我的4月15日签证经过 - 北京
中午12:40到达光华路口，发现与两年前去签F2的时候比，现在申请签证的人是多很多。我是下午一点的预约，大约1:20叫到了我的名字。然后是在外面排队，进行安检。日头很毒，相信下两个月站在这里排队的兄弟姐妹们肯定要遭罪了。测完体温，过安检门。到一号窗口交材料：护照，I-20，DS156/157/158表，领了一个浅黄色的塑料牌，开始排队。第一个队是留指纹，排了大约四十分钟，开始到另一个签证等待区。
又过了大约40分钟，被领到一个窗口。签证官开始随机的叫同一个颜色牌中的申请者。签证官留着络腮胡子，戴眼睛，脑袋很大。对了，共有四个签证官，三男一女。周围的人都是探亲的长者或者是申请商务，过的人很多。没有注意到有其他F1签证申请者。我是我的队中最后一个
我的背景是工作十年，一直在电信行业，最近五年在一家大的北美公司，做marketing的工作。我的太太在美国读书，今年MBA毕业，目前是在实习期。过去的两年，以F2的身份去过美国三次，每次停留两三个星期。
下面是我的对话记录：M: me, V: Visa Officer
M: Good afternoon, sir (pass my plastic card to VO)
V: So you will go to Duke, what will you study there?
M: I will study MBA at Duke. In 2002, I visited Duke with my wife. We both love it very much.
V: How long will you stay there?
M: Two years
V: What do you do?
M: I am a marketing manager; I work for XXX Company, one of the biggest telecommunication companies in the world …
V: I know xxx
V: What is your monthly salary?
M: My salary is xx,xxx
V: Is this your monthly salary?
M: Yeah, I prepared my income certification and my bank statements; do you want to take a look?
V: Yes …..(Reading my documents)
M: I have also prepared my pay sheets of the last two years; do you want to take a look?
V: (shaking head)
V: The money on your bank statement is not enough for your first year. In your I-20, you need $57,000 for the first year, but your bank statement is only ....... (pointing to the last line of my bank statement)
M: Oh, that is not right. You should add all the items together. I have prepared totally $117k.
V: Enn ....
V: How many years have you worked for this company?
M: Almost five years
V: What did you do before you joined this company?
M: I have been worked five years in Telecommunication industry before joined xxx company. I first worked for a state-owned company for two years, then worked one and half year for a Switzerland company and then worked two years for an Israel company.
V: Do you have a resume?
M: Yes, here you are
V: How many schools did you apply?
M: Five, 3 of them gave me offer. I got an offer from Georgetown University with 20,000 dollar, but Duke fits me more, so I decide go to Duke.
V: What is the other school that give you offer?
M: University of Texas at Austin, and MIT put me on waiting list.
V: MIT? enn, what is your plan after your study?
M: After my graduation, I will return to China and seek a senior manager or a director position in my current employer, or in other multinational corporations, such as IBM, Motorola or Cisco. I am also open for Chinese hi-tech company if there is a good chance. But no matter what, definitely,
I will come back to my home, here.
V: What is the salary of a director in your company?
M: About 80K for people who hold a US degree and 40K to 50K for local people. But you know, local people have very little chance to get a marketing director position in a big North America company.
V: What are you wife doing?
M: She is in her practical training period
V: Oh, she is a student of University of xxx. What does she study at University of xxx? (checking computer)
M: MBA
V: So you can meet her in US?
M: Yes, she will move to Duke with me
V: That is good
V: I can give you visa
M: Excuse me, what?
V: I can give you visa
M: Thank you! It is a good day for me.
签证的过程读起来很简单，实际上是一个很冗长的过程。我大约在签证大厅站了近三个小时，里面人很多，乱糟糟的。很难在里面保持一个好的心情。个人感觉准备工作很重要，所有的问题都是我准备过的（我是参考了著名的签证25问中和我的情况有关的问题）。因此，和签证官面试时，心中已经有答案，根据情况，随机应变而已。
签证的细节准备非常重要，从准备每一个问题到参考别人的经过。我是阅读了大量的签经，有签过的和没有签过的。看那些是和自己类似的问题。假设如果是自己，那么怎样回答这个问题。对了，我的DS表格都是用Adobe Acrobat 6.0填好，然后打印出来。本来是准备第一次不过，第二次就不用填表了，现在看来可以贡献给大家了。
当然，我还是相信签证的结果和运气紧密相连。如果第一次过不去，那就再试一次。我那个队里面，有一个公司的五个人签商务，其中四个都是25、6岁的年轻人。两个男的都给据了，两个女孩子都过了。其中一个是未婚，未出过国，无房产，属于绝对该拒的那一类。所以，认真准备是重要的，另外也不要放弃运气。即使自己有硬伤，也不要放弃努力。
还有，面试的练习非常重要，和太太做过三次练习，总结了一些自己表现不好的问题。另外还和一个朋友（MilanFan）在MSN上练习了两次，^_^。 MilanFan总结了三点，我觉得非常有参考价值：be straightforward, be concise, and be yourself and be confident
最后，祝每一个人都可以实现读书的权力。
原文引自：
https://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?boardID=27&ID=46690&page=30
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