My visa experience – go get it!!!!

So, finally a long-awaited post!!

We left for Mumbai on Wednesday morning. Journey was quite comfortable and I killed my time reading a novel called The Kite Runner. I am surely gonna post a more elaborate review about that book when I finish it. Still 30 pages to go.. We reached Dadar at 5 o clock or so. We reached that Swaminarayan temple where we booked the room.. It was okay.. room was good, on 9th floor.. and kool.. Went to SiddhiVinayak Temple in the evening.. and i came to know about the spirit and faith about it.. truly awesome.. I had a sound sleep of 9 hours on the eve of my visa interview.. We all went to Mahalakshmi temple and then came back to VFS. We were taken inside at 9:45 or so.. After an hour so I was taken to consulate. They gave me token no 191, took my finger prints and then asked me to sit. I was sitting. That wait seemed endless. The silence was defening. The announcements for token numbers were hardly audible. It was a stressful hour. I could see the tension and agony on people’s faces. Some lady was waiting for approval to meet her husband and some child was waiting for approval to meet his daughter. Everyone had a little sign of tension on his face. Then announcement came.. token no 191, 193, and some others, please come to window no 14. We almost kinda rushed there.. There was sitting a white, young guy and looked quite decent from his first appearence. We were standing in a queue. I was third. The first one went in and he immediately came out with his passport in his hand. We were shocked. The second guy went in.  He talked to him for a while and finally came out with smiling face. Then it was me. I went in. I felt quite relaxed. He started with why USA? I answered him. Then why computer science? That was an easy ride till this. Now he asked why do you want to go to Northridge? I was like what? I replied that I didn’t want to go to to Northridge. I am going to SDSU. He said that I could not change the university there. I said I wasn’t changing it there i already had put note on my application regarding that. And he was like okay okay! Then he asked why did i have to change the school. I told him about the problem. He asked why did you write Northridge if I didn’t wanna go to Northridge. I replied I wanted to go to Northridge but when I received I20 from San Diego I changed my mind as SDSU is a better school. “Okay”, he said. Then he asked how was I gonna pay the fees. I said my family had enough finances for paying the fees as if I had millions in my bank account. ROFL!! He said who, in your family? I replied. He asked about my dad’s Job and all. And finally the words came out “I am issuing you a visa”!!!

I thanked him and I asked him about a piece of wood i was given by security that what i was supposed to with it. He almost laughed and said it was for security purpose!!

More on Mumbai trip, laterz…