soscolin

yes 7 digits mine was 141- - - 2 without giving out the total number all numbers Is that what you have also?

The DHL reference number you generated by going to the http://www.usvisa-in...country_welcome is the number you enter in tracking number at DHL. I also called DHL and they told me the tracking number was not a way they could trace anything. Then the agent checked again and said yes the tracking number was fine and I was to keep checking at the DHL site. Finally it was there last Friday morning. It had arrived at DHL Thursday morning who had picked it up at the Consulate Wed afternoon after the Consulate has processed my visa on the Tues. I had not received a phone call and it took the gov't site a few days to update as well and it finally showed up there as having been picked up.

There was no need for me to do anything on interview day as far as the tracking number. I asked the lady at the desk on the 19th floor near the elevator but she looked at my reference (tracking) number and said that was the one I needed to check with at the DHL site. Colin (and Patty)

Feel bad for you since you have been through such a delay..........

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You can go to any local RCMP office and have it done in 15 minutes. I had 2 of them done on separate occasions in Burnaby BC. Call them if you need to verify this information. Colin

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I was Jan 12th as you know from other thread. DHL activity showed Friday morning, and my IR-1 visa was processed Tues (as it says in my passport), sent out Wed, and arrived in Vancouver Thursday. I have a feeling DHL may have yours and it is not showing up on their tracking page. DHL did not phone me, and the visa page http://www.usvisa-in...country_welcome still shows nothing as of yet. Can you call your local branch and give them your reference I.D. see it they can find it?

Colin (and Patty)

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Has anyone that had their K-1 visa interview and were approved on Jan. 12 2011 received their passport back yet? its been 6 days now and the DHL website still says "no record found"...is this normal? Our pickup DHL is Brampton, if this helps. Any and all help would be appreciated!! thanks

when it is ready it will show you details of the delivery from the time it left the Consulate to the DHL location and will then say 'undeliverable' meaning I did not pick it up. It was actually there at DHL for a whole day before it showed up on their web page. Keep entering in the reference number is all I can say I did.

wow your picking it up already? our DHL reference # still says no record found. Is this what yours said when it was ready? we are stunned it isnt ready yet bc its been almost 7 days already. and we are picking up at the DHL site only 6 hours from Montreal...help anyone.....

'OK so we checked DHL this morning (Friday) and it now says it showed up yesterday (Thursday). It hadn't updated until it was delivered. And the visa site hasn't updated as of yet. We are on our way to pick it up at DHL. By the way it says 'undeliverable' which means that it is ready for pick up.

same here Montreal interview was IR/CR1 Wed.Jan 12th now here in Vancouver waiting on DHL for visa and passport...........

Colin and Patty

same here Montreal interview was IR/CR1 Wed.Jan 12th now here in Vancouver waiting on DHL for visa and passport...........

Colin and Patty

We are still waiting for my fiance's visa to arrive too. He got approved on wed. the 12th and we are still waiting for the DHL in Brampton to verfiy they have received it.....

soscolin (Colin and Patty) here: Received notice this morning of Wed Jan 12, 2011 interview date in Montreal. Was Aug 10 approved at NVC so is 155 days from NVC approval to interview. The big delay we had was 1I-130 application Sept 2009--June 2010 getting it to NVC.

Question: says it is a CR-1 We have been married more than 2 years--doesn't that make it an IR--unrestricted I-130?

Colin

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<Extreme, on 03 December 2010 - 08:46 PM, said:

i just checked nvc has already giving interview dates for jan...anyone heard abt any updates on interview>

Am I correct in seeing that it seems the NVC acceptances are in May and you are all waiting for Montreal interview date to be assigned? I was completed Aug 10 according to the recorded announcement at NVC. They said 8 weeks or less to hear from them on recorded announcement. Am I looking realistically at maybe Dec or Jan interview?? Thanks Colin

I got my RCMP certificate in 20 minutes in person at the local RCMP dispatch twice--once in 2008 and recently when frst one expired. and yes it's 50 dollars. Colin

Actualy ... I looked up the RCMP. Its $50 instead of the $30, but its 24 hours.

So on Tuesday ... Im going to make an appointment .. and request through the RCMP. Thanks for the advise.

I have hired a vaccination exemption attorney and have prepared for my religious exemption. I was just about to start a new post in here when I noticed this thread. There does not seem to be much information on the entire Internet about peoples' experiences with the waiver. One British man in here said it took him 6 months after interview to get approved as his waiver was sent to CDC Center for Disease Control in Washington, DC. He said he didn't mind the delay as he wasn't in a hurry to get into the US as he was working.

My lawyer is Alan Phillips http://www.vaccinerights.com/ and I purchased his e-book and then hired him to assist me with the I-601 form and affidavit and friends' affidavits and so on. I believe at the interview process I will be denied a visa as the form is sent away for approval. I was hoping to be approved same day but if not I hope the delay is not too long. I also read one in a hundred visa applicants apply for religious exemption, and two in a hundred for philosophical reasons. Philosophical can be more difficult from what I understand to get approved. And the religious exemption has to be sincere. However, the definition of religious is broad as you will see at sites help with the process. There is also an exemption for those allergic to vaccines. Also there are many good sites regarding 'educate before you vaccinate.'

http://tinyurl.com/2bhhccf

Regards, Colin

Have any of you experienced delay/problems/blocking from immigrations when filing the i601 for religious objection to vaccine administration? My husband is a naturalist and vegan. He does not believe in introducing artificial substances or medications into his body. Is it possible our i601 can be approved to waive the vaccine requirement when filing simultaneously with the i485/i130 after we married while he was here for a visit? Our marriage was something I kind of sprung on him as a surprise-getting the license, then after he thought we would wait, surprised him by driving to the jp who I had made an appointment with. I just didn't want to be separated from him anymore, after our back-and-forth visits and missing each other so much all the time. Now we have this mountain of paperwork and we're running out of time on his i94w to get it filed. But if there's a good chance the USCIS will keep the money, deny the app, and label him an overstay if he stays while waiting for the pending application, we prefer to do this another way since he has to go back home and finish a job anyway (we are going to file an application for advance parole at the same time). Thanks.

If you sign up for case updates the last updated will show. Colin

I cant see anywhere that says 'last updated'. Is that on the same page as Acceptance, Initial Review etc?

Yes it is I was born there and lived there for 30 years. But I live 10 miles from Vancouver Consulate and it would have been a lot easier to go there. Colin

MTL does mean montreal. I don't know if vancouver does IR1/CR1 interviews. I just tried to find an embassy review for a vancouver interview but couldn't. I would definitly call USCIS to sort it out. If you do have to go to montreal at least it's a nice city.

ours took 7 months-- we were approved at same time for I-130 and I-129F applied last Sept.2009 heard from them in May 2010.

hello,

i recieved my first notice of action for I-129F from the California Service center last may 25th. its already a little over 3 months and i have not recieved any notice.

what is the average length of time the second notice of action is sent from the first notice of action?

thanks,

ron

My NVC barcode number starts with MTL for example MTL2010 and 6 more numbers after that. Does this mean my file will be sent to Montreal? I am from Vancouver (VAC) and am hoping to be able to go there for my interview. This is for a I-130 spouse visa. Thank you.

http://www.theprovince.com/news/todays-pap...4360/story.html

and

http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/local/ar...erred-at-border

From Provonce article: includes picture

Park serves as cross-border couple's meeting spot

'It's just unreal that I can't go home with him and be with him'

By Cassidy Olivier, The Province; with a file from the Seattle TimesSeptember 15, 2009

Married but kept apart by immigration law, David Williams and Janeane Ardiel share an embrace in a neutral area of Peace Arch International Park. "It's like being severed from my lifeline," Ardiel said.Photograph by: Erika Schultz, The Seattle Times

A nondescript metal bench inside Peach Arch International Park is the only place married couple David Williams and Janeane Ardiel can look into each other's eyes and utter three simple words.

"I love you."

Williams, a 45-year-old U.S. national who works as a chef in Bellingham, can't enter Canada because of a 2003 drunk-driving conviction.

Ardiel, a 45-year-old 911 emergency operator from Port Coquitlam, was barred entry into the States in July on suspicion that she was intending to move and stay there and not just visit the man she describes as the love of her life.

"It's just not the same -- being able to see each other for a few hours as opposed to being able to do everything together," she says. "It is just unreal that I can't go home with him and be with him."

The couple married in April after a courtship that began almost three years ago over the phone.

"Sometimes, we talked for hours," said Ardiel. "We didn't meet until January [2007], but I mean, we had already fallen in love over talking on the phone."

After she flew to Florida several times to meet him, Williams decided last October to drop everything and move to Washington so he could be closer to Ardiel.

Being just a stone's throw away from the border meant Ardiel could visit Williams every week.

Then, last April they decided to get married in a quiet ceremony in front of a justice of peace in the U.S.

Ardiel's frequent visits across the border continued until she was stopped in July.

It was a shock, she said, because she had checked with immigration to ensure everything had been done by the book.

"I went in and talked to immigration before we got married," she said, adding she did not marry in order to get into the U.S.

"We checked into the legalities and did not think there would be any issues in filing the paperwork after we got married."

Len Saunders, the couple's immigration lawyer, said Ardiel has since filed the proper documents required for a Green Card -- the equivalent to permanent-resident status in Canada.

He said the couple had put if off because they could not afford to do it right away. It was something they had planned on doing down the road, thinking a delay would not have caused problems.

Saunders said he's hopeful that soon Ardiel may be able to cross the border under a visitor's status while the Green Card application is being processed -- something that can take at least six months.

"It's hard," Ardiel said of the meetings in no-man's land. "I get really emotional when I see him. Having to leave is the same thing.

"It's like being ripped apart again."

colivier@theprovince.com

© Copyright © The Province

and from Metro News includes picture

Love deferred at border

andrea woo

15 September 2009 05:46

ERIKA SCHULTZ /THE SEATTLE TIMES

Married but kept apart by immigration law, American David Williams and Canadian Janeane Ardiel share an embrace in a neutral area of Peace Arch International Park.

On Thursday, Janeane Ardiel will pack a lunch to eat with her new husband at a picnic table surrounded by shrubs and flowers. The picnic spot, located at Peace Arch International Park on the U.S.-Canadian border, is the only place the couple can legally meet and feel each other’s touch.

Ardiel lives in Port Coquitlam and her husband, David Williams, lives in Bellingham, Wash.

He can’t enter Canada because of a six-year-old DUI conviction, so for the three years they’ve dated — and four months they’ve been married — Ardiel visited him in the U.S.

On July 22, a U.S. border guard noticed her almost-weekly trips and denied her entry, saying they believed she intended on living in the U.S. and not just visiting. After being photographed and fingerprinted, Ardiel was sent home to Port Coquitlam, with directions not to cross the border for at least six months.

“It has been absolutely horrible,” said Ardiel. “David and I had been inseparable for the last year and a half. He’s like my lifeline, and I feel like my lifeline’s been severed.”

In the meantime, the two can meet at the picnic table without technically leaving either country.

It’s a spot recommended by their immigration lawyer, Len Saunders, who said the issue rests on an unfortunate technicality.

“If you’re American and you have a DUI, it’s very difficult to get into Canada,” he explained.

“If you’re Canadian, like Premier (Gordon) Campbell, and you’ve got a DUI, you have no crossing issues going south.”

Ardiel was introduced to Williams by her sister, who met Williams through a friend in Florida, where he lived at the time. Ardiel and Williams spoke on the phone for three months and fell in love without even exchanging a photo.

“We never knew what each other looked like,” said Ardiel. “He said, ‘I am just so in love with you, just from talking with you.’ He would have gotten married in January (2007), the first time I met him. We fell in love talking to each other on the phone.”

Williams moved to Bellingham from Florida to be closer to Ardiel.

Saunders said that by showing customs officials Ardiel has a pending application for a green card, and good ties and equities to Canada, she should be able to resume temporary visits within a few weeks.

“She’ll have a happy ending,” he said. “It’s just unfortunate right now because they can’t be together other than for their weekly meetings for an hour or two.”

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