Passage of the interview at the US Embassy is one of the most important steps on the way to obtaining a long-awaited visa. How to properly prepare, how to behave and what questions are waiting for you at the interview of the applicant for a visa at the US Embassy you will learn by reading our advice.
- First of all, you should approach the issue of preparing for an interview at the American Embassy with all responsibility. It is not superfluous to revise all documents once again, carefully read the answers to the questionnaire questions (form DS-160).
- It is necessary to consider the planned program of the trip, since the answers to questions related to this topic should be clear and distinct. If the visa applicant can not clearly and clearly explain his intentions and the purpose of the trip, he will be more likely to be granted a visa. It is necessary to be prepared to substantiate the necessity of a trip to the US, its importance for a further career or personal life. It is necessary to know exactly which places are to be visited during the trip, the date of arrival and departure, the names of the hotels in which the seats are booked.
- It will also be necessary to give clear and open answers about the place of work, the level of wages and to submit supporting documents certified by seals and signatures of the management.
- Great importance for obtaining a visa has also questions about the family. For example, if the applicant is going to travel independently, leaving the family at home, he should be prepared to explain it. Also it is necessary to answer about the presence of relatives in the USA and their status.
- If the applicant goes to the United States at the expense of the sponsor, it is necessary to prepare for the questions and on this score. It is necessary to take with you the sponsorship documents and the sponsor's letter .
- From entering the territory of the United States by invitation, you will certainly need to take out an invitation for an interview at the embassy. These are documents confirming the status of relatives, and preliminary correspondence (letters, faxes) with the discussion of the planned trip. If the invitation came from the organization, then questions may arise about how the applicant learned about this organization, why they invited him.
- Questions on completing the questionnaire (form DS-160). In the event that a consulate officer discovers any inaccuracy in completing this questionnaire, it's okay. You do not need to get nervous, you just have to admit a mistake.
- Important is the question of how well the applicant is able to obtain a visa in English. Of course, for a business trip or a trip it is not necessary to own it perfectly, but this can raise questions about how the applicant plans to communicate on the trip.
- The questions asked by a consulate officer at an interview can at first glance seem irrelevant, indirect. To successfully obtain a visa it is important to calmly and distinctly give answers to them, because on the basis of this, the consular officer will form his opinion about the applicant and decide on issuing him a visa.
- If you refuse to issue a visa, you should not despair. It often happens that after coming to a second interview at the embassy
USA with the same package of documents, and hitting another officer, the applicant receives a visa. - Without an interview, an American visa can be obtained by children under 14 years old and those who received it in the recent past:
- Persons holding an American visa with unexpired validity;
- persons who, at the time of their previous application for a visa, were fingerprinted;
- Persons applying for a visa of the same category as last time;
- Persons on the previous visa who do not have the Clearance Received mark.