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USA Student F1 Visa - Top 5 Rejection reasons & how to avoid them | FREE F1 document checklist - YouTube
Channel: Shachi Mall
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This video is for all of you
applying for the student visa to
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the US. We are going to discuss
what are the most common reasons
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why these visas get rejected,
and also how you can avoid them.
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Keep on watching.
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Hi guys, my name is Shachi, I'm
a traveling Visa Coach and on
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this channel, you will find tons
of useful videos on the US visa
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process. Right from filling the
form to clearing the interview,
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make sure that you check it out.
This video we are going to talk
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about the rejection reasons for
f1 visa interviews, I think
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there cannot be a worse feeling
than getting into the College of
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your dreams, doing all the hard
work, you're putting in all the
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effort and the time and then not
being able to go because your
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visa got rejected. I'm here to
tell you that this is something
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which you can totally avoid with
little bit of planning, and
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loads of preparation and
practice. So we already have one
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more video on the channel and
this video is about the commonly
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asked questions in f1 visa
interview and how to answer
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them, make sure that you check
out that video as well and as a
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part of this video, we have a
free document checklist. So this
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is a PDF, which will tell you
all the documents that you need
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to prepare for your f1
interview. This is because one
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of the common reasons why these
visas get rejected is not having
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the documents in order. So make
sure that you click on the link
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in the description box below and
get your free PDF. So with all
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of this said, let's get started.
So when you go to the interview,
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the visa officer will assume
that you are a potential
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immigrant and your job
throughout the interview is to
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prove that you are not. So when
your visa gets refused under
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Section 221g, this means that
the visa officer thinks that you
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are at a risk of immigration,
that you will go to the US you
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will complete your studies and
then you will end up settling
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there and not come back, it's
very important to understand
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what are the reasons which lead
to 221g rejection and how to
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avoid them and we will discuss
that right here. The first
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reason for rejection is a low
ranking college. Now, it is not
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enough to just get admission in
any college in the US or in any
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university, it also has to be
worth the effort and the time
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that you're going to spend to
come all the way to the US and
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also to spend all the money. So
if you are applying to a really
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low ranked college or to a
community college, then it's
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going to raise a doubt in the
views officers mind and he is
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going to ask you that what is
the point of studying and so and
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so college, why not find a
better college somewhere else,
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or why not study in your home
country itself. So make sure
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that you are extremely sure of
the college that you're applying
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to do not just apply to any
college and you know, put it in
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your application. Whatever
college that you're applying to,
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it has to fit into your profile
with your background with your
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long term plans and more
importantly, you should be able
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to justify why you want to study
that in the visa interview. The
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second reason for rejection as
the course not being in line
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with your background. So first,
we spoke about the college. Next
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comes the course. So the course
that you're planning to apply to
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the course that you want to
study has to be in line with the
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background that you come from
and your future plans. So let's
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say that you have been an
engineer for the last 15 years
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and now suddenly, you want to do
a course in fashion design. Now,
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I'm not saying that this is not
possible or that you shouldn't
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do it, please go ahead by all
means and do it if that's your
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interest, but again, you should
be able to justify why this
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switch in the visa interview and
also you should have sufficient
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proof to show that you have
genuine interest in fashion
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designing, and you have been
doing other things to you know,
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pursue your career or to pursue
your interest in this particular
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field. So in the end, the
takeaway from this is that the
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course that you're applying to
should again fit into your
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profile, it should tie very well
the background that you have and
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the future plans that you have
the third reason for rejection
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and he is a better course
available in the home country.
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Now keep in mind that the visa
officer will be extremely well
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aware of the education system
and the courses and the colleges
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in your home country be in India
or whichever else. So if you
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want to apply for a course,
which is better in your home
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country, the better options
available in your home country
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compared to the US then he's
going to ask you that by are you
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doing this by not study this
course and so and so college,
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what is the point of going all
the way to the US and spending
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all this money? An example for
this could be say of course in
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English speaking. Now, if you
think about it, it does not make
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any sense for somebody to go
from India, to US to study
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English or take a course on
English speaking are many such
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options available back home in
India. So you need to again,
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keep in mind the course that
you're applying to and whether
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it actually makes sense to go to
the US to study this course the
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fourth reason for rejection and
is your future plans. So during
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the interview, you will be asked
what are your future plans? What
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are your long term plans If you
show any indication that your
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future plan is to take up a long
term job in the US and to settle
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there and do not come back, then
your visa will be rejected your
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long term plans and your future
plans need to be tied back to
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your home country, you are going
there just as a student to study
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and nothing else another reason
why f1 visas get rejected is
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when they go in administrative
processing. Now administrative
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processing essentially means
that the visa officer is not
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fully convinced about your
profile and he wants some more
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information to make the
decision. It could be
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information about your
background, it could be some
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more documents, and so on and in
my opinion, it is best to avoid
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getting into administrative
processing, because you have no
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control on the amount of time
that it is going to take. It can
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take days, months, sometimes
even a year. So there are two
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main reasons why f1 visas go
into administrative processing.
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The first one is funding. Now
how you fund your education is
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an extremely important aspect of
f1 visa interviews and this is
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something that you can expect to
be asked. So you need to know
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what is the total expense of the
scores, what is the breakup, and
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how exactly you're going to fund
it. Now, during the interview,
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if he finds that your funding is
not in place, or you do not have
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the relevant documents to
support the funding that you
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have shown in your form, then
the visa can go into
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administrative processing. And
the visa officer can tell you
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that okay, you submit all these
additional documents, and then
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we'll take a decision. The
second reason is missing
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transcript degrees and other
generic documents. So you are
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expected to carry all your
transcripts, all your degree
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certificates. Even if it is
provisional to you, it is not
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generally asked in the f1
interviews, but sometimes the
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visa officer can pull up and ask
for these documents and again,
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if you do not have them in
place, if you do not have proof
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for the degree that you have
shown in your profile, he can
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ask you to submit this and you
know, check back later.
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Basically, it is best to be
thoroughly prepared with all the
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documents that you might need
during the visa interview and
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just to help you out in this, we
have prepared a document
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checklist. This is a free pdf
download, it is there in the
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description box below. So do
click on that link and get your
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PDF. So now that we have
discussed all possible reasons
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for rejection, I want to share
some insider tips with you and
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these are essentially from my
experience of helping students
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clear the f1 visa interview. The
first one is that you need to be
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extremely well prepared, and you
need tons of practice. So you
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need to be very well prepared
for the answers that you're
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going to give a lot of research,
a lot of thinking and a lot of
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time has to go into preparing
these answers and more
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importantly, you need to
practice these answers. Don't
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just keep it in your mind and
think that it can come to you on
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the day of the interview.
Practice it by writing it by
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saying it in front of a mirror
or in front of somebody else. If
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you are interested, you can take
a mock interview with me this
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will be done on a video call and
this will be a one to one
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interview where you know you
will go through the drill and
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you will get the feel of an
actual visa interview. The link
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for this is in the description
box below. Do check it out and
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the second tip I have for you is
that you need to be extremely
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honest, I cannot tell you how
many times people have lost out
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on visa interviews, because of
not being honest, or because of
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trying to say something that was
not true. Visa officers are
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extremely well trained to catch
lies to you know judge a
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person's personality. This is
something that they go extensive
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training in. So do not even
think of flubbing of lying or of
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saying something that you
haven't done or you know of
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putting something in your resume
which is not true. completely
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avoid all this be hundred
percent honest. Whatever it is,
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whatever are your intentions,
whatever is the reason that
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you've selected the college. Be
honest and be confident in
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saying that out. So these were
all the reasons why f1 visas get
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rejected. I hope this has given
you a fair idea about it. Thank
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you so much for watching. If you
have any more questions, feel
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free to leave them in the
comment section below or DM me
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on Instagram. For more in depth
preparation which is tailor made
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to your profile your background
and to the college that you're
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applying to. You can book a
consultation session with me the
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link for this is in the
description box below. So all
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the best for your interview. I
really hope that you craft it
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and you're able to go and join
the College of your dreams. do
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stay tuned on this channel for
more such useful videos. I'll
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see you in the next one signing
off till then bye
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