Check up on the dissertation thing. I smell the proverbial rat. That's wierd that you would send them stuff and not hear anything back. If anything, phone call, email or fax along the lines of "Excuse me, I exist" is here. About the recommendation thing, I don't know if there's anything you can do about that besides ask another advisor?

Wierd that you won't get accepted for a job because of your dual citizenship. That makes me all wtf-y too.