dcf in Halifax

[andylans 0]

Anyone have any luck in contacting the Consulate in Halifax NS? If have been calling for days and left a couple messages to book my appointment but no one has returned my call. Any advice?

[Chica Yeyé 41]

You can submit your I-130 in any consulate in Canada indeed (does Halifax have a website?), usually in person; but your interview will ALWAYS be in Montreal.

I am guessig you are married and both of you live there, right? Does are to sine qua non conditions for DCF

[andylans 0]

You can submit your I-130 in any consulate in Canada indeed (does Halifax have a website?), usually in person; but your interview will ALWAYS be in Montreal.

I am guessig you are married and both of you live there, right? Does are to sine qua non conditions for DCF

Halifax is closest and the website says to call for appointment. Yes married and both living in Canada

[andylans 0]

You can submit your I-130 in any consulate in Canada indeed (does Halifax have a website?), usually in person; but your interview will ALWAYS be in Montreal.

I am guessig you are married and both of you live there, right? Does are to sine qua non conditions for DCF

Halifax is closest and the website says to call for appointment. Yes married and both living in Canada

I would like to get the paper work started on this, Is there another way to do so. just mail the forms and what forms to where?

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I honestly do not know since I did it in person at Calgary and you do not need an appointment there --- you just walk in during "USC services" hours.

Have u emailed them?

[YuAndDan 153]

Moving this to regional forum. Canadians may have a better answer about that specific consulate.

[trailmix 77]

You can submit your I-130 in any consulate in Canada indeed (does Halifax have a website?), usually in person; but your interview will ALWAYS be in Montreal.

I am guessig you are married and both of you live there, right? Does are to sine qua non conditions for DCF

Halifax is closest and the website says to call for appointment. Yes married and both living in Canada

I would like to get the paper work started on this, Is there another way to do so. just mail the forms and what forms to where?

Filing at the consulate will be much much faster than filing by sending your paperwork direct to Vermont (it will probably make the process several months longer through Vermont) - but you can if you like:

USCIS Vermont Service Center

75 Lower Weldon Street

St. Albans, VT 05479-0001

I don't know how far you live from the Halifax consulate, but if I hadn't heard back from them in a couple of days I would just head over there with the I-130 and be there when they open at 8:30 - if nothing else you would be able to book an appointment perhaps.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Absolutely --- show up at opening time. Good idea trailmix!

Since you are eligible for DCF, I would strongly recommend against filing through Vermont -- it would be longer and more hoop-jumping me thinks

[andylans 0]

Finally, I got a call back. Interview scheduled in 2 weeks.

Any tips?

[Chica Yeyé 41]

That's not the interview hermana, that's you and hubby showing up with your I-130 and supporting documents.

Interview is in Montreal.

Have you read the guides and have everything ready to rumble? Do tell.

Now, my fee for being nice is for you to send me a U-Dalhousie mug like the one I lost because of the ferry going too fast

[andylans 0]

Does anyone know if I need to bring 2 express post envelopes to the appointment? Someone at the embassy told my wife on the phone that they require 2. I 've not read anything about that anywhere?

[trailmix 77]

Does anyone know if I need to bring 2 express post envelopes to the appointment? Someone at the embassy told my wife on the phone that they require 2. I 've not read anything about that anywhere?

Just 1.

Accordingly, you must a purchase a 314 mm x 394 mm size prepaid Xpresspost mailer from Canada Post and present it with your documents at your interview so we can mail your completed visa to an address in Canada. Please bring one mailer for every four family members receiving visas. link

[andylans 0]

So my appointment is on June 1 for DCF. What would be a realistic time line for the whole process to finish and an immigrant visa issued? If everything goes smoothly.

Everyone's case seems to be slightly different as where they are DCF from or the status or residence of SO.

My wife is US citizen and PR of Canada living here in Can with me.

[elsoar 3]

So my appointment is on June 1 for DCF. What would be a realistic time line for the whole process to finish and an immigrant visa issued? If everything goes smoothly.

I would recommend planning about 5-6 months for a DCF from Canada from start to visa. It might be possible to do it in 4 from the I-130 appointment to the visa interview but I think 5 is probably more likely. My 1-130 appointment was in February in Ottawa and we've been assigned a June visa interview date in Montreal. Right now it looks like getting the interview scheduled in Montreal is taking about 3 months from the time you return the Packet 3 checklist (they seem to combine us with the traditional CR1/IR1 applications going through Montreal so you can look at the IR1 / CR1 - Montreal Timeline to Interview, Tracking List thread to monitor the situation as you get closed - your Packet 3 return date is roughly their Done@NVC date. And you should get Packet 3 about 2 weeks (not sooner) after your I-130 filing appointment.

One thing you can do now to ensure things go as quick as possible is to start preparing your stuff for the Packet 3, so get any police records checks that you're going to need, and then after that you can start preparing your information for the I-864 (collecting evidence that the USC is reestablishing domicile and has a continuing job or sufficient assets to support you, plus a cosponsor if needed), and also collect documentation that you have the needed vaccinations already done (or go and get them done at your doctor or clinic now so they will be covered under your health plan), etc. I posted a copy of my Packet 3 from Montreal over on another thread - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...amp;pid=2721128 - so you can refer to that until your own copy arrives with your MTL number.

Good luck!

[andylans 0]

So my appointment is on June 1 for DCF. What would be a realistic time line for the whole process to finish and an immigrant visa issued? If everything goes smoothly.

I would recommend planning about 5-6 months for a DCF from Canada from start to visa. It might be possible to do it in 4 from the I-130 appointment to the visa interview but I think 5 is probably more likely. My 1-130 appointment was in February in Ottawa and we've been assigned a June visa interview date in Montreal. Right now it looks like getting the interview scheduled in Montreal is taking about 3 months from the time you return the Packet 3 checklist (they seem to combine us with the traditional CR1/IR1 applications going through Montreal so you can look at the IR1 / CR1 - Montreal Timeline to Interview, Tracking List thread to monitor the situation as you get closed - your Packet 3 return date is roughly their Done@NVC date. And you should get Packet 3 about 2 weeks (not sooner) after your I-130 filing appointment.

One thing you can do now to ensure things go as quick as possible is to start preparing your stuff for the Packet 3, so get any police records checks that you're going to need, and then after that you can start preparing your information for the I-864 (collecting evidence that the USC is reestablishing domicile and has a continuing job or sufficient assets to support you, plus a cosponsor if needed), and also collect documentation that you have the needed vaccinations already done (or go and get them done at your doctor or clinic now so they will be covered under your health plan), etc. I posted a copy of my Packet 3 from Montreal over on another thread - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...amp;pid=2721128 - so you can refer to that until your own copy arrives with your MTL number.

Good luck!

Thanks for the tips. Regarding the medical is there a link to what they require for vaccinations and things I should have ready for the medical appointment.