[color=#006600][/color][quote congratulations uthor=Jayjaycee18 post=70270979]LONG POST ALERT!!!

All Glory and Adoration must go to the Almighty God, without whom I am nothing.
Appreciation to all the wonderful ladies and gents on this thread who have contributed in one way or the other in making this sometimes frustrating and difficult process, worthwhile.

My wife's application has been approved!!!
Timeline is below:
- Upfront Medical: June 1st 2018
- Online Application submitted on 4th of June 2018 (2years PGD)
- Biometrics request: 11th June 2018
- Biometrics done in VFS Lagos: 12th June 2018
- Medical passed & eligibility review commenced: 12th Aug 2018
- Application approved/passport request: today, 14th Aug 2018
- School resumes: 5th Sept 2018

Documents submitted:
- All applicant's completed CIC forms
- University Acceptance letter with 1st semester tuition fee confirmation of over $9k CAD,
- Applicant's Canada Bank Account Statement with over $10k CAD living expense
- Applicant's Educational certs, University Transcripts, plus NYSC cert and professional membership certs
- Applicant's Employment letter, promotion letter, Study leave approval letter, Company ID Badge, 6months payslips, Salary account SOA,
- Travel history (several trips in the last 12 years to the US, UK, Dubai, Canada, France and the Netherlands)

- Sponsor: Myself
- Sponsors docs submitted: Employment letter, Professional Membership, Data page, Travel history (several trips in the last 16 years to US, UK, Dubai, Canada, France, Germany and the Netherlands)
- Sponsors Financials: SOA of my Joint Account with wife, Salary Account SOA, my Resume (CV), Pension Fund Account summary, CSCS Statement of stockholding, Landed Properties survey plans and deeds of assignments showing joint ownership by both myself and wife (in Lagos, Abuja, Mowe-Ogun state and PH city)
- Treasury Bills Certificate of my Joint Account with wife

Supporting docs
- Letter of sponsorship signed by me with details of how i intend to support applicant's education
- Letter of Application for study permit addressed to CAD High commission,
- Detailed SOP showing that PGD is same course as both the Undergrad course, as well as the current employment role
- Detailed letter of Explanation (LOE) with itemized list/breakdown of all the documents being submitted
- Children's birth certificates and Intl passport data page
- Applicant's Resume, Awards received, Volunteer work done in the past, Marriage Cert and Newspaper Change of Name

PLUS ENOUGH PRAYERS, FASTING AND MORE PRAYERS.

N.B: Study gap was over 11 years, but applicant's SOP was very detailed and Resume showed what she was engaged in throughout all the gap years. Applicant's personal SOA had less than N200k naira at time of submission.

Finally, to all the TRV hopefuls, just keep on praying and commit all to the Almighty God, because yours is just close by.
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Hi everyone,I am new here I really dont know how this works but i believe there are good people here who will give me the best advise,i applied to usa for f1/f2 visa for myself and my kids the VO was really nice interviewing us but i was surprised she denied us the visa ,i have been to the us before and i have never overstayed (not more than a month) same with my kids ,i still have a valid us visa ,i dont know y the Vo refused us cos i thought she would just convert our b1/b2 visa.pls i need advise cos i want to differ my admission since i dont think i will be able to meet up with this august resumption.pls beautiful people what do u guys think went wrong,what shld i do next during my next visa interview ,shld i apply alone this time ard and probably apply for my kids later,pls i need ur urgent replies ,and i hope dis denial wont affect my entry into us with my existing visa.Thank u all for ur prompt response and sorry for the long post.