Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Canada	Montreal's attitude after THEY made a mistake	I'm not tryin gto pick a fight, but how can u LIVE in the USA for fifteen years? Where you on another type of visa? Hope it works out. if your on a cr-1 or ir-1, mtl is the only place in Canada to do the interview. my family went to the us when yugoslavia was falling apart, seeking refugee status. they kept neither denying us nor approving us, but just asking for more documents and info on the country. which then split in serbia and montenegro, so a whole new case and problem presented itself. especially since neither would say we were citizens of their countries, so no birth certificates and passports were not valid. just all sorts of ####### kept happening. then it kept taking years to get another court date. then our lawyer got fired, so WE had to reschedule and wait more years. it was just a huge mess. but we were always under valid status, paid taxes, all that stuff. Edited by mrsserendipity, 02 May 2007 - 04:36 PM.	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-02 16:35:00
Canada	Montreal's attitude after THEY made a mistake	see my husband's post about what happened, his vj name is bowflex. i'm too heartbroken and in a rage to talk more about it. basically we had all our applications approved, all supporting documents, the consulate officer was so rude and wouldn't look at ANYTHING we gave her. i don't understand why she just kept being rude to me and snapish and a b*tch. why wouldn't she look at our things? isn't that what the interview was for? she didn't ask us ONE question about our relationship. just said denied cause i was in the us unlawfully for over 180 days. she pulled that out of her BUUUUTT. i was NEVER there unlawfully. so our lawyer sent in asking for them to review and actually look at our documents. they said 7-10 days. michigan senator called them the next day, montreal called them and fed them ####### about looking at it ASAP so they won't call again. we wait two weeks, we call, they say oh it's on her desk. WE FREAKING LOOK AT IT YOU #w^$#&#@^# 6$^$^@$%@ . IT WAS YOOOOOOOOOOOOUR "MISTAKE" our lawyer called, she was told call back couple days. we call back couple days and the lady went OFF on my husband yelling why we were calling so early, and now it's gonna be 4-6 MORE weeks. &%^# (&*^$%$*&)* HOW CAN SHE JUST NOT LOOK AT ANY OF OUR PAPERS AND DENY ME FOR SOME REASON SHE PULLED OUT OF HER ####### and now we have to wait more months? can i transfer my case to vancouver? if so, let me know how I HAVE CONTACTED OUR LOCAL NEWS STATIONS. I WILL DRAG HER NAME THROUGH ALL THE MUD I CAN FIND. HOW CAN SHE DO THIS? I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT. I WAS PLEASANT AND NICE AND WORE A NICE SUIT TO THE INTERVIEW, HAD MORE DOCUMENTS THAN THEY EVEN ASK FOR, THEN SHE JUST CALLS ME NAMES AND IS RUDE. and yes, our lawyer has already filed complaints against her with numerous agencies i've been with my husband for 4 years. i lived in the us for 15 yrs and had no problems. we didn't even get married while i was in the states so it doesnt look fishy. we waited two years after i was in canada. i did everything right	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-02 16:22:00
Canada	Our wedding	you look lovely :energetic:	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-16 12:19:00
Canada	Frustrated	well, we grow up with our families but we grow old with our spouses. he's your new family. everyone else will eventually be fine with it. concentrate on your new family, be happy	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-17 16:34:00
Canada	Montreal doesn't have our case	according to the montreal answering message, the wait from when they receive it from NVC to the interview is 5-7 months. before it said 2-4 months, but it was much longer for most. i'm sorry, but we all did the waiting, there's nothing much else to do :/ we had our 130 approved april last year and our interview was this past april. and that was before their 5-7 months message. it totally sucks. quick edit: approved in april, but it didnt get sent to montreal until november Edited by mrsserendipity, 17 May 2007 - 04:30 PM.	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-17 16:30:00
Canada	Finally!!!!! The wait is over!	we had ours when it was snowing, but now montreal should just be beautifuuuuuuuuuuul. enjoy your time and hope everything goes well	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-18 13:14:00
Canada	Update on our Case being processed after Denial	Wow...... congratulations... you must be so excited.... Kez we're both feeling like little kids on christmas morning, hehe	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-18 11:24:00
Canada	Update on our Case being processed after Denial	congrats!! thank you	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-18 11:06:00
Canada	Update on our Case being processed after Denial	OH MY GOD, MY LAWYER JUST CALLED, SAID SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT TO MAIL IN MY PASSPORT CAUSE I HAVE BEEN APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [/size] i can't stop crying. not only have i been waiting a few years with my husband, but i've been dealing with the u.s. immigration since i was in first grade. i've never not dealt with immigration. a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulder. i can't stop crying. CAUSE I'M SO HAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPY :energetic: :energetic: :energetic: :energetic: :energetic: :energetic:	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-18 10:53:00
Canada	Update on our Case being processed after Denial	Has anyone contacted the um... person who is at the top of the consulate there? Can't remember their title. Would contacting the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa do any good? Do they oversee the U.S. consulates in Canada? What a mess... hang in there! we've tried contacting both. consulate general was unreachable at that time, and the embassy said to call montreal and deal with them, they don't intervene with their decisions and other *poop* i've already missed 6 weeks of paychecks, too. i can't sign another one year contract here like offered and i keep having to tell the job offers in michigan "i'm out of town for a couple weeks" blah blah blah. and this is a long weekend, and the following is a long weekend, and then couple weeks later they're closed monday again, then fourth of july..... we're going camping this weekend and i think there will be much drinking, hah :/	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-17 16:24:00
Canada	Update on our Case being processed after Denial	we can't keep playing their game. we met when i was still a teenager, i grew up with him, we waited years to get married, there's nothing fishy, there's nothing wrong. i miss seeing him every day. i miss being able to plan things, i miss coming from work or school and driving to his hockey games. i miss crocheting with him mom. i miss partying with friends. i miss my friends. i miss the house. i even miss how cold he always kept the bedroom. i miss everything. i already know what it's like to be with him and spend every day with him...not worrying about anything but what we're going to eat tonight. i miss EVERYTHING. i grew up there. i can't believe this is happening. and how easy i keep reading it is for everyone else. we're looking into leaving our friends and family and seeing what other countries are favorable. english speaking of course. we just want to be together again what is WRONG with this woman	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-17 16:01:00
Canada	Update on our Case being processed after Denial	my husband just called and they said they HAVE NO RECORD OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE FAAAAAAAAAAAAACK so i called the senator and the lady said she has record of them saying they received it. well duuuuuh, our lawyer does too and so do we, but now it seems the lady just .. i dunno... dismissed it? thrown it away? burned it? wiped her behind with it? SO WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE IT IS OR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO, SENATOR WON'T CALL UNTIL THE 3RD, OUR LAWYER CAN'T GET THROUGH, WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY INFO AND NOW THEY DON'T HAVE A RECORD OF IT? it's siiiiiiiix weeks laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaater. we already did our waiting time for the interview and applications, just look at it for crying out loud. i'm so mad and frustrated i can hardly function	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-17 15:02:00
Canada	Update on our Case being processed after Denial	i don't understand what she's waiting for. she's told our lawyer they were on her desk 4 weeks ago. it should be papers she claimed to have already read and reviewed, so i don't understand. husband's dad is calling and contacting washington today; both are ready to get a plane and go if needed, plane tickets already priced. his mom is contacting the local news stations... again. as for me... no one will even talk with me, i'm "just the beneficiary" and they treat me even worse and with more attitude. why do the illegal immigrants get all the attention? i will never understand. i wonder how many times she's gotten away with this sort of b.s. since she didn't think twice to just blatantly lie. sigh	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-16 12:28:00
Canada	Update on our Case being processed after Denial	oh, also, lawyer said consulate basically told that that the reason it hasn't been looked at was in fact because we, the lawyer, and senator called "so much". well, dumbass, that is abusing your power and being a stubborn little #######. that is not how the law should work, that is not how any of this should work. in any kind of occupation. if any of us pulled this kind of b.s. at work, we'd be fired so quickly.	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-14 13:58:00
Canada	Update on our Case being processed after Denial	we (well, my husband) just got back from a meeting with our lawyer (waste of his lunch hour). he basically said no sense in calling, just wait it out. i don't think so. it was supposed to be "couple of days" and it's almost 6 weeks. this lady is being a baby, a b*tch, and stubborn (among other things and choice words). i'm tired of suckin everyone's ####### to get answers. doesn't seem like being nice and polite does anything. not that we will stop being so, but it just doesn't seem like anything gets done as a result except them being rude back and knowing there's nothing we can say or want to cause they hold the golden key zyggy, how can we get into contact with the people you mentioned? this is getting ridiculous now. i will also im you, in case you don't make it to this thread.	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-14 13:49:00
Canada	Update on our Case being processed after Denial	we just called nothing new hasnt looked at it 5 weeks and counting, was supposed to take "a couple of days" my heart's broken if she felt so strongly about it and knew she was right, she'd have done it asap and thrown it in our faces, right? so she MUST have realized her mistake? right? :/ she could've just said "oh i must've missed (such and such) paper" and asked us to mail in the passport, but she has decided to be a baby ("oh you're gonna have your lawyers and senator call, well it's just gonna take longer and longer" and she told that to our senator, too). she also knows my time here in canada might be limited as well, which she was briefed on from our senator, but now she's just waiting it out and hoping i have to leave before she makes a decision? thing is, canada's being nice to me they realize how difficult it is to get a birth certificate from a country that is no longer... well... a country (yugoslavia). serbia has made their statement that we are not welcome in their country. no place to go. i feel like a nomad. maybe my canadian citizenship will come before she makes a decision, and i can apply for hubby to come here. canada's so much nicer and has extended their times for us and listened. but my friends and home is in the US, and i miss seeing my husband every day, and hanging out with his mom (who was and is one of my best friends). i missed being there for our nieces and nephew. i want to go and visit his grandma, she's been through so much lately but keeps hanging on so she can see me and hubby together again. i'm broken	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-11 15:31:00
Canada	Big ol' fun times camping with you Canadians :)	Yeah.. it's too bad theyt're building a Wal-Mart in its place.. that place will be the death of that town... for sure. i mean not only will most of the small stores close cause they can't compete with the prices, but they won't advertise in the newspaper. the echo won't survive. sun media already wanted to close us down when i was working there, but it was neither making them lose money nor earn profit, so they kind of let it go, hah. it's a shame, i really enjoyed that town. i didn't even mind the long drive to and from. plus i need the echo to survive cause they're my references for work, haha	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-23 12:35:00
Canada	Big ol' fun times camping with you Canadians :)	I've been goofing around Amherstburg and Harrow all of my life... I got married at St. John the Baptist Parish in Amherstburg... Man have I got a lot of stories... i worked as a graphic designer at the amherstburg echo newspaper. i miss it sometimes. i still drive there from time to time. it's too bad the mall has been almost completely demolished, i spent a lot of lunch hours there, hah	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-22 21:12:00
Canada	Packet 3 received!	yaaaaaaaaaaay	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-18 13:20:00
Canada	what to bring when crossing the border	Don't CR-1/IR-1s get a sealed envelope along with their visa in their passport to bring to the POE? K1s and K3s do. It's got the medical info ####### in there with a bunch of other stuff like your application forms, passport photos (I snuck a peek when I was at the POE) and it says "do not open" on it. no, still waiting. hmm, i dunno. the mean lady at the "interview" didn't even look at or take my xrays or most of our documents, she just came and was biatchy and we took things back with us. anyone on a cr-1 know? did you receive anything with the passport? this isn't the medical exam envelope, right? we needed that for the INTERVIEW. why would they need it at the POE, too, if the consulate said it was ok? hmmm. they would've opened it there anyway, so it wouldn't have been sealed still. Edited by mrsserendipity, 22 May 2007 - 10:37 PM.	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-22 22:36:00
Canada	what to bring when crossing the border	Bring the sealed envelope too. You don't need to bring any forms if you're moving everything yourself. Just have an itemised list ready with approximate value of items to speed things along. They probably won't even ask to see it. They may not even look at your stuff. Not sure if they will issue you an I-94... if they do, it costs $6 or $7 USD. They may or may not photograph and fingerprint you. They didn't do that with me (entered at Peace Bridge, Fort Erie). Bringing the approved petitions isn't necessary but when I crossed the border, I had my entire visa file with me just in case. All they really need is the visa in your passport and the sealed envelope. Have a good crossing! sealed envelope? what envelope?	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-22 21:51:00
Canada	what to bring when crossing the border	besides my passport/visa of course. i'm not bringing my car over, so i don't have to worry about that. i'll just have my clothes and computer, hah. as far as documents, what will i be asked for? any questions i should be ready to answer? will be i fingerprinted and all that? should we have some cash on us? are there any documents THEY should be giving me/ i need to ask for? i have an immigrant visa, not non-immigrant, if that makes any difference. should i have copies of our approved applications? thanks!	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-22 21:25:00
Canada	*Sniffle*	i'm wiping tears just reading actually, pretty much just crying the "maybe this is the last time" feeling is so bittersweet i'm so sorry. have a safe flight	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-16 13:19:00
Canada	Slowly getting impatient with Montreal yet again Haha	maybe if they didnt take off american AND canadian holidays AND extended holiday weekends that none of us get off (anyone off on easter monday too? sheeeeesh) AND leave early they wouldnt be so behind, then angry, then take it out on us *end of rant*	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-30 13:54:00
Canada	Police Clearance Expiration	i had one done in november 2006, and my interview was april 5th, 2007, and i went to the royal canadian mounted police and the lady said good thing i came, it has expired. i was like #######? the new one she gave me looked different and even had a picture of me on there (that she took with a special camera). i was confused, but i just wanted to double check. plus, i wanted to show a veeeery recent police certificate, that i had nothing to hide	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-30 23:11:00
Canada	MORE questions....	Ok, first, on my !-134 question seven it says i have on deposit in savings banks in the U.S. This is savings accounts only, not including checking accounts, correct?? Next. I'll be going to the interview with my fiance, i do not have a passport yet, I know i can drive into Canada with just a birth certificate and drivers license but what about getting into the embassy?? Sorry if these are stupid questions, but I had to ask!! visas are issued in the passports, you'd need to obtain one :/ i've heard them described as stamps/stickers. they go right in the passports themselves.	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-31 23:05:00
Canada	we got approved!	anytime bowflex or i call, we get attitude, then lawyer (or senator) calls and suddenly it's "oh we JUST received it, will review" "oh she JUST got it on her desk, will review" "oh, it's been 5 weeks? will review" "oh, it's approved, have them send passport" "oh, it's been a couple weeks again? she JUST printed it out" and the part that pisses us off most-- there was never any reason for any of this extra waiting, original denial, there was never anything fishy in our case, they never asked anything about our relationship just my time in the US when i was there, then when months have passed they give no reason no explanation no apology no nothing, just send in passport, well if you had just read my documents the first time all of this could've been avoided. and yes, we both look young, we are not. he has good genes and i moisturize and avoid the sun and eat right, lol. in fact his birthday is the day he'd be coming to pick me up, if all works well and they actually did what they said they did this time	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-06-01 15:09:00
Canada	we got approved!	i don't mean to be rude, but might want to read what is actually going on :/ Sorry, Read the title and posted my congrats to you thank you. i'm just heartbroken cause they're playing more games with us now. seems like a written approval meant nothing. somehow. i have no idea what is going on.	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-06-01 12:45:00
Canada	we got approved!	i wrote it in our depressing little thread http://www.visajourn...showtopic=67569 but i wanted to have a happy one it's been a very long few years, and it finally happened. thank you to everyone who has listened to be b*tch and helped us along the way my husband is leaving work in a few to go over-night my passport they even said they'll send it back the next day. but it's a long weekend. but i don't care, lol. it's finally happened we're still keeping our camping trip this weekend since they're closed (and i've been packed since our interview 6 weeks ago really, lol) , but we're celebrating instead of getting away from it all time to start sending my portfolio again to jobs Congrats!!! i don't mean to be rude, but might want to read what is actually going on :/	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-06-01 12:39:00
Canada	we got approved!	egh, well now that that's over our lawyer is calling her at 2. we have written proof it was approved. i don't know what they're trying to pull this time :/	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-06-01 12:27:00
Canada	we got approved!	Phew. deleted. yeah i dunno why...lately my posts have gone into each other, or i post one and another disappears, and i can't edit anything unless i had just posted it or the edit button disappears	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-06-01 12:22:00
Canada	we got approved!	faaaaaaaaack. nothing's going right. i also reported the post. just delete the thing. i wasnt thinking, i was too mad.	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-06-01 12:13:00
Canada	we got approved!	how do i delete it? i cant edit it anymore, wont let me Maybe a modrator can do that for you. Also your email address is on the post too. i know. i wasnt thinking, i was too mad. are people that mean that they'd do something? what if i just delete my account? will my posts delete?	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-06-01 12:09:00
Canada	we got approved!	You should still be able to do a "full edit" on that particular post, you only posted it 15 mins or so ago. I just edited another post of mine posted elsewhere posted 15 mins ago and it worked for me. *dunno* If you want to delete that particular post, check with one of the moderators to see if they have the ability to do that, other than that you'll have to message Captain Ewok. tried. won't work. i IMed the moderater and my husband did too.	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-06-01 12:06:00
Canada	we got approved!	how do i delete it? i cant edit it anymore, wont let me	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-06-01 12:00:00
Canada	we got approved!	Ok, so let's rejoice in the fact that they have received your passport, at least you know that part. Maybe all it is is they are giving it to someone to cross the t's and dot the i's on documents they have and then your visa will be ready. trying to find the positive for you. Just an FYI -- I'd delete your case file number off here ASAP. i cant. i tried. how do i ask for it to be deleted? .	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-06-01 11:57:00
Canada	we got approved!	congratulations! you didn't read a word i just wrote, did you.	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-06-01 11:50:00
Canada	we got approved!	i can't take this anymore, it's been over two years, back to tears of anger and hatred. why do they keep fuckin with us, we havent done anything but kiss their assses for two years. and i keep hearing how everyone else's here takes a few months. i can't do this anymore, i can't believe they're still pulling this kind of ######.	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-06-01 11:33:00
Canada	we got approved!	WHAT THE FACKKKKKKKKKKKKKING HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELL TWO WEEKS LATER, WAITING, I EMAIL THEM ASKING IF THEY RECEIVED MY PASSPORT AND HAS BEEN SENT, AND I GET THIS CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP BACK Yes your passport and envelope has been received and given to a consul for review. Thank you REVIEW? REVIEW OF WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAT YOU FAAAAAAAAAAACKIN BASTARDS. STOP FAAAAAAAAAAACKING WITH US	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-06-01 11:30:00
Canada	we got approved!	OMG bowflex and mrsserendipity... I'm so glad to hear the good news! Congratulations! Now I'm curious as to what kind of excuse they foisted on you. haha, no excuse, no explanation, nothing. lawyer got a call this morning from her personally and all she said was "(our names) have been approved. advise them to just send her passport. they don't need to send anything else." then her secretary emailed our lawyer (we have a copy) and all she said was As per our telcon of today May 18, 2007 Mrs. (me) may send her passport so we may continue to process her Immigrant Visa to completion. Thank you for your patience. lol	mrsserendipity	Female	Canada	2007-05-18 13:09:00