Re-applying would indeed be pointless and a letter might not do any "good," but that's beside the point.
The point of a letter to the ambassador is to pick a bone, to grind an ax, to give a piece of one's mind about it -- otherwise, no one's the wiser and will not even be aware there is a problem. -----Original Message----- From: Emin Aliev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Kirill Galetski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected] Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 06:54:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Expat List When you are older and have more passion for Russia > > A letter not gonna do any good. And nothing will be accomplished by > re-applying. > > Ideally, you'd have to give it a few months, then try again. > > Just my two cents, > > - Emin > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Kirill Galetski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, July 4, 2008 4:31:34 PM > Subject: Expat List When you are older and have more passion for Russia > > "When you are a little bit older and have more passion for Russia" !!! > > What a shithead! If I were you, I would write a passionately irate letter to > the U.S. ambassador. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:00:24 +0400 (MSD) > Subject: Expat Digest, Vol 45, Issue 6 > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 10:08:18 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Sarah Watterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Expat List American visa question > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > > > I am a Russian citizen, 22 years old. I was planning to visit friends > > (American citizens) in LA, California and applied for a visa. After an > > extremely short interview at the > Consulate I was denied a visa because I do not have enough ties with Russia > . I had the following supporting documents with me: my old passport with an > exchange student > American visa and a Schengen tourist visa, letter of invitation from my > friends saying they would be covering all my expenses, copy of my tickets, > letter from my boss, car > documents etc; unfortunately, the Consulate employee who was interviewing me > did not look at any of those documents except for my new passport and visa > application form. > When I asked if I could reapply the answer was when you are a little bit > older and have more passion for Russia . > > > > Q: if I reapply immediately, is there any chance that another Consulate > > representative will actually look at my documents and consider issuing me a > > visa after my failed > attempt or there is no point in reapplying this summer? > > Thank you, > > Anastasia > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > > Best regards, Kirill Galetski. E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Home: +7 (495) 397-0657 Mobile: +7 906-790-5418 _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
