(visa)
Thanks for pointing that out to me, although I have already booked my interview.
I aggree with you generally, that it can take quite a while to get a visa sorted at this time of year.
However I think you have slightly exaggerated the times involved.
(some of your facts are fiction!)
Yesterday I booked an interview at the embassy in London for one and a half weeks time.
IH
(also not from N.Ireland, but S.England!!!)