I get always asked, is there a way to guarantee that my student visa will be approved at the
time of the interview of the US Embassy? Well, in this video, I'm gonna go through 10 steps,
how to increase your chances to get a student visa approved. Stay tuned, and I'll see you
on the other side. In this video, we're going to go through 10 steps on how to increase
your chances to get a student visa approved. At the time of the interview of the US Embassy.
This would apply to F1 or J1 visas. But before that, I will encourage you to subscribe to
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dive into 10 steps to get your student visa F1 or J1 approved. Number one, ties to your
home country. You have to prove that at the time of the interview, your ties to your home
country are strong. What does it mean? It means that you have other family members that
are left behind when you go to school or for your J1 internship. You have to show that
you have either financial resources there, other bank accounts, or maybe an apartment.
If you're a young student, obviously most people don't have property but definitely
strong family ties will be important to show that you have a reason to go back at the time
of the conclusion of your studies. Second thing, you must be able to speak English,
right? So, point number one was, ties. Point number two is, speak English. You should be
able to speak English to be able to conduct yourself in English at the time of the interview.
Because even if your English is not strong enough when you go to go to the US and study
English before taking your degree, you have to have some basic English skills. Otherwise,
it's going to be very difficult for you to get a visa. Number three, you have to speak
for yourself, you cannot come with your parents or your uncle, or your aunt or somebody else
to help you at the time of the interview. Most embassies won't even let anybody else
in there. But those that will, if you show up at the interview window with somebody else,
like a parent, it's not going to look good. And it's going to decrease your chances to
get a visa. Point number four, you have to know the program that you're going to study
and how it's going to apply for your future career. So for example, if you're going to
go and study engineering, you should be able to explain that at the time of conclusion
of the course, you're going to go back home and get a job as an engineer, or you're going
to find a job as an engineer because that's your career. So, you really have to understand
why you going to school and study what. And for those who are going to study English,
you have to explain that if you're going to go study English, it's going to help you when
you go back to your home country and get a better job, get a promotion, or whatever it
is. But it's really important to understand the purpose of your studies and how it's going
to help you in the future, in your career. Number five, you have to be concise and clear.
Remember, you only have three to four minutes at the window. Don't talk in a lengthy way,
listen to the officer, what he's asking, and answer in a clear and concise manner. It is
really important. Point number six, supplemental documents, any other documents, don't bring
voluminous documents to your application because you have to be very clear. Have your I-20,
have your DS 2019, whatever it is, if you have supporting documents. Don't bring too
many things because again, we don't have much time and they don't want to look at voluminous
documents. Number seven, remember that your country of origin will determine, also, the
success of your visa interview. So, if you're coming from [inaudible] we have countries
like… even some Eastern European countries where the chances are for you not to come
back, then remember that that's going to decrease your chances to get a visa. Unfortunately,
a lot of people from, I don't want to single out Nigeria, but it's known to be one of those
countries where people who come from Nigeria are not coming back home. So, that's why the
chances of getting a student visa or a tourist visa from a country like that are going to
be very difficult. So again, sometimes you can be from a country where the luck of you
getting a visa is tough as well. So, keep this in mind. Point number eight, employment.
Remember that you come into the United States to study not to work. So, you have to prove
to the consulate consular officer that you're not going to have to work while you study
because you have enough sufficient financial resources to support yourself while you’re
in the United States. So, it's very important to show that you're not going to be working.
Even though you're allowed to work 20 hours a week on your student visa at a certain point
you're not going to need that to work. It will be something that will help you extra.
So, it’s important to show that you're not going to need to work while in the United
States. Number nine, it's really important to show that you have family members left
behind. So, whether it's parents or siblings or anything like that, those are the things
that will help to show that you have a reason to go back. So, it's kind of like ties but
also it's important to show that there are other people that are staying at home. That
will increase your chances to go back to get the visa actually. And point number 10, you
really have to maintain a positive attitude, be courteous and polite to a consular officer.
Even if you get denied. It's important to ask for the reasons for the denial, what you
could have done better when you apply for the visa next time. And most of them will
tell you but don't get angry. Don't be rude to the officer because that's not going to
help. And remember, even if you get denied once, you can always apply for the visa for
a second time or third time, and eventually you'll get it. So, it's important to keep
a positive attitude. So, hopefully, those 10 tips were helpful for you to increase your
chances to get a student visa, or a J1 Internship visa, it’s the same. Those are the same
things they're looking for. And again, if you have any questions, post them in the comments
below. You can email me as well. I'll put my email there as well. And again, share this
video with a friend. Make sure you subscribe to our channel. And we hope to see you in
our next video.