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Hi there,

So my fiancee called NVC to see if they had our petition yet. NOA2 was Feb 29. They said they had not received it yet. Asked when they get it when they expect it to be sent to Vancouver and they said that they only send them to Montreal??? What??? I live in Calgary, so was assuming that my petition and interview will be handled by Vancouver. Any other Canadian's out there confused by this, or had their petitions mis-directed?

I want to make sure ours does get to Vancouver so we don't lose time messing around getting it sent from Montreal.

Any suggestions?

Urgh!!!!

Jul 15/07 Engaged!

Oct ??/07 - Lawyer sent in I-129F

Nov 6/07 - NOA 1 Date

Jan 18/07 - Waiting anxiously

Feb 17/08 - A touch!

Feb 29/08 - NOA 2 - Approved!

Mar 02/08 - Touched

Mar 03/08 - Touched

Mar 10/08 - Petition arrived at NVC

Mar 12/08 - NVC forwarded Petition to Vancouver Consulate!

Mar 28/08 - Received packet 3

Apr 7/08 - Sent Packet 3

Apr 14/08 - Medical!!

May 13/08 - Interview date YAHOO!

GOT THE VISA!!!!! MAY 14, 2008

July 6/08 - Crossed the border - they let me in!!

July 12/08 - Wedding day - it was perfect!

July 23/08 - Back from Honeymoon in PR - now onto AOS?!?!?!

Sept 3/08 - AOS package in the mail - what a headache!

Sept 9/08 - 3 NOA's for AOS, EAD and AP

Sept 30/08 - Biometrics appointment for AOS and EAD

Nov 13/08 - Touch on AOS and EAD

Nov 17/08 - AP shows up in the mail

Nov 17/08 - EAD card production ordered

Jun 25/09 - Green Card Production ordered - Finally after 10 months!

June 30/09 - Received welcome letter!

July 10/09 - GREENCARD! - All done for a bit now!

May 20/11 - Sent in I-751 for removal of Conditions

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David_n_Amber Community Regular

David_n_Amber   3

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once MTL gets your case, you can email them (include your case number in the subject of the email or else they wont open the email) and tell them you live in Calgary and that its ridiculous to go to MTL instead of Vancouver.. Im from Edmonton and my interview was in Vancouver... btw. lawyers are useless :P

k-1

I-129F Sent : 2007-04-28

I-129F NOA1 :2007-06-05

I-129F NOA2 :2007-11-28

NVC Received : 2007-12-20

NVC Left :2007-12-27 (due to holidays tongue.png)

Consulate Received :2007/12/28

Packet 3 Received :2008-01-07

Packet 3 Sent :2008-01-07

Medical Exam: 2008-01-24

Packet 4 Received :2008-01-14

Interview Date :2008-02-11---APPROVEDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!

Visa Received :2008-02-13

US Entry : 2008-02-20

Church Marriage : 2008-05-03

POE @ Edmonton International Airport: 2008-02-20

Courthouse marriage: 2008-02-26

ROC

ROC Filed with CSC: 2010-04-13

NOA1 recieved in mail dated: 2010-04-15

Biometrics Appointment: 2010-05-17

Approval Notice: 2010-08-03

Card Received: 2010-08-13

N-400:

N-400 sent 2013-12-02

NOA:|12/09/13|

BIOMETRICS:|12/27/13|

IN-LINE for INTERVIEW 12/31/13

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Flames9_RN Grand Master

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NVC 1800# line is also known as the mis information line!! Of course Vancouver handles k1 as well!!

BUT there have been a few cases that were suppose to goto VAN, but for some unknown reason ended up in Mtl!! I belive in these cases a simple email to Mtl settled it, and they forwarded the case to Van.

Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

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maybe it was the same operator who not so long ago told someone from VJ that Van is also doing Cr-1's.

Dont panic yet , like Flamer said ( HEY BUDDY), even if it were mistakenly sent to Montreal, the situation can be rectified with some calls and emails and your petition will find its way to the correct consulate.

Good Luck :)

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once MTL gets your case, you can email them (include your case number in the subject of the email or else they wont open the email) and tell them you live in Calgary and that its ridiculous to go to MTL instead of Vancouver.. Im from Edmonton and my interview was in Vancouver... btw. lawyers are useless :P

Please help....was there information in your packet 4 that you had to take to the Medical exam????

I talked to the lady when I was setting up the medical and she said that I didn't have to bring anything????

I thought we did....please help with any info about this!!!

Thanks

May 5-sent I129f to Texas and they forwarded to CSC

May 11-priority date according to NOA1 on Hard Copy

May 14-received by CSC...notice sent (never received)

May 15-money order cashed

July 19-called about Hard copy..said they would resend

July 23-lawyer calls and is told application is lost and to resend application

July 25-sent a duplicate application to Texas and it is forwarded to VSC

July 27-called again...said they would resend from CSC

July 31/aug.3/aug.6 "touches"

Aug. 16 received the NOA1 from VSC for duplicate application

Aug. 16-called about Hard Copy...said that they would resend (3rd time) from CSC

Aug. 17-"touch"

Aug. 19-FINALLY RECEIVED THE NOA1 HARD COPY for original application from CSC

October-19-CRIS sent message that they were moving our application to VSC?!?!?

(seems USCIS sent our first application to the wrong center)

November-16 origianl is at the VSC

Dec. 3-congressmans office calls VSC...will be processed by July application date

Feb. 6-APPROVED!!!!

Feb. 7 sent to NVC

Feb. 13 sent to MONTREAL...WRONG EMBASSY!!!!!!! SUPPOSED TO BE VANCOUVER!!!!!!!

Feb. 14 arrived in MONTREAL

Feb. 20 talked to NVC center....supervisor will try to "catch" the application call back in 10-15 days

Feb. 29...talked to the State Department (Visa)...they had NVC send cable today to Montreal instructing them to send packet to VanCouver

March 4...K visa application received at VanCouver

March 6 packet 3 ARRIVED

March 10 packet 3 checklist and DS230 faxed back

March 12 medical exam

March 20 packet 4 received

April 8....interview date

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once MTL gets your case, you can email them (include your case number in the subject of the email or else they wont open the email) and tell them you live in Calgary and that its ridiculous to go to MTL instead of Vancouver.. Im from Edmonton and my interview was in Vancouver... btw. lawyers are useless :P

Please help....was there information in your packet 4 that you had to take to the Medical exam????

I talked to the lady when I was setting up the medical and she said that I didn't have to bring anything????

I thought we did....please help with any info about this!!!

Thanks

You have to at least take passport photos, some places require 2 some 3. You will also need a copy of your vaccination record.

Where are you going for your medical? I would recommend you call them back anyway, mention that you understood you need to bring passport photos and vaccination records.

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In answer to the question....

Ours was supposed to go to Vancouver....they did send it to Montreal....the day I called the NVC and the guy told me that the packet

had been sent and it was sent to Montreal and I told him it was wrong, he did not offer any help at all....

There are a lot of people in the system that say this is correct but it is not....I called the NVC center back and talked to some one else who

checked into the situation and they said that it HAD been sent to the wrong place....

She checked with the supervisor and they were going to contact Montreal to send it to VanCouver....

She said to call back in 10 days....I did and nothing had happen....so I contacted the Department of State and my congressmans

office and both sent things to Montreal to have ours moved to right place....

BUT BE AWARE.....I WAS TOLD BY BOTH THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND THE CONGRESSMANS OFFICE THE SAME THING...

THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO MONTREAL.....

But I informed them the the NVC enter had admitted that it had been sent to the wrong place and when the DOS called the NVC

they found out that I was correct.....so you have to keep repreating this to people....I do not know what the problem is but someone is

telling these people incorrect information.......

MY ADVISE is to call the NVC back and catch your case there and make sure they have the correct embassy on the packet....it is to much of a hassle to wait till it is allready in the wrong place.....a lot of waisted time and energy....

once MTL gets your case, you can email them (include your case number in the subject of the email or else they wont open the email) and tell them you live in Calgary and that its ridiculous to go to MTL instead of Vancouver.. Im from Edmonton and my interview was in Vancouver... btw. lawyers are useless :P

Please help....was there information in your packet 4 that you had to take to the Medical exam????

I talked to the lady when I was setting up the medical and she said that I didn't have to bring anything????

I thought we did....please help with any info about this!!!

Thanks

You have to at least take passport photos, some places require 2 some 3. You will also need a copy of your vaccination record.

Where are you going for your medical? I would recommend you call them back anyway, mention that you understood you need to bring passport photos and vaccination records.

They did say that we would have to bring vaccinations records but that there wasn't any paper work in the packet we would have to wait for...

May 5-sent I129f to Texas and they forwarded to CSC

May 11-priority date according to NOA1 on Hard Copy

May 14-received by CSC...notice sent (never received)

May 15-money order cashed

July 19-called about Hard copy..said they would resend

July 23-lawyer calls and is told application is lost and to resend application

July 25-sent a duplicate application to Texas and it is forwarded to VSC

July 27-called again...said they would resend from CSC

July 31/aug.3/aug.6 "touches"

Aug. 16 received the NOA1 from VSC for duplicate application

Aug. 16-called about Hard Copy...said that they would resend (3rd time) from CSC

Aug. 17-"touch"

Aug. 19-FINALLY RECEIVED THE NOA1 HARD COPY for original application from CSC

October-19-CRIS sent message that they were moving our application to VSC?!?!?

(seems USCIS sent our first application to the wrong center)

November-16 origianl is at the VSC

Dec. 3-congressmans office calls VSC...will be processed by July application date

Feb. 6-APPROVED!!!!

Feb. 7 sent to NVC

Feb. 13 sent to MONTREAL...WRONG EMBASSY!!!!!!! SUPPOSED TO BE VANCOUVER!!!!!!!

Feb. 14 arrived in MONTREAL

Feb. 20 talked to NVC center....supervisor will try to "catch" the application call back in 10-15 days

Feb. 29...talked to the State Department (Visa)...they had NVC send cable today to Montreal instructing them to send packet to VanCouver

March 4...K visa application received at VanCouver

March 6 packet 3 ARRIVED

March 10 packet 3 checklist and DS230 faxed back

March 12 medical exam

March 20 packet 4 received

April 8....interview date

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They did say that we would have to bring vaccinations records but that there wasn't any paper work in the packet we would have to wait for...

No there is nothing in particular that the consulate sends to you that you need. Some panel physicians require that you bring the actual interview letter - I guess yours isn't one of them.

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