Hey guys, I thought it was time to start an official Montreal Interview waiting room.
This is a "continuation" of the discussions found in this thread:
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=35505

So what's the latest?

I saw December interviews for August/September Packet 3 returns? Am I correct?
Let's post all progress from calls, emails, etc. in one place!

cass (bebop the great)

hey bebop......waiting here for our interview...we sent pkg 3 back on 09/19//////my finace called for me....even thou i work 3 streets away from them..lol..and he was told that our interview would be late november or early december...hope to see pkg soon...good luck to all

Hi,
I'm in the waiting room here too. Hoping to get an appointment for November but will settle for this year ... puhleeeeeze!

Good idea to start the thread as I for one keep checking multiple ones similar to it hoping for news.


Cheers!
Monique

Count me in the waiting room. I returned package 3 last week and have been told a couple times that it'd probably be November/December. I've got my fingers crossed! I think having one main thread is a great idea, much easier.

Yes count me in too. It is a good idea to have a thread for this so we will just keeping checking this one for the great news we are all going to recieve this week right

Best of luck to us all. I would love November, but I too am happy with December to. Just with driving I would prefer the earlier the better.

Hey there, count me in too. Since I'm the fifth to post, are does that mean all you people are ahead of us with the consulate too? I was looking at the consulate's website and saw they had a link to make an appointment online. Does anyone know if it's for our visa's or other ones?

Cass, when my fiancee called last week they said December interviews for July/August. I'm calling on Thursday, if I'm able, and she's calling Friday(if I don't hear anything).

Can I hang out in the waiting room even though I haven't got my packet 3? It just makes me feel like I'm doing something

We need to get some good magazines in here.

Haha, of course you can.
I haven't even gotten my NOA2 and I started the thread!

I just would like to get a good indication of where Montreal stands.
I still can't get over the fact that, for a lot of us, the consulate part is actually going to be LONGER than the USCIS part. You don't hear that very often!

Cass (bebop the great)

Hi guys, I'm mailing back my checklist back to the Consulat this week, so I'll be in the waiting room with y'a!

Just called Mtl. to make sure they received my packet 3 checklist back (which they did). Of course, I asked them for an estimate for an interview date ... they said in the New Year - January.

Think that it's healthy for me to keep ignoring this information and still hope for a November interview? Aaarrggghh! Who knew that this part would be more irritating than the initail approval???

Mo

Okay - we are in - also waiting. This is a great idea, we have been checking many cases here trying to get an idea of how long. We also are in the process of trying to have our K3 transferred to Vancouver for faster processing. We are not sure what will come of that but you can check it out here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;#entry498604

I can't believe they told you that! I just received an email response from them this morning(I swear I'm not neurotic, I'm just concerned I won't get AP for a trip scheduled next spring if Montreal doesn't hurry up!) and they said they were "certain" I'd have an interview before the new year. My packet was received just a few days before yours, I wish they'd give us a straight answer!

Well.. I'm going to continue to go with your info. lol

Mo

Just to give you all an idea of what the timeline for interviews are: I sent my Pkg 3 back in the middle of August and I have an interview for November 22.
So if this is the 'guideline' of how long it takes Montreal, it could be 3-4 months from the time you send back pkg 3, which is roughly the timeline that is given for Montreal.
I know waiting is horrible, but I know I learned to just take it all in stride and not to fret, that I would get my interview date, and I will be with the one I love.

I truly hope that you all get a speedy date though

Looking back over this past year, I can't believe I thought the whole K3 process would take 4 to 6 months. What was I smoking?

If the interview doesn't come until January, it will be 10 months. That's 10 months of anxiety, beer, IMBRA, grey hairs, taking a job I hate so I can be a sponsor, and did I mention being celibate for the first year of marriage?!

I've tried to keep a lid on my emotions, light my candles, and say my prayers. But WTF? I'm about ready to snap. And you know what that means. Pass the chocolate cake. Yeah, the whole damn thing.

I cannot believe you have not gone positively postal yet. I think you deserve to rant a little ... and have a cheesecake on top of that chocolate cake.

Mo

Eventhough you are all really nice people and we have been learning a lot from each case - we are tired of waiting so we DID IT!!!!! We sent in our request to Montreal and asked that our K3 be transferred to Vancouver with all our Packet 3 info which we have completed already. Will keep you posted on what happens next. Say a prayer for us.

Life in MTl sure has slowed down. Took us 6 months from start to finish for our cr-1 in 2004. Hopefully it will pick up speed again.

It doesn't necessarily take that long for CR1/IR1. We'll only be waiting for just over 2 months.

Hope all of the K1s and K3s get their interview dates soon!

Ok...our case is off to Vancouver as of today! Now lets see how quickly we can get this over with. We'll keep you updated....but I guess we should move to the Vancouver waiting room...oops, there is no waiting room for Vancouver !

Well James you will have to start the waiting room hey

Glad to hear about your transfer, I am contemplating it if I don't hear anything for an interview by the end of this week myself. Best of luck, and do drop by here to chat while you wait, while we all wait.

You might as well as me to the waiting list as ds230 and check list are going back to Montreal next week. I don't even expect an interview this year. I'm hoping for Feb for us.

Still waiting on our case at NVC, but soon enough will be in the waiting room too. Hoping that we can be to our new home by my eldest daughters birthday in March.

i sent the e-mail to MTL Consulate on Oct 10 and got the response on Oct 11

they told me they have received everything in the middle of Sept. however, they cannot tell me the appointment date yet....

now just waiting for their notice...........

NVC sets the schedules for cr-1, so they might tel you if you call them. Some operators at NVC will give that info out, some wont. I found out by calling them.

Hey folks, just got off the phone with Montreal. The woman told me something completely different than my fiancee or I heard before, which is also different than what all of you have heard. The lady said they are booking for December, and that people from MAy are still waiting, like the girl who the woman spoke with just before me. She suggested not going along with any plans until we have the interview/visa, blah, blah blah. I even asked about my fiancee and I hearing different things(and bilssgirl...congrats again) but she repeated what she said about booking people from May. I guess I'll have a snack while I wait.

In other news, I have peace about things, so that's good.

Don't know if this is significant, but our I-129f was touched 3 days ago. That's a month after sending the checklist to Montreal.

Well nothing in the mail today, I was so hoping. I guess tomorrow is another day.

its coming leafgal...i feel it

I am crossing my fingers for tomorrow billsgirl, and hoping for November 27th lol.

My fingers are crossed for you Jersey Girl

that would be totally awesome if we had all the same date...my toes and fingers are crossed....ouch...

Hey gang. My fiancee just called the consulate. Still no interview and the guy she spoke with didn't know where they at, as afar as processing goes. She then asked if she could request a date. The guy said she can, but he can't promise anything. She's requested a date for the week I'll be visiting, which is the week of Dec 10. She asked before about requesting a date and the lady said rather rudely, "You accomodate us, we don't accomodate you!" So that's that. Anyone else call?

ps. We've also decided to postpon wedding plans until March. We'd like to have been married yestreday but the dissapointment of canceling every month isn't fun.

There seems to be one really rude lady there, and then some really nice helpful people. The really rude lady told me last week that a computer does all the scheduling and that they can't do anything about interview dates. However, I've been in contact with them over the past few days and have been told that they are making exceptions/accomodations for those of us whose petitions were held up because of IMBRA. My case is being reviewed and possibly having an interview scheduled. I think however that you have to ask, possibly several times, as it wasn't until yesterday that someone said they were doing this for IMBRA cases and that they would pass my case along. She said she couldn't promise anything, so I emailed today to ask if a decision had been made and received this response: Please allow the caseworker to review the schedule and book your appointment. We have public during the morning and I cannot tell you when she will schedule your appointment. We are aware that you and many others have experienced this IMBRA delay and you will be scheduled soonest. An appointment letter will be mailed to you as soon as it is booked.
I'm not sure if anything will actually come of this, I'm trying not to get my hopes up. If anyone else is in the IMBRA boat I suggest calling, perhaps a couple of times if needed.

My fiance called Montreal today and still not scheduled yet either, she told him that is should be scheduled soon.

Leafgal, keep your chin up You are only a couple of weeks behind me (sending Packet 3 back), and mine was sheduled on Oct 5 (that's when Packet 4 was dated). You'll probably hear something next week.

Thanks J&K I am trying, just sometimes hard, as we all know. Here is to Monday's mail, cheers.

Our IR-1 case was completed at the NVC as of September 14th (according to the recording, anyway).

My hubby just checked the mail yesterday and we have our interview date in Montreal on November 22nd.

It's been a weird ride. I entered on my K3 visa back in October 2004, after having to wait almost a year for them to process the K3 because of the backlog at MSC. The I-130 was approved shortly thereafter and we opted to let it go through NVC/Montreal instead of doing AOS, since I'd be coming back to Canada to visit family anyway. That was the big mistake

We weren't sure if we were going to stay in the US or try to immigrate him to Canada, so we just didn't bother sending the fees to the NVC for a while. Eventually we decided to go ahead with it. Then, the fun started of the NVC not sending the next batch of paperwork, losing the stuff that we had sent in, and waiting forever for my criminal record check from Canada.

This all resulted in the case being completed at the NVC, but still no interview date, so when my K3 expired on October 4th, I came back to Canada to wait out the interview. We figured that'd be better than staying in the US illegally It's weird being apart for the first time since I moved down there, though.

I hadn't bothered changing the address, though, so he got the packet from Montreal with instructions and interview date yesterday. Somehow I need to get the medical forms from him (or find them online), and do the medical, but that's a piece of cake compared to the past few months....

You don't need any medical forms that I'm aware of, just go to one of the panel physicians and get your exam done.

As I recall the DR has the proper forms. Dont forget to bring the proper pics and some want the letter.

Yeah, I went to Seiden in Toronto the first time. It was an... interesting... experience. I think I'm going to go somewhere else this time

They wanted the letter last time. So, seeing as I don't even have the letter, I need to at least get that from him. He's going to bring everything when he comes up here for the interview, but that's not going to do me much good in the meantime.

Well still no word in the mail yet, hopefully tomorrow. Anyone else hear anything?

WOW!!!!! It worked...Thank You Lord!!!! .......interview is November 06, 2006. I cannot wait till James gets home from work and I can tell him the great news. We have been dying to be together - as all of you know what that is like.

Congrats on your interview, and so quick that is great news.

Congrats on the interview, and good luck!

My fiancee just called Montreal. She got the mean lady. Before she even asked anything, the woman asked for her ID number and said she was on the waiting list and that there's no date yet. She then said she had another question but the woman didn't seem to be in the best of moods, so she never asked.

Since the lady noticed that Ash called last week, we were wondering if they kept track of phone calls and if more phone calls = black-listing. Anyone know anything about this? Thanks

I don't know, I've wondered this myself. When I spoke with someone last week they made mention of checking my file "notes", so I suppose they can keep track of these things and make notes about it.

when I was going through this process, during my interview...I saw communications..phone and emails in my petition file and I called regularly.

Honestly, unless you are being rude and threatening in the call, I can't imagine why you'd be "blacklisted". I'm a government employee, and trust me, we are not so vindictive!!

If they are, then I am in toruble. I've emailed several times! (to vancouver though) At worst, they probably think we are little stupid, and kind of nervous!

Well I am praying they don't blacklist for it as either myself or my fiance have called once a week for 6 weeks now. We are always nice on the phone so who knows. As of last Friday when my fiance called we had no interview date yet either. So here's to our weekly call on Friday and hoping for good news lol.