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Just got P4 and scheduled interview for March 7th (the first available one). 

Just got P4 and scheduled interview for March 7th (the first available one). 

Just got P4 and scheduled interview for March 7th (the first available one). 

Just got P4 and scheduled interview for March 7th (the first available one). 

Awesome! Now that you mention it, that's when they sent the same email to my fiance. Right around 3:30.
 
But I still I haven't heard anything back from submitting my P3 on Friday. It's already mid-month, pretty much. Here's hoping for P4 tomorrow.
 
 
 

My fiance just got the email from the consulate for me to submit P3. I just resubmitted mine. I always seem to get an update between 3 and 4pm. Seems like that's when they process K1s. 

At the Sydney consulate, they ask you to bring a revalidation letter which covers the situation where the NOA2 expires. This is asked for in the packet 3 we received and is required to be brought to the interview whether the NOA2 has expired or not (just in case, I guess?). Here's the text from the packet 3 email...
 
Revalidation Letter: Copy only: Your I-129F petition may expire by the time you attend your final visa interview. To revalidate your petition, please have your U.S. citizen fiancé(e) provide you with a letter requesting that your petition be extended to a further 4 months from the approval date of the I-129F petition. This letter must be dated and signed by your fiancé(e) The letter from your U.S. citizen fiancé(e) should state their intention to still marry you within 90 days of your arrival into the U.S. with the K-1 visa and that you both are still free to marry.
 
I don't know if it's the same for all consulates and it may be worthwhile giving them a call and asking.

Yeah...completely baffled by the oddly out-of-order fashion in which cases are being processed. I can't wrap my mind around what could be going on, except to assume that the backlog must be enormous, given that only a small percentage of filers ever show up here on VJ in the first place. Even the Montreal consulate must be busier than I originally thought, since the USCIS and the NVC  seem to be burping up big batches of cases all at once these days. Maybe this new electronic system is glitchy or something too? Who knows....I just hope like hell they work out the snags so that people can finally get on with their lives.
 
Fingers crossed for everyone to get their good news on Monday. 

Yup we didn't either...which is really bizarre since it's now exactly 5 weeks since our case arrived at NVC, while @D and T looking at their timeline are at the 2 week 2-day mark since arrival at NVC and updated on the CEAC tracker and already moving forward. If anything by that time frame we should've had our case at the embassy 2.5 weeks ago and already having an interview next week....... As usual no logical sense at all from anything in this whole process.

@aviator99 @Cm6307
 
@Any other Canadians anxiously awaiting word from the embassy at this point in time
 
 
Alert alert!!! 
 
My fiance just forwarded me an email from the Montreal embassy THEY'RE NOW ACCEPTING OUR PACKET 3s   hahahaha wooo!
 
Of course it also says PLEASE ALLOW SIX WEEKS TO REVIEW YOUR CASE which better be CYA boiler-plate or else I'mma lose what's left of my mind!!!! 
 
Please God please please....let this be over soon and I promise I'll never ask for anything ever again.... 
 

Same for us  Welllll according to all those timelines I checked out over the last week or so (probably about 60 timelines trying to gauge when we'll get Packet 4), the average is 5 business days from Ready to an updated status/send packet 3/get Packet 4 email. If we do 8 business days (and it doesn't count the day it changed to Ready), we should hear something on Wednesday. I manipulated the case numbers on CEAC and found other peoples cases whom changed this week, and they all had their statuses updated on Tuesday and Wednesday. So I have a feeling that'll be the same for us. We'll see though... another setback of waiting. 

I heard they just ignore your email if you send the P3 too early...but they responded with that to the both of us. SO, I wonder if that means they're actually -processing- our case(s) as of today? So maybe we'll see a CEAC update tomorrow or Friday? Hmm....

Wellll guess what, I got it too today at 3:58pm ET -- same email that you mentioned  I just checked and I sent my P3 Friday at 4:28pm, lol. So they literally responded to me and then to you right after. They say they will contact us but from what I read on visajourney, the "we will contact you" means they will send a paper copy of P3...which will take like, a couple weeks, wouldn't wait for that of course. We should just stick with the plan/suggestions on here and when the case updates on CEAC ("Last Updated" date), send P3 again.

Got this email in response to my Packet 3:
 
Dear Sir or Madam:
Please be advised that your fiancé (e) visa application is being processed in our office, and upon completion, we will contact you accordingly.
In the meantime, carefully note that you are notrequired to send your Packet 3 documents, and also not eligible to book an appointment online until you receive further instructions.
We hope this information is helpful to you and thank you for your understanding. 
Regards,
 
Immigrant Visa Unit
Consular Section
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

My status changed the 'ready', woot!! but when I submitted the DS 160 it didn't ask for payment like I thought it would.
When do we pay the fee $265? DS-160, p3, p4 or at interview?
 

SO glad and pleasantly surprised to end the week on a positive note. Here's to next week to being full of interview bookings! 

SO glad and pleasantly surprised to end the week on a positive note. Here's to next week to being full of interview bookings! 

OMG!!! OURS DID AS WELL! WAHOOOO!!!! 
 
Packet 3 Email Already Sent!!! 
 
Automated response from Montreal received (long email but here is some lines from it):
 
Thank you for your inquiry to the Immigrant Visa Unit at U.S. Consulate Montreal. We will respond to your immigrant visa inquiry as quickly as possible, normally within 10 business days.
 
Hoping for a response ASAP!!! I know we should wait till the date changes again but it was worth a shot sending Packet 3 anyways! I will send Packet 3 everytime that date changes till we get packet 4. CONGRATS TO ALL!!! Finally 

Omg my status just changed to READY. Check yours! 

Yes, you need Packet 4 from them before you can schedule.
 
You can try sending Packet 3 found here
It has all the instructions. I heard you're supposed to wait til the last updated date changes again but it's still worth a try.

Yes, you need Packet 4 from them before you can schedule.
 
You can try sending Packet 3 found here
It has all the instructions. I heard you're supposed to wait til the last updated date changes again but it's still worth a try.

SO DID OURS!!!
 
What the....when....how....but...but....OMG!!!
 
And of course we're not ready with all the documents!
 
Hang on though...it says we can schedule our interviews, but don't we still have to wait to hear from the embassy?

Omg my status just changed to READY. Check yours! 

Omg my status just changed to READY. Check yours! 

When I called yesterday and got my NVC #, I asked them if they had any idea how long it would take to show 'ready'. And they said it depends on the size of the packet and how long it takes NVC to scan the documents.  It's all sent electronically.  I think there's more to it on the embassy side of things.  One more thing we have no control over.  Hopefully things will pick up.