Visa photo

ok, this is going to sound like a really stupid question!! but my visa appointment is monday and we need to get a photo done. will one from a passport photo booth do?? or does it have to be done properly??

 

done properly, i got mine done in belfast in Snappy Shots r something, and u can get it done in Jessops camera store 2 in belfast. My friend fiona tried the chemists and photo booth but they weren't the right measurement. and u just need 1 photo. I got 2 when i got mine done.

 

Yeah- its awkward measurements so you can't use a normal passport size one.
Charlotte x

 

thanks guys!!
just got a bit confused cause some ppl were sayin i need a proper one but others (that r out there) were tellin me they used a normal photo booth one and it was fine!! :-\

 

Actually, when I had my visa appointment done, i only took 2 normal passport size photos, i did in a photo booth the day before and to be honest that was fine! Its not as scary as people make out to be, just alot of waiting around to see someone for 5 minutes, there not going to refuse you a visa if your measurment on your photo is out by a few mm. As long as you've got all you paperwork sorted, you'll be fine.

 

I still havn't got my visa paperwork yet and I leave in 7 weeks! thats kinda nervewracking But I really just wanna get over this final stage ;D

Thinking of the sun :

 

thanks danny!!
ive just found a jessops near me so i think i might go there but im not going to totally worry about it, i just had passport ones done so if i cant get one at jessops ill just take them!!
starting to worry tho that ive filled the forms out n i'll get sent away. i hear if you have mistakes they just tell u to leave and come back another time!!!

 

just went for my visa appt yesterday.

if ur going to the london one take an umbrella - i queued outside for about 2 hours before getting into the embassy. u can take elctronics with u they give u a clear plastic baggy to stick them in when u get to the security point they take them off u and give u a tag.

when u get into the embassy u get given a number and have to wait for it to be called. u go up give ya papers and get ya prints scanned. then u go sit back down and wait for ur number to get called again. you then have a 2 minute interview where they just ask u ur intentions in the us and when u come home. then u get to go queue again for ya sms thingy which is the service by which they send ur passport back to u.

my appt time was 1pm and i didnt get out until about 530 so its a long drag

also u might want to take something to eat and drink with u as u could be there a while - take a book or something

people can queue up with u as far as the security check point but cant go past there

theres toilets in the embassy but none when ur queuing up outside.

a chemist down the road does the proper visa photos and thers a photo booth inside that does passport ones - both are fine tho - i had the visa ones another girl just had passport ones. if u get passport ones make sure u follow the general guidelines on them ie on a white background and with the face cleared of hair etc

if ur going to london get the latest appt u can. people who had later appts than me were out at the same time!!!!

 

gosh, thats harsh!

dublin is great, u can go in and out of the embassy all the time to go to the shops, the chemist, nything! lol

plus, we just had to wait 5mins outside in Ballsbridge
went in one by one

security were lovely, really nice. u could talk away to em lol

then went in handed in papers
sat down
waited for name call
went up to cashier again, prints scanned, then passport given bak (well,mine wuda bn only they want original visa petition - which is on its way from mexico to america now then disney to dublin, then i'l get my passport posted out to me - could take a few weeks lol) so yeh, easy peasy, no interview wat so ever!

loved it hahaahahaha

 

You'll be fine, just double check your paperwork and get someone else to check it for you and it's all good!! Disney Awaits and its a great place to be i love it here, when do you arrive?

 

omg the london one sounds dead harsh!!!! my appointments at 11 so guess ill b there for a while!!! thanks for the food and drink tip, never even thought of that!!!

emmmm danny i get there on the 19th of august!! 3 weeks on sunday and cant wait! u out there now? what u doin? where bouts u living?

 

ohhhh one more question! on the ds 156 ive not idea what my passport issuing city is! any clues?? i remeber sending the application to glasgow, but it doenst say anywhere on the passport???

 

yeh, say glasgow. mine was belfast

 

Hey Claire!! How r u?? i went to London and it was nae bother i had a normal passport foto and it was fine. I did have to wait and sit on the floor for 4 hrs but got speakin to some folk so it passed the time! Security are quite strict mak sure ur bag u take isnt too big cos they will rake thru it. The interview is fine tho and once i got my visa the women was really nice!! u'll b fine xxx

 

yummy jobs says i'm gona have to wait quite a while for my visa to get bak to me, theyr sending the original visa petition from mexico to disney, then disney are sending it to dublin! phew, just hoping i don't miss my flight! lol

 

hey steph im good you?? yeah im plannin on just havin a wee bag!! what passport issuing city did u put?? im gonna have to re do my form its got sooo many mistakes lol! oh well ill do it tomorrow!!

elizabeth, how come u went to dublin??? thought we could only go to london or belfast?? xx

 

How do you know you've made a mistake claire? Im worried that i've made a mistake now as well! Hopefully if i've made a mistake when i get there they'll let me sort it out there!

Also, whats this about a visa petition, we are guna get our visa's for definite aren't we :'(

 

just dates i was in the us and i was a right twat n couldnt find the address for CMU so left it blank, but now ive found it!!! go on make ur scottish joke lol!

i dunno im confused about that too!!

 

Because im nice, just this once i won't make a scottish joke ;D haha..

 

becs ther was nothin available in blfast, no cancellations, then their closin in august. so got one in london, but too expensive and too much hassle to travel over. so got it in dublin. and now i find out there were dates set aside for us in belfast! no one told us, plus i said where i was going to and wat to do wen bookin the visa appointment! jeese!

and the visa petition is wat disney sent u for ur visa, has names and the embassy u go to on it. but i only had a copy f it, they wouldn't accept it, so got yummy to check it out, they rang disney, and disney are gettin the original from mexico, sending it to disney then to dublin, then i'll gt my passport and visa once thats done! so yummy said it'll take a while tho, but they're keepin me updated