Visa power!

Fear not......Am BACK....... Regular readers of my blog (yes....all two of u ), the wait for my next post ends here....... I ll start of with a quick update on what i ve been upto ..... NOTHING.....And the only news of any substance is ........ I ve got my VISA ..... And wat an anti climax it turned out to be .... The interview barely lasted a minute…. Not that am complaining now….

I ll run you through my strategies/lack of it….and the general way I went abt preparing for the visa interview ….

Modus Operandi
The main idea behind the whole visa interview process is that the Visa interviewer asks questions and evaluates you …..
There usually are a few(many, in my case)questions that dnt always ve good enough answers….
Examples:
VI:What courses are u planning to take up as part of ur program?
ME: Masters in Industrial engineering and specialization in SCM and business logistics( runs out of breath)...........
VI: ??!!

VI: Have u contacted any of ur faculty, someone under whom u d like to work, at Ohio ?
ME: yeah….. there s this blonde 30ish prof….
VI: ??!!

VI: have u identified ur research interests?
ME: Masters in Industrial Engineerin speciali....
VI: answer my question pls....
Me: ....sation in SCM and business logistics.......(is not out of breath)
VI: ??!!

And other questions for which there are more than one cool(usually false) answer…..
Examples:
VI: What will u do after ur graduate studies?
The ‘academia/research’ reply : I ll identify an area that interests me and will pursue my Phd..(it helps to throw in a few ‘java coupled with the cosmic energy’ kinda statements)
The ‘Jai Hind’ reply: I ll come back to India and work in one of the multinational companies here /serve my country etc etc…. ( u run the risk of sounding corny)
The ‘family ‘reply: I ll get back to India and take care of my family business… ( A strict no no if u mentioned ‘govt employee’ wen asked abt ur parent s occupation)
The ‘WTF ‘ reply: I ve got to get back to my girl in India…
(and if online forums are believed… This answer will initiate a slapstick routine that will end with the student getting his visa … and a green card…and some money to take his girl out for one last time, courtesy-The American Embassy….and the uber hot visa interviewer s number… WTF , really….)

My idea was to lead him into asking me questions for which I had answers….
Now, how do I do this….
I really am not sure…. I thought I d improvise on the spot….

Oh….and the advice and suggestions I received from various quarters need some mention here….. People who have some distant cousin’s son’s dhobi know someone who is in the US of A feel it only fit that they pass on the information…..and strategies they give range from the simple‘ Be confident and maintain eyecontact’ to the complex ‘juxtapose your face so that ur oculi are in line with that of the visa interviewers’….which on retrospect, means the same….almost… This and the ‘wear a smile’ are the two most irrelevant yet cliched pieces of advice u can ever get …
I know….cos the ploy failed me …. I went in, armed with a wide false Joker kinda smile plastered….The visa interviewer never once looked up frm the computer and was more intent in typing out wat was prolly an online job application….. she looked pretty bored……

no one has anything new or exciting to say….
I would rather make up a story of this guy who was denied a visa but who then proceeded to draw out a M4 rifle from his hollow crutches and abt how he threatened the VIs at gunpoint and forced them to issue multiple entry visa s for all the people present…
And, oh.......The ‘WTF reply’ guy is denied his visa ….even in this made up story…..

And, any prospective student to the USA who s come here looking for tips on the visa interview…. I ll tell u this much….
1)be confident
2)maintain eye contact
3) carry a hollow crutch ….with a shotgun inside…
But on a ‘oscar winning speech’ note…. I would like to thank all the people who had at least some part in me getting my visa….. Seriously….


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