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    I personally didn't have to send in anything other than a new medical and my passport, but others have had to send in updated police checks, and other requested items that are specific to their cases.
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    Here is a copy of the tracker the Montreal WOM group is using to give everyone an idea of timelines: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UE4-Bx5WxAFwmayQkiCro89PdB5CCpl1iYL8HcXU524/edit?usp=sharing
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    My timeline with WOM from file to visa in hand was 92 days. We are seeing anywhere from 80 - 140 days from filing to approval. In that window, they ask you to redo your medical and send in any additional documentation.
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    Congrats @ice-qube!!! You are almost there! You will get a 30-60 day extension (60 days is most common) request from the defense, it will be granted by the judge, and if we go by the data of our previous cases, your visa will be issued ~4-8 weeks after they receive all of your requested documents! HOME STRETCH. START PLANNING YOUR RELO! The suit is working exactly how it is supposed to. So happy for you!
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    Yes, this is not for the faint of heart- it nearly destroyed me as well. I am still not recovered and I just crossed last week. I submitted a PDF of an excel sheet of all my travel with my DS5535 response email as I had over 100 trips to report. It wasn't an issue. You should be fine. .
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    K1 still has a packet. Would be great if they could get rid of that too! One more thing to be anxious about losing or that they have screwed something up inside it
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    Any updates you get now that you are in a WOM are not meaningless. They are actively working on your case as that is what they are forced to do now. You are 57 days into your suit. If you look at the various file to close dates on our WOM group spreadsheet, you have a few months to wait still but it is coming!! Stay strong. The end is near.
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    There were some clearing on their own before March 2022. That was when everything stopped going through. Shame we don't have that old spreadsheet that Dani had done with all the new people. It really helped for newbies to see how many of us there actually are/were and the timelines.
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    AMAZING!!! I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!! YOU ARE FREE!
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    Probably the greatest irony of this entire process is that you are free to visit the US during the extreme vetting process of the DS-5535. You are such a security threat to the US, that they still welcome you with open arms as a tourist! You just have to be upfront that you are in AP. I don't believe any of us here that did travel while in DS5535 had any issues at all...
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    What's your visa category again? I'm sorry if you already said, but I don't have he energy to go back and find it and your profile doesn't contain it. It could be that for your particular visa they plan to process it faster, hence keeping your passport, which has happened in some visas that are not K1& IR-1/CR-1. And perhaps for your visa category, there is a rule that they need to have it for your case to remain in que. They continue to process family based visas with or without a passport as they expect people need to have their passports to visit their fiancees and spouses while they wait (how kind of them). Are you DV, or employment based?
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    Thanks for the intel. AP cases (simply missing or incomplete documents, medical hasn't arrived or RFEs) are one thing but DS-5535 is a whole other ballgame. Did they specifically comment on the DS-5535 case wait to improve? It seems there is now a mix on this thread of just 221g APs and DS-5535 cases, which can make it confusing as to what people's circumstances are. Waiting 30 days in DS-5535 is nothing and you can expect months to go (dare I say could be a year or longer). We tried the congressman and senator route while a few months into DS-5535 and it went absolutely no where. They got the same canned response we did and they don't hold any jurisdiction over federal department of state to get them to move any faster on "security issue vetting" which DS-5535 is. (all of us criminal Canadians). Whichever camp you are in (AP or DS-5535) I wish you best of luck! My DS-5535 cleared last month after 11 months and 3 ish months after filing a WOM.
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    Very true - usually 3 weeks tops if using Canadian Fingerprinting Company in Toronto.
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    It is the only email for the Montreal consulate that anyone here is aware of. Usually takes a week for them to respond.
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    montreal-iv-dv@state.gov
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    There is no other email. That is the only one.
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    @Jvisa its: montreal-iv-dv@state.gov (not - .org) and dashes not underscores.
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    I noticed that yesterday! You are very lucky!!
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    @ice-qubedon't lose hope and you have many reasons to be optimistic! You have your decision date! Most people now are getting a ~60 day length of time for decision date 1 (myself included) and everyone is getting a second decision date (mine was another 60 days! but only 2 weeks of that second extension was used). Even with all the case motions, the consulate is still requesting documents and the cases are still going through in an average of 90-130 days of filing. The suit is doing its job. The WOM is not as fast as it used to be as Montreal has been slammed with them and they can't keep up - but they are still working and we have yet to see a denial coming out of our VJ group of applicants (so much for real security threats - lol). You have to keep the faith! What you have invested in is WAY better than still sitting in limbo wondering if your file has even been opened in over a year, which is likely the reality you could still be languishing in had you not filed. Given the data, you will very well have your passport in hand by end of January/early Feb! You've got this. If you can go spend the holidays in sunny Florida and get excited for your new life out of this dismal weather and concrete jungle!
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    @lomnd sorry this is happening to you. It must be very stressful that only one of you got the ds-5535. Unfortunately as you can see by reading through pages and pages of posts, the ds-5535 is very unpredictable. Before March 2022 there were some that were clearing without WOM suits filed, but after that only very, very few. Since yours is a visa with an expiry (I am guessing DV?), you may have a better chance of not waiting as long as others here (some people are over a year of waiting now), but you can't count on that. We waited 7 months and then filed a WOM and it took 3 months upon filing our case for the consulate to issue my visa. It is a horrible process and I hope it resolves for you quickly, but there is just no way of knowing. I would suggest after reaching 60 days of waiting, you reach out to the consulate asking for an update. How much time do you have before your visa expires?
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    Did you get a tracking number? Canada Post clerk always reminded me to take a picture of the tracker # that is on your envelop upon submitting... Once your tracker says delivered, you can download a copy of the receipt confirmation. I have used this in the past to send in my emails to the consulate to confirm receipt of anything I sent them. If you sent through the consulate document delivery service, it usually takes 2 days from Toronto (3 max) but tomorrow is a bank/post office holiday... Where did you send it from?
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    Congratulations @US2197! I DM'd you the instructions for the consulate courier delivery label. Hoping someone else can answer on the DS260 question, as I have no idea!
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    This is such amazing news! FINALLY your Mom can join the rest of you (permanently). Out of all the cases, I always found yours the most peculiar. And without a WOM! Hurrah! @BatmanFlow! The end is near.
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    Ahh, I see you are an H1B, they process faster out of DS-5535 vs. family based, immigrant visas. Congrats again! You are very lucky!
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    Congratulations @Ashley28888! That is the fastest DS-5535 approval we have ever seen in this group. Are you sure you don't mean you were given a 221G for missing documents? The DS-5535 is an email they send you to fill out 15 years of addresses, travel, job history, among other things. Please clarify. Regardless - great news!
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