Immigration Road Map: F1 Visa to H1B to Green Card to US Citizenship

Several thousand students come to USA every year and a handful of those students go through the long, hard process of getting U.S. Citizenship. International student to U.S. Citizenship can take several years. Sometimes people wait for several years even to get their green card. Green Card 101 Series Wait Time to Get Green Card…

What Happens If You Don’t get H1B Visa in Lottery? Trouble and Uncertainty

What Happens If You Don’t get H1B Visa in Lottery? Trouble and Uncertainty

Do you want to know what happens if your H1B Visa is not selected in Lottery? You could be facing, uncertainty, anger and possible depression. There are so many graduates from US Universities (including my close friend)  who were not selected in H1B Visa lottery in April, 2013 are facing the exact same problem faced…

Successful F1 Visa Renewal Interview After 221g in India

Rohan shared his F1 Visa Renewal interview experience with questions and answers. Hello guys, I would like to share my F1 renewal experience. I am in the United States since past 7 years. Here’s a brief information about me: Undergrad degree: BAMS (Ayurvedic Medicine) from Maharashtra University of Health Scienves. Graduate degree: MPH (Public Health)…

F1 Visa For Associate Degree in Automotive – Approved

F1 Visa For Associate Degree in Automotive Major – Approved. Here is a brief description of Associate Degree (from wiki) An associate degree is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by community colleges, bachelor’s degree-granting colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study usually lasting two years. In the United States, an associate degree is…

F1 Visa Interview in Mumbai With an Unexpected Twist (221g and Fake Experience)

Following F1 visa interview in Mumbai Consulate looks pretty casual. This student is appearing for this 3rd F1 Visa interview after getting rejected twice. Once in Chennai and second time in Hyderabad consulate. The actual twist to this interview is in the last line of  of this experience. I have made the following changes to…

Do You think American Visa Officer’s Are Deceptive?

Following F1 Visa interview in US Embassy Accra is submitted by Cynthia Dokyi.  I think this is one of the interesting and unique F1 Visa interview experiences submitted here in Happy Schools Blog. Instead of sharing the typical questions and answers asked during the interview, Cynthia expressed her views about the interview, her thought process…

F1 Visa Experience at Abuja Embassy – Nigeria

> Following F1 Visa interview in Nigeria is shared by Sylfad. I was at the American Embassy, Abuja, Nigeria yesterday for my F1 VISA interview, and I would like to share my experience with you all. Profile No GRE, No TOEFL 20 academic/research articles published in journals and conference proceedings Universities : 2 Admits :…

F1 Visa Rejected for Indian Doctor in Saudi Arabia for A Crazy Reason

F1 Visa interview Rejected for an Indian Doctor in Saudi Arabia. I am an Indian doctor working in Saudi for about 2 years now. I got selected for my Doctorate degree in one of the best University in the US. TOEFL 115. I have visited the US about 8 times on B1/B2 for Conference. I…