Review

[Married2009 32]

We arrived at the consulate about 6:30 am. We stood on the left side of the door, and the line formed behind us. The guard opened the door around 7:30 am. We went down the stairs to the elevator. After about 15 minutes, the guard came down in the elevator and brought up letters A - E. We sat in the US citizens side of the room until 8:30. Letter B was called to a window before we were, but it wasn't long until Hubby was called. He handed in the orginals, made a couple of corrections on the DS-230, and was fingerprinted at that time. Then it was sit and wait again. At about 9:15 (Letter B was approved and gone by then), we were called to booth 7. A very nice lady swore us in. She said that she had retired from the Montreal office about 1 year ago, and only came back when they were swamped. This was her first day back, and we were her first case. She said that while she was waiting on the computer to boot up with her login, she had gone over our file. She said something about us meeting online (didn't know what WoW was). Other than asking my husband about a medical notation, that was the ONLY thing she brought up. She said our case looked good and everything appeared to be straight forward, and we were good to go! We asked if we could come back that afternoon and get the visa and she said "normally, I would say you might be able to get it tomorrow, but we had printer problems, and are really backed up, unless it was an emergency or extremely important" . . . We didn't get a letter or anything at that time, she said everything would be in the Canada Post envelope.

We walked back to Le Dauphin (great hotel), and just as we walked into the room, the phone rang. It was the consulate, saying something was wrong with his fingerprints, and we needed to go back right then. Off we went. When we got there, the guards had to call and confirm we were called back (couldn't just go back up there, they had Hubby's passport). The guards couldn't get in touch with anyone by phone (see, it's not just us!), and finally left a message. We waited about 15 minutes, and then were told to go straight to booth 7. The CO didn't 'confirm' his fingerprint after we had been sworn in. He just had to give his right index fingerprint for verification, then we were done.

All in all, short and painless.

[AChow 0]

Did you two really meet on WoW? as in World of Warcraft?

Thanks for the description!

[Peachey 10]

Did you two really meet on WoW? as in World of Warcraft?

Thanks for the description!

A lot of people met on WoW.

Really does sound painless. Congrats on the easy interview

[Sam and Ben 2]

From another WoW couple, congrats on the interview.

And glad to hear you've enjoyed Le Dauphin - we stayed there too and enjoyed it a fair bit.

[slider100 8]

Congratulations!

KnR aka slider100

[Udella&Wiz 325]

And from another Cdn couple who met on WoW - CONGRATULATIONS!

[Wishing 1]

Yay! Congrats!!

[Married2009 32]

Thanks for all the well wishes! And we would like to say thanks for all the help we received from VJ'ers.

Did you two really meet on WoW? as in World of Warcraft?

Thanks for the description!

Yes, we met when he joined the guild I was in. Eventually started spending more and more time together in game, and in ventrilo.

You are welcome, though felt a bit silly, since it basically sounded like every other one written, for the most part.

Edited July 15, 2010 by Married2009

[OBX 51]

Great review and congratulations!

Good thing you were still in Montreal when they discovered the problem with the fingerprints! I remember reading a thread once about a couple that were called back from Toronto the day after their interview because the fingerprint machine was not working. Unfortunately the consulate did not discover this until everyone had gone home! How did they find you at your hotel?

Edited July 15, 2010 by OBX

[Married2009 32]

Great review and congratulations!

Good thing you were still in Montreal when they discovered the problem with the fingerprints! I remember reading a thread once about a couple that were called back from Toronto the day after their interview because the fingerprint machine was not working. Unfortunately the consulate did not discover this until everyone had gone home! How did they find you at your hotel?

The CO called his house in Calgary, and they gave her the hotel and room number we were in. Yeah, we were blessed that she went to the effort to find us.

[OBX 51]

The CO called his house in Calgary, and they gave her the hotel and room number we were in. Yeah, we were blessed that she went to the effort to find us.

Wow, kudos to Montreal for tracking you down.

I can't imagine the aggravation it would have caused if they had not discovered the eror until you were back home. Glad it all worked out.

[JlovesA 109]

Congrats on the approval!!

[mtlgato 2]

Congratulations. I'm glad you were approved, though not surprised.

The part of your story I find most intersting is the bit about how the CO had recently returned to work after having been retired for a while. She said she came back because of the special backlog at Mtl? This is the first time I'd heard that they were doing anything whatsoever to remedy the problem. They stil need to do more, imo. But at least there's a little tiny sign that they're doing *something.*

C.

[Jadenjewel 9]

Congrats!!!!

Wow they're even pulling in the retirees! No wonder they're so slow there.

thanks for the review!

[mtlgato 2]

Yeah...Ideally, they'd be bringing in some sharp, on-the-ball workers who wouldn't do stuff like forget to deal properly with your fingerprints, etc. But at least there's *some* sign of some interest in improving the situation.

C.

Congrats!!!!

Wow they're even pulling in the retirees! No wonder they're so slow there.

thanks for the review!