Grad School Business

So, I have finally scheduled my US Embassy appointment. For anyone interested in the timelines that they have on this, I called on a Monday and was offered an appointment the week after, and was told I had the freedom to pick when I liked for the week after that. Contrary to popular belief, at least in the UK they are happy for you to arrange the appointment while awaiting the I-20 form from your University. When you are working to the timelines that many International Round 2 applicants are, this is a rare but extremely helpful display of understanding.

I selected a date that means NYU have the full one month to get me my I20, which should be ample time. The I20, for those who are early on the overseas MBA trail, is a critical form on the level of funding and form of support that you have to fund the MBA. It is also the official form that US banks want to see to formalise your funding and release funds (you can arrange a primary commitment on loan applications to use to get the I-20 however, then finalise the loan itself). Anyway, safe to say that without the I-20, you are a distance from reaching the US.

Before the meeting I have numerous forms to fill out for the Embassy, to group alongside the various barcoded documents they sent me. All in all the arrangements took about 6 minutes, which on a £1.20/minute phone line is near a level you could manage on a phonecard (the number is blocked by most mobile providers and offices).

I will post some about the meeting itself in a few weeks time. The embassy is an awesome builiding in Mayfair and I have a half day, so I expect it all to involve some fun.

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MBA Visa information was provided by Hairtwirler, and is well worth reading as she used to do this stuff for a living.

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