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You can ask the Montreal consulate if you wish. They will tell you that they are not scheduling any DV interviews at the moment. They haven’t since last September. You can also check this website: https://savediversityvisa.org/daily-visa-statistics/
 
only 21 consulates worldwide aren’t scheduling DV interviews including Montreal.

They are currently interviewing EB for medical professionals.
 
"The United States Consulate General in Montreal has resumed certain immigrant visa services, including spouses and children of U.S. citizens, K-1 fiancé(e) visa applicants, and other categories such as medical professionals.  All other immigrant and nonimmigrant visa services remain restricted to emergency appointments.  "
 
They will need to do more though according to this note: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/immigrant-visa-prioritization.html
 
I don't think they are responding to emails but we should start seeing some interviews... Not many of course, but some. (I am a DV winner)
 
"However, the prioritization plan also instructs posts to schedule and adjudicate some cases in Tier Three and Tier Four each month.  The Department recognizes that visa applicants, particularly those in Tiers Three and Four, will face continued delays."

Very good data. 
 
looks like they are trying hard to catch up, given the record high issuance in March. 
 
still have doubt on the EB number. Really EB?  (And EB in Oct/Nov 2020?)

Just in case some people are in Calgary and looking to obtain their police certificate: I booked with https://www.canadianlegal.org/calgary-fingerprinting/

You can translate them yourself for uscis. You must include a copy of the original, your translation, and a signed statement with your name, a sentence saying you are fluent in the language, and your signature. 
 
The assertion that you don’t need to translate documents for embassy interviews is wrong. It varies by embassy. 

Hi everyone.  There are a lot of questions on here about certified criminal record checks.  I thought I would document my experience (and mistakes) to provide more information for people searching for answers.
 
First and foremost, I chose to go to my local police station to get my record check done.  I live in Regina, SK.  We do have a Commissionaires here, but to be honest, I have had several record checks done before at the police station for volunteering and I just felt more comfortable with the familiar.  Let this be a lessons to you: the wonderful hard-working people at your local police department do not work for immigration and do not have training or expertise in the area.  If you do not know exactly what to ask them for, they will likely give you the wrong thing.  I was specifically told that everyone needs to do their research first so you know EXACTLY what to ask for.  They are capable of getting what you need, but they don't necessarily have the knowledge of what NVC and the Montreal consulate require.  
 
With that... my initial check was completed in late Dec of 2019.  I went a few weeks ago (mid Dec of 2020) to have my check done again since they are only good for one year, and at this point we are anticipating an interview in Feb/March.  I followed the instructions found here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Canada.html. 
 
Procedure for Obtaining: To obtain this document, you must submit your fingerprints to a local police service or RCMP-approved partner agency.  YOU MUST STATE THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING THE RECORD UNDER THE PRIVACY ACT.  Do not select “Visa/Border Crossing” as the purpose of the request. You must also specifically request the record which includes the “RCMP National Repository entire holdings.”  
 
I told the lady I needed a certified criminal record check with fingerprinting and was given the proper form.  It says right on it that it will be accessing the RCMP National Repository.  I filled out my personal info, and for "reason" checked off Other and wrote Privacy Act beside it.  Since these are the only instructions I had seen, I left it at that and everything was submitted.  2.5 weeks later I received my criminal record check and it was incorrectly done.  See attached pic.  **Also important to note is that my initial check, done over a year ago and also incorrectly done, was accepted by NVC**  I'm glad I've figured this out now and didn't go to Montreal with the incorrect version. 
 
I went back today with this.  I highlighted the bottom section "Other (Provide Details)".  I explained that there should be three subtypes to choose from under Privacy Act and that it needed to be Other.  She understood and said it would be no problem. It seems that if you don't specify, "For Active Criminal Record (formerly for Non-Certified Criminal Information)" is the default that they will pick, at least in Regina!
 
 
 
I'll try to remember to update when I receive my new check in the mail.  
 
I have heard that Commissionaires has more experience and knowledge with certified checks for immigration, so if I could do it all over I would have went with them in the first place.  Either way, make sure you know exactly what you need before you go!
Incorrect Criminal Record Check.pdf.pdf

Passport was delivered on Tuesday so they technically have until the end of the month to send them back. Will keep you posted.

I also sent them an email asking if they were scheduling DV 2021. Will keep you posted. Their website hasn't been updated in over a month now...

I also sent them an email asking if they were scheduling DV 2021. Will keep you posted. Their website hasn't been updated in over a month now...

They started DV because a judge ordered them to.

Montreal announcement:
https://twitter.com/usconsmontreal/status/1295798944900026368/photo/1
 

The travel ban US-Canada has been extended to July 21. After that, I would assume that the consulates in Canada are going to reopen if not before. By then hopefully Service Canada will have resumed as well to get passports... waiting to get a passport for my newborn daughter. You can travel to Europe from Canada starting July 23rd with Air Transat so it sounds like Canada will be business as usual end of July. 

I feel like they’ll have to but who knows... it wouldn’t make sense to reopen the borders without processing visas but who knows... they have a month to figure it out. Fingers crossed. I am a DV winner (2021) so I shouldn’t be affected but poor winners from 2020. It sucks!

The travel ban US-Canada has been extended to July 21. After that, I would assume that the consulates in Canada are going to reopen if not before. By then hopefully Service Canada will have resumed as well to get passports... waiting to get a passport for my newborn daughter. You can travel to Europe from Canada starting July 23rd with Air Transat so it sounds like Canada will be business as usual end of July. 

The travel ban US-Canada has been extended to July 21. After that, I would assume that the consulates in Canada are going to reopen if not before. By then hopefully Service Canada will have resumed as well to get passports... waiting to get a passport for my newborn daughter. You can travel to Europe from Canada starting July 23rd with Air Transat so it sounds like Canada will be business as usual end of July. 

Yes it is but everyone who has done this before has needed the translation.  It just is what it is. 

Unsure why you think that. I live in Canada and aside from Service Canada, pretty much everything is open since mid May. Ontario and Québec have the most cases but they have reopen some schools lol. Unsure about the travel ban just yet. They need to decide what they want to do with the US first.

Unsure why you think that. I live in Canada and aside from Service Canada, pretty much everything is open since mid May. Ontario and Québec have the most cases but they have reopen some schools lol. Unsure about the travel ban just yet. They need to decide what they want to do with the US first.