Kimchi

K-1 interview got scheduled for December 7th. 
 

K-1 interview got scheduled for December 7th. 
 

I just looked at your timeline - crazy that it only took 229 days from noa1 to interview. 
I’m on day 689 and still no interview. 😫

Happy Friday everyone! It seems that the last of the March fiancé’s were scheduled today.  I am not one for being optimist, it’s not a trait of mine when it comes to this issue 😂 - but I feel I have no choice, given the optics.  We HAVE to see letters next week.  I am going to keep emailing and sending messages on the social media.  For those who do the same, please continue as well! 
 
i also wanted to say thanks to everyone new and old in this group for not getting personal about politics in terms of ragging on our Canadian politicians, especially given the 2 weeks quarantine requirement for Canada.  I am also part of the reunification advocacy group on the Facebook and while the group has done a tremendous amount for non- married couples, there is a lot of derogatory talk that is very off putting.  I am grateful this isn’t the case with this group, as I find it to be a useful resource and a necessity for finding out what’s happening.  I know we’ve had our moments about other issues, but we are doing pretty darn good, for the most part.  
 
Here’s to our January DQ’s and getting their damn IL’s next week!  🥂 🙌🏻🥳

I just looked at your timeline - crazy that it only took 229 days from noa1 to interview. 
I’m on day 689 and still no interview. 😫

I mean they are planning on getting married so they may be committed in their heart but if things don’t work out it’s a matter of breaking up. Being a fiancé will never hold any legal meaning in any other circumstance. It definitely feels unfair that they seem to be getting prioritized when they are essentially dating. I just missed my kid’s birthday. Again. So fed up. 

Sending positive thoughts to everyone. It’s indeed so emotionally taxing not knowing.
 
Also, if anyone thought of sending an expedite request, I would’ve bother if it’s not a life or death situation.
 
We sent an expedite request via Senator Bernie Sanders’ office, and it was denied. My husband is suffering from a debilitating disease, and we had extensive documentation, physician notes, etc. It’s extremely serious, and has the potential to turn into cancer. So if something as extreme as my husband’s case is denied, I really wouldn’t hold my breath for any leeway from the consulate.
 
I know that nothing else but an IL will lighten your moods, but health is so important. The pain of seeing your loved one suffer alone and not being able to physically tend to them is gut-wrenching. 
 
I wish you all speedy letters. 

Off-topic, yet relevant to as a heart-warmer (this group already has our assignments; some merely await deployment):
 

Shoot, sorry, I thought you were taking a break. I never said they're relationship is "less valid". All anyone is looking for is fair. Nothing petty about that. There are only 2 interview days per week for whatever reason. If they are filled with K1 then guess who isn't getting interviewed. I don't feel anyone is attacking anyone and just voicing frustration with the process. 

Consulate just posted a video on their social media. 

I mean they are planning on getting married so they may be committed in their heart but if things don’t work out it’s a matter of breaking up. Being a fiancé will never hold any legal meaning in any other circumstance. It definitely feels unfair that they seem to be getting prioritized when they are essentially dating. I just missed my kid’s birthday. Again. So fed up. 

I mean they are planning on getting married so they may be committed in their heart but if things don’t work out it’s a matter of breaking up. Being a fiancé will never hold any legal meaning in any other circumstance. It definitely feels unfair that they seem to be getting prioritized when they are essentially dating. I just missed my kid’s birthday. Again. So fed up. 

Today yet another  K1 interview was scheduled.   November 23rd.   

Congrats @DGF
 
I went back this morning for my PC and the commissionnaires were still insisting that what I got is the right one. But the lady did send it off again requesting it under the privacy act so hopefully I get it soon. 
 

Approved!!! Took about 45 minutes 
asked the same questions @dgf got asked!! Police certificate was accepted! 

Congrats @DGF
 
I went back this morning for my PC and the commissionnaires were still insisting that what I got is the right one. But the lady did send it off again requesting it under the privacy act so hopefully I get it soon. 
 

Approved!

Got there at about 8:13 am for an 8:15 am appointment. There was one other person outside. A guard came out and was letting us in one at a time. They ask for your passport and then you put your stuff through an xray and walk through a metal detector just like at an airport but you get to leave your shoes on 😛 I forgot that my watch is an electronic device so I had to lock it up, heads up for people with smartwatches! 

The consulate is on the first floor. The security guard told me to go to window 4 or 5 but both were busy so the guard upstairs told me to take a seat (seats are already spaced out but she wanted me as far away from everyone else as possible haha). There were only 2 other people there. I sat down and a few moments later a lady knocked on window 7 and asked if I had been served and I said I hadn't so she took my passport. When one of the windows became available the guard told me to go to it but the person at the window told me to wait until I was called. Other people that came up when the windows were empty didn't have to wait to be called up. When I was called up (over a loud speaker so you can't miss it) I was asked for my original documents. I was asked for birth certificate, marriage certificate, police certificate, i864, 2019 tax transcript, 2019 W2, one passport photo, medical (I just said mine was sent electronically) and then they took my fingerprints. They did not want photocopies of anything, just the originals. I was not asked for either my IL or appointment confirmation, DS260 confirmation, husband's proof of citizenship, tax information for any prior years, the 5540, or any proof of relationship. He also confirmed my address, my husband's address (they had it slightly wrong because we'd got it wrong on our original i864 but I corrected him and he updated it in the computer, no problem), both of our phone numbers, and our lawyer's name. Then he gave me the domestic violence pamphlet and told me to wait to be called again. I meant to ask if I could switch to having my SSN automatically sent to me but I just realized I completely forgot to ask haha.
 
Just a note: When I handed over my police certificate the guy took out a post it note and I was worried but all he wrote on it is that it needed to be scanned (he proceeded to do this for any updated documents I had too). I have the police certificate that says "Other (Provide Details)" and this was accepted. 
 
I went to sit down and read over the pamphlet. It was 8:40 am when I sat down and I think I was called up again around 8:50-8:55 am. By that time there were 8 of us in the waiting room. The guy at the window had me swear an oath and then took my fingerprints again. I was so nervous that most of the interview is already lost in the abyss but from what I remember I was asked my petitioners name, how we were related, if this was both of our first marriages, if we had kids, how we met, how long after we met did my husband go back to the US, when we got married, who was at our wedding, the longest I'd been in the US, what my husband's job is, what his job entails, and what the pamphlet they give you is about. Then he reached over to the board next to him with all the papers and reached for a white one (I was panicking because I know the 221g can be white) and then he said your visa is approved here's your welcome letter! He said I should receive it in 7-10 days and gave my originals back. I went back downstairs and got my watch and was out of the consulate at 9:03 am. 
 
Will post any more details if they come to me!

The one that you got has the word "RCMP National Repository Entire Holdings"  on it though, which is something that keeps getting mentioned when I look up police certificate, while on the right one it is nowhere to be seen, which is what confuses me.
 
Anyway, I hope you get what you need! :D

Good luck! 😊
Please post a review after! 

It matters to me. If they are being ‘fair’ in scheduling, both categories should receive an equal share of interview slots. If we get 2 slots the week after, that would be fair. If we don’t get anything and they schedule K1s rest of the month, I see that as unfair and prioritizing that category over spousals. Maybe it will balance out ahead, who knows. Currently, it is frustrating for me to see. My personal opinion/view.

I agree and it’s definitely an issue when we haven’t seen a CR1/IR1 in how many days/weeks now? it’s pretty much November.  January and February DQ’s have been waiting an additional 11 months now, with no interviews in sight.  Those of us who are May, June, July - that means we won’t see interviews until March, April, May - if we’re lucky. They’ve prioritized K1’s over CR1/IR1 before; let’s hope it doesn’t happen again.  

I assume Canadian permanent residents that got diversity visa? Dunno it seems like a lot of permanent residents interview in Canada 
 
On another note, day  285 of waiting for an interview 😩

We got married in NY state and we got our marriage certificate after like 10 days in the mail. Then it was just a matter of filling out the paperwork. 

I assume Canadian permanent residents that got diversity visa? Dunno it seems like a lot of permanent residents interview in Canada 
 
On another note, day  285 of waiting for an interview 😩

I don’t think anybody got any ILs today. They usually come very early. 
 
This is so discouraging. It is now October 27 and there are only 2 days with interviews in November.