Q&A – I lied during previous student F1 Visa interview. Not sure if the main reasons for F1 visa denial was because of lying. Planning to attend the interview for the third time for Fall 2012. Student F1 Visa interview experience You can read 100’s of previous F1 Visa interview experience in the above link….
Time and time again, students are facing the problem with Blank Last Name (Surname or Family name) in Indian Passport. Here is an email from a reader who applied for Fall 2012. But, University will not issue I-20 without Surname in the passport. Name of the person is edited. No Last Name in Indian Passport…
HSB Reader sent the following email couple of weeks back saying he’s felling lonely and home sick. It is common for students coming to USA. It takes sometime to get used to American lifestyle. Also, the reader is asking for help with cooking and food for pure vegetarian’s. I had one other reader who wanted…
Graduate school is expensive in USA. Do you know how much it costs in Tuition fees to attend Top 10 Engineering Graduate Schools in USA? Tuition Fees can be varies from 15,102 – per year to $41,220 per year. Looking at the data from US News Top Graduate School Rankings information, you can find the…
Experience shared by a long time HSB Reader by a Fall 2011 grad student and an HSB fan wishing to be anonymous. It was a dream come true when I got my acceptance. The excitement of not only a new life beckoning, a new academic experience awaiting, but also the satisfaction of making my parents…
**This Cap-Gap post is part of series of post about F1 Visa Rules. Refer to the Table of contents at end of this post** These Questions & Answers address the automatic extension of F-1 student status in the United States for certain students with pending or approved H-1B petitions (indicating a request for change of…
What are the required fees to file H1B Visa application and total H1B Visa cost? There are different H1B Visa fees depending on the type of H1B visa petition. Please refer to H-1B Data Collection and Filing Fee Exemption Supplement (pages 17-19 of Form I-129) for detailed instructions on H1B Visa fees. The following fees may be required…
During job interview, hiring managers are looking to find faults with you. One big reason not to hire you. As an interview candidate, its your job to know the pitfalls and stay away. US News had this interesting article on how to ruin your job interview. I saw that and can relate to my personal…
ETS announced record breaking number of GRE Test takers in 2011. Following several consecutive record-breaking years, the GRE program reported that 2011 total number of GRE Test takers reached an all-time high at more than 800,000 (13% increase over last year). Why Increase in Number GRE Test Takers? ETS officials believe the added momentum is…
Posted by Kiran at Infographics Students Lifestyle – India vs USA. Not to be rude or anything….. high paying Job India?…what load of BS. You work for peanuts to a US boss who sometimes is clueless about the project he is managing. Be satisfied with the 2 wheeler bought on EMI and someday hope to…