Yay for NVC!I was dreading the thought of having to bicker with the famous Mrs. Nasty that always seems to pick up the phone at Montreal to make peoples lives miserable

did they tell you a "most likely" month / time frame?

This is getting really frustrating that there is not firm dates.... urrrgg! just venting .....

No estimate... after pressing her for an approximate date her reply was that we do not know when it will be.

Just an FYI as far as I know.......the magical 15th date is for CR-1's being scheduled through the NVC. When Montreal schedules the other dates , well , that's as good a guess as any. Ours was scheduled at the beginning of the month...I wanna say around the 8th ( of March)

On that subject... I called NVC last night and asked about whether I had been scheduled (I knew I hadn't yet.. but wanted to see if they would give me a timeline on when I might be scheduled,) anyways, they said I would be notified by mail when I was pencilled in. Is that true? I was hoping it would also show up on the automated voice response system there. Waiting for it in snail mail will probably drive me to insanity lol

Yeah. I sure hope you're right (and hopefully they are actually scheduling people with P3 in March rather than just February!) It's kinda disappointing not to see any interviews being scheduled. Hopefully another big pile will be scheduled soon!

Thanks to Liz and Legend who adviced me to join this forum for montreal , I was able to look trough some timelines and got a better picture of the waiting period I think this forum is exelent great idea to open it , and am glad steped up a nugde and be able to be a new member of it now Thanx again Liz and good luck everyone Lona and Tony

Got to add it to my signature but resived my NVC letter of aproval at a great date 07/07/07

Congratulations and welcome to the MTL waiting forum

=) you're welcome..
There's a member who actually has a word document where all the ppl waiting are listed..

I'm sure they'll add both of us soon to their list

Sitting here getting aggravated cause nothing was being posted in this thread.
I just looked at the VJ timelines and it stinks everyone with the same timeline that went through Vancouver is up and gone

Hi Liz,

The elusive word doc! How does one get ones hands on this document? I have seen it a couple of times on this thread, but it doesn't open correctly for me normally.

Stands in the waiting room, still tapping his foot...

You're half way though....
Shouldn't be more than 2-3 months

chin up!

well, you could PM someone and ask them to email it to you...

Might wanna wait til it gets updated first cuz it's been a while

Last I checked there wasnt a lot of new info to add to the timeline.........no new interviews and such.Ive been a bit busy planning my hubby's surprise 40th b-day party for this past Saturday ( went off without a hitch ) and we're still entertaining out of town guests( so little time for being on the puter). Unless someone knows something that I dont regarding timeline info.......if it's ok with everyone I'll wait a few days to scour over the VJ timelines and see what can be added.

Trailmix , if you havent gotten it emailed to you already just PM me an email addy and I'll send you the last word I made.

........and for those who dont know.......this particular word doc is for k visas waiting in Montreal. Since the NVC is responsible for the timeline pace of the CR-1's it didnt seem logical to me to compare that visa with the k's.......oh and I left Van out of the comparison as well .......thats just pouring salt on a wound

Happy belated Birthday to hubby Cutienpurg!!

Lets hope there's something you can add soon

It's cool.. take your time..
I know nothing's really changed so there's no point updating it just yet.



wasn't trying to say you were slacking or anything.. we obviously all have lives outside of VJ (even though sometimes it seems like it's all we do )

ps., happy belated b-day to your hubby!

Just an update... Called again today and was told still no interview. I asked when I was put on the waiting list and was told Feb 23. So MTL is definately slowing down

Montreal's slowing down??

Didn't realize that was possible..

Still recovering from the holidays they had last week. I wonder how short staffed they are going to be during the summer.. 1 CO? interviewing everyone going through MTL?

Im just curious to find out how many K visa cases MTL might be dealing with on a particular month.

So far I know that the NVC case number assigned is Consulate(MTL) Year(2007) Somekindof modified Julian date(I wont put my number here for privacy reasons) and I think the number of cases that were processed for that day(26petitions?)

So Im assuming that in Feb, the day when when NVC processed my application there were 26 cases sent over to MTL? I am still not sure if the last 3 digits are the total for the month or the total for a given day or 26 for the week. Im thinking its 26 for the day. Any ideas?

I wish I knew... Even if they told us how many petitions were before ours, it would be nice. Then it would be easier to count down to our time... Or maybe it's better left a mystery.

Ha ha, true true. Good old Vancouver, I wish they would miraculously release a statement that they will now process K1s in Vancouver

Update::::

Nothing for us to add time wise since we are still where we were last time our position was updated.
On a side note I went to my family doctors at the request of the Consulate doctor to clarify certain matters, which was done rather quickly. Now my family doctor has to type everything up and get it off to the Consulate doctor. We are hoping that this will be the end to the medical examination, which started on June 7th and I will have the documentation in my hands by at the latest mid August.

Wow. It took me about the same length of time to get the results from my medical. I had mine May 2nd and wasn't able to pick the results up until towards the end of June.

I guess we are pretty much one the same time line for the packet 4 to arrive. I would have thought you would have gotten yours in a week or two, I can understand mine taking more time but in your case they seem to have taken good time.

Wow!
I haven't really visited this thread since my interview in Mtl last November, but sheesh! I feel for all of you waiting to hear when your interviews will be scheduled.
I don't understand how they can go from 2-4 months waiting to what...6months or more? Unacceptable.

I hope you all hear something soon!

That's great!!! you should have that issue all cleared up before your interview

Right now we're not expecting anything from Montreal until September so for sure the medical issues should be resolved by then. I will call the doc in two weeks to see if she has everything and find out when I can expect to get the docs.

Lynette, I'm waiting to see you're on your way to Montreal, only 8 days left for you, all the best to ya.

How long does it usually take to get Packet 3 from Montreal? I haven't heard anything from anyone lately. No packet 3 nor a letter from NVC saying they have received my petition and forwarded it, etc. I called the NVC late June to find out that they received my petition on the 27th and sent it to Montreal on the 29th. I know it hasn't been too long, but does Montreal take a long time to send Packet 3s, too, or just scheduling interviews?

Mtl takes 6 months to schedule an interview..

And about a 2 weeks to mail packet 3s..

I'm thinking that this is the most stressful part of this voyage ... my house is ripped upside down (it's amazing what kinds of stuff accumulate in drawers and cupboards and closets over the course of 6 years ) .. everything I've been sorting through makes me travel down a memory lane .. some lanes I wish not to visit ... trying to decide what to keep ... oh dear!! I've been so busy packing away my life I haven't really had time to worry about how the interview will go .. I'm as organized as I'm going to get .. just have to get myself there in one piece (travelling the 401 E don't ya know!!). I'll be leaving for my interview on the 17th with my son in 5 more days and I will give the update when I'm back the night of the 18th ... the support and information from you all has been amazing ... thank you

happy packing and purging!

I received a letter from the NVC saying that they had received my petition and were forwarding it to Montreal. Someone spoke to Montreal for on Tuesday and they said that they had still not received the paper copy of my petition. My Fiancee still has not received her Package 3 either. You're not alone there are other's with similar timelines in the same situation.

Mark

I think I belong here now. I'm having my congressman try to transfer me to Vancouver but I've heard that that's pretty much a no-go since Vancouver is experiencing "staffing shortages" and cannot take any more applications.


<rant>
Does anyone else feel like they're being failed by the State Department? I develop software so I work with foreign citizens all the time. This morning I interviewed a visa holder from India. Last month we brought two people in from Brazil. At USCIS you can pay a fee to have a work visa expedited. At the state department you can use NVARS to schedule interviews and again you can pay a fee to expedite your interview. The expedited interview process doesn't apply to K visas since they are scheduled by the NVC.

I believe in using foreign labour. It's tough not to in the industry I'm in and I am not concerned about my job safety because if a foreigner can steal my job so can another US employee.

What I am very frustrated with is the fact that it's a longer process and there is no fee based acceleration for family visas. The government as a whole should be more committed to uniting families than it should be with foreign work. I understand that large business will obviously petition for faster visa timelines because it's in there best interest to reduce time to delivery of labour. What I don't understand is how the K visa process is being left behind. It should at least be given similar advantage and not de-prioritized below other visa types because of lack of corporate sponsorship.

Is there any way that we can raise awareness about the situation in Montreal, and for that matter the service centers where people can pay to jump ahead in line for other visa types while K visas wait for someone to get around to helping them?

</rant>


Sorry for the rant... I'm frustrated with this whole process. And working every day with offshore labour.

K-visas interviews are scheduled by the consulate, not the NVC.


Lynamon, omg, I just started and I can't believe how much "junk" I've accumalted. I'm being tough on myself, thought I'd thrown a silver candlestick out,(wasn't going to go down and look through the garbage) looked at the other one and almost tossed that too, just cause. What's the point of the one? Went to get the garbage bag out of the bedroom and there was the other one

LIZ SAYZZZZZZZZZ everything you haven't used or worn in 2-3 years I like the way she thinks!!!

Lynette, believe it or not I am more than happy for you and the entire family, it is well past the time you should have been there. Enjoy the stress because this the last time you will have to go through any stress alone, in the past you had ED's support but that is nothing to the support you will have from him with your being together. Don't worry about the interview it also will pass and soon enough be another memory to you. I'm betting that your son is about as excited as you are right now, I hope he makes good friends near his new home very soon so the new school is easier to cope with. I will be waiting for the interview update, I have been ticking your day off the calendar because mine are still a bit away.
Take care and have a safe trip to Montreal and back

PS I gave evreything to my daughter, what I am keeping already in Kansas except for 2 suitcases and enough furniture for a small batchelor appartment

two days to the 15th of the month!!

crap, I guess it'd be the 16th of the month for this month!!



3 days til the 16th of the month!!

We'll be looking forward to reading your review Lynette. Everything will go perfectly for youno worries. On the 18th you'll feel much relief and be on cloud 9 as the tortuous interview waiting part of the journey is done with

Good Luck
Alie & Lorry

OK so I just got off the line with MTL 12 minutes hold... a new record for MTL . Anyways no interview date set yet. But they are processing cases from mid Feb this week so she said in the next 2 weeks I should hear something from them and to try again next Friday. Very friendly and very quick (No nasty customer service rep like the last 2 times)

So, mid Feb....I'm looking at at least another month if not more.
BUT they're moving

That's what I was thinking! At least they're moving!

Hi all
Can anyone clear up some confusion for me? Does the NVC schedule Ir-1 interviews that take place in Montreal - or does Montreal?

And I also have a K-3 limping along which would go to Vancouver - but from MarknAshley...

Does that mean they aren't accepting any new K visas right now - even ones that would be coming directly from NVC? That might explain the mysterious hold-up in K visa approvals. Where did you hear about their 'staffing shortages'?
Thanks
RA

NVC schedules CR-1 and IR-1 interviews with Montreal. Vancouver is still doing K visas within their provincial districts (everything west of... whatever the cutoff point is -- I'm not sure?)

I think the "staff shortage" line is that Vancouver isn't accepting transfers without a valid reason (i.e, that you're moving or going to be out west for an indefinite period of time) and probably because they're possibly short on staff during the summer months. This shouldn't really affect those who are within district of Vancouver though.

RocksAnne, what do you mean about holdups with K visa approvals? Do you mean at the service centre stage? I wouldn't think that consulate shortages would affect service centre processing.

hi Misa!
Yeah, I meant hold-ups at the service centers, VSC and CSC, not in Vancouver. I was thinking that if for some reason the Service Centers knew these consulates were backlogged, maybe they were holding back on moving the K visas along. Probably a crazy thought - but I'm grasping at straws to make sense of what is going on! A lot of us are still waiting for I-129F approvals which seem to have come to a complete halt all of a sudden, while our I-130's have been zipping right along. I did see a post floating around today that CSC has just issued some kind of statement that they're going to be catching up as of July 20th. Nothing at all about what is going on in Vermont, though!

Maybe the service centres are also experiencing summer shortages with vacations and such? So hard to make sense of this all sometimes. Hope the service centres (and consulates) start speeding up for everyone!

Well, IF they are processing for February now, MAYBE we'll get an appointment sometime this year. It just irritates me that we submitted our packet in early December, and not until MAY did we discover that they had only processed it as of February. We were told back in January that our information was in the system THEN. NO ONE there has any idea where their buttcheeks are I don't think.

Oh well, we'll see.

Yup.. totally understand your frusteration. What a waste of 2 months. In my opinion you should have been scheduled in for an interview in May/June. Hopefully August. I will call again next Friday and see what they say.

I so hope that you get your interview date this week .. fingers crossed ...