Ireland US Consulate Reviews
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| Dublin, Ireland |  Review #7527 on April 28, 2011: |
Irishlover
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
We just had our interview at the embassy. The ONLY two good things I can think of about the day there, was the fact that the security guards were friendly and we met some fellow VJers there! Besides that..... well not so good.
Our interview was supposed to be at 1pm, we were told not to get there to early so we arrived at 12:45. There was a line and we got into the building a little after 1. There were HUNDREDS of people there trying to get J1 visas. We were finally called, around 1:45, to submit our initial documents (envelope, medical) and answer a few questions, by a very rude lady who informed us that we were not going to be approved today because we needed to turn in an 1864A for our joint sponsor, and get his birth cert. What I wanted to ask was..... why were we not informed of this two months ago when we got our interview date! Had we known about this we would have gotten it and brought it with us!
So, I was livid and we were told to go wait again. At this... read complete review
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| Dublin, Ireland | Review #7200 on February 25, 2011: |
Gingerpants
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· 1 person found this review helpful
Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K1 Visa
Embassy Review:
Yesterday my fiance (beneficiary) and I (petitioner) attended his interview at the US embassy in Dublin. Here is our review of the day, I hope that it will be as helpful as the
reviews I read for our own preparation.
On the forums I heard many people suggesting to arrive an hour early to the interview, our interview was scheduled for 1:00pm so we arrived at 12:00pm. When we approached the gate the security guard asked "what time are you scheduled for?" We replied "1:00," so he said "then come back at 1:00," haha so we took a walk around Ballsbridge and went for coffee in a nearby cafe. We returned at 5 till and there was a small queue of around 4 or 5 singles and couples.
We queued up and a few minutes later they called up the first family to go through security. When it came to us it took around 5 minutes to get through security, they had us remove all electronic from our bags (even flash drives
and FI's sm... read complete review
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| Dublin, Ireland | Review #6756 on October 22, 2010: |
Larysa
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· 2 people found this review helpful
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Overall I had a pretty good experience with the embassy in Dublin. My interview was at 1:00 in the afternoon on Tuesday the 28th of September. The embassy itself is in a pretty awkward location, there isn't much around apart from the various pubs, bistro and coffee shops nearby. It can be a long wait at one of those places if you arrive too early for your interview. I live in Wicklow and relied on the bus to get up there for my interview. I would recommend that you do a dry run to get a feel for traffic and such if you are traveling from outside the city. If you can get a lift there or can drive yourself all the better, but there isnt much in the way of public parking around that area of ballsbridge. Arriving at the embassy I went up to the little window and gave my name to one of the security guards, he motioned me to wait over to the door on the right hand side, this was about ten to one, a few minutes later three people lined up behind me and asked if I was waiting to get in for an ... read complete review
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| Dublin, Ireland | Review #6546 on August 31, 2010: |
DublinD2
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· 1 person found this review helpful
Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
This review was for a CR-1 visa in Dublin, Ireland. Although the turn around time for processing was actually quick 8 weeks.
The process of getting there was a pain.
All of the issues I have were with the Irish support staff there, not the US immigration officers.
I had recently moved to Ireland with my wife in 2008 Jan, in March we decided to move back to the US and began the green card process.
We prepared the documents needed, called the embassy to make sure we had the facts, the Irish lady we spoke to told us/assured us that we could apply in April(even though it says 6 months in the docs for Consulate filings), after only 3 months in Ireland. So we sent the documents in and sure enough, we got them right back claiming we had to wait for 6 months before applying. The embassy also called me to tell me it was too early, I spoke to the exact same women(she gave us her extension the first time we spoke) who gave me the false information in the fir... read complete review
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| Dublin, Ireland | Review #6400 on July 27, 2010: |
mariasheehan
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· 1 person found this review helpful
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Arrived for interview no earlier than scheduled time of 1:00PM. Waited in the queue to be cleared by security. Was given my security tag and told to progress to the office area. I was one of 2 people waiting for an interview, I was called immediately. I was asked to present several relevant documents, then asked to pay the fee to the cashier. Unfortunately the fees had increased substantially since my instruction letter was received and I was advised incorrectly of the draft amount, they would not take the draft I had with me which was for a higher amount. Then I discovered that I was missing a set of forms; I was told I have an hour to get the correct draft amount and complete and print the missing forms. There was some confusion over the correct draft amount by the cashier. I left the embassy and ran around like a headless chicken for an hour but made it back in time. I was literally back in the door when I was called back to the window. I was asked to pay again and then as... read complete review
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