The UK visa application can KISS MY ASS

[theatokos]

While I may have been rather scattered and overwhelmed during the time we began the visa application process, I would like to think that my superior reading skills and ability to finesse details have not been diminished to the point of forgetting to mail in 6 pages of forms. Two weeks after sending in pictures, passports, birth and wedding certificates, letters, bank statements, biometric forms, and school documents, I received a form email stating that the office has all of our items. Listed in there is "a print out of the online application". IF THIS HAD BEEN CLEAR I WOULD HAVE DONE IT. Seriously, the UK doesn't want people to come over. I have never been so confused in my entire life. There are multiple websites and the pages link all over the place and seem to offer unclear and possibly conflicting information. Why do we need to fill out the forms online if we have to send them in anyway?

GAH!

And the next wait is another 10-14 business days. It's the 14th. We're due to leave on the 30th. They have our passports. I could scream. I'm beginning to feel paralyzed with frustration and uncertainty. I don't know whether to cry, lose my mind, beat my head into a wall, or admit defeat right now. Some combination, perhaps?

Comments

[msmidge.livejournal.com]

Oh no!

And changing international tickets is really expensive. :(

[readthisandweep.livejournal.com]

But surely, surely, you must have realised the application process can take MONTHS? The bureaucratic wheels turn exceeding slow in all countries. Triplicate is the word of the day, unfortunately.

*Seriously, the UK doesn't want people to come over. This simply isn't true, my dear ~ I've met a number of Americans & other nationalities over the years who have attended Lampeter University (& many, over decades who have travelled throughtout the rest of the UK) & their stay has been trouble-free & enjoyable. The UK has a warm & welcoming policy toward visitors of all nationalities.

The bottom line is however ~ preparation can take AGES; it can be challenging & even irritating but the 'rules' are there for a reason. We live in a world of uncertainty ~ America has experienced its own trauma & tragedy (9/11?) Security is everything ~ these long drawn-out processes, however frustrating & annoying, are necessary.

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

No, the site specifically says that answers take 10 days, 100% within 14 days. Not months. Although, it takes months to make sense of all the requirements and get all the documents together!

I am being snarky when I say the UK doesn't want people to come over. However, the Home Office made things much more difficult after 30 March.