Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	NO i mean for you papers lol Shell im nervous for next week medical and interview after that week.What about you? LOL...not very many papers coming to the medical - so I'm ok there I'm nervous, but mostly for the flying. Gah! LOL. Why are you nervous?	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-08 10:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Buy a file or something A file for underwear and socks??	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-08 10:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Why do you need bigger purse? Because I suck and packed 2 cms too much stuff. sigh. stupid carry on bag size restrictions	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-08 10:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Haha, thanks! I'm getting pretty stoked now that it's all sinking in We haven't sent in any forms, since my husband is deployed (which is why we got the expedite), and can't send them until he is back... So the expedite won't be as useful as it could be, but definitely speeds things up once he is back That's for sure! The letters the embassy sends you will also be helpful, and some embassies are more responsive than others so you can always try contacting them if you're absolutely stuck!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-08 10:20:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	I just called the NVC and asked about my DS-3032 and my name being wrong on their file and the operator said not worry about any of it, since the Helsinki Embassy has accepted our expedite request and the case will be transferred to Finland in a few days. (!!!! #######!) Awesome, yes, but I'm also a bit confused, it seems we are skipping the NVC stage altogether?? We have already paid the AOS fee, but when do we pay the IV fee then? I've never heard of this happening, so any thoughts? Will all our i-864 and ds-230 documents be processed thru the embassy in a similar way as they would be by the NVC or what? Thanks guys LOL...that's sort of what happened to me You will pay the IV fee at the interview, when they're taking in your documents. If you've submitted your I-864 already, just bring your copy to the interview. You'll also submit the IV documents and anything else they need when you're at the interview. The embassy will process everything.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-08 10:12:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Saylin & Shell im so glad my case arrived at montreal this morning 10.47 am waiting for to sign by consulate as per DHL tracking.. http://www.dhl-usa.c...WB=9134661454 Nice I need to find a bigger purse, today. Boo. My carry on is a little too wide so I have to thin it down	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-08 10:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Yay! AOS fee invoiced. Woo hoo - congrats!!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-08 09:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Hey you must be nervous now Yes, I am...how did you know?	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-08 07:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Medical tomorrow. Repacking bag over lunch today...taking one bag but something tells me it's not well organized (the busting zippers perhaps...). LOL. Have a fantastic day, everyone!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-08 07:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Reaaly?i called this morning and they told me they will ship after all the interview is done.It it true?Did nvc told you they shiped your case? The embassy needs your file in order to do your interview...I'd call NVC back, or even DoS, to see if your file's been sent to Montreal.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-07 09:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Absolutely ! simply check out a wheelchair from the hotel, bring yer own cable bike lock, and revamp yer map for the Poutine Tour (there are two types - one for the STM train, another for walking within a 2 km radius of the IV unit) . Woo hoo - my husband is going to love this idea! He's a bottomless pit...oh wait, he'll be pushing me and all the poutine that we don't get through immediately...I hope he brings good walking shoes	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-06 14:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	I don't believe you, on this one. Get the wheelchair, and quite complaining. Just think, after the interview? Your husband can take you on the Poutine Tour via wheelchair. It'll be fun. I'm healthy - can I still sign up for the wheelchair Poutine Tour? It sounds fun Edited by Trav&Shell, 06 May 2012 - 02:30 PM.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-06 14:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Oh no, sorry to hear this happened to you too! Can I just send it over email, or do I need to send it via snail mail? Cuz they just sent the form to me using the NVCInquiry -email address. I need to get on this first thing tomorrow. If I knew how, I'd add here one of those emoticons where they bang their head on a wall or something Thanks for your advice! Oh yes - that was the big part of what happened to me, but because no one could tell me what they needed I was able to get an expedite due to their error. I know your main documents need to go via snail mail or courier - but in this case, considering they emailed you - I'd email them your passport copy and note. That way it will be faster (hopefully), or at the very least they can tell you what they'd rather you did to fix this... And no problem Hope it works out fast! Edited by Trav&Shell, 06 May 2012 - 07:43 AM.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-06 07:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Ugh I guess I'll tag along here too... I got an email from NVC last week stating they are reviewing my correspondance (i.e. the DS-3032), but still nothing. I can't believe why it's taking so damn long! They have my name wrong on the email form they sent me along with the AOS, so I really don't want to mail it in (and sign a form that has my name wrong). The operator refused to fix it, since she said they'll correct it once they get my passport photocopies (which will at this rate be never, since I can't get that bill invoiced lol). That may be an issue, but I don't know what else to do but wait for their decision. It's just a typo on their part, cuz my name was correct all the way up until that point. > Good luck to everyone, hope no-one else gets stuck like us! Oh wow...you actually got an agent who could tell you what to send in to fix your name! That's what happened to us, they had my last name wrong and it held up everything until I fixed it. Only they couldn't tell me how to fix it - I just started sending documents to them until something worked. You can send the passport copy over any time to the address they used to send you the email form - just include a note requesting they change your name on file.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-06 07:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	so stay a week, instead ! might be the only holiday time the two of you will have together this year. I LOVE your logic, Darnell	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-05 19:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	For two round trip flights from Calgary and 10 days in a four star hotel.. no, that's pretty cheap. That's true - our round trip flights to Montreal (one from Winnipeg, one from Charlotte), plus 4 nights in the same hotel you all are staying in was about 1100 bucks. It's not cheap, but it's a pretty good deal! and it'll be fun Edited by Trav&Shell, 05 May 2012 - 07:37 PM.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-05 19:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Got an email today from the NVC !! I couldn't opened the email but I called them and they advise that we have an interview date June 26 at 1:00 pm , they're going to resend the email ! I'm so happy!!!!!!!! Woo hooooo! Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-04 22:12:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	How fun! Mr. Sheeshka and I spent our evening yelling at the TV watching a hockey game LOL!!! That's funny We are now watching Will Smith videos and rapping along with some...(we dont' like rap LOL).	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-04 21:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Well, that was a cool evening activity! Instead of stressing about interviews, we did something fun-ish tonight. We sent our first email inquiry about a house to buy in his town Felt kind of neat!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-04 21:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	What a productive lunch! Took out $250 to take to the medical just in case they need to do something extra (and if they don't, it's just in case of cooking for my best friend who's putting me up for half a week lol), took out money for food at home, bought my money order for the medical, bought the last of my travel size stuff, got a walk fit in there...whew! Edited by Trav&Shell, 04 May 2012 - 12:31 PM.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-04 12:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	yes it's one less worry. And I like coming on here and reading everyone's good news and seeing they are so excited at each stage. I'm sad because I will be leaving lots of friends and our son. It's a huge adjustment. So much changes when we finish the interview and finally POE...it's what we've been waiting for and yet...it's the unknown, and we've just left behind what we knew for our whole lives.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-04 11:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	There was so much going on here yesterday that i couldn't keep up with everybody so congrats to everyone with interviews and case completes and everything else. Our house is now officially sold. Which makes me sad. Congratulations on the house sale, even though it makes you sad - it's a step forward...	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-04 10:49:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Hi all! I have just got home from my interview at the embassy in London, and we're approved!!! The immigration guy did say that I wouldn't be able to work on the CR-1 until I had employment authorization though. Is that true??? Saylin? I was under the impression that I could work as soon as the visa was stamped at the border, and I had my SSN Congratulations	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-04 07:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	She was sleeping when i called. SO i text her like " Baby i need you urgently, when you wake up text me so i can call you" A after a few mins she text and i call. I, on purpose, sounded like someone who is sad and she told me baby what is wrong then i smiled :" we got our interview date June 12th" she was so happy and we celebrated that moment with some sweet words... ya know : Awwwwwww That's cute That makes my heart smile!!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-04 07:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Good morning people how r u? Good morning Rujby - I'm getting nervous! Medical next week! How are you? How did Mrs. Rujby take the news of the interview?	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-04 07:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	dust off yer scanner? scan all to pdf ? space bags rock. I bring many stuff of my wife's each return trip. LOL...yeah, the scanner's a good idea...going to see if my roommate has one *sigh*...long day yesterday! Space bags do rock! And they're not that expensive either. Maybe would have helped last time I sent Trav home - sent him with a suitcase full of my clothes, apparently security gave him some interesting looks LOL...	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-04 06:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	We used drivers licenses but I was surprised at how many people used their passports for an internal flight. And i commented to my husband when we were flying home that it was a good thing I hadn't used my passport. They want government issued photo ID. So your Manitoba ID card will be fine. Yeah, people just sort of started forgetting that passports aren't the only id that can be used on a domestic flight. Think I'll use that for all the domestic flights! Thanks for the help	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-03 22:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Be warned - it would be really heavy. Apparently they make rolling hockey bags. That would be manageable...	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-03 22:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	He doesn't count LOL!!!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-03 21:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	In your case, since you're flying, I think this would be an excellent idea for you You could bring more junk this way Thankfully I can't say everything I have is in one bag - don't think Trav would fit	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-03 20:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Woot! By the way, have you looked at these things: http://www.instructa...sealed-bags.jpg ? These things are AMAZING! They really do reduce the amount of space clothes (or other materials) take up. That's an amazing idea! Could space bag all my clothes into a hockey bag along with some other stuff and probably whittle down to ONE bag!!! Woot!!!!! ...omg. Just hit me - how sad is that, all of my stuff in one bag. Lol. Edited by Trav&Shell, 03 May 2012 - 08:57 PM.	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-03 20:55:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Don't mix the two piles up No no lol...the save pile goes right back into neatly organized folders. Yay type A personality!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-03 20:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Apparently it's 6 years: http://www.cra-arc.g...g/menu-eng.html But, I would suggest keeping it for that long for Canada then destroy it if you wish. Or scan them first, keep them saved on your computer, then destroy the physical files. I think I'd just been keeping 7 years of stuff automatically...so that's all I have on me Making my shred pile and my save pile...fun!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-03 20:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	I've got all of mine still. I'm never gonna throw them out I think technically though, it might just be 10 years? Not sure. I know that it's technically 7 years, but I wasn't sure if that was 7 years of INTERNATIONAL data or just for the country you live in. Thanks - it should all fit in my stuff, regardless	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-03 20:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Here's an odd question - how many years of Canadian tax info do I need to keep if I move? LOL...yeah, I appointed tonight "clean out filing folders" night	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-03 20:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Got our interview date today :-) 27 June in Kyiv :-) Hoorayyyyy!!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-03 18:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	helo fellows! got interview date today for june 6! Congratulations to all the others!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-03 18:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Interview date assigned for June 12,2012 Received email at 4:38pm congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to add to this interview love fest with my date!!! June 4 RIO DE JANEIRO wooohooooo Congrats to all my fellow VJers who got dates, and for those waiting, I'm sure you'll get the good news soon!!! WOO HOO CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!! Interview date assigned for June!!! Thanks so much for all the help! Good luck to everyone! MORE WOO HOOS!!!! CONGRATULATIONS I cried! Interview date finally received for June!!! YYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shell, Sheeskabelle and Gad (& any other Montreal interviewees) - any info/recommendations you have on hotels close to the consulate would be greatly appreciated, please! I haven't started to look into any yet since I'm not even close to getting an interview date. We're staying at the holiday inn centre-ville - 15 min walk from the consulate. decent rate too! Approved with visa in hand......POE here I come!!___ Yaaaaaay...review to follow! YYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, what an awesome day this is!! One thing I thought of as you don't drive, do you have a license or government ID because you are going to need it for your flight back. Thanks for reminding me- I have the Manitoba government photo id card. I'll call westjet and ask if that'll work along with my birth cert. Good call!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-03 18:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Yeah, a little drive for me So, I was pretty tired, but once I got there, I was running off anxious-ness. I was also very hungry cause I ate nothing that morning. Didn't want to be sick from my nerves LOL...oh wow, we'll probably eat. Trav has a thing for the Tim Horton's sausage and egg biscuits so if there's a Tim's nearby - that's what's for breakfast	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-03 15:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - May 2012	Well, I didn't stay at a hotel; we were coming from north of Montreal (45 minute drive). And I had to get ready before leaving. So I left around 5:15am. I wanted to be first and all Ohhhh, you were 45 mins drive away! Gotcha That makes complete sense lol...still feel the pain of overtiredness for ya though!	Trav&Shell	Female	Canada	2012-05-03 15:04:00