514 Shanghai F1 Check
Background: full financial aid, EE
(First, I want to say concular officers in Shanghai are very very nice.)(I
cannot recite the exact words, so only pay attention to the contents) 8:00
Walk into the Meilongzhen building. Then the first round guard checked my
DS form, ps: if your photo is incorrect, he won't tell you. Then stepped
forward to 8 floor of the building, stopped by a Chinese officer.
C-Chinese officer M-me
C: What will you do in US?
M: To study
C: Give me your forms and passports
(hand in)
C: Your passport is issued in Beijing, so go to Beijing for your visa
interview
M: I have been working in Hangzhou since last July. (Hand in my temporary
certificate.)
C: Checked the certificate for a while, then showed it to another Chinese
officer.
(2 minutes passed) They let me in.
8:10 Took a number script from the machine.
8:20 Handed in my passport, I20, offer letter, admission letter and DS
forms when it was my turn
C-Chinese secretary M-me
C: What will you do in US?
M: To study
C: Give me your forms and passports
(hand in)
C: What are you doing in Shanghai?
M: I am working in Hangzhou
C: So have you been living in Hangzhou since you worked there?
M: Yes
C: OK. Give me your temporary certificate
(hand in)
waited until 9:40
V-yymm M-me
M: Morning madam
V: Morning
M: You need this number?
V: No, I don't need it, You keep it.
M: OK.
V: Well, why was your passport issued in Beijing?
M: Because my hukou is in Beijing. I have been studying in Beijing for 4
years.
V: So you have been working in Hangzhou?
M: Yes
V: Any certificate?
(Don't understand what she is talking about)
M: Ah?
V: Certificate
M: Oh I know. You want to see my employment certificate
V: Yeah
(hand in)
M: The signer is our general manager
V: (nod) Your name card? Do you have your name card? name card? MINGPIAN
M: Oh. I have.
(hand in)
V: Major?
M: I'm majored in Electrical Engineering. I will mainly focus on ???????
and ########
V: So please explain the ???/////
M: NO, not ???//////, is ????????. I will give you a simple example
V: OK
M: ......................... ***** ............. you know *****?
V: No
M: There is a ***** in your computer.
V: Ooh...(smile)
M: ............(continue to explain my future project)
V: Then how can you prove your current major is related with your future
major?
M: Well, I bring with my undergraduate thesis, you can find the English
abstract here.
(She didn't see the thesis)
V: Since you have got a job, why do you bother to pursue a PhD?
M: I need to improve my theoretical level. You know, a back PhD from
America means higher theoretical level, means more systematic professional
knowledge. So when I come back, my colleagues will listen to my advices,
they will consider my conclusion more seriously......
V: So you have been specified a future advisor in US?
M: Yes
V: Any information about him?
M: I have some emails from my future advisor.
(I found my answer was wrong)
M: Oh, I bring with my future advisor's homepage
V: Yes, give it to me, thanks
(hand in)
M: And I also bring some introduction about my future lab
(hand in)
M: On the second page, you can find some devices I will learn to use in the
future.
(!!!!!This addtional words should be the reason why I was checked, because
those devices may be sensitive to some extent)
V: OK, you have necessary quelification to get your VISA, but now I cannot
issue your visa, because our department will ........(I have known I am
check, so do not care what she said)
M: Can you tell when I can get the final result
V: Basically 4~5 weeks, more or less..........
M: OK Thank you Have a nice day
V: Thanks. bye