MeghanK

1 minute ago, ionoone said:

How do we find the tracking numbers? For the April 2, 2019 shipment. 

Check out the awesome helpful tips here, directions are in the first post: https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/699642-march-2019-k-1-noa2-nvc/

Shout out to @Greenbaum for providing these tips each month.  

2 minutes ago, Brylie said:

My email just asked what is going on since it was in transit since March 19th and we are wanting to apply for an expedite on our case.

 

i called the nvc. They said it’s in transit and there’s nothing they can do...

 

our NOA2 expires in May. May is almost booked 

Your NOA2 expiry doesn't matter if it's totally out of your hands. (It doesn't even really matter even if it is your own delay). Don't worry about that at all. If P3 is rejected it's worth trying to escalate to NVC or the consulate because there is no way your packages have been in transit for over 2 weeks. The shipments take 2 days.

Also for March 19th shipments - The three tracking numbers on the shipments were 

• JD0030110676178346
• JD0030110676178347
• JD0030110676178348

And they were signed for by a "C Wayne" Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 14:09 if you need that extra info to help MTL actually help you.

Question for anyone who has sent in P3 early and had it rejected.... Prior to the "don't send us this yet" rejection e-mail, did you also get an initial e-mail saying "We will forward your message to the visa unit" ?

Wondering if these folks stuck in "In Transit" can surpass the unhelpful correspondence unit, or if they are the unit that sends the P3 rejection e-mails. 

1 minute ago, Brylie said:

Here’s the email....

We are setting up the new printer/scanner now so we can try.

 

Good Afternoon,

 

Thank you for your inquiry.

 

According to our records we do not have a pending visa case for you at the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal. Your case might still be at the National Visa Center (NVC) or in mail transit to Montreal. 

 

As soon as the Visa Unit receives your case, we will contact you with instructions for the next steps in processing your case.

 

Meanwhile, we recommend that you review the detailed information regarding the K-1 fiancé visa processing available on the website of the Department of State here http://nvc.state.gov/k1 

 

Best Regards,

OP03

Correspondence Unit

US Consulate General in Montreal

 

 

Yeah, eff that, "Correspondence Unit" the least helpful. They probably threw your case number into the same system that showed "In Transit" to you and sent that stock reply. What did you say in your e-mail though? 

I just checked the March 19th shipments on DHL and all 3 pieces that left NVC made it to Montreal and were signed for on March 21st. Your case is definitely at the consulate unless somehow it never made it out of NVC despite being updated to "In Transit". 

I'd say try P3, if no luck, maybe give NVC a call. 

1 minute ago, Brylie said:

We are going to try today.... 

got an email from Montreal Monday stating they don’t have our case yet... so I’m kind of scared they really just don’t. Others have already gotten their first and second ready status from our shipment. This is really frustrating 

Did you track the shipment on the DHL tracker? Did they say they don't have your case yet after you sent a general inquiry? What e-mail address did you contact? MTL isn't great with helpful replies either way. 

They probably use the same tracker we do to check lol. I'm skeptical of that reply. Try P3 for sure and see what happens. P3 submissions get passed along to the Visa unit, I think general inquiries stop at an administrative employee (just a guess), so you might get different results with P3. 🤞

4 minutes ago, Lori Johnson said:

I am thinking of sending P3 on Friday if nothing has changed.  Worse case scenario it gets rejected.   

Definitely do it! March 19th shippers are right on the timeline where P3 would ordinarily be sent out, so my guess is CEAC is just glitched or someone just skipped inputting a whole load of those dates into the system. It is humans behind that process after all. 

1 minute ago, Lori Johnson said:

Drs office didn’t ask me anything.  Just made the appointment for when I wanted it.  I know I need approval before I can attend but I wanted to get appointment in case they were busy.   

Have you tried sending in your P3 yet? Also what city is your medical in?

I think the medicals work a bit different than the interviews in the sense they don't "get busy" or "fill up" - That is why they require people to have the interview booked, to make sure that everyone who has their interview is able to attend the medical with no issues and they can't just fill up with random folks booking time too early. Appts are distributed out evenly with the amount of interviews that are booked. Never ever have I heard of a case where someone was unable to get a medical appt before their interview. Basically what I'm trying to say is, don't stress about that part. And you have more than enough time between now and May 13 to secure the interview.... it just might be that the interview is a bit far out from medical.  

20 minutes ago, Brylie said:

How did you schedule medical without the interview confirmation page?

This is getting extremely frustrating that we haven’t changed yet! I only know one other person waiting. I thought it would be today! But it’s not changed so far. They just shipped a whole new set yesterday. 

I wouldn't put too much stock into the In Transit - CEAC website is probably on vacation. Assuming you haven't yet, it might be worth it to try to send in your P3 within the next week and see what happens. If they reject it, wait a week and try again. If they reject it again, then it's worth WTFing.   

39 minutes ago, alniki said:

I am reviewing my DS-160 application before submitting it, and was wondering if you guys could provide some insight to one of the questions. "Do you have documentation to establish that you have received vaccinations in accordance with U.S. law?" 

I understand that for the immigration physical (for the age group of 18-64) we only need MMR, Tdap, Chicken pox, and flu shot. Are these the vaccines that this question is referring to? Or do you feel this would this include additional vaccines (like hep B, hep A etc)? 

 

Thanks for your help!

 

Yup if that's your age group, just those.

2 hours ago, rupok93 said:

Unfortunately threw away boarding passes but I printed out the boarding pass pictures I took with my phone. They are clear enough to make out the details. 

I submitted only photos from my phone of boarding passes too (only photos of everything really, lodging receipts, purchase receipts, etc. No originals)  and had no problems if that helps

8 minutes ago, alniki said:

@MeghanK - i see you just had your interview! How did that go? Did they give you the visa after the interview, or are they sending it to you later? 

Interview was simple and fast! Really is the easiest part. And no they do not ever give the visa after/at the interview, they keep your passport and mail it back. Takes about a week or two if there are no hold ups in administrative processing.

1 minute ago, Sarge2155 said:

I agree don't clutter your intent letters up with to much information or details. There is a good sample letter here on VJ and that works well. Remember NEVER volunteer information to USCIS it can get you in a world of hurt no matter how helpful you are trying to be with your case. Keep it simple and to the point! Two letters of intent each signed!!!!

Exactly. Try to remember these are very bureaucratic, very by-the-book, federal government employees you are dealing with, not American Idol judges... they aren't swayed by feelings-based input, they are objectively reviewing boxes that need to be checked. 

8 minutes ago, EdmoAm said:

No, still nothing. 😭

 

The Consulate sent me a message saying they're working with Canada Post on locating my package and to wait for further instructions. 

I have contacted my local MP and also the Prime Minister's office and have signed consent forms for them to see what they can do also. 

This really sucks. I checked my passport number on the border crossings (i94) and at least " I " haven't crossed the border yet. 

Smh. 

 

Ugh!

Did you have the upgraded shipping to have it shipped to a specific address or did you use the included one to a post office? Curious to see how our passport shipping into vancouv goes. 

2 hours ago, Isabel&Will said:

My status just changed to "Ready" 😱 (NOA2 Feb 12, NVC sent out March 19, DHL shows it was signed for on the 21st) but I think we still need to wait to get the P3 before we send anything to them? Are we able to complete the DS-160 or do they want us to wait for that as well? I will be doing the medical in Vancouver so I have to wait until I book an interview date before I can get the medical booked, but is there anything else I should be doing in the meantime? I already got the police certificate stuff taken care of.

Yes you can go ahead and do your DS-160! Was that the first time it changed to ready from In Transit? If so, keep an eye on your "Last status change" or whatever it's called.... once that changes again in a week or two that typically means your P3 was mailed to you.

Are your vaccines up to date? If not, you could consider getting them up to speed at a clinic before the medical. They are expensive af at medical I think.

21 minutes ago, Kathanael said:

Hey girl, any updates?! I can't imagine how stressful this would all be!!  I hope it gets resolved soon if it hasn't already. Thinking of you!! 

I'm also wondering! I hope it all got figured out.

CEAC status changed to Issued this morning! 😍

1 hour ago, Ion Paladii said:

I will be addressing some of the points I can be off help with

1) You can also include a wet signed (with ink) letter of intent to marry. And make sure to really highlight that it is in fact something that shows your intent to marry. If you can, also give an estimation on when and where you plan to get married, who you will invite etc.

You HAVE TO include two letters of intent, a separate one for each of you. It's one of the main requirements of the I-129f. OP make sure you have these if you do not yet. They don't need to be full of a bunch of details though, wedding plans and such, they can simply say "I intend to marry [beneficiary/petitioner name] within 90 days of entry to the U.S." There are plenty of sample letters to grab throughout VJ if needed. 

For Montreal the timeline to interview right now is about 2-3 months after it gets to the consulate. So that's about 3-4 months from NOA2. Also consider extra time for potentially long administrative processing. Definitely keep an open mind about an August wedding. It might happen on a totally perfect and faster than average timeline. It's good that they will let you be flexible on wedding dates. 

1 hour ago, purem4g1c said:

You may be right, I am just doing it according to how RapidVisa says to do it. 😃

Yeah for sure, and who knows, maybe timelines are speeding up a bit and they have actually mailed yours already! Keep us posted. 

1 hour ago, purem4g1c said:

My status was changed to "ready" yesterday, afterwards I sent my ds-160 + packet 3 check list + passport biographic page to the Montreal consulate email address. Packet 4 should arrive sometime next week I assume. You don't actually need to wait for Packet 3 to be "received" to send it out. Soon as you see ready you can go ahead w/ the process as the Packet 3 information is already available online.

Not totally accurate. If your "ready" was your first status change to ready, just a few days after your consulate arrival on the 21st, don't count on them accepting that P3 submission. 

P3 has been getting mailed out for folks lately 2-3 weeks after consulate received. 

You could be lucky and be on the faster end of the average P3 timeline but probably not.

Does she have an ESTA through her Italian citizenship? Could she travel with an Italian passport? Might help. 

5 minutes ago, AmandaandChayne said:

got my visa, I fly next Wednesday!! Tired from all the clearing out of home and all the AP stress but beyond excited!!

It's all happening yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!