Here are a few likely questions with answers for visa interview
1. What is the purpose of your trip to the US?
Ans : To do Masters /Bachelors form _______________________________
2. Which University are u planning to go to?
Ans : I am planning to go to ______________________________________.
3. What course have you done here in India/ what have u graduated in/ what is your academic background?
Ans : I have finished my bachelors / Masters in ____________________.
4. What do you intend to major in?
Ans : I intend to major in ____________________________.
5. Who is your Sponsor?
Ans : My parents ______________ and _______________.(or any other)
6. Why do you want to do MS?
Ans : Getting higher education always pays in life.
7. Why do you want to study in the US and not in India?
Ans : US has advanced research carried out which has attracted me to study in the US. India is just at an incipient stage.
8. Why did you select this University?
Ans : I particularly liked the course program __________________________________.
9. How many universities did you apply to? How many did you get acceptances from?
Ans : Applied to ______ univs. Got acceptances from ____________.
10. No of Universities aren’t they too many?
Ans : Yes, well I wanted to be on the safe side.
11. Do you have any relatives in the US?
Ans : Yes / No.
12. What are your GRE and TOEFL scores?
Ans : I scored __________ in GRE and ___________ in TOEFL.
13. What are your plans after you have completed your studies?
Ans : I plan to return to India (very very important) take up a good job and stay with my family.
14. What work does your father do?
Ans : My father works for ______________________________________________
15. What is your father’s Annual Income?
Ans : More than _________________ lakhs.
16. What work does your mother do?
Ans : My mother works for __________________________.(answer appropriately)
17. What is your mother’s Annual Income?
Ans : More than ____________ lakhs.
18. What about your siblings?
Ans : I have a ___ brothers/ ___ sisters.
19. What is your graduate GPA or %?
Ans : My grad avg is _________%
20. Tell me about your univ?
Ans : _____________ is among the top ______ universities in the US. It imparts a high quality of education. It has a good amount of pioneering research going on in my field of study i.e. ____________.(may ask about some research going on) Prof. _____________ Frey research work in ______________ interests me. you may also talk about aid you hage got and the climatic conditions.
21. Mention some professor’s names?
Ans : ___________________, ______________________ and ______________________a.
22. How long will you study in USA?
Ans : For about ____________ yrs or ________________ months (as mentioned in your I-20)
23. Do you plan to study Ph D after MS?
Ans : Yes/No
24. What is your university yearly expense?
Ans : About $ _______________ (as mentioned in your I-20)
25. Have you got any loans?
Ans : Yes, from __________________ (Usyally say No if your parents have enough finances)
26. How will you finance your education for 2years or 3 years?
Ans : My sponsor parents have sufficient liquid funds in the form of Saving bank deposits, FDs, liquid shares, PPF, etc.
27. Your passbook shows that a large amount of money has recently been deposited? How do you explain that?
Ans : (Ask your parents to explain about the money)
28. Why only USA?
Ans : USA is the most advance and pioneering country in your area of study. (Research)
This will equip me with enough knowledge to come back to India and take up a good job and stay with my family.
There is good job opportunity in India for my field of study.
29. What kind of good things do you know about America?
Ans : America is an advanced country for education, research in various fields and also good site-seeing places like Statue of Liberty, Niagara Falls, Disney Land, Hollywood, and many other things.
30. What do you expect after returning back?
Ans : To take up a good job. {well paid job}
31. You look like a potential immigrant or I don’t think you will come back?
Ans : I definitely love to stay with my parents. So I will surely come back and take up a job a India. (do not react stay calm and answer this question)
32. What do you know about US education?
Ans : US education is very advanced. There is a great amount of research going on in my field of study.
33. Tell me how you can prove that you are going to come back?
Ans : My parents are here in India.
34. Will you come home during summer?
Ans : Yes
35. Do you have brothers and sister in US
Ans : No
36. Are you happy with your scores
Ans : Yes
37. When did you graduated
Ans : _____________
38. Did you get in touch with any professors in this Univ
Ans : yes, I exchanged some emails with Prof XXXX. With the area of his research and the interest I have in that particular subject I guess I can be good research assistant underhim.
39. Do you have any experience
Ans : Yes/ No
40. What's the difference you can make by doing your MS in USA
Ans : Most of the Universities in US are going in parallel with the latest technologies. Educating myself in those technologies can give give me better picture to start up something of my own in future.
41. What is avg household income ?
Ans : The average family income from my parents job is around ____________ lakhs per annum.
42. Did you get any kind of scholarships from this Univ?
Ans : Yes / No
43. What are the other Universities did you applied?
Ans : I applied to _________________________________________________________________.
44. How many I-20's do you have?
Ans : __________________
45. Have you ever been to US or any other country?
Ans : Yes/ No