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CanadaMTL Timeline to Interview
Congrats!
misaFemaleCanada2007-09-21 14:59:00
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Thanks Trailmix!

It's utterly shocking that they didn't give you a straight answer. <--- note the sarcasm dripping from my words

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misaFemaleCanada2007-09-18 14:56:00
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TIME OUT!

Let's not turn things here into a CR-1 vs K1 vs etc. thing and focus on the bigger picture... which is that Montreal sucks the big one! tongue.gif

If I had to hazard a guess (for the CR-1s), Montreal has a certain amount of slots alloted for DCF, CR-1, IR-1 in one group and K1 and K3 in another group. Due to the poor implementation of the Adam Walsh act, there was a big backlog of DCFs so I'm guessing they're clearing those each month and then whatever they have left over they give to the NVC for CR-1s and IR-1s. Pure speculation on my part of course.

Is it fair? Nope, not at all...
misaFemaleCanada2007-09-18 12:25:00
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QUOTE (liz_legend @ Sep 17 2007, 03:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I GOT AN INTERVIEW DATE
NOV 2ND @ 8:30 AM!!!!!!!

HOLY #######! Congrats! smile.gif

QUOTE (kimmbo @ Sep 17 2007, 09:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Congrats Liz!! so happy for you!

Not counting on hearing anything til Jan/Feb here, if its before then what a great surprise that would be..

I also have a question about my husbands DS 230 (part 1) form..When we sent it back to Montreal in early August it had asked for my husbands mothers current address which we provided..sadly she passed away on Aug 24th..it was an unexpected death so the remainder of August and into September were very emotional, and stressful so Immigration issues were the furthest from our minds during that time..Now Im wondering if we should contact Montreal about the change on the form?, just send them another form?, or just take an updated form with us to the interview whenever that is...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...

thanks


I'm sorry. sad.gif
misaFemaleCanada2007-09-18 00:17:00
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Save the copy you paid for in case USCIS loses your medical when you do AOS.

Or you can just throw caution to the wind and open it like I did. tongue.gif (the copy, not the other medical)
misaFemaleCanada2007-09-13 09:48:00
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Yup, that's normal Liz. smile.gif

Now lock those results away somewhere safe!
misaFemaleCanada2007-09-13 09:42:00
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Great review and congrats again!

Now you can wear out your typing fingers by continually tracking your xpresspost envelope online. tongue.gif
misaFemaleCanada2007-09-12 17:01:00
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QUOTE (Misty1979 @ Sep 11 2007, 09:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Buy a few extra timbits on your way to the Consulate. If by some chance, the interview starts going bad, just take a few chocolate timbits and roll them under the window to the CO laughing.gif


LOL! You can use them to bribe the nasty security guard lady I've read about here too (the one with the black curly hair).
misaFemaleCanada2007-09-11 10:23:00
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QUOTE (IR5FORMUMSIE @ Sep 11 2007, 12:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Oh #######, I'm screwed! helpsmilie.gif sad.gif



HA! Your case is different though since it's for your parents. Though maybe your mom should have handled the paperwork... wink.gif
misaFemaleCanada2007-09-11 10:21:00
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Liz, that poor girl is going to have to rearrange EVERYTHING based on misinformation.

This is why paperwork needs to be taken away from most of the male petitioners and the female beneficiaries need to take charge of their cases! tongue.gif

(no seriously...)
misaFemaleCanada2007-09-10 14:57:00
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I check it and I don't even need to! I just check it to show my support for y'all and well because I work from home and am glued to the computer ALL THE FREAKING TIME... tongue.gif

Trust me, if I had a home or something in B.C., I would totally have let all you K1/K3 Mtlers "move" or "work" there...
misaFemaleCanada2007-09-08 21:41:00
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It always differs from officer to officer but if they want to try again, have them bring more than just a return ticket. Proof of Canadian employment, school enrollment, residence (apartment lease or mortgage), utility bills, etc.

And since their IR applications are pending, they may also want to bring a copy of their case file.
misaFemaleCanada2007-09-06 17:06:00
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QUOTE (IR5FORMUMSIE @ Sep 6 2007, 04:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Sorry about that, I'm still pissed. My mom and "little" brother (6'1", 245 LBS.) were just refused entry to the US at Pearson. They were flying down to Vegas to see my older brother and then they were all going to return to Toronto. Each had a round trip ticket on Air Canada. That's two refusals for both now. I was told once that a refusal (permission to withdraw application to enter) will have little to no effect on an immigration application (PR via IR5). Does anybody have this kind of experience? If so, what happened at the consulate, were you refused or hassled?
BTW, Montreal is a great place. The last time dear old dad was there was when he went to see Expo so it's been a while.


That should have no bearing on their immigrant visa applications/interview at the consulate. Lots of people here were denied entry to visit the U.S. while in process for various visas. Stacey33 is the first one to come to mind.

What reason did CBP give to refuse them the first and second times? Lack of ties? Were they told not to come back until they had visas in hand?
misaFemaleCanada2007-09-06 15:49:00
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I think pre-Adam Walsh act it was SUPER speedy. I remember seeing marriedmylove file DCF and interview in 3 months!
misaFemaleCanada2007-09-06 14:56:00
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Hey Liz, you should get your fiance to call on your behalf so he knows what hell you get put through each time you call! tongue.gif
misaFemaleCanada2007-09-05 19:14:00
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Lyric, I'm so sorry that you guys are getting the runaround from Montreal. It makes no sense why you haven't been scheduled another interview yet. I would contact your congressman on Monday to see if they can help.

Do you know when your fiance's case was reentered into their system for an interview? Is it possible that they didn't actually put him back in there?
misaFemaleCanada2007-08-25 14:55:00
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Glad to see that Montreal is starting to move along. Congrats to all those with interview dates! smile.gif
misaFemaleCanada2007-08-23 21:14:00
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YOU ALL NEED TO MAKE SURE I GET BACK IN ONE PIECE!

I'M STAYING IN GULF SHORES, ALABAMA ALL NEXT WEEK..!!!!

HURRICANE DEAN APPROACHING!


Ugh, horrible timing! Try and have fun anyway and STAY SAFE!
misaFemaleCanada2007-08-18 00:11:00
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I agree with the others. The nastiness only lasts for the length of the call. Just continue to be super nice to them... "please and thank you". I'm sure with the backlog they are getting some very nasty phone calls from people (remember VJ is only a small percentage of people going through the consulate) which might be why they're nasty right away but if you keep your cool and be nice to them, there's a better possibility that they'll be helpful.
misaFemaleCanada2007-08-17 15:33:00
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Good work Liz! :)
misaFemaleCanada2007-08-12 21:14:00
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Hey Liz, how about you do up the spreadsheet on Google Docs so everyone can access it?

http://docs.google.com

You can always just post the link to the public spreadsheet everytime it's updated.
misaFemaleCanada2007-08-12 20:24:00
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Congrats! Hopefully you can get the required docs in fast and have your visa in hand soon!
misaFemaleCanada2007-08-01 15:40:00
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Hey all, cutie's going to be away from the board for awhile and she asked that someone else take over updating the word doc. Any takers?
misaFemaleCanada2007-07-22 11:37:00
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Congrats everyone! :)
misaFemaleCanada2007-07-20 23:19:00
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Medical is good for 1 year. :)
misaFemaleCanada2007-07-18 23:10:00
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Maybe the service centres are also experiencing summer shortages with vacations and such? So hard to make sense of this all sometimes. Hope the service centres (and consulates) start speeding up for everyone!
misaFemaleCanada2007-07-14 11:20:00
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RocksAnne, what do you mean about holdups with K visa approvals? Do you mean at the service centre stage? I wouldn't think that consulate shortages would affect service centre processing.

Edited by misa, 13 July 2007 - 11:15 PM.

misaFemaleCanada2007-07-13 23:14:00
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NVC schedules CR-1 and IR-1 interviews with Montreal. Vancouver is still doing K visas within their provincial districts (everything west of... whatever the cutoff point is -- I'm not sure?)

I think the "staff shortage" line is that Vancouver isn't accepting transfers without a valid reason (i.e, that you're moving or going to be out west for an indefinite period of time) and probably because they're possibly short on staff during the summer months. This shouldn't really affect those who are within district of Vancouver though.

Edited by misa, 13 July 2007 - 11:11 PM.

misaFemaleCanada2007-07-13 23:08:00
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They probably don't show up if their relationship went down the tubes or if they never got their interview letter. Can you imagine going through this without VJ? We'd all be totally lost and never know when we'd expect a letter!
misaFemaleCanada2007-05-24 21:26:00
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Don't DCF's get scheduled by the consulate (even though they are cr-1 or ir-1???)


Yeah, that's what I thought. Didn't I say that? I thought I did. :P Maybe I need more coffee!
misaFemaleCanada2007-05-09 21:28:00
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Different scheduling with K visas and CR-1/IR-1 visas. K visas are scheduled by the consulate. I suppose DCF is the same as Ks since they don't go through USCIS or NVC.

CR-1/IR-1s are scheduled through the NVC with the consulate (15th of each month).
misaFemaleCanada2007-05-09 14:02:00
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Yeah, the only good CR-1/IR-1 timeline for Montreal was in the last update a few pages back.
misaFemaleCanada2007-05-09 12:19:00
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Montreal gave us an interview date of May 9th at 8:30 a.m. when Jon called through! I'm still in shock ...

:blink:


Whoa, that's next week! I hope you get your interview letter in the next couple of days. And congrats!
misaFemaleCanada2007-05-01 15:57:00
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Tell him if he doesn't behave, there are a TON of us here who'll kick his A$$ for you! :P
misaFemaleCanada2007-04-15 18:05:00
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He's sick with worry that he'll make a mistake and I'll kill him ......have him cloned and kill the clones.


Best line ever! :thumbs:

But in all seriousness, I'm sure everything will be just fine. Maybe copy and paste some other peoples experiences with Montreal and email it to him so he knows exactly what to expect from security, giving them the paperwork and also the interview questions.

We'll all be here cheering you/him on the day of the interview!
misaFemaleCanada2007-04-15 15:43:00
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Exciting week this week! Cutienperg and Riblet both have interviews! :)
misaFemaleCanada2007-04-15 13:46:00
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just wanted to let everyone know that I haven't been keeping up very well because I am in my last couple weeks of law school, and I am trying to sell my house, so I've been super busy!


Not to mention that Michael's interview is next week! Don't worry, you guys will be just fine. :)
misaFemaleCanada2007-04-11 10:44:00
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Here are the two posts:

http://www.visajourn...hl=fak montreal

http://www.visajourn...showtopic=57013

Now that I've looked at it some more, they have identical timelines, I'm guessing they are the two halves of the same couple. :)

But I haven't heard of many people having additional security checks from Montreal though. Their case was complete last November and forwarded to Montreal before the USCIS enacted the Adam Walsh thing, so it's possible.

I'm trying not to worry too much, but I really wanted Michael to be able to give notice at work before his interview. I want him down here ASAP! :)


Hmm... the Adam Walsh law is only supposed to affect I-130 petitions approved AFTER June or July something and theirs was approved before that date it looks like. AFAIK, it's really only on the consular level with not having proper security checks done that USCIS and NVC do, so it shouldn't have to do with the Adam Walsh thing.

Now I'm starting to worry! My last day at work is March 15 and my interview (K3) is March 19... ugh!
misaFemaleCanada2007-03-06 15:35:00
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Congrats for the interview dates!

I'm starting to panic a bit :( Two CR1 interviews were given 221(g)'s in the last week or so in Montreal. I'm worried that this has something to do with the new Adam Walsh law.

Michael and I were just discussing him giving notice 10 days before his interview, because I was sure he wouldn't get denied... but if it's additional security checks.. that would SUCK :(


Two 221(g)s in Montreal? Are these people on VJ and what exactly did their 221(g)s say? It shouldn't have anything to do with the new Adam Walsh law since your I-130 already went through USCIS and NVC where they are equipped for all the security checks.

honestly, how do you are relationships withstand this enormous amount of stress and separation? It is absolutely mind blowing.

What is the new Adam Walsh law? I never heard of it.


Oh, the new law is discussed in the DCF forum. Basically the consulates don't have the proper security checks in place so certain petitions approved at the consulates through DCF have to be sent to USCIS offices for reapproval.
misaFemaleCanada2007-03-06 11:39:00
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Hi all - just a quick update to let you know that we received a transfer to the Vancouver consulate, so you can delete my timeline from the chart. My entire family is in Alberta and the transfer was straightforward and very easy. We're hoping for a quicker interview date, and hopefully this will free up time in Montreal so you all get through the system more quickly as well. Best of luck to everyone.


Did you transfer it at the Montreal level or the NVC level? My transfer was granted on January 24, but a week later (January 31), Vancouver still didn't receive the hardcopy of the file (they got the electronic data transfer though). So I'm still waiting for packet 3...


Hi Misa - I transferred after the case had been received at Montreal. I'm still waiting for Packet 3 as well. Did you try emailing the Vancouver consulate? I did, just to check and see if they received the transfer. They got back to me in less than a day. I imagine it will take Montreal some time to mail the hard copy -- in the mean time, I was advised to get as much in order for packet 3 as possible.


I'm not sure how long it takes for Montreal to mail the hard copy (how hard is that???) but as of today, Vancouver still doesn't have my hard copy. I have everything in order except the medical because I need the letter in packet 3 today. I'll add you to my friends list and maybe we can check up on each other since we're in the same situation and similar timelines. :)
misaFemaleCanada2007-02-05 12:55:00