in economics right
Me..Yes
V.o...Differentiate between micro and macro economics
Me...micro economics is the study of smaller economic unit in the society while macro economics is the study of aggregate economic unit of the society like inflation, GDP, national income..Here, v.o was just nodding.
V.o..who is sponsoring
Me..My brother and his wife
V.o...what do they do
Me..They are both registered nurses
V.o ..and they live in new York..looking at his system
Me..yes they live in new York
They live in new York. I was actually scared here like they live in new York and I'm going to new York.
V.o..I will be approving your visa and he gave me the white paper
Me..Thank you. You are the best...I did not wait to hear the rest.

DifferentCase:
Exactly! Deetus is on point here. Sorry for the denial, my sister had same dilemma until I advised her, and in less than 6months, the hubby went to meet her. And I would have also loved you reduce that your 'big aunty' in abroad story as that gives so much emphasis that you too intends abiding there permanently. My 2cents.

ark4sunshine:


Were u offered hotel at casablanca by air maroc. Am also going tru JFK to Michigan by mid August.
That long layover nah die o o o o if hotel no dey.

towbaynah:


Nope. No hotel. But we were taken to a place where they served us food. Layover lasted from 10AM to around 9PM. I think hotel accommodation is for those who pass the night at Casablanca.

Folsy:
Any 1 interested in purchasing any of these books in 9ja.. Holla @ me..

towbaynah:


319k. From wakanow dot com.

burrrnerrr:
Congrats bro.

Hello people, I have a question to ask. My sister did her passport 2008 but the passport is lost now. She tried retrieving it but the immigration people turned her to ATM machine. She wants to go and do a new one in Lagos tomorrow and see if they will just do it and not ask her about the previous one. My question is that is it safe for her to do it this way?

stacyadams:
thanx bro..

OluDare01:

Welcome to America

NefT:
After 10minutes time out, I have not been able to login into d DS160 form to complete, it keeps telling me security question is incorrect, what could be responsible for this, this is really frustrating. Someone pls help!

kallowdean:
GURUS Good day Ooo
Please what are the foods and stuffs we can take into USA as an F1 Holder (Graduate Student).

I will appreciate all form of advice please. Make una talk oooo

Glowrie22:
...where did u write in enugu??address? and did u go for tutorials??

Enugu has TOEFL test centers. I wrote mine there.

kallowdean:



GURUS Good day Ooo
Please what are the foods and stuffs we can take into USA as an F1 Holder (Graduate Student).

I will appreciate all form of advice please. Make una talk oooo

Am looking at foods and stuffs like:
Egusi (Grounded)
Pepper (ata gungun as the yoruba people call it)
CrayFish (Grounded)
Beans (Ewa Oloyin as the Yoruba people call it)
Garri White and yellow
Maggi (unrapped and exposed)
Locust Bean (Iru)

kallowdean:



GURUS Good day Ooo
Please what are the foods and stuffs we can take into USA as an F1 Holder (Graduate Student).

I will appreciate all form of advice please. Make una talk oooo

Am looking at foods and stuffs like:
Egusi (Grounded)
Pepper (ata gungun as the yoruba people call it)
CrayFish (Grounded)
Beans (Ewa Oloyin as the Yoruba people call it)
Garri White and yellow
Maggi (unrapped and exposed)
Locust Bean (Iru)

caul:
Hello gurus in the house please i need help with something ooo....

How can i calculate nigerian high school gpa?

LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR ANSWERS...

kallowdean:


I thought of revealing the content like pealing all the maggies from it's wrap.

LagosismyHome:


No need .....if maggi is not allowed then be it wrapped or unwrapped no difference.

Some POE dont allow thing that contain meat or chicken so maggi chicken might not be allowed . Depending on who u meet at POE . Hence some POE dont allow indomie chicken due to the chicken spices but some allow