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One of my profs called me earlier this morning with a request. She's going back to India for a visa interview, and, as part of the process, the interviewers want a current picture of the inside and outside of where she works. She wanted to know if I had any pictures that would work. I told her not to worry, as I have lots of archived photos.
I grabbed a camera and went down to her office and took a picture of the outside of her office (with her nameplate and family photos showing) and then too a pic of her inside her office.
Back in my office I added archive pics of the outside of the building (I have the only good one, and it's a composite of, I think, 7 pictures) and of her in her lab. The other half of the page is a copy of the building directory map showing where her office is.
Finally, in an added bonus she didn't expect, I wrote up a letter (on Department letterhead) saying that the pics are an accurate representation of her workspace, that they're current, and that I took all of them myself. I signed the letter, glued it to the back of the pictures, and gave it to the prof.
She says that it's the most official looking set of pics she's ever seen as part of one of these interviews. I figure that all of that really doesn't take me any time, and if it makes the process go easier for her, it's all good for us at work.
I grabbed a camera and went down to her office and took a picture of the outside of her office (with her nameplate and family photos showing) and then too a pic of her inside her office.
Back in my office I added archive pics of the outside of the building (I have the only good one, and it's a composite of, I think, 7 pictures) and of her in her lab. The other half of the page is a copy of the building directory map showing where her office is.
Finally, in an added bonus she didn't expect, I wrote up a letter (on Department letterhead) saying that the pics are an accurate representation of her workspace, that they're current, and that I took all of them myself. I signed the letter, glued it to the back of the pictures, and gave it to the prof.
She says that it's the most official looking set of pics she's ever seen as part of one of these interviews. I figure that all of that really doesn't take me any time, and if it makes the process go easier for her, it's all good for us at work.
