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US visa interview · F-1 student · B1/B2 visitor

Two minutes at the window. Rehearse them.

Applying to study (F-1) or to visit (B1/B2)? Enter your real case — the course or the trip, who pays, family, plans — and an officer interviews you on your own file, 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.

Visiting? What a B1/B2 officer asks · Studying? What an F-1 officer asks · Going to a UK university? Pre-CAS interview · Working? H-1B / H-4 · On an exchange? J-1

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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.

The F-1 student interview turns on three questions

However they are worded. A rehearsed speech is a weakness even when every word of it is true.

Purpose

Why this course, at this university?

One or two sentences that connect what you studied, what you will study, and what you will do with it. Not a paragraph from your statement of purpose.

Funding

Who is paying?

Name the sponsor, what they do, and the amount, and have it match your I-20 and your documents. The officer has both on the screen.

Ties and intent

Why will you come back?

Real ties: a job, family, a plan at home. Planning to use OPT after graduating is lawful and is not a reason to refuse; planning to settle is.

Built from your own file

Not a sample applicant. You enter what is on your DS-160 and I-20, and the officer interviews you on it — and notices when what you say does not match.

Your programme
University, course, degree level and your own reason for choosing it.
Your money
The yearly cost on your I-20, who is paying each part, and what your sponsor does.
Your ties and plans
Family in the US, what you have at home, and what you will do after the degree.
Your history
A previous refusal, if there was one, so the officer can ask what has changed.
Enter my case

The F-1 rules the practice follows

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

  • Every F-1 applicant now interviews in person. Interview waivers for student visas were withdrawn in late 2025.
  • The officer must be satisfied you will leave when your studies end — section 214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. A 214(b) refusal has no appeal; a new application should show what changed.
  • A 221(g) is not a refusal of your case: the officer needs more information or administrative processing, and you have a year to supply it.
  • Student applicants must list every social media handle used in the last five years on the DS-160 and keep those accounts public.
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, a status problem — talk to an immigration attorney or your university's international student office.

Five minutes free

Enter your case, spend up to five minutes at the window, then read the officer's decision and the reasons.

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10 more interviews at the window, each with the officer's decision and the reasons, to use within 90 days. Nothing renews.

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