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Indian man travels across consulates for F1 visa interviews, gets visa after 13 rejections. In his 14th interview, he was asked to plan a 20-storey residential building
Source: Times of India — NRI · 4 hr ago
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An Indian applicant finally received an F‑1 student visa to study civil engineering in the United States after being turned down 13 times at different Indian consulates. He recounted each rejection and the questions he was asked, noting that during his 14th interview the officer asked him to design a 20‑storey residential building.
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An Indian man claimed he finally got his F1 visa to study civil engineering in the US after being rejected 13 times at several consulates in India. The man, identified as Prasanth, shared his derailed experience of rejections one by one and the questions the visa officers asked him in an NRI social media group.
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