Thread: Visa approved first attempt cleveland st univ

counter no. 13
My VI was about 90 seconds. He din't check even one document of mine. all my effort on documents gone waste
A girl before me was granted a visa and this gave me a little confidence

Visa officer was a guy who never smiled throughout my interview. He Just kept typing and typing all the way
I constantly tried to maintain eye contact but he only made eye contact only 4 or 5 times
Remember, I had to put a smile on the face throughout

My VI went something like this:

Me: Gd mrng sir ....with a smile on the face
VO: Gd mrng. pls pass on the documents
I gave him passport, i20 etc. all pinned together

VO: When did u passout
Me: 2012 sir

VO: Why Cleveland
Me: I read about Dr.X who did research in embedded systems, which is my area of interest.So I believe that he can help me after going there

VO: What other colleges u applied for?
Me: Oklahoma,Sjsu, sunyit, tamuk and Cleveland ....tell full name to VO not shortcuts

VO: What admits u got from these?
Me: sunyit, tamuk, Cleveland

VO: why opting Cleveland over others?
Me: Sir I checked the ranking of Cleveland on some websites and found that it’s better than sunyit and tamuk

VO: What’s ur gre
Me: 305

VO: What’s your ielts
Me: 7

VO: What’s ur b.tech %
Me: 65%

VO: Any backlogs
Me: 6

VO: How can u study in USA when u had 6 bl’s here in b.tech
(i was a bit tensed here and thought he was going to reject me. But it din't show on my face and i maintained my tone)
Me: Sir I cleared them in first 2 years of b.tech....... he interrupted me....

VO: No I am asking how can u study in USA when u had 6 bl’s here in b.tech, bcoz education in usa is tough
Me: Sir in 3rd and 4th yr of my b.tech I scored good marks, and after that I scored good marks in gre and ielts too, so I have confidence that I can get good score in cleveland st univ also

VO: Ok, who are sponsoring you?
Me: My family

VO: What do ur parents do?
Me: My father is Xxxx and my mother is Xxxx

VO: What’s their income?
Me: They earn around Xxxx per annum

VO: Cleveland is a cold city, how can u live there? (Oh thanks so much for his concern I thought)
Me: Not a problem sir, I can adjust

VO: Ok, I am giving u visa, u can collect ur passport after 2 days
Me: thank you sir

I couldn't stand in one place...
Felt I was very lucky...
Then took long and quick steps towards the exit and then to my dad waiting outside.