Hi all, please can I apply for an emergency appointment if it is within 60 days of my program start date?

Some people that booked dates in November are holding tight and praying that those dates will be allowed to stand. Confusing times! I recall the consulate saying in that video way back that the earliest dates will be in November.

This is a transcript from one of my school groups from a guy in India. The lesson here, as people start their interviews next month, is to b as detailed as possible in their transcripts(just like this India guy). Please let us avoid the "i answered" response. Thanks

Visa Interview Experience
Location: Kolkata
Date: 30th September, 2020
Time Slot: 9:00 am
In Time: 8:55 am
Out Time: 9:05 am
Status: Approved

Visa officer: An American lady in her mid 30s
Me: Good Morning Officer

VO: Good Morning. Please use the sanitizer and place your right hand fingers on the Biometrics Scanner
( I did as I was asked)

VO: Please pass me your passport and I-20 ( She simultaneously asked me to remove my facemask for verification )

VO: Why this stream ? ( I am going for MS in Statistics )

Me: Officer I have been working as a Data Analyst for last 5.5 years. I feel like I lack foundational Skills in Statistics which is a core aspect of my job. I am bridging that gap by pursuing this course

VO: What all places have you worked at ?

Me: Officer I started my career as a decision scientist in Mu Sigma based out of Bangalore. After spending 3 years there I switched jobs and I am currently work for a Company named Epsilon registered as Conversant Softwares and Campaign management solutions ( I added the last part so that it might be easier for her to verify that bit of detail if she was doing so in the background )

VO: Very good. How many courses did you apply to?

Me: Officer I applied to 7 courses in total. I got admitted to 3 and rejected in 4

VO: What were your admits ?

Me: Officer I got admitted to the following: University Illinois Urbana Champaign, University of Texas at Dallas, Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago

VO: Great. How are you funding your education ?

Me: Officer I am self funding my education. I have an education loan of around xx USD from Prodigy Finance. I will be supplmenting it with my own saving worth xx USD and my father has agreed to pitch in xx USD ( total amount that I told was close to 1.5 time the amount mentioned in my I-20 )

VO: What are your plans after education ?

Me : Officer I plan to work as a Data Scientist in the Pharma Sector.

VO: Why Pharma Sector ?

Me: Officer with the current situation that is going on I feel that we need a lot of good people working in the Pharma Sector and try to reduce administrative load on our healthcare workers. Also there is a lot of work to be done in optimizing the global supply chain and manufacturing of medicinal drugs

VO: Great. What does your father do ?

Me: He works with the police department of Jharkhand State government

VO: Is he an IPS ?

Me: No officer. He is an Inspector

VO: what is his yearly income ?

Me: His gross salary ranges between xx-xx lakhs INR

VO: Did you show any collateral for the loan ?

Me: No officer I did not have to show any collateral for the loan

VO : Any additional savings that you have ?

Me: officer I have xx lakhs of non liquid assets in terms of Public Provident Fund and xx lakhs worth of immovable property located in my hometown ( I was not audible here, she double checked the number with me. So I had to repeat the second number again)

VO: Great. Will you be traveling anywhere in the next 15 days ?

Me: No officer

VO: Are you aware of the quarantine rules when you arrive in the US ?

Me: Yes officer. I know that I have to quarantine for 14 days on my arrival into the US

VO: Where will you be quarantined ?

Me: Officer I have a friend working in the US. I will be quarantining at his place (this was the same guy I had mentioned in my DS-160 as my POC in the US) .

VO : What does your friend do ?

Me: He is working as a Data Analyst in Capital One

VO: Okay. I am approving your visa. Have a good day

Me: Thanks. Have a good day ahead


(Things which help in F1 Visa Interview:

1) Being very objective and to the point in your answers
2) Know your financial numbers in and out
3) Have a coherent story
4) Do not lie
5) Be confident
6) Greet the officer when you come for the interview and greet him/her before leaving no matter what the result is
)

whats happening with the dates !

With this latest quarantine questions, I'm thinking one will have to agree to having someone in the US. Otherwise, they might imagine you won't have a place to quarantine and probably set yourself loose upon arrival.

Thanks for sharing.

HoluwadareY:
This is a transcript from one of my school groups from a guy in India. The lesson here, as people start their interviews next month, is to b as detailed as possible in their transcripts(just like this India guy). Please let us avoid the "i answered" response. Thanks

Visa Interview Experience
Location: Kolkata
Date: 30th September, 2020
Time Slot: 9:00 am
In Time: 8:55 am
Out Time: 9:05 am
Status: Approved

Visa officer: An American lady in her mid 30s
Me: Good Morning Officer

VO: Good Morning. Please use the sanitizer and place your right hand fingers on the Biometrics Scanner
( I did as I was asked)

VO: Please pass me your passport and I-20 ( She simultaneously asked me to remove my facemask for verification )

VO: Why this stream ? ( I am going for MS in Statistics )

Me: Officer I have been working as a Data Analyst for last 5.5 years. I feel like I lack foundational Skills in Statistics which is a core aspect of my job. I am bridging that gap by pursuing this course

VO: What all places have you worked at ?

Me: Officer I started my career as a decision scientist in Mu Sigma based out of Bangalore. After spending 3 years there I switched jobs and I am currently work for a Company named Epsilon registered as Conversant Softwares and Campaign management solutions ( I added the last part so that it might be easier for her to verify that bit of detail if she was doing so in the background )

VO: Very good. How many courses did you apply to?

Me: Officer I applied to 7 courses in total. I got admitted to 3 and rejected in 4

VO: What were your admits ?

Me: Officer I got admitted to the following: University Illinois Urbana Champaign, University of Texas at Dallas, Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago

VO: Great. How are you funding your education ?

Me: Officer I am self funding my education. I have an education loan of around xx USD from Prodigy Finance. I will be supplmenting it with my own saving worth xx USD and my father has agreed to pitch in xx USD ( total amount that I told was close to 1.5 time the amount mentioned in my I-20 )

VO: What are your plans after education ?

Me : Officer I plan to work as a Data Scientist in the Pharma Sector.

VO: Why Pharma Sector ?

Me: Officer with the current situation that is going on I feel that we need a lot of good people working in the Pharma Sector and try to reduce administrative load on our healthcare workers. Also there is a lot of work to be done in optimizing the global supply chain and manufacturing of medicinal drugs

VO: Great. What does your father do ?

Me: He works with the police department of Jharkhand State government

VO: Is he an IPS ?

Me: No officer. He is an Inspector

VO: what is his yearly income ?

Me: His gross salary ranges between xx-xx lakhs INR

VO: Did you show any collateral for the loan ?

Me: No officer I did not have to show any collateral for the loan

VO : Any additional savings that you have ?

Me: officer I have xx lakhs of non liquid assets in terms of Public Provident Fund and xx lakhs worth of immovable property located in my hometown ( I was not audible here, she double checked the number with me. So I had to repeat the second number again)

VO: Great. Will you be traveling anywhere in the next 15 days ?

Me: No officer

VO: Are you aware of the quarantine rules when you arrive in the US ?

Me: Yes officer. I know that I have to quarantine for 14 days on my arrival into the US

VO: Where will you be quarantined ?

Me: Officer I have a friend working in the US. I will be quarantining at his place (this was the same guy I had mentioned in my DS-160 as my POC in the US) .

VO : What does your friend do ?

Me: He is working as a Data Analyst in Capital One

VO: Okay. I am approving your visa. Have a good day

Me: Thanks. Have a good day ahead


(Things which help in F1 Visa Interview:

1) Being very objective and to the point in your answers
2) Know your financial numbers in and out
3) Have a coherent story
4) Do not lie
5) Be confident
6) Greet the officer when you come for the interview and greet him/her before leaving no matter what the result is
)

I informed my school about the I-20 thing and they told me it's no longer an issue as shown in the attached file.
If it's going to come at extra cost, should I just print the emailed one on paper please?
Although I haven't secured an appointment yet.

HoluwadareY:
This is a transcript from one of my school groups from a guy in India. The lesson here, as people start their interviews next month, is to b as detailed as possible in their transcripts(just like this India guy). Please let us avoid the "i answered" response. Thanks

Visa Interview Experience
Location: Kolkata
Date: 30th September, 2020
Time Slot: 9:00 am
In Time: 8:55 am
Out Time: 9:05 am
Status: Approved

Visa officer: An American lady in her mid 30s
Me: Good Morning Officer

VO: Good Morning. Please use the sanitizer and place your right hand fingers on the Biometrics Scanner
( I did as I was asked)

VO: Please pass me your passport and I-20 ( She simultaneously asked me to remove my facemask for verification )

VO: Why this stream ? ( I am going for MS in Statistics )

Me: Officer I have been working as a Data Analyst for last 5.5 years. I feel like I lack foundational Skills in Statistics which is a core aspect of my job. I am bridging that gap by pursuing this course

VO: What all places have you worked at ?

Me: Officer I started my career as a decision scientist in Mu Sigma based out of Bangalore. After spending 3 years there I switched jobs and I am currently work for a Company named Epsilon registered as Conversant Softwares and Campaign management solutions ( I added the last part so that it might be easier for her to verify that bit of detail if she was doing so in the background )

VO: Very good. How many courses did you apply to?

Me: Officer I applied to 7 courses in total. I got admitted to 3 and rejected in 4

VO: What were your admits ?

Me: Officer I got admitted to the following: University Illinois Urbana Champaign, University of Texas at Dallas, Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago

VO: Great. How are you funding your education ?

Me: Officer I am self funding my education. I have an education loan of around xx USD from Prodigy Finance. I will be supplmenting it with my own saving worth xx USD and my father has agreed to pitch in xx USD ( total amount that I told was close to 1.5 time the amount mentioned in my I-20 )

VO: What are your plans after education ?

Me : Officer I plan to work as a Data Scientist in the Pharma Sector.

VO: Why Pharma Sector ?

Me: Officer with the current situation that is going on I feel that we need a lot of good people working in the Pharma Sector and try to reduce administrative load on our healthcare workers. Also there is a lot of work to be done in optimizing the global supply chain and manufacturing of medicinal drugs

VO: Great. What does your father do ?

Me: He works with the police department of Jharkhand State government

VO: Is he an IPS ?

Me: No officer. He is an Inspector

VO: what is his yearly income ?

Me: His gross salary ranges between xx-xx lakhs INR

VO: Did you show any collateral for the loan ?

Me: No officer I did not have to show any collateral for the loan

VO : Any additional savings that you have ?

Me: officer I have xx lakhs of non liquid assets in terms of Public Provident Fund and xx lakhs worth of immovable property located in my hometown ( I was not audible here, she double checked the number with me. So I had to repeat the second number again)

VO: Great. Will you be traveling anywhere in the next 15 days ?

Me: No officer

VO: Are you aware of the quarantine rules when you arrive in the US ?

Me: Yes officer. I know that I have to quarantine for 14 days on my arrival into the US

VO: Where will you be quarantined ?

Me: Officer I have a friend working in the US. I will be quarantining at his place (this was the same guy I had mentioned in my DS-160 as my POC in the US) .

VO : What does your friend do ?

Me: He is working as a Data Analyst in Capital One

VO: Okay. I am approving your visa. Have a good day

Me: Thanks. Have a good day ahead


(Things which help in F1 Visa Interview:

1) Being very objective and to the point in your answers
2) Know your financial numbers in and out
3) Have a coherent story
4) Do not lie
5) Be confident
6) Greet the officer when you come for the interview and greet him/her before leaving no matter what the result is
)

Are you going to UIUC?

Hello house.
Any ideas when the next set of dates will be available. I have been checking and cant see any available dates

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Funaki:


Are you going to UIUC?

Are youu going to UIUC?

Hello my people, please I need some answers.

My i20 just arrived today, do we still have interview dates available on the appointment booking system? Has any tried between the last two days and today?

Pls your response is needed. Thanks a lot.

Funaki:


Are you going to UIUC?

Yes. What about you?

nitdude:
Hello my people, please I need some answers.

My i20 just arrived today, do we still have interview dates available on the appointment booking system? Has any tried between the last two days and today?

Pls your response is needed. Thanks a lot.

Congrats! You have your I-20 handy. So far, no date has been uploaded. We keep HOPE alive!

HoluwadareY:


Yes. What about you?

Yes. Which school group did you get that from?

Vader92:


Are youu going to UIUC?

Yes. What of you?

vc1177:


Congrats! You have your I-20 handy. So far, no date has been uploaded. We keep HOPE alive!

Do you suggest I should go ahead and pay for visa and sevis fee?

missuzoma:
Some people that booked dates in November are holding tight and praying that those dates will be allowed to stand. Confusing times! I recall the consulate saying in that video way back that the earliest dates will be in November.

Please can you share the video? Thanks

pointednose:
Please can you share the video? Thanks

True! A friend of mine in Ghana got his appointment cancelled twice and his next available appointment is in May 2021. So my advice to those people who haven't gotten their i-20's yet is too chill a little, imagine shipping your i-20 and not using it at the time you suppose to. My opinion though is not to rush dollar dey on the high side o!

Rabato:


True! A friend of mine in Ghana got his appointment cancelled twice and his next available appointment is in May 2021. So my advice to those people who haven't gotten their i-20's yet is too chill a little, imagine shipping your i-20 and not using it at the time you suppose to. My opinion though is not to rush dollar dey on the high side o!

I don't agree with your post.
Why chill? What if they eventually get an appointment? I-20 will take about two weeks to arrive
What if you do not get it before your interview date?

Anybodie:


I don't agree with your post.
Why chill? What if they eventually get an appointment? I-20 will take about two weeks to arrive
What if you do not get it before your interview date?

I hope everything goes smoothly as expected, here is the reason I posted that

I get you. But,

If that happened in Ghana, it might not necessarily happen in Nigeria. Let’s not start to create unnecessary panic. What will be, will be.

Rabato:


I hope everything goes smoothly as expected, here is the reason I posted that

nitdude:


Do you suggest I should go ahead and pay for visa and sevis fee?

To be sincere, you are ahead of me in terms of documentation. I've not even seen an email about my updated I-20, let alone its shadow. Please permit me to leave this inquiry to the elders. They are in a better position for this esteemed suggestion.

Aderin0la:
I get you. But,

If that happened in Ghana, it might not necessarily happen in Nigeria. Let’s not start to create unnecessary panic. What will be, will be.

I don’t think Interviews will be postponed.
F1 Visa 16 Oct - 20 Nov, 2020 at Lagos Consulate.
Some people already have B1/B2 interviews slated for 27 Nov 2020 at the Abuja Embassy.
Keep hope alive.

Date available now in abuja

Walspring:
Date available now in abuja

True please book if you are around Abuja

Friday Nov 13 appointment currently available at Abuja Embassy. Be quick to book it.

nitdude:


Do you suggest I should go ahead and pay for visa and sevis fee?

Yes go ahead and pay. There is date in abuja currently and make use of it.

felixboye1:
Friday Nov 13 appointment currently available at Abuja Embassy. Be quick to book it.

These dates are fast filling. When i first logged in it was November 9th,now its up to 13th

what is wrong with my account ?...i am seeing no slots available

felixboye1:
Friday Nov 13 appointment currently available at Abuja Embassy. Be quick to book it.

Is it for F1 Visa?