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I have a similar question. I got an automatic email saying check status, and one more email right after that one saying we are DQ and will schedule interview. But no updates or messages on the website. The documents I had to re-scan and upload still just say submitted. Anyone seen that happen? Are we truly DQ?

Hello everyone! Does anyone have any direct recent experience with getting their ds260 interviews being scheduled at the Montreal consulate? If so, how long did it take you from submitting your ds260 to getting documentarily qualified and then to the interview? We are about to submit the ds260 and docs for my Canadian parents this week. 2nd question, for parents, do they automatically schedule the interview together or should I be contacting the consulate later to request it? Montreal is quite far away from their home (Toronto) and it would be so much more convenient to do it together. Thirdly.. this might be a vague question.. could the consulate deny their immigrant visa at the interview when USCIS has already approved their I-130? The reason I ask.. their applications are very straight forward, except that they have a history of a 5-yr barred US entry 20 years for doing informal work at a family business under a visitor visa. We were removed and barred for 5 years. Since then, they were able to travel to the US frequently for leisure with no problems at all. But obviously this is a trigger for my parents and we can't help but be worried this issue may cause a problem again. This incident is all explained in ds260. Lawyer says it should not be a problem since it occurred 20 years ago and all penalty was served. We just want our parents to live with us in the US Any insight will be helpful!

Hello everyone, I am a US citizen sponsoring my Canadian parents for green card via consulate processing. Long story short, I-130 was approved; DS260 and all documents will be submitted this week. They reside in Canada and have not traveled to US since starting the I-130 application in Oct 2020. They have a family wedding in NJ next month and decided to go for 2 weeks (return flight booked). Their green card applications are pretty much straightforward, except they have a history of a 5 year barred entry into US 20 years ago due to revealing to the CBP their informal work at my uncle's business under a visitor visa at that time. 5 years passed, since then they have traveled readily in and out of US for leisure. My question is, how risky is traveling during the ds260 pending? Our lawyer advised it will mostly be ok as long as we tell the CBP the truth regarding the green card application and bring supporting docs of their residence in Canada. I have since then googled some more.. and it sounds like worst case scenario they can be sent to the back for more questioning and if my parents appear fishy (their English is not proficient and they are already traumatized from CBP officers from 20 years ago) they can remove them again, which is not going to be good for our current application. Any thoughts?? Has anyone traveled similarly? Am I overthinking this? Lawyer said most likely they will be let in no problem.. Thank you