hey all... i was just reading over some really old posts on PAGE 26 of this board and i found a post about delayed departures.... These girls going out in september 2004 were delayed a few times for like a few weeks... does anyone know if this kinda thing happens alot ???!?!! x
Usually that occurs when there are VISA problems. For my departure, for example, there were 2 Norwegians arriving, tho it was supposed to be like 30... But this was in July 2002, so not long after 9/11. The further you get away from 9/11, the shorter the waiting time will be for the VISA. I don't think that will be a really big problem nowadays, except, maybe, for IPs from Morocco...?
Those delays were because of the horrendous hurricanes last september...remember, when there were like 3 in the space of 2 weeks!?!? they couldn't fly out cos everything was shutting in preparation, or destroyed, or it was when the bad weather was actually happening, and they couldn't fly into it......since you're early sept, you might miss the season this year, by a margin...so i don't see why you wouldn't go on time..... ...of course, I'm not a weather man!! be prepared! Ellen xxx
hey everyone!...i was there when hurricane charley and frances where there.yeah flights were all canceled then.i thought i was gunna get stuck there hehe ( in my dreams ) nat xxx.hope ur flights don get delayed ;D ;D ;D
hey nat, i was there then too. the day charles was hitting, me and my bf were flying out to Vegas for the weekend. We just got on our flight before they closed orlando airport. my family were still in disney when it hit - have photos of how big the trees were that were blown down - scary!!!
heya! wow coisidence!! ;D ;D ;D.i know was a massive hurrican...u knew whn it was cumin it was boiling but pouring down...the sky looked beautiful it was black with bright colours in,and flashes of lightning,was scary at same time. annoying not been able to go in pool,but i understood with all the lightning,you dont wanna be near water ;D ;D
There were lots of delays the summer of 2003 as well. I arrived August 6th which probably should have been a huge arrival group, but instead there were only like 30 of us in total. I found out later that there were lots of Canadian and UK F&B that should have arrived then as well, but they all ended up in two huge groups in September. It all depends on the "world environment" at the time. Most of the delays then, we due to the war. We didn't even know if we'd get to go for sure. And then with the SARS thing, being from Toronto, we were worried but never got delayed (or quarantined for that matter!) Shan
Do you know if it is A MUST to get the VISA prior to departure 30 days???? Is there ANY exception case??? The USA Embassy has sent me back a msg. One thing which surprises me is that it says,"As an exchange visitor (J-1) visa holder, ******you will not be admitted into the United States more than 30 days prior to the beginning of your program date as listed on your DS-2019. Please consider that date carefully when making your travel plans to the United States."*********** The univ. arranged my classmates and I have the interview with the US Embassy on 13th May I will be leaving on 6th June. THere is LESS than 30 days in between the day of interview and the departure. What'm I gonna do? I don't know why I always encounter difficulties when dealign the VISA stuff. :'( :'(
