MarissaKyler

Actually I have some down time at the airport so here’s my experience from today!! 
 
My appointment was scheduled for 830 and I showed up to the consulate around 8. I expected there to be a long line based on what I read in other reviews but there was nobody outside and one other person had just gone in so I headed inside. 

The lady before security was friendly; took my passport and looked at the copy of my appointment confirmation. She put a sticker on my passport, handed me a laminated paper and told me to arrange my documents in that order and proceeded me to security. The security guards were alright. I tried to make conversation asking how their morning was going... they told me it had actually been a pretty quiet morning but didn’t really engage in anything more which was fine. 

After getting through security I headed down to the basement where I organized my documents in the requested order and then headed up to the 19th floor. I sat and waited for probably 30 minutes before I was called up to a first window. This woman was super nice and conversational, took my documentation (in a completely different order than the paper requested so I really don’t know what the point of doing that was...), and took my fingerprints. She opened my medical results and gave me back the CD of the X-ray for my own medical records. She confirmed addresses and phone numbers for both my fiancé and I and had me go back to take a seat. 

I waited for about an hour before I was called to another window for the actual interview. I was totally expecting some very official in-uniform immigration officer and was met with a very friendly looking woman not in uniform. This definitely put me at ease. 

She gave me back my birth certificate and had me take an oath as well as re- fingerprint my right hand (not sure if everyone had to do this or maybe my previous scan just wasn’t clear enough??) and asked me the following questions:

1) Will this be the first marriage for both you and your fiancé? (This was also asked at the first window so I guess she was just confirming..? 

2) How often do you two visit each other? 

3) Where does he live?

4) How did you meet? 

5) Do you have any wedding plans?

She then said she noticed I had previously had trouble crossing the border and that it had something to do with a boyfriend? I clarified and said that I had previously dated anther American and the border had stopped me and didn’t believe I would be coming back to Canada. They denied me and told me to go home and collect documentation to prove my ties to Canada, wait a few weeks and then try again. They ended up denying me again anyway. She asked what year that happened and I told her (it was almost 5 years ago), and then she asked if I had any problems crossing since. I said not at all. 

She then said “Alright! Well we are ready to go ahead and issue your visa! You should receive it within two weeks.” And passed me the pink “Welcome to the USA” paper! 

Overall it was a great experience and I was definitely WAY more nervous than I needed to be. Appointment time was 830 and I was leaving the building at 945! Much better than I expected and the interview itself lasted no more than 5 minutes long.
 
 
 
I also brought SO MUCH EVIDENCE of our relationship.... pictures, chat logs, notarized letters from family, travel documents, etc etc etc and they didn’t look at any of it lol of course right  I bet they would have asked for it though if I didn’t bring it hahaha 

Approved!!!! 😁 🎉 

This was so helpful. Thanks for sharing. Please keep us updates as to when your visa arrives.

Actually I have some down time at the airport so here’s my experience from today!! 
 
My appointment was scheduled for 830 and I showed up to the consulate around 8. I expected there to be a long line based on what I read in other reviews but there was nobody outside and one other person had just gone in so I headed inside. 

The lady before security was friendly; took my passport and looked at the copy of my appointment confirmation. She put a sticker on my passport, handed me a laminated paper and told me to arrange my documents in that order and proceeded me to security. The security guards were alright. I tried to make conversation asking how their morning was going... they told me it had actually been a pretty quiet morning but didn’t really engage in anything more which was fine. 

After getting through security I headed down to the basement where I organized my documents in the requested order and then headed up to the 19th floor. I sat and waited for probably 30 minutes before I was called up to a first window. This woman was super nice and conversational, took my documentation (in a completely different order than the paper requested so I really don’t know what the point of doing that was...), and took my fingerprints. She opened my medical results and gave me back the CD of the X-ray for my own medical records. She confirmed addresses and phone numbers for both my fiancé and I and had me go back to take a seat. 

I waited for about an hour before I was called to another window for the actual interview. I was totally expecting some very official in-uniform immigration officer and was met with a very friendly looking woman not in uniform. This definitely put me at ease. 

She gave me back my birth certificate and had me take an oath as well as re- fingerprint my right hand (not sure if everyone had to do this or maybe my previous scan just wasn’t clear enough??) and asked me the following questions:

1) Will this be the first marriage for both you and your fiancé? (This was also asked at the first window so I guess she was just confirming..? 

2) How often do you two visit each other? 

3) Where does he live?

4) How did you meet? 

5) Do you have any wedding plans?

She then said she noticed I had previously had trouble crossing the border and that it had something to do with a boyfriend? I clarified and said that I had previously dated anther American and the border had stopped me and didn’t believe I would be coming back to Canada. They denied me and told me to go home and collect documentation to prove my ties to Canada, wait a few weeks and then try again. They ended up denying me again anyway. She asked what year that happened and I told her (it was almost 5 years ago), and then she asked if I had any problems crossing since. I said not at all. 

She then said “Alright! Well we are ready to go ahead and issue your visa! You should receive it within two weeks.” And passed me the pink “Welcome to the USA” paper! 

Overall it was a great experience and I was definitely WAY more nervous than I needed to be. Appointment time was 830 and I was leaving the building at 945! Much better than I expected and the interview itself lasted no more than 5 minutes long.
 
 
 
I also brought SO MUCH EVIDENCE of our relationship.... pictures, chat logs, notarized letters from family, travel documents, etc etc etc and they didn’t look at any of it lol of course right  I bet they would have asked for it though if I didn’t bring it hahaha 

Approved!!!! 😁 🎉 

I’ll write more about the actual interview tonight or tomorrow ! 😁

Approved!!!! 😁 🎉 

Approved!!!! 😁 🎉 

Approved!!!! 😁 🎉 

Hi! Just want to give update, had my interview today and i passed. Thank you so much everyone as this site really helps me a lot especially those “waiting time journey”.  Good luck to those who are waiting for interview appointment! 

Filed petition mid February 2019, NOA2 received mid May, visa approval 10th September! Wahoo. We could have got the medical and interview done much sooner but not planning on moving until December. Best of luck to everyone still waiting for progress with their case or are waiting nervously for their interviews ❤️

thank you so much!!! Even if thats not the case you guys are making me feel so much better and I was about ready to have a panic attack so if nothing else thank you for calming my crazy self rn hahahah 

I've spent the evening researching this and it would appear that's the case - I can go to the interview without the medical but I'm not approved until they receive it and process it. Fingers crossed the doctor just needs to make a small amendment and I'll get it on Tuesday. My appointment is at 8:30! I am not usually a morning person so should be fun lol.

I think having copies + originals of things such as police check, birh certificate are more important than having the originals of the W2s. I could be wrong? Someone correct me if I am. But I’m 90% sure he can scan it and send it to you.

I’ll be taking copies of W2s to the interview, not originals. 

Do we have to have a photo copy of the proof of relationship (messages/photos/whatever)? I know pk 3&4 states to bring the original and a copy of the documents. Are y’all doing this for the proof of relationship as well or just the official documents?
Also good luck to anyone who has their interview today! 😁🥰

I just took screenshots and put them in a word document with typed captions for each photo or set of photos. I did this for the I-129F and will do again for update proof  
 
I took random screenshots of messages between us. Tried to get starts of conversation so they would have the date on them but it didn’t always work out that way 

I did the same thing getting one through the city first. Mine cost me over $50 though! So sad but poor planning on my part. I shouldn’t have jumped to the conclusion

Can anyone else tell me what their police clearance says ? I got mail from RCMP but it’s basically just a short thing that says there’s was nothing found and they destroyed my fingerprint record. Is that all it is? When I get a police clearance through the city without fingerprints (I have to have these for work), I feel like it’s a much more official looking document. Is what I got the same as everyone else? Or is this some sort of like heads up before they send out the actual doc?? 
 
Thank you 😇😇

Same here!
it just looks like I printed it myself! LOL 

Yup. That’s mine too.

Yup mine too

OH and to add.. The one awkward thing while I was with the doctor is that he kept going ON about how awful it was the my appointment was on 9/11. Said he wouldn’t want to be anywhere near any American consulate on that day and literally kept going on about it. Finally I interjected sarcastically “well thanks for the vote of confidence....” and I think he realized what he had just done because he immediately shut up and went back to discussing what I was actually there to discuss. 

Absolutely! I choose to go to Ian Zatzman’s office in Vaughan, ON mainly because I knew the doctor’s office, lab, and X-ray were all in the same building (which ended up being perfect because I got a flat tire on the way into town and had to Uber the rest of the way; what a day lol) 
 
Honestly, overall, it wasn’t a fabulous experience; I was there for about 3.5 hours and spent a total of about 15 minutes with any medical professional. Here’s how my experience went though... 
 
My appointment was for 1115 and I arrived in the building at 11am. I went upstairs to Dr Zatzman’s office and the small waiting room was very full. Both the receptionists were on the phone so I just took a seat. At 1145 they told me I had one family in front of me and then would be next. A few minutes later one receptionist called me up and photocopied all my documents, took my passport photos from me, and noted all needed addresses (my current address, intended address in the USA, and the address I want my results couriered to). She was a very sweet lady, thanked me over and over for my patience and told me to sit back down and the doctor would call me in shortly. 
 
Once I got in to see the doctor it was very quick. I only spent about 4-5 minutes with him. He asked some questions about medical history (my answer was no to everything so this went very quickly), made some notes on his computer from my immunization record that I gave him, took my blood pressure as well as my height and weight and then handed me the paperwork for the lab and X-ray. 
 
I went downstairs to X-ray first and it was absolutely packed. I suppose as the last poster said maybe this was because it was lunch time but it was absolutely ridiculous. Both receptionists were quite rude and the one asking me questions barely projected her voice across the counter and then got frustrated when I would ask her to repeat herself. I sat and waited for probably an hour and a half before I got called in. The woman who called me in was also quite rude and pointed at a change room and said “remove your shirt and bra and put the gown on”. It took me all of 45 seconds if that to do this and when I cane back out she was gone. I stood awkwardly in the hallway for probably 5 minutes before she returned and she got very mad at me that I didn’t remove my necklace saying that she told me to remove it which she definitely didn’t. I suppose I should have caught it anyway but whatever.. She took me in to where the X-ray machine was and kept asking me my name even though my paper file was sitting right in front of her. She was obviously having technical difficulties with the computer so I was in there for probably another 10 minutes just for 1 X-ray which explained the waiting room haha. 
 
I then went to the lab (I specifically avoided this to do last because I’m absolutely terrified of needles), and this was actually the best part of my day. The lady at the desk was SO nice and chatted with me about my day as she input my information and she seemed genuinely interested which was so refreshing after X-ray. They had a little trouble finding a good vein but I was in and out of the lab start to finish in about 10 minutes! 
 
I think if I had an earlier morning appointment it would have been a completely different experience with less waits and less frustrated staff, but seeing as I already had to leave my city at 6am to make my appointment I didn’t want to make it any earlier lol. 

Absolutely! I choose to go to Ian Zatzman’s office in Vaughan, ON mainly because I knew the doctor’s office, lab, and X-ray were all in the same building (which ended up being perfect because I got a flat tire on the way into town and had to Uber the rest of the way; what a day lol) 
 
Honestly, overall, it wasn’t a fabulous experience; I was there for about 3.5 hours and spent a total of about 15 minutes with any medical professional. Here’s how my experience went though... 
 
My appointment was for 1115 and I arrived in the building at 11am. I went upstairs to Dr Zatzman’s office and the small waiting room was very full. Both the receptionists were on the phone so I just took a seat. At 1145 they told me I had one family in front of me and then would be next. A few minutes later one receptionist called me up and photocopied all my documents, took my passport photos from me, and noted all needed addresses (my current address, intended address in the USA, and the address I want my results couriered to). She was a very sweet lady, thanked me over and over for my patience and told me to sit back down and the doctor would call me in shortly. 
 
Once I got in to see the doctor it was very quick. I only spent about 4-5 minutes with him. He asked some questions about medical history (my answer was no to everything so this went very quickly), made some notes on his computer from my immunization record that I gave him, took my blood pressure as well as my height and weight and then handed me the paperwork for the lab and X-ray. 
 
I went downstairs to X-ray first and it was absolutely packed. I suppose as the last poster said maybe this was because it was lunch time but it was absolutely ridiculous. Both receptionists were quite rude and the one asking me questions barely projected her voice across the counter and then got frustrated when I would ask her to repeat herself. I sat and waited for probably an hour and a half before I got called in. The woman who called me in was also quite rude and pointed at a change room and said “remove your shirt and bra and put the gown on”. It took me all of 45 seconds if that to do this and when I cane back out she was gone. I stood awkwardly in the hallway for probably 5 minutes before she returned and she got very mad at me that I didn’t remove my necklace saying that she told me to remove it which she definitely didn’t. I suppose I should have caught it anyway but whatever.. She took me in to where the X-ray machine was and kept asking me my name even though my paper file was sitting right in front of her. She was obviously having technical difficulties with the computer so I was in there for probably another 10 minutes just for 1 X-ray which explained the waiting room haha. 
 
I then went to the lab (I specifically avoided this to do last because I’m absolutely terrified of needles), and this was actually the best part of my day. The lady at the desk was SO nice and chatted with me about my day as she input my information and she seemed genuinely interested which was so refreshing after X-ray. They had a little trouble finding a good vein but I was in and out of the lab start to finish in about 10 minutes! 
 
I think if I had an earlier morning appointment it would have been a completely different experience with less waits and less frustrated staff, but seeing as I already had to leave my city at 6am to make my appointment I didn’t want to make it any earlier lol.