Hook_Grapp

Hi, 

My fiancé is about to enter the United States after being approved for a K1 visa. She will apply for her Canadian citizenship right before she leaves for US. The day she leaves Canada would be 1095 days on Permanent residency in Canada which is required before applying for Canadian Citizenship. 

My question is that would it cause any concern when she arrives in the US and I apply for her adjustment of status and Advanced Parole. Or would it affect her getting her Canadian citizenship in any way. 

Thank you

On 5/17/2019 at 8:49 PM, Lana&Ivy said:

Out of curiosity, when you were in AP hell, did the "case last updated" date ever change from your interview date?

Sorry for the late response. Yes it changed almost every week. Notably, it changed 3 times during the week it was issued. But I am not sure if my constant emails to them is what made them change the dates too often. That is very likely. 

Visa was issued on April 12th and received in April 15th. 

On 4/13/2019 at 12:12 PM, purem4g1c said:

How come it took over a month to get your visa after approval? O_O

Yep admin processing. No idea why. Guess it had something to do with fiancé being a Canadian permanent resident and not a citizen. 

Issued. A sweeter word has never been written. After nearly 35 days. 

3 minutes ago, EdmoAm said:

I'm so happy for everyone! (and I'm so sad for myself.)

 

I have to wait until the end of the week before being told what to do re: my Passports/Visas. 

The Consulate sent me an email today saying that if I report my passports as lost to Passport Canada, then I will have to start the entire visa process over again without compensation. I was strictly told to not do ANYTHING until I get told to do so, and to only work with them until told otherwise. 😞 

It sucks so bad being so helpless and being stuck in limbo. 

Really sorry you and your family has to go through this. I hope there is a positive outcome very soon. I can definitely relate to the helplessness feeling. 

We have no idea. they only respond to our inquiries with generic emails. She's a permanent resident not a citizen of Canada so we're thinking that's one of the reason its taking so long. Her mom has a surgery upcoming in India which she wants to be there for. We don't know how long this process is going to take...could be months for all we know. We want to at least know how long it will delay the process hence the question. really frustrated with the system. 

Hello, 

My fiance had her interview on march 6th at the Montreal consulate. We have been in administrative processing since then. We do not know long the wait is going to be at this point. She is thinking about withdrawing her passport so she can visit her mother overseas while the processing continues. Has anyone emailed the consulate to get the passport back? How long is the process? Would the consulate contact her when the processing is complete? how long after that would she get her visa stamp after they have told her that processing is complete? 

thanks!

4 hours ago, Kkimpala said:

Quick question for anyone who already had interview. I just checked the status on the ceac site and it says “administrative processing” and says it could take several weeks or longer. Does anyone know if this is normal?

Depends on how you look at it. I'd say my case is not normal. ;-/ been in admin processing since march 6th. Most people are getting it within a week though.

14 hours ago, EdmoAm said:

Here's an update on my situation. 

Hope this is resolved soon! This sounds like a nightmare!

3 minutes ago, missileman said:

Administrative Processing can mean many things, and no one knows exactly what checks are done.  And no one can tell you how long it will takes.  

 

Technically, approval comes after AP, not before........It is very rare, but denials have come after the CO said the word "Approved". I assume the CO kept your fiance's passport....which is a good thing........patience is the key word here...Good Luck.

Thanks. yes CO did keep the passport. 

Hello All. 

My fiance is an Indian national living as a permanent resident in Canada. We had our interview on March 6th was quite short (3 mins) and we were approved. We have been in the AP status for 2.5 weeks now. She does have history of working and residency in the US on work visas. My question is that does anyone know what could be the hold up? Is it the fact that she isn't a Canadian Citizen? What exactly are they checking at this point after they have already approved her?

Thanks!

Hey guys. So we still haven't received any notification but does anyone know if we can still change the shipping location of the passport/visa? We're planning on leaving Montreal and my fiance is heading back to Toronto over the weekend if we don't hear anything by then. I do see that on the Visa appointment website there is a option to change the location but i remember vaguely while booking my fiance's appointment back in january that we can't change the the details of the appointments from 6am on the day of the visa interview. Does that mean i can't change it? I wouldn't want me changing the location  to cause any further delays.  Does anyone have any clue? We would rather have it shipped to Toronto than have to come back to Montreal. 

In hindsight, we messed up. We thought we'd get the visa back within a week but here we are. 

Meanwhile i am still awaiting. 2 weeks exactly today. No contact. We're in a AP black hole. 

2 hours ago, Smashy said:

Guys! We just got our notification for tracking our VISA via Can post at the same time as EdmoAm! WE DID IT!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!

seems like everyone is partying without me.

21 minutes ago, EdmoAm said:

Yes, it's something we all go through while they do their final database checks before printing thr visas. It's probably why they tell us 'approximately 2 weeks' to receive our visas while at the interview. 

If there's an issue, then ap can take weeks-months-sometimes years depending.

if they gave us the pink sheet after a 3 min interview and uttered the words 'welcome to the united states' i'm gonna go ahead and assume there is no issue and its just a routine non-canadian check. Years wait seriously sounds scary af.

14 minutes ago, Smashy said:

We are still in "AP"...nerve wrecking experience tbqh. I'm now nervous because Kathanael got hers so quick and i was just after her. 😕

im with you buddy. Been waiting since the march 6th. Are you a canadian citizen? as i speculate, it might that canadian citizens immigrating are getting it quicker but anyone on PR has to wait a bit longer.. but again.. just a speculation. 

17 minutes ago, MeghanK said:

India is a high fraud country, so this is not surprising. Hopefully it won't be long for you, but it could be. Did they ask for any school transcripts or a CV at the interview? 

No they didn't ask for it..though we had all that prepared to give it to them. 

12 minutes ago, MeghanK said:

AP can last days, weeks, months, years. No telling. Are you still in Montreal? This is exactly what I tried to caution you against a few months back when you were asking. 

 

Read recent threads where people went into AP in Montreal - seems like they were in AP for a few weeks for most countries, some countries of origin much, much longer. And yes it tends to happen to PRs more often than citizens, my guess because it requires further background checks. Where is your fiance originally from? Could play a role. 

India. I can work from home so i can work from Montreal so we thought we'd just wait. Hopefully its not a months long wait.. geez

25 minutes ago, J&K 💕 said:

 As far as what I've read from other people they received their passport after few days. Do you have any idea why its still on admin processing? Did you had a hard time on interview? 

No idea! Interview was super short.. 3 mins tops. He said approved and gave us the pink sheet. Could be something to do with fact that my fiance isn't a canadian citizen? She has her permanent residency. who know!? kinda getting anxious here. 🧔 

We had our interview march 6th and its still in Admin processing. Is everyone getting their passport back pretty quickly?

11 hours ago, J&K 💕 said:

Hi guys. For the affidavit of support.. my fiance is above the poverty line.. do we need to put how much he got on the bank for the assets or we can leave it blank? 

Everywhere I've read says to leave it blank if above poverty line but we did add some assets info anyway. Doesn't hurt to add i don't think. I'd provide additional info like offer letter doc and W2s from last 3 years.

13 hours ago, J&K 💕 said:

Did they take the original copies too? or just copy of it? 

they took the original medical, police clearances, birth cert. everything else they took was a copy. though they returned the birth cert at the time of the interview. 

Make copies of everything is a sound advice. 

My fiance brought 3 big binders. But they wanted only interview letter that displays proof of payment, i -134 (affidavit),  birth certificate,  police clearance docs, medical, proof of legal immigration for Canada, petitioners W2s...and thats it. 

My fiance over-prepared with a lot of stuff, we had a long list of things as proof of an on-going relationship. They didn't care about that at all. 

30 minutes ago, MeghanK said:

Expediting probably wouldn't make it any faster then since it's just being sent within Montreal. I feel like that option is more for people who live far from the consulate or from a post station. Hopefully your case will move swiftly through AP. Good luck tomorrow!!

ok thanks.. I think its just last minute jitters. We're rethinking everything. Our interview is tomorrow.