Consulate Review: Ireland
Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
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| Review Date : |
October 23, 2019 |
| Embassy Review : |
Appointment was for 9:00am on October 15th. Arrived approx 40 mins early, and was told to come back in half an hour so I returned at 8:50am and went through the usual security procedures.
Dont bring laptops/ipads etc, there is no space to leave them. went through airport type security procedures, and put my phone and keys into the small locker and was given the key along with a visitor badge on a lanyard.
Entered the main building and was 3rd in line to meet the first officer to go through documents. This went very smoothly, They asked to see:
Marriage license/cert
My longform birth cert
My passport
My police certificate
Confirmation of my intended US address (this had changed since my application and he just changed it for me no problem)
I had 2 copies of everything along with lots of other documentation but they were not required. (I would still bring them as you never know when they might just happen to ask for it)
I was sitting back in the waiting area by 9:12am, and was called to the next window for interview at about 9:50am.
Interview was pleasant, general questions and nothing out of the ordinary and nothing to be worrying about. The Officer handed me back all of my original documents except but also had the dreaded 221(g) form requiring further information.
Basically my i864 was uploaded in 2 parts, and they asked for it to be reuploaded in 1 single PDF file, and he said they would keep my passport. I was asked to upload the document again, email them to notify them, then they would continue with the process.
I was back outside and a little disappointed by 10am.
I rushed home to find the CEAC site was down for "maintenance" so I had to wait a whole week for it to come back online.
Once the site came online after midnight on the 22nd, I uploaded the file and let the Embassy know so they would have it at the start of business when they arrived into the office. They confirmed receipt by 10am, the documents changed from "uploaded" to "accepted" by mid afternoon, and just now, approximately 24 hours later on the 23rd, my VISA tracker has changed from "Administrative processing" to
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Overall a very easy experience in the embassy, and a very efficient processing of my info after the secondary uploading.
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| Rating : |
Very Good |
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