潜在签证申请人，您们好

得到签证很容易。在中国，我们目前批准80% 以上的申请人−鉴于中国日益增长的国内经济，机遇以及牢固的双边关系获批的申请人比例仍在持续上涨。我们欢迎您们来美国旅游，进行学术研究和学习。

以下是我们给您的三点提示，这不仅将使领事官员的面谈工作变得简单更重要的是使您的申请过程变得更为容易：

1：等待领事官员问您问题或提示您开始面谈。一般情况下领事官员在完成上一个申请案例还需要看电脑系统里的信息，还没有准备好面谈您−即使您是下一位申请人并且着急开始面谈。所以请您等待领事官员提示再开始讲话。

2：请准确回答领事官员问的问题，不多也不少。如果官员问一个只需回答“是”或“不是”的问题，那么“是”或“不是”是最恰当的回答。如果领事官员想要更详细的回答，他们会继续提问。

3:  以领事官员提问时所用的语言来回答问题。如果官员用中文，那您就用中文回答问题。如果官员用英文，那您就用英文回答问题。官员用中文还是英文通常是有一定原因的，如果您用一种自认为能更好表达的语言有时会引起混乱。如果您没明白官员问的问题，您就说您没明白。领事官员很高兴再重新措辞以不同的方式问您相同的问题。

                                              祝您好运，我们希望很快见到您！

                                                       卜佳黎

Hi potential visa applicant!

Getting a  visa is easy.  In China, we currently approve over 80% of all applicants—and the percentage of approved applicants continues to increase every day given China's rising domestic economy, domestic opportunities and strong bilateral relations.  We welcome you to travel, research, and study in the United States!

Here are three quick tips that will make the interview process easier on the Consular Officer, and more importantly, easier on you, the applicant:

1)      Wait until the Consular Officer asks a question or prompts you to start the interview.  Often the Consular Officer is finishing a prior case, looking at several software programs, and are not yet ready for you—even though you are next in line and anxious to get started.  Wait until they prompt you to start talking.

2)      Answer the question the Consular Officer asks, no more no less.  If the officer asks a yes or no question, a yes or no answer is perfectly appropriate.  If they want more elaboration on an answer, they will ask for it.

3)      Respond to the officer in the language of the question asked.  If the officer uses Chinese, respond in Chinese.  If the officer uses English, respond in English.  There is usually a reason that the officer is using one or the other language, and it gets very confusing if you assume one language is better or worse.  If you did not understand the question, please just say so.  Officers will be happy to rephrase and ask the gist of the same question in a different way. 

Good luck, and we look forward to seeing you here soon!

Joey Bristol