04年申请到另外一个学校全奖，夏季回国签证。第三次签证犯了严重错误，签证官问毕业后去哪里？为什么不回新加坡。我当时觉得前面两次签证官一直不相信我会回中国，所以我就说可能回新加坡工作。然后他说 I can't determine your strong tie with Singapore,就把我拒了。 这个错误一直影响到我后来的签证。第四次也是1分钟在北京被拒。
因为我对在新加坡做的课题不是很感兴趣，所以也没有转博士，去重考了Toefl，继续申请。05年6月2号在新加坡五签，这次是6次签证钟对话时间最长的一次，15分钟左右。女签证官，问的很仔细。我也强调了我的变化，马上要硕士毕业，去欧洲开过会。两年的硕士学习，成果非常丰富，发了3篇国际期刊的文章。而且拿出了国内我们这个专业的发展前景，将来回国一定可以找到很好的工作。整个过程，VO一直很客气，一直在听。让我觉得是离visa最近的一次。但是最后还是说了一句，I don't believe you will go back to China because you said you would come to Singapore one year ago. 然后就拒了。
最后抱着侥幸的心理，05年6月10号到北京6000， 遇到一个黑人女签证官。她对n000得人非常tough. 就问了一下被拒签过几次了，我说5次，她就很惊讶的张开嘴，说你怎么又来了。 我就说我有了新的changes, 我刚开始讲，她就不让我说话了，一直在敲电脑。然后还是说不相信我会回国，建议我在新加坡读博士。
Me: Morning Sir!
VO: Morning! What will you do in US?（很奇怪，没有让我按指纹，可能是过去按过太多次了）。
Me: I will go to Ohio State Univ. to pursue a Ph.D degree in Pharmaceutics. I got full scholarship, including tuition fees and stipend, totally more than 48,000 US$ each year. Do you want to see my offer letter? （把offer letter给他，他看了10几秒）
Vo: How many times have you been refused?（同时在查看电脑记录）
Me: 6 times.
VO: What are you doing now？ What's your change?
Me:After graduation, I was employed by the NUS department of Pharmacy as a research staff. The department also helps me apply for the Singapore Permanent Resident. Here are my NUS Staff card and ID card. Do you want to have a look? （对方扫了一眼，并没有要,我继续说）。However, my final career goal is not a research staff but a faculty at NUS. After getting the OSU Ph.D degree, I will come back to find a faculty position here.
VO: Why not study your Ph.D in Singapore?
Me: Because OSU has one of the best Pharmaceutics Ph.D program in the world. －－－－应该先说为什么你会觉得OSU的program比起新加坡这边更能match你，你只说OSU的项目有多强是无济于事的，有点空 With the OSU Ph.D degree, I will be more competitive when I come back to apply for the faculty postion. －－－－这里你应该接着说你希望specialize in **** area以及为什么，你只说毕业后更有竞争力是不够的 You know, it is difficult to be appointed as an assistant professor at NUS with a local Ph.D degree. －－－事实证明，后面VO根据你这句话的回答对你上次表述的毕业后会回国的idea产生了怀疑。我感觉，你的签证准备是一个个问题的准备，而不是整个过程的串连准备
VO: You mean there are no local Ph.D professors in your department？
Me: There are several local Ph.D staff but they all have overseas experiences. OSU has the best pharmaceutical research environment. I will be more competitive with the research experience at OSU.
VO: Have you applied for other countries?
Me: Yes, I also applied the program of UK. I got their admission of King's College of London. Do you want to see it? (给他看了一眼)．I also get the offer from SUNY-Buffulo. （给他offer letter, 他没有看）
VO: will you go to UK?
Me: They don't provide me the stipends. －－－－这里不应该这么回答，显得你的留学动机不纯，不能主要从钱的角度来回答。你可以说，通过和Professor的沟通及交流，以及对faculty的publications的研究，相比较而言，你还是觉得OSU的项目比英国的更适合你，所以你不会选择去英国读书
VO: (又去看电脑里的拒签纪录) Last year, you said you will go back to China. You will go to study TCM. Now, you have a different story. You change your story again. －－－－这是因为你之前那句话说得不好 Also, you will go to learn pharmaceutics........
Me: No, I didn't change my major. Herbal medicine analyses and Pharmaceutics are both two directions of pharmaceutical research. Now, I'm clear with my career plan. I just want to study for a Ph.D degree in US and come back to be a faculty. That's not a story. It's the fact....
VO: I'm sorry. I can't issue you the visa. (迅速盖拒签章,然后微笑着说) Do you wanna say sth?
Me: No. Since you have stamped, I want to say nothing. Thank you anyway.(收拾东西，准备撤.突然问了一句) Do you mean I am refuesd permanently?
Vo: No, No. You can come here tomorrow. You are welcome.
Me: Ok, bye.
被拒了这么多次，自己肯定有问题的！你的答案反复不定，而不是想好了在一个基础上改进，所以让人觉得连你自己想留在哪里都不知道。拒了这么多次你有没有找中介或者一些有经验的人咨询排练呢？
anyway,佩服你的勇气！中国人八年抗战都搞掂了！我想你现在不只是想去，而是不甘心把。祝福你！希望你能成功！作者: chris song 时间: 2006-6-14 00:18:30