@cauldroncastle Yup it is required.
@oracle000001 High school will do usually. Not quite sure about this one.
@hope1097 I have partially filled out DS-160 form. Do I need to go to Nepal Investment bank to pay application fee, submit it and print the confirmation page? After that, do I get to schedule appointment? What about SEVIS fee?Do I have to pay that immediately after submitting DS-160?
@oracle000001 Pay $200 SEVIS fee at first then get a SEVIS receipt from the bank you paid.
Fill out DS 160 then pay 160$ interview charge at Nepal investment. Be sure to carry passport and I20 as well.
Take interview receipt from investment bank.
You need to choose a date and time convenient for you before paying the interview charge I guess.
@hope1097 I completed DS-160 and paid $160 but whenever I try to create an account at https://cgifederal.secure.force.com/ in order to schedule an appointment it says"Your request cannot be processed at this time. The site administrator has been alerted." Can SEVIS fee be paid from any banks? And why can’t I print the entire DS-160 application? I have options to send email confirmation and to print confirmation page but I cannot print an entire application. I want to know if all the information that I provided is correct but I don’t have access to entire application.
@oracle000001 SEVIS can be paid from Kumari bank. I am not so sure about your other question. As I am also preparing for the embassy and haven’t paid and filled any forms yet.
@hope1097 which university are you getting into?
@hope1097 Do I need birth certificate for visa interview? If so, can I go with photocopied birth certificate? I have searched everywhere but cannot find my original birth certificate.
They always emphasize “social, economic and other ties to the country”. What is that supposed to mean, do you think?
@oracle000001 I will be attending Earlham. What about you? No, you don’t need the birth certificate.
@cauldroncastle It means that the Embassy views you as an immigrant even on an F1 visa so you have to prove that you intend to be an ideal abroad student and plan to return back to Nepal. For that, it would be convincing if you could show them social, economic and other ties to your country which bind you.
Read it an admission packet of one of the colleges.
Correct me if I am wrong.
Troy University @hope1097
@hope1097 I understood that, but what I don’t understand is how am I to show those ties?
@cauldroncastle
Social ties could mean your family is back here and you have to return to them(Better if none of your family members are at the USA).
Financial ties could mean you have a lot of property to which you have to return to (Shown by healthy property valuation.).
Other ties can be anything like you intend to return Nepal and work in your sector as you really want to improve the situation in your country or maybe a project you plan to start on returning. ( I don’t know how these are shown, guess you just have to tell them if asked.)
@hope1097 I have all the documents that I needed for visa interview. I understand that police report and health report are not essential. However, I have a small problem which is bugging me for days now. I have got good academic background and I am confident that I will answer all the questions regarding my academics.
It is the financial part that have some doubts on.I will show around 30 lkhs bank statement to visa officer. But I don’t think I will show transaction to VO because there are many recent deposits to the bank account and this will leave room for VO to question my financial situation. I will show property valuation, CA statement where the valuation will be around 1 crore. I will also take my father’s statement from employer which states his annual income to be around $9600. By not showing bank transaction, will that count against me? Do I need to show income tax too? What other documents could be added to show financial stability? My annual cost listed on I-20 is around $9000 which is actually the estimation of living cost. I don’t need to pay for Tuition. I don’t intend to show bank transaction but I am really afraid to do so. Some of the guys who have already appeared to the interview didn’t took bank transaction and still got approved. Some VO probably never asks.I applied all by myself so I didn’t get to ask consultancies.Please suggest me some advice regarding bank transaction.
And for immigration intention part, I looked over potential questions and prepared some answers. I will show relationship certificate, Lalpurja and property valutaion to show strong ties to my home country.
@oracle000001
I am no expert either. But it’s best if you could show a transaction. For the recent deposits you could tell an answer like, you guys save in finance and are transferring the funds to bank, finance has higher interest. Then you could get a statement verifying this from a known finance in their letterhead.
If your total cost is 9000$ per year then you should show income of around 15,000$ no? Your father is going to use up all his salary? What’s going to bear the family’s expenses? Better if you could show more income sources and support it with documents (House rent, mother’s work, shares?). For father’s source, statement from employer in their letterhead should suffice. I don’t think you will be needing income tax.
I don’t know how much the lack of bank transaction will be affecting your chances. All I can say is that your good academic standing will help you a lot.
@hope1097 what kind of statement are you suggesting? Balance certificate from finance before i transferred my funds to bank? Apart fron my fathers income, there will be interest from bank itself, dividends from shares and income from agriculture. If i showed income from agriculture, do they require any documents to verifiy it?
@oracle000001
Receipt from finance showing that you had withdrawn money if possible.
For agriculture, you need to show statement from vdc or municipality verifying your income.
@hope1097 when will you make an appointment for visa interview?
I was filling up the DS 160 form and noticed that it asks for the contact info of two people in Nepal who can verify all the info in the application. Who should I list on this? What kind of contacts do people typically list?
@oracle000001 I am currently preparing my financial documents and also am waiting for my I20. I think I will be taking an appointment around mid or late may. How about you?
@cauldroncastle I am not sure since I have no prior experience of DS 160. Will ask some friends around then will let you know.
@cauldroncastle since you can’t list relatives or members of family, school counselor or any of your friends in Nepal who can verify your identity will do
@hope1097 i had scheduled for late april but the appointment was postponed because of the earthquake. By the way, how are you?