I came across the transcript of Indian National with H1B Visa deported at Port of Entry at Chicago recently (Sep 2016). The CBP Officer found fake resume with 7 years work experience, when the H1B Visa holder was a recent college graduate on F1 Visa and started working form 2015 at a consulting company. I…
It’s becoming common for F-1 Visa students lie during F1 Visa Interview. Why? Hoping that the Visa Officer’s are not smart enough (or dumb enough) to not notice your lie and issue your Visa. Here’s an example. Sir, I respect HSB a lot from the day when I started applying for USA universities, now I have…
Let’s start with comparing Swimming with Job Search (The Wrong Way). Assumption: You don’t know how to swim. Yet, you are standing at the edge of a swimming pool that’s 20 ft deep. You feel the rush to dive. But, if you jump, it’s possible that you could drown. But, you want to jump into the…
I received an email from Chiranjeevi with his job search journey. The moment I read the email, I knew that it is going to inspire thousands of students who are facing the same journey ahead. So, let’s get to it. His email was in response to the previous podcast show – Non Computer Science struggle to find…
There are universities like The University of Texas at San Antonio where students get a great education along with cultural immersion as an International student. Aqsa is one such student from India. She was admitted with scholarship, then received a monthly stipend for research work, then graduated with multiple full-time job offers. I interviewed her as part of promoting…
Please welcome The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to Happy Schools. UTSA is our brand new partner university. In the coming weeks, I will be interviewing students from The University of Texas at San Antonio as well. To get things going, I interviewed Jessica Guiver, Director, International Undergraduate & ESL Admissions at The University of Texas…
Let’s start with a story. I was coaching a student who had two admits out of 15 applications. His GRE Score is just above the average score of 300. But, universities he applied was way above his target universities. Guess what? He had college admission from one of the best universities in Univerity of California system….
Here’s two undergraduate F-1 Visa Interview Experience as shared by the two students who attended visa interview in recent weeks. And there’s an interesting statement at the end of the second visa experience. The majority of the reader would overlook that, but it contains the key to your F1 Visa approval. Students who submitted the…
I have to admit here. This is one the BEST Interviews I ever recorded here at Happy Schools. It doesn’t matter where you are in your life. Please spend an hour watching this interview. Sri Harsha was an average student back in India. He had potential but average. But, he had the right attitude and…
You may have got F1 visa. You may be preparing for F1 Visa. You may be waiting for admission results. You may be waiting for I-20 from your dream school. If your Visa is approved, congrats!!! Now, the real work starts. Now, you are in Honeymoon phase till the reality strikes. Reality strikes when you…