大家都知道，网上流行的有25问、108问。不过为这些问题有的相互重复，有的不知所云，有的签证官已不再青睐，为此我特地精简、整理出如下基础15问，供大家参考。所谓“基础”，是指大家可以根据自己的异常情况和条件添加其他问题。
15 Basic Interview Questions for the F1 Visa Application
I General Information
1. What and where will you study in the United States？
Other Versions: What will you do in USA？/Are you going to study in USA？/What do you want to study in USA？/What is your major？ In what aspect of your major will you study？ /What’s your purpose for the visa？
2. Can you say something about your major？ What is it？ What is it for？
II Academic Background
3. When and where did you graduate？ /What is your academic background？
4. What did you do with your master/bachelor work？ What will you do with your work for PhD？
5. Why do you like your major？
III Motivation
6. Why do you want to go to US for further study？ /Many universities in the China offer first-rate graduate programs in your field. Why do you want to go to the USA for graduate study？ /Why not pursue less expensive alternatives in China？
7. Why do you choose this university？ How do you know this university？
8. How many universities have you applied？ Any other school admits you？ /So how many universities accept you？
IV Financial Support
9. How do you support yourself during your studies in the United States？ Have you any scholarship？
10. Why did/didn’t you receive financial aid this University？ /Your assistantship is for one year, then how about the following years？
V Future Plan
11. What is your plan？ What will you do after graduation？
12. If you can not find such a position, what will you do？
13. Give me three reasons that you will come back to China？
14. Can you explain why 90% Chinese students didn’t come back？
15. Do you have relatives in the US？
另外附上一份美国留学签证面谈问题参考：
时间：6月28日上午10:30（排队很久，面签时下午1点）
地点：北京大使馆签证3号窗口
VO：一白人MM
Me（递上材料）：Good afternoon.
VO：Where are you going to study？
Me：XXX University.
VO：Oh, XXX University, good. What isyour major？
Me（没反应过来，回答有些迟疑）：XXX
VO（见我迟疑，立马追问专业）：What is XXX？
Me：Bla Bla Bla
VO（继续追问）：What is your thesis about？
Me：Bla Bla Bla
VO：Good.
（不说话，敲电脑，查阅信息）
VO：So you worked. Where did you worked？
Me：XXX company.
VO：When did you leave there？
Me：XXX.
VO：What are you doing since then？
Me：Bla Bla Bla.
VO：OK.
（不说话，继续敲电脑，查阅信息）
VO（抬起头）：What is your plan after graduation？
Me：I will join the faculty of a Chinese university.
VO：Why do you plan to go to the university？
Me：Because I love teaching and researching…
VO（打断）：OK. Do you have relatives in the US？
Me：No. All my families are in China.
VO（撕条）：Good luck in your research.
Me：Thank you very much.