MTL (and others) Waiting for an interview date

[SpiritAlight 1]

Thanks Flames9,Waitforever,Pandora01

Waitforever: Where are u getting these stats from?..Is it from the timelines posted here or some other Montreal Consulate Link ?

If it from stats here on VJ then they may not be accurate ...

My case will leave NVC only end of this month i think , As my australian police clearance is going to take about 15 days more ..etc etc...

So I am looking to get a case complete early October ...

Being extremely positive, I am going to say that I will get an early Nov Date for the Interview

Thanks again

Wingsforever

Hi there: Since I'm such a geek, I exported all of the K1 MTL timelines over the last year into a Google Docs sheet. I then calculated the time between NOA2 and the interview, and between Packet 3 and the interview, then between Packet 3 and Packet 4, then between Packet 4 and the interview. I then took an average of those days since Januaru 2008. Here are the average times:

Between NOA2 and Interview: 104.55 days

Between Packet 3 and Packet 4: 39.3

Between Packet 3 and Interview: 71.3 days

Between Packet 4 and Interview: 25 days

Right now we sit here:

Days From NOA2: 91

Days From Packet 3: 57

So we are way over average for Packet 4 delivery, but still in line with NOA2 delivery. It doesn't help that the last set of folks who got their interview got their packet 4 in less than a month. Of course, looking at the stats from last year also tells us that 14 interviews for any visa type were held in August, 3 in September, and 16 in October. So that tells me that September is either a month where they are short staffed due to vacations and don't schedule many interviews, or there is some other reason why they don't do a lot of interviews in September. So its possible that we missed the cutoff for August and are now in this dead period until they gear up for October interviews. Maybe the staff that does the interviews is all lounging on a beach in Greece this month.

Of course it would be nice if we could get some real answers from the consulate, then maybe a. people wouldn't keep bugging them for a status if they just set our expectations and communicated properly b. we wouldn't feel like we were staring into a black hole c. we could actually try and get on with our lives and plan our moves, wedding etc. I've sent repeated emails to the consulate, they replied to one and now seem to be ignoring me. Considering email is the only way they seem to want to communicate with us - I think all of their paperwork says don't call us just email us - I think the customer "service" is exceptionally poor.

And yeah, I know these stats just reflect VJers, but its probably proportional to the real number.

Well, perhaps dear WaitForever, if you had said this sooner, I would have had my parents go and kick their butts!

They're on their way back to Montreal now, so too late.

Do try and breathe.

I know I know...how challenging it is to wait.

Hey, I had to keep looking up that word in the dictionary...and still!!!!!!!!!!!

Know that nothing makes sense when it comes to immigration and so, you are left with a couple of choices:

go around in circles scream and shout

or

understand that that is insanity as is this process.

What can I tell you.

I have said time and again I do not believe borders should exist.

We are all human beings born on this planet.

We are residents of Earth damn it!

Why do we have to prove ourselves to travel and/or live somewhere else?

Ahem...I do digress.

Still, I believe you understand the spirit of this message.

It is intended to say that we all care and we all hope that the paperwork comes through lickety split!

[L_n_O 3]

All my info got deleted off the chart

Weird.. adding it now

Happy BDay!

[melusine 5]

wwooo congratz liz !

[Pandora01 0]

Liz - My info got deleted too and on line 40 there's a -6 in the Still Waiting column

ChasingAmy - Happy birthday!

[L_n_O 3]

Liz and on line 40 there's a -6 in the Still Waiting column

THe -6 is there because it takes about a week for montreal to enter you into their computer from when you send it...

so I always add 7 days.

unless you call montreal in 2 weeks and ask them what day the file was entered into the system.. for those few folks, i use that date.

I'll fix the other bo-bo when I get home =)

technically "working" =)

[Pandora01 0]

Liz and on line 40 there's a -6 in the Still Waiting column

THe -6 is there because it takes about a week for montreal to enter you into their computer from when you send it...

so I always add 7 days.

unless you call montreal in 2 weeks and ask them what day the file was entered into the system.. for those few folks, i use that date.

I'll fix the other bo-bo when I get home =)

technically "working" =)

Ok, thanks Liz

Didn't know I could ask for the date I entered the waiting list.

[Jenni and Bo 0]

Its so nice to see my name on that spreadsheet finally

So do you guys recommend calling NVC to find out when it gets there and leaves, or should I just wait for the letter...and if I do call, how long do you figure I wait? I'll be down in the States next week anyway, so I was thinking it looks like it left VSC on Wed or Thursday...so next friday give them a ring?

Oh, and I saw someone mention about 3-4 months to interview from NOA2...which would put me between Dec1 and Jan1 (gross, holiday time :S) - Do you think they will just leave it until mid Jan or is there a historic trend of picking up before the holiday?

I sound like such a noob compared to all you pros

<3 Jen

[L_n_O 3]

another update..

thanks for all the PM's and posts to let me know about little mistakes =)

[WaitForever 0]

Bump. Still no appointment letter. Also, no one on VJ reports any interviews in October yet. Still only 3 interviews at MTL this month listed. 2 interviews in VAN as well. Maybe September is a quiet month all around.

[suzukiwookie 1]

My only comfort in this, is that I'm next in line before WaitForever! lol I emailed the embassy a few days ago but have received no reply as to the date of our interview. Maybe they've decided just to let me in jk.

[WaitForever 0]

Cool. Hope you get your letter soon. BTW, in case anyone is interested, here is my spreadsheet with the analysis of timelines.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=ptQ...0ZHVPtuQDlFV_Vw

[WaitForever 0]

New theory: the medical folks say that they do things in batches. So this is my theory:They book interviews mid month for the next month. Therefore we missed the mid July cut off for interviews in August, and since they don't do many interviews in September, there was no mid-August cut off for September interviews. Therefore, this tells me that they are preparing - or have already prepared to send a batch of letters out this week for interviews starting in October. Cross fingers, but if I'm right, we all should be seeing a flood of letters next week for October interviews.

[Pandora01 0]

That's kind of what I'm thinking too. Hopefully, we're both right and we'll get our dates very soon. Let's keep our fingers crossed!

[adibiase 0]

Hello Everyone,

This is a great forum you guys have going. I have been a "on-looker" for a bit, as I am to waiting to the golden ticket.

WaitForever: Could you please add me to your spread sheet? My time line is below...

Thanks,

Anthony

[WaitForever 0]

Oops...sorry but my sheet is only accurate for K1s. You should probably be on Liz Legends sheet....