USA F1 Visa Interview – Questions & Answers for Nigerian Students

Last updated on May 1st, 2023

#Case Study 3:

Status: Visa Approved (First attempt)
School: Community College, USA
Course: ****
COA: ****
Funding: ****
Interview Date: 31st January 2023

Firstly I thank God. He has seen me through and supported me. He is amazing….he wiped my tears…thank you, lord, and Thanks to everyone who supported and helped me through my journey. It has been a lot of struggle, so to my family and friends, thank you so much.

Vo: Bald man
Me: Good morning

VO: good morning, pass me you’re passport and documents
Me: I passed them

Vo: have you been to the USA before
Me: Yes

Vo: When
Me: 6th August 2014

Vo: What did you go for
Me: Visitation and to see my dad’s school

Vo: what?
My dad: I schooled there
He typed: ohhhhhh

Vo: What will you do after your program
Me: I spoke to a counselor, and she advised me to transfer to one of the CSU or UC to complete my bachelor’s, then come to Nigeria and work where I’ve been volunteering and maybe hopefully open a firm one day and merge my ideas with the current one in Nigeria.

Vo: when did you graduate
Me: 2nd October 2021

Vo: what have you been doing
Me: volunteering in my uncle’s company

Vo: to my father: sir, will you be sponsoring her
Father: yes

Vo: what do you do?
Father: I’m an accountant

Vo: okay, everything looks nice congratulations, take this white paper; I will be approving your visa. You will get an email on where to pick it up.

Me: thank you!

Thanks again to everyone who contributed ‼️

#Case Study 4:

Status: Visa Approved (3rd attempt)
School: Montana State University, USA
Course: MEd Curriculum and Instruction
COA: ****
Funding: Fully funded (GTA) with no deficits
Interview Date: 17th February 2023

After dashing the US 2x VISA fee, got another one to apply for EA against Spring 2023 but was denied. Then i had to exhaust it again when i heard EA were being approved but las las them deny my EA again😂😂😢 (making it 4x wasting money to buy MRV)

Got Nov 2nd date but was cancelled due to the security threat. Back to square one again😢😢

I sha got Feb 17th date with d last slot i had with my MRV on Jan 1st, 2023. I kept my faith strong🥰

Fast forward to 17th Feb 2023

Interview by Abuja Bald guy

VO: I can see you are going to Montana State University for ur MEd in Curriculum and Instruction
Me: yes, i reiterated wat he said

VO: What do u do
Me: I work with Lagos State Ministry of Education as *** and *** and i stated my responsibilities

VO: looked surprised at his laptop, seeing i have been denied twice, he then asked if i had dz funding when i got denied
Me: yes, I’ve had d funding since Aug 2022

VO: what’s ur Postgraduation plan
Me: Upon completion of my program, I will return to Nig. to take up the role of a Curriculum Specialist at the Lagos State Ministry of Education as indicated in my study leave letter, where I will employ the knowledge and skills garnered to revitalize the education curriculum to keep up with the technological advancement which will enhance effective teaching and learning of sciences and other disciplines in classrooms.

VO: keeps nodding affirmatively. Is there a reason why u chose Montana State University
Me: Yes, because I was interested in prof *** work in Educational technology; it aligns with my research interests and career objectives.

He smiled… Then I told him I had applied to other schools.

VO: Typing…..

Me: I added I have my study leave, and he said Ok

Next, I heard was; I will be approving ur visa, then bla bla bla
Note: I didn’t turn deaf like others do say, I heard it all correctly, and I smiled

He kept my passport with him despite the fact that I’m going for FALL’23

Thanks again to everyone who contributed ‼️

#Case Study 5:

Status: Visa Approved at Abuja Embassy (1st attempt)
School: University of New Haven
Course: M.Sc Environmental Sciences
COA: $32,565
Funding: 50% Scholarship
Interview Date: 15th March 2023

VO: Good morning; pass me your documents
Me: Good morning ma, here it is (smiling and fixating my eyes on her all through the interview)

VO: What’s this master’s degree going to do for you?
Me: Thank you, I am currently a Scientific Officer in my organization where we work to address land degradation and offer solutions to climate change. With this master’s degree, I will be able to contribute advanced knowledge to my organisation and as well gain promotion to become a Senior Scientific Officer on my return.
(I had a rush of confidence as I spoke. The night before, in the Google Meet mock session, I was told to work on my confidence level as it seems not more than 20%, Mr. Adeleye, I’m very grateful)

VO: How is it related to your work?
Me: The curriculum offers a concentration in Environmental Chemistry which is an area I want to research as my first degree is in Chemistry. Also, my organisation will be setting up a soil testing laboratory where I intend to return back to.
(I figured that she was reading my DS160, and I fully loaded it with my qualification and experience)

VO: How many schools did you apply to?
Me: On the 1st of this month, I got a rejection letter from Yale School of the Environment (YSE) but with a promise that I am on the waiting list for future consideration. I also applied to and got admitted by UNH, and NJIT, the fourth school I applied to was the University of Delaware.

VO: she starts to type, and it looks like a long time, I then asked if there’s any other information she would like to know, and she told me not to worry and that she will ask me as she’s still typing.
VO: Who is sponsoring you?
Me: My father, who is an Indian-trained mechanical engineer and owns a mechanical engineering workshop, will be sponsoring me. He was a consultant for Lagos State Government when they were to launch the BRT bus service in 2007 under Governor Fashola. (I didn’t even mention any amount that he earns monthly or annually 🤭)
In addition, I have a 50% scholarship from the school, and my office has granted my fully paid study leave request.

VO: That’s fine, she still continues typing, and there is silence for few seconds.
Me: Once again, I asked her: can I tell you about my marital status?

VO: Of course, you can.
Me: I am married. I married my wife on _th ___, 202_, and we have a son (I told her his age).

VO: What does your wife do, and how will she cope while you’re away in the US?
Me: She works with a British curriculum school presently. And my siblings are living very close to us, so she will get emotional support from them. I told her the profession of my siblings too.

VO: Have you traveled out of the country before?
Me: I’ve not had the opportunity for that until now.

VO: Okay, that’s not a problem. She concluded with the typing, and my eyes gazed at her, waiting to hear the golden words; that was how her hand went to the blue paper stack while she was still looking at the computer (my spirit was about to revolt, lol), she just quickly turned and picked the white paper and then said to me: “congratulations, I have approved your visa.”

It was as though I was dreaming!!!
Truly, I experienced what people used to say; I didn’t hear her clearly again; only thing I remember is “DHL”, “next week” and “this paper”. 😂🤣😂🤣😂
I collected it, thanked her, and started praising God as I exited the Embassy.
I really appreciate all the YouTube channels (Unik Jane, Baet Lamad), Telegram (Baet Lamad, Ogbu), and WhatsApp groups (Ogbu, SirDon, Success Mock, Abuja, and Lagos) and of course, the robust contributions from the genuine people in those platforms that I gleaned from for over one year in my pursuit of MY AMERICAN 🇺🇸 DREAM.
Thank you all, and I pray your dreams will come true by the special grace of God in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen 🙏🏾
Cheers to a new beginning🥂

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