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Yes! It just arrives.

I received my SSN within a few days of landing in the US. I'm still waiting on my greencard however.

Update: Received passport this morning and cleared customs at Pearson in only 30 minutes. My interview was on November 14th and was approved pending medical which was received the morning of the 15th. Took a full 4 weeks to resolve. Good luck to all of you still waiting! It's a painful process especially for those of us separated from our loved ones.

No, if you send a request to the state (where your spouse lives) congressperson they can put in a request for you to see what the status is on your file. This is highly effective as it gets your file at least looked at. It worked for me! If you go to the state website you will find this info. It is something they do often and it can expedite the process for you.

Hi! So sorry to hear it! It was an unbelievable delay for me at the Montreal consulate! I just received my tracking # for my passport yesterday and should receive it tomorrow. My interview was November 14th and my medical was received on the 15th. My suggestion is to get in contact with your petitioners congressperson if it goes over 1 week. I waited until week 3 to do that. One business day after I submitted my request to the congressperson, my status changed to "issued". It then took another week to get my tracking information. I sincerely hope you don't have a similar delay. This has been BRUTAL! Best of luck!!

Wow! That's crazy! My lawyer warned me that it's completely up to the particular customs officer. The one time I was given a hassle was crossing the land border by car. They are so busy at Pearson that I have never had more than the typical "Where are you going?" "When are you back?" I'm back and forth monthly. Only ever had that one issue.

If it helps...I was back and forth at least 5 times during my process. The only time I was pulled into secondary was when I told them I was visiting my husband for Christmas. Every other time, I was going for meetings and they didn't ask anything further. If you just say you're going for vacation and give a definite return date...you won't have any issues. I never mention that I'm in the process unless they ask - they only asked that one time. I was brought into secondary and I explained that we were so far into the process at that point that there would be no way I'd overstay my visa. He believed me and I went on my way. ALWAYS have a return date. Hope this helps....

UPDATE: Received tracking today at 3pm! One week after I was "issued" in the system. I also found out that the consulate hands over the passports to Canada Post the day you get "issued" so from that point any delay is due to Canada Post. They are so busy this time of year so it took a full 5 business days for me to get my tracking #!!

Awesome! Thank you and best wishes for your new life in the US!

Wow! That was fast! Do you mind me asking where you live? I'm in Toronto so wondering how long it will take. Waiting for the tracking # before I book my flight to the US

CONGRATS!! I'm still waiting for mine. I was "issued" last Tuesday so I'm hoping today or tomorrow at latest. Did you get your passport yet?

Oooooh! Congratulations!!! Hope you're right!

I was changed to "issued" on the 6th and still don't have tracking for my passport...

I'm not sure...there are only two statuses for CR1/2 (spousal visas) so I went directly from "refused' to "issued" final processing with the same verbiage you have. I haven't received a tracking number as of yet! Good luck! This is absolutely ridiculous!! I hope they process you quickly!! I'm still waiting on a tracking # for my passport.

Dr. Randall Lee in Scarborough, ON. I DO NOT recommend. The doctor was nice but the admin staff were extremely rude when I was inquiring about the delay and evan after I was promised that it would be done in plenty of time.