签证词汇与申请签证对话
爱思英语编者按:申请外国旅游签证、F1签证面试的时候,签证官经常问的问题也就那么几个。如何轻松应对签证官的质问呢?莫过于先背出签证常用词汇了!熟能生巧,当你心中有数的时候就不会因为紧张而说不清楚话了。 签证词汇与申请签证对话 签证常用词汇: 姓 surname 签证申请情景对话: 王小姐到美国使馆签证,签证官Bob Jones受理她的申请。 B: Hello miss. Can I see your ticket number? W: Sure, here you are. And here are my application forms as well. B: Thank you miss...Wang. I'm Bob Jones and I'll be handling your application. W: Nice to meet you Mr. Jones. B: The first step is to determine your eligibility for a U.S. visa. Let's see here...you're applying for a special business visa. Why is that? W: Well, my first order of business will be attending a conference in Seattle, but after that I intend to spend two weeks visiting my friends. I assumed a business visa would be required. 签证官Bob说,首先要确定王小姐是否符合申请美国签证的标准,eligibility 是符合标准的意思。签证官问王小姐为什么要申请一种特殊商务签证,a special business visa.。王小姐解释说,她是先到西雅图开会,first order of business 意思是第一件要处理的事情,然后还准备去看朋友。 B: I think a regular visitor's visa should suffice. With this visa, you can stay in the United States for up to 90days. W: So I can attend conferences and do business on that visa? B: Yes. You are free to do temporary business with this visa. If you were planning on setting up a new business in the U.S. you might need to apply for a long-term visa. W: Oh, I see. I think 90 days is more than enough time. 签证官觉得,王小姐申请一般的旅游签证a regular visitor's visa,就可以了,suffice 是足够的意思,她凭旅游签证能在美国停留90天,而且也可以做生意。王小姐说,90天的时间已经足够了。 B: You said you plan to attend a conference. May I see your official invitation letter? W: Of course...I've also attached two reference letters from my senior management who can confirm my itinerary. B: I see. Your passport has quite a few international stamps in it. You do a lot of business traveling? W: I'm out of the country almost half a year. I'm a Chinese antiquities consultant and advisor. Our company has an office in Zurich. 王小姐把会议方的邀请函,the official invitation letter,交给签证官,还附加了两份公司主管的信,证明她的行程,itinerary. 她说自己 I'm out of the country almost half a year,每年几乎有半年的时间不在国内,签证官说王小姐护照上有quite a few international stamps, 这里所说的 international stamps,是指入出境时在护照上盖的章。原来,王小姐是中国古迹专家,她所在的公司在苏黎世有办公处。 |