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[2008签经] 5.27 上海签经,希望有所帮助!

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楼主
发表于 2008-5-28 19:06:00 | 只看该作者

5.27 上海签经,希望有所帮助!

很开心自己也能这么顺利的通过签证,曾经我在论坛里把我的情况说出来后,得到的答案是让我去找个签证咨询中心,也有前辈看了以后极力建议我签F2过去后再转,自己也动过心打算找咨询中心了,后来还是觉得比较相信我自己,一路就这样很辛苦的准备过来了。签证前对自己说,过了签证一定要好好的发一篇签经,因为我的情况几乎包括了好多人认为的各种硬伤,也答应过一些朋友要告诉他们我的签证的情况,下面就不废话了,还是尽量把自己的情况说详细点,这样后面签的人也可以参考是否有借鉴意义。

背景:基本情况:

研一在读,转专业,申请的还是MASTER, 自费,老公在国外

具体情况:

本科学校还好,211里的一个学校,英语专业

      06年毕业后工作几个月,开始准备考研

      079月开始,在国内TOP3的学校读法硕

      开始申请出国读教育

      总共申请六个学校,拿到四个AD,一个奖学金,但是没有去有奖学金的学校,因为学校不好

      我的丈夫在国外读PHD,年初我丈夫回国,我们才领的结婚证(准备签证的这段时间一直很后悔,觉得这是最大的硬伤了,不过后来看来不是)我后来选择的学校就是跟他同一个学校,我的专业排名大概全美TOP30。因为丈夫是学校的TA,根据学校的政策,作为他的妻子,我只要交IN-STATE TUITION FEE,也就是学费免掉一万美金左右。其他的钱由我公公婆婆家提供,总共费用大概30万多一些,后来我公公婆婆准备了40万钱,我老公也准备了八千多美金的资金证明。

 

准备过程:签证前一个多月就开始准备。因为换了专业,而且从高中以后就没有看过数学了(我以后的专业要用到统计学),所以心里特别没有底气,(有时候甚至觉得自己当初选专业选错了,应该选个完全文科的专业)所以准备签证的前一段时间一直在看一些关于将来所学专业的书。不过后来觉得其实没有必要担心,因为签证官毕竟不是主要考察这个,只要基本的关于自己所学的专业是什么,有什么应用之类的准备清楚就好了。如果有条件,可以找找要去的学校有没有师兄师姐,可以问问他们一些情况,这样很有帮助。

另外一个很重要的就是问题的准备了,我的情况这么复杂,所以我花了很多时间来准备我的主要问题,从开始准备,到我最后签证前三天的定稿,我大概改了有十稿左右,其中对问题的回答上面有了非常大的变化,事实上我觉得这是非常有必要的,尤其是对问题比较多的签友来说,108问把很多问题分割开了,而且是比较普遍,常规的问题,所以一定要清楚自己的问题在哪里,每个问题有没有合理的解释,这些解释之间有没有冲突,或者这些解释会不会引出其他需要解决的问题。比如说我申请的是Master,如果我说学完就回国,估计VO会不相信,因为我学完硕士,我丈夫还没有毕业,所以我决定的是告诉他继续读PHD。这样问题就来了,我怎么可以保证可以顺利被PHD PROGRAM录取,我现在是自费,以后如果继续读PHD,我的资金来源是什么,这些都是要考虑的因素。这只是个例子,就是想提醒下,如果问题比较多,要注意可能会引发的问题,至于是否要回答继续读PHD,还有待考证,因为这次VO没有问我这个问题,根据前人的经验是最好不要这样说,所以要具体情况具体讨论。

还有个很重要的问题就是材料的准备了。我觉得这个也非常的重要,尤其是问题较多的,一定是越全越好,比如我为了证明我所学的在中国是个新兴专业,我花了不少时间上网查这些资料,还有一些招聘材料什么的,能显示所学的东西在中国很有前景的,我都打印出来了。我买了各种不同颜色的文件袋,文件夹,分装了七份,准备好后,拿去称了下,八斤重。很有条理也是很重要的,到时候VO问你要什么材料,就可以很快拿到,这样显得你沉稳,有备而来。我分类分的很细,还特意在文件夹上,贴了标签,这样,一找就可以找到了。签证的时候,签证官首先看到我拿一堆材料,然后又很有条理的样子,问我要什么材料我都带了,这样给他的感觉就很好了。后面我会把我准备的CHECK LIST附上,以供参考。

 

签经:我回来后一直在回忆签经,因为非常的累,所以晚上回来还没有来发帖子,但是我先趴在床上把签经都回忆了记下来了,然后睡觉的时候感觉都睡着了一会了,突然想起有个问题我没有记下来,还特意起来补充了下,所以我觉得我的签经还是比较完整的。

VO: So you are going to the xx

ME: Yes, sir

VO: What are you going to study?

ME: I’m going to study xxxxxxx

VO: This is a good major!

ME: Yeah, I think so.

VO: So, why choose the University of xxx

ME: Two reasons, one is that xx has the highest rank among the universities I applied, The second reason is that my husband is currently a phd student in physics at the xx too.

VO: Vow! (不停点头,表示很理解的样子)

ME: So, I’m really happy that I can go to study my interested major, at the excellent university, and still I can stay with my husband.

VO: (继续点头) What’s your husband studying?

ME: xx, and he is interested in xx, and he is rescently focusing on xxx, and doing a RA job this summer.

VO: 看电脑。

ME: Would you like to see the copy of my husband’s I-20?

VO: Sure.

ME: (递材料) This is the copy of his I-20, and these are copies of his student ID card, social security card, and visa card.

VO: 看着材料,对着电脑输入我老公的材料里的某个号码,然后查看,然后把材料还给我。

    So you are a student at xx university?

ME: Yes, sir, actually, I’m currently a first year student in the xx master program.

VO: Fourth year?

ME: No, sir, the first year, I mean I’m a fisrt year student in the xx master program.

VO: (居然不关注我退学转专业的事情) 

Do you have the transcripts from the xx university?

ME: Yes, sir.  (给研究生成绩单,其实就只有上个学期的成绩单,
        
五门课,四个A,一个B+,他很认真的看了很久,我开始担心他会觉得我这个专业学的不是很好吗,为什么要转,为了转移他的注意力,也向他证明我一直都是个好学生,就问他要不要看成绩单,他说不要,我说OK,然后就站着把他退出来的材料稍微放好)

VO:(把成绩单还给我)然后在156表上写了几个字,我不知道写的是什么,有点紧张。

   然后他问:Where is your husband’s home?

ME: (怕他问的是我老公在国外的住处,所以确认了下)You mean his home town?

VOYes.

ME: xx province, xx.

VO: OK, congratuations!......

ME: Thank you. 拿了绿卡片,赶紧走了,拿到后确认了好几遍,看到上面条子上有CONGRATULATION才觉得放心。

 

总结:
        
写出来觉得好像说了很多,其实当时就只有大概三分钟左右的时间。

一,              根据面谈的内容,我想大家都应该可以看的出来,我原先一直以为,相信很多人也一直以为的丈夫在国外会增加移民倾向的问题在我这里好像不是这样的。我自己觉得我把选择这个学校的理由说好后,VO就已经觉得我有足够的理由出去了,不论我是不是退了国内很好的学校,不论我是不是换了专业,甚至于自费出去。

二,              他没有问我关于资金的问题,这点让我也觉得很意外。后来想想很可能是因为我给他看我老公的I-20上面有他的奖学金的情况,然后他又看到我准备了那么多的材料,他问我要什么材料,我也没有缺,所以推断我已经准备了足够的资金。或者他甚至根本就没有注意到我要自费,也是有可能的。所以我觉得充分准备材料是很重要的,这是自信的源泉,和成功的保障,这点再怎么强调都不为过。曾经听有人说过,如果材料准备太多,VO反而觉得你不自信,我不太赞同这样的观点,我认为只要你觉得能用的到的材料都应该带上,不要嫌麻烦。就像我当初因为院里还没有像我这样读了这么点就跑的,所以我办成绩单的时候,很不方便,曾经就想不办算了,但是后来还是去办了,结果也就用上了,所以我觉得还是不要怕麻烦。

三,              另外我觉得签证官没有在专业上为难我,还因为我在国内跟国外的学校都还比较好,我现在的成绩也还好,我因为本科学的是英语,所以口语也挺好,自己也比较自信,这些综合起来看的,(我真的不是想自夸哦,只是想把情况都说清楚),所以我觉得如果学校不太好,尤其是出去以后的学校不太好,一定要根据自己的兴趣以及将来的职业规划准备好理由,还要给签证官非常自信的感觉。还有,口语多准备也是挺关键的,这里我再强调下准备问题的事情,就我自己的经验而言,多准备问题除了可以在内容上有很大提高外,对你的口语也是很有帮助的,因为语言也是个需要思维的过程,这点相信大家在写PS的时候都会有点体会,因为看到挺多人说通过申请觉得自己的英语都提高了。所以我觉得这个也是个有针对性地提高口语的办法。

四,              另外我还想说的一点也许不是那么重要,但是还是觉得对于自费的同学,多注意点衣着,我去的时候穿了碎花带领子的连衣裙,比较传统,但是觉得比较正式。我看到签证官们都穿的很正式,所以我觉得我们也穿的好点,看起来也舒服点,也是对他们的工作的一种尊重。

五,              我觉得签证还是有一点运气的,我当时在等的时候,听签我的签证官旁边那个VO的问话方式,我就觉得要花很多时间来解释,但是我碰到的那个VO问话点是我最喜欢的了,单刀直入,也免得他自己慢慢发现我的那么多问题,觉得我不诚实,

六,              我觉得签经都是针对个人情况而言,所以大家一定希望从论坛上得到经验或者建议,一定要根据自己的情况再作评估,因为只有自己才最清楚自己的一切。

 

写了很多了,估计有点啰嗦,呵呵,总之,谢谢所有帮助过我,鼓励过我,祝福过我的朋友们,谢谢你们,同时祝愿还没有签的朋友们一切顺利!

   

     

沙发
 楼主| 发表于 2008-5-28 19:11:00 | 只看该作者

Check List

 

Required Material:

 

DS 156

  DS 157

  DS 158

  Visa application fee receipt

  SEVIS Fee

  Passport

  I-20

 

Materials from the University of Iowa

 

  Admission Letter from department

Admission Letter from the graduate school

E-mails with my advisor

  E-mails with a current PhD student in the program of EMS

CV of my advisor

Webpage about the introduction of my future program

Webpage about the degree requirement of my future program

Webpage about the admission requirements of my future program

Webpage about the resources and facilities available in my future program

Webpage about the rank of the college of education in US News

Webpage about the introduction of the college of education

Webpage about the assistantships opportunities

Webpage about the college facts, areas of excellence, and resources

Webpage about the introduction of UI

Webpage about some of the books written by my future advisor

Webpage about course descriptions

 

Financial Materials

 

Description about the costs and funds for my future study

Certificate of allowing me pay only in-state tuition fee

Financial support guarantee

Certificate of deposit from my mother-in-law (1)

Certificate of deposit from my mother-in-law (2)

Certificate of deposit from my husband

Income certificate of my father-in-law

Income certificate of my mother-in-law

 Copy of TA Scholarship offer letter of my husband

Copy of RA Scholarship offer letter of my husband

Copy of the Appointment and Salary History of my husband

Copy of the pay check review list of my husband

Bank books

Stock exchange list

 

 


                Other materials about study

 

CV of myself

Study plan

Future plan

Personal Statement

TOEFL

GRE

Admission Letters from other universities

Rejection letter

Webpage about the ranks of other universities I applied

Personal statements used when applying for other universities

 

 

Materials about my family

 

ID card of myself

Certificate of my Hukou

Marriage certificate

Hukou of my parents-in-law

Notarial certificate of kindred between me and my mother-in-law

Copy of my husband’s I-20

Copy of my husband’s Student ID Card

Copy of my husband’s Social Security Card

Copy of my husband’s Visa

Pictures

 

 

 

Materials from previous universities

 

Transcripts from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Diplomas from ZNUFE

Webpage about ZNUFE

Transcripts from Fudan University

Education Certificate from Fudan University

Student certificate

Student ID card

 

 

 

 


            
Awards and certificates

 

Dean’s List 

 The First Prize of People’s Scholarship

 The Second Prize of People’s Scholarship

 The Third Prize of People’s Scholarship

College English Test- 6: Excellent

 Test for English Major-4: Excellent

 Test for English Major-8: Good

 National Computer Rank Examination Certificate: Grade 2

 

 

Other Materials

 

Materials about my current major

Webpages about the news of establishing Measurement and Evaluation Center of Basic Education

Webpages about the news of establishing Measurement and Evaluation Center of Basic Education in Shandong and Jiangsu province

Webpage about the branches of China National Institute for Education Research

Webpage of the introduction of the Institute of Measurement and Statistics in Taiwan

Webpages of the major setting in the college of education in some top universities.

 Webpages of some current job opportunities

 

 

板凳
 楼主| 发表于 2008-5-28 19:11:00 | 只看该作者

Check List

 

Required Material:

 

DS 156

  DS 157

  DS 158

  Visa application fee receipt

  SEVIS Fee

  Passport

  I-20

 

Materials from the University of Iowa

 

  Admission Letter from department

Admission Letter from the graduate school

E-mails with my advisor

  E-mails with a current PhD student in the program of EMS

CV of my advisor

Webpage about the introduction of my future program

Webpage about the degree requirement of my future program

Webpage about the admission requirements of my future program

Webpage about the resources and facilities available in my future program

Webpage about the rank of the college of education in US News

Webpage about the introduction of the college of education

Webpage about the assistantships opportunities

Webpage about the college facts, areas of excellence, and resources

Webpage about the introduction of UI

Webpage about some of the books written by my future advisor

Webpage about course descriptions

 

Financial Materials

 

Description about the costs and funds for my future study

Certificate of allowing me pay only in-state tuition fee

Financial support guarantee

Certificate of deposit from my mother-in-law (1)

Certificate of deposit from my mother-in-law (2)

Certificate of deposit from my husband

Income certificate of my father-in-law

Income certificate of my mother-in-law

 Copy of TA Scholarship offer letter of my husband

Copy of RA Scholarship offer letter of my husband

Copy of the Appointment and Salary History of my husband

Copy of the pay check review list of my husband

Bank books

Stock exchange list

 

 


                Other materials about study

 

CV of myself

Study plan

Future plan

Personal Statement

TOEFL

GRE

Admission Letters from other universities

Rejection letter

Webpage about the ranks of other universities I applied

Personal statements used when applying for other universities

 

 

Materials about my family

 

ID card of myself

Certificate of my Hukou

Marriage certificate

Hukou of my parents-in-law

Notarial certificate of kindred between me and my mother-in-law

Copy of my husband’s I-20

Copy of my husband’s Student ID Card

Copy of my husband’s Social Security Card

Copy of my husband’s Visa

Pictures

 

 

 

Materials from previous universities

 

Transcripts from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Diplomas from ZNUFE

Webpage about ZNUFE

Transcripts from Fudan University

Education Certificate from Fudan University

Student certificate

Student ID card

 

 

 

 


            
Awards and certificates

 

Dean’s List 

 The First Prize of People’s Scholarship

 The Second Prize of People’s Scholarship

 The Third Prize of People’s Scholarship

College English Test- 6: Excellent

 Test for English Major-4: Excellent

 Test for English Major-8: Good

 National Computer Rank Examination Certificate: Grade 2

 

 

Other Materials

 

Materials about my current major

Webpages about the news of establishing Measurement and Evaluation Center of Basic Education

Webpages about the news of establishing Measurement and Evaluation Center of Basic Education in Shandong and Jiangsu province

Webpage about the branches of China National Institute for Education Research

Webpage of the introduction of the Institute of Measurement and Statistics in Taiwan

Webpages of the major setting in the college of education in some top universities.

 Webpages of some current job opportunities

 

 

地板
发表于 2008-5-28 19:50:00 | 只看该作者

抢位置

谢谢LZ分享

5#
发表于 2008-5-28 20:13:00 | 只看该作者
哇,LZJJ准备的太详细了,赞一个~~~
6#
发表于 2008-5-28 20:22:00 | 只看该作者

天》》》

准备太充分了~~

不过才怪哈

恭喜

沾喜气

7#
发表于 2008-5-29 00:39:00 | 只看该作者

恭喜楼主

感谢你还提供了这么详细的checklist和分析

说的很有道理

8#
 楼主| 发表于 2008-5-29 07:29:00 | 只看该作者

谢谢,谢谢,能帮上点忙就好!

9#
发表于 2008-5-29 15:12:00 | 只看该作者

恭喜!谢谢LZ分享

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