F1 visa refusal: Former visa officer says Indians taught to memorize everything, rehearsed answers 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 a test to crack and say rehearsed answers. Bansal said even if these rehearsed answers are not lies, they sound like lies to US visa officers as they are trained very differently. If you are not speaking comfortably, and suddenly your tone changes like you are reading from an AI, the visa officer suspects that you are lying, Bansal said.
Object to it if a visa officer says something that is not correct
In a podcast, Bansal said that a lot of psychological games go on behind the scenes of short visa interviews. Indian students hold visa officers at a high esteem and sometimes agree to what the visa officer assumes, even if it's not right. Bansal said it has something to do with the cultural difference, as Indian culture emphasizes harmony, humility, and US officers like direct response. But the visa interview is not a place to show humility and the applicants must object if the visa officer forms a wrong idea about the applicant and should correct him or her.
Object to it if a visa officer says something that is not correct
In a podcast, Bansal said that a lot of psychological games go on behind the scenes of short visa interviews. Indian students hold visa officers at a high esteem and sometimes agree to what the visa officer assumes, even if it's not right. Bansal said it has something to do with the cultural difference, as Indian culture emphasizes harmony, humility, and US officers like direct response. But the visa interview is not a place to show humility and the applicants must object if the visa officer forms a wrong idea about the applicant and should correct him or her.
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