J1 INTERVIEW UPDATES AND INFO

[Maankamaanka]

People, just thought of starting this topic on Fulbright J1 interview. Mine is on 22nd June 2011

[tew]

Had my appointment yesterday. Was reasonably quick and painless (not least because lots of people who started out in the line before me had to go pay another 7 Euros in visa fees at the bank, since the exchange rate had just gone up and no one knew). The interview consisted just of a short "why", "what" (kind of research), "where", "how long", and "who's paying for it", mostly stuff that was on either the DS-2019 or DS-160 already anyhow. Then he told me that the visa was approved . Only point of annoyance is that this one is just for one year... I had hoped they might give me a five-year one from the start (which in theory would be possible, but I guess they base it on the DS-2019, which due to Fulbright is only for the first year). Ah well. At least now the only part of immigration procedures remaining is immigration itself!