商務禮節美語第3期:簽證申請(1)
王小姐到美國使館簽證，簽證官Bob Jones受理她的申請。
B: Hello miss. Can I see your ticket number? 小姐你好。我能看下你的飛機票嗎？
W: Sure, here you are. And here are my application forms as well. 當然，給你。這是我的申請表。
B: Thank you . I'm Bob Jones and I'll be handling your application. 謝謝，王小姐。我是鮑勃·瓊斯，我負責處理你的申請。
W: Nice to meet you Mr. Jones. 很高興見到你，瓊斯先生。
B: The first step is to determine your eligibility for a U.S. visa. Let's see 're applying for a special business visa. Why is that? 第一步是要確定你美國簽證的合法性。讓我看下這裏……你已經申請了特別的商務簽證，爲什麼呢？
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會，然後打算花兩週的時間去看望我的朋友。我想商務簽證應該可以行得通。
簽證官Bob說，首先要決定，王小姐是否符合申請美國簽證的標準，eligibility is spelled e-l-i-g-i-b-i-l-i-t-y, eligibility，是符合標準的意思。簽證官問王小姐爲什麼要申請一種特殊商務簽證，a special business visa.。王小姐解釋說，她是先到西雅圖開會，first order of business 意思是第一件要處理的事情，然後還準備去看朋友。
B: I think a regular visitor's visa should suffice. With this visa, you can stay in the United States for up to 90days. 我認爲旅遊簽證就已經足夠了，有了這張簽證，你可以在美國待上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。你可以持着這張卡在那裏暫時的辦公。如果你打算在美國建立新的業務，你可能需要辦一張長期的簽證。
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。
簽證官覺得，王小姐申請一般的旅遊簽證a regular visitor's visa，就可以了，suffice is spelled s-u-f-f-i-c-e, suffice 是足夠的意思，她憑旅遊簽證能在美國停留90天，而且也可以做生意。王小姐說，90天的時間已經足夠了。
B: You said you plan to attend a conference. May I see your official invitation letter? 你說你想去參加一個會議。我能看下你的官方邀請函嗎？
W: Of course...I've also attached two reference letters from my senior management who can confirm my itinerary. 當然……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。你的護照上有一些國際印章在上面。你曾常商務旅遊嗎？
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. 我幾乎半年都在出差。我是中國古蹟顧問。我們的公司在蘇黎世有辦公處。
王小姐把會議方的邀請函，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. 她說自己 I'm out of the country almost half a year，每年幾乎有半年的時間不在國內，簽證官說王小姐護照上有quite a few international stamps, 這裏所說的 international stamps，是指入出境時在護照上蓋的章。原來，王小姐是中國古蹟專家，她所在的公司在蘇黎世有辦公處。
