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04 Jul 2023 12:48

Visa Profile
University: Northeastern University, Boston
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-02
Interview Time: 8:30
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 308
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 7

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Civil engineering
Grad GPA: 6.42
Grad Institute: Anurag group of institutions
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Why this University?
Me: Given the req ans

VO: Which background are you from
Me: Given the req ans

VO: How are you going to fund the education?
Me: Given the anssssss

VO: Congratulations
Me: TQ officer u made my day



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04 Jul 2023 09:28

Visa Profile
University: University of Central Missouri, Missouri
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 10:30
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 316
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 7

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Electrical and Electronics Enginnering
Grad GPA: 7.37
Grad Institute: Pragati Engineering College
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Assistant Manager
Job Years: 3.9


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Interview Details
VO: Why this University?
Me: I just told UCM is one of the best public university and all, he asked another question saying oh you work in one of the big four , have you approached your seniors and asked how to speak with VO and consulting them on the interview process? And i said no, i have been honest and mentioned as we don't get enough to speak on the personal aspects and i learned it on my own

VO: How are you going to fund the education?
Me: Mentioned about education loan and about the parents sponsoring the education.

VO: What is the income source of your parents?
Me: Explained and he asked for the annual income part precisely told him.

VO: You will change your mind once you go there, Are you sure you will be returning back to India?
Me: He kind of told me that i will be changing my mind once i go there and switch to working, i mentioned the skilled resources are very less in the field i am from and the applications for this field are more prevalent in india and i really wanted to upgrade myself and guide few more once i am back to my home country and guide more in a much better managerial position.



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04 Jul 2023 05:59

Visa Profile
University: University of south Florida, tampa
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-02
Interview Time: 09:20
Interview City: Mumbai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 320
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 102

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Computer science
Grad GPA: 7.98
Grad Institute: Vit Vellore
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: How many universities did you apply?
Me: I have applied for 5 universities

VO: What is your GPA?
Me: 7.98 out of 10.

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: I have completed my final year project review on may 20 and will be graduating in the month of June 2023.

VO: Have you secured any loan?
Me: Yes officer,I have secured education loan of 40lakhs from state bank of india.



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03 Jul 2023 16:20

Visa Profile
University: University of north texas, Denton
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 10:40
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 322
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 110

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Information Technology
Grad GPA: 8.03
Grad Institute: Sreenidhi institute of science and technology
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Programmer analyst trainee
Job Years: 0.9


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Interview Details
VO: Are you going to university of north texas?
Me: Yes officer i am heading to university of north texas

VO: Are you doing masters in computer science
Me: Yes officer i am going to pursue masters in computer science

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: I had done my bachelors in 2022 in Information Technology from Sreenidhi Institute of science and technology.

VO: What were you doing after undergraduation?
Me: After completing my bachelor's.i had joined cts company as a program analyst trainee. I got trained for few months inthe technologies ***,***,***.And i am assigned to a American express project where my role is to devlop the front end applicantion based on client req



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03 Jul 2023 12:44

Visa Profile
University: Arizona state university, Arizona
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-02
Interview Time: 8:00
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 315
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 6.5

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (3 Years)
Grad Major: Mechanical engineering
Grad GPA: 8.3
Grad Institute: RVR JC
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Which University are you applying for?
Me: I applied for masters in mechanical engineering.

VO: At which university?
Me: At arizona state university

VO: What is your under graduate?
Me: I did my bachelors in mechanical engineering with 8.3 on the scale of 10

VO: Did you do any project or internship?
Me: I did major project

VO: Can you explain?
Me: I explained about it and got interrupted

VO: I am from science background can you elaborate it
Me: Sure sir. Explained and got interrupted.

VO: Why this specific university?
Me: Explained it and got interrupted. And said your visa is approved



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03 Jul 2023 08:49

Visa Profile
University: University of Florida, Gainesville
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-02
Interview Time: 08:00
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 325
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 96

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Computer Science
Grad GPA: 8.35
Grad Institute: Amrita University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Software Development Engineer in Test
Job Years: 1


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Interview Details
VO: What is your UG course?
Me: It's Computer Science Officer

VO: What is your CGPA?
Me: I have scored 8.35 out of 10 Scale

VO: Do you have any work experience?
Me: Yes Officer I have been Working from past 10 months in XXXX Company after undergraduate.

VO: Who is paying your fee?
Me: Explained in brief

VO: What does your father do?
Me: Explained in brief



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03 Jul 2023 05:38

Visa Profile
University: Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 11:00
Interview City: Mumbai
Interview Country: Indian


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 330
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 7

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (3 Years)
Grad Major: Business Administration
Grad GPA: 8.4
Grad Institute: Auro University
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Good morning child
Me: Good morning sir

VO: How are you ?
Me: Fine Sir, and how are you doing.
He replied I am good

VO: How many universities you have applied to
Me: I have applied to 3 universities

VO: Okay how many admits you got?
Me: All 3 admits sir

VO: What is your GPA?
Me: It's 8.4 on scale of 10

VO: What is the annual income of your parents?
Me: Sir, it is --lakhs per annum

VO: Congratulations your visa is approved
Me: Thank you sir

Mine was counter no. 36. The officer at this counter was so chill person was giving visa to everyone on that counter.



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02 Jul 2023 17:15

Visa Profile
University: DePaul University ,Chicago
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 08.10
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 310
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 130

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-3
Grad Major: Business Administration
Grad GPA: 7.8
Grad Institute: St Josephs
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: . 🔷Me: good morning officer ! Hope u have a good day 🔻VO: good morning! You have completed Bachelors in 2022 What you have done then onwards?
Me: Answered accordingly

VO: 🔻VO: u have mentioned that u done a certification course explain that ?
Me: I have done internship in times of India for couple of months and also done some analytical courses

VO: VO: tell me what u have learned in that course?
Me: I explained the tools what I learned in course and how it is related to my masters course

VO: VO: what is the importance of an data Visualization and data base base management in the field of business analytic?
Me: I briefly explained what kind of tools we use and how it will effect the organization directly

VO: VO: how about your internship experience ??
Me: Explained my role

VO: how ur paying for ur masters?
Me: 7800 dollars of scholarship from DePaul and 50 lakhs loan from hdfc credila and my savings



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02 Jul 2023 13:36

Visa Profile
University: Saint Louis University , saint Louis
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-13
Interview Time: 09:12
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 0
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 81

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-3
Grad Major: EEE .
Grad GPA: 10
Grad Institute: Ii
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Chennai June 08 Time- 10:00 AM Status- Rejected❌ Detained/banned for 4 yrs💔 Me-Good morning Officer Vo-didnt wish back Vo- Which University have you applied? Me- Saint Louis University Vo- typing continuously on computer. Vo- what are you doing after your bachelor's? Me- I have completed my bachelor's recently and I'm working as android Developer. Vo- What is your undergraduate course? Me- Bachelor of EEE. Vo- With Electronics why are you are going master's in CS?? Why? Me- During my internship days, we used to get a lot of clients,where we do data entry manually and it is a hectic task,with my master's. I can deal with large groups of data and interpret the results and it helps me to improve the data in Android and it fasten the tasks. VO- how many years of experience? Me- around 2 yrs Vo- around 2? Say exactly? Me- I couldn't remember .....(after 5secs ) 17months 5days. Vo- Give me your documents. Vo- typing continuously on computer VO- how many universities you applied and got admits? Me - applied for 4 and got from 3 VO- I can see that you have only 2 universities Me - Yes i have i20 from 2 and didn't apply for 3rd university i20 (VO is very angry ) Vo- You are not eligible for entry into master's . your Visa has been terminated for couple of years . You will receive a mail regarding this (He didn't ask my I20 and passport too) I heard because of this ...Even UK/Aus/canada /Nz also don't give visa 🥲🥲?
Me: Chennai
June 08
Time- 10:00 AM

Status- Rejected❌
Detained/banned for 4 yrs💔

Me-Good morning Officer
Vo-didnt wish back
Vo- Which University have you applied?
Me- Saint Louis University
Vo- typing continuously on computer.
Vo- what are you doing after your bachelor's?
Me- I have completed my bachelor's recently and I'm working as android Developer.
Vo- What is your undergraduate course?
Me- Bachelor of EEE.
Vo- With Electronics why are you are going master's in CS?? Why?
Me- During my internship days, we used to get a lot of clients,where we do data entry manually and it is a hectic task,with my master's. I can deal with large groups of data and interpret the results and it helps me to improve the data in Android and it fasten the tasks.
VO- how many years of experience?
Me- around 2 yrs
Vo- around 2? Say exactly?
Me- I couldn't remember .....(after 5secs ) 17months 5days.
Vo- Give me your documents.
Vo- typing continuously on computer
VO- how many universities you applied and got admits?
Me - applied for 4 and got from 3
VO- I can see that you have only 2 universities
Me - Yes i have i20 from 2 and didn't apply for 3rd university i20
(VO is very angry )

Vo- You are not eligible for entry into master's .
your Visa has been terminated for couple of years . You will receive a mail regarding this

(He didn't ask my I20 and passport too)
I heard because of this ...Even UK/Aus/canada /Nz also don't give visa 🥲🥲



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02 Jul 2023 09:53

Visa Profile
University: Concordia university Saint paul , Minnesota
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 8:30
Interview City: chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 319
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 98

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Electronics and communication engineer
Grad GPA: 7.4
Grad Institute: vignan university
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Software Engineer
Job Years: 5.8


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Interview Details
VO: VO is mid 30 american lady asked me pass your passport and i20
Me: Me: Good Morning Mam, sure ..

VO: VO: Tell me about yourself
Me: Me: I've completed my bachelors in electronics and communication engineering from vignan university. Later i 've joined associate engineer in xxxx and then senior technology support executive in xxxx .Now , im working as a senior analyst in xxxx..

VO: VO: How much of experience you have
Me: Me: I've 5.8 years of experience in multiple companies and explained .

VO: VO: Explain me your skills
Me: Me: Mam ,as a backed developer i've used libraries in my project spring boot , DynamoDB , hibernate for database integration and AWS for cloud and VO interrupts..

VO: VO: what your father will do
Me: Me: My Father was into real estate business who is buying and selling the plots.

VO: VO: your visa is approved
Me: Me: Thankyou so much mam

VO: ..................
Me: * Confidence is key *
* Be formal *
* Practice in front of mirror twice or thrice *




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02 Jul 2023 06:11

Visa Profile
University: University of Central Oklahoma , Oklahoma
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-13
Interview Time: 8:20
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 00
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 102

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-4
Grad Major: Electronic and communication Engineering
Grad GPA: 7.4
Grad Institute: JNTUK
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Data analyst
Job Years: 5.6


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Interview Details
VO: Which university?
Me: I am going to university of Central Oklahoma for doing masters in data science

VO: Why this University?
Me: Answered as exactly I prepared.

VO: Why masters now?
Me: Told about my interest in Data designing, predictive modelling using ML and Artificial intelligence in which I am lacking right now .so in order to advance my career ,doing masters will help me to become proficient in these Technical skills ,which will give better opportunity to work as data scientist interrupted

VO: Said sorry better luck next time?
Me: I said okay sir,thank you



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01 Jul 2023 16:29

Visa Profile
University: University of Houston main campus , texas
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 10:40
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 314
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 108

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Electrical and electronics engineering
Grad GPA: 7.1
Grad Institute: BVRIT HYDERABAD college of engineering for women
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: System automation engineer
Job Years: 1.9


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Interview Details
VO: Good morning
Me: Good morning officer

VO: Are you going to Houston?
Me: Yes officer. Told

VO: System engineering is ur course right ?
Me: Yes officer.told

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: I have graduated in 2021

VO: U r working for which company? Jus tell me name !
Me: Samsung officer

VO: What about funding?
Me: I have secured a loan of 37.5 L ... interruped...in between....and told ....pick ur passport after 7 days and smiled ..



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01 Jul 2023 12:39

Visa Profile
University: University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 08.45
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 316
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 96

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Computer Science
Grad GPA: 9.03
Grad Institute: KL University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Systems Engineer
Job Years: 1


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Interview Details
VO: What's the purpose of your trip?
Me: I'd like to pursue my masters in Computer Science at the University of Texas at Arlington

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: I completed my Undergraduate in March 2023 with a GPA of 9.03

VO: What are you doing since then?
Me: I'm working for TCS as a System's Engineer since then.

VO: How long have you been working there?
Me: Well, it's been a year recently!

VO: How is your work?
Me: The work is good in TCS officer.

VO: Then why are you quitting the job? (Same question was asked to previous candidate as well)
Me: Since I've done my graduation in CS, I'd like to explore more in this area which inturn boosts my Academic background.

VO: I see that you are going to Texas, do you have any relatives or friends over there?
Me: No officer, I do not have any.

VO: Did you consult anyone about your University?
Me: Yes officer, I did have a chat with a senior.

VO: Did you contact any professor?
Me: Yes officer, there's a professor called Dr. Won and I attended a webinar of him.

VO: Why this particular University?
Me: UTA is a Tier 1 public university that has a provision to choose not 1 but 2 specializations along with CS Major subjects which I find really unique amongst the other Universities.

VO: I see so many people going to Texas who have their relatives out there.... (VO asked in a sarcastic way😅)
Me: Yeah officer, I can't speak about others but in my case, I'm going there cause of the University, their flexible course curriculum.

VO: If that's the case, then it's cool..... But many are going there (VO spoke with a smile)
Me: Haha yeah officer!


VO: Who is your sponsor?
Me: My father is my primary sponsor officer.

VO: What does he do?
Me: He works for the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, he is a High School Teacher.



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01 Jul 2023 09:21

Visa Profile
University: Syracuse University ,New York
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 10.40
Interview City: New Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 311
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 97

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-4
Grad Major: Electronics and Communication engineering
Grad GPA: 8.24
Grad Institute: VIT VELLORE
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Software engineer
Job Years: 3


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Interview Details
VO: Why this University?
Me: Replied highlighting how good is its curriculum and also its Ischool ranking is quite good.

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: Replied

VO: What were you doing after graduation?
Me: Replied highlighting my work experience mainly.

VO: How are you going to fund the education?
Me: I described about sponsor savings of __ lakhs which is equivalent to __ dollars.In addition I have also availed an education loan worth of __ lakhs.

She looked satisfied with my answers and approved my Visa.



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01 Jul 2023 05:47

Visa Profile
University: Grand valley state university,Michigan
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 09:45
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 301
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 6.5

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-3
Grad Major: Mscs ( maths, stats, computer sci )
Grad GPA: 7.3
Grad Institute: Bhavans Vivekananda college
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: What does your father do?
Me: Explained ……………………..

VO: Explain about your undergard project!?
Me: During my undergrad I worked on a project based on credit card fraud detection using random forest algorithm, where I used python to code..( Vi interrupted)

VO: Explain about your role in your project!?
Me: Officer I took the data and used python to code MySQL database… ( vi interrupted )

VO: What code did you put in python to code!?
Me: Print….( vi interrupted again)

VO: Did you use python in like text doc or on a software ?
Me: Officer I used Anaconda which is the distribution of python and R programming

VO: What was your course in bachelors?
Me: Explained !!

VO: Have you ever been to US before?
Me: No sir, this would be my first time

VO: What was your fav subject in your bachelors ?
Me: Explained!!!







He took like 10 secs and asked me to place my 4 fingers for a scan and told me that my visa approved ..


Tip:- make sure you know what you’re talking about and also be prepared for technical questions .. .. My VI was pretty chill throughout the session . Counter no.27



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04 Jul 2023 11:02

Visa Profile
University: New England College, Henniker
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-02
Interview Time: 09:00
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Others
Exam Score: 0
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 135

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-3
Grad Major: Maths physics Chemistry
Grad GPA: 9.7
Grad Institute: Mahatma Gandhi University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: DevOps Engineer
Job Years: 5


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Interview Details
VO: Tell me about your Planning?
Me: I am planning to pursue my Masters in Computer and Information Science from New England College

VO: What is Undergraduation?
Me: My undergraduation is Bachelors in Science

VO: What are your subjects in undergraduation?
Me: Maths physics and chemistry

VO: Why are you changing your major?
Me: Officer, I am very fascinated about Computer science so I have joined for a course in Java & SQL after i finish my undergraduation then I have joined as an associate software engineer

VO: Tell me about you funding?
Me: My parents are sponsoring me with their savings of 40lakhs and i have secured an education loan of 21 lakhs from Yes bank ltd.



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04 Jul 2023 07:58

Visa Profile
University: Saint Louis University, Missouri
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-07
Interview Time: 9:30
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 0
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 6.5

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-4
Grad Major: Computer science
Grad GPA: 8.67
Grad Institute: K L University
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Fresher
Job Years: 0


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Interview Details
VO: Tell me about ur University?
Me: I mentioned my name and started saying that I completed my bachelor's at so and so University in so and so Stream and Willing to pursue my masters at so and so University in same Stream.

VO: Why masters?
Me: I said to improve my technical knowledge and gain new skills and helps me to get Hands-on Practical Experience. And also I said to advance my career.

VO: U don't have career right now, what will u advance ur carrer?
Me: I said masters degree program helps to give my career a good kick start and I also mentioned that courses at SLU like xxx helps me to improve my skills in software so that I can become Software developer and get into the MNCs like xxx in India.

VO: What is ur CGPA?
Me: 8.67 out of 10 Officer

VO: Do u have any relatives and frnds at USA?
Me: No Officer

VO: What clgs did u apply?
Me: Mentioned all of them 5 Clgs



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04 Jul 2023 04:06

Visa Profile
University: Park University , Missouri
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-14
Interview Time: 8:30
Interview City: Chennai counter no 12
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 315
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 125

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Electrical and electronics engineering
Grad GPA: 6.4
Grad Institute: Vasavi college of engineering
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: What are the universities you have applied for ?
Me: Told about my 3 universities which I have applied.

VO: When did you graduate?
Me: I graduated in 2022 officer

VO: What were you doing after graduation?
Me: Officer I took time to give GRE AND Duolingo exams and have done some homework on Universities for my masters and started my process

VO: What is your GPA?
Me: 6.5 on a scale of 10 officer

VO: You are from EEE background and going to IT for masters ?
Me: Officer in my bachelor's we can opt for open electives for every even semester from the second year .
And I chose the courses related to DATA ANALYTICS by these I have prior knowledge on my course and I have done a minor project on data analytics.
So to enhance and learn more in this domain I'm taking this course .

VO: What are the tools you will be using in DATA Analytics
Me: Told about 3 tools and then asked how you use them and gave the answer.


VO: Tell me about your major project
Me: Explained him well

VO: Who is funding?
Me: Officer I took loan of 25L and my father is funding me with this saving of 30L and have movable and immovable assets of 3.4 cr.

VO: What does your father do?
Me: My father is an state government employee in Police department
Told about my father salary.


VO: Watched his computer screen for 20 -30 seconds and then he said sorry I can't approve you visa now you can apply once again and get it .
Me: End.....
But it might be a coincidence or something
I'm the 5 th person for the interview for that officer
1 boy rejected
2 girl approved(less than 2 mins)
3 boy rejected(5mins)
4 girl approved(less than 2 mins)
5 Me(boy ) rejected 5 mins

But many approvals in other counters (very few questions asked)



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03 Jul 2023 14:21

Visa Profile
University: Sacred heart University, Connecticut
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-14
Interview Time: 9.00
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Others
Exam Score: 00
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 6.0

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (3 Years)
Grad Major: Front office
Grad GPA: 7.2
Grad Institute: International institute of hotel management
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: How many universities did you apply?
Me: I have applied for 4 universities
NYIT, UNT, University of Bridgeport, Sacred heart University

VO: Are you going for business Analytics
Me: Yes officer, from sacred heart University

VO: What is your under graduation degree
Me: Adavance program from international institute of hotel management with global academic partner of University of West London which is dual degree program in hospitality management

VO: What's your cgpa
Me: Officer my cgpa is 7.2 on the scale of 10

VO: How your hotel management is related to business Analytics
Me: H.T and B.A intersect in some ways . B.A helps hotels to optimise pricing and revenue management, improve operational efficiency, personalize marketing efforts and make date driven forecasts. The subjects like pricing and revenue management, global supply chain, business strategy same in B.A program

VO: What's is your source of funding
Me: Officer I have secured ××lkhs education loan from ××bank and my father is supporting me with saving of ×××lkhs

VO: What is your father occupation
Me: Officer he works in Toshiba Transmission and Distribution systems as a manager level.



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03 Jul 2023 10:49

Visa Profile
University: Gannon university, pensilveniyaa
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 9:00
Interview City: Hyderabad
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 320
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 125

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (3 Years)
Grad Major: Computer science and statistics
Grad GPA: 7.4
Grad Institute: Krishna university
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Cyber security analyst
Job Years: 2


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Interview Details
VO: Common youngster
Me: Good morning officer☺️

VO: Good morning pass me ur I20 and passport
Me: Passed my i20 and passport

VO: Who is your funding?
Me: My parents are my sponsors officer

VO: U father's job?
Me: My father is civil supplies delar in my district and He is doing imports and exports rice in my district area and that too farmer .

VO: Why did you choose this university?
Me: I choose this due to their electives which are included towards my area of interest and I was attend a webinar where is got to know about prof Thomas george who has done vast research in cyber security and He is teaching all advance techniques so I am very keen to work with him.

VO: Ok ok good good and ur passed out year?
Me: In the month of April 2020

VO: Do you have any work experience?/if u have what is the main thing in your role?
Me: Yes officer ,I started a work in so and so company as a software engineer intern and later promoted on cyber security analyst. And the main thing of the cyber security analyst is to defend a company systems and network from online threats.This includes looking intlo impending It threats ,developing backup plans





VO: Ok place your left hand four fingers
Me: Placed and my inside feeling thank you God but after that he is asking another one

VO: Why you quit the job and going for masters?
Me: Well officer, I have experience in cyber security analyst.
On a typical working days ,my responsibility s revolve around resolving threat issues and security issues and implementation of security issues.


However,I quickly realized my undergraduate level is not fully sufficient to my job responsibilities so I need a advanced education and practical exposure so that's why I am going to purse masters

VO: Ok ok good He is seeing in system very serious and turn my side once smile
Me: ,..................

VO: What is your responsibilitys?
Me: Explained





Finally golden words ur visa approved 💗


Thank you officer ,you made my day





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03 Jul 2023 07:13

Visa Profile
University: Cristan brothers university ,tennesse
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-13
Interview Time: 8:10
Interview City: delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 320
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 130

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Information techonolgy
Grad GPA: 6.5
Grad Institute: JNTUH
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: are u going to cbu ?? for which cousre ?
Me: yes officer, I m going to pursue a master's in cis

VO: what cousres u will be learing in ur masters in depth ?
Me: Officer in master I m going to learn about Machine learning data Science and database management in depth

VO: what are the companies in united states work on machine learing ?
Me: Officer Google, Microsoft and Tesla are working on AI and machine learning.

VO: This time i cannot approve ur visa
Me: ok. officer and he handed me passport and i20 with white slip



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03 Jul 2023 04:02

Visa Profile
University: Wichita state university, kansas
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 8:30
Interview City: Chennai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Others
Exam Score: 0
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 6.5

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Chemical engineering
Grad GPA: 7.16
Grad Institute: Anurag group of institution
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Trainee EXECUTIVE
Job Years: 1


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Interview Details
VO: Which University are you applying for?
Me: I applied for wichita state university to complete my masters in xxx

VO: How many universities did you apply?
Me: I applied to 3more uni.....as I was naming them she interrupted me for 4 times with the same question

VO: Why this course
Me: I gave my answer.

VO: Which industries are u interested
Me: I gave the uni names I applied for

VO: What is your GPA?
Me: My GPA is 7.16 on scale of 10

VO: Have you written gre
Me: No and she gave a white paper by rejecting my visa


VO: What your parents do
Me: I answered them.



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02 Jul 2023 15:36

Visa Profile
University: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 09:10
Interview City: Mumbai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 324
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 104

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Computer Engineering
Grad GPA: 8.8
Grad Institute: Gujarat Technological University
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: (Me: Good morning sir)
Me: (Vo: Good Morning)

VO: Why this University?
Me: Uic is well known for it's cs program. And as I've also done my bachelor's in computer engineering, a master's in this field will help me understand advance topics in depth

VO: When did you completed your bachelors
Me: I just appeared for my last semester exam on last week

VO: How many universities did you apply to?
Me: Apart from uic, I applied to three universities out of which I got an admit from 2 unis and a reject from 1 university

VO: Are you working?
Me: As I said, I just completed my graduation last week so I haven't had time to work

VO: Who's going to pay
Me: My mother is my primary sponsor and I'm also taking a loan from hdfc bank

VO: What are your future plans?
Me: I want to implement what I learn in masters in our family business

VO: What's family business?
Me: Told about family business

VO: I'm keeping your passport, your visa is approved, you'll get your passport in a week
Me: Thank you very much sir



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02 Jul 2023 11:36

Visa Profile
University: Concordia University, Wisconsin
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 8.40
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Others
Exam Score: 115
English Test Type: Dulingo
English Test Score: 115

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Computer and Information Sciences
Grad GPA: 6.76
Grad Institute: ISL ENGINEERING CLG
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: What's your father do?
Me: My father is a real state businessman from 20 years where he deals with the sales and purchases of the assets and he also undertakes civil construction contract based on the customer requirements

VO: Did you done any project in your bachelors?
Me: Yes officer! I have done a project name Road traffic control monitoring system using python.

VO: Okay!! Can you please elaborate about the project?
Me: I have done this project in my final semester, we were three friends in the group and my role was to check weather is working correctly or not, nowadays traffic gets jarm everywhere it is very difficult to the traffic official to make an eye on each and every thing to overcome this we have made an application name road traffic alerts using python for getting an alert while traffic gets jarm.

VO: What's your ug cpga?
Me: My ug cgpa is 6.76 officer!

VO: Tell me the subjects you are going to study in Coming Aug??
Me: I'm going to 3 core subjects in my first semester that is Applied Artificial intelligence, vocal and ethical hacking and advanced python

VO: Typing for 10 secs and said The Golden Words *COLLECT YOUR PASSPORT AFTER 7 DAYS IAM APPROVING YOUR VISA*
Me: Hasbun Allah hu wa nimal wakeel! Thank you soo much officer you made my day.... and just run awayyyyy



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02 Jul 2023 07:56

Visa Profile
University: MS CS, Arizona State University
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 10:50
Interview City: Mumbai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 325
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 108

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Electronics and Telecommunication
Grad GPA: 9.37
Grad Institute: Thakur College of Engineering and Technology
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: (Smiles at me)
Me: Good morning ma'am!

VO: Good morning! Why ASU?
Me: This is my best ranked university out of my admits. I also received a scholarship of 8k dollars and ASU provides some very good courses in Data Science, a field I'm interested in.

VO: (She congratulated me on my scholarship) Which fields are you interested in?
Me: I'm interested in Data Science, Image Processing, AI.


VO: When did you graduate?
Me: I completed my exams and I'll be graduating later this month.


VO: Who would be funding you?
Me: My father would be funding me. We are having funds of xx out which the xx is loan from xx bank and xx is savings.

VO: Your visa has been approved!
Me: Thank you very much ma'am!!

Overall, it was very chill. I was confident and smiling, and the Visa Officer was friendly and listening to my responses. She also approved the two people before me (who gave answers confidently too). Yes, the Chinese officer was at Counter No. 32, but he was listening to the two students I saw and approved them both. It was a good day, a lot of students got their Visas!



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02 Jul 2023 04:20

Visa Profile
University: North Carolina State University , Raleigh
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 10:30
Interview City: Mumbai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 0
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 102

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Electronics and communication
Grad GPA: 9.04
Grad Institute: Gujarat Technological University
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: So you're going for your masters in computer engineering?
Me: Yes officer..............

VO: When did you complete your Bachelors?
Me: In May of 2022.

VO: What did you do in the meantime?
Me: Officer I didn't wanted to choose a career path for wrong reasons, so i took time researching different universities and the degrees they provide.

VO: So you took a gap in between bachelors and masters?
Me: Yes officer................

VO: How many schools did you apply to?
Me: I had applied to 9 Universities

VO: How many admits?
Me: 7

Officer: What about Gre?
Me: It was exempted in the university
Officer: okay

VO: Name those universities.
Me: Northeastern University, University of Arizona, University of Tennessee, North Carolina State University, Syracuse University, Illinois institute of technology and University of (interrupted..) Alabama.

VO: Why did you select this university? (Officer pointing on the university name on my i-20)
Me: Officer this university offers the exact courses I was looking for such as Advance Verification UVM, IC tech and fab, Asic and Fpga design.

Officer says: hmm Makes Sense

VO: So who's going to fund your education?
Me: My parents will be sponsoring my for education from their savings and assets of XX rs.

VO: You can state if you've taken any education loan.
Me: Yes officer I've additionally taken an education loan of rs 40 lakhs.

VO: Okay your visa is approved, details regarding how to collect/receive your visa is written on this slip.
Me: Thank you officer ( I ran away without making any eye contact just said Thank you officer 2-3 times.

FYI: Counter no.30
I noticed other officers never made much eye contact with applicants, but this officer on my counter stared continuously at our faces and kept listening to our answers as if she was there just to listen our part of stories and decided whether to approve or reject based on it. But she was really friendly :)





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01 Jul 2023 14:36

Visa Profile
University: DePaul University, Chicago
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 09:00
Interview City: Mumbai
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 330
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 102

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Computer Science
Grad GPA: 7.8
Grad Institute: NUV
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Fresher
Job Years: 0


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Interview Details
VO: When did you graduate?
Me: Officer i will be graduating this month, i.e june 2023

VO: What is your GPA?
Me: Its 7.8 cgpa of the scale of 10.

VO: Did u took any loan?
Me: Yes of 40 lakhs from HDFC Credila.

VO: Who is sponsoring you?
Me: My parents officer with savings of ___ lakhs.

VO: She was typing for 2 mins......
Me: And finally goldern words your visa approved.

VO: Pro Tip: Be confident and don't fumble.
Me: Counter no: 34.



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01 Jul 2023 11:02

Visa Profile
University: Lamar University, bemount
Interview Outcome: Rejected
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-06
Interview Time: 11.40
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: USA


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 321
English Test Type: Others
English Test Score: 63

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (4 Years)
Grad Major: Bi medical engineering
Grad GPA: 7.90
Grad Institute: Bharath University
Grad Country: India



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Interview Details
VO: Why this University?
Me: Actually I chossed this there are two reasons first and foremost i know one of the professor his name is Jack, i researched him that he written so many articles which I read recently and second reason i getting scholarship around 8k dolors it is good opportunity to choose Lamar University

VO: Is this classes are online or offline
Me: I didn't expected this question,s officer offline classes

VO: Where u going to stay
Me: I will choose some pg hostel around the college or i will take room

VO: What are the subjects u r having
Me: I told two subjects,and ended,after i am telling i will in near by hostels she waited and she typed something and she gave me slip,can u people tell me what mistake I did u explain me

VO: Which University are you applying for?
Me: I applied for 3 universities,i mentioned that names



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01 Jul 2023 07:24

Visa Profile
University: University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 8:10
Interview City: Delhi
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: Exempt
Exam Score: 0
English Test Type: IELTS
English Test Score: 6.5

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors-4
Grad Major: Computer science
Grad GPA: 6.71
Grad Institute: SIET
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Fresher
Job Years: 0


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Interview Details
VO: Explain about your undergraduation?
Me: I completed my undergraduation in the month of aug 2022 from SIET which is affiliated to jntuh

VO: Any specialization?
Me: Yes officer , artificial intelligence

VO: Why this Specialization?
Me: I want to become proficient in the field of AI but I didn't learn courses related to it during my undergraduation interupt

VO: Who is funding for your education?
Me: My father is going to sponsor my education with his savings....interupt

VO: What is father occupation?
Me: My father is a businessman who owns food restaurants in my home town

VO: Done I'm approving your visa?
Me: Thank you officer



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01 Jul 2023 04:10

Visa Profile
University: Syracuse University, New york
Interview Outcome: Approved
Visa Attempt Number: 1
Interview Date: 2023-06-01
Interview Time: 09:10
Interview City: Mumbai, Counter 32
Interview Country: India


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Exam Profile
Exam Type: GRE
Exam Score: 291
English Test Type: TOEFL
English Test Score: 101

Education Profile
Grad Level: Bachelors (3 Years)
Grad Major: Information technology
Grad GPA: 8.44
Grad Institute: KJSCE
Grad Country: India

Job Profile
Job Type: Data engineer associate
Job Years: 2


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Interview Details
VO: Why study in USA?
Me: Gave my response..

VO: Who is sponsoring you?
Me: My parents are sponsoring me

VO: Have you taken a education loan?
Me: Yes, I have taken a education loan worth xx Lakhs.₹

VO: What does your father do?
Me: My father is a businessman. He owns xx business.

VO: What is his annual income?
Me: His annual income is xx Lakhs.



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