Ireland US Consulate Reviews
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| Dublin, Ireland |  Review #7917 on July 13, 2011: |
jayvikings57
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So I had my consulate interview there last week. In short it was an unpleasant experience. Here is my summary of the day.
Arrived at the consulate at 12.30 for the appointment time which was 1pm. Was told be the consular security to leave and get a coffee as no entry was allowed prior to 1pm. Got a coffee and came back and was 2nd in line after a nice K1 visa couple who I got talking to. I was there for my CR-1 visa I should have mentioned earlier.
So entered security and basically its your typical airport experience. Security were all Irish and they either got up on the wrong side of the bed or are normally rude and abrupt. I thought nothing of it and got into the embassy waiting room at 12.59 as the second person in and received a ticket from the greeter security guard. Sat down beside the other couple. All in all there were 9 sets of couples. My wife was not with me as she was working in the states and couldn't get the time off not that she needed to be... read complete review
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| Dublin, Ireland | Review #7769 on June 15, 2011: |
ER Team :)
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My fiancé came down to Ireland to accompany me. We arrived at the embassy at 12.00 PM, although we were scheduled at 1 PM. We wanted to make sure we could find it – which was very easy – easy access from the city centre, the bus stops just on the other side of the road from the embassy. We grabbed lunch in a nearby café and head towards the embassy approx. at 12.50. There were 2 more couple queuing and we were allowed to come in almost right on the spot, before 1.00.
We went through the security and were asked to leave all liquids and electronics with them. We were instructed to go into the embassy building- When you enter, you go straight into the room where you will be ‘processed’, there’s no hallways nor changing rooms – everything is happening in that one room among all the other applicants. We were given a number and told to take a sit and wait to be called in. We were called in by a very nice gentleman who took the payment – we paid 263 euro cash... read complete review
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| Dublin, Ireland | Review #7670 on May 27, 2011: |
MrsOMahony
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So, when my husband & I got the notice our interview (well HIS interview) was on April 28th at 1 PM, we were relieved. It was just in time (we needed it sorted so we could move & start work in August) and we thought we'd make a day of it in Dublin (since we were living in Cork). We got the train up & arrived at the embassy shortly before 1. The guards were incredibly polite & kind and helpful through the entire process.
However, we arrived into an incredibly crowded room filled with mainly J1 Visa applicants and a few couples, like ourselves. Apparently the "appointment of 1 PM" meant nothing at all. We were eventually called up, sorted through our information with a rather unfriendly woman. We needed additional pictures of my husband so we left, ran around the corner and sorted that, returned, paid the fee... and waited some more.
And then continued waited. Slowly, the J1 applicants dwindled until it was just several couples like us waiting. We we... read complete review
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| Dublin, Ireland | Review #7527 on April 28, 2011: |
Irishlover
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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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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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