Curious how long they keep your passport after interview

[Miss Niss 0]

Hey all, we are almost done the NVC stage and hoping for an interview date soon, but I have one question. My interview will be in Montreal, but I just want to know how long I will have to stay there. If the visa is approved, do I need to wait in Montreal until the paperwork is ready, or do they give me my passport back right away so I can fly back to vancouver the next day? Is the stuff mailed to me?

Thanks for any help

[Saylin 1,605]

Hey all, we are almost done the NVC stage and hoping for an interview date soon, but I have one question. My interview will be in Montreal, but I just want to know how long I will have to stay there. If the visa is approved, do I need to wait in Montreal until the paperwork is ready, or do they give me my passport back right away so I can fly back to vancouver the next day? Is the stuff mailed to me?

Thanks for any help

You don't need to stay in Montreal; you can go home after the interview. The passport will not be returned to you after the interview. You can fly domestic with just your driver's licence, no need for a passport.

For Canada, you have to sign up on the CSC site and choose a DHL/Loomis location for your passport/visa to be sent back to you, so you can choose whichever is closest to you in Vancouver. If approved at the interview, the passport and visa is typically sent out within a few days, but could take a few weeks.

[Saylin 1,605]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 thread to Canada regional forum as the OP is asking country-specific questions

[ricnally 258]

Why are you going through Montreal if you live in Vancouver?

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Why are you going through Montreal if you live in Vancouver?

Its the type of Visa, IR1/CR1 are only done in Montreal

Edited June 12, 2013 by Udella&Wiz

[Saylin 1,605]

Why are you going through Montreal if you live in Vancouver?

Although K1 visa applicants are lucky enough to interview in either Vancouver or Montreal (whichever is closer), for IR-1/CR-1 applicants (like the OP), the only consulate/embassy in Canada that does those type of interviews is in Montreal, hence why they're going there.

[NikLR 13,227]

I received mine back literally the next day but I know others have taken a week or more to get it. It depends how quick Montreal is.

[Autumnal 25]

Honestly, I don't know why they don't have IR-1/CR-1s through Calgary, Vancouver, or some city that isn't Montreal. Given the size of our country, it's not as though this is easy to reach for everyone.