kachocho: I have been a silent follower, probably because I have other blogs I follow. However, I dedcide I was going to tell the good news to the house as soon as I got my visa.
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Following is the excerpt of the interview I had at counter 1 Lagos embassy. This guy was rejecting virtually everybody, but God

I had the sweetest and easiest visa interview of all times
V.O : Why do you want to go to the US
Me: To study for a PhD in Polymer Science Engineering
V.O: Did you take the GRE
Me: Yes I did
V.O: May I have the scoresheet
Me: Sure, here they are(gave him)
V.O: Looks at I 20 and says he needs a covering letter to corroborate what the I 20 says
Me: I told him I didn't have any letter and told him the I 20 clearly states everything. I then said however, I have the admission letter and showed him.
V.O: What research areas in PSE are you interested in?
Me:Told him about my interest in the research in fuel cells and its relation to renewable
energy.
V.O: What do you intend to do after your PhD?
Me: I would like to earn my Phd within time frame after which I will ultimately come back to Nigeria to Lecture
V.O: When does your school resume
Me: 4th September, 2012
V.O: You know of the 30day rule
Me: Sure I do.
V.O: You can collect your visa on Monday at Ikeja, Congratulations, have a safe trip
Me: Thank you ( I was totally overwhelmed at this stage)


The most intriguing part of the interview was that he didnt look at my DS 160 , which I felt had some errors, did not request for any document from me no statement or AOS etc and did no type a single thing
It was just God's grace and I am very thankful
Fall 2012 testimonies don start o
This is what we pray for
Guys remember to [b]K[/b]eep [b]i[/b]t [b]s[/b]hort and [b]s[/b]imple
@kachocho, congratulobia........the Chinese woman still dey there?

phy:

@samie, FD is almost a risk free investment, personally i believe you're good to go. Just get the investment certificate, get a letter to the embassy from the bank to show that your sponsor has an investment with the bank and also a sponsorship letter from your sponsor. All the best

felatilewa: july 18 is my interview in abuja, ls what are the necessary documents to go along with and what are their frequently asked question? Thankx.

deevick246:


Congrat. on your appointment date. However, if you are new to the visa interview experience. I will strongly advice you go and start reading from the Part1 of this thread. For there are loads of invaluable information there for your consumption.
On a lighter note, but you get levels for NL, for Seun, the CEO of NL to call you say July date don dey available, na e be say you are really mouthed

walex57:

Na still september 6 dey there ooo...i'm waiting till when my I-20 will be 60 days to expiration to book for emergency appointment... you can book for emergency appointment nah...make sure u attach your I-20...that means you'll have to scan your signed I-20 form and attach it to your emergency appointment message...you can only attach one file so just attach your I-20 instead. Take care bro...all of us will get very good early dates by God's grace.

phy:

You simply view available dates by logging to the site and do as if you want to schedule one and you'll be able to see available days.

walex57:
It has opened and i've booked september 6 and clicked on the icon that i should be automatically rescheduled to an earlier date and i pray it works 'cos d date on my i-20 is august 27... if it doesn't i'll wait till my i-20 is 60 days to expire and i'll book for an emergency date cos my school is not accepting application for spring 2013 so i may not be able to defer it till then...please any other advice please...cos i'm confused.

bypassit: @House,my school resumes by August 6 and i was not able to book an early date,I had to book for sept 7 and sent an Emergency Request plus i contacted the call center and spoke with one of the US Consulate agents.She told me she saw i already sent an Emergency Request that i should wait till 22nd of this month maybe someone should attend to my request.
I am not sure how this works or of it works exactly the way they said it but i really need to get an early date for appointment.
House i need a word from you guys if there is other way to get an early date aside from Emergency request.