Marie-Eve

A month exactly after emailing our IV Package and filling the DS-260 we finally got our "60 days" letter which states that "The National Visa Center (NVC) received your documents on 20­JAN­15". Yippeee!

I called and talked to an agent about 2 weeks ago who told me they have little or no way of knowing whether an email has been opened - and therefore if the 60 days clock is started. I was worried they might, once again, talking their sweet little time... but no! Im really happy! Now, if only we could know for a fact already that we wont get checklisted!!

Quick question: does the 60 days timeframe includes weekend or is it just business days?

(Now, if my fiancé can only secure that job he went for a weekend long interview/meeting last weekend, that would be wonderful and I wouldnt need to push back my interview!! Those who pray, pray with me he gets that call we've been hoping for for so long now!)

I read in another thread (admittedly from 2011, but then again...) that sometimes appointments will become available in small batches - a dozen interview dates, in that 2011 occurence - and then will be booked and disappeared very quickly. Therefore, here is my plea : PLEASE, should anyone see something for Montreal, post it here so everyone can have a chance at booking their interview!
Thanks a lot,
Marie-Eve
(also waiting for a Montreal interview date)

My Canadian fiancee and I will be applying for K-1 sometime around May 2013. I am currently a chaplain in the US Army but will be leaving the service in July to take a church in the New York/New England area. In July my fiancee and I will be traveling to Paris via JFK Airport in New York City. Upon our return I will accompany her back to Canada where I will stay for a short period of time while I am awaiting being called to my new congregation. Does anyone see any hindrance or problems that might arise in the K-1 process in light of our traveling back and forth across the US/Canada border and my staying with her (I can stay up to six months without a visa)? Any advice on what we might expect when we cross the borders? What documents in addition to our passports, boarding passes, etc, should we have with us and what might we be asked by the immigration officer at the border? Thanks much.