Montreal Interview Review

[mikey78 6]

He asked her that because she works at the US EMBASSY in Montreal. So he presumed she was American

Exactly, CO has to be a US citizen to have the job...and of course they have to be able to speak English well...

[Abby62 23]

Denied entry to VISIT?? Are you serious, can this happen even if I have a Canadian car, job,kids, bills, whole life pretty much in Canada, but just want to visit my husband while we are going through this?? Are you saying there is a possibility I may never get to enter the US until I have a visa?? That could be months and months from now...sigh...

Is there someone out there who knows for sure that this may happen to me??

[kimberlyk21 1]

Denied entry to VISIT?? Are you serious, can this happen even if I have a Canadian car, job,kids, bills, whole life pretty much in Canada, but just want to visit my husband while we are going through this?? Are you saying there is a possibility I may never get to enter the US until I have a visa?? That could be months and months from now...sigh...

Is there someone out there who knows for sure that this may happen to me??

Unfortunately it probably will. This is an excerpt from http://www.consular.canada.usembassy.gov/immigration_usa_relative.asp

Entry to the U.S. while Petition is Pending

All persons traveling to the U.S. as visitors or students, Canadian or other nationality, under U.S. law are deemed to be intending immigrants and thus inadmissible for temporary purposes until they have an immigrant visa in hand. The burden of qualifying for any visa for entry to the U.S. rests solely with the applicant. Entry to the U.S. is solely up to a Department of Homeland Security/Customs and Border Protection (DHS/CBP) officer at the Port of Entry. While intending immigrants may have and lawfully seek to exercise a dual intent to be a visitor or student now and an immigrant later, it is against U.S. law to enter the U.S. as a visitor or student with the intent to wait for or seek immigrant status while in the U.S. Anyone who attempts to enter the U.S. by misrepresentation, or unlawfully, may face severe sanctions up to and including permanent ineligibility to enter the U.S.

My hubby's grandma died at the end of April and I wasn't even able to go with him to her funeral. He had to fly from Edmonton to West Virginia all by himself. Felt so bad about it but there wasn't anything we could do about it.

Sorry for the bad news.

[Marilyn. 340]

there are a lot of people here who have visited the US while their petitions were pending.. it is up to the POE officer if he will let you in or not.. just be honest and make sure to have a proof of ties to Canada with you...

[trailmix 77]

Denied entry to VISIT?? Are you serious, can this happen even if I have a Canadian car, job,kids, bills, whole life pretty much in Canada, but just want to visit my husband while we are going through this?? Are you saying there is a possibility I may never get to enter the US until I have a visa?? That could be months and months from now...sigh...

Is there someone out there who knows for sure that this may happen to me??

Actually it probably won't. Most people here have visited during the visa process. A few have been questioned and then let through, a few have been turned back and a few have been banned for not being truthful.

However! The majority visit with no problem at all. Be sure to bring all of your proof of ties to Canada, be honest and answer directly and to the point. Also probably helps to bring proof of having filed for a visa.

[trailmix 77]

Unfortunately it probably will. This is an excerpt from http://www.consular.canada.usembassy.gov/immigration_usa_relative.asp

Entry to the U.S. while Petition is Pending

All persons traveling to the U.S. as visitors or students, Canadian or other nationality, under U.S. law are deemed to be intending immigrants and thus inadmissible for temporary purposes until they have an immigrant visa in hand. The burden of qualifying for any visa for entry to the U.S. rests solely with the applicant. Entry to the U.S. is solely up to a Department of Homeland Security/Customs and Border Protection (DHS/CBP) officer at the Port of Entry. While intending immigrants may have and lawfully seek to exercise a dual intent to be a visitor or student now and an immigrant later, it is against U.S. law to enter the U.S. as a visitor or student with the intent to wait for or seek immigrant status while in the U.S. Anyone who attempts to enter the U.S. by misrepresentation, or unlawfully, may face severe sanctions up to and including permanent ineligibility to enter the U.S.

Actually kimberly, what this is saying is that you can visit. You just need to prove that you do not have intent to immigrate - but that applies to every person visiting the U.S.

[Flames9_RN 358]

Majority have NOOOO problems traveling to the USA while the visa process is ongoing. Bring ties to Canada, but it all comes down to the POE officer. Did it pretty much monthly for a few yrs, and never had a problem,but yes some do get denied. Why? no ties to canada, POE officer having a bad day, person not answering the questions correctly, who knows,lol My free and worthless advice is down below in my signature

[Kimbear 53]

i was denied entry twice BEFORE my k1 petition was filed, and yet DURING the process...was allowed to visit my fiance in chicago MULTIPLE times. it truly is up to the POE that you go through. in my case i was put through secondary every time, and got to recognize the cpb officers and they recognized me as a person doing the legal k1 visa. And on the day i finally had my yellow packet, i was congratulated with "it's about time" from one of them. lol.

[MSPtoYYZ 0]

Arrived at 6:45am. One other person was in line. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day!. After approx 20 mins more people arrived. We all lined up behind the left door. My husband and I received letter B by the guard and proceeded up the 4 stairs to another guard. We had to remove everything from our pockets. The guard kept cigarettes and lighter and gave us a ticket to get them back. We go down the 20 or so steps to the elevator. There we waited about 5 mins and a guard called letters A - D to enter the elevator. We went up to the 19th floor. the 6 of us sat on the chairs and waited for our letter to be called. Around 8:15am we were called to Window 10. A nice, young black woman asked for my appt letter, photo's, Birth Certificate, divorce doc's, marriage doc's, I-864, DS 230, 2009 Taxes, medical results. My medical was done on Tuesday 25th and therefore the results wouldn't be ready until 2pm day of interview, so I provided the consulate with a letter from Dr. Seiden's office stating that I will be back with the results that afternoon. She asked us to have a seat. 10 mins later called up to window again and was fingerprinted. We sat back down. Waited 20 mins and called to interview room 7. ( we were called in before letter A. We later saw letter A guy at our hotel and he said we were called before him because we were a couple, and he was alone...so hint for all of you...go as a couple to been seen first!). Interviewer was a super nice woman, with long light brown/grey hair. Asked to raise right hand to swear we were going to tell the truth. Asked me to sign the DS 230 and while doing that she asked my husband what he does for a living, and how we met. When did he propose to me. Asked last time i was in USA, and last time he came to Canada (she asked because I was denied entry into USA in September until I received my VISA). She asked how we kept our marriage going during this time...we responded with calls, email, chats, web cam and mic. Asked if he has medical insurance through his job. She then thanked my husband for serving the in Military. Then she said our Visa is approved, all we need to do is bring back the medical. She gave me an orange paper stating I need to come back at 3:30pm with medical and passport. We were out of the consulate at 9:15am. My husband asked the interviewer if she was American and she confirmed she was. He asked her how long she was in Montreal for because she speaks English very well. She said 2 years and prior to that she was in Panama. She said they all move around every 2 years. She made the interview experience very pleasurable and enjoyable.

Hmmm, she wasn't very nice to us...!

[Bern. 3]

Congrats on your approval! And if you don't mind me asking, is your spouse active duty? And if so, what branch and where are you moving to?

[thegordons2009 1]

Congrats on your approval! And if you don't mind me asking, is your spouse active duty? And if so, what branch and where are you moving to?

Sorry, No he is not active duty any more.