DadofUSCitizen

Hi...just some reassurance...if it helps..even my wife has a DS5535 pending anc crossed over to the US by car. She was pulled over for secondary questioning...but was only asked when she would be returning. 

My dad in AP trav
We have same experiences travelling to US while in AP(most recently this weekend by road). 2-3 quick questions and related to the purpose of visit and duration of stay. I think agent at booth  do not have access to state dept system until the system alert them to send folks to secondary.

I received my DS5535 form in November 2023 and had not travelled to the US since. This past Sunday I crossed the border at Toronto Pearson without any issues. I was worried for the last 6 months and was separated from my husband out of fear. They asked me why I am going and when I am returning to Canada and let me through. This is for those individuals that have any doubts about travelling to the US during admin processing. I would also like to add that I did cross the border after travelling to three new countries since I submitted my DS-5535 form.

Hi All,
 
Here is the updated tracker sheet. Since its read-only I spent some time trying to figure out how to make it so people can still review the spreadsheet in their own way.
 
Please DM me with any changes or comments. I will post this on the current sheet so people know this is being phased out. 
 
I made a tough call on date without usernames (unknowns), people who don't have a DS-5535, and non-Montreal entries. I added a column called "Tracking Criteria Met" and put the people who don't meet the basic properties at the bottom. Nothing personal, just trying to make sure we are comparing apples and oranges.
 
As far as the notes go, I think they were not sorted in the original tracker when people were making changes. My guess is the are almost all wrong. Let me know how you want me to fix each entry (via direct message).
 
I'm also going to try and keep a changelog of major revisions to the tracker. We'll see how much time this takes make all the updates on my own. 
 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1G2Uy4IANSzFvQVRiywS4djPaujgHSRCfzE0qZK0eQCM/edit?usp=sharing

I've almost got the new version of the tracker ready to go. I'll share the link sometime today and will also put it into the current tracker
 

Technology Alert List The Technology Alert List (TAL) is a list developed by the United States federal government of critical fields where it would like to limit the transfer of goods, technology, and sensitive information, with the goal of supporting nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and nontransfer of U.S.-held technologies.

Congratulations!

Hi All,
 
I think we may want to consider moving our tracker to read-only. There have been several cells which have been deleted / modified / moved which is braking some logged data. There are 75 people on the tracker + others who monitor and don't participate. There are several of us who have made changes, added columns, calculations, etc. I suggest a few of us manage the logger in a similar way Hawk Riders does for the IR1/CR1 group tracker. I am happy to take this on (if others agree), and anyone else who wants to help manage can DM me and we can create a group to managing the tracker.
 
If the overwhelming response is to keep this open to be modified by all, I'm okay with that too. Just trying to resolve the issues I keep seeing whenever I check the tracker.
 
Let me know what people think.

Great news for you and hope for all of us here. Congratulations! 

Hi everyone! Quick update from me: was notified by the consulate this morning that my passport is being returned. My status on the CEAC tracker has changed to "Issued" as of an hour ago. Surprisingly quick for me. They're sending it back just 1.5 weeks after I sent it through - since others that interviewed around the same time as me are still waiting, I do wonder if my WoM had an impact... albeit much more slowly than it would've a year ago. 
 
Thanks again for all the support throughout the process and I hope to see more movement for everyone still waiting soon. 

I would send an email to MTL office telling them that your DS-260 was re-opened on the CEAC page and ask for instructions on what you need do next.

I would send an email to MTL office telling them that your DS-260 was re-opened on the CEAC page and ask for instructions on what you need do next.

hello @Irish89  yes exactly after my interview march 2022, was put in AP, but the consulate had kept my passport. Early July 2022, they requested for me to submit DS-5535 and I was in AP again.   So AP all together for 24 months.    March 2024, they sent me the email requesting a new medical, Canadian police clearance and passport, and pictures. it came unexpectedly (as I was actually traveling when I received it). As I mentioned earlier after receiving the DS-5535 I was not checking my case as often on CEAC as I knew it would be a long while.. I just kept on living.  Came back from trip, got an appointment early April to do medical, and received my fingerprint clearance last week and went to send everything.  
 
does anyone know how long the wait is now? after they asked for the additional documents? CEAC had an update today.. im i getting closed to the long awaited "issued" ?? 

@Leo The Great The Travel History is only for foreign aliens, not for US citizens. Same for I-94 records.
 

I am able to get all travel history including this year travels for my dad Canadian passport just now using this link
https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/history-search
But it is not returning my travel history (US passport).

No...he did not mention it...we were not given a reason why we were called for a secondary inspection
 

I believed you do not need to provide the updated travel history information after submission of DS-5535 unless consulate request you.
My lawyer told me that consulate cannot request you additional information on the top of submitted DS-5535 unless they lost your DS-5535 form.
Wait for the clearance of your case and then either update at that time or query consulate regarding the update of DS-260 if they do not instruct in your passport request email.
Please update your timelines in the spreadsheet for the benefit of other members.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jV7rzX2eCRVoEDRhOtN9a6hDoHRLNEf1P3ZGZbQ0_Dc/edit#gid=0

Expereince-Driving into the US after getting a DS 5535 
 
Hi..drove in yesterday into the US. I have a GC while my wife's DS 5535 is processing at the Montreal consulate (since march 19, 2024). We both have NEXUS cards and we thought it would be easy. The officer at the border asked my wife if she had a job in Canada. She replied that she had just been laid off. He then asked how long she planned to stay....and she replied 1 mont. We were then asked to park our car and go to secondary inspection. The officers were courteous and let us enter after clarifiying how long she would be staying. Do you always get pulled up for secondary questioning at land borders if you have a DS 5535 pending?
 
It would be great if others could share similar experienes.

My husband travelled back and forth a lot. We still own and run a business in Canada so they always seemed good. He got pulled into secondary maybe three out of 15 times. He always made sure he had something to tie him to his return. Most often a plane ticket.

So my spouse got an email from the usvisainfo email saying the consulate needs so and so. 
 
And then we got a reply to an email I sent on March 28 with the same message in that other email. 
 
So it wasn't a new email necessarily, just weird. But can confirm if they contact you to ask for it the case last updated changes. 

Correct - we were only asked for a CV. 
 
Suspicion is a TAL thing, and thus an SAO Mantis check. 

Congratulations!!! My feeling was correct (I said your case will be cleared very soon).

We had an update yesterday and sure enough another today with an email from the consulate to redo medical and send the passport (and 2 passport photos) 😭😭😭
 
There is hope! The pattern of more regular updates leading to an email from the consulate seems to be legit. 

Another update today, last two were Monday 4/8 and 4/15. 
 
Expected one yesterday so it follows the weekly on Monday, but didn't happen, though it updated today. 
 
Still nothing from the consulate (and my email is still unanswered that was sent on March 28). 🤷🏽‍♂️

According to the declaration by Carson Wu, the choice of whether we are getting the DS 5535 form is determined by the system. There is a flagging that comes up with maybe a name match or some sort of a trigger in their database, which causes them to give us the form. Once that flag comes, and they give us the form the consular officer cannot do anything on our file until the state department does not finish their administrative processing. Once the processing is over, they send the file back to the consular officer at the consulate and re-adjudicate.