Are they trying to "weed us out?"

[KarenG 1]

Firstly, thank you all for giving such great advice! We are at the point of making our appointment at the consulate in Montreal. We have not been able to get through online as many of you have stated. In this "modern" day of technology, why is it that there is no more room for appointments? Who has the time to sit and refresh their computers all day to see if they "luck" out? This journey has had so many twists and turns. It seems that the strongest and the most persistent will get through the process.

[Inky 1,110]

They have no available appointments, thats all. They release appointments at certain times. Its not a scheme to weed people out.

[Neoalissa 1]

When they have appointments there will be alot shown. I checked for 2 week straight..pulling my hair out trying to "get lucky" then when they put some appointments up they had a whole 2 months up at one time. and dates were up for least a week or more.

[CaliDreamin' 2]

Lets all let each other know when someone gets through I'd hate for the day that they finally open up appointments to be the day I'm not at my computer!

[Floella 1]

I have now been trying to get an appointment for over a month for Montreal. I am always checking the and refreshing the page when I am at home but this is really getting ridiculous and wearing down on both me and my fiance. We were so excited when we finally could make an appointment and now we have to keep waiting until a date we don't even know!!

Has anyone at all been able to get through in the past few weeks???

[KarenG 1]

We wait soooo long to reach this point. Now, again more waiting. Does anyone know if there are certain days or times that they "open" the site for appts.?

They have no available appointments, thats all. They release appointments at certain times. Its not a scheme to weed people out.

[Junola 0]

I just received my packet 4 today but I have been trying to schedule an apt for 2 weeks now. I thought was doing this wrong. I can't believe the US consulate in Montreal is just leaving people hanging!!! I mean has this happened in the past? Can we write a letter to a congressman or senator about this?

[Inky 1,110]

Yes it has happened when the system first started it also happened before when people would wait to get interviews. Its simply a system of getting interviews set up.

[KarenG 1]

Has anyone tried to call the Dept. of State about this? If so, what was their reply?.....time is infinite. We should be able to book appts. farther out if they are filled up. It does not make sense!!!!!!

[Neoalissa 1]

Has anyone tried to call the Dept. of State about this? If so, what was their reply?.....time is infinite. We should be able to book appts. farther out if they are filled up. It does not make sense!!!!!!

What needs to be done is have another place for these Interviews to take place at. 2 places for all of Canada is obviously not enough. It is cruel to have people who have been in this process for over a year to have to check that website for weeks with no results. I feel like i was lucky, i only did it for 2 weeks, and that was stressful. Woulda been nice to go to Toronto rather then Montreal in my case. I would have thought Toronto would do these since you can do your medical there. (also closer to me, 9/10 hours to Montreal and 2 hours to Toronto lol)Hope appointments show up soon for people. Good luck

[Inky 1,110]

Has anyone tried to call the Dept. of State about this? If so, what was their reply?.....time is infinite. We should be able to book appts. farther out if they are filled up. It does not make sense!!!!!!

DOS has nothing to do with the US embassy appointment booking. They only have case information.

[Floella 1]

Has anyone tried to call the Dept. of State about this? If so, what was their reply?.....time is infinite. We should be able to book appts. farther out if they are filled up. It does not make sense!!!!!!

I agree. They should let us create appointments for in the future. When I was sending out my Packet 3 (when I couldn't book the appointment) I could see that the next available appointment was in 110 days. That's at least still a set amount of time you can look forward to. But ever since I got my Packet 4 I haven't seen a single day open up and I check every 10-15 mins when I am on the computer to see if anything has opened up. I know that Vancouver had open appointment dates but when I tried to switch my case to them, I was told I can't. We should have a choice if the consulate closest to us is full.

Sigh.

This is so frustrating I knew the process would be long, but not knowing when I'll get an appointment is worse than actually waiting to a certain date in the future. It's so uncertain!

[Udella&Wiz 325]

I agree. They should let us create appointments for in the future. When I was sending out my Packet 3 (when I couldn't book the appointment) I could see that the next available appointment was in 110 days. That's at least still a set amount of time you can look forward to. But ever since I got my Packet 4 I haven't seen a single day open up and I check every 10-15 mins when I am on the computer to see if anything has opened up. I know that Vancouver had open appointment dates but when I tried to switch my case to them, I was told I can't. We should have a choice if the consulate closest to us is full.

Sigh.

This is so frustrating I knew the process would be long, but not knowing when I'll get an appointment is worse than actually waiting to a certain date in the future. It's so uncertain!

4 years ago they made the appointments for you - it was equally frustrating Just have to hang in there and wait. This portion is absolutely the hardest because you can see the finish line.

[brooksie 3]

waiting is the hardest part, and montreal sucks good luck guys hang in there

[Canadiandggal 49]

4 years ago they made the appointments for you - it was equally frustrating Just have to hang in there and wait. This portion is absolutely the hardest because you can see the finish line.

LOL One year ago they were just starting this new system. Most people were waiting anywhere from 2 wks to 12 weeks to just hear a date. Try to be patient guys.