USA F1 VISA Interview Experience July 2023
Hello Everyone! Today in this article I want to share my USA Visa Experience so that anyone else who has their interview in the upcoming days can benefit from my experience.
Pro Tip: Don’t build stress it's easy Visa Officers are also for humans like us, just be confident and genuine.
When you enter the US Embassy premises there is a long line for a security check and then Passport and Appointment confirmation. It can take around 1hr easily, so just be mentally prepared for that. Then you move inside the embassy there is a security check again and Passport verification, then you move to the main room where the interview is going to happen. There, 4 counters are there in the start, with all American officers, where they take your fingerprints and check Sevis fees receipt and passport again. Then you are requested to wait again for about 0.5hr, but in this period you can see all the counters where Visa Interview is happening so you can strategize for yourself one last time how are you going to tackle your VI. One person will be there who will tell people to go to which counter to go to, and there your final interview will happen. There are a total of 8 counters at the Delhi Consulate numbering from 12 to 20, out of which 6 were working when I gave my interview.
University: University of California Davis
Course: MSCS
Interview Outcome: APPROVED 🤩
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 28 July 2023
Interview Time: 11 am
Counter No: 16
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India
Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelor’s in Technology
Grad Major: Information Technology
Grad CGPA: 8.4
Grad Institute: Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering Delhi
Grad Country: India
Job Profile
Job Type: Software Engineer
Job Years: 2
Interview Details
VO Details: Young Black (No Offense) female American around her 30s
VO: Pass me your documents
Me: Good Morning Officer, here are my documents (Gave I20 and Passport)
VO: Oh so you are going to UC Davis?
Me: Yes officer (Now I knew she knew about the rankings and reputation of the college, so my confidence was boosted:) ).
VO: So what work have you been doing for the past few years?
Me: Officer I have been working as a Software Engineer at EPAM Systems as a Backend developer.
VO: Explain a little more about your work
Me: Officer we use Javascript, Typescript and NodeJS technologies for the fixing of bugs and development of new features as per the requirement of the business.
VO: But what is it that you actually do?
Me: I got a little confused but I answered that I work on Web Development for websites as you see on Amazon (Now she seemed satisfied with my answer).
VO: How are you going to fund your education?
Me: I have taken an Education Loan from Union Bank for XX amount and also have savings from my parents for XX amount, combined which would be enough for my degree.
VO: (Golden Words )— Your Visa is Approved!🤩🔥
And passed my i20 back.
Small Blunder I was about to make, in the end, I forgot when Visa gets approved they keep a passport so for 3–4 seconds I was trying to find my passport 😂, but then I remembered and ran out of there😅
Hope it helps people who have upcoming interviews.
