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We had our OFC on Sunday, 9th June and Interview on 11th June, 9.30 AM
Had made changes in DS 160 (mine and wife) after submission. Carried both old and new printouts. My sincere advice is to get the DS 160 right in the first go itself. (changes after submission and in my case, after booking the OFC/Interview appointments is not a nice thing. You would like to avoid unnecessary stress / confusion and rather focus on interview! ). So please go through the DS 160 3-4 times before final submission.
For those who are curious to know – I missed out 2 countries in my spouse’s past travel section, 1 country in my form and committed the famous ‘surname missing in the passport’ error in my spouse case. I finally decided that it’s better to make our DS 160 forms ‘error free’ rather than just pray that those ‘unintentional’ errors will go unnoticed.
Interview day –New Delhi embassy, 9.30 AM (Wife, 1 yr old daughter and self)
US : Good morning
VO : Hi
VO: Passports Pl, how many passports?
ME : 3
VO : Your name
ME : ABC
VO : And what do you do?
ME : I work with XYZ as FGH in Gurgaon
VO : Why are you going to US? For the first time?
ME : Yes, for the 1st time. Primarily for tourism. We will also get a chance to see her (indicating toward my wife) brother who is in San Francisco
Wife, obviously ready for the next question
VO : What does your brother do?
Wife : BD manager with ABC
VO : What do you do?
Wife : I work with XYZ as FGH in Gurgaon
VO : Duration of your trip (to me)
ME : 3 weeks
VO : And how old is she (to our daughter, with a smile). Is she going abroad for the first time?
(and I knew the visa is coming our way ?)
ME : she is 1. Yes , that’s her first international vacation.
VO : Your visa is approved!
US : Thanks!
Done and over in 60 secs.
10 yr multiple entry for me and wife, 5 yr multiple entry for my daughter (got the stamped passports in D+2 days)
My learning / advice : Prepare well, fill the DS 160 with utmost honest and correctness. Avoid any ambiguity, whatsoever!. Stay confident and be presentable at the interview.
Carry all the supporting documents that you feel are relevant (will also boost your confidence to face / reply any question) but remember it’s an interview, not a form & doc submission appointment.
So do remember that it’s your answers that will primarily decide the fate of your visa. The consulars are quite experienced and adept in knowing your case, intentions and purpose basis the interview and body language.
Said that, luck always plays a role. So all the best!
We had our OFC on Sunday, 9th June and Interview on 11th June, 9.30 AM
Had made changes in DS 160 (mine and wife) after submission. Carried both old and new printouts. My sincere advice is to get the DS 160 right in the first go itself. (changes after submission and in my case, after booking the OFC/Interview appointments is not a nice thing. You would like to avoid unnecessary stress / confusion and rather focus on interview! ). So please go through the DS 160 3-4 times before final submission.
For those who are curious to know – I missed out 2 countries in my spouse’s past travel section, 1 country in my form and committed the famous ‘surname missing in the passport’ error in my spouse case. I finally decided that it’s better to make our DS 160 forms ‘error free’ rather than just pray that those ‘unintentional’ errors will go unnoticed.
Interview day –New Delhi embassy, 9.30 AM (Wife, 1 yr old daughter and self)
US : Good morning
VO : Hi
VO: Passports Pl, how many passports?
ME : 3
VO : Your name
ME : ABC
VO : And what do you do?
ME : I work with XYZ as FGH in Gurgaon
VO : Why are you going to US? For the first time?
ME : Yes, for the 1st time. Primarily for tourism. We will also get a chance to see her (indicating toward my wife) brother who is in San Francisco
Wife, obviously ready for the next question
VO : What does your brother do?
Wife : BD manager with ABC
VO : What do you do?
Wife : I work with XYZ as FGH in Gurgaon
VO : Duration of your trip (to me)
ME : 3 weeks
VO : And how old is she (to our daughter, with a smile). Is she going abroad for the first time?
(and I knew the visa is coming our way ?)
ME : she is 1. Yes , that’s her first international vacation.
VO : Your visa is approved!
US : Thanks!
Done and over in 60 secs.
10 yr multiple entry for me and wife, 5 yr multiple entry for my daughter (got the stamped passports in D+2 days)
My learning / advice : Prepare well, fill the DS 160 with utmost honest and correctness. Avoid any ambiguity, whatsoever!. Stay confident and be presentable at the interview.
Carry all the supporting documents that you feel are relevant (will also boost your confidence to face / reply any question) but remember it’s an interview, not a form & doc submission appointment.
So do remember that it’s your answers that will primarily decide the fate of your visa. The consulars are quite experienced and adept in knowing your case, intentions and purpose basis the interview and body language.
Said that, luck always plays a role. So all the best!
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