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@sadee @shaik have you heard anything today? I actually called but my interview is not scheduled yet

1 minute ago, sadee said:

Not yet. I don’t have any idea why there is no update. Have you heard anything?

Nope, could be just slow due to the holiday

@sadee @shaik have you heard any updates for August interview yet?

Thanks for the detail, @bkbk8! Please keep us posted about how long you receive your passport back. Best luck to your adventure forward!

6 hours ago, sadee said:

Any update? Still waiting patiently for the interview date. 

Not yet for me. With the holidays this week I bet we won't hear about it until early next week.

Hello June interviews, would you please share some of your experiences? How did it go, what were the questions, lesson learned, how soon did you receive your PP back, etc. Appreciate it!

2 minutes ago, NB90 said:

Thank you so much @BurBur for your kind response! God must have heard all the prayers, thankfully almost after 15 days our status went from administrative processing directly to issued! We’re super happy and will be happier when we receive our passports in hand and make it back to NY.

 

appreciate your reassuring response

Fantastic! Have a safe trip home. So happy for you!

10 hours ago, NB90 said:

Hi all—

 

Just wanted to get advice from people who have had their interviews recently and received their passports back. My husband and I had our interview in Montreal on June 3 and as I had mentioned it was approved and we were handed the green “welcome to America” sheet and told our passports will be ready in 2 weeks max. It has now almost been 3 weeks and the CEAC status still shows administrative processing and no sight of our passports. We’ve been living in the US since 2016 on various non immigrant visas (TN, L1A, H1B) and had a valid 5 year H1-B when we went in for our interview. My question is do you think it’s worth requesting our passports back as clearly our file has been sent into some form of secondary security clearance? I read somewhere that once the immigrant visa is verbally approved, all other non immigrant US visas are canceled effective immediately, even if your case goes into secondary processing.

 

If someone has experienced this, please share your experience—we’re super concerned!

 

Thanks a lot 

So sorry to hear this is happening to you. It happened to me last time I renewed H1b visa. The officer indicated that my VISA was approved but might be slow for visa issuing, but should expect it within a week. I ended up waiting for 4 weeks. I tried to contact the consulate but as you may guess it was useless. But I think you can still contact the consulate by email. You can also track status online. When the "last update" date change, you would just be a couple days away from ISSUE. Hope all is going well with you. Please keep us updated.

14 minutes ago, Kartinee23 said:

Hello! Do you think CR1/IR1 and EB interview waiting time are the same? Thank you so much! 

No, people from this thread has found out that CR/IR interview are scheduled much faster than EBs, at least the case at Montreal. You can check out dwheels76's spreadsheet here. Just search Canada. I'll say 1-2m wait.

42 minutes ago, sadee said:

Actual date is 17 April and got letter on 24 th. Do you think we will get date in August? Hope and wish for the same

Yea, that's my hopeful guess. Just sit tight and wait for interview notice coming on July 8.

@sadee just curious is 17-Apr your actual CC date or the date you receive the CC letter? Usually the letter come a week later than the CC date. Mine CC date was 17-Apr and the letter came around the 23rd. Hope we are up soon for Aug interviews. 

2 hours ago, dnvnlee said:

Did anyone bring an infant for an interview?

I saw no beverage & food allowed, and even no strollers at U.S consulate in Montreal.

How did you manage?

I'm almost certain that they will make an exception for infant<2 but you can email montreal-iv-dv@state.gov to get a formal answer. Maybe print out the email response too just to make it smooth through security. This is similar to airport security that allow water/liquid for infants. However, please note that only those immigrating can go with you inside the embassy. 

Congrates! I'm so excited to see so many Feb/Mar CCs got cleared. Here is the official link for interview at Montreal:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/MTL-Montreal.html

1 hour ago, Kate8kate0 said:

Hi guys , just thought I'd update, London uk is super quick got interview for July 1st. Changing consulate to London and interview date all done well within 1 month. 

 

Does anyone  know how I can reschedule my interview Thanks for all your help!

Congrats! Glad it worked out. For Montreal, I bet the Feb CCs will hear about July interview this Friday, per historical trend. Please keep us updated.

28 minutes ago, dwheels76 said:

No they aren't scheduled by PD is used to place you where on the calendar CC gets you ion the calendar. If your PD is before me and we both ave case Complete you should get the earlier date in the month. This was something supervisor Gus (Like the best dude at Depart of State) explained to me to help me understand all I know about how they schedule when and the process.

Great information. Thank you!

4 hours ago, CJO032418 said:

It depends on the category. Ir1 and Cr1 is based on time in que after CC. Basically based on CC. You wait in the CC line with all those in that category. If your category is something other than spouse married to American citizen then its based on PD. Ill post the link where this is explained later. 

Do you know for sure that other categories are scheduled based on PD? I was told by NVC reps it's all about CC date and PD just to make sure it's current. I'll be super happy if you are right as I'm an EB2 with PD in Feb 2016. CC April 17, 2019.

Congrats!! So happy for you all! Glad to see progress.

1 hour ago, bellajio1 said:

Is Montreal pausing processing of employment based visa? There is no progress from last month!!!

Not quite. Based on the statistics, there were EB VISA issued at Montreal over last June, July, and August, though these numbers were indeed lower than other months. This is consistent with IR/CR visas over the summer, which means they do limit immigrant visas over the summer to clear non-immigrant backlogs. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

@bellajio1Based on your CC date I think you are next in line for interview date! Sit tight and give it a week as previously Montreal EB folks got their interview letter on the 6-9th day of the month. @SuperY @NB90 @May2019 @vRace @polar2018 @GottaLoveCalif @Kate8kate0 What I would encourage you guys to do is to continue to pressure NVC (email is the best, if you can get a house rep or senator that's even better) to NOT treat EB and FB cases differently in terms of interview scheduling. Limiting EB case interview slots does little to clear FB cases faster due to the small number of EB cases compared to the large number of FB cases. Plus, it's really unfair for the EB folks to be deprioritized (and wait 6-months) because, in the end, we all have a family (sometimes including US citizens) to take care of and we all want a career that fulfills. This is the message I'll send NVC shortly, then they'll respond heartlessly and then I'll keep trying until my little voice is heard (or when I get interview, lol). Please consider doing the same. Best luck to us all!

2 minutes ago, Kate8kate0 said:

I am hoping people haven’t abandoned this thread,  are you all still waiting for interviews or have had them? Meaning that the wait time of six months as much shorter!?  Please update guys!! 

Just looked at some previous post and looks like EB cases tend to get interview notice around day 6-8 of the month. Fingercrossed for the Jan CCs next week.

@Kate8kate0 I transferred my case to Montreal too but it was way before civil documents. I did the same thing as HH2018 and got a new case # in a week. You can always call NVC to ask for an estimated timeline as they are usually pretty good giving out estimates (sometimes quite conservative). I think, though not certain, that it's even better to do this before CC because they might just do it once as they review everything. I know if your files are already with Montreal (usually after the interview is scheduled), it will take months to transfer as it involves physical handling of documents. Hope this helps.

Anyone got any update? I got CC on Apr 17.

11 minutes ago, GottaLoveCalif said:

Burbur are you EB2-NIW?

Yes, are you too? Not sure whether category would make a difference in interview wait time though.

1 hour ago, polar2018 said:

When is your CC date? As per your timeline, you received packet 3 on 1st April. Is your case already sent to Montreal?

Still waiting for CC. April 1st was the date I got a checklist. Then I responded. I must have misunderstood what P3 is. 

Hello All, I'm new to the post and this thread is incredibly helpful. I'm waiting for my CC for my EB2 case in Montreal. Just called NVC and they claimed they schedule interviews only based on CC dates not FB/EB difference. This is apparently not true according to what's happening at Montreal.