So VisaQuest 2019 has come to an end without the hoped for pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.... However, that doesn't mean that I didn't learn a lot during this struggle.

Without going into drawn out details, yes, after my visa was declined my attorney and I thought of every option that you have thought of... we called the right people in Milan and Rome, asked all the right questions to the Visa Gods in Philadelphia, considered various appeals, etc. Seriously, two intelligent women spent days strategizing on this, we covered every angle. I'm not going to beat the dead horse any longer....

We're both baffled, as is the school who had hoped to employ me.

But, oh well, it's time to dust myself off and move on -- for now.