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update for the spreadsheet...Galateia has gotten her re-scheduled interview date.. Feb 6th... she hasnt been on VJ for a bit but we do keep in touch away from VJ..

rae and scott, i would suggest to not loose time to already fill all the forms and get all the other papers ready (police, afidavit etc etc).
at least this is what i plan to do around january

Thank you for the tip! Our laywer just sent us all the forms so I'm going to begin on that probably tomorrow night. Fun! Paperwork sure is fun.

Has anyone seen Liz? Updates for the spreadsheet...Galateia has gotten her re-scheduled interview date for Feb 6th...

and Toronto/New York got theirs for January 17th!!! (weve been hanging out with them on the list so it gives us some hope that Montreal hasnt forgotten about us!)

just sent an email to Montreal, waiting for a reply *fingers, toes, eyes, legs crossed*!!!!

i'm right here.. =)
working on it now

something is wrong with google docs.

it let me update but isn't let me publish the changes..

will try again in a few mins...

done

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updated.

check my signature.

Okay.
I am trying to work.
I am, more than usual, extremely distracted.

This is a huge week!

Yes, it is.

I am officially freaking out.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Trying to keep it together...

Hi Liz,

Can you pls add us to the Montreal waiting list. I sent our Packet 3 stuff to Montreal yesterday. Do you need anything else from me?

Thanks!

Karen

I've been very busy lately, so kept forgetting to post my updates here, but thankfully I got a lovely PM reminder from one of you We got our notice from Montreal on 11/24 and we are scheduled for an interview on February 13th!

Happy Holidays everybody

Gypsyangel...Good luck to you!

mwinburn...Congrats!!!

Great news Gypsyangel and Mwinburn!

updating now =)

You all probably know about this already.
New fees at the interview:
(in case you missed it)
http://montreal.usconsulate.gov/content/co...;document=index

That's lame. Our letter says $100 on it. They shouldn't be sending out letters that don't reflect the updated price.

Let me know if there are any new couples out there that are going through MTL for K visas or who have progressed further in their timeline than my spreadsheet shows (in my signature)

Wow... this thread has reached page 128

Found a few more K-visa-ers.....

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pjs...HOCavn_ONGctqIg

PLEASE PM ME TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST.

I sent package 3 to Montreal today. How will I know when I enter the waiting list for an interview?

it takes approximately 6 days..

Just wondering for those of you that wrote down your tracking number for your XpressPost envelope... how long after your interview did you notice that Montreal had sent your passport?... today is only the 2nd "business" day after my husbands interview (Jan 25th) and Canada Post shows nothing sent as of tonight.. Just wanting to get it in our hands so we can finalize moving plans...

Hey Liz, could you please send some of your wonderful fairy dust my way!!..still waiting for my husbands passport/visa to come from Montreal..10 days and counting!

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Liz, just want to say thank you again for doing this

no problemo! =)

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Today I followed a friends advice and finally emailed Montreal just to 'check the status & make sure they received my Packet 3'-even though I KNEW I would get no reply except the automated:

Dear MONTREAL CONSULATE GENERAL:

My lawyer sent back his packet 3 information on January 29, 2008, on behalf of (my fiance). I wanted to confirm receipt of his Packet 3 information as we have had problems in the past with mailing in Canada. Thank you so much for your time.

Sincerely,

(my fiance & me)

Of course, I got the typical automated reply. BUT, less than two hours later, I got this:

YES WE DID RECEIVE IT YOU SHOULD BE REVEIVING AN APPOINTMENT IN APRIL OR MAY

Thats it, no opening, no closing-but an IDEA of WHEN we may possibly get an interview. I am very excited-at the same time, a little sad because I was secretly hoping for a miracle interview earlier! HAHA-maybe our 'miracle' will be an early April appointment? We WILL SEE!

I think it should happen pretty fast

look at the list!

Yeah, Liz, looking at the list (which I look at DAILY-HEHE) It looks like it will come quickly! You're so awesome for keeping up with all of this stuff. Thank you SO much!!!!!!!!

just puppin in to say hi and to wish everyone who started this process good luck
wow Montreal has been kickin butts 2 month for interview ,
thats great for the people who are waiting
compare to when we filed was 4-6 month waiting period , well am happy they spead things up as i know its a pain in the butt to be seperated from the one you love ,
again good luck everyone ,
PS : Liz ya still doin exellent job with the time table

thanks =)

I try

Wow - so lately its been 3-4 months instead of 6???

We just sent our Packet 3 back the other day.

I *hope*, really really really hope, that this works out well. If we get an interview in July it will be a few months before Mary moves, and she cant move sooner because of a wedding in August we have to go to.

I hope its not before that because we have a ton of planning here to do

According to Liz's spreadsheet it is taking about 2 months from packet three being sent back to interview - so you should be thinking she will receive her visa/interview in the 2-3 month time frame from now.

She has 6 months to use the visa, so that should work for you?

Well if they get it Monday .... 3 months from that date is June 3rd ....

That is 3 months before we wanted to move ... and then we'd have 45 days or so before the wedding.

So its perfect timing - she had just hoped to visit in June and July to do more planning for the wedding. It's so hard to plan a wedding 600 miles away

MTL just wrote back saying most likely 4 months. So July.

That works perfectly!

I just so happened to update you on the chart too =)

just now!

Just so you guys know.. I'm going to probably be removing Jan to March 2007 couples off the list in the next couple days...

the list is getting a little long.. and you guys are all approved now anyways.. =)

Thanks for doing this Liz!!! You rock!!!

no problemo! =)

keeps me out of trouble

We've finally sent off our P3 to Montreal. Woohoo! It is scheduled to arrive at the consulate by 10.30 tomorrow morning. If I were to email Montreal tomorrow, do you think I'd know if I've been put in line for an interview, or is that way too soon to expect them to give me an answer?

I'd wait at least a week..

they'll only get it tomorrow
doesn't mean it'll get opened tomorrow.

in reality.. you should wait a min of 2-3 weeks

Sound advice, thank you! I know I have to be *patient* now. Just so happy to finally have that thing on its way!

edit:

ooh, look at that, we are no longer grey on the spreadsheet! And I see we automatically are given a future date as having entered the waiting list. I was wondering how people got those dates, but I guess it's just an auto guess kinda thing?

ya.. I noticed that on average it takes about 6 days for them to enter you into their computer...

so everyone gets six days added to the date they mailed it in... =)

you got peach for your color! =) hope you like it cuz you'll be looking at it for a few weeks!

I love it! Better than being what felt like in limbo in that grey area.

And I hope you are right. I hope it's a few weeks rather than months. It would be great if it only took 2 months, as some of the recent ones have been taking. Thank you again so much for doing the spreadsheet! It's the only indication I feel I have to hope for 2 months rather than longer.

you're very welcome! =)

glad you finally feel a little bit in control

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Just noticed that CheeseMAB (Mike & Anna) and Lady Noles (bryan & melina) both sent back P3 to Montreal on 04/02. Geez, don't these people realize there is a spreadsheet to agonize over?!
j/k