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Wife and I are currently in the NVC process. Looking into it, Montreal is where they do the interviews for the visa? Is this really the only option? She lives in BC so it will be a bit of a pain to have to go to Montreal for the interview. On top of that, the nearest 'approved doctor's for the medical examination is over 10 hours away from her.

 

Is this all accurate or am I misinterpreting what I read? Am I crazy to think this is unreasonable? I know they want to make it a tough process, but we already waited 14 months for the I130. Now we have to travel across a country for an interview and medical examination. 

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Montreal is the only option. 

 

21 minutes ago, RobbyK said:

I know they want to make it a tough process

 It is tough.....and agonizing.   The immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and money.  A failure in any of those area can result in delays and problems.

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"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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***Moved to the Canada regional forum for country specific information***

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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Montreal is the only consulate that does spousal interviews.  There is one panel physician in BC, the rest are in QC & ON.  Yes, you have to go to one of the approved physicians (at least BC has one - the Prairie and Atlantic provinces all have to head to BC, QC or ON).  Yes, as has everyone else who's gone through the process since Montreal became the only consulate completing these interviews, which was switched years ago. 

 

Immigration is never easy, fast or without challenges.  As Crazy Cat said, immi takes patience, knowledge, time, planning and money.   

 

If you fill out your timeline (https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=445142) , there's a link in my signature to a forum thread with Canadians going through the CR/IR process as well as a tracking sheet for statistics of people from becoming documentarily qualified at NVC to interview.  Once your timeline is filled out, you can request Hawk Riders to add you to the spreadsheet. 

Montreal IR-1/CR-1 FAQ

 

Montreal IR-1/CR-1 Visa spreadsheet: follow directions at top of page for data to be added

 
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