Desperate student pleaded and begged for F1 Visa during second try.
Following question was sent by a reader.
This year I was rejected twice for my f1 visa. I have a better than average profile.
- ug % 65.26 university of pune
- gre 1460(quant 800, verb 660)
- toefl 109
University Arizona State University MS CS (only admit reason for rejection as per me).
After my second visa attempt I got very dejected and I got over taken by emotions and behaved immaturely.
I kept on asking my visa officer with a pleading face to give me a chance to explain as I have really worked hard for all this where he was constantly asking me to step aside.
I even made a loose namaste symbol in between while asking him to give me a chance to explain. In the end I said sorry and I stepped aside.
Now I am planning to wait for 1 year and then to apply again for F1 visa with a better university than ASU (which I am pretty confident of getting into).
My question basically is how much will the emotional drama that I did at the end of my second VI hurt me next year when I again for my VI. I have penned down three likely scenarios. Please tell me which one’s the most likely and if there’s any other scenario possible please tell me that.
- Because of the emotional drama that I did the doors of US are forever closed for me now and I should look towards some other countries now.
- The emotional drama will hurt but getting into a better univ and waiting for 1 year will pretty much negate the bad effect of that.
- It wont hurt as VO expect students to sometimes behave immaturely.
Also if you know any case where a person got his visa approved after doing a similar emotional drama as I did please let me know it will help a lot.
Future F1 Visa interview
You can be sure about one thing about your F1 Visa interview – Most likely VO should have a made a note of the way you behaved.
Why?
In one recent F1 Visa Interview for Fall 2012, Visa Officer referred to the students previous interview’s answers.
It hard to say based on your experience for next visa interview.
Do you know why your visa was rejected? Even after 1 year, if you don’t know why your visa was rejected, chances of getting visa could be tough.
y dont u try for canada .
am having my interview last before the resumption date of my school will that affect my visa discussion
your visa was probably rejected on racial basis as it is for most of the folks who blog here. If you were from Russia and had such scores you would never be rejected trust me but obviously they dont want you in their country cos youre not white. if i were you i would not consider usa at all but would instead focus on building a better life for myself in India
hmmm
don’t worry.. better luck next time. .. cheer up.. in fact your GRE, TOEFL scores sound good though not undergrad percentage.. you will get even better univs., I believe.. At the outset you should analyse why the VISA was rejected.. Try to correct that.. Pleading or enacting an emotional drama will not serve the purpose in any way… may be the VO might have not synchronised your undergrad percentage and GRE/TOEFL scores.. he might have smelled fishy… try to convince why the undergrad percentage was low.. you search for reasons that could sound convincing.. better luck next time.
He has mentioned his UG marks are from University of Pune. 65.26% is definitely better than average.
Cheer up..You will definitely get admits from better universities.Usually VO don’t ask much questions to people going to top universities.Your previous rejections won’t affect your future interview
You have really good profile . You can get into one of the best school. Advantage will be for best schools mostly VO emphasize only on financial part.(for eg CMU,NYU etc.) Now do 1 thing. If VO asks you about last VI then be frank and tell VO everything honestly. I can understand your disappointment even after such a good profile. But be calm next time and answer every question genuinely ,even if VO doesnt ask you about that and you are feeling that it is going to get refused again then ask VO to talk about something politely. Most probably they allow it.then just be yourself and talk it out in descent way.
i just got my visa in my 4th attempt.. in my 3rd attempt, when my visa was refused, i also did confront with the VO that i am not entirely satisfied with my visa interview experiences.. although i did not plead like u and i said this softly, the VO pretty bluntly told me that if it is so then i should change my career options.. and i left after that without debating much.. in my 4th interview (4 weeks after my 3rd interview), nothing was asked to me.. she just took out a couple of information from my previous interviews ( clearly proving that they do make a note about what u say in an interview) and just cross checked it… and in less than 30 seconds, my visa was approved.. so even if u had said sumthing to VO, then also be confident next time and if they ask anything about it, then be honest about your answers, as they do record what u say in an interview.. and finally i would say there is not need to wait one full year, apply again as quickly as you can.. make sure ur strong points gets conveyed in an interview like ur gre and toefl scores..
I don’t think it would hurt you much for next year. AFAIK, most VO’s just write why they felt that you are not a genuine student. In your case you were most probably thought of as a potential immigrant even when you had a good profile. But your acting so desperate may have added to the cause. I read your post in F1 Visa Fall 2012 group too. Anyways, don’t let this event deject you. Come back even stronger next year. ATB.