WHEN will this wait end...waiting for an interview date?!

[StacyandPeter 2]

Soooo...I know that a million of you are going through the same thing right now but this is so frusturating! All of the steps are complete and we are just waiting for a interview date.

It blows my mind that they make you wait FOREVER for what seems like a 10 minute interview just so that my husband can come over and we can start living our lives together. Is there anyway we can find out information?? Our NVC case was complete in October and still no word

Is there anything we should be doing?? I just want my husband here!! We are planning our "Real Family Wedding" for May and I really need him here now. We are paying double rent right now just because of this stupid wait...we really could use the extra money for the big wedding. Sorry to go on and on, i'm just really wonderfing what is going on?

Hope everyone's process is going well...Happy Holidays to everyone

[Sprailenes 47]

I thought that everyone was scheduling their own interview now online...?

[StacyandPeter 2]

I believe that is only for the K1 fiance visa???

[Jill & Jeff 3]

Soooo...I know that a million of you are going through the same thing right now but this is so frusturating! All of the steps are complete and we are just waiting for a interview date.

It blows my mind that they make you wait FOREVER for what seems like a 10 minute interview just so that my husband can come over and we can start living our lives together. Is there anyway we can find out information?? Our NVC case was complete in October and still no word

Is there anything we should be doing?? I just want my husband here!! We are planning our "Real Family Wedding" for May and I really need him here now. We are paying double rent right now just because of this stupid wait...we really could use the extra money for the big wedding. Sorry to go on and on, i'm just really wonderfing what is going on?

Hope everyone's process is going well...Happy Holidays to everyone

My husband and I share the same frustrations. The bottom line is that it sucks. We've been done with our NVC process since early August, and here we are, still waiting. I can completely empathize with your situation. It's frustrating when the person you love so much is forced to be so far away when all you really need is a couple of hours of paperwork and an interview. I wish I could tell you that there is something you can do about it, but all you can do is keep your head up and know that the wait will be worth it.

I hope that your wait goes by as quickly as possible, but I know that all time does right now is just drag by. Keep your fingers crossed and take a deep breath. It'll be over eventually, although it will never seem soon enough. It helps to know, at least for me, that there are other people here going through the same thing that you can commiserate with. Hearing people's stories of finally getting their interview, and then their visa, really helps me to know that my time will come too. So will yours.

Happy Holidays

J-

J-

[Abby62 23]

We've been done with our NVC process since early August,

WHY on earth would they be making you wait for so long??? This is not good to read, I was so hopeful when I thought we sent off the final payment to the NVC, submitted the final papers that things would move quicker. And now I read that you have been waiting since August just for an appointment...I am so angry..guhhhhhhh sorry...but what the HECK??? Can you contact a congressman? Would that help at all at this point?

[OBX 51]

Unfortunately Montreal is extremely backlogged. NVC completions from early July are just getting December interviews now.

Montreal Interview Spreadsheet

[StacyandPeter 2]

We've been done with our NVC process since early August,

WHY on earth would they be making you wait for so long??? This is not good to read, I was so hopeful when I thought we sent off the final payment to the NVC, submitted the final papers that things would move quicker. And now I read that you have been waiting since August just for an appointment...I am so angry..guhhhhhhh sorry...but what the HECK??? Can you contact a congressman? Would that help at all at this point?

[StacyandPeter 2]

I actually contacted our congresswoman when we were waiting to hear about our NOA2!! I don't know if it was luck or she actually had some influence, but a week after she contacted them, we got approved for our NOA2. I'm very tempted to call right now and see if she can do anything to speed this interview process up....

[Abby62 23]

I actually contacted our congresswoman when we were waiting to hear about our NOA2!! I don't know if it was luck or she actually had some influence, but a week after she contacted them, we got approved for our NOA2. I'm very tempted to call right now and see if she can do anything to speed this interview process up....

Sure I would!!! What could it hurt right?? Either way you'll get to know what the hold up is I guess.

[Tater&Bugger 3]

The wait will seem like forever... and more. Then when it's all over and a few weeks have passed you'll feel like 'did all that really happen?'. I know it's annoying to hear but it's so true. Just try to keep yourself busy to help the time pass. Avoiding the internet definitely helps, but is hard haha.

Funny thing is I've spent so much time hoping time to pass quickly (our deployments, waiting for the Visa) that now that we're finally together I need to remind myself to not keep hoping for 'next week' haha. It becomes part of you!

Good luck and hope you get an interview date soon.

[Veronik 19]

Gosh, every time I read about the crazy waiting time CR1s have, I shake my head, this is insane... How can this still be going on after a YEAR?

Hope that you hear something soon, and I think that I would contact the congress person, can't hurt! At least it might make you feel a little bit more in control, which to me was the biggest issue in waiting for Montreal... Feeling like a puppet waiting for the next move...

Good luck with eveything, and sending good vibes your way!

[Canadiandggal 49]

Soooo...I know that a million of you are going through the same thing right now but this is so frusturating! All of the steps are complete and we are just waiting for a interview date.

It blows my mind that they make you wait FOREVER for what seems like a 10 minute interview just so that my husband can come over and we can start living our lives together. Is there anyway we can find out information?? Our NVC case was complete in October and still no word

Is there anything we should be doing?? I just want my husband here!! We are planning our "Real Family Wedding" for May and I really need him here now. We are paying double rent right now just because of this stupid wait...we really could use the extra money for the big wedding. Sorry to go on and on, i'm just really wonderfing what is going on?

Hope everyone's process is going well...Happy Holidays to everyone

I am very sorry that everyone is still waiting. I waited something like 4 months to hear an interview date...5 months from case complete to interview. Right now it looks like they are only at the July/August Case completes so You may still have some wait. I hope this is not the case and that you will hear something soon

[Jill & Jeff 3]

I really don't think contacting my congressman would make a difference. We have no "special circumstances" that I think would qualify us for intervention or a faster process. Montreal is backed up, and unfortunately, that is that. I just have to be patient like everyone else that has gone before me.

It helps to get a routine together. My husband and I chat online a little at work, and then come home and spend the evening together through Skype. We watch hockey games together (using Skype), we even sleep together on Skype. Anything to feel close to each other. We're fortunate to live close enough to be able to drive to see each other on the weekends, and that is a HUGE help. So far the time seems to have gone by faster than I thought.

Like I said, it's frustrating as all hell, but it's worth it.

J-

[Udella&Wiz 325]

I really don't think contacting my congressman would make a difference. We have no "special circumstances" that I think would qualify us for intervention or a faster process. Montreal is backed up, and unfortunately, that is that. I just have to be patient like everyone else that has gone before me.

It helps to get a routine together. My husband and I chat online a little at work, and then come home and spend the evening together through Skype. We watch hockey games together (using Skype), we even sleep together on Skype. Anything to feel close to each other. We're fortunate to live close enough to be able to drive to see each other on the weekends, and that is a HUGE help. So far the time seems to have gone by faster than I thought.

Like I said, it's frustrating as all hell, but it's worth it.

J-

That was like us - we emailed constantly during work hours, called at lunch and then started a phone conversation every evening from 6 pm until one of us fell asleep. Most often that was me and my then fiance would just continue watching TV or whatever and he was happy listening to me perhaps snore

[Tater&Bugger 3]

Skype is the best! When my husband and I were deployed we'd just be logged in permanently so we could just see each other coming and going. We'd be doing our own thing and not even talk for hours, it just felt like we were in the same room. Of course it's not the same but it definitely helps.