I'm watching this video 9 hours before my F1 visa interview, wish luck to me y'all

Just got my visa approved today just after a couple of weeks watching your video! Thanks

i got my visa approved yesterday and i must say your videos helped a lot.and i had a totally different idea of the interview before watching your videos.

I am begining to think the US B1/B2 visa interview process is a flawed one. How do you refuse someone with who earns more than $85,000 annual income after tax and has a recent travel history to Cairo, Casablanca, Dubai, and Johannesburg? Someone who has partly funded his brothers Masters education in the US paying more than $20,000 in the process? They don’t give you even 1 minute to explain the merits of your case when you are talking about your purpose of visit. Instead, they interrupt you in less than a minute and make up their minds in 30 seconds. Why would someone want to leave their lucrative job in their home country to live in the US with no assurance of work? I think the process needs to have a reassessment someday. My two cents.

Hi i got my B1/B2 visa approved today with 0 travel history and fresh passport. I didnt even have any relatives there. The interview took around 10 mins and I explained him my whole situation here to visa officer. He didnt even look at my documents. Thank you for your tips sir. They helped a lot.

Thank you for all the tips, my B1 visa got approved this week. It was my 2nd attempt.😊

Who else loves ben?? There is just something about ben❤

Thank you for the info from an American living in Lebanon. Best regards to u and God bless our country🇺🇲

Thanks you, Ben, I got my visa approved today. I was just refused one month ago. I watched a series videos in this channel and gradually figured out why I was rejected and how to improve this situation. I'm really passive in the first interview. I feel so nervous that I almost answer every question officer asked with less than five words. She rejected me in three minutes without checking any of my materials. But this time, I prepared a long answer contain all my highlight for the first question (What are you going to in the US) and guide him to go through my materials. Everything goes smooth! I really appreciate your generous sharing.🙏

How would a visa officer react after learning the fact that an F1 student has a plan B by applying for other countries like UK or Germany , while that student is being interviewed?

Your videos literally helped me to get my visa in very first attempt .. thank you so much ❤

Hello Ben! Great video as usual! so let me understand this 214 (b) , We put a lot of specific information on the DS-160, answer all the questions or explain our case at the interview just to get from the consular officer an ambiguous decision based on that generic section?

Hello, I have question that (4:38 )How my sister in the US who is married to a US citizen and has a green card counters "You have a sister in the US".

Thank you so much sir..got my f1 visa today ❤credit goes to you

Something I dont understand is why having a relative in the US is a bad thing. Doesn't it usually mean that they're able to financially support you and provide you assistance? (genuine question)

Thanking you is not enough! May god bless you and everyone u love! ❤

I am going for my interview in 9 days for a B1/B2 visa, its my first time how do I navigate this to get an approval.

Your videos are very insightful and inspirational. Thank God I met you and your team

Watching this video two days before my interview

Hi Ben, you are really doing a very good job , am really inspired and educated by your kind polite explanations,cudos to you keep it up but how ever i have a real quick couple of questions to ask you below:: Q1)what is the real official US government site to surf and to be able to fill in the DS-160 forms?? Q2)After submitting successfully the completed DS-160 forms, how do i schdule my appointment for interview?? is it by calling the consulate or embassy or there is an option on the DS-160 forms to select for the schdulling??

Money business here in our place. Consulate is manipulated by the politicians and business company. Keep on accepting applicant but once heard where they work they refused

Hi sir i need a help my interview is next month 2nd week i have updated my Ds160 B1B2 form twice alreday i made a mistake i dont know if its miner or major mistake and should i change or not 3rd time ? Mistake is i mention venue names instead of cities name but with venue i mentioned city name aswell for example grand PRAIRIE cricket stadium Dallas so my question should i change venue to cities or should i just leave it kind regards asif

Good video as always thanks for the information

Wait, are you glowing Ben, there seems to be this angelic allure around you. Then again it could be the camera.

What a great job Mr Ben you are the real champ 👏

I got my usa visa approved thanks for your advice sir❤🎉🎉🎉

hi ben i been refuse for 3rdtime im honest and little bit nervous while on the interview but still denied😢 i dont know the reason

Thank you very much.

Thank you so much😊 but as I am a very young 18-year-old student Does my age really matter?

Thank you congratulations 🥂

Hey! I'm applying for an C1D Visa, should the current job match with the job I'm going to do in the cruise ship which I have to fill on ds 160 ?

Got my visa approval today after being refused once 6 years ago 😁😁😅😅😍😍

I'm going to be staying with my Uncle who is a US Citizen and also my sponsor how can I counter this if it is seen as a negative? I should also mention i've been approved a B1/B2 visa before

My friend visa has been rejected four times. He was really disappointed and asked if there were any chances of approval if he reapplied. The officer kind of said it’s not possible and that he is not qualified enough to enter the USA. They also asked if he made any changes in the DS-160 form. Even after he mentioned everything, they were not satisfied and rejected his visa. I don’t understand what the reason might be ? Please let me know.

Hi Ben, I was refused a J2 visa last time and I was told that I didn’t have enough ties to my country. So I have reapplied. What should I be expecting

I have been accepted into Drexel University in Pennsylvania for a master's program in mechanical engineering and have received a scholarship. I own a business in Iran that includes three beauty salons. I want to study ergonomic chair design for beauty salons to prevent back injuries during my master's program. The head of the mechanical engineering department at Drexel University is also an Iranian professor. Should I mention this in my interview and even try to communicate with this professor? Would this be seen as a positive point, or should I avoid mentioning it because we are both Iranian?

This is merely luck trust me

My mother is a widow and she has all her children in US, her visa is rejected 2 times with 214b. How can we get help? Please let us know. During we had to extension 3 times, due to travel ban to India and covid strains, all three times she has approved extension and biometrics done in USA.she had a 10 year visa and it was expired. Now it is rejected 3 times on 214b

Thanks sir

F1 vise refused ,on PhD fully funded scholarship

If you purchase a consultation at Argo for so many minutes can you select/specify you want to speak to Ben or do you just have to accept whoever Argo assigns you for the consultation?

I paid my SEVIS FEE through a money order before 12 days but the payment was not done yet. How many days will be required to process my money order?

I have a question that I was on j-1 visa and i returned to India 4 month ago and I am subject to two year rule also I found on google that I can apply for another visa like visitor or study visa but i am not sure when can I apply for that. How much do I have to wait if i want to apply for visitor visa while I am in my two year rule period time.

Should I bring a new I20 From another University

I got a job offer from Alaska and I am persuing H1B visa. I plan to indicate previous denial when filling the form. Will I get the visa since I was denied Canada visit visa with a 5 year ban

Sir I made on my DS 160 from the the departure from the USA 🇺🇸 and on my i20 it’s 2028 but on my DS 160 I made a mistake and type there 2025 how can I go back and edit it and I will go for my interview very soon 😢😢😢😢 any help

A friend of mine was charged with petty larceny 20 years ago and did 200 hours of community service. She is going in two weeks for her B1/B2 visa interview. Will she be automatically denied? She's never been in any trouble with the law since.

Hi Ben, my question is: my mother is retired (69 yrs old) and does not have any source of income only her savings and support she receives from me and my brother. She lives with me, the breadwinner. My brother who lives in the US (US citizen) wants us to visit for Christmas; we live in the Caribbean. She will be traveling with me. I have traveled to the US a few times (recently renewed my visa, which expired last October) but this will be her first time applying for a visa; she has an appointment in March. She does not have any ties a part from her house. However, she is an avid churchgoer so we were lucky to convince her to miss 2 weeks of not going to church in her home country while she is away. There is absolutely no immigrant intent on her part. So what are her chances of getting a HB1/2 tourist visa? How can she sufficiently convince the Officer that she will be returning home?

You people are even afraid to conduct Visa Friday on Facebook as you are getting so much genuine negativity from the students. So you dont want to show the real side and covering by not conducting visa friday doubts on Facebook.👎😡

If visit visa how much we can be take cash?

hello @Benjamin Arterburn please its my humble request you to make detail oriented video on "how to over b2 visa refusal " if that visa had been refused from third country in short make video on how to overcome b2 visa refusal if applied visa is refused from third country under 214b . so many users wants these video please make it

Hello sir, maam I got rejected yesterday student visa from Nepal vo officer told me your gpa is not good but my gpa is 2.68 and in biometrics my finger print was not working because of my one finger is not straight and she got angry with me. i have no idea what should I do. is there problem with my hands? Please give me some advice sir maam🙏😪

Please talk about M1 visa

Can you say about 352 day ban who got refused .

Hallo I got a minor record of 28 years ago wat is my chance for a h2a visum What do I call them? Sir or ma'am?

What question they ask for b1b2 visa

Hello Argo, hope you're well. May I kindly ask? Is it okay to apply for a tourist while applying for a k1 visa?

I got 214(B) on my visa interview I applied for again but officer didn't ask me any questions

Dear sir, my f1 visa got refused in 2007, now I got an opportunity for H1-B visa. While filling ds160 I see a question asking 'have you ever been refused a us visa or been refused admission to the united states. Do I need to mention about my f1 refusal details or it's not required as it's H1B visa and not related to student visa. Also it's been 15 years since it happened, do this history exists?. Kindly suggest

Sir i reschedule my appointment after 2 weeks of my f1 visa denial. Can you tell me how i ans this question( what in your situation has changed since your last interview)

hi dear Sir I hope you’re doing well. Thank you so much for your nice information. I have a question if you can help me about the answer my aunt wants to visit her brothers daughter she is living in the United States. She is permanent resident but her aunt wants to visit her and she doesn’t have a job. She cannot speak English. can you guide us please? Thank you.

I got my J1 VISA denied. I'm a fresh graduate but the officer expected me to have a job here in the PH. What should I do?

Hi, I was wondering if I have a strong case. I want to get my B1B2 visa to take the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE). However I haven’t gotten out of the country yet (Philippines) and I just resigned from my PT job (This January 2024) to focus on my review. My parents are funding my review, exam and trip to Hawaii (where the exam will take place). I have resigned, yes however I have private home service clients. Will my inexperience of not having had a visit to other countries and my recent resignation be seen as a negative? Is my case strong enough, do you think? Could I use my private practice in turning my negative (my resignation) into a positive with said private practice? Would love to hear anyone’s response. Thank you

Pls say something on information science

Hello, Please how can you explain my refusal after been granted the visa three times and I've never overstayed or been convicted with a crime or any of these stuff, I'm been rejected three time in a row after being approved three times in a row, the interview always goes perfectly I always explain everything they ask for and basically it's the same thing as in the interviews where I have been approved, what's the difference ?

Usa visa is just bias how can a Consular just think for you. Most Genuine people are just denied visas . You must change your style. Uk are more lenient abit

Any chances of having a one on one connect with you officer?

Hello Ben!l’m from Bulgaria.I have 3 refusals .The last one is on the 15th of April.The reason is 214b.I’m a Jehovah’s Witness and I’m an approved delegate to attend an Assembly in Tampa Florida.I have an invitation letter from the organisation in Tampa .The consul asked me 3 questions and kept my passport for administrative procedure .But I received my passport on the next day.My husband had a visa cancelled in2014 .Immediately my visa was also cancelled.Is it the reason they refuse me .I apply again and I have an interview on 22nd of May .Do you think I waste my time and money?

Ive seen people with nothing but still they get vis how comes

Lol you people don't lie. You always reject our F1 visa without any reason😡We are not sad about rejection. But as I got refused in November, I am not able to get refused slots. If we ask any query in CGI website you people ask us to wait for 352 Days. Waiting for 352 days is so much disheartening. And we are spending a lot on USA process. I spent almost 3 Lakhs. I got rejected for Northeastern University which is a top universitiy. You people simply reject us without telling any reason lol. In future we will show what indians are in our own style💯 Literally playing games with us. You people treating F1 students as slaves and terrorists. We are going to study and improve ourselve. But you people dont even have any mercy on students. Why USA universities are giving admissions if we are not qualified for F1 visa? 214b is a worst reason that we get as a common slip for every refused candidate. Definitely karma will hit back 🤞

So sad my visa interview was refused..And got 221g and US embassy Manila have a form that I need to submit another Cenomar, because need to change and correct the name of my parents there..I live far from manila I need to travel by plane to get there in US embassy with my 10 years old daughter.But after that,I went back to my hometown and get new Cenomar and it's updated and I correctedy parents there already,and I followed what they instructed me to mailed it through LBC so I did it..And after 3days they got my Cenomar and passport..But the embassy call me that they need another Cenomar again..And that time they said they are the one who will requested to the Philippine Statistics Authority..I get confused...why they not accepted my Cenomar....But I just hope and pray everything will be ok..🙏🙏🙏I'm Gngelyn Guardiario from Philippines and I'm processing k1 visa...

Hi Ben, how could I contact you?

Hello Argo, did you mention any scenario where a F1 visa applicant has had refusals from two-three other different countries, on whether that will affect that applicant F1 visa success?