Zoots
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snowbunny00774 said:Zoots - are you a PR in the states or have a GC?
Neither. I'm on work visa and even though I already have a visa authorization document to work in this country, I have to get an appointment to get the visa stamped on my passport if I cross the border and have to re-enter. It's retarded! The government has already screened me and issued me a visa. Why the hell do they have to interview me again just to get that visa on my Indian passport? Shouldn't that be just a formality that can be easily taken care of over mail or something? And that's not it. Even worse is getting an appointment, the waiting time for which changes everyday! Two weeks back the average waiting time for an appointment in TO was 2 days. A week back it was 15 days. And a couple days back suddenly it changed to 43 days. WTF! So basically what they're saying is that the earliest appointment they can give me right now is like Nov 15th or 16th. If I come to ITH, I'd have to wait till the 16th or so to go for the appointment, get the visa on my passport and THEN re-enter the US. And it's not even like I can book an appointment welllll in advance. You cannot book more than 2 months in advance and the waiting time is 1-1/2 months. They expect us to literally keep checking the government booking site every single day until the available appointment day falls in that convenient period of say, Oct 30th to Nov 3rd. And they don't even give you a handful of dates to choose from. It's usually one day open or none at all. I checked the last 2 days and it said "no appointments available at this time".
Soooo basically the bottomline message I'm getting from the US govt is that "if you're on a visa you're fucked! Either stay put in this country and work or leave for good. Don't try to re-enter, we'll make it almost impossible for you to do so!" If I'm not mistaken, this ridiculous system has been put in place only since 9/11. So I guess I can thank Osama Muthafucking Bin Laden for making this govt. so paranoid and tightening visa procedures to such a level!
Sorry I had to vent.