I think if my life were a television soap opera, Monday morning would have been the Friday cliff-hanger episode. When Eyad found out from the USA embassy in London that he could not obtain a travel/visitor visa from them, even though he was able to make an appointment and pay for that appointment ahead of time, it just seemed so surreal in the drama of it all.
Not only did the USA embassy not have the decency to call him to tell him that allegedly visitor/visa travel visa procurements for students had changed recently, they let him come to the embassy for the meeting to say NO in person, so they could keep his non-refundable meeting fee. Bastardos.
So now, Eyad must return to KSA, and start the application process again. Since the last time the wait for a meeting at the USA embassy in KSA was 100 days (that's why he was told - by a US embassy employee!!!!! - to go to the USA embassy in London, where the wait was only 30 days), now we have to wait again - and I am so frustrated and disappointed with the bureaucratic bullshit I could just scream.
I love my Eyad, and I just want to have him in my arms again.
In the road to us being together, this is a huge effed-up detour. And yet, I have faith that we will be together in the end.
Thanks for your comments of support and good thoughts for us.
I'll keep you up-dated,
~Mo
That seriously stinks, Mo. Big Hug.
I'm sorry you both have to endure this, but the government is seriously messed up when it comes to issues of immigration and tourism. You know how I feel about such things, but suffice it to say, hang in there, and trust that things will work out. Eventually.
Sorry, guys. You just have to hang in there for a little longer. It will be worth it :o)
I wonder if Eyad could just call the Embassy in KSA and make an appointment that way or even on-line. He should not have to travel there personally until the appointment day.
I work for an immigration law firm so I know first hand how bad the bureaucracy is. Very frustrating. If you ask one hundred government employees the same question, you will get one hundred different answers...
You have my sympathy. Having worked at an american emabssy at one time - well, you should never have high hopes that things will go right the first couple of times!
What a damned mess. Hang in there, kiddo.
Oh Mo. Ugh. I know you have had it up to there with the wait. I hope you get to see Eyad soon. And also that before long you two will have a more consistent togetherness... It sucks being far away from the one you love. :(
This will only make your future meeting so much more meaningful, right?! Well, okay I'm grasping at straws here but seriously I know how frustrated the both of you are and I sure do hope that it happens and quickly!!!
♥
ah well, with love and determination it will work out some time, for sure. I believe.
Dang. The only time I ever had to have a Visa for a foreign country, the arrangements were done on my behalf by my employer. So I know basically nothing about moving to another country other than hand them your passport and get on the plane. Wish I could help.
Hang in there.
How FRUSTRATING! REd tape stinks.
Too good and imaginative.
nyght
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