I could apply for the visa earlier, but since our CEO just visited China and I had a lot of presentations to prepare, and since May 21 is the day for F and J visa, I decide to have the visa interview on that day.
Here share with you my visa application process and hope it will be valuable for those who will apply the visa recently.
I flied to GZ on Thursday night and arrived at Victory Hotel at 10:30 p.m. Before I came to GZ, I already asked my friend to seek somebody to wait in line for me, since everyday the US Consulate will interview limited numbers of applicants. I woke up very early the next morning at around 5:00 a.m. and after a quick shower I went to the waiting line to replace the guy who stood there for me the whole last night from 11:00 p.m. My position was No.3 and I was quite sure that I could have the visa interview on that day.
The weather is not good, raining from mid night, and we were all waiting in the rain. About one hour later, 6:30 a.m., one officer wearing only T-shirt and Short Pants came to see us. He is quite a nice guy, since when he saw we were in rain, he quickly asked us to hold the DS forms, Passport and I-20 on hand and checked one by one, and then he let us in. So around 7:00 a.m. we already passed the first gate.
After entered into the Consulate, we were arranged to wait in front of Window No.5. Not very long time later, a lady opened the curtain of Window No.5 and asked us to hand in the DS form, I-20, Passport and the Visa Fee Receipt one by one. After she checked all the documents, we were arranged to stand in front of Window No.4, waiting for the fingerprint scanning. I was No.3, but since the two before me had some issues with the documents, so they were arranged to wait for some time and I was sent to position No.1, waiting for the fingerprint scanning. After the scanning, I was allocated to Window No.3 to start the first interview of that day. 10 minutes later, Gold-hair GG opened the curtain and said “good morning” to me. Here are the interview details:
V good morning
Me: good morning, sir
V so you are going to Duke …
Me: yes I will go to Fuqua School of Business to pursue my MBA degree, and it is a 2-year full-time program.
V oh, I see. Where are you working now?
Me: I am working for Reckitt Benckiser (interrupted…)
V Re-cki-tt Ben-cki-ser? (VO have no idea about my company, it is a good chance for me to lead the interview now)
Me: Yes Reckitt Benckiser. We are the No.1 household Cleaning Products Company in the world and our headquarter is based in UK now. Here I bring a booklet with me and you can have a look. (not wait for the response I already picked up our Annual Report Booklet and handed in)
V (silent and reading the pages of the booklet and suddenly he seemed found a new continent) is Losyl your brand?
Me: yes Losyl is one of the hero brand of our company, it is a super-quality disinfect surface cleaner, one of our premium product. So you know this product?
V yes I used this product in US, so you produce it here?
Me: We produce Losyl here in Guangzhou and supply for the whole East Asia region, but since it very premium product and the price is very high, we did not sell it outside Guangzhou.
V en..mm (continue reading the booklet and suddenly he started to show one picture inside the booklet to his colleagues with smiling face)
V (back to the Window and point one of product to me) is this also your brand?
Me: Oh yes. This is one of our newly merged brand in US and we want to enter into US food market as well. So you tried this product before?
V yes very good product (seems he started to miss his motherland)
V (give me back the booklet)
Me: Actually I prepared a whole set booklet included copies of all my Visa application materials, so you can have a look. I marked the numbers on the first page and you can easily find out the detail documents inside. Also I have all the originals, so just let me know if you want to see. (hand in my fantastic and super booklet)
V (receive my booklet and checked the first page to see what inside)
V (silent, reading my booklet, and turn to page of my stock exchange records)
Me: That is all the hostorical record of my stock exchange in past 5 years
V (still silent, turn to the page of my working and payment certification) so you are working for Reckitt & Colman.
Me: Oh yes that is my working certification, which was signed by our HR Director in China. Overall we called ourselves Reckitt Benckiser to be in line with global organization. In China we have 2 plants and I am employed by Reckitt & Colman (GZ) Ltd..
V (continue reading my booklet) so who will pay the tuition?
Me: Myself (I am a little bit over-confident and even forget to mention the scholarship). I have been working for 8 years and my current salary is already in the top range level in China. However it still took me 5 years to save all these money to support my MBA studying in US. Really expensive program but I think it is worthwhile.
V (continue reading booklet)
Me: (waiting but keep eyesight on VO)
V (continue reading booklet)
Me: (feel a little bit too silent, so I decided to say something) Oh it has been raining for a couple of days, really bad weather.
V (continue reading booklet, even not look at me) en..mm
Me: you know this kind of weather is even worse for me.
V (continue reading booklet, now look at me) why?
Me: you know I am responsible for Mortein pesticide products, and the continuous rain almost killed all the mosquitoes here in Guangzhou.
V haha (with smiling face)
V Okay, let me to check whether you are in the SIEVS system or not, and please wait aside for a while and I’ll call you back.
Me: No problem. Thank you. (now I know I already got the Visa, although he did not give me the green paper immediately)
So I waited in the interviewing hall and saw many others were interviewed. 15 minutes later VO called my name and I backed to the Window No.3 again.
V (already have my SEVIS page on hand, inputting something into his computer) when did you get married?
Me: oh, just two months ago, end of March
V what’s your wife’s job?
Me: She’s working for a securities company, deal with stock exchange stuff
V okay (already have the green paper on his hand), please pick up your visa and passport Monday afternoon 3 o’clock.
Me: Thank you. BTW, since I have business trips next week, so … (interrupted by VO)
V you can ask your friend to pick up for you, or you can come later next week, but only in the afternoon.
Me: Okay got it. Thank you, Have a nice day! (Jumping out of interviewing hall with the green paper).
Some key learnings from the visa interview:
1) Well preparing yourself before the interview is the most important thing. With well preparation you will have more confidence to face the VO. I received very little challenge from the VO on that day and the key was that I already prepared a whole booklet for the VO to review. The more detail you prepared, the less challenge you will face.
2) The earlier, the better. In GZ I found that VO was also standing there to process the interview, so you can image 3 hours later how about his or her feeling. If the VO feel very tired, he or she might easily deny your visa.
3) Be yourself and always be yourself. No matter what you are going to say with the VO, make sure you can convince yourself and make yourself believe that you must have the visa. Even if you want to kindly lie something to VO, make sure in your mind the lie is the truth.
4) Hire someone to wait in line for you so that you have good sleep to well attend the interview. RMB 200 is nothing compared to the Visa.
原文引自：
https://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=27&ID=52218&page=27
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