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do i need a SAE?

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  • 10-03-2014 5:08pm
    #1
    EyeSight
    Registered Users Posts: 1,180 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Long story short, i have my visa interview for an L1 visa this week. I booked the interview online and paid a fee which included a DHL delivery service.
    They gave me a vague checklist of what i should bring. This list does not mention a stamped addressed envelope.

    Can i assume i do not need a SAE? If i do need it, is it just a regular stamp(I live in Leopardstown) and a4 sized envelope needed?


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    Jonny_D
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭Jonny_D


    I had my L1 interview about 3 years ago and needed to bring an SAE for each passport.
    It was done by regular post.

    Maybe they've changed it to DHL now. (Which would be an improvement.)


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    iusedtoknow
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    I did my L1 interview in 2012, had to bring an envelope as well


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    EyeSight
    Registered Users Posts: 1,180 ✭✭✭EyeSight


    Thanks, i will bring one so.

    Will a standard A4 envelope and a standard stamp do? Or have they some convoluted specific type they need?


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    Jonny_D
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭Jonny_D


    How did it work out?
    How long after the interview before you got your passport back?

    I need to renew my L1 and need to figure out how much time back home I'll need in order to get the passports back from the embassy...


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    Ponster
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    EyeSight wrote: »
    Thanks, i will bring one so.

    Will a standard A4 envelope and a standard stamp do? Or have they some convoluted specific type they need?

    I realize that the question is a little old now but for future readers I'd suggest that as it involves sending your passport in the post, that a registered letter/package would be better then just a simple envelope.


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    athtrasna
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    Ponster wrote: »
    I realize that the question is a little old now but for future readers I'd suggest that as it involves sending your passport in the post, that a registered letter/package would be better then just a simple envelope.

    You can't pre-register an envelope


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    Ponster
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    athtrasna wrote: »
    You can't pre-register an envelope

    Really ? I had no idea. IN France where I got my visa you can buy pre-registered envelopes and it's the only thing that the US embassy accepts.


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    DM addict
    Registered Users Posts: 567 ✭✭✭DM addict


    They courier everything back anyway. Or at least, they did when we were doing it in March


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    Novella
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    DM addict wrote: »
    They courier everything back anyway. Or at least, they did when we were doing it in March

    Yeah, I had a visa interview last week and my passport is being sent back with a courier.


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    Jonny_D
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭Jonny_D


    Novella wrote: »
    Yeah, I had a visa interview last week and my passport is being sent back with a courier.

    Let me know how long it takes to get to you.


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    Novella
    Registered Users Posts: 13,713 ✭✭✭✭Novella


    Jonny_D wrote: »
    Let me know how long it takes to get to you.

    My interview was last Friday and I received an e-mail yesterday to say that my passport should be available to pick up in 1-2 days. I called DPD this afternoon and they had it so I will have it back tomorrow. :)


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    EyeSight
    Registered Users Posts: 1,180 ✭✭✭EyeSight


    Jonny_D wrote: »
    Let me know how long it takes to get to you.

    Courier sent it within 3 or 4 days. Should have been faster but the courier didn't contact me and the tracking status said something vague like "pending dispatch" or something which apparently means you can collect it :rolleyes:

    no SAE needed :)


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