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Originally Posted by mars6423

also, i think it is a crime that you have to pay (131 pesos) to make an interview with the embassy and that they wont help you/your gf and that you have to wait a while for that interview (a few weeks/month) is not a acceptable time in my books, many people wont know if they are going to be traveling through the US with that amount of time to wait (ex. small business where there is a convention/meeting in europe where the cheapest flight was through the US so they save money, and the conference is in 2 weeks, there is no chance that they would be able to get the visa in time, making the airline profitable with no passenger on that flight, an extra income, its feeding the fat cats since you have to pay the embassy and the airline money and cant get on that flight

131pesos is about US$35 (34.48) so thats not pocket change, so they should be more helpful, they should understand the situation.......ask them to see if there is a cancelation in an appointment if they could see and interview your gf (still dont see why she would need to be interviewed for transit but policy is policy and i cant argue that) or ask if she can go on her free time and if there is a space available to do the interview than, or if it is only allowable to be present at the scheduled time of interview

Mars it wasn't 131 pesos, it was 131 DOLLARS which is a lot of money for an Argentinian!!! Plus there are 15 dollars to be paid just to make the appointment. It is the same to get a holiday visa as it is for the transit visa. So in essence you are paying 146 dollars just to sit in an airport for a few hours. If this isn't robbery then I don't know what is!