Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Africa: Sub-Saharan	Speaking Pidgin	Interesting topic, a dey for back strong strong. my pidgin is Cameroonian, very close to Naija pidgen though so all is good. make we discuss visa matters na as na the thing that way e di bring we together in the first place. make any man introduce e self talk wether e be USC or foreign spouse. Me a be foreign spouse and a di stay for Canada.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-04-01 09:20:00
Canada	Electronic Processing and Online forms DS 260 and DS 261.	Yes, i started this topic a few days after signing on to VJ so i probably did not know where to put it . darnell thanks for moving it . Saylin i've seen and read your guide and it is mighty helpful . anyone going through the EP process with online forms, just go there for info and see NVC fly by! . Still waiting for my case # from NVC so i can start the process already ! Edited by Happy User, 15 March 2011 - 02:08 PM.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-03-15 14:06:00
Canada	Electronic Processing and Online forms DS 260 and DS 261.	Ok, i have started this forum for those who are doing both EP and using the online forms. Some of the other forums relating to this are a little confusimg. any one with clear steps to add here, will be greatly appreciated.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-03-10 15:49:00
Canada	G2 License.	Thanks so much for all the info.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-04-11 08:04:00
Canada	G2 License.	I am actually going to Minnesota and have not been able to find the info online. Will keep looking though. Thanks for the replies.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-04-10 09:24:00
Canada	G2 License.	Happy Sunday VJ Fam, Just have a quick question about changing over your G2 license to a valid US license. When i get there with my G2 do i have to take the driving test again or can they just convert the license? Thanks for all the responses!	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-04-10 07:44:00
Canada	Is DS-260 required to take????	I would have a copy of the DS 260 as well as the DS 230 filled out just in case because judging from other posts i have read recently at the Montreal embassy they always ask for that as they are not fully on the online forms yet. Just print out what ever comes out as long as it has the information you inputted then its ok.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-04-12 12:58:00
Canada	We got our interview date!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	Wow, congrats and best wishes. I got my interview on the same day as well. Quite a VJ crod there that day	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-05-16 14:34:00
Canada	Waiting for our passports from Montreal	We picked up the passport today. Calling DOS to ask for the status was a nightmare, we got all possible status (AP, Pending, Visa Printed, AP). Our 2 cents .. not much is gained calling DOS ( it depends on the person providing status) Also, sending email to Montreal helps when the US Citizen sends the note ( does it ?? not sure, but at least I got the response whereas my wife's email was never replied). Very hard to say the logic used to print but all we now know is we have the Visa in hand and surprisingly all the pain seems to have been dissipated. Now we are working on the move .. POE on this Friday YVR airport and God O' God what a journey... Good Luck to VJ Members and thanks for all your help and support. I was wandering about you guys, well thank God you have your visa in hand and all the rest is just going to be easy. I know DOS is as unreliable on the phone as NVC. Called twice and got two different answers but right now, see if i care Edited by KarenB, 13 July 2011 - 02:39 PM.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-07-13 14:39:00
Canada	Waiting for our passports from Montreal	@saylin and @karenb how long did it take you to get your passports back with the new visa from your interview? What number were you calling to check on status??? My fiance just had her interview on Monday morning!!....soooo our big questions are, who to call to check now, and how long did it take for you? were either of yours processed out of Montreal? Thanks all! I got my DHL email notifying me they had picked up my passport 15 days after my interview. That was about 8 business day because of the July 1st and 4th holidy. I would say it is averaging about two weeks now. I got the dhl email yesterday at 7pm and this morning my passport was ready for pickup so living two hours away from Montreal was a help. I noticed if you have docs in your file that have to be verified through some other country, like your country of birth other than Canada it takes a little longer but just my random observation. Saylin gave you the number so i guess all your questions are answered. Best of luck to you.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-07-13 13:09:00
Canada	Waiting for our passports from Montreal	Yay, grats! When are you planning on doing your POE? Thanks Saylin. I'll probably do my POE in two weeks. Have a lot of stuff to settle here first. Depending on the airline i take it could be the Toronto or Ottawa airports as i will be flying in.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-07-12 20:27:00
Canada	Waiting for our passports from Montreal	Wooohooooo, finally got the DHL email. Next stop POE.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-07-12 18:18:00
Canada	Waiting for our passports from Montreal		KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-07-12 14:11:00
Canada	Waiting for our passports from Montreal	Well we called DOS again and this time we were informed that our case is pending and they have no clue on how much more time it will take - I guess the response we get from DOS varies on the person we talk to and it is very important for us to stay calm and get a control on ourself ( easier said then what I can actually practice).. Is pending status same as AP? @ceciliaottawa : We wish that you get your visa very soon and pray that this wait time gets over soon..not sure how else I can add value -- did you tell IV Processing Unit in Montreal on the urgency since you are running out of time and hopefully this may help. I remember seeing some post on how someone faxed a note to Montreal .. Yes, the "visa specialists" are as clueless as the poeple who used to ansewer the phone at NVC. I just hope they get what ever they are doing with my visa done soon so that i can get a life. @Cecilia, that is true, i read about that some where in the threads. Yuo can just start with an email explaining your situation though i know your visa will be out in time for you not to stay here illegally. But just try to get the ball rolling and send the embassy an email and a fax to see if they respond.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-07-08 13:47:00
Canada	Waiting for our passports from Montreal	Thanks Karen!, we just called DOS and were given to understand that they have all the necessary information and our case is in AP. The wait time according to the operator was 4 to 8 weeks . This is a bummer and quite upset now .BTW,Did you call DOS? Not sure if India is considered to be in a high fraud country -God this testing period is getting too much to endure! Sorry to hear about your case being in AP. Some times they say that but it really takes a shorter time to go through. Just keep the faith, and call as often as you can though it really doesn't make a difference as the process is being done by the montreal embassy. We called DOS today and the guy said he did not have access to tell us where our visa processis right now. We'll just trying later to speak to someone else who can give us a real answer.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-07-08 13:00:00
Canada	Waiting for our passports from Montreal	I'm the petitioner and an US citizen however my wife who is the beneficiary is NOT a Canadian Citizen she is a Canadian permanent resident. Does this factor for the time to get the visa?? Getting quite concerned and wish we all get the DHL email soon. Do you have any estimates on how long this wait can be? I am also a canadian permanent resident and know that could be a factor as they have to verify all the docs you submitted and if your docs are from a different country it should probably take a little longer but i really cant tell. From other peoples' posts it depends on if the country you come from is high fraud or not.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-07-08 12:33:00
Canada	Waiting for our passports from Montreal	True Saylin, this journey of waiting for the passport is nerve wracking and we were unable to sleep through the nights and cannot stop from imagining all crazy things !! @ KarenB - We were C1 on the day of interview and are still waiting for the DHL email eagerly! Wishing you the very best and hope we get the DHL email soon @ Shawna - Thanks for your inputs yesterday, we called DOS today and they still have no updates for us - they told us to keep checking next week .. BTW, we had scheduled our travel to 13th July and are getting very nervous. Meanwhile wishing you the very best for your POE I remember you guys. I was C5 but i think they interviewed me right after you. Is the petitioner a Canadian citizen cuz i am not and i think it takes longer for them to do the required checks before issuing the visa. Yes, i thuught about booking a flight right after the interview but thought better of it as i know this embassy might be great and fast when it comes to interviews, but they are notoriously slow for sending out visas.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-07-08 11:55:00
Canada	Waiting for our passports from Montreal	Yes, there should have been a line when signing up for DHL that asked for your email address. That's how DHL will know where to send the email with the waybill number. Sign on and go to the applicant information part. You should be able to edit it. Thanks Sayline just did and i did give an email address. Guessi forgot about that. Nerve racking this waiting. Makes you start seeing stars	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-07-08 10:19:00
Canada	Waiting for our passports from Montreal	I got my dhl email!!!! Yay, congrats on getting your visa. Quick question here for anyone, when registering for the dhl service is there an option to put in an email address or does the embassy give that info to dhl because i dont remember registering and putting down an email address. Thanks.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-07-08 10:03:00
Canada	Waiting for our passports from Montreal	I had a blonde lady too and got mine back in two days. We filed DCF/at the consulate though so that might have made a difference? I hope yours comes soon! Good Luck! KarenB-- Oh cool that we were both in on that Monday Did you see when Ellen Page came in? Haha, it seems like they put her through the rest of us peons as she got in and out in 15min! I was there for 5 hours Yeah, its strange how it does seem so random! I totally wasnt expecting to get mine that soon as everyone else had been reporting an average of at least a week-wait time. I hope yours comes TOMORROW! Good luck! AMEN to that. No i was not in there when Ellen Page came in. I was out by 9:15am so maybe that is why.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-07-05 08:14:00
Canada	Waiting for our passports from Montreal	Hi all, I had my interview two days ago (Monday June 27) and already received an email today saying DHL picked up my passport and it is on its way to the Markham, ON DHL location as we speak! The email included my waybill number and a link to tracking. I'm shocked at how fast they got it sent out, and am hoping to be able to pick it up in the next day or two. I will be completely amazed if I can get it this very same week of my interview. Sorry to hear some of you guys have been waiting so long-- I wonder why I am getting mine so fast, but I hope you all get yours very soon as well! I will update here once I've picked it up~ Good luck all Wow, that was really fast. Really great! I had my interview the same day as you but no news yet from DHL. I am hoping for this week though, all the holidays this weekend are not helping though . Well i'll hope for the best though. It's like this visa issuing process is completely random.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-07-04 11:29:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Translation Services.	I've used this site for a flat rate. Exceptional quality and fast. I'll use them again. http://www.foxtranslate.com/ Other places where I requested quotes were pricey (over $60 per page). Thanks Kira L. for the link . I just had the doc translated and it was quick and cheap. Recommend it to anyone who need a fast certified translation done. Thanks everyone for your imput.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-03-16 11:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Translation Services.	Thanks for all the help guys. VJ is such a life (and money) saver. I actually have just one page to translate so i dont think it will will be a problem.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-03-14 20:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Translation Services.	Thanks for all the info. I just sent the doc i need translated to a couple of places and am waiting for a quote. I think the translation has to be certified by the translating agency, and they have to be certified and registered under the correct organisation. Please correct me anyone if i am wrong. Thanks.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-03-14 13:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Translation Services.	Hi all, Does anyone know of a good translation service in the ottawa area i can use for one of my doccuments. Really am not sure about all these ones online. any suggestions will be greatly appreciated . Thanks.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-03-14 11:49:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	How long does it currently take NVC put put your file into the system??	Same here, my case got there on Mar 14 but still no case number. i am not panicked though as i know it can take any amount of time to go into the system. Waiting and calling every day Edited by Happy User, 17 March 2011 - 03:02 PM.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-03-17 15:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	DS 230	yes I did ... and thanks for the response ... but I wasn't sure what the NVC has at this point If the beneficiary has not been previously married then you dont need to send your divorce decree with the DS230 docs. Just make sure the beneficiary has it during the interview as they almost always ask for it.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-04-26 11:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CSC to TSC to NVC: the Saga continues	Just got back from embassy, my wife's visa is approved Congrats!!	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-05-17 10:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CSC to TSC to NVC: the Saga continues	Congrats to all who got thier visa aproval!!!	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-05-13 09:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CSC to TSC to NVC: the Saga continues	So I called this morning like I said I would and of course no answers can be given to me. Just "I'm not sure, send it all again" WHAT? They have no sign of it in the system!!!! How do you lose an email? I think it's ridiculous. I mean It's not a crazy hassle since it's electronic and I can just resend the files, but I can only imagine how it feels for the people who have to mail these things in and this happens...how annoying! I do have to provide a copy of my DS-2019 from my J1 visa I had a few years ago, so I guess either way I would have got an RFE, but come on state it for the right things. They basically are asking me for both packages as if they didn't receive it. I know exactly how you feel. The same thing happened to me. When they send you a checklist of all the docs it usually is because they have not inputted your docs into thier system yet. They then input the docs and if they actually find something missing they will send another checklist for that one. In my case it was proof of legal residence in Canada so i sent it in as soon as i found out they needed it and they just received it today, 2 weeks later so if you can, send the copy of they DS-2019 as soon as possible because this will hasten your process. Good luck.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-05-05 08:20:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CSC to TSC to NVC: the Saga continues	Hey did you resend the e-mail since you didn't receive an auto-reply? I just sent my supporting documents for the IV and I did not get an auto-reply either. Maybe cause its Monday and the servers are busy. Should I resend again? Booooy today is a bad day. Nothing is going right for me today. Anyone else doing EP who didn't get an auto-reply? I have seen a couple of people who have not received an auto-reply when they sent thier docs. I have actually sent my docs to the EP email address like three times and they are currently reviewing them. I would say first call an operator (hopefully a nice one) and ask and if you dont get a satisfactory answer send it and wait every other hour because some times it takes a while for the reply to come in. Good luck	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-04-18 19:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CSC to TSC to NVC: the Saga continues	Interview done!! We are APPROVED !!! Holy Cow, I stood there in amazement for sometime!! Still unbelievable!! Wishing you all the BEST for your journeys!! VJ is the best website that could have happened to us during this long wait & thanks to everyone of you who have supported us to get through this!! Congrars!!!	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-04-18 11:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CSC to TSC to NVC: the Saga continues	Congrats to all the CC and interview date. Best of luch at completing this process!	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-04-14 08:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CSC to TSC to NVC: the Saga continues	Congrats to everyone that has received their interview dates! Also, a word of advice for anyone doing Electronic Processing(@ Montreal), do NOT email any of your supporting documentation before you receive your opt-in confirmation from NVC. I waited 30 days and my documents had still not been reviewed and after speaking with a supervisor I was told that if you send your documents before you received the opt-in confirmation they will be confused and not have a case to match the documents to! At this point I'm not sure that electronic processing is any faster than snail mail completely agreee about the speed. The OPTIN confiramtion takles forever. Anyway thanks for the heads up, i will have to send the docs again after OTPIN confirmation.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-03-31 11:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CSC to TSC to NVC: the Saga continues	Case Complete on March 29. Thank you guys for all the support. Now will wait for the interview schedule... 'Grats	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-03-30 11:20:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CSC to TSC to NVC: the Saga continues	Congrats Saylin	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-03-25 14:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CSC to TSC to NVC: the Saga continues	Payment Portal still not updated today. IV Bill box is not there for me to pay although it says its available to pay I can't. Have you called and spoken with an operator? Yesterday they told me it was because the fee had not been invoiced yet and to wait a couple of day . i wander if it is a computer glitch, i will call again today and see what happened. Payment Portal still not updated today. IV Bill box is not there for me to pay although it says its available to pay I can't. Have you called and spoken with an operator? Yesterday they told me it was because the fee had not been invoiced yet and to wait a couple of day . i wander if it is a computer glitch, i will call again today and see what happened.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-03-24 19:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CSC to TSC to NVC: the Saga continues	AOS Sent 5.25MB 48 pages with cover IV Bill is invoiced but the box is not there for me to check and pay,, gotta wait for the next update Same thing with me today. Called up and operator and she said the IV bill had not yet been invoiced, she ask me to wait, cant she tell patience is not a forte when dealing with these things?	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-03-23 18:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CSC to TSC to NVC: the Saga continues	I got the IID and BID today so mine are not available to pay yet since my wife completed the choice of agent a couple of hours ago. I believe you were able to get those enumbers on Friday right? Yes thats right. Was lucky enough to get the IIN and BID on friday (was calling every day ) and sent the DS 261 on Sunday. Good luck to you and your wife though!!!	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-03-21 21:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	CSC to TSC to NVC: the Saga continues	I believe their server allows up to 15 meg,,, I will put the PDFs together to see what size mine comes out to Hi CaliforniaGuy, i see we got our case numbers the same day. will be watching your timelime and praying for us both. just checked the system now and paid the AOS fees.	KarenB	Female	Canada	2011-03-21 19:28:00