I am a professor and have submitted a visitor visa application more than 2 months ago in Vienna. I am a Romanian citizen, but I reside in the Netherlands. They did not manage to process my application in time for my US departure (I will be staying for 4 months on a research visit), so I took out my passport via a visa company. Now I face similar application times in US, at least 30 days, and once I submit I am left with absolutely no ID in US, and as a scholar I travel a lot. I have to be in Canada Nov. 21, but have another flight within US October 21 where I need my passport since I have no other US ID. So basically I will apply October 22, have to book a flight, and have no guarantee that I can obtain a visa. I have already paid the application fee once, plus the visa services in Vienna, so this can get very expensive.
Any idea what I can do?
Any idea what I can do?