What do you do about the fee? Do you just pay it?

File early. The window is shorter than people think and it starts at the transaction.

Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time.

You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in.

An inconclusive account is useful if it stops the next person mistaking a story for a controlled comparison.

Same here.

Photograph everything before you open it. Ten seconds, settles most disputes. Two years in on Poland and it lines up.

Test one thing at a time. It feels slower and it is the only way to learn anything.

Bring a list. Embarrassment makes everyone forget things, including you.