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I got approved at Hyderabad where Rejection is generally high due to high volume of applicants!
Thanks Mithlesh, but my point isn’t that people are not getting approved from Del/Hyd/Mum - my simple point is that even some strong profile candidates are getting rejected from these consulates. While Kol - I haven’t seen any such horror stories. Those 3-4 VOs are in Kol consulate are all good and hear out well, and everyone who goes through Kol will go through one of those VO only. While at the Mum/Del/Hyd - there is an element of luck where you might get a VO whose approval rate is very low.

I want to get this hypothesis confirmed by someone who has gone to Kol consulate for interview. Anyone?
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> I got approved at Hyderabad where Rejection is generally high due to high volume of applicants!
Thanks Mithlesh, but my point isn’t that people are not getting approved from Del/Hyd/Mum - my simple point is that even some strong profile candidates are getting rejected from these consulates. While Kol - I haven’t seen any such horror stories. Those 3-4 VOs are in Kol consulate are all good and hear out well, and everyone who goes through Kol will go through one of those VO only. While at the Mum/Del/Hyd - there is an element of luck where you might get a VO whose approval rate is very low.

I want to get this hypothesis confirmed by someone who has gone to Kol consulate for interview. Anyone?
We don’t enough data to confirm this. Those who gets approved hardly posts their experiences. Still, you can count Kol as safer given lots of people are saying so.

But the problem right now is getting slots.

My preference was Chennai but I got earliest slot at Hyderabad and I went with that!
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Does anyone have experience updating their DS-160 after completing biometrics but before the visa interview?
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Does anyone have experience updating their DS-160 after completing biometrics but before the visa interview?
U can fill a new ds 160
Inform ur VO before interview starts
They will guide u

What do u wanna update
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Guys, one of my friends is looking for an agent. Could you guys please suggest a few?
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Hi guys. As many of you have got your visa approved and I would want to learn more from your experiences of Visa Interview. If you can share how was your experience particularly any sense you made out of students who were getting rejected vs getting approved?

Is it the communication skills & confidence they are looking?

I talked with 2 people who got their visa approved they said - 4 students in front of him were rejected but he added none of them were able to answer properly, they were not confident or their communication skills were not upto the mark. Do you guys second this opinion?
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Hello hello - I have a small query for people who have applied for expedited visa - how did y'all get to know about response to your request? Through mail or portal or anything else? And how long did it take you to receive response. Thanks in advance 👉🏽👈🏽🎀 - Toodles 🎀✨
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Hello hello - I have a small query for people who have applied for expedited visa - how did y'all get to know about response to your request? Through mail or portal or anything else? And how long did it take you to receive response. Thanks in advance 👉🏽👈🏽🎀 - Toodles 🎀✨
Takes 2-48 hours and a mail comes to registered email ID
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Takes 2-48 hours and a mail comes to registered email ID
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You should not delay any further and take help of experts in getting the slots! It’s very late now!
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Guys, anyone got their Visa approved who's the only earning member in their family?
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Can anyone share atlys contact

Would be of great help
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I didn’t show any of my family income. It’s my savings, loans.
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