Geeg

yes, consular processing is available and necessary after GC abandonment.

From what I see, NBC is not the NVC.  Avvo is showing 3-4 months.  Have approved GC but no AP so need the I824 to register GC.  I think....I still dont' understand  everything.  https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/how-long-does-i-824-takes-to-be-approved--what-do--1835734.html 

Form i824 takes 2-3 months...?  https://www.uscis.gov/i-824

Hi, thanks all for your responses.  this is the wife here.  although we don't trust a word this lawyer says now, she states that it will only be 2-3 months for the consular processing and that we do not need to restart from scratch.  ???

For the record, we didn't trust this lawyer blindly.  after her advice, we paid maggio and kattar, one of the top legal firms in US for immigration, a consult.  they also overlooked that my leaving meant abandoning the GC.  

no words can describe how awful this has all been.  we had 3 weeks notice before the 3 yr ban for me to pack up our lives in the us and for me to find a new one in canada.  

we have been extremely diigent in the entire process but with so much going on, we trusted that the consult would have caught anything this lawyer missed.  it's beyond crushing.  and naturally, this lawyer is stating that she strongly urged us both to stay in the country.  I'd laugh at the blatant lie, but nothing about this is funny.