Character Profile: Counsular Min

Counsular Min works at the Korean Consulate in Houston. He's a stern man at first glance, and refuses to offer a handshake when you first walk in.
Since you're applying for a visa, he asks you a lot of questions directed at breaking your will to visit his country. One might assume that he feels he is the last line of defense against those who would plunder, pillage and rape his homeland. He has been known to ask if you have had a Korean girlfriend in the past. Much thought has been put into this, but it is still unclear how you should answer.
If you try to sell your experience with the Spanish language as a qualification to teach English in his country, he might ask you to talk to him in Spanish. You might be surprised at the oddity of the request, but don't be fooled into thinking he doesn't know what your saying. At first he might just sit there and smile, presumably from the way the romance of the language lilts upon his ears, but if you mention something like "I like the korean language because it is easy" he may sit up in his chair and immediately ask you, also in Spanish, why it is easy. Hopefully your Spanish will not fail you at this point, and you will remember how to say words like 'tense,' 'future,' 'past,' 'present,' 'indefinite article,' and 'verb.' If you mess up and say a word incorrectly, he will be sure to correct you.
He likes it when you say that you tutored friends in college, even if he doesn't know the extent of the tutoring was only a handful of times with a cheerleader who thought you were an expert at writing literature analysis papers, and unfortunately had little interest in you otherwise.
He will jot down notes on your application. These notes will be in Korean, so don't even bother trying to read them.
Try to distract him from attacking your motivation and qualifications for coming to his country. Ask him where he studied Spanish, and talk about why mosquitos are one of the main reasons you will never teach English in Central America. He will latch on to your hatred for mosquitos, and laugh about it for the rest of the conversation.
When you get up to leave, you may realize he does not want to shake your hand. If you're feeling nervous, ask him for his name again, use it in a closing statement (i.e. "Counsular Min, it was nice talking to you today"), and extend your hand for a handshake. He will then shake it.
Try not to look at his assistant, no matter how pretty she looks. The visa application process has taken disastrously long already; no need to muck up the process any further on account of one of the last cute American chicks you may be seeing for a long time.
Conclusion: Unless you committed a felony or are wearing some pro-Japanese apparell, chances are that he will stamp your papers regardless. He's just an act, someone set in place to deter the faint of heart and make those with nervous tendancies admit to all sorts of fraudulent activities. He's actually a nice guy, in a sort of "I rarely smile and most likely don't want you coming to my country" kind of way.
Grade: B+