Amid a sharp rise in the number of student visa rejections in India, former US diplomat Yvette Bansal said it is possible for your visa to be rejected for an unexpected, informal question for which you had not prepared. Bansal said this when he spoke to YouTuber Pritesh Jagani, who said he received a message from a student who had applied for an F1 visa at the Kolkata Consulate. The applicant was asked ‘What would you do on a Saturday night in Boston?’ After the applicant said he or she chose a college in Boston. He was also asked how well he knew Boston.Originally, the F-1 visa applicant was asked three questions: the name of the university he applied to, how well he knew Boston, and what he would do on a Saturday night in Boston. The applicant said he had applied to Northeastern University in Boston; He knew Boston very well and when his course would start, it would be around the New Year. The third question troubled him a bit as he thought about many things and then he said that he would go to the library, walk around the campus and maybe study.Yvette Bansal said that if a visa officer asks such a question, he wants the applicant to deviate from his script. Bansal said they want to check whether the applicant has researched his or her city as a serious student would do. It is also to be checked that if the applicant has been removed, whether they have remained candid. Bansal said, this is a complex and smart question and there is no right or wrong answer to it. “There is no wrong answer. “It should just show that you are a student and that you have done basic research about the city you are visiting,” said the former visa officer.On the overall increase in rejection of F-1 visa applications from India, Bansal said, “The administration is not keen on immigration, and so there is a strictness from the state side and it is reaching out to the consulates and embassies in India. There is no massive pressure from the US side to approve more visas. There is no pressure on the ambassador to instruct the consulates in the embassy to approve more F-1 visas. “Presumably they’re being told that you need a higher level of scrutiny on these applications.”