The US Visa Interview (Chin Music)
Tara had all the attributes of a good humanbeing, she was a caring mother, a friendly neighbor and a brilliant cook who loved serving her Biryani. Her kids were brilliant and soon they had the .com hunch, working for nearly 5 years in a software company in the US. She however had been kept occupied in India till she recently became a widow. She then decided it was time to see her children and to make her first visit to the US.
She spoke to her children, who were delighted and she soon got an Interview date in the US Embassy. She was eagerly waiting for the interview day and the day she would be leaving for the US. She heard many accounts of friends who had attended Visa interview and she sometimes wondered if the weirder ones were actually told to make their conversations more interesting.
Soon the Interview day had beckoned and she was soon seen entering the Embassy. After prelimnary checks(for a while she wondered if she was going to meet the US President), she was asked to wait for her turn. She kept gazing around and she soon felt she was in the Los Angeles, the city where her son lived. She tried to picturize the US. She thought about the images of the US in the Indian movie Jeans and wondered if she did actually look like the lady in the movie.
Her imagination were cut short with her name being announced. Within no time she had entered a lounge and then was directed to a room. All the while she noticed a lot of camera's moving around. She had never attended a job interview in her life and wondered if this is how interviews were conducted.
She entered the room and soon saw a middle-aged woman (looked more like a Chinese) greet her and introduce herself as Ms.Rebecca Chin. Good Old Tara gave a smile and got herself comfortable sitting on the chair.
The Interview (The Chin Music)
1. "So Ms.Tara, do you like pizzas? How often do you go to Pizza outlets?" enquired Ms.Chin.
Stunned by the question, she had murmured "You repeat the question." Ms.Chin wasn't surprised by the tone and language of the response. After all she had done a thousand interviews and in many interviews the applicants weren't fluent in the language. She repeated the question again and waited for the response. "Yes I like pizzas. I go to Pizza Hut one time only", she said with a wide smile.
Ms.Chin makes notes and soon gets ready with the next question. Good Old Tara seemed uneasy wondering if the interview actually started. Her lips just started to move when Ms.Chin began with the next question.
"Do you have any children working in India, Ms.Tara?" she asked. "My two children working in America and thats why I want to see them. They want me to come there because they do not get holidays. I can.." she replied, abruptly ending when she remember the golden words of her children.
They used to say "Mama please keep your answers short."
"Do you work? If yes, what's your job profile?" enquired Ms.Chin
"No" came a quick response.
"So how's your day like; what is your routine?" Ms.Chin asked. Good Old Tara couldn't understand the sentence completely but could somehow infer the meaning. She realized this question was on what she does amd this definitely required a detailed answer.
She replied "I do prayer in the morning and prepare breakfast. My next house comes and talk with me and then we slowly prepare lunch. Maid comes home.
I watch TV and sleep after that. In the evening two friends come. We sit in terrace and sometimes for a walk. We come home by 7.30 to prepare dinner fast and then see serials. My relatives come home sometimes and my children call me many times." She ended with a tired smile, pleased with the lucid description of her daily routine.
Ms. Chin then asked "What else would you like to do in the US other than meeting your children?" "I will prepare Biryani for my son-in-law. Then I will see the nice places. I will miss serials so I will call my friend daily."Good Old Tara replied. However serious Ms.Chin tried to look, this reply brought a low giggle which she found hard to control.
Ms.Chin then concluded by saying "Alright madam your interview is done".
Good Old Tara heaved a sigh of relief ans did seemed pretty confident, afterall she had seen Ms.Chin smile on more than a single occasion.
Alas, she heard the dreaded words that her Visa had been rejected and she could apply for it again after a while.
Good Old Tara was really disappointed and hardly wanted to hear the next few sentences. She was wondering if the dramatic stories told to her by her friends were actually true. They always compared the Visa interview to a dice, whatever your profile you have only a sixth of a chance to get a six.
She then spoke to her kids and together they tried to figure out the reasons. They too weren't sure and were a tad tried trying to find out the reasons.
The few possible reasons that came to their mind were the ones below but none of them seemed conclusive.
Possible reasons could have be:
She might not leave the US because of her love for Pizzas.
The clear indications she gave on her kids badly wanting to see her in the US.
They possibly thought she would start a Biryani restaurant in the US.
She did not have any commitments in India, never spoke about her property.
Do Visa-reject applicants need to be told the reasons for their reject by the officials concerned, was something they were thinking about. However the only next step they could take now was to apply again and hopefully they have better luck this time.
She spoke to her children, who were delighted and she soon got an Interview date in the US Embassy. She was eagerly waiting for the interview day and the day she would be leaving for the US. She heard many accounts of friends who had attended Visa interview and she sometimes wondered if the weirder ones were actually told to make their conversations more interesting.
Soon the Interview day had beckoned and she was soon seen entering the Embassy. After prelimnary checks(for a while she wondered if she was going to meet the US President), she was asked to wait for her turn. She kept gazing around and she soon felt she was in the Los Angeles, the city where her son lived. She tried to picturize the US. She thought about the images of the US in the Indian movie Jeans and wondered if she did actually look like the lady in the movie.
Her imagination were cut short with her name being announced. Within no time she had entered a lounge and then was directed to a room. All the while she noticed a lot of camera's moving around. She had never attended a job interview in her life and wondered if this is how interviews were conducted.
She entered the room and soon saw a middle-aged woman (looked more like a Chinese) greet her and introduce herself as Ms.Rebecca Chin. Good Old Tara gave a smile and got herself comfortable sitting on the chair.
The Interview (The Chin Music)
1. "So Ms.Tara, do you like pizzas? How often do you go to Pizza outlets?" enquired Ms.Chin.
Stunned by the question, she had murmured "You repeat the question." Ms.Chin wasn't surprised by the tone and language of the response. After all she had done a thousand interviews and in many interviews the applicants weren't fluent in the language. She repeated the question again and waited for the response. "Yes I like pizzas. I go to Pizza Hut one time only", she said with a wide smile.
Ms.Chin makes notes and soon gets ready with the next question. Good Old Tara seemed uneasy wondering if the interview actually started. Her lips just started to move when Ms.Chin began with the next question.
"Do you have any children working in India, Ms.Tara?" she asked. "My two children working in America and thats why I want to see them. They want me to come there because they do not get holidays. I can.." she replied, abruptly ending when she remember the golden words of her children.
They used to say "Mama please keep your answers short."
"Do you work? If yes, what's your job profile?" enquired Ms.Chin
"No" came a quick response.
"So how's your day like; what is your routine?" Ms.Chin asked. Good Old Tara couldn't understand the sentence completely but could somehow infer the meaning. She realized this question was on what she does amd this definitely required a detailed answer.
She replied "I do prayer in the morning and prepare breakfast. My next house comes and talk with me and then we slowly prepare lunch. Maid comes home.
I watch TV and sleep after that. In the evening two friends come. We sit in terrace and sometimes for a walk. We come home by 7.30 to prepare dinner fast and then see serials. My relatives come home sometimes and my children call me many times." She ended with a tired smile, pleased with the lucid description of her daily routine.
Ms. Chin then asked "What else would you like to do in the US other than meeting your children?" "I will prepare Biryani for my son-in-law. Then I will see the nice places. I will miss serials so I will call my friend daily."Good Old Tara replied. However serious Ms.Chin tried to look, this reply brought a low giggle which she found hard to control.
Ms.Chin then concluded by saying "Alright madam your interview is done".
Good Old Tara heaved a sigh of relief ans did seemed pretty confident, afterall she had seen Ms.Chin smile on more than a single occasion.
Alas, she heard the dreaded words that her Visa had been rejected and she could apply for it again after a while.
Good Old Tara was really disappointed and hardly wanted to hear the next few sentences. She was wondering if the dramatic stories told to her by her friends were actually true. They always compared the Visa interview to a dice, whatever your profile you have only a sixth of a chance to get a six.
She then spoke to her kids and together they tried to figure out the reasons. They too weren't sure and were a tad tried trying to find out the reasons.
The few possible reasons that came to their mind were the ones below but none of them seemed conclusive.
Possible reasons could have be:
She might not leave the US because of her love for Pizzas.
The clear indications she gave on her kids badly wanting to see her in the US.
They possibly thought she would start a Biryani restaurant in the US.
She did not have any commitments in India, never spoke about her property.
Do Visa-reject applicants need to be told the reasons for their reject by the officials concerned, was something they were thinking about. However the only next step they could take now was to apply again and hopefully they have better luck this time.
posted by PressMart Team at
11:26 AM
3 Comments:
The Visa rejection approval has no logic. Its all a gimmick
A very touching account of a visa reject. Happend quite a lot these days for no apparent reason.
And I also heard of a top Chinese supercomputing researcher who had her visa rejected for a conference in the US.
The supercomputing committee is contemplating of not having any more of their premier conferences in the US.
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