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    IR-1/CR-1 Montreal DQ'd private message group goes public

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    Hi all & @Hawk Riders,

     

    To give you a sense of what timelines look like, I had my interview Wednesday, December 30th and was approved for my CR1  at the time. According to CEAC my visa was  'Issued" on January 5th and I had my passport back in hand on Friday, January 8th. My POE will be on Wednesday, January 13th, at Pearson Airport. 

     

    My company, which is Canadian but operates largely out of the US, will be transferring me to their mid-town New York office effective Thursday, January 14 and going forth I will be a US employee for them. A question to anyone who may know, while I wait for my SSN is there anything that I can provide my company in the interim? As they will need that for tax purposes and to activate my private health insurance with Aetna.

     

    Thanks!

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    IR-1/CR-1 Montreal DQ'd private message group goes public

    in Canada

    Posted · Edited by YPYP

    Had my interview yesterday (Dec. 31) at the Consulate, everything was pretty straightforward.

     

    I came in, handed my passport to the consular officer at window 6 and waited about 35 minutes to be called up to hand in my original forms.

     

    Coming into the interview, I had my 2020 Police Certificate in hand. I had done my medical with Dr. Zatzman on Dec. 4 and he sent it to the consulate Dec. 9th. No issues with either.

     

    The original forms that I was asked for were: 

    1. Birth Certificate

    2. Marriage Certificate

    3. Canadian Police Certificate

    4. UK Police Certificate (from when I went to law school in the UK in 2012)

     

    I was asked if there were any changes from the 2018 Affidavit of Support. To which I responded "no" and that I had the my spouse's 2019 1040 and W2 me. The consular officer said, if there were no changes from 2018 to 2019 for my spouse that he didn't need any 2019 documents and that the 2018 tax forms "were just fine".

     

    I sat down for about 25 minutes and then got called up for my formal interview.

     

    Again, very straight forward. All in all I was asked probably 20 questions, which seemed to be the norm as I could overhear the questions being asked to everyone before me. Questions were:

     

    1. Have you read the pamphlet that you were given earlier (on domestic abuse)? 

    2. Can you tell me what was in it?

    3. Tell me where you and your spouse met?

    4. Did you start dating right away? 

    5. What does your spouse do?

    6. What industry is that?

    7. What is the name of the company?

    8. Is that an investment bank or a hedge fund?

    9. Where does your spouse live?

    10. Where will you live when you move to the US?

    11. Does your spouse own or rent the apartment in Manhattan?

    12. Does anyone else live there?

    13. What do you do for a living?

    14. Will you be able to transfer your job to the US?

    15. Have you every been charged or arrested with a crime?

    16. Have you ever been turned away at the US border for ANY reason?

    17. How often did you and your spouse see each other before getting married?

    18. When did you get married?

    19. Have you been previously divorced?

    20. Do you have any children?

    21. Have you travelled out side of North America in the previous past 5 years?

    22. What is the longest that you have ever stayed in the US as a TOURIST?

     

    He then said, "everything appears to be in order so I am going to go ahead and issue your visa today. I am going to give you back your birth certificate and marriage certificate. I am going to hold on your two police checks.  It will take up to 3 weeks to have your passport back in hand. Welcome to the United States"

     

    My take away is this- if you did all the preparation that was requested prior to coming to the interview and everything in your marriage with your spouse is legitimate then YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. It's normal to be nervous coming into Consulate, everyone there was nervous, as they should be, it's a pretty important moment in your life. But once it's over you realize that there was really nothing worry about.

    IR-1/CR-1 Montreal DQ'd private message group goes public

    in Canada

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    Hi all, I am wondering how long folks waited to get their background checks back from the RCMP? I had my done in office at the Commissionaires  last (Friday, December 4) in advance of my interview on the 30th. I figured that would give me enough time to get it back in time. The guy who took my finger prints was really non-committal (mostly unsure) of how it would take to get form in hand. I live in Mississauga.

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