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Is it me or does the ds5355 waiting time seem to be moving fasters(used to be 1-1.5 years 1-2 years ago and now 8 months)? Anyone has info on if they were able to reduce more of the backlogs or change the process? I remember someone mentioning changing the system 2nd half of 2024 earlier this year.

Just curious what your ethnicity is jameslouz? What are your suspicions on why you were given the ds5355?

Any idea what the ds5355 rate is in Montreal? I've heard anywhere between 40%-80%. Might be lower as those would didn't receive one would likely not report in

wow 4 month gap between interview date and ds5535? What was your status after interview?

any idea when this will take into effect? "with immigrant visa vetting to follow sometime in 2024" is kind of broad. Hopefully this will speed up the ds5355 processings.

I was reading the declaration of Carson Wu where it states. " The Department has been actively involved in working with the National Vetting Center to shift security vetting of visa applicants from the KFE vetting system discussed above to the National Vetting Center. The Department transferred the national security vetting of nonimmigrant visa applicants to the National Vetting Center in October 2022, with immigrant visa vetting to follow sometime in 2024. The Department anticipates that moving security vetting to the National Vetting Center will create efficiencies in the vetting process that will ultimately benefit all visa applicants and also enhance border security by providing more robust screening of applicants." Curious what everyone thinks of this? Are they talking about DS5355 specifically?

The google docs tracker wait times seems like its all over the place. Some poeple are waiting 17 months and other are waiting 2 months before getting visa in hand.

ANy confirmation that a male from China is the same as male from MENA countries? Also how much weighting is travelling to other countries factor into a ds5355?

Just curious on everyone's thoughts on if the interviewer can request someone for a DS 5355 form and are there anything you can do in the interview to avoid this. Or is it proven now that all DS5355 is determined pre-interview through some sort of algorithm?

Just curious what your ethnic background is.

Wait so there are cases of DS 5355 being approved under 90 days from Montreal? Whats happening in the background?