i spoke too soon

hay. visitor visa, embassies, consulates, requirements, policies and bl**dy going anywhere with philippine passport.

so i thought it was all in the bag with my visitor visa to ireland coz a.) UK granted me one, b.) it's just for a day, c.) i already have *albeit very short* immigration history. i was so wrong.

got the refusal letter yesterday. i had such delay reaction this time. i got it early in the morning and i felt nothing, like oh well kind of feeling like it doesn't matter. then later in the day , i can't believe that they actually refused my application. i gradually got there in the end - annoyed and tired. by the evening, i was frustrated.

the reasons? financial documents were deemed insufficient or incomplete, no clear link to the reference and incomplete documentation. first of all, if UK thinks i have enough savings to spend 3 weeks as tourist there, i should think it's also enough to spend one day in ireland. i was a bit confused with the 'no clear link to reference'. we are visiting my bf's grandfather. we have a letter from him stating that he knows me to be his grandson's partner and that we're welcome to stay with him during the dates specified. how much clearer can that be? as for insufficient documentation, well, duh! you'd think if they found the two other reasons then that means my
documents are indeed insufficient.

i called the irish consulate office today expecting to be annoyed and frustrated even more but i was so surprised how good that mary girl is (she's the visa section staff). first of all, when i told her the purpose of my call, she was thoughtful and started to tell me what the website have already told me so i cut her off and told her i already know about the appeal procedures, i just wanted to know if she can clear things with me. she apologized that she really has no say about it but strongly suggested that i appeal the decision coz she was even confused why my application was refused. she swears she sent all the documents i sent her. she gave me the email address of the visa section in dublin and told me to ask them if they need additional information. she also assured me that if i apply from here but have already gone to UK before a decision was made that i can get the visa from the irish embassy there. i also don't have to submit my passport with my appeal documents until it's approved.

it was way better than what i imagined the conversation would be. in my head i was imagining she'd just say no to everything and say sorry but she can't help me. even when it's the worst experience i've had with visa application yet, she still is in my good books. :-)


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a few days before i got the refusal letter, i dreamt that my application was approved and that worried me. you see, i have this really bizarre thing with dreams where if it's a really real one, you know, like none of those im flying or being chased by monsters stuff, especially if it's something happening to me or concerning me recently, what happens in my dream is the reverse of what it would be in real life.

so bizarre.

now my bf is asking me to dream that he lost in the rps tournament. hehe.


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he left this morning to go to canada to join the rock paper scissor tournament. he's staying there for 11 days. because of all that hulabaloo about the refusal of my visa application, we didn't get as much cuddle time as i wanted to. *sigh*