Chapter 202: Interview
It's finally time for the appointment.
The United States does not have a consulate general in Baqing, and the interview needs to be done in the capital of a neighboring province. Although there is a high-speed rail between the two cities, it only takes less than two hours to arrive, Wang Yiyuan made an appointment at 14:15 in the afternoon, which was supposed to be too late to leave in the morning, but for the sake of insurance, she still arrived at the capital of the neighboring province a day in advance.
Everything that should be prepared has actually been prepared, and arriving a day earlier is just to find the way to the consulate and plan the departure time, so as not to be blind at that time.
Nothing was said all night.
On the day of the interview, Wang Yiyuan came to the door of the consulate early and waited.
Embassies and consulates abroad have a very special status, and although in terms of administrative sovereignty, the territory of the US embassies or consulates in China still belongs to China, because of the guarantee of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, embassies and consulates are granted a large degree of immunity, so that they are subject to the jurisdiction of their own country without the jurisdiction of China.
To put it simply, it is equivalent to setting aside a small piece of land to lend to the United States temporarily, and that piece of land is temporarily under the jurisdiction of the United States.
The argument that entering an embassy is equivalent to entering the jurisdiction of the United States, although politically incorrect, cannot be said to be entirely wrong. As a result, the consulate has very strict security requirements for those entering the country. Wang Yiyuan checked all kinds of strategies on the Internet early in the morning, and of course she knew this, so when she went to the consulate to wait for the interview, she only brought all kinds of materials prepared and an ordinary watch and a little change for the round-trip travel fee, and even threw her mobile phone in the hotel without bringing it.
When entering the door, the staff checks the appointment interview form and passport of each applicant, and then affixes a magnetic strip to the passport to guide the applicant to the arranged place to go through the security check according to the appointment time.
According to the regulations, no electronic products are allowed to be brought into the consulate, and some people are denied entry because they have mobile phones or e-books, or even smart watches with too many functions. Maybe it's for security reasons, the consulate doesn't provide a place to store items, but the small shop opposite the consulate can provide paid storage, so the price is naturally how dark and how dark it is.
The most embarrassing person when passing through the security check is the man in line before Wang Yiyuan.
The man looked to be in his thirties, wearing a formal-looking, but slightly oversized, ill-fitting suit, with a young woman, presumably preparing for a wedding trip or something.
Originally, when queuing, the man was still in high spirits and told everyone how well he was prepared, because the voice was too loud, and it also attracted the attention of the staff and gave a warning. When it was his turn to go through the security check, the staff asked him to take off his belt, and he blushed all of a sudden.
Trousers are different from slacks such as jeans because most of them are made of synthetic fibers, and if they are not tailor-made, they will not fit as well as slacks. The man was obviously not tailor-made, and the suit was a little too big, and when he unbuttoned and took off the belt and handed it to the security staff, his trousers began to slide down, faintly revealing the red and bright little ** inside, which caused everyone behind him to look weird.
Wang Yiyuan also couldn't hold back a laugh: Yo, it's still the year of my birth!
What's even more embarrassing is that after he passes through the security gate, the staff needs to scan his whole body again with a handheld instrument, so he asks him to raise his hand, but at this time the belt cannot be taken back and fastened. The man was quite helpless, so he had to tuck the hem of the suit into his pants to ensure that the pants would not fall down for the time being, and this finally passed. How embarrassed it looks, how embarrassed it is.
When the man finally passed through security and left, someone in the queue at the back finally couldn't hold back his laughter.
It was Wang Yiyuan's turn. To say that the web is really a good thing. With the reminders of various strategies on the Internet, she did not carry anything prohibited or that could cause misunderstanding, so she quickly passed the security check and began to wait in line to submit the information.
Submit your documents, get your fingerprints taken, and then wait for an interview, each of which is queuing. When it was finally Wang Yiyuan's turn to interview, almost two hours had passed.
When facing the visa officer, Wang Yiyuan was generous and full of confidence on the surface, but in fact, she was still a little drumming in her heart, not knowing what the other party would ask, worried about whether she would have bad luck again, and was deliberately made difficult by the visa officer.
However, the interview went surprisingly well. While looking at Wang Yiyuan's passport, the visa officer asked, "Are you married and have children?"
"Nope. I don't plan to get married for the time being. ”
"Why?"
"Because I love freedom, the world is so big, I haven't had enough of it, I don't want to be bound by marriage. After saying this, Wang Yiyuan suddenly felt a little worried: Will she answer too casually?
But what she didn't expect was that the visa officer looked up at her, and after smiling at her, he handed her a pink note: "I wish you a pleasant trip!"
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That's it?
Wang Yiyuan was a little incredulous, the visa officer didn't even look at the various materials she had prepared, and let herself pass just one question?!
However, surprised to surprised, Wang Yiyuan was not stupid enough to question the visa officer's decision, immediately took the note and calmly thanked her, and then left the interview window.
It seems that the visa officer must be in a good mood today, after being informed that the application has been approved, Wang Yiyuan is very happy, and she wants to call Hu Hao immediately to go to the house, but she has to hold back this thought without a mobile phone. It's better to go back to Baqing City directly, and it's more exciting to be in person.