DanRios

Hi
 
You have received any updates on interview or got visa!!!!!
  Hi Canada_F3: We received last week an email from the consulate requesting to update documentation including submitting new medicals, Affidavit of Support, Canadian police records, and the update of the DS-260 form. We don't have to attend an interview again, as we attended on Nov. 2019. If you haven't been contacted by the consulate yet, be prepared, your interview should be coming soon.     

Hi Canada_F3:
 
My suggestion is that you attend the interview with updated affidavits of support and supporting financial documentation, even if you are not required to bring them with you in advance. By the time you will attend the interview, probably this documentation will be outdated, so the consular officer is probably going to ask you for that again, what delays the issue of your visa. In our case, that's what they asked for, so we had to resubmit them again to the consulate in a further date. Unfortunately, many things happened with this Affidavit on our side, and then Covid arrived, so we ended submitting documents  by mid February 2020 with not enough time for processing before the consulate close due to Covid on March 17, 2020. They told us that normal processing for this it was 6-8 weeks, so bad timing for us. Now the consulate is partially open again but I understand is not processing F3 visas yet, only spouse and children visas, medical personnel, etc. so we have no other option than waiting.
 
Besides of that, I would suggest you bring updated police records too. You never know. You might want the officer have everything to make a decision about your visa at the spot and not having to resubmit additional documents. Mi guess is that when you get your interview appointment and they ask you for your medical, they will ask you for this, but if they don't, be prepare.
 
The interview is pretty simple, they just ask basic questions about relationship with the petitioner, what do you do for a living etc. and review the originals of the documents submitted to CEAC electronically. If you are asked for more documentation like us, they will give you  what it is called a '"Refusal Worksheet" explaining the motives and indicating what to submit and how. You only have to resubmit them by courier following their procedures, yo don't have to attend an interview again, or at least that was our case. They said it takes 6-8 week to reprocess the visa due to the volume of applications, etc. so I sincerely wish your visas are approved on spot and does not have to pass through this.
 
Good luck and be patient. Things seems to be moving slowly.
 
 
 

Hello everyone in this thread:

I don't  know if this help but maybe my information give you some perspective.

Our case is F3 (Married children +21  of US citizen). Our case became Documentarily Qualified on February 2019 and we attended to our interview on Nov. 2019. That means it took us 9 months to attend to the interview...in a pre-COVID time. This is the only Consulate processing immigrant visas in Canada and that includes spouse and children, Fiance visas (K1), which I presume, they are many, so it takes times... and a lot of patience

We got a refusal letter and we were asked to re-submit updated financial information (Affidavits, Tax forms, etc.). We submitted this information on February 2020 and heard nothing back. Then in Mar 10 we wrote to the consulate and got back on Mar 13 saying our case was lining up for review. Then the COVID happened, the consulate closed, then proclamation 10014 came, and well, you all know the story. Now despite 10014 was rescinded, it seems the Consulate in not processing all types of visas. We wrote to the consulate last week and got an auto-reply from the consulate that said:
 
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.  While the Consulate General aims to process cases as soon as practicable, wait times will continue to be lengthy due to the ongoing pangdemic.  
  
The U.S. Consulate General in Montreal may be able to provide emergency immigrant visa services for categories other than those identified above. Expedited processing is only approved in the most urgent mission critical cases. You may e-mail us with your request for an expedited appointment if you believe your case qualifies. 
                 
Thank you for your understanding, and please continue to monitor the website of the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Canada for updated information: https://ca.usembassy.gov/  
 
Based on what I've read, our case do not qualify for an expedite processing, but I'm consulting with a lawyer to see if there is anything we can do. I presume that when our case get reviewed again by a consular officer, they will ask for updated financial documentation (again), updated medicals, and police records, so I don't think the issue of the visa is going to be immediate.
 
Just one piece of advice based on my experience: If you get scheduled for an interview, and even if they do not require extra information, bring updated and valid financial documentation (Affidavits, etc.) and police records with you, just in case.
 
Hope it helps and good luck.
 
Dan