Canada US Consulate Reviews
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| Montreal, Canada | Review #3494 on October 22, 2008: |
Pandora01

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I arrived at the Consulate at 7:15 a.m. and there were already 4 people waiting. At 7:30 a.m. the door opened. The security guard checked my letter and passport, then let me in. I had to wait before proceeding through the next door to the security check. When my turn came, the security guard asked me for my appointment letter and passport. I was then asked to empty my pockets. All my pockets, even the ones on my coat even though I had to take the coat off so it would go through the x-ray machine. The security guard who took care of me was a bit cold but ok in all respects. He's got a job to do and did it well. Once my pockets were emptied, I walked through the metal detector and then he checked me out with the handheld metal detector because I triggered the alarm. Silly me, I had forgotten to take my belt off and it has a trophy buckle on it. Plenty of metal to set off the alarm! Once he was satisfied, I put everything back in my pockets and he gave me back my letter and passport, alon... read complete review
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| Montreal, Canada | Review #3493 on October 22, 2008: |
josephtremblay

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First let me say that this is my first post on visajourney.com despite being a frequent visitor for several months. The community has been EXTREMELY helpful and the K-1 process wouldn't have been anywhere near as smooth without it.
Question: is it unusual to receive an appointment letter just a few days before the interview? I was wondering when I'd hear about my appointment (Packet 3 returned to Montreal early in September) so I sent an email to the consulate on October 8. They wrote back saying that a letter was being sent for an interview on October 22. By Friday, October 17 I still hadn't received the letter so I wrote the consulate again and they faxed me a copy (the letter arrived in the mail on Monday October 20). Thank God for email!
I arrived in Montreal last night and walked past the consulate (so I knew where to go in the morning) on the way to my hotel (The Embassy Suites on St. Antoine - less than a 10 minute walk to the consulate).
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| Montreal, Canada | Review #3473 on October 17, 2008: |
julie30

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My husband and I just had our interview this morning, it went very smoothly and were out of there by 9am.
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| Montreal, Canada | Review #3454 on October 15, 2008: |
suzukiwookie

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This interview was such a pleasant experience! We were all worried for nothing.
Arrived there at 7:15am. Were second in line. Guard let us in at 7:30am. We went through security and were given a card with letter "A" on it. We then went downstairs to a waiting room. At 7:45am a guard came down the elevator and called up "everyone who has cards A,B,C and D, come with me." We took the elevator up to the embassy floor.
At the embassy we were told to go into the main waiting room (which has a spectacular view of Montreal!) and wait for our names to be called. We were the first to be called up. Went to window 9 where a nice man took all our papers and asked us some questions while we did this. We then went to another window to pay, and then we had a seat. 15 mins later I was called up to do finger prints at the same window 9. After a few tries, the machine finally read my prints and the man joked with me that "If you're a Chef, you should wash your hands more of... read complete review
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| Vancouver, Canada | Review #3451 on October 15, 2008: |
John & Amy

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We arrived 30 minutes early for our interview and had no problems at Security. This is of course because we didn't bring any cell phones or other prohibited items. We had my 5 year old son with us, which they had no problem with, but I would recommend bringing paper and crayons or a pen for children to have something to do as it is a very sterile environment.
A few other couples arrived after us for thier interviews and the consulate went in order of who was there first (Which was really nice). They were very friendly even when we were missing one form (They gave us a blank one for us to fill out right there). Overall they were very easy to deal with and very friendly.
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