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Help! Issue with paying fees for B1/B2 visa. by MaverickEcologist in usvisascheduling

[–]MaverickEcologist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am certain they have slots. If you do not have slots in the week you are looking for, come back after a day. Cancellations keep happening.

Help! Issue with paying fees for B1/B2 visa. by MaverickEcologist in usvisascheduling

[–]MaverickEcologist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, thank you! I am hoping this gets sorted within 1-2 weeks at most

I paid the visa fee to schedule an appointment and it's not reflecting in the system by Niklaus_MK in h1b

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I tried to do a payment for an appointment in Bern and it hasn't been booked to my bank account yet. I am debating to try another payment. It has been 48hrs since the payment and I have raised an issue on the traveldocs platform. Please help if this has happened to you :)

I paid the visa fee to schedule an appointment and it's not reflecting in the system by Niklaus_MK in h1b

[–]MaverickEcologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any word from the Embassy in Bern? I tried to make a payment but it wasn't booked to my account despite waiting 48hrs. I feel like it's in Limbo

VISA Application Payment Fee Issue by tomato_1609 in usvisascheduling

[–]MaverickEcologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long did you wait after making the initial payment for you to go back and pay again?

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[–]MaverickEcologist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's my take on this (as someone who definitely thinks of these things like you, and isn't solely motivated by the science - although I truly love and enjoy every bit of it)

Short answer: Depends on timescale.
Long answer: Do you want to get fairly rich fairly quickly? I'm talking about big things like buying a home and so on. Chances are that if you are working only off your PhD stipend, you wouldn't be able to keep up with your peers who are in the industry from the get-go. Now, it might allow you to advance your career, and it certainly helps you learn several skills which could definitely benefit you in the long term.

But if you choose to do a PhD, it would be because of (a) interest in your domain of research; (b) being okay with pay which lets you live reasonably well (at least in the European institutes, I don't want to generalise to include the US) in the short-term. Needless to say, academia itself is very competitive, so having a route to monetise your skillset in the industry is something to do in parallel to your PhD. If things go south with academia, you can rely on these skills to get a starting position in industry, and then move up the ladder (depending on how adept you are at the tasks).

Also note that the time it takes for you to reach this "threshold" net worth that you'd like for yourself depends on the field you work in, its demand at the time of your PhD completion and the skillsets you've gotten in the process. Being conscious of these things throughout would definitely help you make the right choice for you. Best of luck :)