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昨天终于拿到了心中向往已久的大英帝国的签证，心情无比的激动。情绪稳定之后，我觉得还是应该写点什么给那些将要签证或是重新签证的学弟学妹们点个人的人生感悟。

本人2001年7月，毕业于一所普通高等院校，学习了四年的法律，那到学位。家中对我的人生计划可谓关心至极，毕业前夕告之打算送我去英国读研，专业comercial law。因为我家住在一个小城市里，母亲对中介的了解不是很多，凭借着对党和国家的信任找到当地一家政府开办的所谓国际交流中心的中介。他们帮助我申请了一所语言学校，关于我研究生的那部分，连一个有条件的录取通知书也没有。在什么准备（签证辅导只类）的情况下，2001年的8月14号去签证了。
因为根本不知道签证的规则（建议大家自己阅读英国大使馆公布的申请细则），本来以为用中文可以减少麻烦，没想到坏就坏在中国翻译的手里了。因为我父亲单位的办公室对调， 总经理和懂事长的办公室电话号码有问题了，结果人家就硬说我父亲的公司是一个有问题的公司。无论我如何解释，翻译就是不给我翻，态度非常变态。于是签证官反反复复的让我解释着这个原因，最后说，no, I am not satisfied with your money ...............
拒了！

2002年我找到了中国留学服务中心，打算签新西兰，因为此时我已经彻底放弃了去英国的念头了。中介的告诉我一般拒签以后签出的几率几乎是零，因为你必须有充足的补充材料来推翻上一个签证官的观点，这是几乎不可能的。尤其是在拒签的头一年里。所以我还是决定去新西兰算了。到了新西兰以后，我发现其实英语的学习并不是象在国内的许多同学想象的有多简单，好象一个月，两个月就可以考到6分，6。5分。真的所有出来的人我想大家大家对于一个高标准的分数都是有深刻的人生体会的。并不是说预科就是什么捷径，因为所有的预科都是跟下次IELTS或是内部考试紧密结合的。没有捷径是我在新西兰求学10个月里最深刻的体会。好多考不到6的想上大学，于是想通过其他的方式，比如读专科转的，没有人成功过。这样的许可是给那些真的因为发挥失常的人准备的补救方法，对于平常人来说根本没有希望能从这条路上走通。
因为我在国内没有准备过IELTS，托福到是有过。经过6个月的学习，我的IELTS考了6。5  当我决定就在新西兰读书的时候，我却被告之必须7才可以读法律，或者读一个postgraduate diploma 才能读master，而那个东西必须在2月才能读。就是说我半年没有书读，要么回国，要么继续靠语言。绝望中我又想到了英国，我心中的梦。

2003年6月14日，我同时向英国的5所大学发出的申请，我知道时间几乎来不及了。在所有的回信里，我告诉他们因为时间来不及了，所有材料使用email可以吗？结果英国的大学的确是有人情，全部接受我的email申请，我的材料都是通过扫描发过去的。一个星期以后三所大学的unconditional offers 到了，当然也是email。这是我开始等待原件的寄到，同时开始着手准备自己的签证材料。因为在新西兰或是国外，签证的手续几乎变了个样。它要求申请人提供足够的银行资金证明，但不说多少，只要够学费和生活费就可。我因为拒签过，所以查看的非常仔细，并且马上给驻中国的使馆和新西兰的使馆写信，询问详情。TMD中国的英国使馆不是东西，根本就不说。书信详情如下：
Dear officer :

My name is **** who has studied in New Zealand for 10 months. After deep consideration, I decided to go to UK for my further studies which are LLM course ***** university. I do get the offer from the University of Hertfordshire. In order to save the limited time, the professor Penny Carey, the Principal Lecturer in the law school, firmly suggested me to apply the visa in New Zealand .Cause if I go back China, it will cost much time to deal with it because of the SARS. My offer told me that it is available for me in this year September.

I did read the visas information in the web-site .But I still have some questions for the application.

So what I need is that what should I prepare for the application? And Can I make appointment with the entry officer? How much fund do I need to show you? Can I show you Chinese bank deposit certificate in English? Because I have only 17000 NZDs in the National Bank and 2000 USDs traveling cheque here, If you need I to show you the sufficient fund for the study and accommodation , I have to tell my family to transfer money or give you Chinese bank deposit certificate at the moment . Which would you like me to show you when I apply the visa?

My passport number is ***** .ID *******.Nationality :Chinese .

Respectfully yours,
*****
7/10/2003
Palmerton North
New Zealand

Dear ***

You may apply here if you wish.

You will need to supply all of the information that is listed on our
information sheet.

We will need to see proof of all funds that will be available to you for
your proposed study in the UK. This means three months of full bank
statements for your funds here in New Zealand, evidenc of your travellers
cheques, and also evidence of your parents ability to support you over the
full period of your study in the UK.

Regards,

SM
Immigration Section

Dear Ms/Mr.:

I am a Chinese student studying in New Zealand now . Because of my personal
reason , I want to study my master courses in the UK .

I have written two letters to you office . This time , I will do my
application .Before I go to wellington , I still have a little problem .I
have read the notice in your web .It says if an applicant need a student
visa to study master courses , she/he need 17 days at least for the confirm
from London .Because my courses will begin in the 22nd of September and I am
waiting for the files from my country for the visa , in order to save the
precious time , can I note my university in The UK to send all the recept
and accommodation certificate to you office directly .Of courses , before
the university dose that , I will pay my application fees .As we know ,
after I paid the deposit and tuition fees , I still need a couple of weeks
to get the recept .If you can accept the fax from the university  that could
save much time .

For an honest applicant , I do hope your majorities of the Queen can I help
me .
Thank you very much

Sincerely yours,

**

In New Zealand

17/07/03

Dear ****,

You will need to supply original documents for your student visa
application, faxed documents are not satisfactory.  You should also wait
until you have all relevant documents before you make your visa application.
You should not ask the University to forward all your documents to us.

You should allow us at least 4-6 weeks to process your application.  Please
be advised that your application may be delayed longer than this as you have
previously been refused entry to the UK.  We will need to obtain documents
regarding the refusal, and may need to send documents to China for
verification.

I have attached information regarding the student visa to this email. 

Regards,
IM, Immigration section

在接到这样的反复信笺确认以后，我开始从国内寄材料了。对比上一次中国的经验，我只是把父母的工作证明该成了公证件，其他没有变化。
但是大家应该注意的是，老外在这里注意的并不是存款多少了，他们想看到的是你在国外的消费记录，就是 3 months bank statment .就是你三个月的消费以及家里寄钱还有你换钱的明细。所以一定要把换钱的收据，家里寄钱的收据保存好了（不难吧）。至于你花钱的明细上你自己看着花吧，当然是越多越好了，但是也有个好方法，可以少花钱，但在银行的帐单上还可以表现的大（到时候再教你们）。

使馆的官方网站并不建议你先交学费，但是个人经验认为先交学费会对你的申请起到绝对的帮助作用，因为我在整个签证过程里，每当签证官谈到钱的时候她/他总是说，哦，你已经叫学费了呀。很好。。。。。

有了这些，剩下的事情就是你如何准备你的个人陈述了（非常的重要，因为这是给你一个解释自己拒签理由的觉好机会）我的是这样写的：

Dear Ms/Mr.:

To be honest, I write this letter to state my present situation.

I graduated from a Chinese formal university in 2001 and got the L.B degree at the same time .When I was in the university , my professor had suggested me to have a further study in the UK if I want got a great achievement in the future .Because I had learned some foreign law in the university and had a good enthusiast in commercial law , I thought Britain should be the best place for my aim .So I began to conce