After returning from Barcelona, I got to spend a day in a different section of the Embassy- the Consular, where they handle visas and the likes. While Portuguese people don't need a visa to come to the US for periods less than 90 days, the people that do come are usually students, foreigners born residents, and all sorts of other weirdos in between. I got to see how they make emergency passports for people who have theirs lost/stolen, see the paperwork and computer processes for handling visa applications, and, my favorite part, sit in on visa interviews with the Consular Officer.
Basically after reviewing their paperwork and making sure everything is set, the people get an interview with an officer and she asks them questions to determine if they can get a visa or not. It is a very strategic process, as the questions, and language for that matter, to each applicant change depending on different things. We interviewed (ha we, like i did anything) some really great people -like this super cute architecture student!! sigh- then there were some really sketchy people. All in all, this would be an interesting job because you get to talk to people all day and meet some really interesting folks, right? But man, when you have to say no to someone, it would be so HARD!! Especially dealing with the people who throw a fit about not being let in, etc.
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an interesting embassy department indeed. my favorite part would have been the weirdos.
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