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  1. 18 minutes ago, burmel said:

    I had my Visa Interview in Montreal this morning.  I'll write a full review in a day or two but in the meantime I would like some advice.  All went well until the actual interview portion.  I was put in AP because of a Covid Border incident.  My American Citizen wife was turned back at the Canadian Border on March 22, 2020.  I had to drive her back over the Ambassador Bridge at the Detroit/Windsor crossing.  The US authorities got her a taxi to the Detroit Airport and we were separated for 4 months.  The US Officials asked me a bunch of questions and fingerprinted me.  When I asked what was going on they said, just procedure.  This morning, at the interview the Consular Officer said she had to put me in AP until she determined if I was Refused Entry or had just voluntarily withdrawn my request to enter the US.  She said she had means to check but no time to check during the interview.  She kept my Passport as she felt she could resolve the issue in short order.  That was at 10:00 this am.  This afternoon, when I checked the ais.usvisa-info.com site it says "Issued".  Do you think it could be resolved that quickly ?  What are the stages following the interview ?  I have seen several such a Issued, Final Processing, etc.  I have also seen these flip.  Any advice ?  Thanks.

    Sorry.  Just read the FAQs.  Mine is Issued  with the note about AP.

  2. I had my Visa Interview in Montreal this morning.  I'll write a full review in a day or two but in the meantime I would like some advice.  All went well until the actual interview portion.  I was put in AP because of a Covid Border incident.  My American Citizen wife was turned back at the Canadian Border on March 22, 2020.  I had to drive her back over the Ambassador Bridge at the Detroit/Windsor crossing.  The US authorities got her a taxi to the Detroit Airport and we were separated for 4 months.  The US Officials asked me a bunch of questions and fingerprinted me.  When I asked what was going on they said, just procedure.  This morning, at the interview the Consular Officer said she had to put me in AP until she determined if I was Refused Entry or had just voluntarily withdrawn my request to enter the US.  She said she had means to check but no time to check during the interview.  She kept my Passport as she felt she could resolve the issue in short order.  That was at 10:00 this am.  This afternoon, when I checked the ais.usvisa-info.com site it says "Issued".  Do you think it could be resolved that quickly ?  What are the stages following the interview ?  I have seen several such a Issued, Final Processing, etc.  I have also seen these flip.  Any advice ?  Thanks.

  3. 3 hours ago, Leah123 said:

    It’s like a 10 min walk. I took Uber there cause I arrived the day the phones were all down and not familiar with the area. I took Uber back cause it was snowing, less than $9.

     

    The Embassy is right beside the bank there, no signs on the door but people were standing there at my interview time. I walked the day before just to check out the area. It’s so close to the hotel, it’s perfect! 

     

    Tons of food options. I used skip the dishes for dinners and Cora is in the hotel so I ordered my breakfast online and walked down to get it. You could walk and pick up dinner as well but just did delivery. 

     

    There’s tons of shopping too so leave room in your suitcase if you want to do any shopping. 
     

    Feel free to message me if you have any questions as well.

    Thank you very much and congratulations on passing this hurdle in this long journey.  Best of luck and thanks again.

  4. 1 hour ago, Leah123 said:

    I forgot to say, I wouldn’t plan on working the internet the whole time. It’s spotty. 

    Great idea, the Train.  How far was it from the Via Rail Station to the hotel ?  I am staying at that Best Western too.  Were you able to find any food service, take out, etc. near the hotel ?  Was Via serving anything on the train ?  I'll do some research on my own but very interested in your personal experience.

  5. 16 hours ago, Lovewithoutborder said:

    I’m currently in my hotel room in Montreal waiting for my interview tomorrow morning. I took a walk to the consulate earlier today and I saw it inside the door and to the left of the RBC building. Do you just lineup right outside those RBC doors prior to your interview? 

    How did you travel to Montreal ?  I am travelling from Ottawa to Montreal next week and haven't heard anything current about any issues crossing from Ontario to Quebec.  Perhaps you came from another Province. 

  6. On 3/18/2021 at 4:33 PM, Mzamour said:

    I had my medical with Dr. Lee as well. I spent a total of 3hrs between Dr. Lee's office, lab and x-ray. It was such a waste of time! And I would have been able to cut that time significantly if I knew some things before hand.

     

    Quick tips:

    1. The lab downstairs is Life labs. Book an appointment on their site (perhaps you can choose an hour after Dr. Lee's appointment or something like that). They attend to people with appointment before walk-ins (even if your appointment time is still about 30mins away). Though you're from Dr. Lee, you are still considered a walk-in (My experience). They had lots of people the day I went so I eventually had to go on their website to book an appointment while I went to the basement for x-ray. 

     

    2. You can also call the x-ray folks ahead to book an appointment since they also attend to people with appointment first (I had to wait for about 30mins for my turn)

     

    If I knew these before my appointment, I think I would have been able to cut the entire visit by at least half.

     

    Hope this helps. Good luck!

    Thank you very much.  Very helpful.  I do have a Life Labs Acct and made an appointment with them.  Do you have a name or contact for the X-Ray place ?  Is it also Life Labs ?

  7. 18 hours ago, HD_BIRDS said:

    That seems like a very long time. We submitted all documents to NVC end Nov., received a RFE (request for evidence) 4 days later, and an email indicating we were DQ'd 7 days after sending in the missing document. So in total it only took 2 weeks, and that included an RFE. Are you sure there isn't a message when you login? Have you called the NVC?

    We lost two months because we thought we were DQed.  The messages at that time did not display properly.  Perhaps they still don't.  We only learned what was missing by calling.  We submitted the same day and got the DQed email within a few days.  Everything showed paid and accepted but there was still one thing missing.  It is absolutely necessary to call NVC.

  8. I notice some IL's are giving very short times until interview.  Does anyone know if you can reschedule an interview slightly later or by a month, for example, if it is difficult to get to the interview ?

  9. 12 hours ago, Cath&Claire said:

    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 am wondering if the month of November has many IR1/CR1 interviews we can't see.  I have seen estimates that Visa Journey members only make up 15 to 20 % of those awaiting IR1/CR1 interviews in Montreal.  There were 101 IR1/CR1 Visa issued by Montreal in September.  Only 23 VJ Members had interviews scheduled that month and Visa Issuance for the later ones may be in the October Report. Only the November IV Issuances Report will tell and we won't see that until late December.  It is frustrating, indeed to be so "in the dark".

  10. We are among a lot of people DQ'd by NVC and waiting for an interview in Montreal.  If someone couls answer the questions below for us it would help us plan;

     

    - Does the Interview Letter come by email only ?

    - What is the next step.  I believe we log onto a website and pick an available interview date.  Is that correct and, if yes, how far out do the interview dates stretch, 4 weeks, 6 weeks ??

    - OR, is the interview date specified in the Interview letter (email)

    - I see a lot of info re Packet 3 and Packet 4.  Is that still current information ?

     

    Any specifics would be much appreciated.

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