u/Then_Dance2098

I'm a former diplomat from a developing NATO member country.
I was serving as a second secretary at our mission to NATO when things at home got to a point where I no longer felt safe going back. I tried to apply for asylum in Belgium. Let's just say the answer was no, and it wasn't delivered politely. Being a diplomat from an allied country didn't count for much in that process but they kept it from my home country and i still had my D card till the end of my tour.If anything, it made things more complicated.
That same year, I met and married an active duty American service member. I've been living in the US ever since, AMA.

Let me start by saying I have been in & out of the “circles” or whatever you call it. I come from a middle class family from a developing country and I basically started seeing this guy when I was only 17. Been cheated on god knows how many times, my academic life went to shit etc. but he and i were together off/on for 5 years and I was never at the level of being an insta influencer or having brand deals/brand sponsored trips or anything. I got to travel to places someone like me couldn’t have afforded and got a few designer stuff. That’s it. Fast forward to now, I got married to a wonderful guy and I am extremely happy. One of the girls my ex cheated on me with and took to Cannes with him is still on insta looks like living her best life, but at that time she was like 27 and she must be 33-34 now… and she does the exact same stuff, st.barth on NY , cannes in may , mykonos ibiza st tropez capri in the summer… basically on repeat every single year. Like what’s the end game? This other influencer lady i knew through him was born in 1975-Hofit Golan- and i checked her out and she seems to be doing the exact same thing, i don’t even know where they find the energy, i am 25 now and i can’t be bothered with taking photos on vacation anymore let alone being so active on SM and showing every part of my body constantly. Trust me travelling to the same places over and over again gets pretty boring after a while.

Hello everyone,

First of all let me start by saying I am so sorry all of you are dealing with two-year long waits. I am making this post since I haven’t seen any posts like this except on few military FB groups and I wanted to share our experience with filing under blanket authorization. Sharing this for AD military personnel and others who might fall under blanket authorization (State department employees that are at IOs etc. but i feel like they would already know about this anyway)
Please not that blanket authorization won’t work if you are CONUS or have already filed online.

The timeline for filing under blanket authorization hugely depends on the consulate, we have been told in locations like Germany and Japan it can take months.

Here is our timeline:
Request to the embassy via email on the 5th of July. Attached were military orders showing OCONUS.
On the 7th of July, the Embassy replied back and said our exceptional filing request was approved, sent us an I-130 and I-130A to fill , and gave us an appointment for the 24th of July.
On the 24th of July we file the I-130 physically, approval on the same day via email before 1700.Email with next steps was sent, and we were told once we have all the documents ready, they will schedule us an appointment for the visa.