Montreal - Family Preference Backlogs

[cyyz2000 24]

Hi everyone, I noticed there are very few posts about family-based applicants waiting for an interview at Montreal and wanted to make this post to see if anyone has gotten their interview letter yet. It would be great if you could share which category you are in and when you were DQ'd. I'll start: I'm in F3, DQ'd July 2020.

 

Also, I was looking through the Montreal Consular Updates and noticed this: 

 

In September 2021, Montreal was still using the "tiered" system, so that means they prioritized IR1/IR2/IR5 and K visas, which were DQ'd in late 2020 (as seen below - this screenshot is from Sep 9th, 2021).                       

 

However, the newest update on the consular update website says, "As of December 1, 2021, most Immediate Relative and fiancé(e) visa cases being scheduled for interview in Montreal were documentarily qualified at the National Visa Center in October 2021." So in about 3 months, Montreal managed to get through a year's worth of backlogs for immediate relative cases? If I'm reading this correctly, then maybe they could be scheduling more family preference cases in the upcoming months. But, do keep in mind that family preference cases have limits on how many they can issue per year, so Montreal may still be backlogged for a while. 

 

Let's see what happens next year. 

[jaypatel66@yahoo. 2]

DC since March 2020, still waiting for an interview in F3 class