Re: (GRE Success! ) Profile evaluation

Dear Srihari,

According to Rutgers officials, my I-20 was dispatched on May 2.
BTW,
why did u ask, is it something related to the VISA officer checking whether
I have got an admit form Rutgers or not?

Sincerely,
Akshay Jain.

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Akshay Jain <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Srihari,
>
> I will try n find if there is something about US consulate n let u kno on
> this.
>
> Raghu,
> Probably I will go to Delhi this time coz my parents are in Rajasthan and
> I am going to show all the documents from there itself.
> I am not choosing Rutgers coz of the following reasons:
> 1. Its research in Computer Vision/Image Processing does not look very
> interesting to me. There is a lab there but I am not sure how good is it.
> 2. A student there has told me many of the related courses gets cancelled
> there due to scarcity of students.
> 3. Among the 2 Vision Prof. in ECE dept, 1 has told me that he has no
> position for this Fall.
> 4. It is much expensive.
>
> I think I can not choose Rutgers now coz I have already told the Visa
> Officer that it does not have good research in my domain. If she had
> written it in her file, then I gues it could cause problems. What do you
> think of my reasons, are they strong enough to reject a good school like
> Rutgers?
>
> Sincerely,
> Akshay Jain.
>
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 4:19 AM, Raghu Rao <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> The US Consulate/Embassy/Whatever have been decidedly painful in the
>> last few weeks. I was back home in Nov-Dec '11 to get my H1-B
>> stamped. The officer said all my documents were in order but that she
>> cannot issue a visa immediately because they need to do "some
>> administrative processing" on their end.
>>
>> I wasn't entirely heart-broken until she told me it could take 8-12
>> weeks for that, and she held on to my passport until such time. I had
>> accrued leave only for 3 weeks. There is _absolutely_ no information
>> as to what this admin processing means anywhere on the blooming
>> Internet. All that we know is it can take up to 12 weeks. In some
>> horror stories that I read, it took 4 months, 6 months and in one rare
>> case, a whole year. However, there was a bright side to it: the fact
>> that they held on to my passport instead of returning it. This means
>> they are intent on giving me the visa, but just need to get
>> confirmation on god-knows-what from god-knows-where. Fortunately for
>> me, I work for an understanding company that also has the option of
>> telecommuting, so it all worked out. I only had to wait an additional
>> 3 weeks instead of 8 / 12 / whatever, and I am back now.
>>
>> One of my good friends from undergraduate college was refused his
>> student visa the first time. He went to the same visa office a second
>> time with the same documentation and he was granted the visa with a
>> smile the second time. It happens to a lot of people. Also, I
>> believe a candidate will never be assigned to the same officer a
>> second time to keep things fair.
>>
>> Don't be worried, in case you are. Just re-apply. I think it is
>> safer to appear at the office which is nearest to your address unless
>> you have multiple options. I have *heard* of cases where an applicant
>> hailing from the south of India was rejected a visa in an office in
>> the northern part of India simply because they appeared at that office
>> and not in the office where they were meant to apply. I have *heard*
>> that this has happened.
>>
>> Be bold and re-apply man. It will all be okay.
>>
>> Ye (somewhat) olde timer,
>> Raghu
>>
>> PS. Sure you don't want to go to Rutgers? It is the "dream" option
>> for many an applicant. That being said, you know better than anyone
>> else what you want. :-)
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Srihari Yamanoor <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hello Akshay,
>> >
>> > Yes, if that wont raise any red flags, you should do that. You should
>> also follow up with Rutgers and find out more about the I-20 processing
>> status.
>> >
>> > Finally, as a favor maybe, try to find out if there is any complaint
>> process with the US Embassy for visas rejected without reasons being
>> clearly outlined. I might do some research myself, but I have a couple of
>> grant proposals to write this week.
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> >
>> > Srihari
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Akshay Jain <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi Srihari,
>> >>
>> >> The I-20 from Rutger's is probably in processing. My financial
>> documents were delivered to Rutger's 20 days back. So probably they are
>> under process.
>> >> Why did you ask this?
>> >>
>> >> BTW,
>> >> I have heard that lots of VISA are getting rejected @ Mumbai
>> Consulate. So I am thinking of applying to Delhi for the second
>> time(actually I am from Rajasthan, but I am in Pune form past 6 years).
>> What do you think, where should I apply?
>> >>
>> >> Sincerely,
>> >> Akshay Jain.
>>
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