F-1 Visa 101

Simple but quite useful Infographic

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Tougher than I expected

 

I know it has been forever that I didn't post something on my blog, but that was against my will. On December the 23th, it is going to be a whole year for me being in the USA as an International student. And it's been one hell of a year.
I was kind of stressing out lately because of some financial issues. It is expensive to go to school in the USA as you may know, especially with the restrictions we have on work and that kind of stuff. I know I am allowed to work on campus but it just seems impossible. I have been applying everywhere on campus to get a job but the waiting lists are CRAZY!
I only wrote this post check and let you guys know that I am still going to carry on writing on my blog and helping you out with valuable information from actual experience.
Thank you

Here we g again

Hello guys!

      I've been absent for a while and that's because of school. It's the first week of my 2nd semester. I'm getting really busy settling things down and getting myself together after a loong HOT summer (still hot by the way).
I'm going to be posting articles as soon as I get the chance. I hope you guys are having a good time and enjoying school if you already started.
Please take few minutes of your time to contact me and leave comments if you have them. That will help me alot and I would really appreciate it.
Thank you,

5 "F-s visa Interview" bad Ideas

    Student visa interview is probably the most stressful phase of the whole process. During the last few days before my interview I did look in the internet and tried to get more info about how the interview goes and what are my chances of getting the visa. I did few mistakes that I shouldn't have done and that made me more confused and anxious. Here is what you SHOULD and SHOULDN'T do:

#1- Know your situation and whatever question the visa officer asks you, you'll be able to respond.
This can be achieved if you:

#2- Don't lie or prepare for an interview with the intention of lying.

#3- STOP looking for those interview samples on YouTube and the web. Consulates differ from country to   another. If you know what you're doing and have the right documents you shouldn't have any troubles   keeping up a conversation.

#4- Be friendly and act normal.

#5- Stop playing the innocent student who's like: "Oh, I've chosen the USA because the educational system is great. I also plan to come back to my home country...". and all that Blah Blah..We all know that is not true. & while saying something you don't mean you gonna sound shady and visa officers are trained to detect that. So be genuine and don't lie.

This is all I have today. If you have any questions or have something you want to add leave a comment and I'll get back to you.

Good luck =)

Know what to expect

  

     USA, the land of opportunities, where you get access to anything you need easily, where people are equal and where dreams come true. We all expect life to be easy in America. Well, actually it is, if you and your family are in the same town and you get to see the friends you grew up with every single day, and not when they are thousands of miles away. Foe me, I've moved and went to college in a city that is far from my hometown, so being here was not that bad for me since I am kind of used to it. During my first semester, I got to know many International students from all over the world, most of them are by themselves except for few who came with their friends from the same country.

So here's the deal, you find yourself in a whole different world, where you have to take care of yourself because nobody would. You have to deal with rent, landlords, bills, new neighborhood and many more issues. You're on your own now. There's also culture shock , which I will be talking about in a couple of articles soon.

You might probably think that once you're here, you will just let it happen by itself  and life is going to be nothing but fun. For all of you out there, it's no easy task. It's a lot of responsibility. One must be mature enough and must understand  the reason he/she left home. This way when you get into a situation and there's no other option but handling it, you at least know that It could happen to anyone and it's quite normal.
Remember to know what to expect  and everything's going to be alright.