(89) {{U}}What questions do visa officers have in mind when they face a student applying for a visa?{{/U}} Here is the gist of what Consul General David T. Hopper, the head of visa operations at the American embassy, explained:
Are you a genuine student, headed to the US for the purpose of studying? (90) {{U}}Some applicants use fake documents, or have no real intention of attending college in America--the whole project is just a ruse (计策) to get to the US.{{/U}} The officers look closely at 1-20 forms, diplomas and school records for evidence of fraud.
Can you pay for your studies? (91) {{U}}Some applicants have full scholarships, but many are self-supporting, so the visa officer must make sure the money is available.{{/U}}
Are you really going to America to study and only to study, not to work? [The problem here is work after graduation, not part-time campus jobs while the student is in an academic program.] Do you intend to leave the US when you have your degree? (92) {{U}}Of course this is quite difficult to prove to the visa officer, and correspondingly difficult for the visa officer to judge.{{/U}} But the visa officer cannot simply ignore US visa law, which states that (93) {{U}}if you give a person a student visa ,you must be con~,inced that he intends to leave the US when his studies are finished.{{/U}}