I got a phone call from my attorney today. He let me know he received my interview date in Montreal. The date happens to be tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. Obviously i am not going to make it. i am currently visiting my husband in GA.
Does anyone know about rescheduling an interview? Is this frowned upon? Will I have to start the process all over. How do I contact them?
Any info on this is very much appreciated. I'm a total mess right now! This process has taken 3+ years and now this!
Please help.

SANDRA

if it was me I would be on a flight to Montreal.....

Kez

it would make no sense to me because I haven't gotten my medical yet.

I would definitely classify it as an emergency .. drive all night if you have to!

How on earth did you just find out about this at 6:22 pm on the day before the interview? What kind of lawyer do you have? Don't they[consulates] schedule interviews at least a week or two in advance?
I agree w/ the above posts...make every effort possible to be there at your interview. At this point, since its past hours of operation at the consulate, it may look quite foolish if you're calling on the morning of your interview to re-schedule because you're out of the country visiting your SO. I just cannot imagine that the consulate notified your attorney the day before the interview....which means that either your lawyer has known for a while and did not tell you, or you've forgotten the date, either way I don't think the consulate will take it kindly if you're requesting a re-schedule based on the fact that you're on 'vacation'. A serious emergency may qualify...but not "my lawyer just told me yesterday and I'm out of the country at present." I think you seriously need to be on the first flight out of GA, headed back to Montreal.

Good luck!

-P

lets say one does find out they have an interview in the next day or two, BUT they do not have their medical(or whatever else, ie police check)! What to you do? You GOTO THE INTERVIEW!!! What they msot likley will do is approve the visa, BUT wont issue it until you get the medical (or whatever paperwork) completed!! This might be a different situation (so dont be alarmed) but our own dear Neiks has been waiting like 6 months for another interview appt (I belive she had to put off becuase of pregnancy) So in short if you can make the interview that was handed out on short notice GO, and once you get the medical (or whatever) completed, they most likely wil then issue you the visa! Hope it works out for u!!

well if she doesnt go it's too bad someone else couldnt get the slot.....someone in Montreal who's fiance is about to snap.....necrotica's rejean maybe

You can call US embassy in motreal to reschedule ur interview. Tell them your st#pid lawyer did not inform you earlier.

Get a flight booked NOW. Deal with the medical later. If you reschedule, you may not get another interview date for another 6+ months. There's someone who had to reschedule due to having a baby and they are still waiting for a new date... 5 months later.

Why did the lawyer get this information only to you today?

Montreal will put the case at the back of the line if they reschedule.

Oh gods I wish.

He wants to be able to give at least a day's notice to his work, though. Plus he's already asleep for tonight, with no phone to call to wake him up. Plus it wouldn't happen, anyway. But ohhhh, I wish.

srs1978, that is terrible that you didn't find out about this earlier, especially if the process has taken you 3+ years! It's worse than what my fiancé and I have been going through.

I agree with everyone here that posted. If there is any way even remotely possible for you to get on a flight to Montréal tonight, I would very highly recommend doing so.

Besides frantically looking for a flight to Montreal, I would also be planning on how to wring my lawyers neck, if this were happening to me.
I don't understand, but I highly doubt the lawyer just got the notice of the interview date. Unless the OP is also on a wait-list because of a previous re-schedule and suddenly an interview time-slot openned up and the consulate called last minute. Does that happen? (not sure what the procedure is w/ Montreal, but isn't it the case that if a consulate has a last minute cancellation of an interview they contact the next person on the waiting list?)

-P

WOW. From what I've read on here, rescheduling can take a long time and you DON'T want to reschedule if you don't absolutely have to. You don't have to start the process all over from what I understand ... but you do risk waiting another 6+ months. Tough decision but if I had the money I'd be on a flight to Montreal. Unfortunately I don't think I'd have the money for a last minute flight :S :S so I hope this kinda thing doesn't happen to me.

How did you not find out about the interview date until the day before? If the lawyer knew all this time and didn't tell me til the last minute, I'd be pretty upset with him! I mean it's not like most of us LIVE in Vancouver or Montreal. We have to travel all the way to either place so it's necessary to know in advance! I'm sorry this has happened to you and your husband but I hope it can work out that you can get your interview and approved and maybe some kind of at least partial refund from your lawyer if he KNEW the date all this time!

For fun I did a search and your looking about $1500 to fly on same day of tickety purchase from Atlanta to Mtl!! Think last flight of the day went out at 8 pm.

Is that roundtrip? Cause I'm guessing she's not going to be going back right away until she has her medical. Possibly she/you [OP] could get a one way flight to Montreal and then a one way flight back whenever you're going to activate the visa to return to the States... might save costs on you since the return trip wouldn't be a last minute thing hopefully (but I don't know cause of course one ways tend to be more expensive :S) And maybe a one way flight during the wee hours of the morning to save hotel costs... although of course that might complicate things in other ways...

that was roundtrip, buying tickets the same day of travel is usually more $$$$, there are websites that one supposedly can get better last minute deals, but usually they are to more popular/bigger cities.

Yeah, buying tickets on the same day of travel is crazily expensive! Not something I'd do if I didn't have to...I just thought it might save a little since a one way is going to be cheaper than a round trip (for now, although of course there are going to be more costs for coming back... so a roundtrip might still be cheaper in the long run)

Thanks for the reply! I couldn't pick up and go. We have 3 small children and I am currently visiting him in Georgia. I found out close to 6 in the evening.
I have called the embassy today and told them the situation. She did tell me that I should've shown up anyway. But they will reschedule the interview. I have to call today between 2-4:30 to get that date. Please keep your fingers crossed for me!

thnx!



That would only be too wonderful of them!




Thanks for the reply! I couldn't pick up and go. We have 3 small children and I am currently visiting him in Georgia. I found out close to 6 in the evening.
I have called the embassy today and told them the situation. She did tell me that I should've shown up anyway. But they will reschedule the interview. I have to call today between 2-4:30 to get that date. Please keep your fingers crossed for me!

thnx!




He claims to have been out of the office for a week. the letter was dated April 23. makes since. I'm too depressed to be pissed right now.

Yeah, the INS is very pathetic with re-schedualing anything all along the process. The golden rule as you know is never miss an interview. If you know you have an interview in the making or waiting for one to come, you should just stay put until you get it to avoid situations like this.

The INS uses a very complex system to reschedual all interviews. It consists of a 2 year calendar spread across a wall, and a dart which is thrown by a blindfolded agent. When the dart hits a date, that will be your new interview date. This could be a long process...

I'm too depressed to be mad at the attorney at this point. This process has gone on for over 3 years now. If I have to wait a few more months....oh well. Financially I was not able to make the flight to Montreal. It was $800 per person. We are currently visiting my husband in GA. We have 3 children together so I couldn't just pick up and go. Time and money wouldn't permit it.
I'm sure I'll have a delayed reaction with regards to my lawyer once this is cleared up.

I have called the embassy today and told them the situation. She did tell me that I should've shown up anyway. But they will reschedule the interview. I have to call today between 2-4:30 to get that date. Please keep your fingers crossed for me!

thnx!

No i think you are mistaken my dear......
The process is that they start at the end of the 2 year period and do eeny meeny miney mo after they've thrown the darts by a blindfolded agent!

I always thouight they went by height and weight!!

Thank you for your responses. Here's an update......
After a sleepless nite, I called the embassy this morning. I got a receptionist who told me she would give an agent my telephone number and explain the situation. After hanging up I realized that i had given her the wrong phone number so I called back. Coincidently she had just talked to the agent and he said that I should have shown up anyway. Regardless, I have to reschedule. i have to call today between 2-4:30.

I'll keep you posted on how long this torture is going to prolong!

yup! I agree.

Wow, this is quite a thread! It seems your situation is resolved, for the most part, but I find it odd that you didn't even have a warning about the medical. We got an interview date for last November and my wife(then fiancee) emailed the consulate abot the chances of changing the date to some time in December when I would be visiting. She didn't want to change it, but she was just seeing if she could. They replied with a new date in December. In the end we were glad they did, instead of us having to make a choice.

Good luck!

Yep, I've done that before... Same day one-way flight from RIC to YYZ cost me about $500 one time. A pre-booked roundtrip is usually $350-500.

Another update:
The agent I was supposed to interview with today called me at the Toronto number and left a message saying that I was rescheduled for May 31st. Yay... not that long of a wait!!!!

That's really good news!!!! It's nice they didnt hold this against you since you absolutely had no control over it......your lawyer is a friggin moron.......hope you havent paid him in full yet

I have a question for you. Did they send your packet 3 to your attorney too? I have a lawyer, but he's here in the states. I'm assuming they send packet 3 to my fiance in Canada, not the lawyer in the US. That worries me!

They sent the packet to my lawyer. You can call and request they send it to you or your fiance because if you get your appt in short notice you will need the packet.

Wow im really happy for you that everything got solved

Now though Im really wondering why it took 5 months+ for this other girl to be rescheduled....specially sinced she has the baby that might want to see his dad

That was Neiks!! Time for her to get her husband to contact his congress dude!! Glad it all turned out well, May 31 wil lbe here before you know it.

YOUR FRIGGIN KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!

They rescheduled you just like that??????

Sorry not upset at you - but now I am totally pissed off with Montreal!



You are totally right. I was thinking of doing this. I have been extremely patient but when "they" don't play fair I get pissed.

I'm on my 3rd year of this process. We know have 3 children!

Yet another update. You guys are going to laugh when you here this!
This whole time I was thinking my lawyer had made up a louzy excuse for not getting to me about the interview today. Well it turns out that I just got notification of the interview which was supposed to take place today. The letter arrived in my Canada address today! I think that they gave me an interview so quickly because the knew the mistake they had made!

<hangs head> <kicks rocks>

ok so I guess Im sorry I said you lawyer was an idiot.....err um friggin moron I think it was

LOL, well I'm happy to hear that you got a new date and some over all relief! It's nice that they were willing to make up for their mistake... because it happens sometimes. Well great news, and it must feel good to be at this point and know about your interview!

That may explain things. I just don't know why they would expadite the reschedule because of a lawyers mistake.



Why so long? If I didn't have to reschedule because of the birth of my son, I would have had everything wrapped up in less than a year.