Day four waiting... what the heck LA consulate??

thanks everyone... i'm feeling better about it and I really hope everything just works itself out on monday! thank god for this board!

AMEN to that!

Ok so this is the 2nd time I have had to send my visa to the LA office. 1st time I received an email notifying me that my application was received and that they were processing it in 15 days. Well I just mailed them my reapply and I have received none of those emails and it's been 4 days. I do have confirmation from the postal service that they were signed and delivered but I am freaking out because I haven't heard anything from the LA office yet. Anyone else had that problem?

Actions taken so far have been to email worldbridge and complaintslavisa@fco.gov.uk. Any other suggestions?

You want to complain after four days, one of which was a holiday?  Are you kidding?

Vicky

Ok so this is the 2nd time I have had to send my visa to the LA office. 1st time I received an email notifying me that my application was received and that they were processing it in 15 days. Well I just mailed them my reapply and I have received none of those emails and it's been 4 days. I do have confirmation from the postal service that they were signed and delivered but I am freaking out because I haven't heard anything from the LA office yet. Anyone else had that problem?

Actions taken so far have been to email worldbridge and complaintslavisa@fco.gov.uk. Any other suggestions?

Have you read any other threads on this forum about the LA consulate? There's a well-documented delay there between applications being delivered and opened. Four days? Good grief.

ETA: What Vicky said.

Actions taken so far have been to email worldbridge and complaintslavisa@fco.gov.uk. Any other suggestions?

Valium?

Valium?

 

 

 

I feel bad for your situation. This sucks big time. I think we all need to calm down when it comes to our apps (myself included) but I can see why you are in full blown panic mode. You have a courier giving you "advice" and it's throwing fuel on a fire. Just keep us all updated about what a ECO TELLS YOU to do.

::huggy::

4 days is nothing, especially since it sounds like you didn't use a courier, especially when there's been a holiday *and* issues with biometrics. So just relax, use whatever you need to use to relax (that's within the confines of the law, of course) and depending on where you live enjoy the weather (or bundle up and hide)

Ok, granted this was 4 years ago  but my student visa from LA took 12 business days to process.  4 days is nothing.

just a little update, today I received 2 emails: one from "worldpay" saying my first application fee of $747 had been refunded (without my asking for a refund yet) and also an email from the consulate,:

"Hello xxxxxx,

Your refund has been applied for and should be processed shortly if it has not already. The information you were told, that you will need to reapply, is correct, because, due to the biometrics problem, your application has been voided.

Regards,
Visa Section"

I'd already reapplied and paid the NOW HIGHER visa fee (roughly $843) and i'm going in for my second biometrics tomorrow than over-nighting my documents to the courier. I'm still planning to write another letter asking to be refunded the difference between the higher and lower fee since I applied before the fee changed occurred.

Hopefully all goes well this time around. I miss my fiance so much, today was my intended travel day.

I'd already reapplied and paid the NOW HIGHER visa fee (roughly $843) and i'm going in for my second biometrics tomorrow than over-nighting my documents to the courier. I'm still planning to write another letter asking to be refunded the difference between the higher and lower fee since I applied before the fee changed occurred.

Hopefully all goes well this time around. I miss my fiance so much, today was my intended travel day.

I am so sorry that because of a biometric glitch your application has been delayed this way. But I'm glad to hear that your money was refunded without you having to chase that down. I really hope you can them to refund the difference in application fees because that really isn't fair on you due to the problems with their system. The best of luck to you in being reunited with your fiance as soon as possible!

Will you have to pay your courier another fee for the application?

Anyway, here's to a speedy application process for you this time around, Lexi!