Chapter 423: The problem is becoming energetic

In the evening, Xu Qiu and the others returned to Handan campus Caiyi 216, and continued to deal with the matter of going abroad.
The first is the problem of power plugs. Xu Qiu searched the Internet. There are two main differences between domestic plugs and beautiful countries.
First, the domestic life voltage is 220 volts, while the beautiful country is 110 volts;
Second, the commonly used three-pole plugs in China are three vertical flats, and the most commonly used three-pole plugs in beautiful countries are one round and two vertical flats, with a round ground wire and a flat zero live wire.
Therefore, Xu Qiu bought three conversion plugs directly on Taobao, one for 20 yuan, the bull.
Although it is a bit expensive, he is not at ease buying sockets of other brands.
Secondly, it is the matter of hotel reservations. Ctrip has now done business overseas.
Xu Qiu directly booked the Hyatt Hotel in Phoenix on Ctrip. She will check in on April 1 and leave on April 7. There are a total of six room nights, and the total price is 10228 soft sister coins.
After conversion, it is about 1705 yuan a day, which is about 300 dollars.
Hyatt Regency Phoenix is ​​a four-star hotel, not a five-star hotel. The price is a bit expensive.
It may be due to the fact that there are more guests and fewer rooms during the conference. If it is the normal off-season, it is estimated that the price will be discounted to 800 yuan or 150 dollars a night.
The room fee has been prepaid to Ctrip, and Ctrip remits the money to Hyatt Hotel. If you check out one week in advance, you can get a full refund directly.
In fact, the appointment is a bit early now, almost six months in advance.
This means that more than 10,000 yuan can not be moved there for six months.
If you do a careful calculation, according to the 5% annualized rate of return, that is 1W5%0.5=250 yuan, and you will lose 250 yuan in interest.
Of course, the annualized rate is 5%, which is basically a medium-to-high-risk level investment. It is very likely to lose money. Maybe some operations are as fierce as a mouse. Looking at the record-the annualized negative 5%.
If you are conservative and invest a 2-3% annualized basis, you can earn more than 100 yuan in interest, but if you include inflation, it seems to be a loss. The current inflation rate is more than two or three points per year.
Sure enough, as long as you consume in advance, you earn money, and consumerism does not deceive me.
In addition, the hotel reservation form shows that this fee already includes service charges and taxes.
The service fee here is definitely not a tip. Xu Qiu guessed that it should be similar to the service fee paid when I went to the Tire Forest with Blue River for dinner, and was used to provide high-quality services for the additional labor costs.
Like many high-end restaurants and hotels, there will be service fees, which are generally around 10% or 15% of the total price, both at home and abroad.
For taxes and fees, consumption in beautiful countries generally defaults to prices that do not include taxes. Taxes and fees will be noted separately, and then customers are allowed to pay, like consumption tax, which is about 8% or 10%.
In China, taxes and fees are usually directly included in the price of goods. Usually, customers who buy something in the supermarket only know how much they paid, but they don’t know how much of it will be taken away in the form of taxes.
Xu Qiu chose a double room for one person and one room, while sisters Han Jiaying and Wu Feifei chose a standard double room for two people.
Xu Qiu’s room fee was paid by him himself, and Han Jiaying and her sisters paid in advance for the room fee. After all, unlike Xu Qiu, Han Jiaying and Chen Wanqing, Wu Feifei does not have extra income. There is still a tight hand. It still hurts to come out ten thousand.
After the hotel affairs were over, Xu Qiu and the others continued to fill out the DS-160 form. The three of them sat in a row. Tian Qing, as a military commander, pulled a bench and sat behind them.
Tian Qing said: "First we open this website, select the language, simplified Chinese, so that although the interface is still in English, the page will not be directly converted to Chinese, but when we move the mouse pointer to the English text, it will automatically display Chinese translation."
"Then select the place to apply for the visa. We are the magic city. Then click to start filling in the application form, and then click Next. At this time, an application number, which is the AA code, needs to be recorded. This is very important. Reply and modify the vouchers of the DS-160 application documents......"
"Set up a security question here. Just choose the default ‘what’s your mother’s name’. You can fill in the rest yourself. There are a dozen pages in total. Remember to click save at any time."
Xu Qiu looked at the dozen pages on the left side, some of his scalp was numb, and he casually vomited: "I'm going to check the household registration again. This time it seems to be more detailed."
The first page is personal information. The previous ones are all normal, including the last name, first name, Chinese name, and whether there is a previous name. Then a strange question "Does the name have a Chinese code?"
Xu Qiu has lived for more than 20 years and is the first time he has heard of the "Chinese code".
I went to Qiandu to check the information and found out that this thing has a long history, and it can even be traced back to the last century.
Chinese telegram, also known as standard Chinese telegram, Chinese commercial telegram code, Chinese telegram code or Chinese telegram clear code, was originally a method of transmitting Chinese information in telegrams. It was the first coding table to convert Chinese characters into electronic signals. It consists of four digits.
Tian Qing explained: "There are ready-made Chinese code converters on the Internet, and you can convert them directly."
After getting the Chinese code, Xu Qiu clicked on the next page.
The second page is other personal information, including marital status, date of birth, birth status, country of birth, nationality, whether you have another nationality, whether you have a permanent residence certificate (green card) in another country, and so on.
After completion, enter the third page, which is the travel information. First, determine the type of visa. Xu Qiu and the others go to a meeting, which is regarded as a regular travel visa, which means that you need to fill in the itinerary, including the arrival city, departure city, and flight number. Wait for the information, and then the place of stay, which is the specific location of the hotel.
The fourth page, peer information, including peers and their relationship.
Tian Qing said: "Just fill in this truthfully. It may be more convenient to apply for a visa at that time. If one passes, the visa application will be smoother."
Therefore, Xu Qiu filled in Han Jiaying and Wu Feifei, both of whom are FRIEND (friends).
On the fifth page, in the past trips to a beautiful country, ask if you have been to a beautiful country before? Is there a visa for a beautiful country? ? Has your visa been refused? Have you ever applied for immigration from a beautiful country? Xu Qiu chose no.
The sixth page, address and phone number, including detailed home address, phone number, email address and other information, and filling in social accounts used in the past five years, is very troublesome.
On the seventh page, passport information, Xu Qiu turned out his passport and filled it out truthfully.
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On the eighth page, the contact information in the United States, directly fill in the information of the MRS conference party.
The ninth page, family information, including the parents' names, date of birth, whether the parents are in the beautiful country, whether there are other immediate relatives in the beautiful country, whether there are non-immediate relatives in the beautiful country.
Seeing this, Xu Qiu couldn't help but vomit: "This is for fear that people will stay in a beautiful country and not leave."
"After all, it is the lighthouse country. Countless people are rushing to it. There are also pregnant women who rush to the beautiful country to have children, just to get the child to land and get a beautiful nationality." Tian Qing added: "Of course, this is easy to be caught. The visa officer found out and refused the visa."
"Is Beautiful Country really that good?" Xu Qiu looked at Tian Qing with some curiosity.
"Don't look at me, I'm just a short trip. I stayed there for less than half a month, and what I saw is not necessarily true." Tian Qing's eyes turned and said, "Maybe Teacher Wei will know. After all, he has been in the beautiful country for nearly ten years, why don't you ask him?"
"...Next time." Xu Qiu turned the page and continued to fill out the DS-160 form.
The tenth page, work/education/training information, need to fill in the academic qualifications, current job, and work address. Xu Qiu is a student, so he fills in the school address directly. The educational experience is very similar to the file form filled out when entering school, starting from high school and continuing to the graduate level.
The eleventh page, supplementary information, asks to write the language in use, and other countries or regions that have been to the past five years, and also asked a few questions:
Do you have a special skill or have received special training? For example: firearms, explosives, and devices, biological and chemical aspects.
Have you ever served in the military?
Have you ever participated in a military organization?
Xu Qiu glanced at the question and said, "I feel that the problem has become more powerful."
Tian Qing said with a smile: "Where is this? Wait until the next page is called Gaoneng, and then select all the options, no need to look carefully."
After selecting "No" for all the questions on the current page, Xu Qiu went to the next page with curiosity.
The twelfth page, safety/background information, has five parts.
In the first part, there are only three questions, mainly about physical or mental illness.
Do you suffer from the following public health-related infectious diseases: soft jaws, gonorrhea, granuloma inguinal, infectious leprosy, lymphogranuloma venereal, infectious syphilis, active tuberculosis, etc.?
Do you travel around mental or physical illnesses that threaten the personal safety and interests of others?
Have you ever abused drugs and become addicted?
There are seven questions in the second part, mainly about crimes.
Have you ever been arrested or sentenced for violation of the law or crime, even if you later received a pardon, pardon, or other similar ruling?
Have you ever participated in or intended to engage in money laundering activities?
Have you ever committed or conspired to smuggle people in a beautiful country or unexpected place in a beautiful country?
...
There are eleven problems in the third part, which are also criminal acts, but more serious.
Have you ever instigated, incited, engaged in, described or participated in the genocide?
Have you ever been or plan to become a terrorist or non-terrorist organization to provide emergency or other support?
...
The questions in the first three parts are indeed high-powered, and Xu Qiu decisively chose "NO".
In the fourth part, there is only one question.
Have you ever tried to use deception or deliberate fraud or other illegal means for yourself, or to help others obtain visas, enter beautiful countries or obtain other immigration benefits?
In the fifth part, there are three questions.
Have you ever refused to hand over the guardianship of a child of a beautiful country outside the beautiful country to someone who has been approved by the beautiful country court to enjoy legal guardianship?
Have you violated the law or regulations to vote in the beautiful country and Europe?
Have you ever renounced your citizenship in a beautiful country in order to avoid paying taxes?
After continuing to "NO" all the way, Xu Qiu vomited: "These questions are all big thunders. One basic visa will be rejected in seconds."
Tian Qing nodded: "Yes, even if you really do, you will definitely choose to conceal it, so these questions are for honest people."
After that, upload the electronic version of the U.S. visa you got from the photo studio.
Then, the page automatically pops up with all the content previously filled in, and you need to confirm it again.
After confirming in turn, you still need to answer the question: Is there anyone to help you fill out this form?
In order to avoid trouble, Xu Qiu, Han Jiaying and Wu Feifei all decided no.
Finally, enter the passport number and verification code, and make a promise: "I am sure that soy milk has been punished for false statements in accordance with the relevant provisions of the law of the beautiful country for perjury, and hereby confirm that the above statements are true and correct."
Xu Qiu clicked OK, printed the confirmation page and the application form, and then asked: "What do you say next?"
Tian Qing: "Pay the visa fee and make an appointment for the interview."
Xu Qiu: "It took more than 200 to apply for a passport before. How much does it cost to apply for a visa this time?"
Tian Qing: "160......"
Xu Qiu: "That's pretty cheap."
Tian Qing: "160 dollars."
Xu Qiu: "Okay, when I didn't say it."
Tian Qing: "Well, what I did at that time was 160 US dollars, which is about 1,000 soft sister coins. Now the price should not change. If you pay, you must use China CITIC Bank to pay. I will pay you directly with a credit card. Just transfer the money to me."
"Okay." Xu Qiu didn't have any comments.
After that, I filled in a bunch of information, many of which were repeated with the DS-160 form.
The only thing worth mentioning is that the format for filling in the date here is different from the general domestic format. Like the date of passport issuance, the format is month/day/year.
After filling in the information, Tian Qing paid on his behalf, but the price remained unchanged, $160.
After that, Xu Qiu and the three began to discuss the appointment time for the interview. UU reading www.uukanshu.com
Today is November 2nd, Tuesday, the next two weeks are either full of appointments, or the time is the embarrassing time of 7 or 8 in the morning.
In the end, they were all about November 23, three weeks later, which is 13:45 on Tuesday afternoon.
Xu Qiu took a long breath: "Huh, I'm finally done, this time I can rest for a few days."
Tian Qing immediately poured a basin of cold water down: "After that, we have to prepare face-to-face materials, not many, just a dozen or twenty copies."
Xu Qiu, Han Jiaying, Wu Feifei: "..."
Tian Qing reminded again: "Also, don't forget to apply for a credit card."
PS: The time in the book can only pay the visa fee by bank transfer, but in reality, you can use Alipay to pay for the visa fee from May 2019.
PS2: The monthly pass is less than 100 tickets and the number is over 1,000. The bowls are set, please ask for a monthly pass. There are only 28 days this month, a few days away...