mariagomez

No im so sorry, I believe once the shipment is created you cannot change the delivery address 😕

Congrats!! I agree about contacting a senator or congressman, our case moved along immediately after we did too! to answer your questions: 1) and 2)The consulate sent me my passport by purolator instead, but it’s worth noting I paid for the expedited service straight to my house 3)I saw my status on CEAC in the morning of Nov 21st and a couple hours later received my email with tracking number and shipping confirmation 4)Received my passport the next day (Nov 22) after it was issued!

Thank you! Solicited means that either I sent an email asking for an update, or our congressman contacted the embassy asking for an update. Unsolicited means our case received an update but we didn’t request it. Generally you want to look out for Unsolicited updates because this means they are actively working on your case!

You could try if it lets you, and yes you get a tracking number with purolator

When I originally scheduled my interview at the beginning of the year, I immediately arranged my document delivery on the website and I also chose to pay for premium delivery to my house. I paid for this 7 months ago! I think once it says “issued” it’s too late to change the delivery. I dont know if they chose purolator because of the strike though, I didn’t get a choice in anything that’s just how they delivered it to me.

they used purolator! i got the email my package (my passport) would be sent back today and it was processing, and a couple of hours later i got another email notification that it was picked up by purolator so i am expecting to receive it in the next couple of days, if not then by early next week.

Hello everyone! Today I am pleased to say this will most likely be my last update on this thread, as I’ve been issued my visa today! I wanted to post a final update for everyone in hopes that maybe my timeline can help someone else like you guys helped me. The following updates happened AFTER i attended my interview and I was given the DS5535 Form, which I returned on May 3rd (same day as my interview): may 4 (unsolicited) may 10 (unsolicited) may 28 (unsolicited) august 28 (solicited) september 5 (unsolicited) september 19 (unsolicited) october 4 (solicited-contacted congressman) october 10 (received email asking for my passport by my congressman) october 21 (consulate email asking for updated medical) october 29 (unsolicited) november 7 re-did medical exam november 12 office sent the exam to consulate november 18 (changed to case received) november 20 (case approved) november 21 (visa issued, passport mailed back) This has been such a long process for my fiancé and me, but if anyone has any questions about what we did or anything else please feel free to message me!

Thank you!! I feel like we’ve been slightly lucky with these things, even after getting the ds5535. Appointment is on November 7th so hopefully by the end of the year everything is settled 🥹

UPDATE: 11 days after sending my passport, the consulate themselves emailed me requesting an updated medical (I expected this as it expired on October 15 and they received my passport on October 10) and my passport. On one hand this is super annoying because I’m going to have to fly to Vancouver again for it and spend more money, on the other hand I am absolutely ELATED because this means I am so close to finally obtaining my visa!!

another update: we received an email from our congressman’s office that the consulate was requesting me to send my passport to them to continue processing our application! got the package together and dropped it off today at canadapost! here’s to hoping this all ends soon!

Update to this: We reached out to our congressman on Oct. 4th and our case was updated the same day! I'm really hoping this means good news for us very soon

Thank you so much! I always appreciate how much you help all of us here!

How do I find out which congressman to reach out to? I’m the foreign fiancée in this case, my fiancé is the American Citizen and I’m Canadian! He lives in Hawaii

Hi everyone! I had my interview back in May 3rd and I was given the dreaded form and have been waiting since. I’ve had several updates since but I’m wondering if the frequency means anything or this is normal processing? it goes as follows: may 4 (unsolicited may 10 (unsolicited) may 28 (unsolicited) august 28 (solicited) september 5 (unsolicited) september 19 (unsolicited)

He’s one of the only handful of doctors in Canada who does these medical exams, i’m sure he sees hundreds of people every week and has narrowed down his process to be as fast as possible. He was really nice to me and cheerful and I didn’t really feel like he was missing anything. I was even seen like a whole hour before my scheduled time because I arrived there early so they just put me through. Sorry that your experience was like that!

Hi guys! I had my interview on May 3rd and my last update was May 28th, I want to sent an update request email but I'm wondering how some of you have phrased it?

Yeah! I got my passport back during my interview, they gave me a piece of paper that tells me how to send it back securely through mail and they told me once the AP was done and I was told to send it back I could go ahead and follow the instructions. For now, we just wait!

My interview was on May 3rd, I sent an email to the consulate on May 4th because I forgot to include some information on the form when I filled it out, and they only just got back to me on May 28th with NOT an automated response, however the response basically only says “thanks for inquiring, your status is still refused until your AP is finished” and nothing about updating my info or adding the info to my case 🥲 oh well, an update is an update!

Welcome to the club 🥲 I had my interview on May 3rd for the K-1 as well, same boat as you, but at least it’s good to know we’re not the only ones here!