EFTA02306177.pdf

From: > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:56 PM To: Subject: Fwd: RE: I think you need to keep y=ur Wed appointment and hopefully you will get back by Friday as that will b= 3 days. Begin forwarded message: From: "Erickson, Abigail I* < Date: May 18, 2=12 2:38:00 PM GMT+02:00 To: <mailto >> Subject: RE: Because of the many holidays in May an= the Embassy being closed for them, the Consular section is booked solid, b=t I have been told the following by my colleagues from Consular:=/span> "She fii needs to make an appointment. She can do that either online or by c=lling the call center (http://france.usembassy.gov/niv/appointments.html <http://france.usembassy.gov/niv/appointme=ts.html> ). It i= doubtful she will be able to get an appointment on Wednesday or Thursday a= the wait time for work visa appointments is about 7 working days. Ho=ever, appointments do open up if there are cancellations, and the call cent=r can help tell her if there are available appointments next week. &nb=p; I assume she has an approved petition for whichever type of work visa sh= will be applying for. We usually do return visa'ed pas=ports by mail, but if asked, will allow the applicant to pick up personally=in case of imminent travel. The visa is usually ready for=pickup in 1-3 days." <=pan style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-se=if";color:#1F497D">l am so sorry I am unable to be of more assistance a=d I hope you can understand how we cannot influence their work. I wis= her the best of luck and hope it works out. <= class="MsoNormal">Thank you.=/p> Abigail EFTA_R1_01181453 EFTA02306177  </=pan> <=iv> This email is UNCLASSIFIED. <=pan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-ser=f—>From:M [maiIto =b>Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 1:09 PM To: Erickson, Abigail il<=r>Subject: Re: Great, thank you. The assistant, is of he has been approved for the work visa, but just needs to have it put=into her passport at the US Embassy. She arrives in Paris on Wednesday morn=ng, so a Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning appointment would be best.=She also said the Embassy will need to keep her passport for a bit, but was='t sure how long they will need it. She was hoping to fly back with Jeffrey=to NY on the 26th. On May 18, 2012, at 12:44 PM, Erickson, Abiga=l I wrote: Hi MI, I will get back to you on Monday as Ambassador Rivk=n is currently in the U.S. in reference to his availability. Is the assistant trying to get an appointment at the U.S.=Embassy for a work visa and if yes, what nationality is she? =/div> This email is UNCLASSIFIED. 2 EFTA_R1_01181454 EFTA02306178 3 EFTA_R1_01181455 EFTA02306179