US embassy in Dublin under fire from disgruntled applicants, attorneys and politicians

Irish Central ^ | February 01, 2018 04:46 AM | Irish Central Staff

[Olog-hai]

The US embassy in Dublin is under fire and facing fierce questioning from Irish applicants, US-based immigration attorneys and Irish politicians over claims that embassy staff is making “rogue” decisions on visa petitions.

Cases heard by Irish Central in particular reference petitions made for E-2 investor visas and O-1 extraordinary ability visas, with one applicant even resolving to travel to another European embassy to have their O-1 petition processed. They did so on the advice of an immigration attorney concerned about the current manner in which their clients are being “aggressively” treated by the Dublin base.

“I have been speaking to multiple people and organizations about what has happened to me and I’m getting more and more feedback of how the Dublin Embassy is behaving outside the norm, acting completely rogue and denying people for no reason at all,” one rejected O-1 applicant told us. Their particular case had been approved by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) only to be turned down by an official in Dublin, leaving them “stunned and shocked” with the way in which their petition had been handled by the staff. […]

The lack of an ambassador from the Trump White House is also a factor. Irish leader Leo Vardakar is expected to ask for a speedy appointment of one when he travels to the US for St. Patrick’s Day. …

[Fightin Whitey]

I'd rather be dead in the head

Like a bump on a log

Than red in the head

Like the dique on a dog

lol totally kidding I've always had great Irishmen among my friends, and lasses too.

[Albion Wilde]

No more Irish from Ireland. Nothing but bleeding heart Marxists. They make our Libs look conservative.

In my experience, you are correct. Last time I was in Ireland, I was denounced because Bush was in the White House and instructed to go to the White House and tell him off on my return to the States (people from small European s***holes rarely have any idea of the scale of America). And those Irish-Americans who fethishize their "Irishness" and live in Irish-American ghettoes like Massachusetts are rarely any better.