Got my F1 Visa!

I had my visa interview at the Chennai consulate
yesterday and got my visa approved!

It started off with a wait outside in the hot sun for
45 minutes although I arrived only 15 mins before my
interview time. One of the officials said that this
was unusual and that the number of interviews for the
day were more than normal. It took a further 3 and 1/2
hours for the pre screening and finger printing before
I finally had my interview. In short it was a breeze
(lasted about 1 minute) and I was surprised given the
way most students were being questioned. For those
interested in the details, read on...

Good evenings exchanged, takes my red folder(they give
you this at the pre screening).
VO: Your going to Stanford! (and looks at me
approvingly, I knew it would be easy from here) What
are you going to do at Stanford University?
ME: Management Science and engineering ma'am.
VO: What will you do when you get back.
ME: I will get back to work at Oracle.
VO: What do you do at Oracle?
ME: I am a consultant ma'am.
VO: Who will pay for your education?
ME: My father ma'am, the money $XXX is in the bank.
VO: What does your dad do? Show me the bank
statements.
ME: He is a <....>
(I give 4 bank statements to her and she seems
confused. Pretends to look at them but the first page
did not have the balance printed on it, Nevertheless
she is satisfied :) )
VO: Everything looks in order, you're all set.
Congratulations your visa is approved!

It was like a quick fire round with 3 questions, over
before I realised it started. She took my word for
both the fact that i'd come back to Oracle in India
and that there was money in the bank. Two factors -
Stanford and confidence!