12.4上海F1三千不水过

kurtoUID：2156469

本人11月受到的录取材料，然后用电话卡预约签证，由于我有拒签的经验，对方说在1月30日之前不可能预约到签证。
然后我要求对方大学发一份传真到总领事处，抬头写
“Mr. Kenneth Jarrett,
U.S. Consul General in Shanghai
Main Consulate General Compound
1469 Central Huaihai Road
(Huaihai Zhong Lu)  
Shanghai, 20003
PR CHINA”
内容和offer差不多的，就是说明学生很优秀。
同时，再发一份传真到上海领馆，把我的i-20和offer letter附上，再写一份要求提供签证的申请（包含个人信息）。
4天后，我收到了一个电话，让我随便挑一个黄道吉日，我挑了12月4日上午。
然后早上就坐汽车8点从杭州出发，10点到上海大使馆。10点半进去，12点10分开始签证。（那天都是大妈大伯去探亲的，各种各样的都有，建议如果以后父母出去的话，不要两个同时走，而且不要一走就去一年，这样不容易过的）言归正传。
Me: Hi, I am going to XXX.
VO: Hi, nice to meet you. Put left finger on the red light.
Me: I know, then right?
VO: You have been rejected last time, why do you want to pursue a lower degree? (上次我是Phd，全奖没过，这次是MA)
Me: I thought this issue for long time. Ma program suits me better. (本来准备一堆说明我合时读ma的话，看Vo没有什么兴趣就不说了)
VO: Tell me about your subject.
Me: I am interested in probability which is a very very useful tool to explor the modern market......
VO: What did  your parents do ?
Me:  My father works for his government, just like your works. My mother is a manager in a machine company.（尽量虚一点，不要太具体，因为VO明显不想深究了）
VO: (看屏幕，打字)
Me: It seems your works pretty tedious, do you like your job? （赶快扯到别的话题，让他分分神）
VO: It is OK. Go to window 12.
Me: Thanks for your great works. By the way, merry Chrismas!
VO: Thanks!

总结：如果发现VO重视的问题，比如回国动机之类，尽量说得细致些，彻底打消他的疑虑。如果他不太重视的问题，比如有没有兄弟姐妹，她们干什么的？尽量说得糊涂一些，不要给他机会抓辫子。如果不想有沉默时刻的话，聊些签证以外的东西，绝对不要谈签证的事情，否则会提醒VO想起什么东西，这就不好了。还有，说话时要看着VO，这很重要，让他感觉你的真诚。

PS：如果需要立刻取得签证的话，跟VO说： Dear sir, it is a emergency. I need to get my visa today to reserve my hot ticket. VO会给你写个条子，然后就可以很快拿到签证了。

More tips：建议所有的F1全奖的同学都带上点财力证明，我的第一次拒签，就是因为没这个东西。当时那个胖胖的女人，也不知道是怎么回事，心情巨差，死活找我材料的漏洞，最后硬是说我有可能第二年就没钱，会去打黑工，并且说有很多的中国学生这样做，无论我怎么解释，就是要拒我。想起来都气，估计也写了不少坏话，不然这次也不会问那么多了。

Finally: 签证的时候我观察了很久，有个亚裔哥哥的VO，跟其他VO相差很大，非常非常理解中国父母探亲的心情，无论对方怎么顶撞他，他都是非常有礼貌。而且我看到一个老大伯，大声叫喊，并且什么照片等证明材料都没带，他都让他过了。父母探亲的，他几乎全放。但是边上几个VO几乎全拒。特别是给我签证的那位脸很长的VO，给我签之前，连拒了10个探亲的。大家可以留心下！

kevin0403UID：2179200

我想这封信起了很大作用

magic_zhaoUID：2137791

thx for sharing..

忧郁ShakaUID：2123647

恭喜~

z580101UID：181812

首先恭喜楼主:handshake

那个脸很长的就拒过我，郁闷。:(

我因为有过拒签所以只约到了1.29号的，楼主这样也行啊？可以发封传真强烈要求？
楼主能不能把你那封传真内容发一份到我的站内消息，给我看看？关系到姓名等私人内容时用XX表示吧，麻烦了，谢谢。

kurtoUID：2156469

其实就是offer！
内容如下：
Dear Consul Jarrett,
I would like to petition on behalf of Mr.XXX, who is seeking an F-1 visa for travel to
the United States in order to continue his graduate studies in the Mathematics Department at
XXX University. I have selected him from a very competitive pool of international
applicants not only for admission into our graduate program, but also with full support as a
graduate teaching assistant (GTA). The former is based on his excellent academic record, as well
as its suitability to the particular strengths of our Department here at XXX University. His
appointment as a graduate teaching assistant is predicated not only on strong academics, but also
on strong English-language skills, especially those involving spoken English.
This appointment has the additional benefit that the student's tuition is completely waived, resulting only in a
nominal fee payment of roughly $250 per semester. This appointment will continue
as long as the student remains in good standing.

In addition to the academic year [9-months] support, Mr. XX is also eligible to receive
summer support in the amount of [approximately] $3,000 bringing his total yearly support to
$14,723. Health insurance is available for graduate students at a very affordable rate.
I respectfully urge you to grant an expeditious processing of his F-1 visa in order to allow for
enough time to arrive in XXX, XXX, prior to January 4th, 2007. On that date we will
begin the necessary orientation and registration activities required of all of our incoming graduate
students, as well as the Department's orientation for new graduate teaching assistants. Any
unnecessary delays will very negatively impact his studies and imperil his GTA appointment.
Should you need any other information we will be happy to provide it to the best of our ability.
fir your careful consideration.
Thank you
Sincerely,

XXX
Director of Graduate studies

[ 本帖最后由 kurto 于 2006-12-8 21:02 编辑 ]

kurtoUID：2156469

但据我以前的经验，你已经约到日期的话，给你改的可能性不大。
最好的办法是：
先打电话问日子，如果不合适，不要电话约。通过这种发传真的方法来约签证。

[ 本帖最后由 kurto 于 2006-12-8 22:09 编辑 ]