Thursday, January 13, 2011

Exceptional Case

    I got an email from the UK consulate yesterday, a day and a half after they started processing."Your application has undergone an initial assessment [and] has been identified as an exceptional case."

    Under unexceptional situations, I would have [most likely] received an answer by now, but since they denied me entry due to a miscommunication, I'm now considered special and the processing time "may now be up to 15 working days from today's date." That's well over two weeks from now, putting me back in London a full month after I had planned to be.

    That's assuming it takes the maximum amount of time they've allotted. I'm hoping that I'm not too exceptional of a case. They acknowledged that I've payed for expedited service and that they "will continue to handle [my] case as expeditiously as possible." I'm hopeful, then, that they'll see that there was no reason for me to be denied entry and send me on my way.

    And in case you hadn't noticed, there are a lot of wishy-washy words in here. A lot of hoping. And waiting. For an email that very well could say, "nope, we don't like you, you can't come in." Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

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