A: have you applied¹ for you visa to go to study in the united states yet?
B: yes, I have. I handed in my application form two weeks ago and I’m going for an interview next week.
A: good luck! I’ve heard it’s very difficult to get a visa to go to the united states.
B; the application form are quite complicated. It took me a few hours to fill it out. The hardest thing was getting all the necessary documents. That took almost two weeks.
A: what kind of documents did you need to present?
B: I had to show document relating to my financial status and of course my education, because I want a student visa.
A: why do you think so many people have their applications rejected?
B; I think that they don’t complete the forms correctly or they don’t include all the required documents. The embassy is very strict about it. You have to be quite careful.
A; why are they stricter whit² Chinese people than with other nationalities?
B: that’s simple. Many people break the rules regarding their visa conditions.

Intermediate
A: good morning. I’d just like to ask you a few questions about your visa application.
B: sure. …yes, that’s all correct.
A: thank you. For you student visa, we need evidence of your financial status for the last years. In your application, you only included it for four years.
B: really? Let me check if I have the document here…yes, here is the document you need. I’m sorry, I must have forgotten to make a copy of it for you.
A: thank you. That’s fine. The document relating to your education are fine. The offer from the university is conditional³ on your English language proficiency⁴ test result. Do you have that yet.
B: not yet. I took the test last weekend. The results will not be available for another two or three weeks.
A; ok. Everything else is in order. I’ll be happy to give you a student visa, valid⁵ for the duration of your course, when you bring me a certificate showing the result of your language test.
b: thank you very much. You don’t need any other document from me to process my application?
A: none. Make an application to see me when you receive your results. When you bring the certificate to me, bring you passport too. Then I can give you the visa.
B; thank you very much.
A: glad to help.

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