Originally Posted by
DrAndy
I received my 1 year non-O this week
For all those of you complaining about the consulate staff and the queues..
My number was about 30 away from the one being served so I just sat down
About half of the applicants did not know what visa they needed, so they stood there and questioned the staff. Another quarter did not have the correct paperwork and decided that they would have a long drawn out argument
a typical response was "that was not in the website" etc etc, which was patently not true, they just had not read it properly. I had to wait about an hour and a half for these dear numbskulls to clear - luckily, about half the numbers were not present, so in reality only 15 people were ahead of me
when my number came up, I handed over all the paperwork and copies of anything I could think of, the woman extracted what she needed, stamped my forms and gave me a ticket for collection, for the next day...time less than a minute
never mind