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Chennai Consulate Experience.
Hello,
Just wanted to share my experience at the Chennai Consulate. By God's grace, I got my visa in November '05 and I am currently studying at NYU, pursuing my masters in CS.
Yes, I was interviewed by the "infamous" "burkha-clad" girl, which I believe is a very rude way of identifying a hard-working officer. Before I give you pointers, I would like to remind you that I have seen a lot of message boards that I am an active member of passing distasteful and rude remarks at her. Yes, her rejection rate is high, but she is thorough and doing her job. She wants to ensure many of us who lie and bs our way through interviews don't make it, and those of who deserve it and are credible, go all the way through. Its simple as that. Yes, some valid candidates might fall through, but a human filter an only do so much. How do I know this? The line was very long and so was the wait. I could hear and see every candidate, rejection, acceptance and interview she was doing. I would love to hire such a person who is so committed and thorough. The other american officers, some were nice, some didn't care, some accepted outright buddhoos lying their way through the interview....its crazy. Is just that no one can label them because they don't have any visible identifiers (scarf, burkha, topi, etc).
Pointers:
Have all valid documents. If you are a true and valid candidate, there is nothing to worry about. I see a lot of message boards where they stress you to look "confident" "smile" etc. This is all very uncessary unless you have something to hide. I got top marks on my GRE's, I was a top student throughout my life, not because I am genius, but because I took the effort and the energy to work hard. My family is a decently wealthy family - not too rich, not too poor, and yes, I plan to return back to India after my studies to work at my father's company.
If you have something to hide, your documents are forged, you have a shady past etc don't bother. You are taking other valid candidates opportunites away.
And also keep an open mind. The officers - even the muslim lady at the consulate, are not there to hound and hunt you down. They are just doing their job. So get it right people.
Lots of love,
Anu
Just wanted to share my experience at the Chennai Consulate. By God's grace, I got my visa in November '05 and I am currently studying at NYU, pursuing my masters in CS.
Yes, I was interviewed by the "infamous" "burkha-clad" girl, which I believe is a very rude way of identifying a hard-working officer. Before I give you pointers, I would like to remind you that I have seen a lot of message boards that I am an active member of passing distasteful and rude remarks at her. Yes, her rejection rate is high, but she is thorough and doing her job. She wants to ensure many of us who lie and bs our way through interviews don't make it, and those of who deserve it and are credible, go all the way through. Its simple as that. Yes, some valid candidates might fall through, but a human filter an only do so much. How do I know this? The line was very long and so was the wait. I could hear and see every candidate, rejection, acceptance and interview she was doing. I would love to hire such a person who is so committed and thorough. The other american officers, some were nice, some didn't care, some accepted outright buddhoos lying their way through the interview....its crazy. Is just that no one can label them because they don't have any visible identifiers (scarf, burkha, topi, etc).
Pointers:
Have all valid documents. If you are a true and valid candidate, there is nothing to worry about. I see a lot of message boards where they stress you to look "confident" "smile" etc. This is all very uncessary unless you have something to hide. I got top marks on my GRE's, I was a top student throughout my life, not because I am genius, but because I took the effort and the energy to work hard. My family is a decently wealthy family - not too rich, not too poor, and yes, I plan to return back to India after my studies to work at my father's company.
If you have something to hide, your documents are forged, you have a shady past etc don't bother. You are taking other valid candidates opportunites away.
And also keep an open mind. The officers - even the muslim lady at the consulate, are not there to hound and hunt you down. They are just doing their job. So get it right people.
Lots of love,
Anu
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