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Interview Details
Consulate Name: #Delhi
F1 Visa Intake: #Spring2025
Interview Date: 11/12/2024
Counter: #16
IN Time: Out Time:
Duration: 4-5mins
Total # of Questions: Didn’t counted.

Who Took your Interview: Gender and Age ONLY (No Race): Male 40ish

Visa Status: Approved / Refused? Approved βœ…βœ…
Attempt:
#2nd

Previous attempt with Nyit MBA for fall24 Refused ❌

University Details
University Name: Georgetown University
Course and Program Name: MS in Biotechnology (Drug Design and Discovery)
City and State: Washington D.C

Your Profile
UG or Highest Degree: Masters in P’ceutics
UG University or College: Parul University
City and State: Gujarat
CGPA: 8.69
GRE:
TOEFL/Duolingo/IELTS/PTE:

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Dress:
What did you wear for Interview?
Formal Dress and Color etc.

Interview Experience:
πŸ”ΉMe: Good morning officer!
πŸ”»VO: Good morning, pass it to me.

πŸ”»VO: What do you think about this university? (in a joking tone)
πŸ”ΉMe: Officer, It seems like Hogwarts but I hope it’s good(replied in a similar tone)

πŸ”»VO: What do you want to do at georgetown?
πŸ”ΉMe: I want to learn personalised medicine and drug discovery with this program of Biotech at georgetown.

VO: Oh you were rejected, are you changing your course?
Me: Yes officer.

VO: Why?
Me: Honestly, I made an error because of my fascination towards commercial side of pharma but I have realised as to add more products to the market, I need to learn drug discovery and not an MBA…(interrupted)

VO: What was your bachelor’s GPA? Oh you did masters too? why go for another masters now?
ME: Officer my bachelor’s GPA was 7.22 on scale of (interrupted and asked for transcript, which I passed while completing my answer) and I want to learn personalised medicine and drug discovery…With my previous masters I learnt generic product development and I want to be established in the niche I am going for.

VO: How are you planning to pay 93K USD?
Me: Through my father’s savings and education loan amounting cumulatively to X (kept typing) and to notify officer, the program fees are 58K, mentioned number is just a common amount of the medical school that my program is associated with.

VO: (typed for a while maybe he was checking the program details) Okay, can you explain the application process and the eligibility criteria?
Me: (listed steps, eligibility and the interview I had with one of the subject matter expert)

VO: what did they asked in an interview?
Me: They stressed more on my research, my current job and how will I benefit from this degree, what do I aim to contribute to the cohort (interrupted)

VO: Oh, what kind of research?
Me: I developed
Vitamin D3 probiotic oral suspension which is now commercialised by Abbot Pharmaceuticals and Nano-formulation for eye infection as well.

VO: But can you take Vitamin D3 in a suspension form?
ME: Traditionally, it was injected and than came in capsules, but now, this formulation has lactobacilli bacteria which are present in our GIT already and VIT D3 is incorporated in similar lab grown organism and through which it stays protected in acidic pH of stomach, hence it can be administered (interrupted)

VO: Sir, I am approving your visa.
Me: Expressed my gratitude and exchange a formal smile and left the consulate.


Observation: From what I observed, I guess he was looking at DS thoroughly, searching about my answers and taking case notes continuously.

Special thanks Axis, Saransh, Durga, Kurosaki, Professor, Himaja and Shield.


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Did anyone assist you with Vi Prep from Columbus Academics or F1 Discussions:
Yes

Who Assisted you:
@InfinityAp999 | @F1_GIRL @MetalCoat | @Violet0901
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Interview Details
Consulate Name: #Hyderabad
F1 Visa Intake: #Spring2025
Interview Date: 12-12-2024
Counter: #20
IN Time: Out Time: 9:30-11:00
Duration: 40-50 secs.
Total # of Questions: 3-4

Who Took your Interview: Female 30-35yoNo Race).

Visa Status: Approved / Refused? #Approved
Attempt: #1st

University Details
University Name: Bradley university.
Course and Program Name: #Masters #DataScience and Analytics with a concentration in Business analytics.
City and State: Peoria, Illinois.

Your Profile
UG or Highest Degree: Bcom computer applications
UG University or College: osmania uni
City and State: Hyderabad
CGPA: 8.03
GRE: waived
IELTS: 8 bands.

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Dress:
What did you wear for Interview?
Light lavender shirt. Black pant

Interview Experience:

Parents got approved to visit their daughter n then a Punjabi guy got rejected before me. But ig he was applying for bachelors.

πŸ”ΉMe: Good Morning officer. How are you today?
πŸ”»VO: I am good. Pass me your i20 and passport
πŸ”ΉMe: Here it is.

πŸ”»VO: (looked at my i20) oh Bradley? I haven't heard much of it. How did u came to know about this uni?
πŸ”ΉMe: Well after my final exams my professor suggested me to atttend an international career fair where there were 20 more unis. And thats where i got to know about Bradley and UNT which is my other admit.

πŸ”»VO: What did u like about Bradley?
πŸ”ΉMe: (no rank no research no clubs or labs and all that bs) connected the core subjects to my immediate goals and then connected electives which others dont offer with my future goals.

πŸ”»VO: What will u study there?
πŸ”ΉMe: Well in my 1st sem python progg (interrupted)

πŸ”»VO: (tapping on my i20) what course will you be studying?
πŸ”ΉMe: ohh sorry. Masters in DS and analytics with a concentration in Business analytics.

πŸ”»VO: (no emotion on her face) put your left 4 fingers on the scanner.
πŸ”ΉMe full sweaty hands. Dont even know if my fingers were scanned properly.
After scanning she paused for 5 secs then

πŸ”»VO: Im keeping your passport. Your visa is approved
πŸ”ΉMe: thank you sm officer. And ran straight for the exit.
They had to stop me and tell me to walk slowly all the way to last exit.


Who Assisted you: Self prep but Thank you @Metalcoat for suggesting on how to frame answers. Durga, harish and saransh for their quick responses and Axis for his blunt hard facts.

This group and its mocks was a big help. But never gave them here. @F1_Visa_Discussions
Also Faarah_thevisaadvisor for her tips.


Tips and Suggestions:
Listened to others mocks. Researched alot about not only my unis and its curriculum, but also the unis i got admit from n universities i applied to. Take heed of whatever this group of people are telling you to. These guys are pros and know what they are talkin about.
I framed all my answers in such a way that they wont even need to ask the follow up qs.
And please stop askin about approval rate. Once you are in there you cant focus on anyone.

Hardwork. University. Prep. Confidence matters.

Then Luck matters.

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Interview Details
Consulate Name: #Mumbai
F1 Visa Intake: #Spring2025
Interview Date:13-12-24
Counter: #25
IN Time: 11:10Out Time:12:45
Duration:
Total # of Questions: 4

Who Took your Interview: young American ladyGender and Age ONLY (No Race).

Visa Status: Refused ❌
Attempt:
#1st

University Details
University Name: #Alliant international university san diego CA
Course and Program Name: #Mba
City and State:

Your Profile
UG or Highest Degree: #BTech #ComputerScience

@F1_Exp

Dress:
What did you wear for Interview?
Formal Dress and Color etc.

Interview Experience:
πŸ”ΉMe: Hi Officer, Good Morning. How are you?
πŸ”»VO: I am good. How are you?
πŸ”ΉMe: I am good.

πŸ”»VO: when did you completed you graduation
πŸ”ΉMe: Answered accordingly

πŸ”»VO: what was the cgpa
πŸ”ΉMe: Answered accordingly

πŸ”»VO: which uni you applied
πŸ”ΉME: answered accordingly

πŸ”»Vo : why this university?
πŸ”ΉME: answered accordingly

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My F1 Visa Experience
University: City University of New York
Status: Approved βœ…

Date: 2nd December
Time: 12 PM
Counter: 11


So, we were taken in at 12 PM. After that, we gave the biometrics and at that time, only one VO was taking interviews for all the applicantsβ€”a curly-haired lady. It went like this:



πŸ”ΉMe: Good afternoon, Officer! (with a big smile)

πŸ”»VO: Good afternoon! So, you’re going to the City University of New York, I see! (excitedly)

πŸ”ΉMe: Yes, I am going to the City University of New York.



πŸ”»VO: Did you apply to any other universities?

πŸ”ΉMe: Yes, I have applied to several other universities, such as...

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πŸ”»VO: So, why did you choose to go there?

πŸ”ΉMe: As I am planning to do a Bachelor in Sociology, the core modules of this degree at Queens really caught my attention, such as...

She stopped me there and said, "I see you are going to study Sociology."



πŸ”»VO: Why Sociology?

πŸ”ΉMe: Since I come from a third-world country, I’ve seen how issues like child marriage, dowry and the abuse of women occur on a daily basis. I want to be an advocate for women, empower them and fight against gender discrimination.



πŸ”»VO: I can understand. (in a very soft tone)



πŸ”»VO: How are you going to manage your tuition fees and living costs?

πŸ”ΉMe: My father is going to pay for all four years of my tuition fees and living costs.

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πŸ”»VO: And what does he do?

πŸ”ΉMe: He’s an established businessman. He has been consistently importing high-end motorbikes for the past 25 years.



πŸ”»VO: Motorbikes? (excitedly) Do you know how to ride a motorbike?

πŸ”ΉMe: No, I don’t. (with a soft laugh)

VO: Haha, it’s okay!

πŸ”»VO: What are your plans after completing your degree?

πŸ”ΉMe: I plan to join a top NGO here in Bangladesh, such as Grameen or BRAC, which have played a significant role in women’s empowerment. I want to contribute to their legacy by advocating for gender equality and working actively to end child marriage.


πŸ”»VO: You have a big dream, girl. I hope you can achieve it.


By that time, I was confident about getting the visa.


πŸ”»VO: Do you have anyone living in the USA?

πŸ”ΉMe: Yes, I have my aunt from my father’s side.



πŸ”»VO: And where does she live in the USA?

πŸ”ΉMe: In New York as well.

VO: That’s great!



πŸ”»VO: And you’ve been to the Maldives, I see. How long did you stay there?

This was the trick question and I forgot exactly how long I stayed.

πŸ”ΉMe: Probably 3-4 days.

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πŸ”»VO: Did you enjoy it?

πŸ”ΉMe: Yes, a lot! I had a wonderful time with my family.


πŸ”»VO: Wish you all the best for your degree and future. I am approving your visa. And don’t forget to have fun there! πŸ˜­πŸ˜‚


She gave me that white approval paper first. Then I said, β€œWon’t I get the blue leaflet?”


πŸ”ΉVO: Oh, do you want the blue leaflet? Let me see if I have one.


She went inside, searched for one, came back and said, β€œThis was the last one I had,” and gave it to me. I was already in tears.

Key Takeaways:

One thing I noticed was that she wasn’t rejecting anyone for no reason. Either it was because of their DS-160 or their interview performance. If she decided not to give the visa based on the DS-160, she didn’t ask more than one or two questions. You have to be really careful with your DS-160.


I also saw a lot of people whose answers sounded memorized, which could be a reason for rejection.

Lastly, there’s nothing above praying. Tahajjud really works like magic and so do prayers. Keep two nafl fasts with intentionβ€”it works. Since I had no other options, I didn’t plan for any other countries. This was everything I thought about.


You have to be really, really confident. I saw people with very good profiles getting rejected just because they were nervous on the interview day. Trust the process and believe in yourself. It will all work out, InshaAllah.

She cut me off many times and didn’t let me complete my answers fully when she got what she needed, so it’s okay to get cut off.

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nterview Details
Consulate Name: #Hyderabad
F1 Visa Intake: #Spring2025
Interview Date: 13/12/2024
Counter: #35
IN Time: Out Time:
Duration: 2 mins
Total # of Questions: 9

Who Took your Interview: Gender and Age ONLY (No Race). White american lady in her 40's

Visa Status: Approved βœ…
Attempt: 2nd

University Details
University Name: Oklahoma State University
Course and Program Name: PhD in biomedical sciences
City and State: stillwater Oklahoma

Your Profile
UG or Highest Degree: master's in pharmacology and toxicology
UG University or College: National institute of pharmaceutical education and research,  Hyderabad
City and State: Hyderabad, Telangana
CGPA: 9.22
GRE:
TOEFL/Duolingo/IELTS/PTE:

Dress:
What did you wear for Interview?
Chinese collar shirt and black jean

Interview Experience:

VO: hello goodmorning
Me: hello officer, goodmorning

VO: Pass me your i20 and passport please
Me: Yes officer here you go

VO: So why do you want to go Oklahoma state
Me: i want to go to Oklahoma State to pursue my phd in biomedical sciences officer

VO: Oh PhD, i see you have an assistantship?
Me: yes officer

VO: what will be ur dissertation work
Me: Officer i will be working on host-pathogen interaction during tuberculosis infection

VO: what's ur master's in? 
Me: Officer i completed my master's in pharmacology

VO: what you did in ur master's project
Me: Officer i worked on drug discovery against tuberculosis where i evaluated the efficacy and identified the molecular target of a novel molecule aganist mycobacterium tuberculosis

VO: oh ok means ur continuing your research interest
Me: Yes officer my supervisor has more than 20 years of experience in this area

VO: who is ur supervisor
Me: Officer his name is Dr. Liu

VO: have you applied this month before also
Me: Yes officer i was refused as i was unable to communicate properly because i was sick and nervous

VO: (typing for 20-30 seconds)
VO: place your right hand i am approving ur visa
Me: Thank you so much officer, have a nice day

The VO was so nice she was approving almost everyone and was talking with a smile on her face
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Consulate: #Hyderabad
Date: Dec 16, 2024

18th number counter
MORNING 10 AM
Vo:- 35-40age american women

Almost all are getting rejected in this row

Visa status:- Refused ❌

Vo(Visa Officer ):- Good morning
Me :- Good morning officer

Vo :- Why not Master in civil engineering you choose construction engineering

Me :- Officer Master in civil engineering and Construction Engineering is almost similar.

I choose Master in construction engineering in this university because it's provide specialization course Bim(Building information modelling)

Vo:- What if your visa gets reject?

Me:- Please repeat

Vo:- What if your visa gets rejected?

Me:- Officer I am confident on my self all my documents are real and genuine if my visa gets rejected if will reappear for the second time and prepared well for next interview

Vo:- Be prepared for next time your visa gets refused.
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Interview Details
Consulate Name: #Mumbai
F1 Visa Intake: #Spring2025
Interview Date: 16-12-24
Counter: #10
IN Time: 10:15 Out Time: 12:30
Duration: 1 min
Total # of Questions: 3

Who Took your Interview: American Female in her 40s

Visa Status: Refused
Attempt: #1st

University Details
University Name: #Kent State University at #Kent Ohio
Course and Program Name: #Bachelors #BioChemistry
City and State: #Kent #Ohio

Your Profile
UG or Highest Degree: 12th
Marks: 81%
TOEFL/Duolingo/IELTS/PTE: IELTS : 7.5

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Dress:
What did you wear for Interview?
White shirt with Wollen coat and pant

Interview Experience:
πŸ”ΉMe: Hi Officer, Good Morning. How are you?
πŸ”»VO: I am good. Pass ur documents
πŸ”ΉMe: Okay

πŸ”»VO: How many University you applied to?
πŸ”ΉMe: 4 Officer

πŸ”»VO: Whats ur major?
πŸ”ΉMe: Bachelors in Biochemistry

VO: WHY USA?
ME: Answered accordingly

VO: After typing for 20 seconds, I'm sorry you are not qualified for the visa.
Me: took the slip and left.

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Did anyone assist you with Vi Prep from Columbus Academics or F1 Discussions:
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Interview Details
Consulate Name: #Hyderabad
F1 Visa Intake: #Spring2025
Interview Date: 16th Dec
Counter: #36
IN Time: Out Time: 11-11 :30
Duration: 5 min
Total # of Questions: 8-9

Who Took your Interview: Gender and Age ONLY - male, may be 40+

Visa Status: Approved
Attempt:
#1st #2nd etc.

University Details
University Name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Course and Program Name: #Masters #Business Analytics
City and State: #amherst #Massachusetts

Your Profile
UG or Highest Degree: #Msc biochemistry
UG University or College: Osmania university
City and State: Hyderabad
CGPA: 7.6
GRE: Na
Ielts 7.5

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Dress:
What did you wear - Kurta and chudihar

Interview Experience:
πŸ”ΉMe: Hi Officer, Good Morning. How are you?
πŸ”»VO: I am good. How are you?
πŸ”ΉMe: I am good.

πŸ”»VO: do you already have a b1/2 visa
πŸ”ΉMe: yes

πŸ”»VO: Did you travel
πŸ”ΉMe: Yes office last year through my company’s program

VO : so you decide to go to school now?
Me : yes officer

VO : Why now?
Me : even after these many years of work experience I see that there is a halt in my career so I spoke with my mentor and he suggest this is a good move to pursue masters as it’ll help me in applying for executive roles that I want to apply for.

VO : What arrangements did you make to go to school now
Me : I said financially my family is helping also I have my saving and also I’m going to take a sabbatical from my office.

VO : did you take a loan
Me : yes and I saw towards the file beside me but he did not ask.

VO : academically what preparation you made
Me : in my daily work I use excel, power query basics of sql apart from that my mentor is also helping me brush up my skills.

VO: so your family is funding, what do they do.
Me : mom works as a govt employee and father works for private

VO: what does your father do.
Me: I fumbled a bit as I did not know how to explainit.

VO : he asked again.
Me: I explained and apologised that I couldn’t explain.

VO. Visa is approved. He did not take the finger prints though it was done in the beginning itself.
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Did anyone assist you with Vi Prep from Columbus Academics or F1 Discussions:
Yes

Who Assisted you:
@InfinityAp999 | @F1_GIRL @MetalCoat | @Violet0901
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Tips and Suggestions:
How did you prepare?
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Interview Details
Consulate Name: #Hyderabad
F1 Visa Intake: #Spring2025
Interview Date:
Counter: 19-21
IN Time: Out Time:
Duration: 40-50sec
Total # of Questions:

Who Took your Interview: Male

Visa Status: Approved
Attempt:
1st

University Details
University Name: University at albany(SUNY)
Course and Program Name: #Masters #information science(AI)
City and State: albany, new york

Your Profile
UG or Highest Degree: BTech ComputerScience(AI)
@F1_Exp

Dress: formals
Interview Experience:
πŸ”ΉMe: Good Morning officer
πŸ”»VO: good morning pass me you passport and i20

πŸ”»VO: why did u choose this uni?
πŸ”ΉMe: Answer…interrupted

πŸ”»VO: who’s funding you?

What does your father do?

What’s his income?

How did you get this scholarship and on what basis?

Where are you planning to stay?accomodations?

Do you know anyone for accommodations?

YOUR VISA IS APPROVED.

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Interview Details
Consulate Name: #Mumbai
F1 Visa Intake: #Spring2025
Interview Date:
Counter: #25
IN Time: Out Time:
Duration: 15-16sec
Total # of Questions: 1

Who Took your Interview: Gender and Age ONLY (No Race).

Visa Status: Refused?
Attempt: #1st

University Details
University Name: Roosevelt University
Course and Program Name: #Masters in computer science
City and State: chicago

Your Profile
UG or Highest Degree: #BTech #ComputerScience
UG University or College: Osmania university
City and State: Telangana, Hyderabad
CGPA: 7.34
GRE: not required
TOEFL/Duolingo/IELTS/PTE: 110

@F1_Exp

Dress:
What did you wear for Interview?
Formal Dress, tie, shirt and pant formals

Interview Experience:
πŸ”ΉMe: Hi Officer, Good Morning. How are you?
πŸ”»VO: blank like no greet

πŸ”»VO: oh.. Roosevelt for masters or bacholers
πŸ”ΉMe: for masters in computer science officer

πŸ”»VO: why this University?
πŸ”ΉMe: dr. Pratima Sharma her
ongoing project is on Blockchain based Decentralized Cloud Storage System
and Dr. Michael is doing research on Data flow based
using RTS techniques with the help of AI and ML and D with
this research I can gain tremendous knowledge for my career and the curriculum which
offers me here in RU is perfectly balanced with my goals. Also I contacted my admission counsellor (Michael Lilly) he explained me all about my course and this University has a good academic standards and it also has a good ranking and repetition in USA.

The alumni includes merit based awards and noble prices and noted personalities like jacq paul Klein ( deplomat ) and herold Washington ( ex- mayor chicago)


Vo: u r visa has been refused
Please reapply again.

Me: thank you so much with 214b slip .

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Interview Details
Consulate Name: #NewDelhi
F1 Visa Intake: #Spring2025
Interview Date: 16-12-2024
Counter: #15 (Bald American guy with beard)
IN Time: 10:00
Out Time: 11:19
Duration: 30-40 seconds
Total # of Questions: 4

Who Took your Interview: Male Bald guy with beard probably in his 50’s

Visa Status: Approved
Attempt: 1st


University Details
University Name: #Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne
Course and Program Name: Master’s in Mechanical Engineering
City and State: Melbourne, Florida

Your Profile
UG or Highest Degree: Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering
UG University or College: SPPU
City and State: Maharashtra
CGPA: 6.9
GRE: Nil
TOEFL/: Nil
Duolingo: 135

@F1_Exp

Dress:
What did you wear for Interview?
Formal Dress White Shirt and black trouser and sweater as it was very cold in Delhi.

Interview Experience:
Me: Good Morning Officer, how you doing?
VO: Smiled and said I’m good thank you

VO: Oh, you’re going to FIT
Me: Yes officer, I’m going to FIT for my masters in Mechanical Engineering.

VO: Are there any specific reasons why you chose this university?
Me: Yes officer, I chose FIT because of its unique location on Florida’s Spacecoast. With proximity to the Kennedy Space centre and other aerospace industries was very appealing to me.

He nodded and said OK and I stopped there.

VO: What was your CGPA?

Me: 6.9 officer

VO: Did you applied to any other universities?

Me: Yes officer, apart from FIT, I’d also applied to University of Alabama at Birmingham and Texas State University. I received offer letter from UAB. Unfortunately TSU didn’t accepted my application.

VO: Hmm, how are you going to fund your education?

Me: Officer, I’m gonna fund my education with my father’s savings of $59k. I’ve also secured an education loan from SBI worth $71.2k.

VO: Hmm OK, I’m going to keep your passport with me. You will get it in a week.

Me: (Was shocked af) Thank you officer. I wish you a very best day officer. I moved away from counter to exit but came back again and said Merry Christmas Officer. He smiled and gave me a thumbs up πŸ‘

My personal experience:

Guys, there were both acceptance and rejection in Delhi today. The VO had rejected 4 people in front of me and honestly I too thought that I was gonna get rejected today. But, put a smile on your face while answering, answer with confidence and look them into eyes. Don’t give generic answers when asked about why you chose this university? Give your real reason why you selected that university and don’t talk about curriculum or faculty or research. Give trivial and real reasons. Don’t let other applicants experiences at the embassy or consulate affect you. Believe in yourself and say this one thing that I’m not gonna come back with my passport from the interview. Make your American dream come true and best of luck y’all. Go and nail your interview!

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Did anyone assist you with Vi Prep from Columbus Academics or F1 Discussions:
Yes

Who Assisted you:
@InfinityAp999 | @F1_GIRL @MetalCoat | @Violet0901
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Tips and Suggestions:
How did you prepare?
Suggestions for Students going for Visa Interview

Want to get admitted to Top Rated University?
Build Strong Profile?
Attend F1 Visa Interview with 100% Confidence?
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Interview Details
Consulate Name: #NewDelhi
F1 Visa Intake: #Spring2025
Interview Date: 17/12/2025
Counter: #15
IN Time: Out Time:
Duration: 4 mins
Total # of Questions: 5

Who Took your Interview:
Gender Women and
Age ONLY 28-33

Visa Status: Refused ❌
Attempt:
#1st

University Details
University Name: #Oklahoma City University at #Oklahoma
Course and Program Name: #Masters #Computer Science
City and State: #Oklahoma #Oklahoma

Your Profile
UG or Highest Degree: #BTech #Information Technology
UG University or College:
City and State:
CGPA:
GRE:
TOEFL/Duolingo/IELTS/PTE:

@F1_Experiences

Dress:
What did you wear for Interview?
Formal Dress and Color etc.

Interview Experience:
VO : Hi , Good Morning.
Me: Hi Officer, Good Morning.

VO: Why are you going to U.S ?
Me: To pursue my Master’s in Computer Science Program at Oklahoma City University

VO: Why USA ?
Me: Officer, United States of America is know for High Quality education,Diversity cultural experiences,this country has global recognition and global network of professionals which aligns perfectly with my goal.And also offers Advanced resources,Research oppurtunities and Global exposure in my field. U.S universities had greater acceptance and credibility. I would have a great and bright future with U.S Master’s degree in India.

VO:How many Universities you applied for ? What are those?
Me: answer accordingly

VO: Why this Uni ?
Me: I chosen Oklahoma City University beacuse of its curriculum in Computer Science program which helps me in Various aspects of Software development and problem solving techniques.It is well located in a growing metropolitan area with diversity culture and lively community.And also i feel that this university is well located with the education in terms practicality of my course.

VO: What you gonna do after finish your studies ?
Me: After finish my Master’s in Computer Science,i aim to return to India to contribute my knowledge and Skills to india’s growing Tech industry and pursue leadership skills in innovative projects or Startups.

VO : Sorry you are not eligible this time, betterluck for next time.

Https://t.me/f1_exp

Did anyone assist you with Vi Prep from Columbus Academics or F1 Discussions: NO

Tips and Suggestions:
How did you prepare?
Myself doing some online research

Suggestions for Students going for Visa Interview
Confident while answering whether it is right or wrong ,Cool and Casual looking,Smile on face,Be Normal and some luck

Today’s Situation in New Delhi Consulate : 90% rejections 10% approvals

30-40 people in the queue before Visa interview, i have seen only one approval for a girl in #counter 13 (did by Old Man) and remaining all people got rejected.

Best of luck for upcoming Visa Interview People πŸ‘ and Congratulations to Visa approved People πŸ’

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Interview Details
Consulate Name: #Mumbai
F1 Visa Intake: #Spring2025
Interview Date: 16th
Counter: 26
IN Time: Out Time:
Duration: 1 min
Total # of Questions:

Who Took your Interview: Male

Visa Status: Approved βœ…
Attempt: 1st

Https://t.me/f1_exp

University Details
University Name: BUFFALO (SUNY)
Course and Program Name: #Masters #CS
City and State: BUFFALO, new york

Your Profile
UG or Highest Degree: BTech ComputerScience
@F1_Exp

Dress: formals
Interview Experience:

πŸ”ΉMe: Good Morning officer
πŸ”»VO: good morning

πŸ”»VO: u are going to BUFFALO uni ?
πŸ”ΉMe: Yes officer

πŸ”»VO: Which course?
A) In Cs officer

VO : Which stream ?
A) Could you please repeat officer.

Repeated;

Software and systems officer.

VO: who’s funding you?

A) Officer my father is sponsoring my education

VO :What does your father do?

A) He's a farmer and that's his life savings and I also have the agriculture income document to support the education

VO : So computer science right what is python?

A) officer python is an entry level programming language for beginners who like to take up CS it's used due to its vast libraries such as numpy Pandas and Tensorflow for workflow.

YOUR VISA IS APPROVED.

Tips :

Being calm and concentrated while the entire process helps u

Its luck driven too

I've been asked to change from counter 24 to 27 to 26

People in all those counters were rejected but I've remained calm.

It's also not mass rejections

They are trying to listen what's ur story so make sure it's coming clean than a staged answer

Yes some were in no mood of accepting even after in counter for 2+ minutes

30 counter straight rejections from a Lady

So prepare well do ur best
Stay calm

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Interview Details
Consulate Name: #Hyderabad
F1 Visa Intake: Spring2025
Interview Date: 17-12-2024
Counter: 22
Duration: 8-10 mins

Who Took your Interview: Male in 40's

https://t.me/f1_exp

Visa Status: #Approved ⭐️
Attempt : 4

University Details
University Name: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Course and Program Name: computer science

Your Profile
UG or Highest Degree: BTech ComputerScience
CGPA: 8.8
GRE: 326
TOFEL : 97

Interview Experience:
πŸ”ΉMe: Hi Sir, Good Morning.
πŸ”»VO: Good Morning pass me your documents

πŸ”»VO: Which University?
πŸ”ΉMe: Iam heading to University of Alabama at Birmingham

πŸ”»VO: Why this University ?
πŸ”ΉMe:  I have choosen this university because of the two Reasons.
First,
Recently,UAB Has selected one of the top among that will be closing working with NASA. (Interrupted )

πŸ”»Why ur course is CS?
πŸ”ΉThat I want to know how the Ai is Transforming to different fields .

πŸ”»VO: Last U went with UCM Now UAB?
πŸ”ΉMe: I re-worked on my profile and this Time Iam heading UAB which is top ranked university and have advanced Technologies.

πŸ”»VO: How are you funding your education?
πŸ”ΉMe: My family is funding with the savings of .....(Interrupted)

πŸ”»What they will Do?
πŸ”ΉMy parents are into Business.

πŸ”»What kind of Business?
πŸ”ΉMy father supplies the Major Construction of Buildings.
πŸ”Ή My mother into textile business.


πŸ”»What is textile business?
πŸ”ΉIt is a saree business. She owns a wholesale shop in my hometown.

πŸ”» Any other admits?
πŸ”Ή Apart from this uni I got admit from the PNW.

Place Your Left Hand
I am accepting your visa

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Interview Details
Consulate Name: #Hyderabad
F1 Visa Intake: #Spring2025
Interview Date: 17 December, 2024
Counter: #20
IN Time: 10:30 AM
Out Time: 11: 30 AM
Duration: 3 mins
Total # of Questions: 6

Who Took your Interview: Gender and Age ONLY (No Race).
Male in his 40s

Visa Status: Approved βœ…
Attempt: #2nd

University Details
University Name: #UniversityofCincinnati at #Cincinnati
Course and Program Name: #Masters #InformationTechnology
City and State: #Cincinnati #Ohio

Your Profile
UG or Highest Degree: #BTech #ComputerScience
UG University or College:
City and State:
CGPA: 8.16
GRE:
TOEFL: 95

@F1_Exp

Dress:
What did you wear for Interview?
Kuthi

Interview Experience:
πŸ”ΉMe: Good Morning officer.
I guess I was too low he couldn't here me...
πŸ”»VO: Password me your I20 and passport.
πŸ”ΉMe: Here

πŸ”» Why are you going to this University?
πŸ”Ή I chose University of Cincinnati for my Master's in Information Technology because of it's strong academic reputation and flexible course curriculum it offers. I work as a Software Engineer specialized as Java Developer and ...
The VO interrupted and asked next question.

πŸ”»How will this help you?
πŸ”ΉMy career goal is to work as a Full stack developer and this degree will help me with learning frontend application development and as I already have experience in backend development I can work as FSD after Masters.

πŸ”»Which Universities did you apply?
πŸ”ΉSUNY Albany
Wright State University
Virginia Commonwealth University
and University of Cincinnati.

πŸ”»What specialization are you going to do in IT?
πŸ”ΉI want to be a developer. So I will be choosing subjects that help me in becoming one.

πŸ”»How about finances?
πŸ”Ή Explained about my loan, savings and scholarship from University.

πŸ”»What course did you do in your Bachelors?πŸ”ΉI have done my bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering in 2021.

https://t.me/F1_Exp

Did anyone assist you with Vi Prep from Columbus Academics or F1 Discussions:
Yes

Who Assisted you:
@InfinityAp999 | @F1_GIRL @MetalCoat | @Violet0901
https://t.me/F1_Exp

Tips and Suggestions:
How did you prepare?
Suggestions for Students going for Visa Interview
I would suggest to link the answers to your career goal on what you want to achieve at the end.

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Visa Experience

Consulate: #Mumbai
Date: 17 dec
Time: 10:10 am

Https://t.me/f1_exp

Visa Status: #Approved βœ…
Going for MS in Drug and regulatory affairs from LIU NYC
previous education: B pharm

(not mentioning VO because consulate and VO don't matter)

I was nervous because 12 people were rejected before me. Still approached with a smile on the face

Me: Hello! How are you?
VO: (no smile, expression) I'm good
Me: here's my document
VO took it in
Https://t.me/f1_exp

VO: when did u graduate
Me: June 2024
VO: Gpa?
Me: 7.01 on a scale of 10
VO: Which schools did you apply for
Me: NJIT, LIU and UAB (i said all the full forms and fumbled at UAB but quickly bounced back and said University of Alabama)
VO: why LIU
Me: I want to be a regulatory affairs specialist so firstly my professor is having 40 yrs of experience and it will help me establish as a regulatory affairs specialist.
VO: stop! This sounds scripted
Me: (I thought i lost it) sorry ma'am it isn't, gimme 10 seconds and explain it to you
VO: ok! but no scripts
Me: (with my hand on my chest) promise ma'am, no scripts
VO: ok go on
Me: I told VO what inspired me to become a regulatory affairs specialist and i was about to go into the reasons that made me choose LIU. VO stopped me and said place your right hand on the scanner. i placed it and VO kept my passport.
i was shaking and couldn't grab my i20 from the tray but yeah it was done.

Trust yourself and walk upright. you paid 15k for that and only you can make it happen

no officer or consulate is biased and giving unfair judgements. there's always a reason even if it's not apparent.

Best of luck to you all and see you all in the US

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Interview Details
Consulate Name: #Hyderabad
F1 Visa Intake: #Spring2025
Interview Date: 16th december
Counter: #25
IN Time: Out Time:
Duration: 1 mins

Who Took your Interview: Gender and Age ONLY (No Race).

Visa Status: #Approved βœ…
Attempt: #1st

University Details
University Name: university of dayton
Course and Program Name: #Masters in computer science
City and State: #Dayton #Ohio

Your Profile
UG or Highest Degree: #BTech #ComputerScience
UG University or College:
City and State:
CGPA: 6.56
GRE:
TOEFL/Duolingo/IELTS/PTE: 7.5

@F1_Exp

Dress:
What did you wear for Interview?
Formal Dress and Color etc.

Interview Experience:
πŸ”ΉMe: Hi Officer, Good Morning.
πŸ”»VO: Good morning

πŸ”»VO: Where did you find this university?
πŸ”ΉMe: officer I found this university on a website called US news and reports it is a website where universities in the US are listed and ranked I based my research on universities from this website.

πŸ”»VO: What other universities did you find there where did you apply?
πŸ”ΉMe: I also applied at montclair state university and Clark university

πŸ”»VO:Why did you choose dayton over for example clark university?
πŸ”ΉMe:I choose dayton because of the intresting courses that they offer like cloud computing machine learning and advanced algorithms which are required for my career goals to work as as software development engineer.I also liked that at university of dayton we can choose upto six semester hours from other graduate courses in the university, i am intrested in taking a few courses in artificial intelligence as well
πŸ”»VO:do you have any freinds or relatives that are in dayton
πŸ”ΉMe: no officer

πŸ”»VO:i am approving your visa you can collect it in 7 days
πŸ”ΉMe:thank you officer



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Did anyone assist you with Vi Prep from Columbus Academics or F1 Discussions:
Yes

Who Assisted you:
@InfinityAp999 | @F1_GIRL @MetalCoat | @Violet0901
https://t.me/F1_Exp

Tips and Suggestions:
In my opinion all consulates are the same but some officers are lenient in asking questions and some want to know more about you you should be prepared for the worst case and also it is very important for you to know about the course you are going for and the university do some research on their curriculum
How did you prepare?
Suggestions for Students going for Visa Interview

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Interview Details
Consulate Name: #Mumbai
F1 Visa Intake: #Spring2025
Interview Date: 17 December,2024
Counter: #00
IN Time: 9:30 Out Time: 12:30
Duration: 10 seconds
Total # of Questions:

Who Took your Interview: Gender Male and Age 25-30 (American Man with blonde hair).
Counter No. 28
Visa Status: Refused
Attempt:
#1st

University Details
University Name: California State University, Northridge
Course and Program Name: Bachelors in Criminology and Justice studies
City and State: Northridge, California

Your Profile
UG or Highest Degree: 12th
UG University or College: JNV Jalandhar
City and State: Jalandhar, Punjab
CGPA: 7.6
GRE:
IELTS: 7 Bands

@F1_Expe

Dress:
What did you wear for Interview?
Formal Purple Shirt and Black Pants
Https://t.me/f1_exp
Interview Experience:
πŸ”ΉMe: Hi Officer, Good Morning. How are you?
πŸ”»VO: No Answer

πŸ”»VO: Why you choose this course?
πŸ”ΉMe: I choose this course as I want to do research on the US justice system as what thing makes it so much accurate and fast(interrupted)

πŸ”»VO: Sorry, you are not eligible this time.

He didn’t even look at me. When he asked me the question, even before my answer begins, he put the 214(b) form on my passport and didn’t even let me finish my first answer and rejected me. Does anyone know any reason?

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Interview Details
Consulate Name: #Hyderabad
F1 Visa Intake: #Spring2025
Interview Date: 20th december
Counter: #21
IN Time: Out Time:
Duration: <1 min

Who Took your Interview: Gender and Age ONLY (No Race).: white American lady in early 40s

Visa Status: Rejected ❌
Attempt: #2nd

University Details
University Name: university of sacred heart
Course and Program Name: #Masters in computer science
City and State: connecticut Fairfield

Https://t.me/f1_exp

Your Profile
UG or Highest Degree: #BTech #ComputerScience
UG University or College:
City and State:
CGPA:7.59
GRE:
TOEFL/Duolingo/IELTS/PTE: 81

@F1_Exp

Dress:
What did you wear for Interview?
Formal Dress and Color etc.

Interview Experience:
πŸ”»VO: Good morning how are you
πŸ”Ή Me: good morning I am fine what about you

πŸ”»VO: Why sacred heart University?
πŸ”ΉMe: sacred heart University have strong academic reputation with outstanding resources with top notch course circulum and sacred heart University have16:1 student faculty ratio interrupted
πŸ”»VO:have you made any changes with previous refusals
πŸ”ΉMe: no officer interrupted
VO: place your right hand four fingers so I am you are not eligible

πŸ”ΉMe:thank you officer

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Interview Details
Consulate Name: #Mumbai
F1 Visa Intake: #Spring2025
Interview Date: πŸ“… dec
Counter: #25
IN Time: 10:45 Out Time:
Duration: 1mins
Total # of Questions:

Who Took your Interview: Gender and Age ONLY (No Race).

Visa Status: Refused ❌
Attempt:
#1st

University Details
University Name: Oakland University Rochester michigen

Course and Program Name: #bachlors of computer science


Your Profile
12th science
City and State: hoshiarpur punjab
CGPA:9

TOEFL/Duolingo/IELTS/PTE:

@F1_Exp

Dress:
Semi
formal
Interview Experience:
πŸ”ΉMe: Hi Officer, Good Morning. How are you?
πŸ”»VO: I am good. How are you?
πŸ”ΉMe: I am good.

πŸ”»VO: are you going for bachelor of computer science why this course
πŸ”ΉMe: Answer accordingly she’s listening carefully with head movement

πŸ”»VO: why did you want to become cyberanylist
πŸ”ΉMe: Answer accordingly

πŸ”»vO WHEN DID YOU PASSED OUT YOUR LAST EDUCATION
πŸ”Ήanswer accordingly
πŸ”»why did want to work in India
πŸ”Ήanswer accordingly between answer she intrupt me and gave me 214 b
πŸ”ΉπŸ”Ήi asked her if you are not satisfied you can ask me more questions but πŸ”Ίshe said I apologize for today better luck for next time πŸ”ΉI take documents and return back



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Who Assisted you:

Tips and Suggestions:
I think she wants to give me visa but that not in her hands like they refused every Punjabi or person who have 🧿SINGH and KAUR 🧿surnames
This tip for every punjabi guys don’t apply for f1 right the time now if you want to try your luck you can βœ…


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Consulate : #Hyderabad
Counter no. : 23 american man with heavy beard
Date : 19/12/2024
Attempt : Second
University & Course : Boston University & MS in applied data analytics
Refused with same uni and same course

Visa Status: #APPROVED

Changes made :
Data science and python basic certification and internship as a data analyst.

Https://t.me/f1_exp
Q & A

Me : Good morning officer, here is my i 20 and passport (greeted me back with smile)
VO : yes thankyou
VO : So, tell me sir why do you want to go to boston university
Me : Officer, Boston university providing me with the modules like foundation of analytics and data visualization, big data analytics and advance machine learning which will help me specialize in large data processing and - (ASKED ANOTHER Q)
VO : How will you sponsor your education?
Me : Officer, my family is going to sponsor me, with the saving of 45 lakhs, we also have asset of-
VO : What is the occupation of your sponsor?
Me : my mothers is a judge at co sumer court (was going to ask income but i said it before that) with the annual income of 20 lakhs per annum
*look through my profile previous and current ds160
VO : Which two research papers have you published
Me : Officer research papers are enhanced scene text recognition for visually impaired and improved geocoding and accessibility & the other one is accelerated cnn training with genetic algorithm
VO : * looks through my profile again
Where will you be staying?
Me : Officer, I will be staying on campus as it will help me reach the labs and education centres more easily.
VO : What subjects will you take in your first semester ?
Me : Officer, I have taken foundation of analytics and data visualization, analysis of algorithms and data science with python

VO : CONGRATULATIONS SIR! YOUR VISA IS APPROVED.
I SAID THANKYOU THANKYOU SO MUCH SIR AND RAN OUT.

Three people were rejected in front of me, because of their extra long and beating around the bush answer articulation, i was nervous but confident because my documents, preparation and answers were all good and honest.
Counter no.s doesn't matter. Your confidence and somewhat you being respectful and comfortable matters.

I want to thank @Metalcoat for his guidance and time.

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