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Any experiences using AP at Montreal airport? I hope I haven't screwed myself!

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Shadowess   13

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Hey everyone,

I have my EAD/AP combo card and I'm currently in Canada for a friends wedding. When I booked my tickets I thought how smart I was being as I know that in my home town (Ottawa) you go through customs and immigration at the Ottawa airport prior to flying into the USA. I thought "Great I don't need to have a super long layover!" However I realized after I arrived this week that my return flight goes from Ottawa to Montreal then to San Francisco. Which means that I will be flying domestic out of Ottawa and thus NOT doing immigration here.

Now the issue is that I only have an hour and 15 min layover in Montreal, so I'm freaking out as many people have said they had to wait over an hour in secondary!

So has anyone recently POE at Montreal airport with an AP card and how long did it take?

I've looked online and it seems that the day/time I travel the average wait at customs/immigration is 6 minutes, so I'm hopeful I won't miss my flight.

With that in mind, what happens if you are held up at customs/immigration and you miss your flight? Do you have to pay for a new flight or do you get rescheduled on the next available one (any fees associated with that)?

I'm going to hope all goes well and make sure next time that I'm not an idiot and actually think things through.

Thanks for your help!!

My Timeline:

K1 Visa

10/10/2015: I 129F Petition Sent to USCIS ||| 10/13/2015: I 129F Petition Delivered to USCIS ||| 10/16/2015: Received Email/Text NOA1 |||

10/19/2015: Received Hard Copy NOA1 ||| 11/10/2015: Case Approved on USCIS website NOA2 ||| 11/16/2015: Received Hard Copy NOA2 |||

11/24/2015: Petition Received at NVC ||| 11/24/2015: Case # Assigned at NVC ||| 11/27/2015: Case Leaves NVC ||| 11/30/2015: CEAC Status - Ready |||

12/01/2015: Case Delivered to Montreal ||| 12/05/2015: Received Hard Copy of NVC Case # Assignment ||| 12/09/2015: CEAC Status - Ready (Montreal logged Case)

12/10/2015: Received Packet 3 (after emailing Montreal) and submitted packet 3 ||| 12/14/2015: Received Packet 4 and booked interview, and received paper copy of packet 3

12/15/2015: Scheduled Medical in Montreal ||| 01/12/2016: Medical Appointment in Montreal ||| 02/10/2016: Interview in Montreal!!! APPROVED!!!!!!

02/11/2016: CEAC Status: Administrative Processing ||| 02/12/2016: CEAC Status: Issued ||| 02/18/2016: K1 Visa in Hand!!! ||| 03/27/2016: Cross the border at Port Huron, MI and travel to MO for wedding

04/02/2016: Wedding Day!!!

04/06/2016: Arrive at my new home in California ||| 04/13/2016: Applied for SSN ||| 04/21/2016: SSN arrived in mail

AOS/EAD/AP

05/03/2016: AOS/EAD/AP Packet sent to USCIS via Fedex

05/05/2016: AOS/EAD/AP Packet received by USCIS

05/10/2016: AOS/EAD/AP NOA1

05/16/2016: Received NOA1

05/20/2016: Received Biometrics Appointment Letter

05/31/2016: AOS/EAD Biometrics Appointment

06/23/2016: AOS Case Status change to: Ready to be Schedule for an Interview

07/27/2016: Called USCIS and had service request put on EAD for pending longer than 75 days (actually pending 83 days)

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NikLR   13,232

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It depends on your airline. Call them and ask. Some airlines will put you on the next flight because it was beyond your control. Others may demand you need to buy a new ticket.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.  - Dr. Seuss

 

 
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