已經(jīng)簽過(guò)一周了,依然沒(méi)有閑下來(lái),還是有那么多事情要準(zhǔn)備,忙里偷閑,來(lái)記錄關(guān)于所有的前期準(zhǔn)備甚至包括材料和問(wèn)答。希望對(duì)大家有所幫助。
我的簽證材料很樸實(shí),去面簽的時(shí)候看到很多中介幫忙準(zhǔn)備的同學(xué)拿著精美的文件夾所有材料分類擺放的美輪美奐外加又長(zhǎng)有看起來(lái)很震撼checklist,著實(shí)有種輸了的感覺(jué)。我沒(méi)有checklist,形式其實(shí)不那么重要,就像考研之類的要研究透大綱一樣,大使館網(wǎng)站上列出來(lái)的需要準(zhǔn)備的材料就是我的大綱,然后再豐富一下準(zhǔn)備些突出自己經(jīng)歷和特點(diǎn)的東西。
我的簽證材料:
pack 1 護(hù)照(貼好照片)、I-20(貼好中信銀行的收據(jù))、sevis費(fèi)收據(jù)、DS-160確認(rèn)頁(yè)、身份證
pack 2 USF錄取信
Study Plan
Resume
學(xué)校介紹、項(xiàng)目介紹、項(xiàng)目的faculty bios
導(dǎo)師的個(gè)人介紹、個(gè)人主頁(yè)
申請(qǐng)學(xué)校時(shí)的PS、推薦信
pack 3 大學(xué)成績(jī)單(學(xué)校密封的和不封的各一份)
學(xué)位證、畢業(yè)證原件
GMAT/Toefl正式成績(jī)單
主要獎(jiǎng)狀及證書原件
本科畢業(yè)論文
本科學(xué)校網(wǎng)頁(yè)上有關(guān)在校時(shí)參加籃球比賽獲獎(jiǎng)還有樂(lè)隊(duì)參加演出的新聞啦什么之類的打印版
pack 4 父母工作及工資證明
經(jīng)濟(jì)擔(dān)保書
戶口本、戶籍證明、派出所開(kāi)給我的身份證號(hào)碼更改證明(這個(gè)比較囧,因?yàn)楦鷦e人重號(hào)了)
銀行開(kāi)具的存款證明
房本、購(gòu)房合同
保險(xiǎn)合同及保單
自己之前工作和現(xiàn)在兼職工作的合同
自己的證券開(kāi)戶合同和交易記錄
家庭合影
pack 5 CFA介紹及相關(guān)資料
備用的相片、DS160確認(rèn)頁(yè)
筆、透明膠
我預(yù)約的10點(diǎn)鐘,8點(diǎn)20出門,習(xí)慣了不吃早飯(大家最好還是有比較健康的作息習(xí)慣比較好),早高峰時(shí)段在地鐵里被擠成相片狀。9點(diǎn)20到了使館門口,進(jìn)了武警把守的大門,開(kāi)始排隊(duì)。還是嚇了一跳,因?yàn)樵緵](méi)想到會(huì)有這么多人,在門外排隊(duì)還稍稍有點(diǎn)緊張,一直聽(tīng)周圍人各種討論然后發(fā)呆,后來(lái)到了窗口前反而完全放松下來(lái)了。
在大廳外面排了一個(gè)小時(shí),差不多10點(diǎn)半的時(shí)候開(kāi)始進(jìn)去存手機(jī)(我只有手機(jī)需要存),我不知道是好運(yùn)氣還是潛意識(shí)與現(xiàn)實(shí)產(chǎn)生了交點(diǎn),去交材料的時(shí)候我被安排在一組好人當(dāng)中,我這一組加我總共六個(gè)人,前面一對(duì)去看兒子的老夫婦還有一個(gè)J2,后面是兩個(gè)J1~取完指紋開(kāi)始排隊(duì),一直排到了11點(diǎn)40,在排隊(duì)的過(guò)程中就開(kāi)始餓。終于輪到了我們這一組,去10號(hào)窗口,到了窗口前我happy了,很帥看上去很nice的VO。果不其然,前面的老夫婦和J2都很順利全程中文pass了。到我了,VO作為一個(gè)工作負(fù)責(zé)的帥男人,我作為一個(gè)話多的人,于是對(duì)話回合不少,整個(gè)過(guò)程持續(xù)了差不多5分鐘。全文如下:
Me::Good morning, sir.(我覺(jué)得還是不要太多多余的話,看到賞心悅目的VO于是不自主微笑,遞材料-護(hù)照、I20、各種收據(jù)etc,這些也是當(dāng)天整個(gè)面談過(guò)程中我遞進(jìn)去的所有材料。)
VO:Good morning. How are you?
Me:Fine...But starving.(實(shí)話實(shí)說(shuō),確實(shí)餓。由于之前工作的關(guān)系,習(xí)慣跟老外輕松平常的說(shuō)話,于是我們的對(duì)話就在一片輕松和諧的氣氛中繼續(xù))
VO笑:So are you a returning student?
Me:No, I'm a new student and this is my first time applying for a visa. I'm gonna persue a Masters degree of Science in Financial Analysis at University of SF.
VO:Ok, I see. (看I-20)So why are you going to this university?
Me:Well, there're plenty of reasons. Firstly, the MSFA Accelerated program suits me well, offering me an opportunity to move forward and then come back to China ASAP. Secondly, USF has been well-known for its diversity, recruiting lots of international students. Thirdly, which maybe silly~ but please don't laugh at me, I prefer to go to the westcoast, not only for the fantastic weather there or its tolerance to Chinese people. I've got a friend XXX who's s
UCceed in losing weight after 2 years study at UC Riverside, while another friend of mine has became fatter day by day in NY. So I guess that if I wanna keep fit I'd better go to the westcoast.(已經(jīng)完全放松下來(lái)開(kāi)始不管不顧地胡聊起來(lái)。我手一直放在材料上,可是他也沒(méi)有問(wèn)我要過(guò)任何東西,所以干脆就不按劇本徹底自由發(fā)揮了,你不要材料我就說(shuō)給你聽(tīng))
VO又笑:Haha, when did you get a Bachelors degree?
Me:I got a Bachelors degree in 2008, at XXX, majoring in Economics.
VO:What did you do after that?
Me:Well, I initially worked for a multi-national company BBD on its APM project at Beijing Capital International Airport, and for some reason after that I've been back to my undergraduate school as a teaching assistant of an international education exchange program before I quit. I can still feed myself by doing several part-time jobs until one day I suddenly realized that I don't wanna live like this.
VO:What's the difference between macroeconomics and microeconomics?(開(kāi)始問(wèn)專業(yè)知識(shí))
Me:Let me make it simple. One of them researches from the angle of countries or even global economy, the other researches from the angle of firms and persons.(這是當(dāng)時(shí)臨場(chǎng)能想到的唯一的說(shuō)法)
VO:You mentioned the BBD company. Can you tell me sth about it? (這前后兩個(gè)問(wèn)題是怎樣?由于我經(jīng)歷有點(diǎn)復(fù)雜所以要驗(yàn)證下真實(shí)性么?)
Me:No problem. BBD was founded in Canada. It has many branches all over the world. BBD operates two industry-leading businesses- Aeroplane and Rail transportation. I worked on the APM project for T3 of Beijing airport, which was under the management of BBD Transprotation.(我對(duì)這份工作是相當(dāng)有感情的,所以難不倒我)
VO點(diǎn)頭:Great. Who will pay for your study in the US?
Me:My parents.
VO:What do your parents do?
Me:They're both Senior Teachers in high school.
VO:Which high school?
Me:It's in my hometown XXX, the XXX XXX Middle School, which is now named as No.24 Middle School of XXX. I have to say that(我在說(shuō)話的過(guò)程中通常有點(diǎn)收不住的感覺(jué),但是此時(shí)……我的眼睛告訴我,帥哥已經(jīng)拿好了粉條放在我的材料上!但是已經(jīng)說(shuō)出口的句子我決定還是說(shuō)完好了) my parents' annual income is only about XXX but thanks to their exellent family financing we have quite enough deposit to support my study in the US.(從撕好了郵寄條帥哥就一直雙手交叉微笑著聽(tīng)我說(shuō)完)
VO:Congrats to you! Hope you have a nice day!
Me:(依舊保持淡定)Thanks very much. You too. Bye!
基本上能記起來(lái)的就是以上這些,我的好運(yùn)沒(méi)到水果的程度,但是幸運(yùn)的是認(rèn)真準(zhǔn)備并且口語(yǔ)還不錯(cuò)的我碰到了工作負(fù)責(zé)并且注重從談話中獲取信息VO。我相信不是誰(shuí)都能那么水過(guò),雖然水過(guò)的同學(xué)們比較喜歡來(lái)發(fā)帖分享,但我覺(jué)得對(duì)更多同學(xué)來(lái)說(shuō),具有參考價(jià)值的絕對(duì)是內(nèi)容豐富而且實(shí)在的問(wèn)答過(guò)程,準(zhǔn)備越充分心態(tài)越平穩(wěn)通過(guò)的幾率也就越大。