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Hello All,
I would really appreciate any kind of advice on my problem.I applied for F1 renewal today and I am doing MS in Mangement Information Systems. my visa request was denied for the second time under section 214(b) of the INA. The VO officer was basically not interested in my answers and kept cutting me short when I was answering her questions.
Here is what happened today.
Date: 6/16/2011
Time: 10:15 am
Place: US Embassy at New Delhi Consulate
VO: Hello, may I have your documents please?
Me: Hello, Sure. I slided my passport along with other documents.
VO: What is the purpose of your visit?
Me: Resume school to complete my masters degree
VO: What will you be studying?
Me: I will be studying MS in Mangement Information Systems
VO: Which School?
Me: ZZZ
VO: Where did you do your undergraduate degree?
Me: India
VO: I see you have been rejected once, has anything changed in your situation since you last application?
Me: Yes I have additional evidences to prove my strong ties with home.
(the VO asks me to show a letter that I am holding in my hand, I slide the letter of support from my program director. She just takes a look at it without reading it and slides it back. She then starts
typing something at this point I try to start my conversation with her by saying "and" and then I stop and then she says "yes continue." So I try to take out the property docs from my folder. The vo says don't
show me any papers, tell me)
So I say that my parents have business in India and after completing my degree I will come back and take care of the business. I want to work on building a technology infrastructure of our electronic
stores while improving the mangement infrastructures which is why I am studying MIS. I believe....
VO: Cuts me in between and asks me how many siblings do you have?
Me: 2
VO: Older or younger?
Me: I have a younger sister and an older brother
VO: What does your older brother do?
Me: He has his own business
VO: What did you do your undergraduate degree in?
Me: Commerce
VO: Why MIS then?
Me: I have an MBA and My interest in MIS transpired from an MIS elective class that I took while I was pursuing my MBA and it was at....
VO: Cuts me again, How many schools did you change in the US? Where did you do your undergraduate degree?
Me: I did my undergraduate degree in India, I did my MBA in the US.
VO: Which School did you go to for your MBA?
Me: Intially I went to YYYY Univ but then transferred to YYYY Univ
(please do not confuse. I changed schools when I was doing my MBA. I am doing MS in MIS now and have been attending the same university that I originally inteded to attend)
VO: Why?
Me: Because that suited my academic needs better and was better for my profile.
VO: What was you GPA in MBA?
Me: 3.56
VO: How did you hear about you current university?
Me: I researched over the internet and came to know about this university. Their MIS program suited my needs better. Their MIS program is a good blend of technology and business which is eaxctly what I needed that is why I chose this univ.
VO: Which other schools did you apply to?
Me: Farleigh Dickison, NJ and Mississippi State University
VO: Give me 5 minutes I will be back. She leaves her desk and disappers for probably around 4 minutes. She then comes back and says unfortunately you do not still qualify for this visa.
She typed something and then gave me my documents back.
(Also during the interview she was hardly listening to me or trying to understand why I would return home after completing my degree and was more concentrated on her computer screen scrolling it and
typing something)
I am visiting home after 3 years. Also, I tried chaging status to H1 during my OPT. My H1 was approved for consular processing however my change of status request was denied. I availed cap-gap extension and finally enrolled to the MIS programs. I need 3 credits to graduate and I have a very good GPA.
I would really appreciate if someone could please direct me as to what I should do next. Should I talk to an immigration attorney? would that help?
Thank you so much for your time.
I would really appreciate any kind of advice on my problem.I applied for F1 renewal today and I am doing MS in Mangement Information Systems. my visa request was denied for the second time under section 214(b) of the INA. The VO officer was basically not interested in my answers and kept cutting me short when I was answering her questions.
Here is what happened today.
Date: 6/16/2011
Time: 10:15 am
Place: US Embassy at New Delhi Consulate
VO: Hello, may I have your documents please?
Me: Hello, Sure. I slided my passport along with other documents.
VO: What is the purpose of your visit?
Me: Resume school to complete my masters degree
VO: What will you be studying?
Me: I will be studying MS in Mangement Information Systems
VO: Which School?
Me: ZZZ
VO: Where did you do your undergraduate degree?
Me: India
VO: I see you have been rejected once, has anything changed in your situation since you last application?
Me: Yes I have additional evidences to prove my strong ties with home.
(the VO asks me to show a letter that I am holding in my hand, I slide the letter of support from my program director. She just takes a look at it without reading it and slides it back. She then starts
typing something at this point I try to start my conversation with her by saying "and" and then I stop and then she says "yes continue." So I try to take out the property docs from my folder. The vo says don't
show me any papers, tell me)
So I say that my parents have business in India and after completing my degree I will come back and take care of the business. I want to work on building a technology infrastructure of our electronic
stores while improving the mangement infrastructures which is why I am studying MIS. I believe....
VO: Cuts me in between and asks me how many siblings do you have?
Me: 2
VO: Older or younger?
Me: I have a younger sister and an older brother
VO: What does your older brother do?
Me: He has his own business
VO: What did you do your undergraduate degree in?
Me: Commerce
VO: Why MIS then?
Me: I have an MBA and My interest in MIS transpired from an MIS elective class that I took while I was pursuing my MBA and it was at....
VO: Cuts me again, How many schools did you change in the US? Where did you do your undergraduate degree?
Me: I did my undergraduate degree in India, I did my MBA in the US.
VO: Which School did you go to for your MBA?
Me: Intially I went to YYYY Univ but then transferred to YYYY Univ
(please do not confuse. I changed schools when I was doing my MBA. I am doing MS in MIS now and have been attending the same university that I originally inteded to attend)
VO: Why?
Me: Because that suited my academic needs better and was better for my profile.
VO: What was you GPA in MBA?
Me: 3.56
VO: How did you hear about you current university?
Me: I researched over the internet and came to know about this university. Their MIS program suited my needs better. Their MIS program is a good blend of technology and business which is eaxctly what I needed that is why I chose this univ.
VO: Which other schools did you apply to?
Me: Farleigh Dickison, NJ and Mississippi State University
VO: Give me 5 minutes I will be back. She leaves her desk and disappers for probably around 4 minutes. She then comes back and says unfortunately you do not still qualify for this visa.
She typed something and then gave me my documents back.
(Also during the interview she was hardly listening to me or trying to understand why I would return home after completing my degree and was more concentrated on her computer screen scrolling it and
typing something)
I am visiting home after 3 years. Also, I tried chaging status to H1 during my OPT. My H1 was approved for consular processing however my change of status request was denied. I availed cap-gap extension and finally enrolled to the MIS programs. I need 3 credits to graduate and I have a very good GPA.
I would really appreciate if someone could please direct me as to what I should do next. Should I talk to an immigration attorney? would that help?
Thank you so much for your time.
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