The interview is the most important part of your F1 visa application. This will be the make or break of your entire process of obtaining a US student visa. The purpose behind the F1 visa interview is that the consular officer wants to know more about you as an applicant aside of what the documents say about you and understand if you wish to enter the United States to study for real, or if there is any other reason behind their application.
Therefore, you must be prepared in advance for the interview. Aside from arriving in time, trying not to be nervous and wearing appropriate clothes, you should also check about commonly asked questions and try to prepare answers prior to their interview.
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H4 to F1 Visa Interview Experience
Since the day I agreed to attend the interview with the H4 to F1 Visa Consulate, I began to hear several tales of H4 Visa to F1 Visa rejection that left me anxious.
We didn’t even allow me to loosen up despite listening to other success stories.
After carefully examining my resume, social research, my classes, colleges, and my presenting abilities, I thought the chances of rejection of H4 to F1 Visa were very small, and if and only if I let the visa officer deny me due to lack of standard responses.
I’ve done several mock H4 Visa interviews with my wife on F1. I focused on improving the quality of replies. I wanted to stay, look confident, and talk my mind. But the saying is easier than done. I’ve got to make sure my answer sounds genuine and proves my intention. And truly they were.
The interview on F1 Visa Day:
I was all cool and ready for an interview on the day of the H4 to F1 Visa stamping. On the outside I was cool but not on the inside.
My interview was at 10.15 AM, but by 9.15 AM I arrived at the US Consulate. I wanted to see if they would allow earlier than my allotted time inside the US Consulate.
When I reached the spot, I saw a few guys holding a blue sheet and coming across me, I finally stopped after letting a few people walk past me and inquired a guy what they’re holding? And need I to carry that one?
Sarcastically the guy said it’s Administrative Processing form 221(g) so you don’t need to bring it. If the investigator thinks you weren’t eligible to have the visa, you would get one. Now this blue page has been introduced to my imagination with my inner voice of “Your Visa Is Denied”
They let me into the Consulate around 12.15 pm after waiting in the line for two hours. Even then, my visa interview was scheduled at 10.15 AM!
20 Questions to Ask Before H4 to F1 Conversion
Anyone planning to convert from H4 to F1 should get bae aware of the built-in risk.
There’s a real possibility for you not getting F1 Visa.
More on this later in this article.
Consider finding answers to questions that are relevant to you and your family.
- In-State
- Out of State
- STEM
- Business (Non-STEM)
- Before school starts
- After 1 to 3 semesters
- Change of Status
- Visa Stamping
- Canada or Mexico
- India (or Home Country)
- Spouse
- Loan
- Parents and In-Laws
I can add a lot more questions to this list, but these questions should cover the most scenarios.
Next set of questions depends on your Spouse’s visa situation.
Inside the US Consulate
There are some screens, upon accessing the interview area, where the visa officers confronted the applicants with different queries.
In the middle of this chaos, one window caught my consideration, the questioner was addressing the candidate, “What API’s did you utilize in your code?”
My god, I’m starving now. I agreed to obtain the type 221(g), or 241(b).
I prayed that I would not let myself go to that window. And I was allocated the same slot, to my delight!
FAQ
What questions do they ask in an F1 visa interview?
- Why are you going to the US?
- What will you specialize in for your degree?
- What will be your major?
- Where did you go to school now?
- Who is your current employer? …
- Why are you planning to continue your education?
- Can you not continue your education in your home country?
Why do you want to change from H4 to F1 visa?
How can I convert my H4 visa to F1?
- Start off with your H4 visa and apply for an F1 visa; this process is really easy.
- Now you can do a Curricular Practical Training (CPT) or an Optional Practical Training (OPT) if you’d like. Remember that you can only do these on an F1 visa.
- From the OPT you can go into an H1B visa.
