I cordially wish to thank The Ohio State University!

I got my US Visa! It was interesting that I had to blog about this story!

It actually happened to me twice already!

The last time I had my US Visa interview (prior to this one) was when I was still in Jakarta. At that time I had to wait about 2 hrs and when I was called to the interview booth, the guy (american) just handed me a green card (mean I was granted a visa) and told me to have a nice trip. I actually asked him if he wanted to question me (as I have prepared some documents and have waited a long time) and he told me the interview is not necessary as I graduated from The Ohio State University in US.

Yesterday me and Jorge were already in the consulate in Shanghai at 9 am in the morning, and our number was not called until 12! We were literally the last person to leave the consulate (after we left, they locked the consulate door).

When the guy called us to the booth, he was going through my application form and started asking me some questions with not-so-friendly-but-typical-consulate-guy voice.

First question was to verify if I was working at DaimlerChrysler before. As you know, this can mean both ways as the americans still think that Daimler is responsible for the loss of Chrysler. I cannot really guess from his voice what his opinion about it.

Second question was how long I have been working in China and how long is my contract. He also tried to speak a little bit of German to test if I really have a valid working contract with a company in Germany and I have had lived in Germany before. He soon noticed that my German is way better than his.

So then he went further down the application and he noticed that I went to Ohio State Univ. He immediately closed the application, put his ok signature on the paper and said sorry to me and wished me a nice trip.

He then completely changed his tone to really friendly and open to any stupid questions I asked him. I asked him what he feels sorry for. He said that he didn't read that I went to Ohio State before he started asking me the previous questions. He also forgot to interview Jorge and gave his immediate ok to his application (we submitted joint application).

This is the second time happens for me, I am seriously thinking to send a thank you note to the board of The Ohio State University for having such a good reputation and making my visa applications (notice the plural) so easy!

What do you think? Should I go ahead and do it??