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| Montreal, Canada |  Review #33711 on July 4, 2025: |
Caitlyn03
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| | | Montreal, Canada | Review #33664 on May 22, 2025: |
randomuser122333
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Interview:
Context:
- No criminal history
- Petitioner divorced w/ kids
- Joint sponsor/co-sponsor for i134f
- No previous issues/denials at the border or for visas
- I did not study chemistry/physics or work in a high security clearance/federal job (Working or studying in these fields is usually a cause for AP or DS5535 at Montreal)
Interview time: January 6th, 8am
Arrived at 7:45
Let in at: 7:55
Left at 8:50
There was only 2 other people that came to the doors with me, we were able to stand on the inside of the first set of doors and not have to stand in the cold outside. A security guard came and asks for your appointment time and your passport, they have a list and they check off that you’re there. You’ll get your passport back and then you wait a few more minutes there.
Once they let you in someone else will take your passport, check your name off another list, and put in a slip with your number on it and a little laminated list of documents to have ready. You’ll be instructed to turn off your cell phone, empty your pockets and take off your coat/hat, remove watches, and put it all in a bin that goes through a scanner like at airport TSA. You then walk through a metal detector, collect your bin of belongings, go put your phone in a locker and grab the key, and head to the elevator to go to the waiting room.
Sit and wait until your number appears on the screen and then head over to the counter, this is where they’ll collect all your documents. Waiting for me only took like 10 minutes, there was only a couple other people up there waiting there with me.
Documents collected at first counter:
- MRV payment confirmation
- 2 American sized passport style photos (2x2 inches)
- My passport
- Birth certificates + copies (I brought both the long form and short form blue pocket sized Ontario birth certificate)
- RCMP background check (make sure you have the correct type- its called something like Criminal Record Check for Personal Use: Other (Provide Details), they take your fingerprints at the office when you go to do it and once you receive it in the mail it will say “The original fingerprint form containing the fingerprint images used to search the databank has been destroyed.” on it)
- I-134f(s) + supporting docs (they only want MOST RECENT TAX YEAR; 1040 tax returns, W2s, IRS tax return transcripts, proof of assets, bank account statements, photocopy of ID/passport biometrics page for both my petitioner and our joint sponsor (proof of US citizenship))
- Petitioner divorce decree (ORIGINAL) + photocopy - should be a court document with a raised stamp/seal and dated and signed by a judge — they do not need the previous marriage certificate/license
- She took back the little laminated list
I was then handed back my slip with my number on it and an IMBRA pamphlet on domestic violence and told to sit back down and read it while I wait and my same number will pop up on the screen again. Once it does, head over to the counter for your interview. The interview will be standing up at a counter/window just like the first one and only takes a few minutes.
Questions:
- Asked me to raise my hand and take an oath and then took my fingerprints
- What is your petitioners name?
- How did you meet?
- What does he do for work?
- When did you first meet in person?
- What did you do when you met?
- When did you get engaged?
- When was the last time you saw each other?
- Where will you be living in the states?
- Have you ever been refused entry or had any issues at the border?
- Have you ever been in trouble with the law or been arrested?
- Is this your first marriage? (Yes for me)
- Is it your petitioners first marriage? (No for him, she double checked and confirmed that I had given them his correct and original divorce decree)
- Any children? (Me: no; My petitioner; yes, 2 kids, she didn’t ask anything further)
- She asked if I had more pictures to show her because she loves seeing pictures — so I showed her more of our recent pictures  she laughed and said theres no lack of hair in our relationship (we both have pretty long hair, my fiance’s hair is longer than mine so we had a little laugh about that, lol)
- She looked over all the papers again, handed me a paper for tracking and congratulated me and said she’ll be approving our case.
Walked out of the building by 8:50am
Documents i brought but they never asked for:
- DS-160 confirmation
- My packet 3 checklist
- Petitioner birth certificate and copy
- Petitioner evidence of domicile (rental lease agreement, some recent utility bills and credit card statements to his address)
- Additional 2 previous years of tax/financial docs for I-134f support
- Updated/additional proof of meeting since after we submitted the initial I-129f application (more pictures together and boarding passes)
- Letter of intent to marry, dated and signed within the last 30 days
- My most recent I-94 and US travel history
- Also brought receipts from my medicals and an email confirmation from Dr. Zatzman that my medical was sent to the Montreal Consulate
| | | Montreal, Canada | Review #33662 on May 20, 2025: |
KR049
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| | | Montreal, Canada | Review #33655 on May 16, 2025: |
AandMScoop
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| | | Montreal, Canada | Review #33624 on April 9, 2025: |
SMK 89
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Interview was 9:30am Wed. April 5, 2025. IR5 for both parents.
My parents said the process was very efficient, and smooth sailing. They were out by 10:04 AM, so they were basically in for only 30 minutes total! From the other reviews below, it sounds like today was much faster than usual. Not sure if they are just more efficient or if today wasn't super busy.
My parents arrived at 9:15am but were asked to come back in 10 minutes because there were a lot of people. They went into the Shopper across the road because it was very cold out today. Once they came back, they were able to start the process. They checked the passports against their appointment list. They gave my parents a slip of paper with a number on it (one for both, not one each, I think they had them psyched up for the interview thankfully), then they went through security. They had to turn off their phones and put it into a locker. My mom was able to keep her smaller purse and then the file folders they had with them for the evidence they needed today. After security you go up one floor in an elevator to a large waiting room with plastic chairs and a counter with windows that they serve you at.
They give you a yellow laminated care with a list that said something like, “Please make sure you have these documents”:
• 1 Photo – which they scanned in and returned to us
• Marriage Certificate
• Divorce Certificate if applicable
• Applicant’s Passport
• Police certificates (any country you have lived in for 6+ months, they are valid for 2 years)
• Affidavit of Support – but they did not look at it or ask for it at any time
• Petitioner Birth Certificate
My parents sat in the chairs for just a few minutes and then their number was displayed on the TV monitor showing which counter to go to. The officer asked for each original document one at a time and reviewed it, then gave it back. The interview-prep instructions tell you to making photocopies of everything but then at the interview they specifically said they were going to do it themselves and just wanted the originals. When she was done, she asked them to sit down again and wait again to be called up for fingerprinting and the interview.
A few minutes later, they were called up again for the fingerprinting and the interview (again as a couple). The officer was pleasant. There was the oath, and he essentially just asked them to confirm the information:
• Why are you here today?
• Your daughter is the petitioner and her name is ###, correct? She works at #### company, correct? When you move to the U.S., you will be moving in with her and living at ######### address, correct?
• Since you completed the DS-260, have you traveled to the U.S. more? My parents have, Montreal is notorious for taking months to book the interviews so they visited me in the U.S. post completing the DS-260 for Christmas. So essentially that trip wasn't listed on their DS-260 (because it was in the future) So my parents just said that and the officer said ok, no problem.
And that was basically it! He said congratulations, welcome to the United States, you have been approved.
He gave them a sheet with the AIS website / next steps (i..e, where to track your Visa issuance status and tracking) and said it will take 1-1.5 weeks for the visa/your passport to get back to you.
Later the same day, around 4-hours after they left the interview, we checked CEAC and the status had already been updated to ISSUED for both of them.
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