Now its my turn to share my Visa experience.

My Profile:
GRE: 307
TOEFL: 94
B.Tech (CSE): 72 (4 back logs)
Funds documents prepared: 2 x I-20 amount + $16K

On Saturday morning arrived from Chandigarh(precisely Mohali) at 8:45 am and reached the OFC at around 2:00pm. I was totally tensed and worried as this was the last huddle to a good quality education that I wanted. I messed up my life a lot during High School, didn't wanted to mess up this time at all. My father did more hard work than me by travelling to my college and University to collect my pending DMC's and Degree certificates, making all the financial documents in such hot summers while I was sitting in AC office in my company :-( which I am happy to leave :-p .

Got my OFC done at around 3:00 and then travelled to Moti Nagar where we were supposed to stay. It was a tiring day. Also slept late and woke up early the next day. I was totally free that day so went shopping with my father and bought the shirt which I wore during the VI from Canaught Place and then after returning home slept for around 5 hours. When I was awake, with each passing minute I was feeling more and more tensed.

Now the day came of my Visa Interview. It was a bad start in the morning. My Visa Interview was at 9:00 am. I thought that we will leave at around 7:00 but got late and left at around 7:20. Then the taxi driver told us that there is no petrol in the car , F**k was the word that was about to come from my mouth but my father was sitting with me :-P. Did paath(prayer) the whole way to embassy. 


Reached the embassy at around 8:10 (thanks to less traffic in Delhi which is rare.). Met Abhishek  Sharma there who was also going to SDSU in EE and Shailey Oberoi again for SDSU for MS in CS. Got in queue for 9:00am at around 8:35 am. Every check up was done and was sitting in waiting hall at around 8:50 am. This wait was the longest. After around 30 min saw my Token No: H124 and window 23.

There was a guy in between 30-40 years, well built. He just came at that counter one student before me, so he was totaly messed up and was continuously finding something around him. Even many times he asked the guy before me to wait and then asked him question. He got his Visa approved and now it was my turn.

I wished him Good Morning and he did the same and looked at me signaled me to wait for a minute (This was the only time in the whole interview when he actually looked at me.)  After about 20-30 seconds asked my Toked Number and took my Passport and I-20. And now comes the questions that he asked me:

Q: Which University are you going ?
A: San Diego State University.

Q2: Which course ? (I asked him to repeat 4 times, was not able to hear him)
A: MS in Computer Science.

Q3: Why SDSU ?
A: They have courses in Android development and Object Oriented Design Patterns. (Just this single line was my answer)

Q4: How many universities you applied too ? And which ?
A: 7 univs. Told the names also which where:
1. San Diego State University
2. California State University - Fullerton
3. Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago
4. University of Southern California
5. San Fransisco State Univ
6. San Jose State Univ.
7. CSU - Sacramento

Q5: Do u have any relative in San Diego ? (My 6 univs were in California)
A: No

Q6: How u r funding your education ?
A: My parents are funding me and I have a loan of 10 Lakh rupees.

Q7: What they do ?
A: My Father is retired from Punjabi University, Patiala and Mother is working as a government employee.

Q8: What was your fathers position in Punjabi Univ ?
A: He was Senior Assistant in admin department.

Q9: Do you have any siblings ?
A: Yes 3 elder sisters and all are married (and my one sister is in USA on non-Immigrant Visa but he didn't asked about her )

VO: Your Visa has been approved. 

Had a big smile on my face when I came out, hugged my father, thanked him for all the hard work he did. Had a Stick Kulfi and went to Bangla Sahib Gurudwara and Sees Ganj Gurudwara, thanked every Mandir, Maseet and Gurudwara on my way back to Mohali.

Hell Yeah now its my time to scream and scream it loud. SDSU HERE I COME .....