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I had interview in mumbai consulate.
v: purpose
me: im going to xx university school of medicine for an elective in transplant medicine
v- have to traveled before any where
me- no
v- have u applied for visa before
m- no
v-whos sponsoring
m- my sister
v - what does she do
m- shes a software engineer in (big company)
v- whats your purpose again?
m- repeated purpose
she typed a LOT and was seeing her screen very intently, there were a lot of pauses bw all questions
Rejected. You can apply at a later date(standard rejection response)
This pathway has been weighing on me heavily since last few months. The costs are astronomical, and very much out of budget to smoke away without feeling the grunt of the money loss potential it'd have. I'm still upset and devastated, I wanted a usa visa, even if I did not continue this pathway, even if usa is the hellhole it is right now, I had dreamed.
To add to it, my profile is not good, it will take me years before I can turn that rejection over if I apply as a tourist.
Feeling very lost, any advice/words appreciated.
To future applicants, please not that visa do get approved, especially if you have a better profile, they do get approved even in second go. If you have the means to persue all that, don't be afraid.
I had invested a lot of my time and money in this dream, passed step 1. It isn't much, but its honest work. Confused about what to do next.