签证常见问题及答案

1、签证常见问题及答案（1. what will you study in the united states?i will study for my phd in industrial & systems engineering in the university of florida.2. what is your major? in what aspect of your major will you study?my current major of undergraduate study in xian jiaotong university is industrial engineer

2、ing. i will continue to study industrial engineering for my ph.d. in the university of florida. my specified field of study has not been determined yet. the department ( i mean here the department of industrial and systems engineering of university of florida) let me decide what i will study within

3、one year after my arrival in the campus. but probably i will select production management as my specified area, since my career objective is to be a entrepreneur in china and own my own successful enterprise. (what kind of enterprise do you want to own? manufacturing firm, like an auto firm or some

4、kind of services. i think this is mainly up to the economic condition when i get my phd and come back to china. you see the chinese government is trying to privatize some of the small or medium sized stated owned firms. and trying to privatize some of the small or medium sized stated owned firms. an

5、d by the time i graduate, maybe i will be able to own one of these firms and start my own career. hopefully i will employ what i have learn in industrial engineering, you know, quality assurance, improving efficiency and productivity, and reducing waste, and finally make myself a successful entrepre

6、neur.3. what will you do in usa?i will study for my phd degree in industrial engineering in the university of florida. i plan to finish my study in about 4 years and then come back to china.4. are you going to study in usa?yes. i will study for my phd degree in industrial engineering in the universi

7、ty of florida. i plan to finish my study in about 4 years and then come back to china.5. when/where did you get your bs/ms?i am going to get my bachelors degree in industrial engineering in this coming july from xian jiaotong university.6. what/where are you studying now?i am now studying for my bac

8、helors degree in industrial engineering in xian jiaotong university.7. how long will you study in usa?about 4-5 years. my future advisor said that if i work hard i can get my phd within a shorter time.8. have you got any scholarship?yes. on the basis of the evaluation of my resume, personal statemen

9、t, undergraduate transcripts, and gre / toefl scores, i was accepted by the department as a priority student and honored full financial support including a tuition waiver and yearly stipend of 16,000 us dollars, which is renewable for a total of 4 years. (what if you do not have financial award for

10、the fifth year. well, firstly there is little possibility that i will study for 5 years for my phd, since most of the phd students get their degrees within 4 years. my future advisor said that 4 years is the normal period of study for phd. and, even if i have to study for the fifth year and i do not

11、 have financial aid, my personal saving at that time will be enough to pay my last years expense. as you can see, during the first 4 years i will receive a yearly stipend of at least 16,000 us dollars, which is more than 5,000 us dollars beyond the expenses needed a year which is less than 11,000 a

12、year as indicated by the university on the i-20 form. so i will have at least 20.000 us dollars of personal saving at the end of the fourth year.)9. what do you want to study in usa?i will study for my phd degree in industrial engineering in the university of florida. i plan to finish my study in ab

13、out 4 years and then come back to china.10. what will you do with your work for bs/ms/phd?i will take courses, teaching, do research, and finish my thesis in the area of production management to get my phd in industrial engineering in 4 years.11. what is your purpose for the visa?i need an f-1 visa

14、in order to study for my phd degree in industrial engineering in the university of florida. i plan to finish my study in about 4 years and then come back to china.12. what is your academic background?since september 1994 i have been studying in the department of industrial engineering of xian jiaoto

15、ng university for my bachelors degree. i will graduate and get my bachelors degree in this coming early july.13. how do you know this univ.?i started to know about the university of florida from my department chair. when he leaned that i was planning to go abroad and further my study in industrial e

16、ngineering, he was glad and encouraged me to do so. we talked a little bit and agreed that promoting research and application in industrial engineering in china is now necessary and will soon prove very fruitful, while the development of this discipline in china is far from satisfactory. you see, in

17、dustrial engineering became a formal area of study in china only in 1993, only 6 years ago. xian jiaotong university is the first university in this county that was approved by the national education committee to offer degree programs in industrial engineering. and i am going to be a graduate of the

18、 second class, i mean the big class, you see enrolled in 1994.the problem is that you can hardly find any phd program in industrial engineering in this country.14. what is your plan? what will you do after graduation?i will specialize in production management and finish my phd study in industrial en

19、gineering in the university of florida in about 4 years. then i will come back to china and first get married with my girlfriend whom i have known for more than 11 years. at the same time i will find a managerial position in a big state owned company or joint venture. my desired place of working is

20、shanghai. my long-range objective is to be an entrepreneur and possess my own business. 15. give me three reasons that you will come back to china?first of all, i have to come back and get married with my girlfriend. we have known each other for 11 year since we were very young. you see: we were in

21、the same class in junior high school. she is now a graduate student in northwest university in xian. she probably will go on and pursue her phd in the same school. her major is physics, specializing in ultrafast phenomenon, or something. secondly, as you can see, i applied directly for a phd program

22、 instead of m.s. program after my undergraduate study. as far as i know, and probably as you know, phd holders in the states are not so easy to find good jobs as m.s. holders even in the same discipline. if i intended to find a job in the states, i would not have applied for phd. but m.s. on the oth

23、er hand, it will be very easy for me to find a good job in any of the big cities in china with my phd in industrial engineering got in the united states. third, my career objective determines that it is a better choice for me to come back to china than staying in the states. you see my long range ob

24、jective is to become an entrepreneur and own my business. and it would be very difficult for me to realize it should i choose to stay in the states, for the united states is a highly developed county, and almost everything is already there. you see, as a country develops, the space for people to dev

25、elop shrinks relatively. it is not realistic for me to find my own space as a successful entrepreneur between all these big, developed and high-tech companies in the states. i mean i can start, but can hardly succeed. on the contrary, if i come back to china, i have much better chances. since china

26、is underdeveloped, it leaves much more space for people, especially for industrial engineers to develop. as you can see, waste, low efficiency, high cost, poor quality is almost everywhere, though things are changing every day. with my phd got in the states and my social relationship, it is much eas

27、ier for me to start my own enterprise, or buy one from the government when they decide to privatize some of the medium-sized and small state owned enterprises.16. can you explain why 90% chinese students didnt come back?i think that is partly because they were afraid that they would not be treated f

28、airly after they come back. as a matter of fact, that used to be the reality. but things has been changing greatly during the recent years and much more students are coming back are coming back after they have finished their study. i also think this has something to do with the majors. as for studen

29、ts majoring in science, they may like the better equipment, environment and salary in the states because they are afraid that if they are back some of their research cannot go on as a result of poor facility and shortage of funding. but as for my major, it will be very easy for me to find a good job

30、 in any of the big cities in china with my phd in industrial engineering got in any of the big cities in china with my phd in industrial engineering got in the united states. you see, it is a practical major. my career objective also determines that it is a better choice for me to come back to china

31、 than staying in the states. you see my long range objective is to become an entrepreneur and own my business. and it would be very difficult for me to realize it should i choose to stay in the states, for the united states is a highly developed county, and almost everything is already there. you se

32、e, as a country develops, the space for people to develop shrinks relatively. it is not realistic for me to find my own space as a successful entrepreneur between all these big, developed and high-tech companies in the states. i mean i can start, but can hardly succeed. on the contrary, if i come ba

33、ck to china, i have much better chances. since china is underdeveloped, it leaves much more space for people, especially for industrial engineers to develop. as you can see, waste, low efficiency, high cost, poor quality is almost everywhere, though things are changing every day. with my phd got in

34、the states and my social relationship, it is much easier for me to start my own enterprise, or buy one from the government when they decide to privatize some of the medium-sized and small state owned enterprises.17. why do you choose this univ.?first of all, the industrial engineering program of the

35、 university of florida is among the top a few phd programs in industrial engineering in the states, and my proposed advisors research, production management and operations research, in which i will work and study, is a national science foundation funded project. both my department chair and several

36、foreign friends suggested me this school. and also i like the weather of florida, not as windy and sandy as beijing, and not as hot and try as xian. that is what one of my american friends told me. another reason is that i got the admission and offer from the university of florida very early- in ear

37、ly march. and i could not decline this admission after i had accepted it.18. why do you like your major?because i believe it is promising in china. as for my major, it will be very easy for me to find a good job in any of the big cities in china with my phd in industrial engineering got in the unite

38、d states. you see, it is a practical major. my long range objective is to become an entrepreneur and own my business. thus industrial engineering is my best choice. it is a combination of technology, engineering and management which are all required to be a successful entrepreneur. since china is un

39、derdeveloped, it leaves much more space for people, especially for industrial engineers to develop. as you can see, waste, low efficiency, high cost, poor quality is almost everywhere can see, waste, low efficiency, high cost, poor quality is almost everywhere, though things are changing every day.

40、with my phd got in the states and my social relationship, it is much easier for me to start my own enterprise, or buy one from the government when they decide to privatize some of the medium-sized and small state owned enterprises.19. why do you want to study in usa?because industrial engineering is

41、 a new and underdeveloped major currently in china. when my department chair leaned that i was planning to go abroad and further my study in industrial engineering, he was glad and encouraged me to do so. we talked a little bit and agreed that promoting research and application in industrial enginee

42、ring in china is now necessary and will soon prove very fruitful, while the development of this discipline in china is far from satisfactory. you see, industrial engineering became a formal area of study in china only in 1993, only 6 years ago. xian jiaotong university is the first university in thi

43、s county that was approved by the national education committee to offer degree programs in industrial engineering. and i am going to be a graduate of the second class, i mean the big class, you see enrolled in 1994.the problem is that you can hardly find any phd program in industrial engineering in

44、this country. apparently the best choice is to get my phd in the states, where industrial engineering originated. in the states, where industrial engineering originated.20. why do you want to pursue a doctors degree?as for my major, it will be very easy for me to find a good job in any of the big cities in china with my phd in industrial engineering got in the united states. you see, it is a practical major. moreover, i think a phd is necessary for me to realize