Learn German - Lesson 4 - Situations:

Im Konsulat


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American consulate in Munich


 




At the Consulate

 

Mx. Keller and his wife wish to visit their son in America. They go to the American Consulate to apply for a visitor's visa. Vice Consul Allen in the Visa Section interviews them, asks for passport, identification, where they are going, etc.

 

Travel Plans

 

Mx. Köhler and an acquaintance, Vice Consul Jones, meet in a restaurant near the consulate. They have a beer together and Köhler offers Jones a cigar. The latter thanks him but explains he only smokes a pipe. Köhler also prefers a pipe and Jones offers him his tobacco. He asks Köhler what he's doing in this part of town, and Köhler teIls him he is planning a business trip to the U.S. and needs a visa.