EDU USA F1 Visa Seminar Tips: Weird Conversation with an Officer!

I just attended an Edu USA F1 Visa seminar, and the BALD Man was the special guest 😂😂.

I had serious despite for him before today, but after conversing with him and asking him a lot of questions, I thank God for the peace no cap.

Someone I even wanted to set leg for as he was walking make him fall down. He’s very jovial & like funny characters, like all these clowns of white men, no kidding, and he gave a lot of advice was very interesting too.

I asked him many questions, cus like I guess I was the only one there who had done an interview so most didn’t really even understand what he was talking about (they’ll know soon 😂). I followed him to the visa hall sef (like immediately he was done lecturing) till I couldn’t go further & made known to him he refused me last month & I’m a bona fide student.

He giggled and said I’m so very sorry about that, but hope you are on the right track now. Apply & try again & wish you better luck. He even said his name 😂😂(I can’t recall his last name cus that was what he said first, but I didn’t hear the ascent)

Key Points I Could Take From His Lecture

1. Be very compendious. He was like Nigerians come there with a lot of crammed answers which isn’t bad cus it shows you a scholar but all he needs is the main point and he conducts interviews very fast.

2. There is no wrong or right or dumb answer, it’s not an exam. He needs your sincerity to your own personal story and personally, he loves funding. (Another man Gave a mini-lecture on graduate/teaching/ research assistantships and how to apply for them, showing a pictorial breakdown of courses that had the most funding. 45% of Nigerians went with funding, and only about 5% went fully funded can’t recall the numbers exactly. But of all the courses, Business courses had just 3%, STEM had the most them biology & co, so don’t be too scared if you’re doing them MBA, funding is difficult to get, and they know it).

He said according to the US statistics, only 2M Nigerians out of like the 250M earn above $9k annually so like where’s everyone getting 40k to spend on fees or people Anuties sponsoring which isn’t bad but you have to convince the consular you’re able to fund your studies cus it’s the most important for F1 visa.

From my deductions, he hinted if your distant relative is sponsoring, explain to him why first before talking about the persons capabilities.

I asked about India cus they are also poor and have better approval than us (at this point he was tired of me but I wasn’t letting him rest cus na me know Wetin I don face I now have chance to follow bald man talk one on one and I’ll not use it) he said a lot of them don’t immigrate permanently like Africans.

3. Bank statement is not useful and not needed cus the Nigeria embassy isn’t document based (he made a joke twas quite funny though the way he said it that if he goes to the car park there, many of those “touts” can print a zenith signed statement for him, so they don’t regard documents from us 😂) Nigerians and corruption 5$6 cus they’ve seen a lot at the embassy that they just had to scrap it.

Asked him how he knows so much, and he said he’s been in Nigeria for 18 months and had been an African consular for over 2 decades. Made a joke about how he got his driver’s license and at first tried being formal, filling online forms expecting it asap, but he realized he had to use corruption with a tout (had to check the proper definition of tout and he’s apt) or else he’ll die there 😂 that to get the American visa, we must think like an American first not like a Nigerian.

4. It’s okay to pay your fees cus he mentioned the embassy only needs these 5 documents. I-20, Int Passport, passport photo, Sevis visa fee & SCHOOL FEES RECEIPT IF YOU’VE paid (optional) and paying fees doesn’t have an advantage or disadvantage ITS NOT A RED FLAG.  Check out USA F1 Visa Interview – Questions & Answers for Nigerian Students!

Key Basis For Approval – EDU USA F1 Visa Seminar Tips

1. Ensure you are a bona fide student (you understand what you’re going to study and why you’re going to study).
2. Ensure you can prove to the VO with your profile & words that you’re capable of funding your education either yourself, your sponsor, your relatives, or your Loan you must be able to adequately prove this. he said he knows 90% of us don’t come back or have intentions to, but we must also prove we don’t have immigration intentions.
3. Lastly be very compendious during your interview (he likes short, direct, and straight-to-the-point answers). It’s not a problem for an F1 visa if you have relatives in the US cus you showing you are a bonafide student is the point, except you clearly show immigration intent. Relatives are a major flag for B1/visiting cus of immigration intent but for study FUNDING/Ability to pay is.

I asked about why Abuja has a better approval rate and hinted that it’s a human stereotype that Abuja is the capital of the country, so there’s a natural sense that more wealthy people are there and a large number of the Nigerians earning above the 9k dolls are living there. Said it doesn’t affect but it’s a normal psychological stereotype.

These are just the points I could remember cus phones ain’t allowed, and I didn’t even go with a jotted plus no way I wasn’t expecting to see the bald man. I was the only one asking the questions cus most of them there hadn’t even gotten admission

When students get financially stranded and Immigration Abi their body sha knows about it; it falls back on them, and their job competency cus they were supposed to evaluate your financial capabilities properly before issuing you a visa.

After hearing how objective he spoke and all, I couldn’t even keep being angry cus to him, he’s just doing his job, serving his country plus he gave very objective points, and it’s not even personal for them, and sometimes hearing a lot of horrible stories makes it a bad day at the office. What is a pain to us is a cruise and work to them 😂
Like he’s not happy or sad denying, it’s just his job 😭 no personal feelings, just like the way you input numbers in excel at work that’s the way blue and white paper is for them.

Conclusion

To wrap up, the EDU USA F1 Visa Seminar Tips have provided readers with an important insight into the strange and unknown world of visa interviews. From being prepared to show documents to be ready for random questions, this article has covered it all. Being aware of the officer’s mindset can help put you at ease when entering the room. Most importantly, a positive attitude and openness will go a long way in making a successful impression on the interviewer.