Prepare visa documents

Kudos for making to this stage!

Since you’ll have your visa appointment a few weeks in future, utilize this time to make sure your documents are in order.

In most cases, you will not be asked anything apart from your I-20 and passport by the visa officer. But as they say: it’s better to be safe than sorry. 

Here’s how I organized my documents in Google Drive. Of course you’ll need to carry physical copies to the appointment center but I highly recommend to store all documents in cloud.
I also recommend to get a good documents organizer such as https://www.amazon.in/AmazonBasics-Expanding-Folder-Letter-Paper/dp/B01B25NN64 and organize documents set wise.

Visa Documents Organization

Let’s go through each set:

Set	Documents
Set 1 – Visa Documents	1. Passport 2. Visa appointment confirmation 3. I-20 4. DS-160 confirmation 5. SEVIS fee receipt
Set 2 – Educational Documents	1. All semester mark sheets 2. Degree certificate 3. GRE score 4. TOEFL score 5. HSC marksheet 6. SSC marksheet 7. Transcript
Set 3 – Work Documents (If applicable)	1. Joining setter 2. Last 6 months salary payslips 3. Experience letter (If applicable) 4. Promotion letter (If applicable)
Set 4 – Financial Documents	(As applicable) 1. 6 months bank statement 2. Investments/funds certificate 3. ITR 4. Loan letter 5. Property documents 6. Any other relevant documents
Set 5 – Admits Rejects	1. All admits 2. All rejects
Set 6 – Other Documents	1. DS160 application 2. Funds breakup 3. CFR confirmation 4. Any other relevant documents 5. Any other ID card