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2022-05-19 06:45:03 Biometric: May 17, Delhi
VI : 18th Delhi 10:30
In time: 9 am
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Out time: 9.45
Course: Ms in administration
Counter 18
American guy
Status: admin processing
Me: Good Morning officer. How are you?
Vo: passport and i20
Me : Ok, passed
Vo: how may universities have you applied to
Me: 4 universities including central Michigan- Gannon, bridgeport, trine
Vo: why Central Michigan University
Me: cmu provides a flexible course in terms of core courses and its electives. I have been a supervisor for the past year and I would like to enhance managerial skills.
Vo: Which company are you working in? (Saw the company name on ds-160, exclaimed, oh Saudi Arabia) what is noon.
Me: its an e commerce company based in middle east. Its a competitor to amazon.
Vo: you have completed your ug in 2014, whats your percentage?
Me: 55%
Vo: Did you write gre?
Me: No, it wasn’t required for the course
Vo: Tell me about your funding?
Me: My father and brother will be sponsoring me, my brother works as a procurement manager in saudi arabia and my father is a retired sales manager who worked in saudi arabia for the past 30 years.
VO: Any loan?
Me: No, the savings are sufficient.
VO looked at the screen for few minutes, grabbed yellow slip and wrote admin processing and kept my passport.
VO: I intend to approve your visa but I have to check something at my end before I do that.
Me: when can I expect my passport back because I have to fly back to ksa.
VO: as soon as I can, probably a day or two. You can ask more questions related to this on the desk over there.
The guy at the other desk told that it may take weeks for the process to be completed.

How much time would it take in such cases? Please advise thanks.
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2022-05-19 06:30:43 1st attempt
My visa experience
Location: Delhi
Biometric: 17th may 2022
Interview: 18th May 2022
Slot time: 10:30Am
In time: 8:30 AM
Out time: 9:00 AM
Course: Information systems
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UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS
Status: Approved

Counter 12: American Lady in her 30's
Infront of me one girl reject and one boy accepted
Interview time:- 30 seconds
Vo: (waved hand to me)
Hey good morning
Me: Good morning
Vo: please pass me your documents (i20 and passport only)
Me: passed
(After giving throwed my passport in tray)
Vo: when did undergrad?
Me: 2020 May with 0 backlogs

VO: what you doing since then?
Me:- I'm working as a Systems Engineer in infosys
Vo:- What's you roles and Responsibilities ?
ME:- We are maintaining and creating (interrupted)
Vo:- what about your funding ?
Me:- my parents are sponsoring (interrupted)
Vo: what's your father do?
Me:- He is in agriculture sactor (interrupted)
Vo:- what he grows ?
Me:- Chillies and paddies
Vo:- Ok your place your right fingers and ur visa is approved.
Me:- Thank you.

(After hearing that word
Manalni evadra apedi)

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2022-05-19 06:14:01 F1 Visa, 1st Attempt
Intake: Fall'22
VAC: May 17th(New Delhi)
VI: May 18th(New Delhi)
University of Memphis , MS in Information systems
Counter No: 13
Status: Approved
Slot time: 8:30 AM
In time: 7:40 AM
Out time: 8:40 AM
Interview time around 1min
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VO was young American Lady with short hair in her mid 30's


VO: Good morning, pass me your i20 and passport
Me: Good Morning officer

VO: what will you do in your job?
Me: explained

VO: who is paying you
Me: my parents are funding me

VO: what is your father?
Me: told

VO:- do you have any siblings?.

ME:- yes

VO:- place your left hand four fingers
ME:- placed.

VO:- your visa approved
ME:- thank you officer you made my day.

This group helped me a lot
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2022-05-19 06:01:11 University: SUNY buffalo cse
Vo & VI delhi
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In 8:30 a.m , out 9 am
Interview time 1 min
Status: Approved
Vo: why this university
Me: I want to build my own company and UB is an r1 research university which is offering courses like parallel and distributed processing which is aligning with my startup idea. These courses are thought by veteran professor who are researching in this field for the past 10 years.
Vo: what about your funding
Me: my father is co sponsoring my visa( vo interrupted )
Vo: what does your father do?
Me: my father runs a transport business
Vo: how many trucks
Me: 3
Vo: do you have any education loan?
Me: I have secured an education loan of 34 lack and I also have personal savings of 30 lakh
Vo: your visa is approved
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2022-05-19 05:45:08 Consulate : Delhi
May 17: 9 AM
In time: 8.45AM
Out time 9.05 AM
Counter 21
Valparaiso University - Information Technology
Status : Approved
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ME: Good morning officer
VO: Hi, Pass me your i20
ME:Passed
VO:What is UG?
ME:BCA
VO:Your visa is approved. .
ME:Thankyou officer.
This group helped me alot for my confidence thank you
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2022-05-19 05:30:06 My visa experience:
University of Cincinnati
Information technology

Consulate: New Delhi
Biometrics: 17th May
Interview:18th may
In time:7:45
Actual Slot time:8:30
Slot time: 8:35
American lady
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VO:come forward
ME: Good morning mam
VO: i20 and passport please
After typing for 5 sec
VO: what do you do at cognizant?
Me : I work as a Salesforce developer.
VO typed for 5 more seconds and returned my i20.
ME: thank you so much mam
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2022-05-19 05:23:01 F1 Visa, 1st Attempt
Intake: Fall'22
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VAC: May 17th(New Delhi)
VI: May 18th(New Delhi)
University of Houston (main campus), MS in Data science
Counter No: 13
Status: Approved
Slot time: 8:30 AM
In time: 7:40 AM
Out time: 8:40 AM
Interview time around 1min

VO was young American Lady with short hair


VO: Good morning, pass me your i20 and passport
Me: Good Morning Officer


VO: when your graduation completed.?
Me: 2020

VO: What were you doing since then?
Me: working in Infosys

VO: what will you do in your job?
Me: explained

VO: who is paying you
Me: my parents are funding me

VO: what is your father?
Me: told

VO:- do you have any siblings?.

ME:- I am having sister (married)

VO:- place your fingers quickly system is making sound.
ME:- placed.

VO:- your visa approved
ME:- thanks you made my day.

don't get tensed go chill and do KCPD
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2022-05-19 05:10:11 Biometric: May 15, Delhi
Vi : 17th Delhi 11:00
In time : 10:30
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Out time: Not seen
Course: Ms in IT
Counter : Don't remember but VO looks like Indian with White shirt

University : University of Cincinnati
Duration : 1min
Stauts : APPROVED

He Rejected one F1 One person infront of me

Me: Good Morning officer.
Vo: pass me ur Passport
Me : Ok, passed
Vo: can i get ur i20
Me: yes officer.
Vo: Why this university
Me: I have chosen this university bcoz of the course curriculum which related to my area of interest in Networking and Cybersecurity moreover i have attend a webinar conducted by university prof. Mr *** he is the head of the IT Dept and (interrupted)
Vo: How is ur Sponcer ?
Me: My father is my sponcer with savings ( interrputed )
Vo: What is father do?
Me: He is a business man
Vo: What business ?
Me: He exports *** his annual income (interrupted)
VO: I am approving ur visa you will receive ur passport with in 5 days
Me: thank you officer ...
VI : Next


My Suggestion -
Actually in my DS160 i have filled Passport number mistake which was found on ofc day in front of Bio metric Officer she told me that sir ur passport number is wrong you need to change and come the only we can take bio metric luckily i carried my laptop i came out and Sat aside of OFC office and started the process after retrieving my old DS160 i choose new Form then all the Detail's in old DS160 are there here only Ds160 Number changed I edited that passport number and Changed this new DS160 number In Visa Docs and taken the new prints of Appointment order and Ds160 again join the line and done with Biometric finally

Kindly Check before Submitting
And in case you to come across like my Situation don't be Panic be Cool and Relax mind font feel tensed which make u more Anxious and you make again mistake in that hurry so be cool.


Coming to Interview
Only thing to say is
Be Confident, loud and Crisp that all

All the Best
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2022-05-19 05:07:01 Ofc: May 17 8:30
Vi: May 18 8:30
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Both at New Delhi
Course: ASU MCS

Status: Approved

Interview time (30-45 secs ig)

Counter no: 11 (American Lady maybe in her mid 20s

VO: Pass me your passport and I20
Me: passed
VO: so you are currently unemployed ?
Me: Yes ma’am, I left my job last month
VO: What is your undergrad course
Me: Computer Science and Engineering
I mentioned about an application I am working on in my DS-160 form
VO: What is the chat application you are working on ?
Me: Told about it
VO: What is the name of the app ?
Me: Told some name

She put my passport in the side tray
VO: Your visa is approved (I wasn’t able to hear what she said. This is my guess )

Ran (more like speed walking) from the counter without turning back
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2022-05-19 04:45:06 Vo: I clearly see that your intension is not to cheat us. Okay I'm keeping your passport. Here is your i20. Please take it. Don't do this again in the future.
Me: yeah sure officer. Thank you so much
Vo: you're welcome


Left the counter without even seeing back

Thanks to this group. This is really more than enough to improve oneself and crack the interview
Have belief
Jagadamba Vishwapalini Matha ki
May goddess bless you all with success
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2022-05-19 04:45:05 First attempt
Consulate : chennai
Intake : spring 2020
University : University of North Texas
Course : Data Science
Biometrics :- I don't remember exactly
VI date :- 19 December 2019
Slot time :- 10:00 am
IN time :- around 9 am
Out time :- 10.30 am
Counter no :- no idea
American VO in his 30's(approved H1 and rejected 2 f1 in front of me)
Status :- Rejected
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Me: Good morning officer.
VO : Good morning
VO: Please pass your passport and I-20
Me: Sure,here you go.

VO: how many universities you've applied for?
Me: UNT, University of Houston Clear Lake, CSU, Texas A&M Kingsville
VO : Admits?
Me: 2 admits and 1 got rejected and the other is under review

VO: why this university?
Me: Explained Course curriculum. Also added 2 professors names and their research work (Meanwhile he interrupted me)
VO: Tell me about your Funding?
Me: My brother-in-law is my sponsor. I have secure loan of 21 lakhs and savings of 15 lakhs....... Mentioned assets of worth 4.5cr

He said congratulations young man in a low tone and repeated the question again without any pause in between

VO: what did you say? Tell me about your funding again?
Me: repeated the same.

There was $31.5k mentioned in my i20 and unfortunately he calculated for 2 years and i was short of 10 lakhs for 2 years then.
VO: I'm sorry you're not eligible this time


Second attempt
Consulate : Mumbai (VI)
Intake : spring 2020
University : University of North Texas
Course : Data Science
Biometrics :- 27 December 2019 Hyderabad location
VI date :- january 2, 2020
Slot time :- 9:30 am
IN time :- around 9 am
Out time :- 11 am
Counter no :- no idea
American VO in her 40's
Status :- Rejected

Me: good morning officer
VO: pass me your passport and i20
Me: Yeah here you go officer

Vo: what changes you made?
Me: I've increased my funds and also I wrote GRE......(I don't remember exactly but mainly I mentioned this)

2 mins of silence. She was typing something

VO: I'm sorry. Reapply again

(My councillor guided me to say so. Regarding what changes you made)


Third attempt
Consulate : Delhi
Intake : Fall 2022
University : Marist College, Poughkeepsie New York
Course : MS in CS
Biometrics :- 17 May 2022
VI date :- 18 May 2022
Slot time :- 11 am
IN time :- 8.30 am
Out time :- 9.30 am
Counter no :- 13
Indian VO in his 30's
Status :- Approved


VO: You come forward
Me: good morning officer
Vo: yeah Very good morning

Vo: passport and i20 please
Me: officer here you go

Vo: explain me about your course sir?
Me: Officer each subject has 4 credits and it requires 36 credits to finish the course. It has core courses and electives to choose from and also a project to be carried out. It's providing two tracks. Namely cloud computing and mobile computing where I've to choose one

Vo: How you're going to manage funding?
Me: I've secure loan of 35L and savings of 25L which will cover 2 years of my tuition fee and living expenses completely

Vo: I see that you've work experience
Me: Yes officer I've been working an an ASE in Edtia Solutions where I take care of end-to-end development of customized cloud migration tools that migrate the applications from on premises to cloud. ( explained this before even finishing the question that he was supposed to ask)

Vo: any relatives in US?
Me: No officer. I don't have any. In fact I'm the first person from my family to pursue Masters in United States


Unfortunately I submitted my application mentioning that I don't have past rejections which actually filled by the consultancy. I didn't even check that. Looking into the system VO asked the same.

Vo: I see you've 2 rejections, but here you mentioned "NO" to it.
Me: yeah officer unfortunately my visa got rejected then.........(I started explaining my version and the discussion went on for a couple of minutes and switching the mic off, he went in and discussed the same with someone else. After returning,

Vo: We haven't provided any option which you stated.
Me: added lil more explanation to it.
Discussion Went on for 30 seconds
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2022-05-18 17:30:36 Attempt -
OFC- Chennai 13th Biometric
VI- Chennai 17th Interview
Fall intake 2022.
University of Dayton
Counter :24
Vo: American Bald head guy in her 30's age

Mahadev

Status : APPROVED
Passed Passport and i20 and Sevis
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Vo: you are going to University of Dayton
Me: Yes Officer.
Vo :Do You have Work experience?
Me : yes officer, I have 2 years of work experience in IT industry in Capgemini technology services India limited
VO: What you do? (While typing)
Vo : Where my role is Data engineer My responsibilities are Creating Pipelines, Stored Procedures and some Complex queries to load the data by using Azure data Factory.
Also, involved in data migration Using SQL, SQL Azure, Azure Storge, Azure data Factory & Some SSIS tools.
Then After loading the data into azure blob storage, need to create external tables using Dataware house.
Then dividing the data into two tables Fact table & Dimension table.
Then connecting the Power BI to DataWarehouse to Consume data into dashboards and reports in order to Visualise the data.
(here I have fumbled and get into track immediately)
VO: Do you like your job?
Me : yes officer, Said Confidently.
Vo : So why are you leaving your job?
Me : I noticed that in order to get into Senior Managerial Positions I need to Enhance my Technical and Managerial Skills. So I choose this Course to built my Carrer Greater Where the Core Modules like Database Management System And Operating System which are available in this course it is related to my work experience.so I get more depth knowledge about these technologies so I have choose this course.
Vo : okay! What your Father do?
Me : My father is into a agriculture business.
Vo : Do you have any siblings?
Me : yes, I have one younger sibling.
Vo : what he do?
Me : he's Bike Mechanic
Vo : he is in India?
Me : yes officer, he's in India.
Vo: put your left hand on the scanner.
Me : Placed my left hand fingers
after typing 20 seconds.
Vo : okay I am approving your visa. passed me my, i20 and Sevice with green slip.
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While my interview is going on
My heartbeat is Running like Usain Bolt.

I have seen some rejections and also approvals if they you are going with good university and I have some experience U wll get Visa.

I have visited Chilkur Balaji temple last one week.
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2022-05-18 17:15:07 Biometric: 27 April
VI : 28 April
In time: 830
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Out time: 920
Course: Ms in ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT University of dayton
Counter 5 MUMBAI
American LADY OLD
Me: Good Morning MADAM
Vo: passport and i20
Me : Ok, passed
Vo: WHAT IS YOUR ENGLISH SCORE (unexpected que)
Me: I wrote duolingo English test i score 125 out of 160 madam.
Vo: oh grt you have good scores . Then why pathway program what is that.
Me: it is basic English course where all international students have to take to decrease the gap between student and professor.
Vo: ohh okay good.what admits do you have.
Me: I have applied for 4 Universities i got 1 and 2 are in process madam.
Vo: which one they rejected
Me: cleaveland
Vo: oh ok. What did you after your graduation
Me:I am freelancer interior designer .where I use draw designs for my clients.
Vo: what type of designs did you draw.
Me:In india people decorate their homes with wooden work .
VO: ohh I know.( I was like.. she got understood )what is link between ug and course
Me:as I was doing this freelance work. I had a thought of starting a company on interior design.at that time I was lacking management skills so I decided to pursue my masters in usa.
VO:oh okay.what about funds.
Me:my parents are my sponsors they have 47L in their savings account and my parents work for Central government they earn about 25L per annum.
I was waiting.
Then she told gentleman your visa is approved.
I visited chilkur balaji temple before my interview.
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2022-05-18 17:01:32 Biometrics : 15th May 2022
Appointment date- 17th MAY, 2022
Status: APPROVED
Location : Delhi
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Appointment Time: 11:10 AM
In time: 10:35am
Out time: 11:15am
University: university of Illinois Chicago
Course: MS in computer science
Counter No. 20
American Bald guy age around 30-40
VO: Hi there
Me: Hello! Good morning officer

VO: Pass me your passport and i20
Me: passed

Vo: Who is going to fund for your education?
Me: My father is my primary sponser with savings of xx and I also secured education loan of xx from SBI and we have immovable assets worth xx (VO interrupted)
Vo: ok Your visa is approved.

Vo: Place your left hand 4fingers
Me: Placed

#KCPD
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2022-05-18 16:45:13 Delhi -F1 university of New Haven Ms Cs
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counter no-13 may17 slot-11.00
American lady with short hair very graceful. warm personality and active.Accepted 3 infront of me.
vo-Good morning .place your right hand fingers on the scanner.pass me your passport and i20
me-Godd morning officer,hope you are doing well.(given the docs)
vo-why computer science
Me-Iam from background electronics and communication engineering in my undergraduation but in my University curriculum phtyon,oops,advance java are part of it.So i eventually got intersred in programming.And done 2 projects,Also my final year capstone project is on Machine Learning which is a domain of cs.
vo-what job role you want to do?
me-i want to built my career as a software web devloper in tht top indian software companies when i get back to my country
vo-Are you graduated?
me-i haven't graduated yet officer.iam currently in my final year.I had submitted my final year capstone project .i will be graduating by the end of may (i fumbled at the last sentence).
vo-how many universities you applied?
me-i applied to 3 universities
vo-what are they?
me-uta,suny,unh
vo-who is your sponsor?
me-my father is my sponsor
vo-how are you funding?
me-i had secured an educational loan of 30 L from Unionbank of india.And my father has savings of 37L.On top of this we had an immovable assets worth 2.4 cr.
vo-iam keeping your passport
vo-you will get after 1 week.
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2022-05-18 16:31:15 F1 Visa, 1st Attempt
Intake: Fall'22
VAC: May 13th(New Delhi)
VI: May 17th(New Delhi)
University of Alabama at Birmingham), MS in Computer Science
Counter No: 14
Status: Approved
Slot time: 10:30 AM
In time: 9:10 AM
Out time: 9:40 AM
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Interview time around 1&1/2 min

VO is a black Indian guy with 30yrs age


Me: Good Morning Officer, How are you doing today?

VO: pass me your i20 passport sevis
And Place your right hand four fingers

VO: tell me about the course?
Me: i have chosen masters in computer science (interrupted)

VO: tell me about University?
Me: university of Alabama at Birmingham is one of the top university
(interrupted is it top.. no no... its not)

Me: yes officer
(I increased my voice so that he can understand that i am fully confident. i don't know how my voice raised but it happens automatically)
uab ranked 70 among all the public universities in us its student centred and international friendly university and i found intresting that professors are having more than 30yrs of experience
(again interrupted is this true)
Me: with a loud voice yes officer its true i am eagerly waiting to do my research under the guidance of professor ivan mann who is having 50yrs of experience
(Interrupted)

Vo: funding?
Me: my Father is sponsoring me

(Interrupted)
Vo: what's ur father do?
Me: he is govt teacher

Music on u r visa is approved
Collect u r passport in 5 days

Okkasarigaa upiri pelchukoni bayataki parugo parugu

Jai balayyaa
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2022-05-18 16:15:06 First Attempt
OFC: May 15th, 2022 Mumbai
OFC appointment takes around 10-20mins to complete.
Due to humidity in mumbai, your fingers might get a lot of moisture.
Make sure that you dry them a bit while taking the finger prints.
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VI: May 17th, 2022 Mumbai
College: SJSU
Course: MS CS
Counter: 36
VO: American Lady in her 20-30s
Status: Approved

VO: Good morning
Me: Good morning officer. Kindly hand me your documents.
//I handed a bunch of documents including appointment confirmation, ds160 confirmation, sevis fee receipt, visa fee receipt,
//i20. All of them were held together by a binder clip. I will suggest not to use it as it becomes inconvenient for VO.
//For example, my VO was unable to find the I20 in my bunch.
VO: This arrangement is a bit inconvenient
Me: I am sorry for that officer.
//By this time the officer had found my i20 and sevis receipt.
//From here the questions were a bit like rapid fire and she was typing continuously
VO: what was your undergrad GPA?
Me: 9.41
VO: out of 10?
Me: Yes
//She was surprised.
VO: what was your undergrad in?
Me: Bachelors in Computer Engineering
VO: To how many universities did you apply?
Me: 8
VO: and how many admits did you get?
Me: 3. Apart from SJSU, i got admits from ASU and USC.
VO: who is going to sponsor you?
Me: my father
VO: what does he do?
Me: He a deputy engineer at State government entity working on water supply and sanitation.
VO: how much does he earn?
ME: Told
VO: Are you planning on taking a loan?
Me: yes, taking a loan of 40lakhs from HDFC credila
VO: What are your future plans? (VO now made direct eye contact)
Me: I intend to return back to India. My manager and I have verbal agreement to return back to the company after completing my masters.
VO: What is your current designation at the company?
Me: Software engineer
VO: Which company?
Me: Told.
VO typed for a few seconds and said the golden words
VO: Place your left hand 4 fingers. I am approving your visa.
Me: Thank you so much
VO: enjoy your day
Me: You too

Thanks to the group for their continued updates.
Tips:
1) Dress sharply. First impression lasts.
2) Be fluent in your answers and be concise in answering them.
3) Make proper eye contact
4) Maintain proper posture while answering the questions.
5) Prepare your answers by practicing in mirror. It helps a lot
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2022-05-18 16:00:15 Biometrics - 15th May
VI - 17th May 10:10
In time: 9:10
Out tome: 10:20
Mumbai
VO - American mid 30s
Status - Rejected
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Apart from me he rejected one and approved one in front of me.

Me: Hello officer, Good Morning
VO: Good morning

VO: so, why do you want to study at NYIT?
Me: Officer, the course curriculum provided by NYIT is very much aligned with my interests such as data analytics, optimization methods and along with that I would be able to chose from a variety of electives from computer science department. (Interrupted by VO)

VO: Have you applied yo any other universities?
Me: Yes officer, I have applied to 5 other universities and told their names.

VO: how many admits?
Me: I have received admits 2 university 3 universities rejected and one is under departmental review.

VO: What is your undergrad CGPA
Me: 5.9/10

VO: Have you appeared for GRE if yes, what's your score?
Me: Yes officer, I have got 311 in GRE. (I have taken my exam in center only but I didn't mention it at VI)

VO: (with a doubtful voice and face) You have a gre score of 311 with a GPA of 5.9!!??
Me: Yes officer (at this point he started typing something and typed for 2 mins)

VO: Please place your left hand four fingers on the scanner.
VO: Unfortunately, we are not able to approve your application at this point of time. Handed me the 214b letter.

He did not even ask about financial details or anything else.

My guess for rejection: Because of the cheating cases of GRE home based exam. He thought of me as a similar case as my GPA is low and GRE is 311 and rejected me.
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2022-05-18 15:45:08 Biometric date : 15th may 2022
Interview date : 17th may 2022
consulate : Delhi
slot time : 10: 30 am but I went inside around 9 and came back by 9:40
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counter no : 20 ( American mid age bald officer)
status : Approved
university of central missouri MS in CS

Vo : Pass me your i20 and passport
me : Greeted good mrng and passed the documents.
Vo : Have you done your masters here?
me : No sir
Vo again asked the same question stressing on did u do your masters here
me: No sir I haven't done any masters here
Vo : So how are you going to do masters in US if u not done here
me: Sir I have completed my bachelors in Computer science and passed out in 2016
(Then he realised that he was asking about masters but not bachelors so he said ok)
vo : What are you doing since then?
me : Im working as systems engineer in Tata Consultancy services.
vo: how many universities did u apply?
me: I have applied for four universities?
vo: name them?
me: ( named the universities)
vo: How about your funding?
me : My parents are sponsering for my education and we are having savings of amount ××lacs of which ×× are of fixed deposits and remaining are of savings.
vo: What is your father? does he have any businesses
me: My father is retired govt officer and pensioner and my mother is working as govt teacher with govt of telangana.

He kept my passport in the tray and said the golden words YOUR VISA IS APPROVED and you can collect your passport within five business days


The interview lasted only for 25 seconds.The Vo's are concentrating mostly on funding part so be prepared to answer that part clearly. Even I fumbled for the first question but later i answered normally and he didnt give an eye contact all the time.
Visa approvals are good in delhi just keep your focus on what they are asking and answer accordingly

All the best for students who are appearing for interviews in coming days
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2022-05-18 15:30:11 Biometric: May 15th, DELHI (15:00)
VI: May 17th, Delhi (11:30am). But completed at 11:00
Governors State University
Course: computer science and engineering
Intake : Fall
Slot time: 11:30
In time: 10:30
Out time: 11:00 am
Counter No: 22 or 21 i didn't remember
Status: Accepted
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VO: come forward
Me: Good Morning officer
VO: Pass me your passport and i20

VO: which university
Me: Governor's State University officer
VO: Why this unv?
Me: Gsu is a public State University. Computer science program in this unv is unique nd they focused on latest technologies.and course curriculum is well structured. And during my UG one of my professor suggested me this unv.so by all these recommendations made me choose this unv
VO:place ur right hand fingers.
VO: Which course in ur batchelor s
Me:ECE officer
VO: then why ece to cs
Me: I've worked on a project which is related on Cs core.in that time i got intrest on CS so i choose CS.
VO: ok u can go know
Me: Thank you so much officer .

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(Be positive
Be confident
I got 3 rejections in my front
Don't concentrate on those
Say ans loudly nd clearly
Explain the reason with confidence nd high volume)
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2022-05-18 14:45:08 CHENNAI
First attempt
CLEVELAND State University
April 04 Vi
When did you completed your ug
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Me: I have completed by 2017 in electrical engineering

What are you did after that?

Me: have worked automation developer for zoho for 4 years
After that Quality assurance engineer in Amazon (he interrupted)

Vo:You work for Amazon?

Yes, but now am unemployed

Vo:Why you left?

As am quality assurance engineer, want to become development engineer. Masters will be helpful for that to become devlopment engineer and technical lead. For masters only I left work.

Place your finger, you are not approved this time!


Second attempt
Mumbai
Cleveland state University
May 10 Vi
Vo: Why you got 1000$ scholarship

I have 4.5 years work experience in computer industry. That's why may be

Vo: which university
Cleveland state University

Vo: seems you got rejected, why

It was on chennai, i was bit nervous. Am not able to explain love towards computer science and how it will helpful for my future goals

Vo: you are not approved.

Thank you
Vo:Thanks for visiting embassy


Third attempt Delhi

May 17 VI
Same university, no change in ds 160

Vo:what course you are going for
Computer science
Vo:what are the universities you applied for?
University of dayton, Cleveland, umkc
Vo:when did you graduated
2017
Vo: what are you doing since!?
Was automatiom developer on zoho product based company. After that moved to Amazon as QAE
Vo: what was the salary in Amazon
X. XxL per month
Vo:What was your undergraduate score?
6.596
Vo:any backlog?
Yes 5 have cleared that
Vo: funding?
Secured loan and savings
Visa approved.
Deivamae thank you Deivamae
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2022-05-18 14:30:20 Hi! I want to share my interview experience

Delhi
1st attempt approved
May 17
Slot time : 11:30
In time : 11:10
Fall 2022

Indiana University Bloomington(MSCS)

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Counter 19 indian American man
He approved 2 people infront of me

Me- good morning officer
Vo- well.hello there! Please pass me your passport and i20.
Me- Sure here you go officer.
Vo- indiana university is it?
Me- yes officer
Vo- what course are you going to study
Me- I am going to study masters in computer science officer (vo starts typing university name and holds passport on his left hand)
Vo- how many other admits did u get?
Me - said
Vo- name them?
Me- told
Vo- place ur left hand 4 fingers (slowly moves my passport towards tray)
Vo-who are funding you?
Me- told my parents are sponsoring
Vo- what do they do and what is their annual income?
Me - told
Vo- how much total savings they have to fund you for ur studies?
Me- xx lakhs all together officer
Vo- okay very good i am approving your visa(places passport in tray) and u can collect after 5days
Me- Thank you so much officer!!
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2022-05-18 14:15:10 First attempt

Appointment date- 17th MAY, 2022

Status: APPROVED

Location: Delhi

Appointment Time: 10:30 am

In time: 09:00 am

Out time: 10:00 am ( Interview time around 30 sec)

University: University of Central Missouri

Course: MS in Computer Science

Counter No. 21
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(VO was in his 25) American lady(looks like an Angel )

Me: Good morning Officer

VO: Good Morning. How are you?

Me: I'm fine officer. Thanks for asking.

VO: Pass me your details (I20 and Passport)

Me: Here it is

Vo: oh! You are working in Amazon.

Me: Yes Officer. I'm working in Amazon

Vo: Place your right hand fingers( Picked up my passport and kept it in a tray)

Me: Thank you officer.
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Me before going to embassy listened to kgf(sulthana) in loop and also Visited chilkur Balaji temple.


All the best to all of you guys.

This Group helped me a lot Thanks, everyone.

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2022-05-18 13:58:24 Biometrics : 15th May 2022
Appointment date:17th may, 2022
Status: APPROVED
Location : Delhi
Appointment Time: 11.20 AM
In time: 10:40am(inside the interview room)
Queue outside was long and had to wait in line for 40 mins
Out time: 11:15am
University: University of Washington,Tacoma
Course: MS in business analytics
Counter No. 19
American Indian guy
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Me: Hi! Good morning officer
VO: passport and i20 please
Me: passed
VO: seeing into his system for almost a minute (think he was looking at my ds-160)
Vo: Why this university
Me: This course aligns with my interest and tried to continue
Vo:come closer to Mike and let us forget everything and begin again
VO: scan your right hand 4 fingers
Me: done
VO: how many admits you have
Me: Total 3.other 2 are University at buffalo and university of Arizona
VO: how about your funding
Me: I have edu loan of xx,personal savings of xx and parents savings of xx amount(told all in lac)
VO: I see you have done your post graduation (with double quotes using his finger),when did you do it
Me: I did not hear clearly and thought he is asking why masters again and started saying.. as it will help me in my career
VO: miss,when did you complete your last masters course
Me:sorry officer,it was in 2018
VO: why did you wait so long to apply for masters again for this program
Me: I wanted to have management experience related to business operations... Tried to continue but
VO: ok your visa is approved,Took passport and put it in the tray
Me: I was still confused ..but told thanks officer you made my day with a happy face
VO: ya ya ,now get out of here .. in a poker face friendly way :)

I don't know if my experience will help anyone here as I do not have complete answers for questions but I wanted to share

I want to say this was my first time and I was very nervous but it is easier than you think if you look confident and sometimes your profile speaks more than you know .
No docs were asked .I was hardly there for 2 mins

I want to thank this group as I did go through a lot of experiences shared here and also prepared for mock independently and with a friend.
Tip: read through experiences here but have your own answers prepared and do not practice till last minute .Once you are inside forget everything and think of it as a normal interview.
Interviewers do not have a lot of time is what I noticed so keep your answers short
I wish all a very best with your visa.
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2022-05-18 11:45:03 Biometric: 15th May
Visa interview: 17th May
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University: Kelley school of business - Indiana University Bloomington

Program: MS in Finance
Status : Approved

So first they send you to a counter where you're supposed to give your I20, passport and SEVIS fee confirmation.

After that, they let you proceed to the waiting area. The VO will ask you to place your fingers on the scanner.

Me: Good morning officer
VO: Good morning. Please pass me your passport and I20

VO: so tell me about your course
Me: The MS in finance course requires students to complete 31 credits and allows them to choose between different tracks such as corporate finance, Investment Banking, Investment Management, etc. Out of these Investment Management is my primary area of interest.

Interrupted...

VO: How are you going to finance this?
Me: My father will be sponsoring me with this savings

VO: What does he do?
Me: He owns multiple footwear showrooms in Madhya Pradesh and employs more than 20 people

VO: Congratulations, your visa is approved!
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2022-05-18 11:28:47 F1 Student Visa Experience
Consulate: New Delhi
Visa interview Date: 23 August 2021
Slot time: 12:00am
In time: 11:30
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Out time 11:45
Counter: Don't know
Status: rejected
University: University of the Potomac
vo was an american lady who was in his mid 30's



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Consulate New Delhi
SECOND attempt
Date : 04 October , 2021
Slot : 9.00
In time : 8.00
Out time : 8.30
University : University of the Potomac (same University)
Status: Rejected


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3rd attempt: New Delhi
VAC:15th may
Vi:17th may
Slot time. 11.30
Intime.10:00
Out time: 11.00
University : Saint Louis University
Status: Approved
Visa officer is American lady
Me: good morning officer, Happy Tuesday
VO. Why Saint Louis University
Me: I choose this University because the course curriculum has matched my area of interest and also this University has extensive lab. Saint Louis University is well known for Biochemistry.Moreover the students faculty ratio is also good that is 9:1

After taking a long pause

VO: Why Biochemistry?
ME: I choose this course..........................
VO: Your visa is approved.
Me: Thank you offer you made my day.
And kept my passport in the tray and took my fingerprint

Guys i would suggest everyone to go to delhi only there are lot of approvals
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2022-05-18 11:00:05 F1 visa interview experience
Biometric : 15th May, 2022 (Delhi VAC
Visa interview: 17th May, 2022
Place : Delhi embassy
University : DePaul University, Chicago
Intake : Fall 2022(September)
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Interview Time : 11:00 am (IST)
In time : 10:15 am
Out time: 11:15 am
Counter 20 :Visa officer was American bald guy

Conversation is as follows:-
Me: Good morning officer, how are you doing today?
VO: Good morning, pass me your documents ( passport, i20 and sevis Fee receipt)
Me: passed them
VO:(looking at i20) how many universities have you applied to ?
Me: I applied to 4 universities ( California Baptist University, DePaul University, St. Louis University, Cleveland State University)
VO: how many admits you got?
Me: officer, out of 4 I got admits in 3 university
VO: Which one you choose and why?
Me: I have selected DePaul University, because it offers me the course of HCI, it has a graduation ratio of 94% which speaks about quality of education the University is delivering to students (VO interrupted)
VO: how are you going to find your program?
Me: My parents are sponsoring me for my program, with their savings of Xxx lakhs , also I have secured an education loan of xx lakhs from ABC bank, and the university has also offered me scholarship of xxxx dollars as per my academic profile.
VO: What does your parents do ?
Me: My father works is an accountant by profession in a private company since past 23 years(vo interrupted)
VO: what is your father ?
Me: (repeated ) he is an accountant by profession.
VO: ohh he is an accountant!!
Me: Yes officer.
VO: and you mother ?
Me: she is a govt. Employee and works as a primary school teacher in my home town, they both were working in thier profession since past 23 years

Finally the golden words arrived
Place you left hand 4 fingers i am approving your Visa

You can collect you passport within 5 days.
Notes :
- Guys Delhi has a good approval rate as compared to other consulates
- Today i have around my 10 of friends in group and luckily we all have been approved
- Don't fumble just get yourself chill and answer very calmly
- I also having some dear earlier but once I got into the embassy and my turn came....it went so fast that i couldn't even imagine what was fumbleness and fear
- it hardly takes around 1to 2 minutes at most for the conversation so be calm and everyone do your best.
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2022-05-18 10:45:10 Attempt: First
Consulate : Delhi
Biometrics: 17th May 3.45 PM
Visa interview : 18th May
Duration : Around 1 minute
Slot Time : 11:10 AM
In time : 10:10
Out time : 11:20
Counter : 13
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Status : Approved
University: Depaul
Intake : Fall
Course : MS in Computer Science
Officer : Indian VO
He was accepting almost everyone infront of me
Me: Good morning officer, how are you doing?
VO: *Didn't care to respond* Pass me your passport and I-20
Passed.
VO : Tell me about your course
Me : I explained why I choose Computer Science and said i was interested in Data science.
VO: Why are you interested in Data science
Me : Explained why I am into data science.
VO: Who is funding you.
Me: My father. Didn't mention the amount and loan(forgot)
VO: What does your do.
Me: Said about my fathers job.
VO: Do you have any siblings.
Me: Said.
VO: Asked where they live.
Me: I said in India.
Golden words: I am approving your visa.
Me: Thank you officer, have a nice day.
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2022-05-18 10:33:08 Biometric: May 11,Delhi
VI : 17th Delhi
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Course: Ms in computer science
Counter 20
American chilled guy in his 40’s
Vo: Good Morning
Me: Good Morning Sir
Vo: Pass me your passport and I20
Me : Ok, passed

Vo: What are the universities that you have applied
Me : Apart from Wright state University, i have applied for university of Cincinnati , texas A&M,new haven
Vo: your visa is approved,collect after 5 days
Me : Thanks sir, you made my day
I saw very few rejections today, only 1 out of 4 is getting rejected, My university is wright state university
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2022-05-17 20:52:24 ~New Delhi, May 17th, 11 AM, Counter: 13, American lady with boy-cut hair, In Time: 10:45 AM, Out Time 11:30 AM, Interview duration: 30-45 seconds.
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~University: Purdue University Northwest, MBA (General).

Me: Good Morning, I hope you're staying safe in these trying times.

Visa Officer: Haha, Good Morning. Pass me your passport & I-20 & place your right hand four fingers on the scanner.
Me: Said yes ma'am & passed.

Visa Officer: So are you working right now?
Me: Yes ma'am. I'm working at Amazon as an HR Assistant & recently I've been moved to another HR Department as HR Specialist. I process leaves for Amazon US employees.

Visa Officer: Great! Are you prepared for the Chicago winter?
Me: Yes ma'am. Winter will be coming, like Game of Thrones, but I'm mentally prepared.

Visa Officer: hahaha
Me: hehehe

Visa Officer: Your Visa has been approved. Collect your passport after a week.
Me: Thank you so much ma'am! Have a great day ahead!!
Visa Officer: You too.

She didn't ask me about Funding or, why this University or, why MBA or, anything!! I think she was in a good mood as I saw she approved two Visas infront of me though she asked a lot of questions to them.
I didn't maintain eye contact, neither prepared any questions as I wanted to answer naturally so that my answers doesn't look like prepared answers.
Interview went for just 30-45 seconds.
They don't have any facility for drinking water, they've a water tap though but no glass or, cup to drink. I was so thirsty as it was super hot.
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