I meant at the Consulate babyface... unless you want to go with me and pretend to be Bren (will provide red hair dye and professorial glasses for the ocassion)

oh good.. he doesn't have any facial hair...

phew.

hey! you've seen the pics on FaceBook... he is the cutest thing under the sun.

=)

so he's not making the trip for sure, huh?

When we finally get our interview, we're not sure if he'll be coming or not.. (mostly b/c I'd want him there for the interview AND especially moving.. ) but since that'll take a good week between those two things, he won't be able to get a week's worth of shifts all covered for managing the restaurant...

So, if I had to pick, i guess it'll have to be the move =(

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH
everyone!!!

don't forget to get your mail re-directed!

I am as happy for evryone else that got their date, Tinker I'm glad that will be able to breath now. I'm out of here and on the road at 2:30 a.m. will be in Montreal by 5:30 a.m.
I called the Consulate to confirm the date and the envelope size they want a 12x15 inch that is 295x390 for you metric people.
I asked about not getting the letter and they said no problem, just speak with security and they will call up.
Honestly, I am happier than a pig in sh!t for you folks it is nice to see things coming together.
Talk to you on Friday.
Ron

Good luck! and drive safe!

Udella & Wiz - did you call today???

Just got off the phone with Mtl. Was on hold for 45 seconds max. Since we had an RFE, our official waiting date is in May. The very nice lady told me that she didn't have a definite date but judging by where we were and how things were going it would be September or October. Now if I could just find the (insert derogatory word here) that sent the email and could throttle them I would really feel better.

Congratz and good luck to all that got theirs.

Wiz

Approved for K3 Visa... will post a more detailed review later. Also met Rejean and SaPa.

YAH!!!Congratulations Lance

What time did you guys get out of the consulate? I can get a train out of Montreal at 3:30 or I have to wait till 6...

So jealous of all everyone in here right now

Hmmmm, sounds like Sharon & I were like the constipation of the Consulate. We get an appointment, and all of a sudden the flood gates opened up....lol. Well, I've been called worse than constipation before anyway, just glad to hear ALL the great news, and good luck to EVERYONE with an appointment! We're just twiddling our thumbs waiting on that Visa to get to Sharon now, and hoping it doesnt take the two weeks they said it might. HURRY UP YA LIL VISA SUKKER!!!!!!!!!!

Just wanted to say that I got approved for the K1 visas today!

link is here....

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=82298

Congratulations everyone who got their appointments. Wow Im just gone for a day and theres like 6 pages to read.

From the time I got to the Consulate to the time I left I counted six K1/K3 Visa applicants and one applicant who was sponsored by LPR.

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Eep. I was gone ALL day and I can't really make personal calls at my job. Ugh! They're moving super quick.

Btw I'm not until the END of April... but if they're really doing the middle of April... whoa! I wish there was some way I could call tomorrow...

I would do it (how many interviews are there now? 10? LOL! MTL is making up for the slowness I guess) but I barely get a chance to get online now that I'm working again. I can't believe it, looks like I'm next in line, I want to call too and hear that my interview is in Sept, LOL! I'm the end of April though so I don't think I entered the waiting list until May

Did they mean Sept/Oct for the actual intervew date or for when you'll get an interview date scheduled? Do you know?

I can't keep track of this thread LOL (I wish I could) and I have to get to bed soon



Who all has facebook on here?!

Melyssa, go buy a CICI phone card and call. I don't think you'd get in that much trouble.
I'd call, lookit what happened to me last night, YOU REALLY don't want to find out someone after you got an interview, specially 2 days off!!! and you still don't have a clue.

Don't get me wrong, I'm going to be hanging around waiting to hear how Ron's interview went!!

I hope Sharon's visa gets there soon, so she can go home and relax and BE AT HOME!!!

someone better get another interview, I don't wanna go by myself!!

Well, I know I can call and wouldn't get in trouble; it's just that I have to pay attention to young children all day so I can't exactly be on hold for 15 minutes

I'm also nervous about calling I guess because I was starting to shake just hearing about all these interviews. LOL!

What's the number? I'll see if I can get a calling card tomorrow... how much does it cost anyway? CICI phone card? What's that?

the phone card is a long distance card, $10 at Mac's 1-514-398-9695

Since you had an RFE?? Wasn't that before the Consulate step though?!

Does anyone know what happened to Rebecca & Don... I kind of want to know if Montreal is really working on mid-April before I call (since I'm at the end of April)

Edit: OH nm, I didn't realize "Udella & Wiz" were Rebecca & Don (and in fact you guys), whoops!!! Okay, I'll see what I can do tomorrow...!!!

Get a $5 card though! you obviously don't make too many long distance calls from all over the place!

Oh, I can run out of a $10 real quick if I'm talking to my fiance from a payphone... I still don't need to get too many of those thankfully!

Oh and Tinker, I meant what does CICI stand for?

Oh, he'll be there... in the hotel room. Unless he promises to follow my lead and don't be overly detailed (as all scientists are when as ked a yes or no answer....). But we'll see. I am in shock, scared sh!tless, etc.

They needed something else having to do with my fiancee's daughter. Set us back a whole month since it took them 3 weeks to respond.

Okay so I called after getting SO confused by the voice prompts (I though I had to go to the non-immigrant visa information #, but that didn't help so I pressed 5 to get the ''other information" where I got someone telling me to call the 1-900 number and saying I had to schedule the interview which I knew wasn't true... but anyway I almost gave up, wishing I knew someone's number on here so I'd know what to do (lol) but finally I tried again. The rather nice lady I spoke with told me that as it stands now I'll probably be in October. I forgot to ask what day I officially entered the waiting list (they never answer that question in my emails ) but I'm guessing it was early or mid May...

Sapa's K1 Interview review : http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=82519

Time for me to shut up before I add another 3 pages here. Thank you all for the support and words that mean so much to both Sharon and I.
I wish everyone an easy passage through the consulate, and to those I have misssed that have gone through, Congratulations nad life a wonderful life together.
Love you all.

Hey, Just so you all know, I'm working on the Waiting List Chart..

Turning it into Excel so that it automatically counts days that you're waiting and such..

I'll post when I'm done.

PS, I'll only be including people that sent their P3's since Jan 1st of this year..

if you sent it before, and you would like to be on this list, let me know.. =)

Oh, and I'm removing the column of date MTL got your file..

Instead putting date you were entered into their system and obviously still keeping date you sent in your P3. (since the word version doesn't show me the date you were added to their system, I'm approximating right now and just adding 5-6 days to your P3 Sent date; based on my own experience.)

that's all folks!!



and you can PM me to change things if you'd like..; once, I post, of course =)

another PS... adding a column for VJ member's names to figure out whose timeline you're looking at =)

LOOK AT HER GO!!!! My friend I am impressed. This will be super helpful to everyone!!!!!

=) hehe



(do most people have excel on their computer??)
cuz if not, I can do a word version with the new additions too..

I think most ppl should though..

then again, I am the daughter of a programmer, so I've been technologically spoiled...

you are awesome! thanks for putting this together!! it really helps a lot of people to gather and estimate some timelines!.. .thanks

ALL DONE!

I did the best I could to find all your VJ names and such..
so if you see your vj name blank.. just PM me with the info (obviously remember to include you couple's name in the msg so I know who I'm editing!! =)

And it's in excel.

(I'm hoping all of you have Excel)
If you're not sure, go to START > ALL PROGRAMS > MICROSOFT OFFICE orMICROSOFT EXCEL

wtf! it says I'm not permitted to upload an excel file onto VJ!

HMM........

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.

I was just looking at google to post the excel version on a webpage.. but this seems easier..

I'll PM you if I'm stuck =)

AWESOME!!!

IT'S PUBLISHED!!!!!

K VISA WAITERS LIST =)

Good work Liz!

Brilliant! And such pretty colours!

Thanks, Liz!

Thanks for taking the time to do this!! it looks great, this will be so helpful for all of us!

Hi Liz,

Just wanted to say Galateia was scheduled July 5 but she has asked to be rescheduled. Not sure if you want to add re-scheduled interview column to the worksheet.

I guess you could just change it when she has her new interview date and put an astrix to show it was re-scheduled.

Thanks for doing this Liz. Way cool.

Updated - added a Status column for any differentials..


thanks for the input guys!

glad you all like it =)
I was so proud when I was done last night.. only took two hrs of checking and cross checking... (as I'm sure you can see from the posts here)

Ooh its pretty.....

It looks great and very user friendly. Good job.

very nice liz!!

Monicatony, have you called the consulate to see if you have an interview?

Udella&Wiz, you should try again this week as well.

excellent work , this sure helps to keep track on the waite you a did GREAT JOB

Been reading a lot of awesomes here about this new program you put together, I wish I could view it but working on a government computer and through their site I am not allowed access to what you did therefore I am also sure that it is awesome. Thank you for making things better.
Ron