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yea we should all definitely all meet up someday when we finally all make it to the US. I cant believe you have never been Joe&Nadya! I live like 30 min drive from the USA and visiting is sooo like going to a different country.. well it is , but I didnt think Canada was that different until I went to the US. SC roads are horrible, but not as bad as Ohio, we drove to Dayton for christmas and hit some pot holes and I swear we hit our head on the truck roof. Lol. Friday and no packet 3, a new one was mailed yesterday so I have given up on the original one ever arriving. I did however mail and fax my DS230 and a checklist that I copied from the Vancouver consulate, it was a bit out dated but I ran into a post by another Canadian who was delayed in getting her p3 and made her own checklist and sent it in and it was fine. I also sent in a note and explained that I would follow it with the actual checklist when and if it ever comes... Didnt want to wait anymore. And i faxed it and mailed a copy as well with a tracking code so it is sure to get there somehow. Funny how things work, you will get the p3 about the same time as I should get my second one Kat&Allie. And Joe and Nadya, NC is close to the beach tooo! So you get the best of everything. I cant wait to be able to take my kids to the ocean and to the mountains and all that interesting stuff that Ontario doesnt have. Like GATORS!!!! And snakes, btw did you ever see the pic of the snake that ate the gator and exploded???

Well a new package 3 was mailed to me today. Hopefully this one actually makes it to me. / cross toes.

We will all be pretty close, when I fly I usually have a layover in Charlotte, that is such a nice clean airport. I havent seen too much of Charlotte though, went through it by bus last May too. Never been to Florida though, I cant wait to go there though.

Ty so much for your help! I talked to the montreal consulate and the post office who both said 4 days to get here, still waiting though, and montreal is sending a new packet today I did end up filling the DS160 online so I got a head start. Excited about the quick interview... I go to Brock and my exams are over on the 21st so after that i'm just going to be waiting to leave lol so the sooner the better.

I have been waiting for a week and a half for my packet 3 to arrive by mail, I e-mailed the Montreal Consulate who told me that if it isnt here by Friday they will send out another one. ( mail is only supposed to take 4 days to get to me from Montreal). Anyways I am just wondering is there somewhere where I can find the checklist and the form I need to fill out online so that I can get a start on this and send it back right away since I have already wasted 2 weeks waiting for this stupid package?

Well the Montreal Consulate e-mailed me back today and said if it isnt here by Friday to let them know and they will send another one, I am going to check online for this checklist and likely ask them to forward it to my work address because I am always there when the mail comes. So sad to come home to a soggy IKEA flier and nothing else in my mailbox today

Over a month in AP!!!! That is ridiculous. Makes no sense to me. They did security checks before the NOA2, so what else could they possibly need?

Called last Wednesday and they said it was sent on Monday... I got home from the USA on Wednesday so there is no way it came before then... Sent DoS an e-mail today, no response, if it doesnt come in the mail by tommorow I am going to call DoS back and ask them if they can possibly send another one, since it has been twice as long as it was supposed to take already... I thought about just doing the forms online, but I need to mail them some checklist or so I have gathered from the Canadian forums. I'm prolly just obsessing but I did catch the lady that lives upstairs stealing my mail last year...

Woooo hoooo!

That is such great news. I was still bummed about no packet 3 yet today, but this news makes me forget about that.

Fewer and fewer Sept ppl left. By the way how is everyone else's cases progressing?

Go take a look at the 6 months + thread or the year and + waiting threads.

Ive been trying to see how long after the consulate recieves the file the packet 3 is sent... It seems everyone got theirs pretty quick, I called DoS last Wednesday and they said it was sent on Monday the 23rd. And still no package 3 for me... Canada post said 4 days to get here from Montreal ... I'm prolly just being OCD but why is it taking so long omg.

Saw a May and an August filler get approved at the end of last week.. keeping my fingers crossed that your file will be approved soon. Got home from class today, checked the mail, and all I got was my internet bill... sigh no packet 3 today. Checked with Canadapost, supposed to take 5 business days so... soon. Any news today for you?

poprocks I am soo excited you got the interview soo quick! Did I see a post from you before that said that you called DoS and requested the earliest date possible? Or am I confusing some other post from somewhere else?

If anything I have noticed less questions and less of the weird type of questions have been asked of me since I filled.

Wooo hooo! So excited for all of you who have had their interviews scheduled.

Sooo if interviews are scheduled at the beginning of each month are those the interviews for that month or for the following month? Didnt see too many people with April interviews scheduled already

I think the Montreal Consulate says they have a lot of interviews to do. But the consulate in Vancouver does them in a month less on average. I guess Montreal is like the VSC of consulates... No package 3 today , but I have noticed that the mailperson never brings mail to my house on Tuesday or Thursdays. Very strange. I will be all done with my classes pretty soon, my last exam is in less than a month so I would really love to leave Canada sooner. I have thought about going for an extended visit once I know my interview date and just go back to Canada for the interview, but they only give like 30 days notice and I'd have to give my landlord notice and my job notice so that idea isnt very practical. I put some ads online to sell some of my furniture last nite, just because I was bored and wanted to get a head start and got some replies already. I am going to miss IKEA, there isnt one for about 4 hours where I will be living in the US.

How was your day today anyways? Raining here and unseasonably warm. The lack of green makes me miss the south more.

Well thats not that bad of an upper limit to the estimate then, ty. We need a version of Igor's list for people waiting interviews lol. Crossing my toes for an August move.

My vent...

1) Americans asking to see my ID when I pay with my scotiabank debit card. The only place a name appears on the card is my signature and I dont think they can read it.

2) The Delta representative at the Charleston SC airport who asked for my ID, I gave him my Ontario Driver's license at which point he asked me if I lived in California...

Seriously? It says Canada on the bottom right corner.

I often get asked for photo ID here when using credit or debit card, probably because of all the fraud.

There is an Ontario in California, but yeah that's pretty dumb.

Yea but there is no name on my debit card so what good is the ID?

Wooo hoo congratulations!

My vent...

1) Americans asking to see my ID when I pay with my scotiabank debit card. The only place a name appears on the card is my signature and I dont think they can read it.

2) The Delta representative at the Charleston SC airport who asked for my ID, I gave him my Ontario Driver's license at which point he asked me if I lived in California...

Seriously? It says Canada on the bottom right corner.

I was trying to look at the tables of timelines to see what month of packet 3 repliers are still waiting for the interview? Hard to tell tho, not sure of some people who have just not been updating their profiles recently. But from what I am seeing it is January and safe to estimate 4 months-ish to interview? And most people get about a month notice of when the interview is? I know a lot of people are waiting, I'm just getting anxious too.

I just called DoS and they said they sent it out on Monday. So it should be here in a few days. I'll be here for a long time anyways well here and the Canadian forum, just cause Montreal is averaging I think 3-4 months after packet 3 is sent back to interview...

ty everyone

Sigh no packet 3 waiting for me. I am looking for the contact info for the Montreal Embassy so I can find out if it is in transit or something. From what I have seen they take about 2 weeks to get to you in Canada.. and its been longer and I know my neighbour was stealing my mail before... So it has me wondering if she took it while I was gone...

Being back here sucks, but it sucks a bit less now that I had that one more nite with my hunnie.. I took the original NOA2 back with me and noticed that it expires july 9... so hopefully my ideal of moving by the end of July will still happen.. maybe... And at least Charles is gone to summer camp for the national Guard for the entire month of May so maybe that time will go by pretty fast... Anyways I'll still be here posting with ya for months and months to go

Just wondering if anyone can give me the e-mail address to contact the consulate in Montreal? I just want to make sure they have recieved my paperwork... waiting for them to send packet 3, and was away for a few days and have an untrusty neighbour who has stolen my mail before...

Still no word Kat&Allie? I am on my way back from visiting South Carolina, waiting in the Atlanta airport. Missed my flight last nite and got to spend another nite with my hunnie, although I am bummed that I missed it.... I went though security in Charleston, they mistook a plastic bangle bracelet for a gun and went through my entire purse. The TSA guy asked me " is there anything that can hurt me in your purse?" I couldnt come up with a witty comment for such a dumb question. i am not sure on what planet a gun looks like a plastic bracelet.... And another TSA guy told me to go to the wrong gate... Soooo I missed my plane... Then the Delta representative asked to see my ID, I gave him my driver's license and he asked me if Ontario was in California... Finally my boyfriend got to the airport to pick me up again, and the look on his face when he saw me was absolutley worth missing the flight in the first place. I've been away since Friday so maybe my packet 3 will be there waiting for me... I hope....

Im crossing my fingers that you guys hear something this week. I am giving them until Friday before I write a nasty letter on your behalf.