The Stanford MS-FM Times

This blog chronicles my life as a student at the MS in Financial Mathematics at Stanford University

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The Visa Interrogation

Posted by tapishkushwaha on May 22, 2007

I finally got my F-1 visa done yesterday, laying to rest fears that i might have to fly back to India just for this.

Visa Officer: Who is funding your program?

Me: My father and a friend of his.

VO: A friend! Why is he doing that?

Me: He is a good friend!

VO: I have plenty of good friends, nobody ever gave me so much money!

Me: errrr…

Anyhow, all is well that ends well and after my tickets are done im looking forward to getting down to the serious business of studying.

By the way, books are dirt cheap in India (1/10 the price in US). So all Indians and others who know someone in India, you would do well to purchase the cheap paperback asian editions of the books u need for the course.

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5 Responses to “The Visa Interrogation”

  1. QuantJock said

    Nice blog – hope to read more about your experience…
    best
    QuantJock

  2. QuantJock said

    Opps – mistyped my blog in the previous post!!

  3. came to know your blog from GD. i’m sure stanford is great, post more about what u do there. would love to hear more.

  4. QuantCoder said

    Get Visa finally, cong. I am still waiting for my visa, but not to America.
    PS: linked from Global-derivatives.

  5. quant said

    Hilarious!!!

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