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VO; Good morning;
Me: Good morning madam,
VO; Please give me ur docs;
Me: Sure mam,here!
VO: types smtn n then looks at me smiling n tells my system is kinda slow!!!!
Me: Oh,yeah,it happens!
VO:Looks at my I20 for 6-7 seconds,and then asks why IE?
Me: Told;
VO: What did u do in undergradute n which coll n univ?
Me: Told;
VO: Whats ur dads designation?
Me: Told;
VO: Do u have any brothers or sisters?
Me: Told,it was a no....
VO: Ok,Congratz,ur visa has been approved,u'll get it thru Courier in 5 days;
Me: Thank you madam;
VO: Thank you very much;
Apparently,in this consulate,they take the I20 as well,i enquired and she told me yea,we'll courier it to u along with the passport!

Destination : University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Major: Electrical Engg.
Visa Interview Location : Mumbai
VO description: A young Caucasian lady with burgundy hair and twinkling eyes.
As I walk into the booth, the VO gets interrupted from behind, leaves her desk after telling me that she'll be back in a jiffy. I utilize the time to look arnd in the booth n find a camera staring at me. Jst then...
VO: G'morning ! Sorry abt that Sir !
Me: its allright. 'morning to you too.
VO: Plz pass the pink token.
Me: there u go, ma'am.
VO: So, USC? What are u going there for?
Me: For my MS in EE with VLSI as specialization.
VO:VLSI? what is that?
Me: told
VO: Wow! I'm glad somebody is doing it...
Me: (sheepish grin.... she is obviously unaware of the competition...)
VO: Who's payin?
Me: my parents, ma'am
VO: And what do they do?
Me: Told
VO:do u have siblings?
Me: A bro whos a year younger
VO: and what does he do?
Me: He will be an engineer in a couple of months
VO: Nice. a family of engineers !
Me: (Flash my set of whites at her...)
VO: I am approving ur visa sir. ur passport will be couriered to ur home shortly. hv a good time in LA !

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