提前一周就到北京做准备了,签证将是我出国前最后一次考试。 5月29日,带着所有材料,带着所有希望,我等候在美使馆签证大厅外。 进场程序很麻烦,先存包,按预约时间排队,验护照,然后继续在门外排队。等里面出来一队人,再进去一队。进场以后要安检,交材料,领到一个有颜色的牌子。再按不同颜色的牌子分别排一队,等候按指纹。这个时候才开始真正地排队等签证了,签证官叫到某个颜色,于是这一队人过去开始面签。 等待是漫长的煎熬,尤其是看到前面有人被莫名其妙地拒了以后,更加紧张。我始终保持微笑的表情,尽可能看每个签证官,虽然很明显他们看不到我。 大约站了两个多小时,当人的体力和意志力被消磨的差不多的时候,听到被叫到我这牌子的颜色了。我是我们这队第一人,签证官叫到我,我上前去开始问好。
Me: Good afternoon!
VO: Good afternoon! 我一直对她微笑,不过她看起来很严肃。问候之后,她一边翻阅我的材料,一边开始发问。
VO: Why do you like your major? (我傻了,没见过这么单刀直入的,前面至少问下我学校什么的吧~)
Me: You know, I have been studying finance for 4 years, I think it is doing something challenging and meaningful, and I am interesting in it. (后面忘词了~但显然这个理由是不充分的,我开始忽悠她) Finance is quite a useful science, it not only concerns about the national economy but also about everyone's daily life.It teaches people how to operate money,how to manage the assets and liabilities,how to avoid risks and how to gain the maximum profit through investment portfolio. (我应该告诉她这个专业在中国很有发展前途的,前面太紧张了,忘了说,到这个时候想说来着,她确转到下一题了)
VO: Where did you get your BS?
Me: I graduated from Zhongnan University of economics and law.
VO: May I have your acdamic transcripts?
Me: Yes, of course~ (我一边说一边拿给她,我感觉我应该在回答第一个问题就给她看的) 接下来她的连环问让我感觉差点被拒~
VO: Which is your favorite course?
Me: Urh~international finance and econo……economics (其实我本来要说economatrics,一下子不知道那单词怎么发音了,为了避免卡壳,只好说成economics~这个问题绝对是个致命的错误啊,按照我的专业方向,怎么着我也该说个finance engineering的!)
VO: What did you learn from your international finance class?
Me: Well~I learned something about the foreign exchange
VO: Then what is the exchange rate of RMB?
Me: The exchange rate of RMB to the USD is about 7.8, but it fluctuates everyday and everywhere. (我着实没有想到她问这种问题,大概是7.8,我当时换汇时是7.78,似乎又跌了一点,我在后面补了那一句只是为了告诉她我这个数字不是精确的,同时也是想装精~)
VO: What determines the exchange rate?
Me: (我吐血,这洋妞是不是学经济的啊,这么难的问题她也问的出来!我的脑子一下嗡了,我预感她这是存心要拒我,算了,豁出去了~) There are several factors that determines the exchange rate. The main factors are the international payment of a country, that is the net outcome of a country's outport and inport, the trade balance, I mean, urh~国际收支~ (天知道我怎么讲出了句中文!当时我就是不记得国际收支到底怎么表达,换了好几种说法,其实后来想想似乎都没说错,当时就怕她听不懂,结果情急之下居然用中文解释了!我倒!) Sorry, I am a little bit nervous. And the national economy is also a important factor. Besides~ (我还想多讲几句,以掩盖前面的失误,结果她转下一个话题了。)
VO: What do your parents do?
Me: My father has been working as a vice manager in ……, and my mother is an inspector in-charge in …… (我一边说一边很主动的出示材料,就是爸爸妈妈的收入证明给她,谁知她不看!) No, I don't want to see this. (我赶紧拿存款证明,而且一边介绍我爸妈都是单位部门负责人,工作年限也很长了,我就要告诉她我们家有钱送我去读书,结果她连存款证明都不看) No, I don't need it. (我真想哭,我想我肯定被拒了,哪有不看存款证明的啊!)
VO: What is your favorite movie?
Me: Chinese kongfu action movie, by Chenglong. (这个问题柳暗花明又一村了,我一下子轻松起来,一边说一边做了个手势给她看,她终于笑了~)
VO: Have you travelled to other cities of China?
Me: Yes, I have been to Shanghai, Shenzhen, Changsha and Hangzhou. I travelled a lot.
VO: Why did you travelled to Shenzhen?
Me: (我晕,这种无聊的问题也问啊~!) Because my boyfriend is in Shenzhen. (本来想说别的,一时不知道说什么好,随口胡诌了个boyfriend)
VO: Oh~your boyfriend lives in Shenzhen?
Me: No, he lived in Wuhan, and after graduation, he found a job in Shenzhen.And I went to Shenzhen to see him. (我自己很崇拜自己,瞬间我把室友的故事套到自己身上来了,绘声绘色地虚构了这么个男朋友,还露出甜蜜的笑容,签证官果然被我忽悠到了,她也笑~我觉得我该去当演员!)
VO: Ok~there is no problem of your materials.
Me: Thank you! Thanks very much! (我从使馆出来的时候,笑的合不拢嘴,我居然过了,最神奇的是,签证官被我聊得笑了,我想想我的面部肌肉,保持微笑的姿势整整两个半小时,酸了!) 我感觉自己是化险为夷,死里逃生。就她前面问的问题来看,她的确是要卡我了。但我感觉自己应变的还行,至少能自圆其说。其实因为紧张,第一个问题就忘词了,我自己把自己推到一个很不利的位置。
但我觉得制胜的武器在于,
- 第一,我不论说什么,宁可不照原来准备的说也绝对不能在一个问题上停留,一定要很流利的说,至少说假话也得自己先相信吧!
- 第二,微笑是绝杀武器,虽然我遇到一女的,但我想,自信而谦和,诚恳且坚定的笑容,谁都无法抗拒!
- 第三的话,最好多准备点内容侃,指不定她问出点超出黄金25问的东东来了呢!呵呵,就写这么多。自己很有成就感,从使馆出来几乎想对着所有人说我爱你!很遗憾我没遇到帅哥~哈哈~ 最后,感谢我的父母,感谢叔叔阿姨们的支持和关注,特别谢谢牛牛同学,也谢谢ROY和所有关心我的朋友。
我就是那个牛牛同学了~mm不会发贴,委托我了。觉得这个签证过程还是比较特别的,财产证明都不看的百里挑一阿~希望能帮助到大家。也祝她在美国一切顺利!
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