US Immigration from Canada

Hi!

I can't seem to find any information on this specifically, its all mainly just information on timelines between stages. I was wondering if anyone has any information on the average expected wait time for the Montreal consulate to open new appointments. I have been checking the website several times a day since July 3rd, and continue to see the same message:

"There are no available appointments at this time. Please check back in a few days as the Consular Section will open more appointments."

This is at the stage of paying the MRV fee on the ais.usvisa-info site. I have inquired and apparently I cannot pay until an appointment is available, but no new appointments have been opened for over a month as far as I can tell. Is this normal, or is something wrong? Do I need to hire someone to constantly refresh the page hundreds of times a day because I am just missing the few minutes each week they release new availability? Does anyone know if there are specific dates/ times that they tend to make new appointments available?

I am just beginning to get a bit concerned as this wait time seems excessive just for the chance to book an appointment that I will have to wait again for.

Any experience with this or similar situations would help.

Thank you!

Hello,

I am an LPR (came on K1) and have filed for ROC. I am planning a trip to India soon and was wondering if I would have issues while flying back to the US with an expired GC and valid extension letter. The other issue is that my Canadian passport is in my maiden name and the GC and extension letter are in my married name. I am worried that the flight check in staff at the airport in India will not accept the expired GC + extension letter and if they do, may have an issue with the different last name (though I will be carrying my marriage certificate as proof). I will be booking the ticket in my maiden name as that is the name on my passport. Has anyone been in a similar situation or has knowledge about it and can offer any advice?. Thank you.

Hi,

My wife and I have been waiting for a response since submitting our I-485 and corresponding documents and just received and email updating us that we have received an RFE. But looking at our timeline Via my.uscis.gov account they cancelled the request? is this normal and how exactly am i to know if the RFE is still in need of submitting? Also have no idea what the RFE is even for?

Hello All,

Please help me to compute my niece CSPA age. She is my sister derivative. I m getting confused which month of bulletin board should we use.

DOB: 10/26/1999

Priority Date: 10/04/2011

Approval Date: 11/05/2013

Visa available since June 2021

Country: Philippines

Appreciate anyone who can help me with this.

Thank You

Hi everyone. I m going to try and make this short but any help is appreciated.
I ve been living in the U.S. with my spouse after an unplanned elopement last July, we filed for my Adjustment of Status concurrently with my I-130 petition, as well as my I-765 EAD, and I-131 AP.
I am Canadian and crossed via land border to visit my wife for the Canada Day & 4th Of July holiday week in 2022. So I was not issued an i94, as well as did not have any valid visa status. But since I am Canadian I did not need a visa to visit.
when we got married and decided I stay, we contacted a lawyer and he said it would be no problem since our wedding wasn t planned. Fast forward to a year from then, my EAD has been approved and i m about to start my new job on this coming Monday, but I just got a letter in the mail saying my interview has been scheduled for this Wednesday. When it comes to Bonafide evidence of our marriage, my wife and I have affidavits from our family and friends (we even lived with my father in law for many months while we worked through this process), we just very recently signed a lease and moved into our own apartment in the city so we do have a lease. I am on her health insurance card as a dependent, as well as I am a named insured on our car insurance. We do not have joint bank accounts because we just use an online no-fee bank and they don t allow joint accounts.
however, we just downloaded my wife s tax transcript from the most recent filing year (we filed her i864 with the 2021 tax year and she s since filed for the 2022 year) and we realized that her tax agency filed her as Single and not married filing separately (as I did not work in the U.S. that year and have filed in Canada for myself.) we did not realize this error until today, which is one week from the date of my interview.
will the other evidence we have as a married couple be enough that the IO won t question it ? Or will this severely hinder our chances of a successful interview ? She is filing an amendment for 1040-X to change her marital status with the IRS tomorrow, but it takes about 3-5 weeks to receive that confirmation. It was an honest mistake, as she has been using this tax preparer for years and we truly didn t realize until right this moment.
many advice on next steps? Or if I should or should not be worried??
thanks xx