已经签过一周了,依然没有闲下来,还是有那么多事情要准备,忙里偷闲,来记录关于所有的前期准备甚至包括材料和问答。希望对大家有所帮助。
我的签证材料很朴实,去面签的时候看到很多中介帮忙准备的同学拿着精美的文件夹所有材料分类摆放的美轮美奂外加又长有看起来很震撼checklist,着实有种输了的感觉。我没有checklist,形式其实不那么重要,就像考研之类的要研究透大纲一样,大使馆网站上列出来的需要准备的材料就是我的大纲,然后再丰富一下准备些突出自己经历和特点的东西。
我的签证材料:
pack 1 护照(贴好照片)、I-20(贴好中信银行的收据)、sevis费收据、DS-160确认页、身份证
pack 2 USF录取信
Study Plan
Resume
学校介绍、项目介绍、项目的faculty bios
导师的个人介绍、个人主页
申请学校时的PS、推荐信
pack 3 大学成绩单(学校密封的和不封的各一份)
学位证、毕业证原件
GMAT/Toefl正式成绩单
主要奖状及证书原件
本科毕业论文
本科学校网页上有关在校时参加篮球比赛获奖还有乐队参加演出的新闻啦什么之类的打印版
pack 4 父母工作及工资证明
经济担保书
户口本、户籍证明、派出所开给我的身份证号码更改证明(这个比较囧,因为跟别人重号了)
银行开具的存款证明
房本、购房合同
保险合同及保单
自己之前工作和现在兼职工作的合同
自己的证券开户合同和交易记录
家庭合影
pack 5 CFA介绍及相关资料
备用的相片、DS160确认页
笔、透明胶
我预约的10点钟,8点20出门,习惯了不吃早饭(大家最好还是有比较健康的作息习惯比较好),早高峰时段在地铁里被挤成相片状。9点20到了使馆门口,进了武警把守的大门,开始排队。还是吓了一跳,因为原本没想到会有这么多人,在门外排队还稍稍有点紧张,一直听周围人各种讨论然后发呆,后来到了窗口前反而完全放松下来了。
在大厅外面排了一个小时,差不多10点半的时候开始进去存手机(我只有手机需要存),我不知道是好运气还是潜意识与现实产生了交点,去交材料的时候我被安排在一组好人当中,我这一组加我总共六个人,前面一对去看儿子的老夫妇还有一个J2,后面是两个J1~取完指纹开始排队,一直排到了11点40,在排队的过程中就开始饿。终于轮到了我们这一组,去10号窗口,到了窗口前我happy了,很帅看上去很nice的VO。果不其然,前面的老夫妇和J2都很顺利全程中文pass了。到我了,VO作为一个工作负责的帅男人,我作为一个话多的人,于是对话回合不少,整个过程持续了差不多5分钟。全文如下:
Me::Good morning, sir.(我觉得还是不要太多多余的话,看到赏心悦目的VO于是不自主微笑,递材料-护照、I20、各种收据etc,这些也是当天整个面谈过程中我递进去的所有材料。)
VO:Good morning. How are you?
Me:Fine...But starving.(实话实说,确实饿。由于之前工作的关系,习惯跟老外轻松平常的说话,于是我们的对话就在一片轻松和谐的气氛中继续)
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 succeed 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.(已经完全放松下来开始不管不顾地胡聊起来。我手一直放在材料上,可是他也没有问我要过任何东西,所以干脆就不按剧本彻底自由发挥了,你不要材料我就说给你听)
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?(开始问专业知识)
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.(这是当时临场能想到的唯一的说法)
VO:You mentioned the BBD company. Can you tell me sth about it? (这前后两个问题是怎样?由于我经历有点复杂所以要验证下真实性么?)
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.(我对这份工作是相当有感情的,所以难不倒我)
VO点头: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(我在说话的过程中通常有点收不住的感觉,但是此时……我的眼睛告诉我,帅哥已经拿好了粉条放在我的材料上!但是已经说出口的句子我决定还是说完好了) 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.(从撕好了邮寄条帅哥就一直双手交叉微笑着听我说完)
VO:Congrats to you! Hope you have a nice day!
Me:(依旧保持淡定)Thanks very much. You too. Bye!
基本上能记起来的就是以上这些,我的好运没到水果的程度,但是幸运的是认真准备并且口语还不错的我碰到了工作负责并且注重从谈话中获取信息VO。我相信不是谁都能那么水过,虽然水过的同学们比较喜欢来发帖分享,但我觉得对更多同学来说,具有参考价值的绝对是内容丰富而且实在的问答过程,准备越充分心态越平稳通过的几率也就越大。
专题:DIY美国留学签证一站式教程(签证流程、材料清单及模板、DS160模板、面签指导)
(编辑:Ada)