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Please house anybody with information about UF. My wife was given Msc ission with partial scholarship of $1500 dollars per semester for 3semester for fall 2024. Can we go together and our kid and if possible how is the expenses? From what I see in the site tuition is about $13000 and other expenses accrue to about $30000 are we to pay all or some will be in block ? and the Visa processing how is it?
Please it is urgent

Apologies if these questions have been answered already; I could not find answers through my search.

Q: A friend got an F1 visa for a PhD (sponsored) but not in Nigeria. His family are still in Nigeria. He booked an appointment on behalf of his family, but he received a message saying they would them via email.
Please, how long does it take before one receives this email from the embassy? How soon can the family get the appointment?
I look forward to your answers

Khodry:
Please house anybody with information about UF. My wife was given Msc ission with partial scholarship of $1500 dollars per semester for 3semester for fall 2024. Can we go together and our kid and if possible how is the expenses? From what I see in the site tuition is about $13000 and other expenses accrue to about $30000 are we to pay all or some will be in block ? and the Visa processing how is it?
Please it is urgent

Unrelated but I did appreciate expert opinions on this please.
What can influence the decision for someone to apply for visa with his/her family (partner and kid)? Is it when you have funding? Enough personal/family fund? What will be the home tie in this situation please?

All of you can go for the interview but it based on 50/50 without funding but if there is funding it will make the interview easier. For your case,the 1500 funding is too small. You don't need to pay all at once before going to school but you need to prove to the VO that you can capable of taking care of all the financial expenses including living expenses and others

Khodry:
Please house anybody with information about UF. My wife was given Msc ission with partial scholarship of $1500 dollars per semester for 3semester for fall 2024. Can we go together and our kid and if possible how is the expenses? From what I see in the site tuition is about $13000 and other expenses accrue to about $30000 are we to pay all or some will be in block ? and the Visa processing how is it?
Please it is urgent

I don'tlike discouraging peoplebecausei believe everyone'sjourney is different and you may not know the outcomeof your situation unless you try.
Funding makes the F1 Journey easier in all its ways and you can also get Visa without funding but it all depends on how you play your card and prove to the VO

idirect:

Unrelated but I did appreciate expert opinions on this please.
What can influence the decision for someone to apply for visa with his/her family (partner and kid)? Is it when you have funding? Enough personal/family fund? What will be the home tie in this situation please?

I have forgotten how this is done but i think he needs to wait for 5 days and if he doesn'tget a responsehe can call CGI

Eke40seven:
Apologies if these questions have been answered already; I could not find answers through my search.

Q: A friend got an F1 visa for a PhD (sponsored) but not in Nigeria. His family are still in Nigeria. He booked an appointment on behalf of his family, but he received a message saying they would them via email.
Please, how long does it take before one receives this email from the embassy? How soon can the family get the appointment?
I look forward to your answers

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

Thanks.

Pls house has anyone paid sevis fee two days before interview and when he went for the interview, everything went well

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.

A day or two

On mock interview:

There seems to be more misinformation than "intell" (i.e. intelligence) going around. Several instances of persons being asked to rejig responses hours/days before visa interview.
Note:
- no-one knows the applicant better than the applicant (him/herself),
- the criteria is clear: "purpose", "financing" and "home-tie",
- the applicant documentation (e.g. form completed before interview, documents brought to interview) and verbal responses (on the D-day) need to tie (as discrepancies are easy grounds for visa refusal),
- the study in US journey requires own effort and time beyond money; spend time understanding the strengths and weaknesses of own profile vis-a-vis the criteria (for non-immigrant visa e.g. F1)
- if a suggested response does not fit the applicant's profile or sounds controversial, it is unlikely to be tenable during the interview.

Tinafusty:
Pls house has anyone paid sevis fee two days before interview and when he went for the interview, everything went well

Yes, me.

Someone should please assist me
My DS 160 number is showing invalid and my visa page doesn’t have the option to update profile
What do I do?

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?

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 ?

Sisib15:
I am currently in the US doing my masters but I am scared of job opportunities for my course(rhetoric and Composition) and PR route .Many people are suggesting that I should switch to nursing as that one has more benefits than my course. I am confused on what to do
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Do not listen to anyone. There are job opportunities in your field, and it’s not limited to only teaching.

Rdfactor:
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 ?

If you had secured ission and not waiting for funding, start Asap. If you seek for funding, I would advise you to wait until you receive your letter.

Rdfactor:


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

Fall 2024.

Rdfactor:
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 ?

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

Hi, can anyone please refer me to a competent academic writer?

I'll appreciate.

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

Good Morning,
I just got my ission for Fall 2024 resumption , My port is expiring June this year 2024, i just applied for a new port. Can i still use my current(old) port to apply for I-20 and also fill the Ds-160 form. My new port will definitely be out before i go for interview.

Hello, thank you for your response.

I have a question regarding waiting for funding after getting ission, is there any preparation or process involved in securing an Assistantship position after already ed through the GTA survey and interview from the previous ission process?

I know someone who is looking to secure a GA position for Fall, he was deferred from Spring semester because he couldn't get a position.
Is he going to get automatically secured for a position this time around?




If you had secured ission and not waiting for funding, start Asap. If you seek for funding, I would advise you to wait until you receive your letter.

Rdfactor:


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

Yes. You're welcome

Mercy95:
Good Morning,
I just got my ission for Fall 2024 resumption , My port is expiring June this year 2024, i just applied for a new port. Can i still use my current(old) port to apply for I-20 and also fill the Ds-160 form. My new port will definitely be out before i go for interview.

Yes

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!!

Rdfactor:


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.

Hello people. Just a quick question and responses are appreciated. Any info on blacklisted schools in the US and how to avoid them?

I am also looking for a good public school in Texas for masters with a good intake record who do not require TOEFL.

Ellskc:
Hello everyone

I’ve been reading through this thread and I haven’t found exactly what I’m looking for, so I decided to ask directly. I already have a list of schools I am planning on applying to through the common app and common black app.
I’m going for an undergraduate degree.
I have done my research about the process but I have a few questions

1. How exactly do I go about sending my WAEC results and high-school transcript to WES? I have seen different answers and I’m not sure which is the right one.
2. I am hoping to get a full scholarship or at least 50% scholarship, my GPA and WAEC scores are high enough, and if I don’t get it my aunt will be sponsoring me. I wanted to know how exactly the bank statement is supposed to be shown, I know for a UK visa it has to be in your for a minimum of 29days but I’m not so sure how it’s supposed to be for the USA. I’ll also like to know how much is supposed to be in the exactly; for example if the total fees for my schooling process is 50k dollars how much is the minimum that should be in the bank statement?
3. Is March too late to submit school applications and get a scholarship? Due to personal reasons I wasn’t able to take the SATs and TOEFL examination last year and will be taking them March this year. The schools I am applying to have a later application deadline but I want to be sure there will be enough time between getting ission and starting the visa process.

Thank you

Please anyone 🙏 I really need some assistance on this

For the WES evaluation, You will create an with WES and then input your academic details, you will select WES ICAP evaluation and also choose US academicevaluation .After that you will need to pay the WES fee of about 217 dollars or so you can check on the website to confirm. This is the trick i used when i was in Nigeria, i dont have the money to pay yet, so i created the ,fill in my academicdetails (my two results) in your case it will be WAEC or high school.so i thenproceed to use western union as a means of payment (which i don't have the money ) I clicked on the western union thing and I was able to generate an ID .It is this ID i sent to my schools in Nigeria that they use to sent my result to WES.
What I am saying is that you need to generateWES ID which you will take to your high school so they can send your result to WES .

For the third question, i don't know the session you are applying for. If it's fall i will suggest your start your application before march because most schools with funding would have rolled out issions and funding before you even finish applying .you might be lucky to get itted but funding might be difficult because you are applying late .If your application is for spring, you are good to go but funding opportunities in spring is limited.
For the third question, the cost of your tuition will determine the amount that you need to present to get your I20. If your aunty will be sponsoring be ready to prove to the VO why you aunty will be spending such a huge amount of money on you when you parents are alive. I hope this helps and if you need any information. Quote me

Ellskc:



Please anyone 🙏 I really need some assistance on this

Ellskc:



Please anyone 🙏 I really need some assistance on this

Some schools don't need WES evaluation.
Also, I will encourage you to apply early enough to get what you seek as funding is very limited.
Start preparing for TOEFL and SAT and ensure you have a high score.

For now, focus on TOEFL and SAT and leave the rest pending when you have taken the exams.

See you at the top!

Shalom!!!