12/13/2022
*INTERVIEW DATE - 04 October 2022
*TIME- 12:45 pm
*VISA TYPE- F1
*VISA STATUS- Approved ✅
*CEAC STATUS- Issued on the same day; 04 October 2022
*PASSPORT COLLECTION EMAIL-Received on 06 October 2022
*INTENDED UNIVERSITY- Minnesota State University Moorhead
*INTENDED PROGRAM- BSc in Biochemistry and Biotechnology
*SESSION: Spring 2023
*CLASS START DATE- 09 January 2023
*DEFICIT- Around 27000 USD
*FUNDING- Cultural In State Tuition Waiver(Around 9000 USD)
*SPONSOR- Father
*DOCUMENTS CHECKED- Visa appointment confirmation, Passport, I-20
*Documents I carried- Passport, I-20, Visa appointment letter, DS-160 confirmation, NID, SEVIS I-901 payment confirmation, English proficiency test certificate, SSC transcript and certificate, HSC transcript and certificate, Birth certificate, EBL visa fee payment receipt, 5 copy photographs, Photocopy of parents voter id, Bank statement, Pension book.
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***SECURITY CHECKS-
*1st check- Passport and appointment confirmation (On the main entrance).
*2nd check- Passport and appointment confirmation (Matched face with the passport).
*3rd Check-Same as the 2nd check (outside the main building).
*4th Check-All documents and body (Inside the building).
*5th Check-Passport and appointment confirmation(matched face with the passport).
*6th Check-Passport (A Bangladeshi woman at counter 3, matched my face with the passport and asked if I had any old passport).
*7th check- In counter 5, A white American lady asked for the I-20 and passport.Then she took the fingerprints and requested me to wait on the bench. (She was very humble and sweet. After the conversation with her, my confidence level was increasing rapidly.)
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***MAIN INTERVIEW:
INTERVIEW- Counter no 7(A middle-aged American Man)
INTERVIEW DURATION- Around 3-4 minutes
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***CONVERSATION WITH THE VO:
*VO- Hello, mam. Pass me your I-20 and passport.
*ME- Hello. Good afternoon,Sir. Here it is.
*VO- Why did you choose Minnesota State University Moorhead?
*ME- I chose Minnesota State University Moorhead to study because it has some of the best award-winning faculty members in my field of study and has advanced technology to work with. Also, this university provides students with the opportunity to participate in research and creative activities. Moreover, this university has been named (For his interruption, I can't complete my words).
*VO- (He noticed something on the computer. I could feel something after seeing his facial expression.) Do you have any relatives in the USA?
*ME- Yeah, Sir. My elder sister is in the USA as a dependent and my brother-in-law is doing his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering at North Dakota State University. But he is on study leave right now because he is an assistant professor at a public university in Bangladesh.
*VO- So, you'll live with your sister, right?
*ME- No,Sir. I will live in the dorm as I have dorm attachment. But maybe sometimes, I will visit my sister's house on the weekends.
*VO- So all of the ideas were given by your sister?
*ME- Sorry, sir! Can you please repeat?
*VO- So all of the ideas were given by your sister?
*ME- No, Sir. She just informed me as one of her friends, Boisakhi Dhor, graduated from this university and now, she is doing her master's. But after the information, I researched and explored a lot of things about the state and the university. Minnesota is the 12th largest state in the USA and basically, it is known for its lakes and forests. (Again he interrupted and I couldn’t complete my words.)
*VO- Who will bear all of your expenses?
*ME- Sir, my father will be my sponsor.
*VO- What does he do?
*ME- He is currently working as the vice principal of Barishal Collectorate School and College. Basically, he is a retired government employee and retired in 2019. He was the secretary and the chairman of Barishal Education Board under the Ministry of Education. Besides this, he is an expert member of National University, Bangladesh.
*VO- Then he looked at the computer screen for a while and passed my passport next to the computer. I clearly saw that he took the blue leaflet in his left hand and then said, "Congratulations! I am approving your visa." He also told some lines but I couldn’t hear those lines as I was super excited at that moment.
*ME: I took the leaflet and the I-20 and said, "Thank you so much, Sir. You just made my day. "
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***My Profile-
*SSC- GPA-5 with board scholarship (2019)
*HSC- GPA-5 with board scholarship (2021)
*Duolingo English Test- Overall 115 out of 160 (Equivalent to 7 in the IELTS exam). In Comprehension-125,Literacy-115,Conversation-110,Production-100.
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Now, it’s time to share some lines which I experienced regarding the visa interview. It was really tough to control the mental pressure during the visa interview as all of the F-1 applicants were rejected in front of me. I was the first one who got the visa in this slot.I consistently told myself to calm down and then took a deep breath. I tried to seem confident as much as possible by my gesture,appearance and accent with moving my hands. I maintained the eye-contact and smiley face all the time. Also, my sister and brother-in-law groomed me as much as possible and I gave almost 2/3 mocks daily to my sister and unlimited time behind the mirror because I got only a few days to prepare; almost 7/8 days. In my free time, I read many visa interview experiences and explored many things through Google and YouTube .
I will always be grateful to this group! ❤️
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