Hi im an international student with a gap year im confused on what to write on ds-160 visa form and also does gap year affect my chances of getting a visa
And also i already got accepted to a good university
You’re confused about which question on the DS-160? What’s the problem?
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fabricate a validated story about the gap year, with documents and proof. go do college and break a leg.
Please do not fabricate ANYTHING on a visa application.
@b@r!um on the primary occupation should I write unemployed and if so what should I write on the explanation part
And after I graduated I mostly did applied to college since I couldn’t get my desire major and prepared for my TOEFL examination
Please help
@b@r!um
And i also did some voluteering
Most student visa applicants are either “students” or “unemployed” at the time of the visa application. It’s not a problem at all. If you had a job, you’d have to quit it to pursue your education in the US anyway.
One of the big hurdles of a US visa application is overcoming a presumption of immigration intent. Most people do that by presenting “binding ties” to their home country. If you were applying for a tourist visa, binding ties could include your job, your housing, etc. But those are no good for a long-term visa. For longer visas like student visas, family and cultural ties become more important. Also that your proposed academic plan in the US has a clear value to you in your home country. (E.g. Germans seem to run into problems when they apply for a visa to study at a community college. Associate degrees have no value on the German labor market and the consulate staff know that too.)
@“b@r!um” Thank you very much. And also another question my sister applied to a college as freshman instead of transfer will this create any problem during visa interview. Will the visa officers have any information if she has attended any college in her home country?
She didn’t want to apply as transfer because of some unfinished courses and also some medical issues during learning so she didn’t attend every class and because of her health she wasn’t focused on her studies
If your sister has attended university in her own country – or any country – applying as a freshman may be a big problem. If she hid this fact on her applications, her acceptance may be revoked (and she’d lose her visa) for misleading the American schools. They take this sort of thing very seriously. Bottom line: if she attended college/university in the past, she’s a transfer student. Period.
Many universities allow a small number of credits attempted or credits completed before they reclassify an applicant from the freshman to the transfer pool.
HOWEVER, hiding any prior college record during the application process is a big deal even if it did not impact the freshman/transfer classification. As katliamom said, consequences may include losing scholarship money, having the offer of admission revoked (even after several semesters of attendance), and possibly losing her visa status. The latter is a big deal because the accrual of “unlawful presence” days can trigger ineligibilities for future US visas.