ESTA denied and applying for B2 visa
May 16th 2016, 2:09 pm
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Re: ESTA denied and applying for B2 visa
Well I'm not long back from the embassy! The 10 year visa was granted 
The day didn't start very well when some bright-spark thought it'd be a good idea to leave their bag unattended by the entrance. This meant we all had to clear the area (understandably) and re-queue again. It seemed fairly busy today and all in all it took 3 hours from queuing up outside to leaving the embassy.
The lady that interviewed me was really polite; i wasn't there for more than 5-10 minutes. She asked me:
- whether I had ever been to Iraq.
- why I want to go to the US.
- about my job and degree.
And that was that (didn't ask to see any documents). Should get my passport back in 3-5 days.
The day didn't start very well when some bright-spark thought it'd be a good idea to leave their bag unattended by the entrance. This meant we all had to clear the area (understandably) and re-queue again. It seemed fairly busy today and all in all it took 3 hours from queuing up outside to leaving the embassy.
The lady that interviewed me was really polite; i wasn't there for more than 5-10 minutes. She asked me:
- whether I had ever been to Iraq.
- why I want to go to the US.
- about my job and degree.
And that was that (didn't ask to see any documents). Should get my passport back in 3-5 days.
May 16th 2016, 9:23 pm
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Re: ESTA denied and applying for B2 visa
Congrats, and thanks for the up-date.
May 17th 2016, 10:01 pm
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Re: ESTA denied and applying for B2 visa
[1] For instance she claimed to have lost two brothers to the Black and Tans during the Anglo-Irish war. My wife and I eventually visited the part of Northern Ireland the family was from and we met an old local who knew the family who told us "oh no, both of them got drunk and fell in a bog on the way home from the pub and drowned!"
May 18th 2016, 11:15 pm
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Re: ESTA denied and applying for B2 visa
Thank everyone! My B2 Visa status changed to "Issued" today so hopefully I'll have my passport back soon! 
Our flights to New York are via Dublin (with Aer Lingus) so we'll have the pre-clearance facility at Dublin. Does anyone know what the likelihood is that I'll have to go through secondary inspection at Dublin? They'll probably notice my lack of ESTA and see the B2 instead so that's why I'm asking. Our connection at Dublin is 1hr 50mins so it's fairly tight but it is an advertised connection on the itinerary when we were making our booking i.e. it all falls under one booking ref/itinerary.
Our flights to New York are via Dublin (with Aer Lingus) so we'll have the pre-clearance facility at Dublin. Does anyone know what the likelihood is that I'll have to go through secondary inspection at Dublin? They'll probably notice my lack of ESTA and see the B2 instead so that's why I'm asking. Our connection at Dublin is 1hr 50mins so it's fairly tight but it is an advertised connection on the itinerary when we were making our booking i.e. it all falls under one booking ref/itinerary.
May 19th 2016, 12:19 am
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Re: ESTA denied and applying for B2 visa
Our connection at Dublin is 1hr 50mins so it's fairly tight...
... it is an advertised connection...
Ian
May 20th 2016, 11:45 am
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Re: ESTA denied and applying for B2 visa
My passport arrived today and everything is in order. I have an annotation which says "esta record reviewed". I've looked up what this means and it makes sense! Thanks again
