USA F1 visa Fall & Summer 2024 | Visa portal changes , Slot booking tips & Interview prep guide 📚 🤓

so it is that time of the year again we are officially kicking off the fall 2024 series and this video will bring you up to date with all the changes that have happened in the US Visa system tell you techniques on booking slots and give you interview preparation strategy which you can follow for the next few months keep on watching hi guys my name is shachi and I'm a travel and Visa coach on this channel you'll find lots of useful videos on the US Visa process we have an entire playlist for effort Visa so make sure that you subscribe and check it out a lot of changes have happened in the US Visa system in India in the last one year let me quickly bring you to speed the number one and the biggest change is a new Visa portal so the US Embassy in India moved to a new Visa portal last year this is called usva scheduling.com and all of you who will be booking the slots for the fall 24 intake are going to be using the new portal now keep in mind that the new portal is a little complicated it also has a lot of Errors a lot of glitches so why while doing your process you might get stuck in one or more steps it's completely normal Don't Panic you have the option to call the customer support you can even raise a ticket from your portal itself on this channel too we'll be bringing you the updates about these errors and how to resolve them so stay tuned for that at this point of time I would say that it would be a good idea to create your account in the new portal keep it ready and familiarize yourself with it so that when the slots are released you will be in a place to book it immediately the second change which has happened in the Visa system is about the ds160 form now the ds160 form is that seven page of form which the Visa officer has in front of him when you go for the interview previously you could use any dummy ds160 number to book your appointment and later fill a proper form and get it updated but you cannot do that now as for the new rule the ds160 confirmation page and the ds160 number mentioned on your appointment booking have to match if they don't match they won't allow you to proceed ahead with the metric and the interview which in turn means that you need to have a properly filled ds160 form right from the beginning so make sure that you are filling the form thoroughly getting it checked revising it make sure that there are no errors submitting it and then going ahead with booking your appointment so we have lots of useful resources which will help you accurately fill the ds160 form the link for all of it is right below in the description box do check it out before we go ahead I want to share a few quick tips for those of you who have differred from Spring 24 intake to the fall 24 intake and I'm sure there are many of you because almost no slots opened up for the spring intake so here are the three things that you should be doing number one get an updated I20 so request your University for an updated I20 and this I20 will have the dates as per the fall intake number two once you get the updated I20 fill a new ds160 form even if you have properly filled the form last time do not use the old one fill a completely new ds16 form with the new I20 details in fact if there are any gaps in your profile this would be a great time to do internships certifications courses to cover that Gap and mention it in the ds160 form also and number three you don't need to make the visa fee payment again so if you made the visa fee payment last time you can use the same payment all you have to do in the Visa portal is to close any old applications start a new application and click on claim payment and then use the old payment to proceed ahead with booking the slots so if you are a student who has deferred your intake from Spring to Fall then let me know comment below and write the words defer and this will let me know how many of you are there so that we can bring you more content on this now let's move to the next part of the video and this is about the slots so the biggest question on everybody's mind is when are the slots for fall 24 intake going to open now let me clarify this separately for fresh and for refused candidates so for the fresh candidates looking at the trends of the slot opening from the last 2 years plus the official update by the embassy about 2 weeks back we can expect the slots to open in the April end to July window that means April end May June July these are the months you can expect the slots to open now this can come in small batches periodically or it can come in two or three bulk openings this is something we'll have to wait and watch if you have a previous refusal then you can expect the slots to open a little bit later I would say there somewhere around June end to August so June end July August this is a window you can expect for the slots to open up if you have a refusal in the last one year keep in mind that there is no official announcement about one- year band in fact there never has been so if you have a previous refusal do not worry you have a good chance of getting a slot this year just make sure that your preparation is on track so whether you're a fresh or a refused candidate booking the slot will take monitoring and to make this monitoring process easy for you I have a great product this is called easy slot booking so easy slot booking is a tool which is going to give you alerts on your phone when the slot opens up which means you are saved the complete hassle of 24/7 monitoring and being under the stress whether the slots have opened or not all you have to do is to act quickly when you get the alert so as soon as you get the alert log your USB user portal and go ahead and book that appointment using easy slot booking is really simple it's just three steps the first thing that you need is a telegram app so make sure that you have a telegram app downloaded on your phone and you have your account set up there the second thing is to sign up for easy slot booking so right below in the description box you will see a link follow that link and set up your account for easy slot booking and this involves giving your name your email ID selecting the Visa category and selecting which of the paid plans you want and the third step is once you sign up for any of the paid plans you're going to get an email with the list of telegram channels to follow and these telegram channels are separate for interview slots and for biometric slots in fact they are as for the location so you can choose which location you want to track after this just relax and wait for the alert as soon as you get an alert you need to log into the portal and these alerts are very clear they tell you exactly how many slots have opened they also tell you whether it is for fresh or for refused so you'll get a very clear picture of what to do next I know there's a lot of telegram channels out there who give updates about slots but the problem is authenticity you don't know whether you can trust them and whe they're genuine or not easy slot booking is 100% authentic it is verified in fact so many of you have used it previously and found it really helpful they also have a customer support So if you're stuck anywhere in the process you can reach out the customer support of easy slot booking and they will help you out in fact here's the best part we are giving away 10 coupon codes for easy slot booking so if you want a coupon code to use the easy slot booking tune then comment below easy slot booking and the first first 10 people to do this I'm going to get the coupon code so this brings me to the third part of the video and this is the interview preparation so in all the rush of booking the slot and filling your form don't forget the interview prep because this is what is going to get you through and given that Visa interviews are getting trickier and trick your every intake plus the fact that if you have a refuser you will have to wait for a significant period of time it's really important that you prepare well and prepare in advance for the intake that is coming up we closely monitor all the trends and the interview questions as per views officer and based on that I feel that for fall 24 intake they're going to focus heavily on the course the university and the funding in fact on this channel we have dedicated videos for all of these topics so you can take a look at these videos I also have something exciting to share with you we are starting an exclusive WhatsApp Community for the fall 24 intake and this community will help you in your Visa preparation we going to be sharing weekly updates interview Trends experiences and of course preparation material so the link for joining the WhatsApp Community is right below click on it and be a part of it you can also prepare one to one with me for your fundign interview so let me tell you a little bit more about that our main program is the 7-Day program and this is the most detailed stress-free way to prepare for your visa interview every intake we have students who sign up for the 7-Day program and it helps them a lot so the 7-Day program consists of seven sessions and we start by understanding analyzing your profile to filling your ds160 form to structuring and framing the answers and putting you through multiple marks so if you have a complicated profile you have previous rejections or you just want to Ace the interview in your first attempt do consider signing up for the 7-Day plan we are officially open for all the enrollments now another program that we have is the core package and core package I would say is a shorter version of the 7-Day program this consists of the ds160 review one session to frame your answers and a mock both these are highly beneficial so if you're looking for a good way to prepare for FN visa interview do check both these programs out all right so I hope you have all the information now to start your preparation for fall 24 intake and like I said this is just the first video we have more videos coming up and this intake we are particularly going to focus on Embassy wise Trends and questions so make sure that you subscribe and stay tuned for all of this thank you so much for watching if you have any more questions feel free to leave it in the comment section below you can also reach out to me on Instagram my Instagram handle is at chachi. mul so you can DM me here as well signing off for now I'll see you very soon in the next video

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Length: 9min 39sec (579 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 17 2024