the los angelas consulate took at least 2 weeks 10 working days, makes it difficult to plane how long to buy a plane ticket, really almost need to pland 6-8 weeks in advance, in case the paperwork isn't satisfactory IMO
at the airport, they asked questions about my long stay being longer than my visa, I had to explain about extensions, of which I'm guessing they know little about, which wasn't really nice to be questioned on.
Is it true that this is a glitch in the system(and it is not fixed?)? , I answered every question, used the photo of statement I signed saying "this doesn't apply", which is kind of ridiculous, that it gets to this guessing game ,
can't wait for medical insurance to be added, I happen to buy my own via geoblue anyway, but really too many hoops for a TR