it was on jul 3rd, just before usa's independence day just like chinese national day. i went to the consulate general of usa in downtown toronto at 8:00 am, yet my appointed time is 9:00 am. so many people lined outside, yet inside more people. some were chinese, yet a lot of other people from other countries. all the visa applicants are suspected with the immigration tendency. so a lot of people's applications were refused on spot, especially a lot chinese people. a chinese girl applied for student visa and was refused on spot.`a chinese man's job visa seemed also to be rejected.
i waited inside along with a long dragon for nearly 49 minutes. it was the first time to enter an consulate general office or embassy office to do that. i am a little bit nervous, yet the officer inside the n0.6 window scanned my face seriously. i could no help feeling a little cooling, and part of the confidence went away. she told me that i was single and just for the current company for four months. she could no give the visa immediately. i had to sit nearby seats to be asked. i sat at the nearby seat area, so many people already sat there. 19 minutes later, i was called to n0.1 windows. it was a more experienced immigration officer, with a more sharped nose. she has a green little eye and a black glass, yet she seemed capable of speaking some chinese. she questioned my situation again and she told me that she had no way of offering visa to me. i said that our company had nearly 100 machinese to operate and a lot of old machines needed to be replaced by new ones. so we were currently very busy. i had a very closer tie with the company and toronto. i had no excuse of staying in usa, without returning candada. i would like to give her an expression that i was so familiar with my current job. suddenly she questioned me why i applied visa so early, yet my prefered date of entering usa was the chirstmas season. i never prepared of that beforehand and i was mixed. 我定定神,and i told them that: i work, you work. i rest, you rest. currently i am during a three-week vacation, so i have the time. suddenly she questioned me again: i just worked for four months, how can they give me vacation. i told her that during the vacation, i had no pay. i told her that she could phone to my current company. i already told my company that i would apply for visa that day. the woman finally didnot make any call. she had no words to say. so i finally got the visa.
my passport was left in the office. normally i could got the visa next day, yet which was usa's independence day. so i got my passport on jul 5th. colorful american visa was attached in my passport. i was so happy just like having a flower in my heart. next year when i returned back china, i will go from usa, which will be much cheaper air ticket from newyork or detroit than from toronto. furthemore i can go to anywhere in the usa with the visa. i will normally have a visit to usa before i go back to china, good?