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如果你和我一样,是放弃一份很好的工作去留学,或是有亲人在美而自己也在移民排期中,那么请你一定相信,你的努力和坚持,下定决心时的忐忑和一路走来的辛苦我都知道,并且请你一定相信事在人为,只要你去求学的梦想已经照进现实,坚持下去,你也一定会成功!
如果你和我不一样,是学生党,顺理成章去留学,那么看完帖子后你会明白,人生有很多种可能性,是否成功取决于你的内心强大到几何!

签证之前,我已经付出过太多。我已经工作20年,有事事都护着我照顾我的老公,一个已经长大懂事并且相当优秀的娃,一份还不错的工作,一大帮死党,一份衣食无忧,一年可以去旅游好几次的幸福生活。可是忽然有一天,一颗梦想的种子忽然飘进我心底,开始生根发芽。
决定去出国读研是去年七月份的事。当时我在美国。想去看的地方都去了,包括哈佛MIT加州伯克利以及美轮美奂的华盛顿的博物馆和波士顿的图书馆,那些场景把我的梦想具体化了,我清清楚楚地看到了我想要的是什么。
在美国时有人劝我说别回国,留下就行了,很多种可以拿到身份的方式,找律师就行了。但是我知道那不是我想要的。
回国后我开始背单词。对。我就是从扇贝、沪江和智课网的课程开始了我从无到有的一切。第一次考托是11月份考了62分。那时大多数学生都开始写文书了,而我还在背单词。之后的一个月我不知道自己是怎么过来的,每天凌晨三四点,把塞得满满的快要爆炸的脑袋搁到枕头上睡觉,三四个小时后爬起来去单位上班,而我的工作属于那种忙起来中午不能休息下午得加班到七八点那种,期间我还有一个研究了五年的课题面临结题,我要在12月底的deadline前交一个10000多字的结题报告(三月份结题证书下来时,我本人,我的课题组,我的单位,我的结题报告都拿到了最高奖项,一个奖也没落该拿的都拿了)。12月份我考了80分。时间已经没有了,我没有再考,立刻转战申请、写文书、找人写推荐信,然后就是完全束手无策的漫长的等待。我等到了5个admissions,两个梦校都把我给拒了,但是我拿到了NEU,它在我最喜欢的那个城市。
对于我这样一个40岁的女人,这样一个胆大包天的梦想不会走近我的,我只有一步一步向它靠近。在一步一步走向它的时候,我有退缩的时候,也有放弃的念头,但是它是那么清晰、美好而具体,就在前方,我又如何能忘记初心?
终于到了签证的时候,2016年6月24日,北京,安家楼(后来听说,当天下午安家楼签证的一共3000人
这个签证,很多人都提前安慰我了,签不过再签,做好足够的心理准备。确实。这个签证果然和想象中一样艰难。看着别的F1顺顺当当地水果,我也只有羡慕一番,然后低下头想我要说的一切答案。那么多的问题,都要有一个答案。那么多的答案,只为了一个结果。

因为人多,所以在录指纹的窗口旁边加开了五个窗口,我不幸就被分配到了的其中之一。对,就是在那个乱哄哄的最大的大厅里。担心听力被干扰的我本想借着去restroom的机会去里面签,同行的在门外偶遇的想要签全英文而不果的美女同学说,算了,相信命运的安排吧。于是我横下心来,乖乖地站在了被分配到的窗口前。于是,羡慕地看着旁边的窗口一个个都拿着蓝条开心离去,看着同学以熟练的英语不到一分钟就水果,而我面前的窗口自我站在那儿之后就没有动过,窗子里面的年轻VO非常仔细,对签B2的三口之家一个一个人轮流盘问,敲电脑,盘问,敲电脑,站在外面一点的爸爸都有点不耐烦了,而站在后面的我,更是心底开始无措。
幸运的是,三口之家领着蓝色条子,如释重负地离开了。我走上前去。

VO在惯性地讲中文,而我说Hi, good afternoon.
之后一律英文对话。
所幸此时的我的听力已经大大好过考托时候,一句不落地听懂,没有用到sorry或是pardon.

Me: I'm here applying for student visa. (giving him my passport and I-20)
VO: OK. So you go to~~~? Great.
Me: Yeah, I'm going to pursue my Master Degree there.
VO: So your major is, organizational leadership?
Me: Yeah, leadership.
VO: How long is your program?
Me: 19 months.
VO: OK... tell me something about your program.
Me: (being afraid of being asked a big question like that, and being a little nervous), saying something like "and I want to be a principal now", and "proffesional knowlege combining my working experience will make me the most competitive one in my area" >>>>
VO: OK... (checking my passport carefully) Have you ever been abroad?
Me: Yeah, I went to America last summer, traveling several places like New York, Boston, Washington DC, and Orlando, I love Universal Studio.(try to smile and infect him and fail)
VO: OK...do you remember how long you stay there?
Me: less than one month, I think, maybe 26 days.
VO: (still checking the stamps) About a month, yeah?
Me: You can say that, it was July.
VO: You went to Canada too?
Me: No, I 转机 in Canada.
VO: OK...(此时他开启了敲键盘模式)any relatives in U.S.?
Me: Yeah, my sister~~~. She is working in~~~. Would you like to see her(forgetting the word 驾驶证), something about her?
VO: Yes,please.
Me: (give him her license) I also have her, (forget again) tax?(show him on the window)
VO: No, this is enough. (tapping his keyboard, tapping and tapping)
Me: (此时我开启了没话找话说的模式)She has been there for sixteen years.
VO: She is a citizen, yeah?
Me: Yeah
VO: Do you know when she became a citizen?
Me: No, I don't know(really not. better not.)
VO: (after the longest break) Did you married?
Me: Yeah
VO: What do your husband do?
Me: >>> , and this is my family(show him our pictures on the window).
VO: He remains in home?
Me: Yeah, he won't go with me, and 19 months is not a long seperation, you know, he is a teacher and I am a student, we all have enough holidays. (try to smile and infect him and fail)
VO: OK...Do you have enough money?
Me: Yeah, my husband and I have a deposit total amount is 100 thousand dollars.Would you like to see that?
VO: Yes please, (quickly check the bank certificates) Do you save all these money by yourself?
Me: Yeah, would you like to see our working certificate? Our income is in there.
VO: No, I believe you.
Me: Thank you.
VO: Would you quit your job?
Me: Yeah.
(讲真,到被问道quit job这一步,我已经萌生了听天由命的念头,这小伙子刨根问底,锲而不舍,非得要问出些破绽不可,可怜的是我一边努力地笑着,缓和着气氛,一边完全没有把握他到底已经有没有攒够三条拒签我的理由。undefined一边望着他敲那个永恒的键盘,一边开始了自我安慰,没事,考托就当学英语了,申请学校写文书就当练语法了,申请费托福费没啥反正还没交学费,大不了,姐下次再来签,再大不了,姐去伦敦了,不陪你们玩了!)
VO: Are you going to return your hometown?
Me: Sure, I have better opportunities when I come back, I have several best friends in 教育局
VO:?
Me:教育局,they can help me to start our own school.
VO: OK...(tapping his keyboard, tapping and tapping)
Me: I also have a friend who is the founder of this international school,(show him the prochure on the window and he is forced to look at it), she already offered me the principal position when I come back.
VO: OK...(tapping his keyboard, tapping and tapping)
Me: I can give you all my friends' contact(没错,我现在已经没有语法了),their phone number and E-mails.
VO: OK...(tapping his keyboard, tapping and tapping)
Me: ......(smiling)
VO: ......(tapping)
Me: ......(smiling)
VO: OK, I can approve you.
Me: Thank you.
VO: Have a nice trip in America.
Me: Thank you very much.
VO: It's very nice to meet you.和 Me: It's very nice to meet you.这两句竟然是同时说的。那一幕给我的感觉,仿佛是经典港片中的两位枪神同时放下来了互相指着脑门的枪。。。。。。

我准备的所有问题答案都没有浪费,都被问到了。
我准备的所有材料也几乎都没有浪费,几乎都被递进窗口或是在窗玻璃上贴给他看了。
我的CV和工作相关的证明以及荣誉证明和一大摞奖状证书他都没有看。我的托福和我的学位证书成绩单都没有看。我申了几所学校中了几所学校都没有问。~~大学的大红色信封一路上被好几个同学认出,他也当然不例外,所以他完全没有质疑我的学业水平和工作能力,他所有的纠结都在于——我已经被“确信”的移~民~倾~向。他最后那一句“I can approve you”的“can”是重音。他留给我最深印象是那一句“I believe you”。这个纠结的签证过程使我亲身经历并再次明白了一个道理,人生需要自己去争取,在那个争取的过程中,要对自己深信不疑。就像徒手攀岩。就像深入雨崩。要对自己深信不疑,才有勇气和毅力去坚持下去,去守得云开月明。
Lucky guys always believe in everything,happiness,love,and good luck.
Want it happen?Just believe it!
今后人生,无处不险阻,但是对于不再质疑自己的人,处处都能逢生。
求学之路还很长,梦想已经在脚下一步步铺开,我深知理想高远,要努力去追,以慰初心。

谢谢论坛,祝福地里的小伙伴们一切顺利!
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