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Sorry you are here. What is your visa category? You can see on this spreadsheet for the length of time those of us have been waiting. Without filing a WOM, there have been no cases approved since March of this year. There is no timeline any more unfortunately. And you are correct, there are several of us who have filed a WOM in the past few months as it seems to be the ONLY way to get movement. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GySrwbar5E0dzY4DCJ8s0eagm1up6TxedDBTPYiOlJw/edit#gid=1745669763
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https://hackinglawpractice.com/st-louis-immigration/immigration-delay-lawyer/ When I contacted them a few months ago, they weren't taking on any more K1 WOM cases, just CR1, but that may have changed...
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Congratulations. We finally filed today too! I have a bit more of a pep in my step this afternoon, even though in reality we still have a long way to go before we are out of this mess...
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Thank you @Hawk Riders. PART 2 STARTED! Please follow here:
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Part 2 thread started, dedicated to all families affected by Montreal's egregious delays.
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Exactly. I haven't responded to that email yet. Doesn't make sense at all. But what at all in this process makes any logical sense??
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From my case assistant at Goldstein on attorney/legal fees: "Yes; technically, you can win attorney fees. Under the Equal Access to Justice or EAJA, you can sue to recover attorney fees. And, in every lawsuit, it is mentioned in Paragraph 3 in your draft we ask the judge to award fees. But in practice, recovering attorney fees is extraordinarily unusual. Out of so many lawsuits, in only one single case did we ever actually get an award of attorney fees. So we can say with near certainty that the court will not grant attorney fees. Finally, to be clear, any such recovery of attorney fees would be exclusively retained by our firm as compensation for our work in the case. But this outcome so rarely comes into play since attorney fees have only been awarded in one of our cases, so our goal is not even to come close to Judge but we want to trigger the Defendants action to work on your case and to give final adjudication way before the Judge makes the decision."
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Absolutely unacceptable. I feel I will face the same fate as I will need to redo my medical. At this point, I will go camp out at the Dr.'s office and refuse to leave until they fit me in! Can you get to Toronto somehow to do the medical?
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These are the top three mentioned in immigration groups: https://goldsteinlawyers.ca/ (which most of us are using) https://nimerlaw.com/ https://hackinglawpractice.com/ Likely they will want you to be in AP for at least 4 months before starting to pursue a case.
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Here is the spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GySrwbar5E0dzY4DCJ8s0eagm1up6TxedDBTPYiOlJw/edit#gid=1745669763
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Hi @Mary184 I just DM'd you the link to the video recording. While I don't believe anyone here is going with these particular lawyers or participating in a group WOM suit, there is still some valuable information in here regarding how WOM suits work. Let me know if you have any trouble accessing it.
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Hi @Mary184. Welcome to the group. We are sorry you have to join us here. When was you interview? I am pretty sure we are all Canadian citizens here on this thread, or the majority at least and we have all been waiting various lengths of time since submitting our DS-5535 back to the consulate. You can check out the identified cases on this spreadsheet.: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GySrwbar5E0dzY4DCJ8s0eagm1up6TxedDBTPYiOlJw/edit#gid=1745669763. There has not been an approval since April 5 and that was with a WOM suit. Most of us, if not all who are in the process of filing a WOM, are going with Josh Goldstein: https://jgoldlaw.com/ and yes, they do offer a free 15 min consultation (not with a lawyer) to collect information on your case, then they take it back to their lawyers and let you know if they will take you on as a client. I suggest filling out the consultation request form on their website and include as much information and attachments as possible before your 15 min meeting so they have everything in advance. They will ask you for anything additional they need to make a decision on whether or not you qualify for a WOM.
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Thank you for doing this @herecomestherain! Do you think this could take over the old spreadsheet of @Danii's? It isn't fair to expect her to keep updating it, now that she is well on the other side of this nightmare! Perhaps we could even have a column for WOM (date filed, date consulate responds, etc?). Thoughts?
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Happy belated! I am in the same boat as you. We have 2 properties to sell and if I had been approved in December, we would have sold at the peak as well. Now my rental has been sitting for weeks on the market and now selling 2 properties in the low of the market when and if we get approved is yet ANOTHER stress. We are using this as an example of financial hardship in our WOM case... This has not only caused us so much mental anguish but the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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April 28. @Hello100 was, but I think that was due in part of a WOM. But yes, nothing since March 5 other than that one case. Seems like since the war on Ukraine, all progress, stopped.
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Well isn't that lovely! Just when you thought they couldn't be more inaccessible, they are. Perhaps sending an email to the regular Montreal consulate email: montreal-iv-dv@state.gov And also CC'ing one found on their contact us page: Non-immigrant visa e-mail: canada_contactus+ca+info+en@visaops.net Immigrant visa e-mail: canada_contactus+ca+info+en@visaops.net Fiancé/Fiancée visa email: canada_contactus+ca+info+en@visaops.net Diversity visa email: canada_contactus+ca+info+en@visaops.net
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Great! I will set it up!
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Congratulations for taking the step @CanNursetoUS . We also signed back with Goldstein and sent the initial intake questionnaire on Sunday and so far so good- just submitted some follow up questions and documents they needed last night and this morning, so the gathering stage is moving very fast, which is refreshing! So it looks like you, me and @WishIWasntHere are all in active filing WOM process with Goldstein with @BatmanFlow consulting this week. Is there anyone else on here currently in an active suit with Goldstein or have a consult set up? We should start a group chat to compare notes.
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Did you use the drop down in the public inquiry form? I read that is the preferred and fastest method.
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Hi @Bill22- welcome. not sure if you read the above posts but there is a WOM group suit webinar tomorrow if you are interested. I will DM you the info. Hacking Law and Goldstein Law seem to be the most popular on these sights for WOM, but many, many lawyers do them. I had reached out to Hacking last week and they wouldn't take a K1 DS-5535 at this time, but not sure of your case specifics. A few people on here are using Josh Goldstein right now - I have my second call with them tonight.
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All details for tomorrow's Q&A Zoom have been DM'd to you. It is tomorrow starting at 11:00 AM EST until 12:00PM EST. Changed from 12-1. Please remember to submit any questions you have through the form before the meeting.
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So sorry to hear that @talkingreckless. It is so unsettling how they can disrupt so many people's lives like this without the smallest amount of transparency or compassion. Use the public inquiry form and select "passport returns" in the drop down. From what I see on a Montreal consulate FB group it takes anywhere from 1-2 weeks for them to return your passport upon submission of this form. Good luck! https://ca.usembassy.gov/embassy.../public-inquiry-form/
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Hi All, For those of you who DM'd regarding the group WOM Q&A, I started a group message. I just posted the Q&A link for question submissions there and the Zoom link will be posted at some point tomorrow. I noticed that some of you haven't read the one for this morning, so if you haven't checked your inbox today, please do so. If you for some reason can't see the group message, please let me know and I can send it to you directly.
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Congrats and good luck! Who did you decide to go with @WishIWasntHere? Please keep us updated on your process.
