Embassy Rejected all Paperwork, Cancelled Interview

[Fitzy 2]

Ouch, that really bites. One point that stood out to me is you stated that the Dublin embassy said the Irish medical was null and void. I don't believe that one embassy has the juresdiction to say what is or is not accepted at another embassy. It may just be possible that London accepts it considering the circumstances. I know I must be in a very optimistic mood today, lol. Secondly, I would be burning the phone line up to the london embassy and plead your entire case. You might just hit a sympathetic nerve with someone and they move you to the front of the line. Whatever happens keep your heads up and smile.

Cheers, Wayne and Claudia. Your optimism is much needed and appreciated! I think you are correct about "I don't think one embassy has the jurisdiction to say what is or is not accepted at another embassy." We are going to beg and plead with London to transfer that medical to their embassy.

I'm keeping my head up. I'm trying to smile, but I'm sure it looks more like a grimace.

[john & jean 37]

1. sorry about the ordeal!

2. everything about this process SUX!!

3. some MORON will come along and tell you deal with it, it's a privilege, not a right!!!

[Brusik 11]

Cheers, Wayne and Claudia. Your optimism is much needed and appreciated! I think you are correct about "I don't think one embassy has the jurisdiction to say what is or is not accepted at another embassy." We are going to beg and plead with London to transfer that medical to their embassy.

I'm keeping my head up. I'm trying to smile, but I'm sure it looks more like a grimace.

It's difficult.. I remember few months back I was in Georgia with the wife.. It was difficult to leave and also difficult going through this process.. When I am down and sad

I remember the times she made me laugh and then I can smile..

It will be over soon and you can look back and give that sigh of relief..

As difficult as things are just remember the good shared times and be greatful you have these shared experiences

[Tero 105]

Hi there, Mrs. O. Thank you for the kind words. I think you are right--there probably isn't much we can do but wait...again. To answer your question--I requested the embassy change. We were told by the NVC that Dublin could process his case because he is an Irish passport holder and he lives within a 40 minute drive of the Dublin embassy.

Now, he'll have to buy two plane tickets (one for the medical, one for the interview) to FLY OVER THE IRISH SEA to London. There are absolutely no words to describe how illogical this decision is. I'd like to know why the Belfast embassy is not processing immigrant visas?! Looks like we'll be spending a good chunk of our savings on plane tickets to London now.

I bet you DID see my husband at the medical yesterday. What a small world! Too bad his interview will no longer be on the 15th. If I remember, yours is on the 14th, right? The best of luck to you.

Please keep us updated on NVC's response. If they had confirmed that Dublin could process it, they should be able to take the responsibility for this ordeal. If they insist decide it would be London now, request their influence in making London give you a closer interview date. They should be able to make something up to you for this chaos. Good Luck

[2ndMessiah 184]

As a person from Northern Ireland, I also found it an absolute pain not being allowed to have an interview and medical in Dublin.

Here it is though the BUT.

Living in Northern Ireland, most of our citizens over a certain age are entitled to an Irish passport.Some of us exercise that right some dont. If you reside in Northern Ireland you come under the London Embassy. plain and simple. Wishful thinking and an Irish passport makes no difference.

Now the NVC is more than aware of this and yes they should not have processed you thro dublin. Your Irish Passport and how you filled out your citizenship was probably the spanner in the works. Someone late in the process caught the issue and corrected it.

Im sorry to hear you are out money for your medical and hope you can resolve problem quickly and with a suitable outcome.

[Aztec&Taino 144]

What a nightmare! I really don't have any practical advice, but only wanted to offer my sympathy and words of encouragement. Best wishes!

[Fitzy 2]

Please keep us updated on NVC's response. If they had confirmed that Dublin could process it, they should be able to take the responsibility for this ordeal. If they insist decide it would be London now, request their influence in making London give you a closer interview date. They should be able to make something up to you for this chaos. Good Luck

Many thanks, Tero! Yes, I will certainly ring NVC (once they dig out from the snow) to determine what they can do.

Lesson learned: You cannot trust the information given to you by anyone during the immigration process (USCIS, NVC, and so on). I know, I know. I'm slow to catch on. I'm not naive enough to think that 'responsibility' or 'fairness' factor into this process at all, but we can always TRY to get NVC to help us out a bit. Thanks for your advice!

[Fitzy 2]

As a person from Northern Ireland, I also found it an absolute pain not being allowed to have an interview and medical in Dublin.

Here it is though the BUT.

Living in Northern Ireland, most of our citizens over a certain age are entitled to an Irish passport.Some of us exercise that right some dont. If you reside in Northern Ireland you come under the London Embassy. plain and simple. Wishful thinking and an Irish passport makes no difference.

Now the NVC is more than aware of this and yes they should not have processed you thro dublin. Your Irish Passport and how you filled out your citizenship was probably the spanner in the works. Someone late in the process caught the issue and corrected it.

Im sorry to hear you are out money for your medical and hope you can resolve problem quickly and with a suitable outcome.

2ndMessiah--Thank you for your reply. It's good to hear from another person from N. Ireland. You are correct in saying that the NVC should not have processed us through Dublin (easy to say in retrospect), but with all due respect, this was not a matter of "wishful thinking." We were told (many times, from different sources at the NVC) that the Dublin embassy makes exceptions for Irish passport holders living in N. Ireland. We submitted extra paperwork to have our embassy switched from London to Dublin. The change of embassy process set us weeks behind in the NVC process, and it involved many stages of emails, phone calls, and information gathering. To have the embassy switched back to London at this point is quite frustrating.

Thank you for your well wishes, and all the best to you.

[2ndMessiah 184]

2ndMessiah--Thank you for your reply. It's good to hear from another person from N. Ireland. You are correct in saying that the NVC should not have processed us through Dublin (easy to say in retrospect), but with all due respect, this was not a matter of "wishful thinking." We were told (many times, from different sources at the NVC) that the Dublin embassy makes exceptions for Irish passport holders living in N. Ireland. We submitted extra paperwork to have our embassy switched from London to Dublin. The change of embassy process set us weeks behind in the NVC process, and it involved many stages of emails, phone calls, and information gathering. To have the embassy switched back to London at this point is quite frustrating.

Thank you for your well wishes, and all the best to you.

OK I stand corrected about being able to go to the Dublin Embassy.

I have reread your original post and it seems that the NVC and the Dublin Embassy are in disagreement.

Dublin might have been more open to you if your spouse had a residence in the Republic of Ireland. That might be another reason for Dublin refusing to process your spouse.

I feel your spouse comes across as neither fish nor foul, being probably born in the UK (northern Ireland) but retaining Irish citizenship has confused matters greatly.

Do not feel as if your being put upon. None of the consulates in the UK process immigration visas. Everything has togo through London. I had two costlty flights to London, the price of a hotel and various other misc expenses.

I also feel The Dublin Embassy makes more sense. Anyway again Lets hope you can argue to use your medical and that your case gets swift processing in London.

[Kira L. 0]

I'll be surprised if NVC would help in this case.

Two years ago I had a similar situation when NVC sent my fiance's case to the wrong embassy. I caught that mistake as soon as I got a confirmation letter from NVC. I called them right away. They told me they can't do anything and told me to contact the embassy where I needed the case to be and ask them to request the case from another embassy. Basically, NVC made me to coordinate the case "recovery". I was e-mailing and following up on the process with two embassies. It took two months for the case to get to the right embassy. What a nightmare it was!

[A and T 82]

Can he petition you to live in ireland? Its fairly beautiful there! I would love to live there

[DA & MK 0]

I didnt know that either until I was looking on this site some time ago. Isnt it amazing how no-one involved in the process tells you that vital factor?? Thankfully I found out while my case was at NVC and I had the medical a week or so later. Good luck x

Dear Angel Heart,

Please do accept my apologies in advance if you think i am wrong.... But as far as my understanding goes our interview date was assigned and thereafter we booked our medical appoint.

Our situation was that My wife was on a tourist VISA therefore she was not permitted to file my paper work directly from London us embassy so she filed directly from US. long story short NVC informed us about our interview date once our case was completed and thereafter we booked our medical appointment.

Hope I am correct.

But what i'll suggest please do call NVC first and then call London embassy to get the entire information, they are very helpfull.. I can understand what you are going through but please keep your mind calm when you are talking to them coz there is not much you can do so please be calm and think of how to proceed further now.

Hope everything goes well.

Regrads

DK

[SuperDuper! 230]

I think that I've read it all and then another horror story appears on VJ which completely gobsmacks me. It ceases to amaze me how often they screw things up. I too would be crazy right now if I was in your shoes.

I'm really sorry, I have no advice to offer, only a small worthless piece of encouragement, which is hang in there as bad as it seems right now, you will get to the end of this process one day and never have to deal with these people again!

Yes, my heart goes out to the OP. Hope they get justice.

With all the horror stories here, it can really bring down the room and gobsmack ya right in the face.

So much so, a walk thru the Holocaust Museum could almost be uplifting.

God bless all the people waiting on their visas.

[UnhappyVictimAmer 2]

I think you should request that your case be expedited due to their error. If the case is now moved to the London embassy call them and tell them you want your case expedited because of an NVC error.

Here's the thing about the medical exam. Each embassy has their own list of authorized doctors that they will accept the exam results and paperwork from. They are usually local doctors offices near the embassy. It's possible that a letter of acceptance from the Dublin embassy stating the facts might be acceptable but probably not.

[nickm 1]

That is truly a sucky situation. Its yet another case of the left hand not having any idea of what the right hand is doing- alien arm syndrome.

However,, my experience with London is that they do show a touch of humainty and compassion, during my K-1 they lost, or as they put it "never received" my paper work, so after a phone call and a few emails they gave me an interview in time for me to be back in the states with my fiance on her birthday. Which made me more happy at that point that winning the lottery would have done.

Don't lose faith just yet for a speedy end, just try to explain the situation to London and cross your fingers for a nice person at the other end of the line.