Congratulations Toastburglar - visa approved on Friday!

[Maeve 2]

Hey all!

I've been avoiding posting my review because I really don't know what to say. I took the train to Montreal, and was pretty sick by the time I got there (because that always happens when I don't sleep). The train was delayed 7 hours, so I walked right to the hotel (La Tour Centre Ville) and went to sleep when I got to Montreal. I was 3rd in line at the consulate the next morning (I got there a little after 7, I think). I was behind Joni and her husband and Melissa, who are both on VJ somewhere too. They let us in, we went through security, I was letter C. I got called to the window, I gave my medical envelope, the xpresspost envelope, my adoption papers and my passport to a cranky lady.

In my file she had there were passport pictures of me in a little stapled plastic bag, I guess NVC must have put them in there that way. She acted annoyed at the staples and handed the bag to me, made me take out the staples and put them in a little ziplock bag. I was really confused because I had brought passport pictures with me, so I asked if she wanted them too, but she gave me an exasperated look and said "just give me the bag!" So I slid the pictures back in the ziplock bag. It was really weird, I never used the passport pictures I brought with me.

Anyways, I sat in the waiting room for a long time with the others, I probably talked waaaay too much out of nerves. I finally got fingerprinted and then waited again for about an hour. I got called into the interview room, the guy was really nice. We joked around about how I was left handed so I wouldn't be able to go to the US because they already had too many left-handed people, and I should learn how to pitch if I wanted to get in. He actually asked me quite a few questions about PEI, then about my husband's work. It was pretty conversational.

The only surprise was that he said I should have gotten a police certificate done under my married name. I explained that I have never used my husband's last name for anything, but he didn't seem to care. He said he would let it pass as long as I swore to him that I had never been arrested. It was really weird.

But anyways, he approved me.

I went back to the hotel and checked out, and walked to the train station and waited for my train back home.

I am still sick with some kind of lung infection thing.

The end

Oh, and I got my visa in the mail yesterday. Interview Friday, visa on Monday. . . how's that for service?

Yeah!!!! Congrats!!!

It's awesome that you got the visa so soon!!

Hope you feel better!!

[ccb3112 0]

Hi! it's Joni

so glad you were approved too.. ! sounds like you got the same guy as me... he also made jokes about not letting me in because I'm also a lefty. (that must be his favorite line)

they also asked me for additional pics, because they didn't like the american size ones i sent in.. but they only switched them for the others I had, and did not take the "extras" they wanted. weird.

my visa arrived on monday too!

i'm in a rush, so will write a proper reply later.. but just wanted to wish you congrats before i forget!