September 8th, 9:30am.

FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS after Montreal's confirmation of receiving Packet 3. After reading how the average timespans b/w Montreal getting Packet 3 and the interview date was about three months, I figured it would be late July to mid August at the latest. (Doubted that after still not receiving Packet 4 by last week.) But September 8th is much later than we'd anticipated. We'd hoped to move to the States by October 1st, but I highly doubt we'd be able to sell and pack up the house in three weeks' time.

It's not all bad news, though... the Calgary housing market is absolutely booming, so the longer we stay in our house, the higher our asking price will be. But you know, we're just ready to go. Like, now.

Incidentally, I haven't received Packet 4 yet. I called about three weeks ago and was given no timeline as to when I'd get it. When I still hadn't received it last week, I decided to email. Did that on Monday (which was a statutory holiday in Quebec), and got a response today, so about a 24 hour turnaround time... not bad. I was given the interview date and was told that I'd be getting Packet 4 soon.

Hi,

You should be getting packet 4 about a month before your interview, at least that is the timescale that London uses... We got ours exactly a month before the interview.

Sorry to hear that you got your interview so late in the year... But hey! At least you now know when will it be! Why don't you put your house on the market to see receptivity a couple of weeks before the interview? I assume that as long as you don't sign anything the house is still yours!

Good luck!

Congrats Great to hear that you finally have an interview date even if its later then what you had hoped. All the best

Lorelle

Put the house on the market now? Contingency sale? Start packing now?
You could *totally* make it out in three weeks---imagine you were being chased!