<p>If anyone has any insights on the matter, please them share here! Thanks :)</p>
<p>I found [url=<a href="http://www.cobleskill.edu/International/Immigration/StudentVisa.asp%5Dthis%5B/url">http://www.cobleskill.edu/International/Immigration/StudentVisa.asp]this[/url</a>]
link useful.</p>
<p>Don't worry about this. I was on a visa interview in February but there was nothing frightful about it. All they asked was where I was going, who was defraying my costs and so on. The interview was in English.
And be careful when you fill in the forms (they are quite strict about them). But everything will be fine - when they see Princeton on your I-20 they won't peck at you :) Good luck</p>
<p>How does one convince the interviewer you're going to come back? Lots of sites say you have to show cultural and social ties....how do you do that?</p>
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u can show ur ties in the following ways:
1. money, show them that u can inherit from ur family (i know that sucks!!)
2. family business or something
3. show them that u can get a very good job/prosper in ur business etc.
4. family, show them that u care a lot for ur family.. let it flow from ur words.
5. finally, that u love ur country!
and yeah, this is how it goes in india, dont know about other places though!!</p>
<p>adides, it's absolutely the same in my country. One thing to add: they might ask why you want to leave your country since you like it. I believe that the only reasonable answer is to say that the experience you gather abroad and the high-quality education you receive will be of great help to your country when you return.</p>
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you can also say that there is more flexibility in the us edu system. u can learn more than one course at one time. like engineering and eco. etc.</p>
<p>good idea :)</p>
<p>another very important question that you can be asked is what will you do with this degree in the future?
here u have to say that you will do something in ur own country i.e., get a good job or business... etc. but give a strong, convincing answer!
if possible with some proof, that is the field's current status in ur country and its predicted status. if its growing, it will increase ur chances of getting visa! :)</p>
<p>yeah showing that your field has good prospects in your own country is really important. the question of course is how your going to do it.</p>
<p>Well, I've been told that they know most kids going will never return to their home countries, and basically look at the type of people they would WANT in the US.</p>
<p>I don't know how true that is, but it does make some sense.
Considering that I know this one person who was given a visa even though he intended to study law in America, making it clear he can't return as India doesn't recognize law degrees from the US. And he hadn't ever travelled abroad so it wasn't as if he had much in his favour.</p>
<p>I don't know, I do intend to return though... hopefully it will come across.</p>
<p>what if your area of study isn't strong or simply unexistent in your country and you neeed to migrate? How bad is telling the truth? After all, you can be useful somewhere and that doesn't mean you're gonna take advantege of other countries' welfare. You want to work, but you want to work in something you decide to!!!!</p>
<p>Will having a brother who works in the US work agianst me in my interview??? they need sufficient evidence in order to prove that you want to come back... will they raise an eyebrow when they see that my brother works there?</p>
<p>Well most interviewers know that you're BS'ing them, irrespective I think its better to stick to the basics and tell them that you want to come back to your country.</p>
<p>Just had my interview yesterday, consider myself lucky, my interviewer didn't ask me the dreaded, "How do I know you are coming back?" question.
In case you are wondering, YES I got my visa.</p>
<p>what kind of questions were asked?</p>
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yeah, my brother works there as well and it does work against you to certain extent but you can say that as he is working there he is financially independent and that leaves your dad to worry about you only-meaning financial stability.. so ur weak point bcomes ur strong point. He might say that since ur bro. didnt come back, u won't either but again you can say that since ur bro. is there, some1 has to come back to take care of the family, and so further evidence that you will come back
so 1 weak point=2 strong points</p>
<p>boomer01 - The interviewer didn't ask any "tricky questions." They were more or less straightforward. The only direct(?) question he asked was: "How did you choose Bates?" To which I basically recounted my entire 'college admissions process' story, and ended by saying that of all the colleges I was accepted to it gave the most aid.</p>
<p>Trust me, the sure-fire way to acing the interview is to be honest, be concise, and be calm. Beleive me when I say this: the interview isn't all its cracked up to be!</p>
<p>wow mellowjellow - thats nice I'm happy for you :)</p>
<p>I just hope mine goes the same way <em>bites nails</em></p>
<p>reassurance for us poor Indians - I hope it's true!</p>
<p>good going mellowjello!</p>