Today on the Quick & Easy Spanish Guide you will learn how to answer the questions of the Immigration office when you arrive at the airport for the first time in a spanish speaking country.
So, when you are in front of the immigration officer desk, as always the first thing is to greet showing some respect and education of course... so here we go...
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Immigration officer: buenos dias sr - sra / good morning Sr - Miss
You: muy buenos días
Immigration Officer: cuál es el motivo de su viaje? / what's the reason of your travel?
You: soy turista y vengo de paseo y diversión. / I am a tourist and I come to travel and have fun.
This is wrong
You: ser turista y venir de paseo y diversión.
Other answers could be
You: vengo a trabajar para la empresa Deluxe. / I'm coming to work for Deluxe enterprise
This is wrong
You: venir a trabajar para la Deluxe empresa
Other answers could be
You: vengo a estudiar en la Universidad Estatal. / I'm coming to study at State University
This is wrong
You: venir a estudiar en la Estatal Universidad
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One of the biggest challenges when people arrive to a new country, especially if it has a different language from yours, is to communicate accurately without embarrassing yourself and demonstrate at least a little bit of knowledge about the language of the country you visit.
The Immigration Officer is the first person you talk with when you arrive to a different country and the first question always will be - what's the reason of your visit to the country? and naturally that person will speak in his native language. This will force you to try to understand and obviously answer in the right manner.
In some cases, depending on the country, giving a wrong answer (only because you don't speak the spanish language) might cost you the revocation of your visit.
These easy and comprehensive answers will assure you a good beginning of your travel.
With these quick tips will look like you master the spanish language in any country you visit, even if you don't know the language previously.
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