F1 visa refusal: Former visa officer says Indians taught to memorize everything, rehearsed answers sound like lies

A former visa officer said Indian students consider a visa interview like a test, and they memorize answers that sound like lies. Reacting to Indian students getting rejected at their F1 visa interview despite not lying, former visa officer Yvette Bansal said Indians are taught to memorize everything, and they take this visa interview as […]

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‘Those who bear hostile attitude toward our culture’: New rules for US student visa interview explained

US to resume F-1 student visa interviews under stricter social media vetting rules. The US State Department suspended all F-1 visa appointments across its embassies in all countries for the time being to come up with a new set of rules for social media vetting. The department has now announced it will be restarting interviews […]

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