My Visa experience

Srirekha · October 28, 2020, 11:54am

Consulate- Hyderabad

Date-28th October

Appointment time- 8:15 am

In time: 8:00

Out time:9:00

University: University of Texas at Dallas

Course : MS in computer science(Spring 2021)

Interview conversation:

VO was a young lady in her late 20s

Me: Good morning mam

VO: Good morning, show me your passport and i20

VO: Ok, So who’s going to sponser you ?

Me: My Parents

VO: Parents occupation , annual income and few questions related to my answers

Me: told.

VO: Your bachelors percentage?

Me: 9.2/10

VO: passed out year?

Me: sep 2020

VO: why cant you work for few years, why did you choose masters ?

Me: I dont want to discontinue my studies .I havent studied courses related to AI in my bachelors So I want to gain indepth knowledge in the field of artificial intelligence before working

VO: what do you want to study in artificial intelligence

Me: neural networks

VO:What is neural networks ?

Me: told

VO: How’s your college life going to be ?

Me : told

Time for “ golden words “

VO: Scan your right hand fingers

Congratulations your Visa is issued please drop your passport in the wooden box

Me : Thank you mam you made my day.

Shravan · October 28, 2020, 11:58am

F1 visa experience:

Slot - 28th October 12 pm

Consulate - Chennai

Visa status : approved

Waiting time - 15 to 20 mins(includes the queue from outside)

Interview time - 1 to 1.5 mins

Questions asked:

How many universities did you apply to? Name them. Which of them were admits?
When did you complete your under graduation? What was your cgpa?
Did you take the gre test? What was your score?
Who is funding your education?
What are your plans for quarantine?

Ashutosh56 · October 28, 2020, 12:01pm

F1 visa experience:

28th October

Slot - 11 AM

Consulate - Chennai

Visa status : Approved

Counter 23

Questions asked:

Question about my previous visit to the States and purpose of visiting.
Which course and college? (When I told northeastern she verified 3 times if it was northeastern and north Texas and if I had applied to North Texas. Later she realized she had pulled some other application and corrected it.)
What were you doing since completion of graduation?
How are you funding?
What does your sponsor do?
What was his annual income when he was working? ( since he is currently retired)
Do you have any siblings?
Have you traveled outside the country in the last 15 days?
Are you planning to travel anywhere before you fly to US?

rahul.srivastava · October 28, 2020, 12:05pm

I read this in a WhatsApp group!

#experience

Consulate: Mumbai

Date 28th Oct

Slot time : 12:20

In time : 11:20

Out time : 12:00

Status: Rejected

VO was an American man in 40-50’s

VO : Hello, How are you?

Me: Hello, I’m fine. How are you?

Vo: Pass me your documents.

Me: Yeah, here you go sir.

VO: So you’re doing masters in engineering?

Me: Engineering Management Sir.

Vo: So Northeastern University… Ok

Me: Yes sir.

Vo: So when did you do your undergrad?

Me: 2017

Vo: What did you do after that? Are you employed?

Me: I’m not employed, after my undergrad I did Autocad and Catia certification courses. And after that I helped my mom setup her business.

Vo:What does your parents do?

Me: My dad works as Assistant Engineer at CPWD, Govt of India. And my mother is a homemaker, but she recently started her own business.

Vo: What’s your family income.?

Me: It’s around 25L

Vo: Who’s sponsoring you?

Me: My family will be sponsoring me, we have a savings of 25L and along with that I’ve taken a loan of 40L,

(I tried telling we had immovable assets worth of xx amt but he interrupted)

Vo: So what’s your family income you said was?

Me: 25L sir

Vo: I’m giving you a slip(he gave me the 214g), you’ll find details, but I’m sorry I won’t be able to give you a visa. !

The VO wasn’t audible so I had to lean over multiple times to hear him clearly. I think this made me look nervous or not confident… But wth do I do… I was literally not able to hear him.

Chetan · June 24, 2019, 12:35pm

Profile:
Btech in Electrical and Electronics
CGPA: 8.2/10
Work experience: 2.5 yrs
GRE: 311
TOEFL: 106
Visa experience:
Consulate : Hyderabad
Course: MS in Electrical & Electronic Engineering
University: University of Michigan
Counter: 19
Status: Approved

VO: Which universities did u applied to and why University of Michigan?
A: I applied to 4 universities, Apart from Michigan, I applied to four other institutes, Georgia institute of Technology, North Carolina State University, Penn State University, and Carnegie Mellon University

VO: Did u get into Pennsylvania State.
A: Yes I received 4 admits and one reject
I chose University of Michigan firstly because of its ranking and public university profile. The electrical and electronics course is considered best among its peers.

VO: What is your work experience?
A: I have work experience of three years in a firm that made electrical appliances.

VO: How are you funding your education
A: I have some of my own savings and my father is also contributing.

VO: What is the occupation of your parents
A: My father works at BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals limited) and my mother is a teacher in a government school

VO: Ok, your visa is approved.

Salil_Singh · June 24, 2019, 12:37pm

Many congratulations Chetan for getting your visa approved.
However, it is our humble suggestion if you can submit the complete script of your visa experience, it will be a great help to us and others

Chetan · June 24, 2019, 12:39pm

Hi Salil,
Thank you so much. Is it not enough?
Will update the script. Should I post it again or edit the same post?

Salil_Singh · June 24, 2019, 12:41pm

Hi, @Chetan
It is totally your prerogative.

Chetan · June 24, 2019, 12:42pm

Sure, I can do that

shyamal · May 22, 2019, 12:29pm

Visa interview experience

Hyderabad Consulate

Date:20 may 2019
Time: 10am
Status: approved
University of Wisconsin

VO: good morning
Me: good morning
The VO asked me about Why University of Wisconsin?
Me: I told them why I am interested as it aligned to my interest

VO: who are the sponsors of your education?
Me: my father is sponsoring for my education. He has a savings of xx lakhs.
VO: what is your father’s occupation
Me: He is a business man.

VO:What you plan to do after returning back to india?
Me: Initially, Will work in a company related to my skills. After sometime I pan to join my father’s business

VO: congrats your visa has been approved
Me: thank you so much.

My suggestion are be confident, organized, and keep the answers to the point when the VO asks for the questions.
All the best guys

Salil_Singh · May 23, 2019, 11:58am

Congratulations Shyamal and all the best.
There is one request in addition. If possible, please share the full script of your interview. It will be a great help to the aspirants.

suresh_gupta · October 6, 2020, 6:52am

Here is another experience
My F1 Visa Interview Experience:

Consulate: Hyderabad
Term: Spring’21
Status: Visa Approved
6th October : Visa Interview
Slot: 8:15 AM

I have reached the Consulate by 7:30 AM, but I was told by the security guard they will allow only after 8:00 AM. There were 5 people including me for the 8:15 AM slot. I was second in the queue.

They checked my passport, DS 160 Confirmation page, Appointment confirmation page first before the gate.

Then my passport was checked before opening the gate and letting me in.

I proceeded to complete the security checks, the lady before me in the queue was going for UNT and she was being interviewed before me, I was standing a little away from her, but behind her. She was asked about her loan (which she said was 20Lakhs)… The VO was a lady in late 20’s or mid 30’s ( I couldn’t figure that out) , VO asked the lady to show the point on the loan document where it’s written ‘SECURED’ (since she mentioned that it was a secured loan)… The UNT lady was searching…but couldn’t find it somehow, the VO was fine with it and approved her visa after asking some more casual questions.

My Interview:
VO: Next please
Me: stepped up
VO: Good morning!!!
Me: Good Morning!
VO: Please show me your i20
VO (murmuring): okay… Arizona State University… okay… Information technology…
VO: So, in which year have you passed out?
Me: I have passed out in 2018.
VO: what’s your UG score?
Me: it’s 86.3%
VO: So, you have been working for Collins Aerospace??? That’s cool and why do you want to leave a good MNC and go for masters now? What is the change you’d get if you complete masters?
Me: So, I work as an SAP ABAP technical consultant at Collins Aerospace… ABAP is going to be dissolved in less that 5 years and I would want to update my skills and become a techno-functional consultant… ( VO looked satisfied)
VO: Funding plans?
Me: my parents are sponsoring me and also I have an education loan
VO: what does your father do and what’s his income?
Me: He is the managing director and managing partner for ****** from 18 years and his income is around 7Lakhs (VO gave a confused expression as if that wouldn’t be sufficient or something like that… Looking at her I was tensed and told that my mom is also working)
Me: my mother is also working
VO: oh really? What does she do? And what’s her income?
Me: she is insurance agent and she earns about 5L per annum… so they together earn around 12L…
VO: oh!! Thats alright then
VO: fingerprints of your right hand please…also quarantine plans?
Me: I have contacted the student council of ASU and they would provide me a list of motels where
I can quarantine myself for 14 days…
VO: great!! Your visa is approved and drop it in that wooden box…
Me: thankyouuu!!