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US visitor visa · B1/B2 interview

Ninety seconds at the window. Rehearse them.

Enter your real trip — why you are going, who pays, what you do at home — and an officer interviews you on your own DS-160, briskly, with a queue behind you. Then you get the decision slip and the answers that decided it.

Five minutes free, then the officer's decision. You need an account, not a card.

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How it can end
Approved
The interviewer had clear, consistent answers on purpose, funding and intent, and approved: the visa at a US consulate, or the CAS in a UK pre-CAS interview.
Administrative processing (221(g))
Not refused outright, but not decided: a US officer needs more information or checks (221(g)); a UK university asks for a resit or second interview. Often a gap the applicant could have closed in the room.
Refused (214(b))
The interviewer was not satisfied the applicant qualifies: a 214(b) refusal at a US consulate, or no CAS from a UK university that doubts they are a genuine student. A new application should show what has changed.

The report tells you which of these the officer reached, and the moment that decided it.

It turns on three questions

However they are worded. Visitor interviews are often over in under two minutes, so every answer has to carry something.

What is the purpose of your trip?

One or two sentences with something specific in them: the wedding, the graduation, the conference, the places you will go. 'Tourism' on its own invites three more questions.

Who is paying, and what do you do?

Who pays, roughly what the trip costs, and the job or income it comes from. The officer has your DS-160 on screen, so it has to match what you filed.

Why will you come back?

What is waiting at home: a job, a business, family who depend on you, property, studies, and a definite length of stay. 'I will definitely come back' is not a reason.

Built from your own trip

Not a sample applicant. You enter what is on your DS-160, and the officer interviews you on it — and notices when what you say does not match.

Your trip
Tourism, family, business or treatment: what you will do, where, and for how long.
The money
Who is paying, roughly how much, and the income it comes from.
You, at home
Your job or business, family who depend on you, and where you have travelled before.
Family and history
Relatives in the US, and a previous refusal if there was one, so the officer can ask what changed.
Enter my trip

The rules the practice follows

As checked in October 2026. Check the US Department of State and your embassy's page before your appointment; rules change.

  • A B1/B2 applicant must show the officer they will leave the United States at the end of the visit — section 214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. A 214(b) refusal has no appeal; a new application should show what has changed.
  • Since September 2025 most visitor visa applicants interview in person, including many renewals that used to be waived. Check your embassy's page for your own case.
  • A visitor visa does not allow paid work or a course of study in the United States. Saying you might look for a job, or help in a relative's business for pay, is a serious problem in the interview.
  • A 221(g) is not a refusal: the officer needs more information or administrative processing before deciding.
What this will not do

It will not teach you what an officer wants to hear. The report marks you down for an answer that contradicts your file, and never rewards one that is not true. Telling the truth briefly and consistently is the whole skill.

This is practice, not legal advice, and no one can promise a visa. If your case has a complication — a previous refusal, an overstay, a status problem — talk to an immigration attorney.

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