My interviewer at MTL said my visa should be sent out in 2 days. Since I had my interview on the June 28th I thought that there would be a fat chance that I would see it the next week as Monday they would be closed for the July 1'st holiday and then again on Wed for July 4th.

Knock me down with a feather (yah, I know that's an old corny line) But MTL mailed it out July 3rd and receipt at my post office was July 5th. I picked it up today July 9th.

Maybe there is hope for Montreal.

naw, you're mistaken..

there's no hope for Montreal..

Theres always a first for MTL... now only if the rest of the consulate were as efficient as their visa issuing and mailing dept

it was that one guy pulling a late work day in the mail room...

the rest are hopeless...

they should put him on the frontline!

for me I found Montreal the easiest part of the whole process....

I only had to wait about 2 months for my interview.... my case was completed Feb 2nd/05 and my interview was March 29th/05...

and the guy who interviewed me was very nice....

Tee hee... we actually found the wait for the visa very quick... couple of days.. it was Canada POst who frigged up and delivered it to the wrong address for us!! THANKFULLY the nice lady down the street called me instead of returning it to sender!

aye, myself as well!

Other than the interview backlog/waiting period, I had zero issues with Montreal consulate. One thing I learned quickly was to email them with any inquiries I had rather than wait on the phone for 40 minutes long distance though.

Congrats on receiving the Visa. I have nothing bad to say about the MTL Consulate as far as the interview day and mailing of the Visa went. It's getting up to that point and dealing with a couple of front line ignorant people. Not all of em but there are a couple that are very rude and ignorant in answering inquiries. They need some brushing up on telephone manner and communications 101
Beyond those few, everyone else at the MTL Consulate was very pleasant and nice
My interview was the 19 th June and they had the Visa in the mail on the 20th Canada Post got it to me on the 25

NO! There is absolutely no help for Montreal.

well my interview was on April 4th and the guy told me they would probably mail it the next day on April 5th, and when I checked on April 5th on Canadapost website i found out they mailed it on the 4th!! And since I couldnt sign for it I thought I would pick it up after easter week-end but they had it in hand the same day!!

So took me a big 1 day to get my visa