Last fall I asked a good friend of mine to copy visa interviews from groups. Let me just put it all here.
These are only approved once! If you want to see the approved once you can see it here.
#001
Visa Rejected
Date – 24 May 2018
Time- 9:45
Consulate Delhi
San Jose State University (Computer Science)
Visa officer was a woman in 30s.
She rejected 2 before me.
Me: Good Morning (with a big smile)
VO: *no response*
VO: Pass me your passport and I20
Me: Passed
VO: Where did you do your bachelor’s degree from?
Me: I pursued my BTech from ___ in ___
VO: Who will be sponsoring your education?
Me: My father and my brother will be sponsoring my entire education. They have liquid assets of XX lac.
VO: What does your father do?
Me: My father is a retired engineer and my brother is a software engineer at XYZ org.
VO: *couldn’t hear the question properly*
Me: Pardon
VO: What are your plans after Masters?
Me: *Was little nervous by this time coz I missed the question*
I will come back to India. There are a lot of opportunities in the field of AI in India. Several companies like xx, yy, and zz are looking for software engineers in the same field. I hope to work with them.
VO: What is your father’s monthly income.
Me: Told along with my brother’s.
Sorry, your visa is not approved and passed me 214b slip.
Reason on 214b slip: Not demonstrated that you have ties that will compel you to return to your home country…
#002
Consulate : Hyderabad
Counter :9
Profile : Gre -302,ielts -6,ug-82%
Work exp : 7 yrs in S/W
Status : Rejected
Applied univ : Umhb ,univ of Concordia – winscon , oklohama City univ ,um Flint
Admitted univ : Umhb, univ of Concordia- winscon
VO : Come forward
Me : came and said ‘ Hi Mam, Good Morning
VO : What are your scores
Me : I got GRE – 302 and IELTS – 6
VO : Which year your passed out
Me : 2010
VO : Sorry . Your VISA is not approved this time. Handed over 214b slip along with my passport
#003
Visa Rejected
Date- 2 may 2018
Time- 9:00
Consulate- Delhi.
University – Stony Brook Computer Science
Counter no.- 12
Visa officer was a woman in 30s.
I reached the centre at 8 AM and was done with the VISA by 09:15 AM.
Me : Hello Mam, Good Morning ! How are you today ?
VO : Im great Thank You ! How are you ?
Me : Im great as well. Thanks for asking.
VO: So you want to go to the Stony Brook.
ME : Yes mam! I wish to pursue my masters in Computers Science from the university
VO : Very well ! Why did you select the university ?
ME : Gave her 2 3 reasons. Research focus. Detailed curriculum. And I also mentioned intentionally that the curriculum is more detailed than my other admits.
VO : How many universities did you apply to and which other admits do u have ?
ME : I had applied to 6 universities from which I got accepted in 4 universities. Named them.
VO : What did you pursue in your Bachelors.
ME : I completed my Bachelors in computer Engineering from Thapar university in 2015.
VO : What have you been doing since then ?
ME : I have been working with a startup which is an AI based loyalty management platform..
VO : What made you choose this specific course ?
ME : Gave her 2 reasons – My final yr project and my current work ex were the deciding factors.
VO : Who is sponsoring your education and how is he sponsoring it.
ME : I have santioned an unsecured education loan of Rs. 40L and I have savings of about 6 Lakhs.
VO: How will you fund your second year.
ME: I have sanctioned loan for the complete 2 years MS.
VO : Can you please show me the documents.
ME: Passed
VO: What will you do after MS.
ME : I will return back to India after doing MS and continue to work in AI field.
VO : (Think for 10 seconds) Sorry I cannot approve your Visa this time.
ME : Can you please tell me the reason.
VO: (Handed over me a slip) Its written in he slip. You can still reapply.
ME: Thanks. Have a nice day.
#004
Visa Rejected
Date- 29 may 2018
Time- 9:30
Consulate- Delhi.
University – San jose state university Software Engineering
Counter no.- 19
Visa officer was a woman in 30s.
I reached the centre at 8 AM and was done with the VISA by 10:00 am
Me : Hello Mam, Good Morning ! How are you today ?
VO : Im great Thank You
VO: So you want to go to the San jose
ME : Yes mam! I wish to pursue my masters in SE from the university
VO : Why did you select the university ?
ME : Gave reasons about the course curriculum and dual specialisations they offer and aligns with my interest and work experience.
VO : How many universities did you apply to and which other admits do u have ?
ME : I had applied to 4 universities from which I got accepted in 3 universities. Named them.
VO : What did you pursue in your Bachelors.
ME : I completed my Bachelors in computer science.
VO : Will you do research ?
ME : No ma’am its a project based course. ( her face turned from smile to red) started asking questions you will work during masters which courses will you take and all that with a serious face in one go.)
Me: mam i will not work and its a 30 credit course i will to do 8 courses and one major project.
VO : What does your dad do and is he sponsoring your education? Whats his income
ME : Yes my dad is sponsoring. He is and industrialist. He earns x lacs per month and we have savings of x lacs which in itself are enough to cover 2 years expenses
VO: Ran from her seat to nearby counter and i could hear her saying he is a son of a businessman and going for non thesis course what should i do . Came back and issued 214 b.
#005
Visa: Rejected
Delhi embassy
Slot: 11:15. 11th may 2018.
Counter no :17
Texas A&M university college station
Industrial Engineering
GRE: 329, Ielts: 8
I20 amount: 32232 usd
VO was a young lady around 30. Rejected 2 guys before me in 1 min each.
Me: good afternoon ma’am
VO: good morning. Pass me your I20 and passport
Me: passed the docs
VO: so how many classes are you going to take in a week
Me: 9 hrs per week
VO: how are u going to finance your education?
Me: I have a loan covering both years of my studies plus I will be using mine and my father’s savings.
VO: what were you doing since you passed college.
Me: I was working as a manager in Reliance Industries.
VO: what do you have to do there.
Me: I work in the maintenance department there and I have to take care of the maintenance of plant equipments and keep the plant running, preventing any downtime.
VO: how much does your father earn monthly
Me: around 50k.
VO: sorry I can’t approve your visa this time.
Handed over me 214b slip.
#006
Visa experience 25th may
Delhi consulate
Status reject 214b
Time-9:30
Counter-14
It was a hard day,😐
My vo was a strict lady may be in 30’s
Me : Good morning
Vo: no response, pass ur i20 and passport
Me :sure
Vo: so you work in genpact right?
Me: yes,mam
Vo: In how many universities did you apply?
Me: I applied to 7 universities- got amit from 5 and rejection from 2
Vo: why csu fresno?
Me : I told her about curriculum, flexibility of curriculum and compare it with my shortlisted universities why I chose it over other.Faculties and my interest domain
Vo -(still no reaction)ok
Vo-how you going to fund yourself? Is your father funding you
Me: yes mam, my father is funding my education, we have saving for x lakhs and i also have an education loan of y lakhs and fixed assets of Xyz
Vo : what’s your father do?
Me: he is a businessman, who owns two showroom of mobile in east delhi and also, he is the main dealer of MI brand.
Vo: what is annual income and turn over?
Me : told
Vo: how you are going to pay your loan?
Me: mam, I do have enough funds for the complete education,I took a loan as a backup but If I need to use my loan,I think after my graduation I will have enough experience in my domain to apply as a technical specialist here in india, will pay off the loan. (No expression yet and from here i think it all starting messed up)
Vo: ok, what’s your plan for internships.
Me : I don’t know why I was blank on this question- replied- right now , I am focused on my master program so after graduation I think I will return back to india and apply as a full fulltime employee here in my own organisation. (I have no idea why I didn’t understand the expectation of vo on this question )
So she rejected my visa and handed over the 214b slip
When I was leaving she murmured that why student don’t use the otp period smartly! At that point I was so regretting that I should have actually told her about my real plans that after graduation if i get an opportunity to work as an intern I would grab it then with that experience i would work in india near my parents .
#007
Visa Second Attempt
Consulate: Chennai
Time : 8:30 AM
Status : Rejected
Vo was a bob cut lady with bi spectacles
Vo: Pass me your passport, I20 and sevis
Vo: Which University?
Me : State university of New York at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo)
Vo: Which Major?
Me: Computer and Information Sciences
Vo: When did you graduate?
Me: 2014
Vo: What was your score like?
Me : 8.23 on the scale of 10
Vo : Why do you gonna go back to school?
Me: I have been working as systems engineer in TCS for the past 33 months, My role was into backend developing involving data optimization db management. Although the job was exiting the knowledge I have is going to become obsolete because of recent trend towards intelligent databases. Hence I want to move to next level and be future ready. This is why I want to pursue Masters to gain advanced knowledge
Vo : How are you going to fund?
Me : I have availed an education loan of 25 L @ 10.75%
My parents have savings of xx lakhs, x lakhs of movable assets, xx lakhs of immovable assets
Vo: What are your parents?
Me: My father has been working as xx for past 25 years and my Mother has been working as xx for the past 20 years
Vo: What is their combined income?
Me: xx lpa
Vo typed for a long time and gave me back a blue slip with second box ticked. I asked her the reason and she said that I dont meet certain requirements to be qualified for visa.
I asked if I can apply again for which she said I can.
#008
Any inputs on this guys?
VISA First Attempt Conversation
My perception : VO was in early 40’s. Stern looking guy, hardly made any eye contact with me
VO : (no good morning)
Me: Passed my passport and I20
VO: which university
Me: State University of New York at Buffalo (Suny buffalo)
VO: why buffalo?
Me: As a matter of fact I have done a lot of research on the universities I have applied to and all of them have a good reputation and education. I got admit from ASU and buffalo but ASU is offering me Information technology whereas Buffalo is offering me computer science. I want to master is computer science specialization
VO: what are you planning to do after graduation?
Me: Sir, I have taken a sabbatical leave from my current company and I prefer to come back and work in a related field in the same company
VO: What was your undergraduate branch?
Me: EIE
VO: How are you going to fund your studies?
Me: I have taken a loan of **L and bank savings of **L ( total is marginally above I20)
He looked at my I20 and I assume he wanted to check I20 amount and started typing vigorously. It was ominous that he was going to reject me. After typing he took a form 214B
#009
Visa Experience:
First Attempt: Mumbai
Rejected
21 June 2017
University of Washington, Seattle
MS in Information Management
VO: Please pass your i20 and passport
PasSed
VO: What other admits did you get?
Me: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ma’am
VO: How many universities did you apply to?
Me: 8
What all other universities?
Me: UCI, Uwisconsin, NCSU, Rutgers, …
VO: Out of 8 you got only 2?
Me: Yes, Ma’am
VO: alright, what’s your GRE score?
Me: 322 ma’am
VO: That’s pretty good, so how are you funding yourself?
Me: I have an education loan and liquid assets of…
VO: What is the collateral on the loan?
Me: Property
VO: What does your father do?
Me: He is a stock broker
VO: Why does a stock broker need a loan?
Me: For tax benefits 
VO: what is the ROI?
Me: 9.9%
VO: Which bank?
Me: Central Bank of India
VO: I’m sorry you’re not eligible for an F1 visa this time. Gave me a 214b
#010
Attempt 1 :
Date : 9th may
Time : 10:30am
Consulate : Chennai
Status : Reject
Counter no. : 27
Entered the consulate around 10:15am and came out around 11:45am…. VO is a pretty young lady in her early 30’s…but was rejecting everyone … Rejected 2 ppl before me … here comes my turn
VO : Good mrng sir , pass ur i20 and passport
Me : Sure Mam , passed my documents
VO : what all other univ’s did u apply ?
Me : applied for 4 and got through in all of them .
VO : can u name all of them ?
Me : Started naming all the univs
VO : So why did u choose SUNY bing over the other universities
Me : Told about the research and lab facilities and also about the course work
VO : (looks pretty impressed )… so who is funding u ?
Me : My father is funding me
VO : what does he do ?
Me : He works for state govt nd told his position
VO : okay , ur i20 says 40,500 so how are gonna pay 81,000 dollars ?
Me : Mam , My dad has saving of ** lakhs and I also got loan sanctioned for 20lakhs
VO : okay , so wat does ur mom do ?
Me : She is house wife now , used to work as principal in a B.ed colz
VO : any siblings ?
Me : one elder brother , currently working in Australia
VO : okay , when did u finish ur undergrad ?
Me : 2016 June mam
VO : what were u dng since then ?
Me : (this is where I completely messed up ) Mam , I took some time to do my online research to find the colz of best suit and took some time for prep of GRE and ielts … nd started of with application procedure and also learnt computer courses simultaneously
VO : Sorry sir , This time u do not qualify for visa . Thank you . (Passes back my i20 n passport )
Me : walked off silently not knowing wat to do.
#011
Attempt 2 :
Date : 25th may
Time : 8:30am
Consulate : chennai
Counter :25
Status : Reject
VO this time was a old lady .. very strict (Horrified even before the start )
VO : good mrng , pass me ur i20 nd passport
Me : good mrng mam, sure (passed the documents )
VO : why us ?
Me : to pursue my masters in electrical engineering
(Scans the barcode behind the passport and starts reading my previous interviews feedback )
VO : Sir , how many attempts did u give for gre ?
Me : only one Mam
VO : have any backlogs ?
Me : no mam , no backlogs
VO : Wat all other admits do u have ?
Me : told the other 3 univs
VO : Sorry sir , u don’t qualify for visa.
Me : ( I was expecting it to b a bit long atleast ) but Mam , I can explain regarding the gap in my studies
VO : No explanations needed sir , ur visa interview is completed .
Me : Mam , but may I know the reason why it’s rejected ?( Thinking U hardly asked any questions)
VO : The previous feedback was not satisfactory.
Me : okay mam, Have a nice day .
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