managed to water damage my visa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pushbrk 12,994]

Hi, please plewase can you respond to my personal message I sent I need to know if yours had as much damage as mine, I have sent you the picture, I really am nt coping because neither the embassy nor the laywer I used are responding and the premium rate line is just giving a recorded message again, I can barely get through each day bevcause of the law on this, the law stating that I have to redo the visa because they to NOT reissue visas, I am dying over this mentally, can you please help me because I know the last thing I can do is redo this visa, it has been torture I cannot go though it again.

" © Duplicate visas issued within the validity period of the original visa. If the validity of a visa previously issued has not yet terminated and the original visa has been lost or mutilated, a duplicate visa may be issued containing all of the information appearing on the original visa, including the original issuance and expiration dates. The applicant shall execute a new application and provide copies of the supporting documents submitted in support of the original application.

The alien must pay anew the application processing fees prescribed in the Schedule of Fees. In issuing a visa under this paragraph, the consular officer shall insert the word DUPLICATE on Form OF155A before the word IMMIGRANT in the title of the visa."

I CANNOT DO IT AGAIN. SOMEBODY PLEASE, PLEASE HELP ME.

Sure, you can do it again. They aren't referring to the entire process beginning with filing a new petition. You would submit a new DS230 and pay the $404 fee, then wait a few days for a new visa to be issued.

[hamtaro 4]

This forum is so middle class.

[hamtaro 4]

"what is money"

"I'm so blase about the whole thing"

[hamtaro 4]

"like I completely won't hate and despise myself for wasting upwards of $500 for spitting on a visa over 1/2 hour I mean I fling upwards of $500 on useless ###### all the livelong day"

[RICARDO4EVA2 194]

This forum is so middle class.

you seem disappointed

good for you... you least have an opinion. why not focus on your issue..? smh

"like I completely won't hate and despise myself for wasting upwards of $500 for spitting on a visa over 1/2 hour I mean I fling upwards of $500 on useless ###### all the livelong day"

bored..? thats a quote by who..?

[hamtaro 4]

"everyone most completely has $404 to fling at some ###### so long as they're white and white collar" god bless the USA.

[hamtaro 4]

lol I focus on my issue all day that;s the exact bloody problem.

[hamtaro 4]

Seriously I don;t think one person has ever in the history of this forum focused on the issue which is certainly

"Immigration is only an option for the middle class and upwards. The working class (sponsor) need not apply."

That you can fling around "hey you can chuck $440 at this and forget it" is some hurtful thing to me.

I grew up working class with no option to sponsor immigrant visas.

This is a concept completely alien to over 30% of the UK population!

Over $400 is a lot to lose over doing smething this stupid.

You say don;t beat on yourself well I have beat on myself and worse over this - over wasting this much money on a 1/2 hour mistake and yep, I hate myself.

"insert some dumb rolling on side facebook smiley here what is money"

[Ironman140 45]

"everyone most completely has $404 to fling at some ###### so long as they're white and white collar" god bless the USA.

400 dollars is a lot money to anyone no matter there race. So your statement above gives me little reason to feel sympathy for you. Grow up and stop blaming race for your issues

Edited May 16, 2011 by Ironman140

[canadian_wife 1,823]

[hamtaro 4]

It's "their" btw not "there" I mean despite having swallowed a whole bloody bottle of red to stave off the constant pain that is the knowledge I detroyed my visa through being retarded, I can make that distinction.

[pushbrk 12,994]

400 dollars is a lot money to anyone no matter there race. So your statement above gives me little reason to feel sympathy for you. Grow up and stop blaming race for your issues

"White collar" is not a reference to race. It refers to the kind of work you do. White collar workers, generally go to an office to work, while blue collar workers do something more physical. It refers to clothing, not skin color or race. She's saying $404 is a big deal to her. When I told her what the fee was, it was so she would have the necessary information. I saw no need or helpfulness in editorializing how the fee would impact the couple. The point was the problem could be solved in days, not months.

[Little_My 464]

Hot damn.

Hamtaro.

It is obvious at this point that there is nothing anyone here can tell you that would satisfy you. We cannot say with 100% certainty that the visa will be accepted with the damage it has, we can't say with 100% certainty that it won't be, and we can't tell you what the embassy will say. Most people here act and advice largely based on immigration law and regulations - and common sense.

Now, this is what common sense tells me.

1. If all the important numbers are legible and your photo is recognizable, I highly doubt the damage would become an issue. People knock over things all the time, and unfortunately sometimes in the close proximity of important items / documents. I recently spilled some OJ on my fancy Macbook Pro. Did it piss me off? Yes. Did I declare the end of the world as a result? No. I took it to the store, evaluated the damage, and decided the best course of action..

..which brings me to point 2. You have been told over and over and over again to contact the embassy, make an appointment, go there and have them look at the visa. They will re-issue it if needed. They won't re-interview you to get it re-issued. There might be some fees included, but the only way you will know what fees and how much is to GO THERE and ask.

Whether the face on the photo of your visa is white, black, yellow or green has absolutely nothing to do with this situation. Whether your annual income is $20K or $120K has absolutely nothing to do with this issue. You are being childish, over dramatic, and quite frankly at this point it seems you are here just to bait people to get into an argument with you. You poured something on your visa - tough luck. Man/woman up, and figure out a way to fix it. It is not the end of the world as you make it seem, it is not the end of your visa process, and it does not mean you have to go over the whole process again - as you have been told, countless times. Pulling in race and income as issues is absolutely absurd, and most definitely not helpful. This situation is probably pretty easy to fix, but you have to calm down and think this rationally. Calling the embassy in the state of mind you are in now is probably not a wise idea anyways, so either find a way to relax a bit, or ask your husband to call them. Seriously - this is not that complicated.

[Otto 83]

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Edited May 17, 2011 by Otto