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Congratulations to those who got the interviews, aswsome!!! :dance:

Trailmix thanks for updating my case on here few days ago!!!! (F)

CR-1, VT- Canada

I-130:

25 Aug 06 - Sent I-130 (a Friday)

28 Aug 06 - NOA1 & Certif. receipt returned ( a Monday) Day 1

29 Aug 06 - USCIS cashes check

30 Aug 06 - check cleared & 1ST TOUCH.

01 Sept 06 - NOA1 recvd by Mail

09 Sept 06 - 2ND TOUCH (a Saturday)

09 Mai 07 - NOA2 (2 e-mails)

Note: were told the long delay due to huge backlog and internal changes in VT

NVC :

04-June-07 - NVC generates DS-3032 & AOS bill

12-June-07 - AOS Bill payment sent/ alien receives DS-3032 form (by mail, dated 4th June)

13-June-07 - Alien sends back completed DS-3032 (by mail)/ rcvd 19th of June approx.

To mid July-07 - I-864 form sent completed and IV fee bill

19-July-07 NVC rcv I-864 form; mail signature rcvd.

22-Aug-07 Ds-230 with documents sent to NVC.

20-Sep - 07 Alien sends NVC Missing document. NVC receives it the 25th.

05-Oct - 07 NVC completed.

16-Jan - 08 Interview, 3 questions asked, visa approved same day, received 1week later approx.

Note: delay due to internal delay, missing document (not rfe) and self procrastination of understanding some abstract terms. C Post not at all reliable (delivery duration, delivery with signature (did not deliver personnaly), and delivery of interview letter rcvd after the interview).

In USA:

01-03-08 POE Entry in USA

...-03-08 2 Welcome in America letters and green card received.

"What I know is that I know nothing"

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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ok, from those who got an interview date...it seems a little pattern is showing like:

those who completed NVC in:

april, may= november interview

june,july=december interview

aug, sept= january interview

oct, nov= february interview

Makes some sens? of course it does not count the delays for some reasons...

CR-1, VT- Canada

I-130:

25 Aug 06 - Sent I-130 (a Friday)

28 Aug 06 - NOA1 & Certif. receipt returned ( a Monday) Day 1

29 Aug 06 - USCIS cashes check

30 Aug 06 - check cleared & 1ST TOUCH.

01 Sept 06 - NOA1 recvd by Mail

09 Sept 06 - 2ND TOUCH (a Saturday)

09 Mai 07 - NOA2 (2 e-mails)

Note: were told the long delay due to huge backlog and internal changes in VT

NVC :

04-June-07 - NVC generates DS-3032 & AOS bill

12-June-07 - AOS Bill payment sent/ alien receives DS-3032 form (by mail, dated 4th June)

13-June-07 - Alien sends back completed DS-3032 (by mail)/ rcvd 19th of June approx.

To mid July-07 - I-864 form sent completed and IV fee bill

19-July-07 NVC rcv I-864 form; mail signature rcvd.

22-Aug-07 Ds-230 with documents sent to NVC.

20-Sep - 07 Alien sends NVC Missing document. NVC receives it the 25th.

05-Oct - 07 NVC completed.

16-Jan - 08 Interview, 3 questions asked, visa approved same day, received 1week later approx.

Note: delay due to internal delay, missing document (not rfe) and self procrastination of understanding some abstract terms. C Post not at all reliable (delivery duration, delivery with signature (did not deliver personnaly), and delivery of interview letter rcvd after the interview).

In USA:

01-03-08 POE Entry in USA

...-03-08 2 Welcome in America letters and green card received.

"What I know is that I know nothing"

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ok, from those who got an interview date...it seems a little pattern is showing like:

those who completed NVC in:

april, may= november interview

june,july=december interview

aug, sept= january interview

oct, nov= february interview

Makes some sens? of course it does not count the delays for some reasons...

It makes sense, unless they are getting back to their old timeline, which would make the waiting only about 2 months between case completion and interview. If that is the case, they could very well squeeze you in before the end of the year, too!

Sept.09/06 Married!!!

Dec.21/06 Sent I-130

Jan.04/04 Received NOA1

Feb.23/06 Sent I-129F

March06/06 USCIS Website States: "Approval Notice Sent."

March15/07 Approval notice arrives in snail mail

March 18/07 NOA1 for I-129F

April 10/07 DS-3032+ AOS fee arrive

April 17/07 Sent back DS-3032 + AOS fee via overnight delivery

May 05/07 AOS arrives in mail

May 07/07 IV bill arrives in mail

May 08/08 Sent back IV bill

May 21 NVC generates DS-230

June 4/07 Mailed DS-230 via overnight delivery.

June 7/07 DS-230 entered into the system

June 18/07 Case Complete!

July 25/07 Medical

September 4/07 Contacted State Senator Re: MTL backlog

Dec.6/07 INTERVIEW..... APPROVED!!!! (After being kept awake all night in dirty clothes standing outside my hotel because Air Canada lost my luggage and my hotel started on fire. Meh, sleep is highly over-rated anyways.)

Dec.18/07 Moved to the US

Oct. 29/09 Citizenship Oath Ceremony

"We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly"

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ok, from those who got an interview date...it seems a little pattern is showing like:

those who completed NVC in:

april, may= november interview

june,july=december interview

aug, sept= january interview

oct, nov= february interview

I would not try to read too much into when your interview will be. Even though there are many here who got their interviews, Montreal still appears to be in a mode where it is all or nothing. In our case when we started two months was the norm, it was not until April-May that we caught wind of a problem in Montreal. I would plan for a worse case senario, and anything else is a gift. I wish me and the wife had planned it that way, it would have not been so stressful.

Dave

Makes some sens? of course it does not count the delays for some reasons...

It makes sense, unless they are getting back to their old timeline, which would make the waiting only about 2 months between case completion and interview. If that is the case, they could very well squeeze you in before the end of the year, too!

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ok, from those who got an interview date...it seems a little pattern is showing like:

those who completed NVC in:

april, may= november interview

june,july=december interview

aug, sept= january interview

oct, nov= february interview

Makes some sens? of course it does not count the delays for some reasons...

Yes does make sense, will be interesting to see when you are scheduled for an interview. You are the only one not in the 'flurry' of interviews so it will be a good indicator.

As Misty mentioned though, it could also mean that after the general catching up they are doing now that yours will be scheduled sooner - hope so!

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We submitted our DS-230 today {fingers crossed}. Hopefully it'll get done in time for the November scheduling. {wishful thinkin}

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CR1 application

I-130: 03/26/2007-07/02/2007 at NSC

NVC: 07/20/2007-11/08/2007

Interview at Montreal Consulate: 01/18/2008

(2 months' additional security checks)

Received Green Card: 05/12/2008

Removal of Conditions

I-751: 2/25/10-

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Received my interview letter from NVC today! The count-down is ON!

Sept.09/06 Married!!!

Dec.21/06 Sent I-130

Jan.04/04 Received NOA1

Feb.23/06 Sent I-129F

March06/06 USCIS Website States: "Approval Notice Sent."

March15/07 Approval notice arrives in snail mail

March 18/07 NOA1 for I-129F

April 10/07 DS-3032+ AOS fee arrive

April 17/07 Sent back DS-3032 + AOS fee via overnight delivery

May 05/07 AOS arrives in mail

May 07/07 IV bill arrives in mail

May 08/08 Sent back IV bill

May 21 NVC generates DS-230

June 4/07 Mailed DS-230 via overnight delivery.

June 7/07 DS-230 entered into the system

June 18/07 Case Complete!

July 25/07 Medical

September 4/07 Contacted State Senator Re: MTL backlog

Dec.6/07 INTERVIEW..... APPROVED!!!! (After being kept awake all night in dirty clothes standing outside my hotel because Air Canada lost my luggage and my hotel started on fire. Meh, sleep is highly over-rated anyways.)

Dec.18/07 Moved to the US

Oct. 29/09 Citizenship Oath Ceremony

"We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly"

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Received my interview letter from NVC today! The count-down is ON!

I received two interview letters today; one for my father and one for my father. I'm sure my mother's letter will arrive sometime before December. :lol: The letters were mailed out on October 18, if that means anything.

IR5

2007-07-27 – Case complete at NVC waiting on the world or at least MTL.

2007-12-19 - INTERVIEW AT MTL, SPLIT DECISION.

2007-12-24-Mom's I-551 arrives, Pop's still in purgatory (AP)

2008-03-11-AP all done, Pop is approved!!!!

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Received my interview letter from NVC today! The count-down is ON!

I received two interview letters today; one for my father and one for my father. I'm sure my mother's letter will arrive sometime before December. :lol: The letters were mailed out on October 18, if that means anything.

Hmm that's strange. Then again, this is NVC we're talking about, we expect odd things like that to happen.

Just wait til your parents arrive, and they receive 6+ welcome letter each! :blink:

Sept.09/06 Married!!!

Dec.21/06 Sent I-130

Jan.04/04 Received NOA1

Feb.23/06 Sent I-129F

March06/06 USCIS Website States: "Approval Notice Sent."

March15/07 Approval notice arrives in snail mail

March 18/07 NOA1 for I-129F

April 10/07 DS-3032+ AOS fee arrive

April 17/07 Sent back DS-3032 + AOS fee via overnight delivery

May 05/07 AOS arrives in mail

May 07/07 IV bill arrives in mail

May 08/08 Sent back IV bill

May 21 NVC generates DS-230

June 4/07 Mailed DS-230 via overnight delivery.

June 7/07 DS-230 entered into the system

June 18/07 Case Complete!

July 25/07 Medical

September 4/07 Contacted State Senator Re: MTL backlog

Dec.6/07 INTERVIEW..... APPROVED!!!! (After being kept awake all night in dirty clothes standing outside my hotel because Air Canada lost my luggage and my hotel started on fire. Meh, sleep is highly over-rated anyways.)

Dec.18/07 Moved to the US

Oct. 29/09 Citizenship Oath Ceremony

"We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly"

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Woo-hoo. Just got home and my hubby's interview letter came as well. :dance: Somehow it makes it seem more real!

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Melissa & Josh

I-130 for CR-1 @CSC

02.01.07 :-: Mailed to NSC.

02.02.07 :-: Received by NSC.

02.08.07 :-: NOA1 from CSC.

04.19.07 :-: NOA2.

I-130 for CR-1 @NVC

05.01.07 :-: NVC assigned case number.

05.21.07 :-: DS3032 and AOS Bill generated.

05.22.07 :-: E-mailed Choice of Agent.

05.24.07 :-: Choice of Agent e-mail accepted.

05.28.07 :-: IV Bill generated.

05.29.07 :-: AOS Bill received/paid.

06.11.07 :-: I-864 generated.

06.14.07 :-: IV Bill received/paid.

06.25.07 :-: DS-230 generated.

06.26.07 :-: I-864 received/sent.

07.14.07 :-: DS-230 received/sent.

07.30.07 :-: Case complete.

10.09.07 :-: Hubby got medical in anticipation of interview.

10.17.07 :-: Email from NVC with interview date!!

10.19.07 :-: Case forwarded to Montreal.

10.22.07 :-: Interview letter received.

12.6.07 :-: INTERVIEW!!!

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Woo-hoo. Just got home and my hubby's interview letter came as well. :dance: Somehow it makes it seem more real!
Yep, ours were in the mailboxes today in Texas and Ontario, letters dated Oct 12. Both were to my hubby, however.

The one I got, actually to my hubby, talked about family members listed on the next page who are supposed to come too, but all it shows is hubby, I think that's normal but... just checking... I can go to the interview too, right?

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Woo-hoo. Just got home and my hubby's interview letter came as well. :dance: Somehow it makes it seem more real!
Yep, ours were in the mailboxes today in Texas and Ontario, letters dated Oct 12. Both were to my hubby, however.

The one I got, actually to my hubby, talked about family members listed on the next page who are supposed to come too, but all it shows is hubby, I think that's normal but... just checking... I can go to the interview too, right?

Yes, you can attend too! The only reason that other page is there is to list children of the benificiary, if they are also applying for visas :thumbs:

Sept.09/06 Married!!!

Dec.21/06 Sent I-130

Jan.04/04 Received NOA1

Feb.23/06 Sent I-129F

March06/06 USCIS Website States: "Approval Notice Sent."

March15/07 Approval notice arrives in snail mail

March 18/07 NOA1 for I-129F

April 10/07 DS-3032+ AOS fee arrive

April 17/07 Sent back DS-3032 + AOS fee via overnight delivery

May 05/07 AOS arrives in mail

May 07/07 IV bill arrives in mail

May 08/08 Sent back IV bill

May 21 NVC generates DS-230

June 4/07 Mailed DS-230 via overnight delivery.

June 7/07 DS-230 entered into the system

June 18/07 Case Complete!

July 25/07 Medical

September 4/07 Contacted State Senator Re: MTL backlog

Dec.6/07 INTERVIEW..... APPROVED!!!! (After being kept awake all night in dirty clothes standing outside my hotel because Air Canada lost my luggage and my hotel started on fire. Meh, sleep is highly over-rated anyways.)

Dec.18/07 Moved to the US

Oct. 29/09 Citizenship Oath Ceremony

"We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly"

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ok, from those who got an interview date...it seems a little pattern is showing like:

those who completed NVC in:

april, may= november interview

june,july=december interview

aug, sept= january interview

oct, nov= february interview

I would not try to read too much into when your interview will be. Even though there are many here who got their interviews, Montreal still appears to be in a mode where it is all or nothing. In our case when we started two months was the norm, it was not until April-May that we caught wind of a problem in Montreal. I would plan for a worse case senario, and anything else is a gift. I wish me and the wife had planned it that way, it would have not been so stressful.

Dave

Makes some sens? of course it does not count the delays for some reasons...

It makes sense, unless they are getting back to their old timeline, which would make the waiting only about 2 months between case completion and interview. If that is the case, they could very well squeeze you in before the end of the year, too!

Misty, oh that would be great...i was expecting the long run, so we'll see...

Dave, our problem is the reverse, we were prepared to wait long time and now that's faster we are caught with the pants down so to speak: not so ready...i have a million of things to do...

CR-1, VT- Canada

I-130:

25 Aug 06 - Sent I-130 (a Friday)

28 Aug 06 - NOA1 & Certif. receipt returned ( a Monday) Day 1

29 Aug 06 - USCIS cashes check

30 Aug 06 - check cleared & 1ST TOUCH.

01 Sept 06 - NOA1 recvd by Mail

09 Sept 06 - 2ND TOUCH (a Saturday)

09 Mai 07 - NOA2 (2 e-mails)

Note: were told the long delay due to huge backlog and internal changes in VT

NVC :

04-June-07 - NVC generates DS-3032 & AOS bill

12-June-07 - AOS Bill payment sent/ alien receives DS-3032 form (by mail, dated 4th June)

13-June-07 - Alien sends back completed DS-3032 (by mail)/ rcvd 19th of June approx.

To mid July-07 - I-864 form sent completed and IV fee bill

19-July-07 NVC rcv I-864 form; mail signature rcvd.

22-Aug-07 Ds-230 with documents sent to NVC.

20-Sep - 07 Alien sends NVC Missing document. NVC receives it the 25th.

05-Oct - 07 NVC completed.

16-Jan - 08 Interview, 3 questions asked, visa approved same day, received 1week later approx.

Note: delay due to internal delay, missing document (not rfe) and self procrastination of understanding some abstract terms. C Post not at all reliable (delivery duration, delivery with signature (did not deliver personnaly), and delivery of interview letter rcvd after the interview).

In USA:

01-03-08 POE Entry in USA

...-03-08 2 Welcome in America letters and green card received.

"What I know is that I know nothing"

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ok, from those who got an interview date...it seems a little pattern is showing like:

those who completed NVC in:

april, may= november interview

june,july=december interview

aug, sept= january interview

oct, nov= february interview

Makes some sens? of course it does not count the delays for some reasons...

Yes does make sense, will be interesting to see when you are scheduled for an interview. You are the only one not in the 'flurry' of interviews so it will be a good indicator.

As Misty mentioned though, it could also mean that after the general catching up they are doing now that yours will be scheduled sooner - hope so!

Yup, but if they go bi-monthly, that means you can be scheduled also around february or before!...that would be nice!

In any case...all this little statistic was calculated from the 5 members who have been scheduled since the last 5 days or so...So let's see if this path will continue!...

CR-1, VT- Canada

I-130:

25 Aug 06 - Sent I-130 (a Friday)

28 Aug 06 - NOA1 & Certif. receipt returned ( a Monday) Day 1

29 Aug 06 - USCIS cashes check

30 Aug 06 - check cleared & 1ST TOUCH.

01 Sept 06 - NOA1 recvd by Mail

09 Sept 06 - 2ND TOUCH (a Saturday)

09 Mai 07 - NOA2 (2 e-mails)

Note: were told the long delay due to huge backlog and internal changes in VT

NVC :

04-June-07 - NVC generates DS-3032 & AOS bill

12-June-07 - AOS Bill payment sent/ alien receives DS-3032 form (by mail, dated 4th June)

13-June-07 - Alien sends back completed DS-3032 (by mail)/ rcvd 19th of June approx.

To mid July-07 - I-864 form sent completed and IV fee bill

19-July-07 NVC rcv I-864 form; mail signature rcvd.

22-Aug-07 Ds-230 with documents sent to NVC.

20-Sep - 07 Alien sends NVC Missing document. NVC receives it the 25th.

05-Oct - 07 NVC completed.

16-Jan - 08 Interview, 3 questions asked, visa approved same day, received 1week later approx.

Note: delay due to internal delay, missing document (not rfe) and self procrastination of understanding some abstract terms. C Post not at all reliable (delivery duration, delivery with signature (did not deliver personnaly), and delivery of interview letter rcvd after the interview).

In USA:

01-03-08 POE Entry in USA

...-03-08 2 Welcome in America letters and green card received.

"What I know is that I know nothing"

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