Athens, Greece Consulate is STRICT!!!

[Marrienne 112]

Oh boy! Not really a question just an observation!

I kept reading how other people "breeze" through the Embassy (DCF) process especially people from the Philippines and the UK and I must say, even though Greece is an EU country, even though Greece is a low fraud country, even though they have like 3-4 cases of IM visas, our encounter with them was not so "Breezy". Don't get me wrong, they are polite and all it is just , they are VERY strict.
I.e. just ONE example: even though I am fully vaccinated and I have clear records to prove that, I was still asked to provide titres for all the diseases they deem dangerous (Mumps, Measles, Rubella and chickenpox).
They've asked us twice for more evidence even when we followed their instructions to a "t" (so this was additional to what they asked).

Please don't get me wrong. I KNOW compared to other going through NVC etc, we have it MADE I know that!
But when ours is compared with i.e. the Consulate in the UK where it seems people get in and out within 3 months, it is a little frustrating because it feels like my whole life (and of our children) is on hold right now. Now we can't spend that money there, we are immigrating. No, we can't buy that toy, we are immigrating. No, I can do x or y because we are immigrating. All the while not knowing WHEN we are immigrating exactly so everything from my job to a potential summer camp for the boys is up in the air. The Consulate refuses to discuss even a "potential" date of interview. It might be next month, might be in September, who knows?
All the while our life is on hold!!

I wish they would just tell us so I could start putting some things in order, that is all.
Sigh... I can't be the only one. How do you guys deal with this???