Chapter 88: This netizen’s quality is not very high!
A week later, Zhang Wei once again came to the US Embassy for a visa interview.
The person in charge of registration was still the girl who wore heavy American makeup last time, but she still didn’t ask Zhang Wei for a QQ number.
When Zhang Wei’s number was called, the person who interviewed Zhang Wei was still the old acquaintance, the visa officer with the long face.
The visa officer with the long face probably has prosopagnosia towards Chinese people, or maybe he sees too many people every day. When he saw Zhang Wei, he didn’t recognize him at all.
It wasn't until Zhang Wei submitted the information and the visa officer with a long face checked it on the computer that he discovered Zhang Wei's visa refusal record.
“I was just refused a visa a week ago. It shows that Immigration Bureau is focusing on the target. Why is it being focused on? Do you have a criminal record? No. Is it Hu Jianren? No.
Oh, it turns out His name is Zhang Wei! The name Zhang Wei is indeed the focus of the Immigration Bureau. I remembered that he was rejected by me just last week!”
The big-faced visa officer then remembered Zhang. Who is Wei? Then he looked up at Zhang Wei and said: "I remember you. You were here last week. It was I who rejected your visa application."
"Yes, you also suggested that I Change the name." Zhang Wei replied.
"Obviously, you didn't listen to my advice. Your name is still Zhang Wei, and the name Zhang Wei is still on the Immigration Bureau's focus list, so I'm very sorry!"
The long-faced shrugged. , and took out a visa refusal letter from the side, ready to hand it to Zhang Wei.
This time, Zhang Wei did not pick him up: "Mr. Visa Officer, I suggest you first take a look at the type of visa I applied for this time."
"Isn't it still a J1 visa? Eh. ? It’s a J1 visiting scholar visa!” The long face was slightly startled.
To officially study in the United States, you apply for an F1 visa, while for short-term exchange students, it is an exchange visit, so you apply for a J1 visa.
There are many types of J1 visas. Exchange students, as students, apply for the J1 student visa, which can be further subdivided into J1 high school students and J1 college students.
For senior intellectuals such as scholars, scientific researchers, and doctors, they apply for the J1 visiting scholar visa. The level of this visa is definitely higher than the J1 student visa.
In addition, there is a J1 technical personnel visa, which is aimed at technical personnel who go to the United States for exchange and training. For example, if a company purchases American equipment and needs to conduct personnel training in the United States, it can apply for this visa.
“Even if you change the visa type, the name Zhang Wei is the focus of the Immigration Bureau.” The visa officer with a long face said.
“But according to your work process, I changed the type of visa application, and you need to re-examine the materials I submitted.” Zhang Wei said calmly.
The long-faced visa officer suddenly looked unhappy. This increased his workload, but the work process must be followed, so he could only read Zhang Wei's information patiently.
The front personal information was still the same as last time. It was not until I turned to the invitation letter from Stanford University that the expression of the long-faced visa officer suddenly changed.
“It turned out to be an invitation letter from Stanford!”
Americans look at Stanford just like the Chinese look at the University, unattainable!
"It only takes a week to get an invitation letter from Stanford! It must be that Tsinghua University has used a lot of connections!" The long-faced visa officer thought to himself.
However, an invitation letter from Stanford alone is not enough to make the visa officer with a long face change his attitude.
The visa officer is a formal federal employee under the jurisdiction of the Immigration Service, which is a department of the Department of Homeland Security. Although Stanford is very famous, it is just a university. Why should it teach the Department of Homeland Security to do things?
It is the policy of the Immigration Service not to allow people named Zhang Wei to enter the United States, and it has nothing to do with Stanford University!
Thinking of this, the long-faced visa officer became a little more confident, and then continued to look at the next document.
This is a handwritten invitation letter signed by Carl Weiman.
"He also found an American citizen to be his sponsor!"
The visa officer curled his lips and asked with a questioning look on his face: "I remember you said that you have no relatives in the United States?"
"Yes." Zhang Wei nodded.
"Then what is the relationship between this Carl Weiman and you?"
"We know each other and have exchanged emails, but we have never met each other!" Zhang Wei did not hide.
"Never seen it? Just email exchanges? Are you a netizen?"
The long-faced visa officer smiled disdainfully, and then said: "I have been a visa officer for ten years, and I can just find an American visa officer on the Internet. Citizens, say something pleading, ask them for help, or pay them some fees to ask them to issue a letter of guarantee. I have seen this happen many times." "Mr. Visa Officer, you have a computer in front of you. I think it's from the U.S. Embassy. Computers should be able to use Google search, right? Why don’t you search, who is Carl Weiman?” Zhang Wei said with a smile.
“Is it possible that he is still a celebrity?” The visa officer with a long face directly searched for Carl Weiman’s name on the computer.
The next second, the long-faced visa officer stayed on the spot with a look of shock.
"I bought it! This Carl Weiman is actually a Nobel Prize winner!"
Looking for help from any American citizen?
There are only dozens of Nobel Prize winners in the United States. Can they be found casually?
Pay some fees?
This is a Nobel Prize winner. How much does it cost to have him write a handwritten letter of guarantee?
When others are looking for netizens on the Internet, it would be great if they can find a college student from a prestigious school. Good thing for you, you found a Nobel Prize winner!
The quality of the netizen you found is not very high!
No matter how stupid the long-faced visa officer is at this time, he still knows that the young man in front of him is not simple.
Few people in the world can get an invitation letter from Stanford University within one week.
Coupled with a letter of guarantee personally written by a Nobel Prize winner, how much dignity does it take to get such a letter!
After dozens of seconds, the long-faced visa officer finally recovered.
With the Nobel Prize winner’s personal guarantee, the Immigration Bureau has no reason to worry that Zhang Wei will stay in the United States and will not return.
Even if Zhang Wei is really in trouble in the United States, with his reputation as a Nobel Prize winner, there is still no problem if he really wants to save an illegal immigrant.
If a Nobel Prize-level expert really sacrifices his dignity and goes out to help, not to mention giving him American citizenship, he will at least get a U.S. green card without any problem.
“It seems that the visa this time must be approved for him!” The long-faced man thought to himself, but he was still somewhat reluctant in his heart.
He personally refused Zhang Wei's visa before, but this time he had to ask him to pass it in person, which is equivalent to saying that his previous refusal was wrong! You must be unhappy if you slap yourself in the face.
The long-faced visa officer turned over the next piece of material. This time it was a letter of recommendation. Although the letter of recommendation was typed by a printer, the final signature was handwritten.
"John Adams? Who is this man?"
There are 535 members of Congress in the United States. The members do not recognize each other, so it is naturally impossible for ordinary people to know them all.
Thankfully there is Google search.
This time, without waiting for Zhang Wei’s reminder, the long-faced visa officer directly searched for the name.
"Congressman Mr. John Adams! This is the recommendation letter from the congressman!"
The visa officer with the long face was stunned!
As a affairs officer under the Immigration Bureau, the visa officer may not reject top universities like Stanford University or Nobel Prize winners like Carl Weiman, but he dare not reject members of Congress.
Not to mention the Immigration Service, even the US Department of Homeland Security, which is the superior of the Immigration Service, has to give face to members of Congress.
In the United States, how awesome is a letter of recommendation from a member of Congress? It is no exaggeration to say that it is enough to change a person's destiny.
To give a simple example, many people thought that the "Harvard girl" who was wildly touted by the media back then was able to get into Harvard because of her parents.
But in fact, a member of Congress wrote a letter of recommendation for her, and Harvard accepted her based on this letter of recommendation.
In the United States, a recommendation letter from a member of Congress can allow you to attend a top prestigious school, enter a management position in a well-known company, and even allow you to obtain judicial immunity in the country of your godson.
“What is the background of this guy? An invitation letter from Stanford, a letter of guarantee from a Nobel Prize winner, that’s all. How come he can even get a recommendation from a member of Congress?”
At this time, the long-faced visa officer was filled with horror and even some fear.
“Such a big shot, I refused him a visa last time. Will I be judged as a shoestring?”
The next second, the long-faced visa officer had a flattering smile on his face: “ Mr. Zhang, would you like a cup of coffee first? The coffee I brew is the best in our embassy!”
I would like to wish you all a happy New Year and wish all readers a happy new year! Oh my god, those who study will be successful in their studies, those who work will make a lot of money, those who become officials will be promoted step by step, and those who are single will find gay friends. In short, they will have a smooth career, a happy family, good fortune all year round, and good health!
(End of this chapter)