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  1. 1. How long did you wait for your passport after your Montreal interview?

    • 1-3 business days
      86
    • 4-7 business days
      107
    • 8-10 business days
      24
    • 11-14 business days
      18
    • More than 14 business days - they were just very slow.
      42
    • More than 14 business days - my circumstances were exceptional.
      22

  2. 2. If your wait was longer than expected, what do you think caused the delay?

    • The US Consulate in Montreal caused the delay.
      77
    • DHL delivery caused the delay.
      8
    • All of the above.
      7
    • None of the above. Something else caused the delay.
      16
    • None of the above. I was satisfied with the delivery time.
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Sabrinaandmatt   1

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I called DOS yesterday late afternoon and was told my visa was issued on June 6 :dance:

Just waiting for that waybill number now... I can't wait to go pick it up and book my flights!!!

So happy for you! Hopefully this will be a good week for all of us. I really don't want to have to pay the change fees for my fiances one way ticket to Canada to drive with me.

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I totally agree with you. I have looked at VJ posts and on occasion this does happen. Seems to have been happening more in May. I have been sitting here wracking my brain WHY this happened to me, I am

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I called DOS yesterday late afternoon and was told my visa was issued on June 6 :dance:

Just waiting for that waybill number now... I can't wait to go pick it up and book my flights!!!

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I called DOS yesterday late afternoon and was told my visa was issued on June 6 :dance:

Just waiting for that waybill number now... I can't wait to go pick it up and book my flights!!!

Great news!!!!! Hope everyone else gets news like that very soon!!!! :dance:

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I hope you all get your visas. My fiance's visa was issued on May 26th. We're still waiting for them to mail it. Hopefully you all get yours immediately like many others did. One lady at the DOS number told me that if the consulate it busy it can take a week or so for it to go through QC and mail out or whatever. I'm getting pretty close to contacting my representative in congress.

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SF2007   48

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I hope you all get your visas. My fiance's visa was issued on May 26th. We're still waiting for them to mail it. Hopefully you all get yours immediately like many others did. One lady at the DOS number told me that if the consulate it busy it can take a week or so for it to go through QC and mail out or whatever. I'm getting pretty close to contacting my representative in congress.

2 weeks out and it's still not mailed? Does the waiting ever end... :wacko: I hope we both get it by the end of the week!

Unless you made arrangements with the Quebec branch (through CSC website) your fiance will need to drive there to pick it up. Good news is once it's mailed it's an overnight delivery.

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Well what a surprise! The Consulate just responded to my email from last Thursday and says they are sending it out today via DHL to her local DHL office. So that would be 13 business since the interview and 8 business days since they printed it. Good luck!

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Packet 3 sent (2nd time after a correction)- 3/28/11

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Well what a surprise! The Consulate just responded to my email from last Thursday and says they are sending it out today via DHL to her local DHL office. So that would be 13 business since the interview and 8 business days since they printed it. Good luck!

Congrats Happy75 and SF2007! You both have been waiting so long, I'm glad you are finally getting the visas. SF2007, I hope there isn't much wait before they send it to you. Have you tried using the RefID on the CSC website on the DHL page, tracking by reference (not waybill)? Some people have said that works for them, and that it is updated faster on the DHL website than the CSC website.

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Thanks! Yes I'm going to try that reference number tonight. I might log onto the CSC site but I'll check the DHL site first.

Sent I129-F to Vermont Service Center- 7/23/10

NOA1- 7/29/10

NOA2- 1/26/11

Case sent to Montreal Consulate General of the United States, Visa Unit 1/31/11

Consulate received case from NVC 2/23/11

RFE-for Canadian proof of Status 2/23/11

Packet 3 received from consulate- 3/07/11

Packet 3 sent (2nd time after a correction)- 3/28/11

Packet 3 received by consulate/Packet 4 sent- 4/8/11

Interview-5/18/11

Visa received 6/16/11

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Have you tried using the RefID on the CSC website on the DHL page, tracking by reference (not waybill)?

Yes, nothing shows yet. I'll keep looking!

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g&r2011   0

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My fiance just called DOS. The first time, the person told him they didn't have any info and he should call DHL. I told him he can't call DHL without a waybill number. So then he called DOS back, and this time the person told us it was issued late Monday! Then the guy told him he would contact him with information on how to pick it up, which doesn't make any sense.

Well, at least they are issuing things now! Looks like they did a bunch at once. It is also weird the different info you get depending on which DOS person you talk to. Oh well, I'm happy :)

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Just called DOS, Looks like it took exactly two weeks (my interview was the 25th of May) for ym Visa to be issued. My Visa was issued yesterday, hopefully Montreal will get their butts in gear and send out our passports DHL soon!! Maybe i won't need to change all my plans :)

Not sure if it made a difference, but i email the consulate early last week explaining i had a one way flight for my fiance coming next week, as well as a trailer booked. That i was told it would only take a week or so to get it. I didnt blame them at all, actually told them i know i shouldnt have planned anything but that i would hate to have to pay all the change fees.. Wonder if my email happened to have ended up with a compatiante person :)

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g&r2011   0

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Thanks! Yes I'm going to try that reference number tonight. I might log onto the CSC site but I'll check the DHL site first.

Did the DHL or CSC sites tell you anything last night? Ours didn't, but our visa was only issued on Monday, whereas they told you it would be shipped yesterday.

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Congrats to everyone who has gotten their visas! So exciting :)

I just got off the phone with DOS again and I am so frustrated! Its been almost a month since I was approved at the interview and nothing is happening. The DOS lady said there are no problems that she can see with our case, and that no documents are needed or anything like that, but its just being slow to process. AHHHHHH!! I am so frustrated, i feel like I could just start crying right now.

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Well what a surprise! The Consulate just responded to my email from last Thursday and says they are sending it out today via DHL to her local DHL office. So that would be 13 business since the interview and 8 business days since they printed it. Good luck!

Did the Visa arrive for her? Or is there a waybill number online?

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