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Thanks guys....

The expedite is for my daughter (2.5 years old). I like the congressman idea, as it's probably one of the only avenues we have not tried. What are the chances of him acting quickly though?

Hey Guys,

Does anyone know a way of connecting with the Montreal consulate for an urgent expedite matter? We have tried the email route and have no response so far. Also called the numbers we found online and apparently they have no way of dealing with situations outside the normal scheduling system.

Any help would be great.....

Recieved the passport back this morning with that fantastic VISA in it. POE is tomorrow. Transit time from the consulate was just overnight.

Gonna be exciting.

Thanks so much for all of your support and help everyone.

Mine was shipped and I received it next day in Alberta. I flew home after the interview.

I hope mine is even close to as efficient. My status changed to "issued" the same day as my interview and then adjusted to show that it's in the final process (meaning being shipped) one day after. Other then that, no waybill and no further actions.

MsHogan

Did you pick them up in MTL or were they shipped? Your timeline says it only took 2 days for you. That's incredible.

Interesting. I would assume that they only ship them out once a week (maybe Fridays???). I guess I will estimate that Monday it should be here.

Thanks for the heads up.

Thanks All....

Anyone know the average visa transit time from MTL to Toronto???

Vegasbound: I went about 20 mins early. No line at all, but a bit of a wait in the waiting room.

Darnell: no poutine. Already back in Toronto.

Interview was at 10am this morning. Didn't get out until noon. Pretty straightforward process.

Thanks to everyone on the site for their input. If anyone has any questions, let me know.

My CEAC status changed to "ISSUED". Let's hope this means the visa is being shipped tomorrow.

Thanks guys.

In MTL now with interview in the morning.

Wish me luck!!

BTW: the Courtyard Marriott is a perfect hotel for interviews. One block away from the consulate. Fantastic!

Hey guys,

Interview on Tuesday AM. What do most people wear? I would assume casual is fine, but want to make sure.

Hey Guys,

I have my interview for the IR-1 Visa coming up in about a week and I wanted to know what the consulate will expect me to provide to prove the petitioners financial status? I have the documents I submitted with the AOS while my file was at the NVC, but do they want this, or do they want an updated list of assets, income, debts, etc???? I had our accounts info printed the last time, and that seemed to be fine.

Also, what will they ask for to prove my marriage? We've been married for 5 years with child. Should I bring photos, joint mail, etc... Any help would be great.

Thanks

I've crossed over for 2-3 months to be with my wife and daughter. It's a B-2 Visa, so legally we can do 6 months. The only thing the IO did was put a solid "return by" date in my passport.

As long as you don't have intentions of living in the US prior to being issued your visa/green card, there's really no reason why they wont let you go...unless of course there are other red flags.

I had my appt. on a Tuesday and did not receive my rpt till the following Friday 11 days later....it would have been ready on the 10th day for pick up.

Is that for Zaltsman or the one on St Clair?

I heard he was a good doctor, but the only issue is he takes the 7 days to process your medical results. The one on St Clair is only 3 days. I guess if you need an expedited medical, you do what you gotta do.

Thanks guys. I guess I will keep trying my luck for the next week and hope something decent comes up between 39 and 105 days.

Cheers.

Hey guys,

So, I am trying to reschedule my daughters interview so that my wife can attend with her. I logged into the site yesterday and it said next available date was in 39 days. Reasonable, but too early for my wife to attend. This morning when we checked, it was now 105 days. That's not going to work either.

My question is.....how does this work? Was it 39 days yesterday due to a cancellation? Why the huge difference in available dates? We called them as well, and they just recite what's on the website at 105 days.

Any help would be great. We are trying to get mid-late December.

Is it me, or is the most recent updated list an old one? My interview date (along with many others) has not been posted on it, and it was on previous versions. Just a heads up!!!

This is straight from CDC for immigration.... Should make most of us feel better.

"Because completion of the vaccine series often requires several months, immigrant applicants are not required to receive all doses of the required vaccines as part of the immigrant medical exam. Rather, applicants are required to receive at least one dose of each vaccine that is appropriate for their age group. They are also encouraged to receive as many added doses as needed to complete the series."

This is fantastic news....

I have been reading the same thing about only requiring certain vaccines. This is directly from the US Immigration doctors website.

27-49 YEARS

Tdap (Adacel or Boosterix) - ensure you get Tdap not just Td

MMR Measles, Mumps, Rubella. ("MR" and "MM" are not enough). You need MMR

Varicella - If you had "Chicken Pox" disease, no vaccine is needed

Influenza (only required during October - February, annually)

Hep B may only be required up to 18 years old.

Looks like you need a Hep B shot as a part of the medical requirements. Since it's a 2 shot process, what does one do if the interview is less than a month away?

Anyone stay at the Courtyard by Marriott???? I am actually now doing my Medical in Toronto, so only need hotel for the one night.

I've heard the Marriott is right next to the Consulate.

Hey guys,

I am doing my medical and interview in MTL the week of Oct 29-Nov 5 as apparently the medical takes 3 business days to process. Kinda sucks to have to spend 7 days in MTL, but what can you do.

Any recommendations for reasonable hotels in the area, close to the embassy and also things to do?

INTERVIEW BOOKED..... Nov 5th in MTL.

Please add to list.

Traditionally MTL gives the NVC dates for the month at the beginning of the month. It takes about 2 weeks for NVC to fill those dates for the next month at most.

Worst case is normally 2 months from case complete date. If you end in the middle of the month you normally wait 2-3 weeks to get the interview.

Example:

I had case complete April 15th, Interview date notified on May 1, interview June 3rd.

Now when Montreal releases those dates to the NVC is dynamic, so it can change. Traditionally it was the 1st week, but I've seen it take until the 2nd and 3rd week. I'm guessing because of summer vacations and end of fiscal year issues but my guess is as good as yours on that.

Seems like lots of folks are getting interview dates now, but I haven't seen anything from Canada yet.

Fingers crossed for all of us Canadian's crossing over soon.