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Timgreat31:
Many thanks, bro.

I'll via email if you don't mind.

Here. This is my main . I have two s: this one and gretmang

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OyoTunjiUSA:



Hey 🤠

1. PhD overall enrollment determinant is about your skills. Most Research Universities only use the CGPA benchmark in order to cut out the population of applicants.

2. Focus on finding Universities whose (Professors) research interests align with yours.Your SOP is of utmost importance, b/cos that is the first quasi-credential the ission committee will open up.

3. I believe you can deduce a genuine direction from a competition-based answer which might lead you into confusion. Google the important aspect of PhD ission , just like i have guided you in the attached. With your current CGPA and your GRE test, you can apply into any University, but with wisdom in displaying your skills, especially, when you have seen a professor/supervisor who wants to work with you.

Best Wishes 🙏

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Lovethchisom:


Thanks so much for your response and advice. I appreciate 🙏

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OyoTunjiUSA:



🤠

* Mr man go and sit down. Your character will soon reveal your identity. The general public should now see that @Shueldo06 is the same as @Ayomide98 😀 The general public should ask them to post their MRV payment evidences and I-20s to the public, they are travel agents or scammers who are trying to CREATE GROUP for scamming purposes.

2. Applicant applying for the UK and Canada experiences the same thing , only time line is different because Nigeria population is 3x more than those of the UK and Canada. Besides, USA embassy is not against Nigerians, they are against terrorists worldwide. Do you know how many terrorists attempts they prevented or discovered every day ?

3. USA embassy does not send you invitation message. Sit down in your house . Must you travel to the UNITED STATES? What you want to go and do in the United States can be done in Australia , United Kingdom, Switzerland, and , they are all advanced nations. You are the ones who want to escape Nigeria. Millions of Nigerians are not thinking towards that route. Will you commit suicide if your VISA is not granted ? USA is not looking for anybody.

PS: Nairalanders should beware of @Shueldo06, and @Ayomide98. They are not VISA applicants, don't them for anything.

🙏

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Ayomide98:


Lol, it’s well

Since when have you paid for mrv?

September 2nd or so. I’ve sent u a DM

Ayomide98:
@shueld

Can I provide my WhatsApp digit, so we can have direct in following up with our case, i don’t have the energy to keep coming here on this site everyday to follow up, I don’t think people who have similar cases here are enthusiastic about getting a date.

While I’ve been a silent viewer, I’m in the same shoe. Can I send u a DM?

Gerrard59:


Citizenship is tied to jobs. Italy isn't the best place to be a successful skilled black professional. Also, citizenship by naturalisation - except he marries an Italian - takes ten years to qualify.

Wonder why he chose Italy for PhD, rather than the US then do NIW.

No. I chose USA for PhD and Italy for MSc. If trump enters the White House, I’m afraid that could jeopardise NIW option

Funnyman:
I am curious, why did you not use your OPT after your master, I am also doing msc in US but don't want to go PhD way, so I will like to know why you didn't go OPT way.

I didn’t go the OPT way because the jobs I was able to get after my degree, in my opinion, were not worth my while. So I decided to do a PhD . Came back to Nigeria to renew my F-1 visa sometimes around November . But something happened and I couldn’t use the visa to travel. So I had to wait in Nigeria aand I recently just applied and got a new visa cuz of the 5month SEVIS rule

@tensazangetsu20

I have a US student visa for my PhD in the USA.

Also, I just got a scholarship for MSc in Italy 🇮🇹. I love the European countries a lot and I feel like giving it a shot since I have already been to the US before (had a masters degree there)

Advice?

fearlessfang:
This is what you don’t understand.


Last fall, two of my friends did their fresh first time interview in Cameroon. PhD Utah and PhD RIT. Their visa was both approved.

I have friend who did his interview during his visit to UK for F-1, got it approved.

I renewed both of my visa in Canada and Mexico.

Now tell me, how did we all prove home tie to that country?

Well, I guess it works sometimes. Just saw this on Reddit from a nepalis who gave his f-1 interview in India cuz there were no appointment in Nepal at that time. And he was actually approved.

But then, most people online , quora, reddit advised against visa shopping as they claim it’ll most likely lead to denial

CC: Biglyanga, OyoTunjiUSA, I can see you differ on this too, just like me, so I thought of copying you. Go through the screenshot, what do you guys feel about it?

fearlessfang:
This is what you don’t understand.


Last fall, two of my friends did their fresh first time interview in Cameroon. PhD Utah and PhD RIT. Their visa was both approved.

I have friend who did his interview during his visit to UK for F-1, got it approved.

I renewed both of my visa in Canada and Mexico.

Now tell me, how did we all prove home tie to that country?

WOW. I always thought you need to do your fresh interview in your country as long as you’re currently there. That’s something I don’t know before. I hope people make use of this opportunity if it guarantees visa approval then

fearlessfang:
Another clown. I applied for my U.S. visa both in Mexico and Canada. Tell me how I proved home tie with that country? You only need to prove home tie with your country of citizenship. When you are applying for visa outside your country of citizenship or residence you do not need to prove home tie to that country

I’m sorry but this is wrong! Or Do you mean you were already in Canada or Mexico studying, and you then apply for US F-1 visa, and of course attended the interview there, or you basically had to fly from Nigeria to Canada just for the interview , without having to show any home tie

Or you were basically renewing? If you were renewing , then you’d be right! But applying fresh, and you had to go to Canada to have ur interview, it might be sufficient to clarify this so that people won’t get confused

Somatohadidas:


Several other people (Nigerians, of course) have degrees from those countries. I was there on a fully funded scholarship sponsored by the European Union.

In , tuition is mostly free at public universities and institutes, but you need to pay what is called the semester fee (which is very cheap and vary across places) if you are a self-funded student. On the other hand, if you are a scholarship student (e.g DAAD, ERASMUS, and other government and departmental scholarships), you need not worry about any of those. Therefore, for masters, you typically apply directly to the program with/without scholarship—no need to a potential supervisor or PI. However, the PhD application is quite different as they are mostly d positions in most cases except places like EMBL, and Max Planck Institutes. In addition, most PhD adverts in (Europe, by extension) require having a master's degree. You can check out d positions on the Xing website. Tips would include preparing a very strong application package (in all ramifications) and following instructions provided in the adverts.


NB: Having a scholarship in gives you an upper hand over self-funded students when it comes to visa appointments and approvals. Self-funded students need to wait for at least a year before they can get an appointment at the German embassy. I'm not sure if that has changed. But as a scholar, you would easily get an appointment and have a smooth interview.

Norway recently implemented a policy that requires students outside the EEA to pay tuition fees. Very few funded masters, but all their PhD positions are funded and d on the schools´ websites, and you would typically be an employee of the school. You can also see adverts from several universities in Norway on the Jobbnorge website.

I hope this helps

This is detailed. Thank you so much. I thought as much, you went through one of the EMJD programs. The rule is still the rule: getting a visa appointment if you’re self funding at the German embassy take time, except you have funding, or you’re a recent first class graduate

God bless you

Somatohadidas:


Lol. Maybe I should help you with more info.

I am not sure you are even genuine. You were looking for ission at one time and had a valid US student visa at another. The next time you are looking for a Schengen visa. I think many of you folks should be more truthful. It wouldn't hurt.

Nice profile. I’m surprised. This is the first time I’m seeing a Nigerian gotten a degree from Norway, even . I stopped to even try at all after trying those years without getting a response from any supervisor ready to take me into his lab. I went to the US instead

Was your Msc in and Norway funded or self sponsor?

Any tip to get the attention of those PIs in Norway and German schools ?

OyoTunjiUSA:



Hey 🤠

**** How i which to see you physically and give you 7 spankings on your butt .


1. You scaled through being labelled a correspondence degree (NOUN) holder by a reputable University in the USA and got itted to full MSc Public health and decline
it for a lesser course of study .

2. Why are you in a haste ? Do you want to disappear and appear in the USA just like that ? Accelerated nursing programs allow you to earn a BSN degree quickly and you thought the University might decline your Public Health and went for the lesser one .

3. My friend , no matter how far you have gone on a wrong way turn back now . If it's possible change back to Public Health . It's not about just receiving form I 20 and memorize possible answers to questions .

4. MSc Public Health is your way . Scholarship is not 100% compulsory for MSc applicants if your family can show the embassy that they will fund your study . Don't go there and waste your SEVIS fee and MRV in a twinkle of an eye.


*** Hit me back if you are die hard in attending the interview .


Best Wishes 🙏

I dropped a msg for u on the email you put on your signature. You can attend to it at ur leisure

OyoTunjiUSA:



Hey 🤠

**** How i which to see you physically and give you 7 spankings on your butt .


1. You scaled through being labelled a correspondence degree (NOUN) holder by a reputable University in the USA and got itted to full MSc Public health and decline
it for a lesser course of study .

2. Why are you in a haste ? Do you want to disappear and appear in the USA just like that ? Accelerated nursing programs allow you to earn a BSN degree quickly and you thought the University might decline your Public Health and went for the lesser one .

3. My friend , no matter how far you have gone on a wrong way turn back now . If it's possible change back to Public Health . It's not about just receiving form I 20 and memorize possible answers to questions .

4. MSc Public Health is your way . Scholarship is not 100% compulsory for MSc applicants if your family can show the embassy that they will fund your study . Don't go there and waste your SEVIS fee and MRV in a twinkle of an eye.


*** Hit me back if you are die hard in attending the interview .


Best Wishes 🙏

Do you have an email I can reach out to you on? I have a question I want us to look at it together. It’s not appropriate to drop such question here..u know

Taal17:

You're overthiniking this..almost as if you did something wrong.
You were ill...thats not a crime.Unless there's something else youre not saying

Relax and dont over think this.
Get your new F1 visa snd return to the US

😂 lol. Not at all. The fear is not unconnected to how our Nigerian embassy deny visa for any little reason

JohnZak:
Hi! Although it would have been better if your SEVIS designation was "authorized early withdrawal" instead of "Transfer -No show", I think that you have a valid reason when you go for your interview. Be ready to explain your health condition as the reason behind your request to defer ission. Go with medical reports and preferably, a letter from your physician explaining your health condition. The VO may not ask for this paperwork but you should be able to articulate this health condition to the VO without the paperwork. Also, explain why you decided to come back to Nigeria instead of staying back in the US whatever this may be, whether it is because your student health insurance may not have been adequate to cover treatment, high copay etc. Go with all correspondence with your DSO in case you need to refer to it during the interview. Good luck with your interview!!

Thank you so much John. I understand your point clearly. If I ever get the visa, what implication do you think this can have when i intend to enter the US at the point of entry? Is there a way those officers at the POE would know I had abandoned one SEVIS before I got a new one (note that my SEVIS will now change completely as I’ll be given a new one). Do they have a database to know this? I mean to know I have a transfer-no show , before I got a new SEVIS

Emmy000seun:
Mobolaji Johnson station is not too far to oyingbo, from oyingbo you will see direct bus going to okokomaiko ajangbadi and stuff..you will just drop at iyana oba.. and proceed with bike to the alaba market..or take a bus to custain, from oyingbo..not far at all,. from custain you can then proceed to mile two, and from mile 2 to iyana oba...hope this helps you..but be careful at the market,.alot of refurbished products.. computer village is bad too, I still prefer their, the scope is that dont let anybody take you to any shop..walk as if you know where you are going SMART even if you dont know,.. observed the shop that has what you want..then enter and make sure you meet the direct owner of the shop, you can ask for his complimentary cards anyone attending to you..so you can confirm if if you are meeting the right person or not...most of the shop owners has it..and still follow your instinct..ire ooo...

Thank you so much. May God bless all of you guys on this forum

Kudducini:


I stay around Ojo alaba, mthe poster above is right sha but that's a long journey. When you get to agege board a bus going to iyana iba there are direct bus to iyana iba there just ask people around, alight at iyana iba then take another bus to alaba international.

But you have to be very careful oh, in fact just walk directly to where you want to get your things make dem no run you street

Thank you so much 😂 I’ll be careful then

Westerhoffe:



I'd have recommeded Computer Village at Ikeja, but my past experience there isn't encouraging. So I'll suggest you try Arena Military Shopping Complex at Oshodi.
You should find what you need there too, but still be careful, as there is no place these fraudsters are, but I've not experienced them there at Arena though.

And to get there, from Agege, board a vehicle going to Oshodi, tell the driver you'd stop at Arena.

Thank you so much brother. You’ve been so helpful.

Westerhoffe:


Are you going there for a purchase?
If yes, be very careful of that market.
But here is your route:

Board a vehicle going to Oshodi.

From Oshodi, board a vehicle going to Mile 2, tell the driver you'd stop at "Mile 2 Festac Side."

From Mile 2 Festac Side, you'd get a vehicle going to Alaba International Market.

It's as simple as that.

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AyobamiIsaac12:
Based on the new policy, an F1 visa can be applied for not more than a year to the resumption date. So you can go ahead and apply since you're resuming this fall

Wow. That mean someone can actually be issued a valid F1 visa about 7 months to resumption? I never know this. Thank you so much

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Hello house. How many days in advance of resumption date can one appear for an F1 visa interview? Assuming an applicant is resuming for Fall 2024, will he/she has to wait till July or August before he starts applying for an F1 visa and then show for an interview ?

dest4real:
Good evening house, please how soon will a date for interview be displayed on my portal after booking an appointment for F1-Visa?

Thanks.

Are you booking an interview for Fall 2024 or is it spring 2024?

TWoods:


Sorry for the health challenges, hope you get well soon. The letter is straightforward. You will get asked why you did not show up at the ISO... be sure to take along this letter and your medical records to prove that you were not able to for factors beyond your control.

Did you graduate and receive your certificate?

Thanks Twood. Yes, I graduated and my certificate can be sent to the Nigerian adress on file for me starting from next week by Gods grace. Thank you so much Atwood. I was earlier concerned about the implication that terminating my SEVIS will have, since it’s not actually due to “authorised early withdrawal “ but rather due to “No show”. I also don’t know the option that my DSO selected when terminating the record. The friendlier the option she chose, the easier things become for me, I thought

JohnZak:
Hi, I read your response to TWoods and then your question, and it is not incredibly clear what you want to do. My understanding is that you have a curren F1 visa for school A and you plan on deferring ission from Spring to Fall 2024 because of health reasons. However, you are considering School B because of presumably better funding options. My explanation below is based on this understanding.

Because you have deferred your ission in School A to Fall 2024, you will have been unenrolled for greater than 5 months which will mean that if School B offers you ission in Fall 2024, school A will be unable to transfer your SEVIS records (again because it has been more than 5 months since your last enrollment) to school B. School B will generate a new I20 and a new SEVIS ID. This SEVIS ID from School B will obviously be different from the SEVIS ID that is annotated on your current F1 visa which is for School A. If you come to the US to attend School B with the visa that is annotated with school A's SEVIS ID, you will likely have problems at POE because the immigration official will look up your SEVIS records on School B's I20 and when he scans your visa, the SEVIS records for school A will show up instead of School B. Because you have deferred your ission for School A, your SEVIS information for school A will show deferred or even Terminated if you have told your DSO in school A that you won't be resuming at School A anymore in Fall 2024.

Either way, this will cause problems at POE for you and they may not allow you in because of this SEVIS record mismatch in their SEVIS system. If you changed schools within 5 months or less of your last enrollment, you could easily transfer your SEVIS ID to the new school and you won't need to get a new visa because the DSO will just update your SEVIS records and you will maintain your current SEVIS ID. This is considered a transfer which happens all the time when students change schools for any reason - personal reasons, advisor got a new position at a new school and they moved with the advisor, better funding at another university, or they got ission to their first choice school after they had received their visa based on the i20 from their second choice school etc. In these cases, there is no prolonged break in enrollment. After my F1, I did a fellowship on a J1 for a few months at my second choice institution. I was later offered a fellowship in my first choice institution after three months at the second choice institution and the program official of my first choice institution just updated my DS2019 in the SEVIS system to reflect my first choice institution and I maintained the same SEVIS ID.

My explanation above is based on you changing schools from School A to School B. Obviously, if you deferred your ission in School A and return in Fall 2024 to attend the same School A, the above explanation will be moot because you won't require a new visa (you will require a new 120 though) provided that you filed the proper paperwork with your DSO (look up five-month rule for US students online). As I mentioned, they can't do a SEVIS transfer to School B where you retain your SEVIS ID and I20 because you would have been away and unenrolled for more than 5 months. I hope this makes sense.

I realize that this is a long-winded answer but if you want to be doubly sure, I suggest that you reach out to the DSO of school B when you are offered ission. The DSO will obviously know better than I do. Best of luck and I hope everything works out for you!

Hi John, update on this;

I couldn’t eventually travelled to the US as I earlier indicated due to health reason. Seems I’ll need to be applying to get a new F1 visa if I want to be going by Fall. But the issue my SEVIS wasn’t terminated due to “authorised early withdrawal”, it was rather terminated due to “Transfer -No show “ cuz I couldn’t check in since I didn’t even travel. I don’t exactly know what this does to my immigration record, but I feel it’s not feeling good. How do we go about this? Won’t embassy frown at something like this even if I decide to appear for a new F1 visa in the future.

Note: the school has defffer my ission and funding to Fall, and will issue me a new i20

cc: Twoods.

JohnZak:
Hi, I read your response to TWoods and then your question, and it is not incredibly clear what you want to do. My understanding is that you have a curren F1 visa for school A and you plan on deferring ission from Spring to Fall 2024 because of health reasons. However, you are considering School B because of presumably better funding options. My explanation below is based on this understanding.

Because you have deferred your ission in School A to Fall 2024, you will have been unenrolled for greater than 5 months which will mean that if School B offers you ission in Fall 2024, school A will be unable to transfer your SEVIS records (again because it has been more than 5 months since your last enrollment) to school B. School B will generate a new I20 and a new SEVIS ID. This SEVIS ID from School B will obviously be different from the SEVIS ID that is annotated on your current F1 visa which is for School A. If you come to the US to attend School B with the visa that is annotated with school A's SEVIS ID, you will likely have problems at POE because the immigration official will look up your SEVIS records on School B's I20 and when he scans your visa, the SEVIS records for school A will show up instead of School B. Because you have deferred your ission for School A, your SEVIS information for school A will show deferred or even Terminated if you have told your DSO in school A that you won't be resuming at School A anymore in Fall 2024.

Either way, this will cause problems at POE for you and they may not allow you in because of this SEVIS record mismatch in their SEVIS system. If you changed schools within 5 months or less of your last enrollment, you could easily transfer your SEVIS ID to the new school and you won't need to get a new visa because the DSO will just update your SEVIS records and you will maintain your current SEVIS ID. This is considered a transfer which happens all the time when students change schools for any reason - personal reasons, advisor got a new position at a new school and they moved with the advisor, better funding at another university, or they got ission to their first choice school after they had received their visa based on the i20 from their second choice school etc. In these cases, there is no prolonged break in enrollment. After my F1, I did a fellowship on a J1 for a few months at my second choice institution. I was later offered a fellowship in my first choice institution after three months at the second choice institution and the program official of my first choice institution just updated my DS2019 in the SEVIS system to reflect my first choice institution and I maintained the same SEVIS ID.

My explanation above is based on you changing schools from School A to School B. Obviously, if you deferred your ission in School A and return in Fall 2024 to attend the same School A, the above explanation will be moot because you won't require a new visa (you will require a new 120 though) provided that you filed the proper paperwork with your DSO (look up five-month rule for US students online). As I mentioned, they can't do a SEVIS transfer to School B where you retain your SEVIS ID and I20 because you would have been away and unenrolled for more than 5 months. I hope this makes sense.

I realize that this is a long-winded answer but if you want to be doubly sure, I suggest that you reach out to the DSO of school B when you are offered ission. The DSO will obviously know better than I do. Best of luck and I hope everything works out for you!

Do you have an email that works? Tried sending you a Nairaland email but I’m not sure u get it. Thank you so much

JohnZak:
Hi, I read your response to TWoods and then your question, and it is not incredibly clear what you want to do. My understanding is that you have a curren F1 visa for school A and you plan on deferring ission from Spring to Fall 2024 because of health reasons. However, you are considering School B because of presumably better funding options. My explanation below is based on this understanding.

Because you have deferred your ission in School A to Fall 2024, you will have been unenrolled for greater than 5 months which will mean that if School B offers you ission in Fall 2024, school A will be unable to transfer your SEVIS records (again because it has been more than 5 months since your last enrollment) to school B. School B will generate a new I20 and a new SEVIS ID. This SEVIS ID from School B will obviously be different from the SEVIS ID that is annotated on your current F1 visa which is for School A. If you come to the US to attend School B with the visa that is annotated with school A's SEVIS ID, you will likely have problems at POE because the immigration official will look up your SEVIS records on School B's I20 and when he scans your visa, the SEVIS records for school A will show up instead of School B. Because you have deferred your ission for School A, your SEVIS information for school A will show deferred or even Terminated if you have told your DSO in school A that you won't be resuming at School A anymore in Fall 2024.

Either way, this will cause problems at POE for you and they may not allow you in because of this SEVIS record mismatch in their SEVIS system. If you changed schools within 5 months or less of your last enrollment, you could easily transfer your SEVIS ID to the new school and you won't need to get a new visa because the DSO will just update your SEVIS records and you will maintain your current SEVIS ID. This is considered a transfer which happens all the time when students change schools for any reason - personal reasons, advisor got a new position at a new school and they moved with the advisor, better funding at another university, or they got ission to their first choice school after they had received their visa based on the i20 from their second choice school etc. In these cases, there is no prolonged break in enrollment. After my F1, I did a fellowship on a J1 for a few months at my second choice institution. I was later offered a fellowship in my first choice institution after three months at the second choice institution and the program official of my first choice institution just updated my DS2019 in the SEVIS system to reflect my first choice institution and I maintained the same SEVIS ID.

My explanation above is based on you changing schools from School A to School B. Obviously, if you deferred your ission in School A and return in Fall 2024 to attend the same School A, the above explanation will be moot because you won't require a new visa (you will require a new 120 though) provided that you filed the proper paperwork with your DSO (look up five-month rule for US students online). As I mentioned, they can't do a SEVIS transfer to School B where you retain your SEVIS ID and I20 because you would have been away and unenrolled for more than 5 months. I hope this makes sense.

I realize that this is a long-winded answer but if you want to be doubly sure, I suggest that you reach out to the DSO of school B when you are offered ission. The DSO will obviously know better than I do. Best of luck and I hope everything works out for you!

Yes. This is 100% correct. When I read up opinions on most schools’s website about issues like this, your opinion is what they all agree with (though my own DSO is yet to respond to my email due to holidays). Thank you so much. This is all the explanation I need. God bless you.

JohnZak:
Sorry about your health. I hope you feel better soon!

The first thing is to ensure that your application for deferral is approved. It should not take long. The decision is typically immediate. Once the deferral has been approved, the International Student office will issue a new I20 with corrected dates. The I20 number, school code etc will be the same so your SEVIS record will not change other than dates of enrollment. Since you already have a visa that was issued to you using the old I20 information, the name of the school and all other information on your visa will also remain the same. You can return to the US in Fall 2024 with the updated I20 using the old visa. Make sure that you go with email correspondence between you and your school showing your request for a deferral and approval of your request. Also go with a letter from your physician briefly describing the health condition that kept you away from school till Fall 2024. These documents may come in handy at your POE if you are asked. Folks defer their ission all the time without issues, typically for as much as a year after ission offer.

Your F1 visa is attached to a particular school. If your renewed F1 visa is for the Spring 2024 school, then this should not be a problem even if you defer your ission. You can't use your renewed F1 visa meant for school A to enter the US in order to immediately attend school B because of a SEVIS record mismatch.

Meaning that if I, indeed, get offer from a new school (different from the school I was meant to attend this spring), I’ll need another visa since SEVIS ID is now different. I transferred my SEVIS to this particular school I was supposed to attend by Spring. If I could get them to transfer the SEVIS to a new school (in case the department isn’t able to retain my funding till Fall), would I still need another visa in this case? I’m clear about the first part where I’ll need another visa to a new school by Fall.

Likewise, since I’m not able to enroll, the school DSO need to do “early authorised withdrawal “ for me so I can be able to come back with ease.