<p>I am about to schedule my Visa interview in a few minutes but before I did I wanted to ask a few questions : </p>
<li><p>I have to pay X amount to my college (which includes meals, lodging etc) and my father currently has 4X amount in his bank account. Good enough to prove financial resources? </p></li>
<li><p>I am carrying my parents income tax returns - the problem is my mothers income tax returns are from the previous year as the institution that has employed her is unable to give her the current one. Though, I will be carrying her current pay slip. Any problems I could face?</p></li>
<li><p>Any other suggestions?</p></li>
</ol>
<p>I am not carrying any income tax returns. Is it a big issue? I know some guys who didn't include those in their file when they sat for their interviews. They didn't have problems with visa</p>
<p>Usually you don't need them. Technically the people at the port of entry can ask you for a documentation of your financial resources, but I never heard of anyone who actually needed it. How did you prove your financial resources at your visa interview? If you carry those same documents with you, you should be fine.</p>
<p>@jasonshah
not really, especially if your parent contribution is not that big, say maximum 3000$ a year. my visa interviewer only asked if I had funds from the college for all 4 years and basically that was all regarding financial matters.</p>
<p>@ayac
1. more than good. you could have used income tax returns, but with proof of a bank account, it's enough. You have even go without the tax returns.
2. already answered
3. yeah, don't be nervous:)</p>
<p>Mine was 4600$ but the interviewer only looked at the sum given by the college, and asked me if they would give me the same amount for the next 4 years. I had my tax returns with me, but he didn't ask for them.</p>
<p>Can someone please answer my following visa questions:-</p>
<ul>
<li><p>In my passport my surname and first name are reversed. Will I have to apply for a new corrected passport before I apply for visa.</p></li>
<li><p>According to my I-20, my Uncle (mother's brother) is my sponsor. If my family's contribution towards my annual educational expenses, according to I-20, is X and my uncle's bank statement shows the amount 7X, is it enough to show my financial resources. I have heard chances of getting visa decrease when sponsor is not an immediate family member. So will it be wise to take governments securities held by my father of current value 3X instead of bank statement of my uncle?</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Since your uncle is listed as your primary sponsor, I suggest you provide documentation for his funds first and also have documentation for your father's funds at hand if necessary.</p>
<p>Thanks B@r!um. So you suggest I take Bank Statement of Uncle as well as my copies of government securities held by my father to the consulate office. </p>
<p>And what about passport? Shall I apply for a new passport?</p>
<p>I have a question too. In our application we have to show the address at which we will stay in the States. What do I have to write? I don't know my address yet.</p>
<p>I wrote the address of the college I was going to. the one I also sent my application to initially, but don't stress too much, they don't verify it or something, since it's a student visa. They are just interested in knowing that you are going to college, and not for other purposes.</p>
<p>I've already got my visa, but I have a question about the expiration date. My i-20 states that i'll finish my studies in 2012, however my visa is valid for five (5) years and expires in 2013. Is the extra year for work experience / a mistake / leniency on the part of the embassy in my country ?</p>
<p>I guess the extra year is for OPT that you might be using. In general your visa is only valid as long as your I-20 is valid, so if you don't have post-completion OPT your visa becomes invalid, too.</p>
<p>The validity of your visa only restricts the time in which you can enter the country; if you are in the country and maintain your student status when your visa expires, nothing happens (unless you want to travel abroad, in which case you have to get your visa renewed). </p>
<p>A short story: A friend of mine got a student visa that was only valid for two weeks - it was her embassy's way of ensuring that she would enter the country in time for classes. She ran into troubles when she wanted to open a bank account because the bank refused to open an account for someone who is in the country "illegally" (since her visa had expired). They didn't believe us (or the college!) that the validity of her visa only restricts the time frame in which she was allowed to enter the country, not the time she was allowed to stay in the country ( = the time on her I-20).</p>
<p>Question
My F1 visa expires in 2013 but before that I got a tourist visa which is valid upto 2017. The Consulate didn't cancel the tourist visa when they gave the F1.
I wanted to know if after OPT is over will my tourist visa still be valid...or did the consulate make a mistake and forget to cancel it?</p>
<p>For official documents including F1 visa, most places ask that the name you write be the same as the one on your passport. So it makes sense that you apply for a new passport.</p>