hello everyone! welcome to my channel, I am Dori I am a teacher
of English and today's video is another request video
but I think that it will be very very interesting
for all of you know who want to study in the UK or the US
so I read the question: "Could you please upload
a video of how to behave with the visa officer
okay so first of all what I want to tell you is that the visa officer
that is going to interview you is a very experienced officer
who really knows his job, so tricks won't really
work here. What I can do is to give you some general advice of
what he expects to hear in order to give you that visa
I believe that the majority of study visas
are usually granted. So, this video is about
study visas and not work visas
okay now as far as the UK is concerned,
things are pretty easy as long as you can communicate in English
you want to study in the UK and of course if you have
all the required documents with you then you will probably
get that visa. However, keep in mind
that you must have already been offered
a place on a course in an english university
this is a requirement. Overall,
you must be calm, organised and very clear
and specific in your answers. These things help
of course you should look decently dressed, ok
So, during the interview if you don't
understand something or if you don't hear something very well
always always you can ask the officer to repeat the
question or to talk a little bit more slowly so you can always ask
You can do these things and they are not going to count against you.
First things first, they will ask you your name and your date of birth
the question could be something like that
and in this case you will answer
So, in this case you have to be clear and provide as many
details as possible. So, if you can be specific
for example you can answer something like that
always always mention the university of
your choice. The more information you know
about it the better. So, be prepared
before the interview because they will ask you some things about that. For example, they may ask you
in which case you have to know the exact start day
of your program. So, you will answer,
for example. Obviously, then, they are going to ask you some details about the course
of your choice and the reasons of why you chose it
So, again, it depends a little bit on your own personal choice and your own personal reasons
so you have to be able to be really
clear and specific of why you choose something like that and you have to know
some things to talk about but as an example
for example. I strongly strongly advise you not to memorize
answers. experienced examiners can really
understand that and this is going to count against you but,
of course always feel free to practice these answers
lots of times until you're able to talk about this matter
without memorizing answers and without
any extra help okay they will most certainly ask you
So, you have to be able to talk about it
a little bit about the university of your choice. Answers like
"well, this was the only university that actually
accepted me" These answers are not going to work
very well for you, so you have to be
prepared for something else. For example, an answer could be
Of course if you want to add even more advantages about the university of your choice
you can feel free to add even more
but this again is something that
is based on your personal choice and preference
Again, you may have your own personal reasons for choosing the UK
but an example answer could be
Of course they may not ask you all the questions that I give you here
they may just ask you some of them
but it is very wise to be prepared for all of them because you never know
what they are going to ask you. another important factor
for them is the issue of your residence
So, in this case you have to know what you
in terms of residence, for example, you could answer
Be sure that any answer you are giving is the truth
because they're going to ask you details
about it most probably and you have to be able to answer them
again this is a little bit personal
it is about what you intend to do but an example
in this case of course you answer the truth
they might ask you some information about the town that you are going to live in
by saying some things about this
specific town for example you could say
you can also say that people are very friendly here
or that you already have friends and relatives and you know more or less
the city that you are going to live in. As you can see, they may ask you different
questions but they will be more or less around the same topics
about your studies, about the university of your choice
about where you are going to be staying and about
the city that you are going to live in, more or less about the same topics
They may also ask you about your IELTS score
in which case you will answer your overall band score and if they ask you for a
specific section that you may have a weakness
you intend to deal with it for example
if you are a little bit weak for example
in writing, you can answer something like
so be ready to provide solutions if you already know
concerning your IELTS scores okay
Overall, remember to be clear and to provide
be confident and show that you know what you are talking about
good level of English in terms of reading speaking and writing
and of course listening and communicating very well
but in case you're already accepted by a university there
then you probably have nothing to fear about
Now, this is all about the UK if you're
interested in studying in the US well that's a different story
and we will talk about this in a following video
in the part 2 of this video because
regarding the US, things are a little bit different
I hope this helps if you have any questions or comments please
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