MTL (and others) Waiting for an interview date

[melusine 5]

waaa jonandmary !! just awesome news that's great !!!!!!

Good luck for your interview

Seishi do not write much, i would suggest sending them an email about it

For the stats, it's just that some people will know when then got entered in the system and some will not and at the end it might just be a mix of everything when after all...the idea is to know how long between the time we send our application and the interview date

Now i would be curious to know if it's every 13th of the month or so they plan interviews date for the upcoming month ??

[rae_and_scott 1]

Now i would be curious to know if it's every 13th of the month or so they plan interviews date for the upcoming month ??

Well they scheduled mine on the 7th... but yeah, seems to be dead towards the end of the month, doesn't it?

[L_n_O 3]

alright boys and girls... check out the spreadsheet... =)

[rae_and_scott 1]

Thank you Liz!!

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

alright boys and girls... check out the spreadsheet... =)

Woo hoo!!! Thanks Liz!

Many of the people still "waiting" haven't been online in over a week, some in a month....

So they probably have interview dates as well.

Hope everything is going well with them!!!

[CBR 0]

Yay!! Thanks Liz!! I want to fill in the "we wed" box on mine, but we just cant pick a date! It's going to be July ... something.

[L_n_O 3]

=) sorry I couldn't do all of it while I was away... but glad to put a smile on your faces when you see your New Status =)

Congrats everyone!

[melusine 5]

THat's awesome Liz, Thanks ! (I am still against putting the real date for the entered in the waiting list) or then if u want to keep it, perhaps just to make the calculation from the date sent (because after all this i our real waiting time) I think by putting the real date as entered in the waiting list is messing up the stats, if we would like to compare with before, and also it's not comparable with people who didn't called DOS...

[rae_and_scott 1]

THat's awesome Liz, Thanks ! (I am still against putting the real date for the entered in the waiting list) or then if u want to keep it, perhaps just to make the calculation from the date sent (because after all this i our real waiting time) I think by putting the real date as entered in the waiting list is messing up the stats, if we would like to compare with before, and also it's not comparable with people who didn't called DOS...

Aaah, you know Melusine, I think I didn't understand what you were saying before, and now I do. I agree. The real waiting time for us is from the date sent to when we get our interview. Montreal is not consistent with the amount of time they take to make people eligible for the interview. And I know for me, I waited about 80 days, not 55.

[melusine 5]

Yep..81 days for you (76 for me), 80 for Laura, 69 CBR, jmd 49 (!) etc ...

(I admit, i kinda fastely did List spreadsheet on excel just to know our numbers (without colors and all) )

And if we count the average day from the P3 date sent (i took off the entered waiting list column), it looks like that.

1-Apr 169

1-May 153

1-Jun 145

1-Jul 108

1-Aug 98

1-Sep 154

1-Oct 57

1-Nov 73

1-Dec 80

1-Jan 71

1-Feb 64

1-Mar 73

1-Apr 66

1-May

Edited May 19, 2008 by melusine

[L_n_O 3]

well, the reason I have it the way it is...

1) once you know that Mtl has entered you in their system, they generally schedule everyone in the same period of time..

2) If someone takes a while to get entered into the system, like a month as opposed to the week average, you'll see that once they finally do add them in the system, their time doesn't really change that much... THis way, you can predict better when you'll get your appointment

I'll think about it some more regardless

[rae_and_scott 1]

hummmm... would it be too much to have both? That way we can compare. What's "accurate" as far as Montreal is concerned, and like you said, how to gauge their scheduling based on when they entered you; and then also how long we've realistically been waiting, as I think we just like to see this in numbers. Also then we might be able to watch trends in how fast/slow they are in entering people into their system.

[L_n_O 3]

having your packet 3 just sitting in Mtl without being entered into their system are really wasted days in my opinion and therefore shouldn't be counted... Mtl doesn't know you exist yet and so counting these days as another day Mtl hasn't scheduled you for an interview really makes no sense to me..

but I decided to add a column where it shows the number of days from the day you sent your packet 3 til the day you receive your visa in the mail..

I just honestly don't think it makes sense to start the count from the day you drop it off in the local post office because if you just dropped it off or it's still in the mail on the way to Mtl, these days aren't days that Mtl could have scheduled you for an interview. Only once Mtl enters you in their system can they actually schedule you and so I chose to start the count from this day.

Hope this makes everyone happy.

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

I think you are doing a great job Liz and I don't really think having it count from the day you send it in will do anything either.

Thank you for doing the spreadsheet. It's greatly appreciated.

[L_n_O 3]

You're welcome Laura =)

ps Happy Birthday!