簽證常用詞匯：

姓　 surname

名　 first (given) name

性別 sex

出生日期 birth date

國(guó)籍 nationality

護(hù)照號(hào)　 passport No.

編號(hào) control No.

簽發(fā)地　 Issue At

簽發(fā)日期 Issue Date (或On)

失效日期(或必須在...日之前入境) expiry date ( 或 before)

停留期為......　 for stays of

10天 ten days

8周　 eight weeks

3個(gè)月 three months

6個(gè)月 six months

1年　 one year

3年　 three years

簽證種類(lèi) visa type(class)

簽證申請(qǐng)情景對(duì)話：

王小姐到美國(guó)使館簽證，簽證官Bob Jones受理她的申請(qǐng)。

B: Hello miss. Can I see your ticket number?

小姐你好。我能看下你的飛機(jī)票嗎?

W: Sure, here you are. And here are my application forms as well.

當(dāng)然，給你。這是我的申請(qǐng)表。

B: Thank you miss...Wang. I'm Bob Jones and I'll be handling your application.

謝謝，王小姐。我是鮑勃·瓊斯，我負(fù)責(zé)處理你的申請(qǐng)。

W: Nice to meet you Mr. Jones.

很高興見(jiàn)到你，瓊斯先生。

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?

第一步是要確定你美國(guó)簽證的合法性。讓我看下這里……你已經(jīng)申請(qǐng)了特別的商務(wù)簽證，為什么呢?

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.

嗯，我第一件要處理的是去西雅圖開(kāi)會(huì)，然后打算花兩周的時(shí)間去看望我的朋友。我想商務(wù)簽證應(yīng)該可以行得通。

簽證官Bob說(shuō)，首先要確定王小姐是否符合申請(qǐng)美國(guó)簽證的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，eligibility 是符合標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的意思。簽證官問(wèn)王小姐為什么要申請(qǐng)一種特殊商務(wù)簽證，a special business visa.。王小姐解釋說(shuō)，她是先到西雅圖開(kāi)會(huì)，first order of business 意思是第一件要處理的事情，然后還準(zhǔn)備去看朋友。

B: I think a regular visitor's visa should suffice. With this visa, you can stay in the United States for up to 90days.

我認(rèn)為旅游簽證就已經(jīng)足夠了，有了這張簽證，你可以在美國(guó)待上90多天。

W: So I can attend conferences and do business on that visa?

所以我也可以用這樣的簽證在那兒辦公咯?

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.

是的。你可以持著這張卡在那里暫時(shí)的辦公。如果你打算在美國(guó)建立新的業(yè)務(wù)，你可能需要辦一張長(zhǎng)期的簽證。

W: Oh, I see. I think 90 days is more than enough time.

哦，我知道了，我想90天足夠了。

簽證官覺(jué)得，王小姐申請(qǐng)一般的旅游簽證a regular visitor's visa，就可以了，suffice 是足夠的意思，她憑旅游簽證能在美國(guó)停留90天，而且也可以做生意。王小姐說(shuō)，90天的時(shí)間已經(jīng)足夠了。

B: You said you plan to attend a conference. May I see your official invitation letter?

你說(shuō)你想去參加一個(gè)會(huì)議。我能看下你的官方邀請(qǐng)函嗎?

W: Of course...I've also attached two reference letters from my senior management who can confirm my itinerary.

當(dāng)然……我還收到附帶的兩份公司主管的信，使他們給我安排了行程。

B: I see. Your passport has quite a few international stamps in it. You do a lot of business traveling?

我知道。你的護(hù)照上有一些國(guó)際印章在上面。你曾常商務(wù)旅游嗎?

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.

我?guī)缀醢肽甓荚诔霾睢Ｎ沂侵袊?guó)古跡顧問(wèn)。我們的公司在蘇黎世有辦公處。

王小姐把會(huì)議方的邀請(qǐng)函，the official invitation letter，交給簽證官，還附加了兩份公司主管的信，證明她的行程，itinerary. 她說(shuō)自己 I'm out of the country almost half a year，每年幾乎有半年的時(shí)間不在國(guó)內(nèi)，簽證官說(shuō)王小姐護(hù)照上有quite a few international stamps, 這里所說(shuō)的 international stamps，是指入出境時(shí)在護(hù)照上蓋的章。原來(lái)，王小姐是中國(guó)古跡專(zhuān)家，她所在的公司在蘇黎世有辦公處。