AshleyJill

It is absolutely nothing about NVC, it is about the Consulate in Montreal that treats Employment based cases inferior to marriage based and anything else. Every month the consulate will send the list of interview spots for each type of case and NVC just fill them based on that availability. I am not sure why they clear marriage based up to April CC already but EB2 is not moving at all from Dec last year. Everyone should post on their facebook or send them email to pressure them to treat us more humanely. 

The interview process is quite simple actually.  You will have all your documents verified first, before having your actual interview with the consulate officer.  Questions are very basic and simple - who will you work for? What is your degree in? Where will you live?.  The process itself including all the waiting at the consulate took me about 2 hours total.
 
As for receiving your passport back, I stayed in Montreal for a week and chose to pick it up locally at the post office.  I had my interview on a Friday and was able to pick up my passport at the post office the following Friday around lunch time.

Priority dates matter in terms of interview placement.  For example if person 1 and person 2 have the same CC date but person 2 has an earlier priority date, Montreal will book the interview for person 2 first. 

Just wanted to provide a clarification that I obtained from NVC today regarding the RCMP certified criminal check.  Their website states that fingerprints must be shown on the document, however per their September 10, 2018 update requiring the check be requested under the Canadian Privacy Act the document you receive does not have fingerprints shown.
 
I spoke to a NVC rep and supervisor today and they confirmed that the document they use for comparison and approval does NOT have fingerprints on it.  They are looking into this on their end and updating things accordingly.  Please continue to use the September 10, 2018 update/comments when requesting the certified criminal check.

Just wanted to provide a clarification that I obtained from NVC today regarding the RCMP certified criminal check.  Their website states that fingerprints must be shown on the document, however per their September 10, 2018 update requiring the check be requested under the Canadian Privacy Act the document you receive does not have fingerprints shown.
 
I spoke to a NVC rep and supervisor today and they confirmed that the document they use for comparison and approval does NOT have fingerprints on it.  They are looking into this on their end and updating things accordingly.  Please continue to use the September 10, 2018 update/comments when requesting the certified criminal check.