F1 visa interview Experiences ❁

2022-04-14 16:58:06 Interview date 14th April KGF2
Attempt 4
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Approved
Saint Louis University
Counter No 0
American bald guy with beard along with his friend
Vo: good morning sir
Me: good morning sir
Vo: please pass me your docs.
Me: here you go sir
Vo: oh saint Louis university
Me: yeah
Vo:what all the admits that you got?
Me: Lewis university and DePaul university
Vo: DePaul in which state?
Me : sorry sir I didn’t get you, he repeated the question again
Me: Illinois state
Vo: who’s is going to sponsor you for masters?
Me: both my parents are sponsoring me
Vo: what do they do ( any business or job)
Me: Said about them
Vo: Have you opted for any loan?
Me: I started the process but the still in process
Vo: are you willing to have it?
Me: of course yes
Vo: place your four fingers and typed for tooo long
And kept my passport in hand felt like he rejected me.
And finally the golden words and put my passport in the tray
He rejected 5-6 while I am sitting in the line.
Make eye contact always, take general pause after the questions, listen to the questions keenly, This group gave me confidence in last two days even though there are rejections.
Note: don’t go with same university if you got rejected once with that university.
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2022-04-14 11:25:02 FW visa experience
First attempt
Biometric- Chennai on April 11
Interview- mumbai on April 14 morning slot
Counter number-29
Status- rejected
University- Texas A &m University, kingsville
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Me- good morning sir
Vo- good morning pass your i 20 and passport.
Me- yeah sir here it is
Vo- what is the purpose of going
Me- to do my master's in civil engineering at Texas A &M University kingsville.
Vo- why this university?
Me- told
Vo- apart from this any universities?
Me- I have applied for 5 universities and I got 3 admits.
Vo- name them
Me- Texas A & M University kingsville, Florida institute of technology, Cleveland State University.
Vo- typing for 5 seconds and said you can reapply again and he give 214b rejection sheet.
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2022-04-14 10:18:01 Status: Rejected
Location: Mumbai
University: University of North America
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Slot time:8:30
Date:14th December 2021
Me: Hello good morning Ma'am
Vo: good morning
Vo:pass me you i20& passport
Me:sure officer, here are my documents
Vo: which other Uni did you apply?
Me:I have applied to Alliant International University, sandiego and University of North America, virginia, fairfax
Vo:Your GPA?
Me:6.75
Vo:who is funding you?
Me: my parents are funding me, , where my father is the loan sponsor. He is a buisnessmen and my mother is a homemaker.
Vo: typing for lot of time
Her computer crashed so she said me to sit in front where she can see me.It was the blue eyed lady visa officer.
Vo: come back please
Place your fingers
Sorry you are not eligible for the visa
Me:I said huh? Then i cut and said no problem ma'am. Thank you for your time.
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2022-04-14 10:17:01 First attempt Delhi
Biometrics: 10th April
Visa interview : 11th April
Slot Time : 10:30 am
Counter :21
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Status : Approved
University:FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY
Intake : Summer
Course : MS in computer science
Officer : American bald head officer
Me: good morning officer , how are you doing
VO: good morning, i am doing good , thank you
VO : Where r u going?
Me :Iam going to Franklin university Columbus ohio
Vo: How many university’s u have applied?
Me: i have applied for 3uni
VO: what are they?
Me : (I was lil tense here)Apart from Franklin i got admit from university of Findlay &CBU is under review.
Vo: when did u complete u r UG?
Me:I have completed my UG in the month of AUG 2021
Vo: what is u r cgpa?
Me: it’s 6.50 on a scale of 10
VO : how many backlogs?
Me : I had 5backlogs &I have cleared immediately in the next attempt.

He gave back my i20 and didn’t tell any thing.i took i20 and ran with out seeing back.With full ONN……

Be confident..& practise more..

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2022-04-14 09:17:01 First attempt Delhi
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Visa interview : 13th April
Slot Time : 10.50 am
Counter : 18 , as counter is not mandatory
Status : Rejected
University:Harrisburg University
Intake : Summer
Course : MS in computer science
Officer : Indian lady officer with serious face and with low voice
Me: good morning officer , how are you doing today
VO: Good morning
VO : why this University
Me : Told and tense as she was rejected 3 members in front me
VO : who’s funding cannot hear again i asked what
Me - My father my sponsor
VO: Please place your four fingers on screen
Me : i went with left hand she stopped me and told place your right hand
VO - sorry try for next time
Me - Thank you

Problem is visiting for first time made me tense as many are going with 214b and when my chance came literally her voice is very low, first experience gives boost for next interview lets try agin
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2022-04-14 08:16:01 First attempt
Biometrics: 11th April (Hyd)
Visa interview : 13th April (Delhi)
Slot Time : 10:40 am
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Status : Rejected
Duration: 1 minute
University: CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY
Intake : MAY
Course : MS in Engineering management/Industrial
Officer : Short hair brown Lady
Me: Hello officer
VO: Hi, Your passport please
Me: Sure here it is
VO : Asked Why CBU?
Me : told
VO: Apart from CBU how many uni?
Me : Told 3 another Uni's
VO : How you going to fund your education.
Me : told
VO: Said something couln't hear properly and gave 214b with passport.
Me: Thank you officer
I did fumble but only once while answering the first question but still i was hoping to be approved.
I didn't what went wrong but she rejected me within 1 minute.
I have got this slot after many Ups and downs.

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2022-04-14 07:48:01 Second attempt Delhi
Biometrics: 11th April
Visa interview : 12th April
Slot Time : 10:40 am
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Status : Approved
University:GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Intake : FALL
Course : MS in computer science
Officer : American MALE officer
Me: good morning officer , how are you doing today
VO: good morning, i am doing good , thank you
VO : Asked about my UNIVERSITY
Me : told
VO: explain about image processing and what are its applications
Me : Told about my paper and image processing.
VO : Who is funding your education.
Me : told
VO: Your visa is approved.

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2022-04-14 06:25:04 First Attempt (Rejected)
Location : Mumbai
VI day : Jan 5th
VO : Chinese Guy
University : University of New Haven
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Me: good morning officer
Vo : pass me your i20 and passport
Me : here it is sir
Vo : why this university
Me : Sir main reasons to choose this university is the faculty who are teaching my course are very experienced they are about 20 yrs of industrial experience their practical knowledge help me to build (interrupted)
Vo : which course ?
Me: Ms in mechanical engineering
Vo : bachelor's which course?
Me : Mechanical
Vo : what is your percentage ?
Me : 7.73 on scale 10
Vo : have you written Gre and Ielts ?
Me: No sir I have taken only Duolingo English test
Vo : sorry sir I can't approve your visa this time you can reapply again.

Second attempt ( APPROVED )
Location : Delhi
Biometrics : April 4th
Interview : April 13th
Counter : 20 (American lady)

Vo : please come forward
Me : good morning mam officer
Vo : pass me your i20 and passport
Me : here it is mam
Vo : where you are going to ?
Me : Mam I'm going to Florida institute of technology for masters in mechanical engineering
Vo : why this university ?
Me : mam this university is providing specialization in Automotive engineering that is my area of interest. And this university is having good ties with top companies like NASA , spacex. They are providing internships for their students this experience will help me when I come back to india.
Vo: what is your undergrad ?
Me : Mechanical engineering
Vo : how much you scored ?
Me : 7.73 on a scale 10
Vo : how many universities you applied ?
Me : I applied for four universities and got admits from all of them
Vo : who is funding ?
Me : my is funding for my studies with xx lakhs savings and secured loan amount of xx lakhs from xxx bank

Note : Be confident don't fumble
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2022-04-13 20:33:01 Status: approved
Location: Delhi
University: southern Arkansas University
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Slot time:10:50
Date:5th April

Vo:pass me you i20& passport
Me:sure officer
Vo: southern Arkansas University right
Me:yes officer
Vo: typing for 10sec your visa approved
Me: thanks officer
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2022-04-13 20:02:01 Double masters (Have previous masters in Australia and 2 rejections in 2016 and 1 rejection in chennai April 2022)
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Biometrics: Delhi(April 12th)
Visa interview: Delhi(April 13th)
Attempt 4
Intake: Summer
Status: Approved
University: university of Central Missouri
Course: Masters in business administration
Me: good morning ma’am, how are you today?
Vo: good morning please pass me your passport and i 20
Me: sure
Vo: I see you have already done masters in Australia, so why you want to do masters again?
Me: Explained regarding previous masters and how is it different from MBA. Also, explained about my future plans….

She was typing continuously for almost 1 minute and returned i20 to me.
Me: what happened ma’am?
Vo: Your visa is approved.

I was waiting for this golden words since 2016 and finally I heard it today. Thanks for this group, it was really helpful for my preparation.
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