long overdue update...
Feb 18: Mums file was DQ
April 27: Expedite requested from Montreal Embassy for dads file
May 1: Mums Interview Letter received.
May 10: Received email confirmation from embassy that interview has been scheduled for both applications with registration and medical instructions.
May 11: email received from NVC they dads case will be expedited, pending review of all documents.
June 1: Mums interview date
June 6 : Mums passport delivered
June 24: Dad file DQ
June 27: expedite notice acknowledgement from NVC and file sent to embassy
June 30: Dad Interview Letter received from embassy (which has incorrect information on it)
Aug 11: Dad Interview date
This case has been plagued by mistakes and errors, but as long as the visa gets approved in a timely manner this will be all ok in the end.
1) Mum and Dad cases were progressing simultaneously...NVC approved my mum yet requested additional documents for my dad (my tax info which i had already provided). I had to add a one line document saying that they had all relevant tax info. We were put back in the review line... I really wanted to make it so that my parents have theit interview etc on the same day so once my Mum got her IL I requested an expedite, which was approved. but that still did not affect the NVC document review. We still have to wait through the process..... which we learned the hard way.
2) In one of their responses they mentioned that BOTH have been scheduled for an interview (at this point my mum was DQ but dad was not). We got medicals done for both parents based on those notifications, Yet I was only able to register the interview for my mum, and not my dad. I emailed the embassy again yet got no clarifications so both of my parents went. My mum had her interview yet my dad was turned away. Fortunately mum was approved and got her passport back with in a week.
This time round, they have sent confirmations for dad.
1) dads Interview Letter mentions my mums case number and information, yet we got it at dad's email address...
2) Another reminder to register for an interview notice mentions my mums case number yet my dads name.
3) The system would not let me register for my dads interview so I called their number and the representative told me he doesn't see any interview scheduled for my fathers case number and nor for my mums case number. His recommendation was to just register for the next available interview which was Sept the 6th. Since we had already made travel and hotel arrangements for the Aug 11, so I opted not to follow his advice and emailed the embassy yet again. I have not received a response from them yet. but yesterday I was able to register my dad for an aug 11 Interview.
As long as the visa approval happens in a timely way and as smoothly as mums did....this will all be ok.