E-mail to the Montréal Consulate...

[Flames9_RN 358]

Congress people probably like these sort of cases, as its pretty easy for them get some sort of action, and it reflects them in a positive manner, which to them means ur vote,lol

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Your letter looks good. Letting them know your SO is available on short notice for a cancellation (did you include his work number?) is an excellent idea because that is just what might happen. Having someone available for a short notice cancellation will waste less of their time. While it is fine for the beneficiary to contact the Consulate, I think it is perfectly acceptable for the US citizen to make the contact as well, since it is the US Consulate that is supposed to be working towards the benefit of the US citizen, not the Canadian citizen:-).

Good luck with getting your Congressman involved as well.

[Necrotica 0]

One could always contact ur congress person!

I want to, but I don't know how, and I don't know how to word what I want to say. I even struggled with this e-mail to the Consulate. I asked a couple of weeks or so ago in another thread how to contact my congressperson and got some answers, but it still left me confused. I've really been dumbed down by everything that's been happening to me health-wise. Have locked my keys in my car twice this month, poured water out of a cup into the garbage can because, for a moment, I thought that's where it went, and wrote "drunk" instead of "done" on some paperwork at my temp job (and no, I wasn't drunk, haha)... so... yeah. I'm scared.

Why isn't your fiance writing this letter? I hope I'm not offending you, but maybe he could walk down to the Consulate and in person ask someone what's going on? Or why isn't he writing the email? I always thought it was YOU that was the Canadian! And heck, two days notice? I'd say in the email he's available at a moment's notice....can he not just run down to the Consulate if they gave him a call that morning?

Best of luck anyway you do it!

Carla

No offense taken at all. Going there won't do any good. He had a difficult enough time picking up Packet 3 from the Consulate when it never arrived to him in the mail. As for two days' notice, he wants to be able to give work a day's notice before being absent. Also, he has no phone service (we use Skype for the few times we get to talk on the phone), so they wouldn't be able to call him, anyway. I could say more, but I don't want to make my fiancé sound like a sh*tty person (which he definitely is NOT) or "air out my dirty laundry" here as I have been accused of in the past here (on a different VJ forum). Thanks for the good wishes.

I was always under the assumption that one doesn't enter the queue for an interview date until both the checklist and forms are received, based on a statement on the checklist sheet itself.

This is true, as we learned the hard way. It was bad enough that Packet 3 was delayed by 2 months because of it either not being sent or Canada Post not delivering it to him, but he did not send the checklist back with the DS-230 and I did not find out about that until another month later. I get infuriated all over again when I think of that.

Your letter sounds good. Definately put in he is available for an interview on short notice. I'm sure that they must get a few short notice cancellations. Can you include a fax number that an interiview letter could be faxed too on short notice? It's worth a shot. I personally wouldn't include too much of a "sob" story. I'm sure they have heard every story there from people to get their case through faster. I think your best bet is if he can get on a standby list for cancellation.

I don't know if he can get permission from his workplace to have the Consulate be able to fax something to his attention or not. I'll have to ask him.

[CutienPurg 0]

Necrotica.......

you're among people who care about your situation in THIS forum. If you need to air or vent or rant or do whatever it takes to get through this in one piece then you do it!!! We're here. I shouldn't be so bold as to "speak" for the others but I think it's a fair bet that I "speak" for many........you're among friends. It truly saddens me to think of you going through such a difficult time with this process.

I had to laugh when you said you've been accused of airing your laundry ............some chic asked about her hemorrhoids .......another her menstrual cycle........and lemme tell ya loads of ppl were jumping to their assistance. So to those who made you feel you didnt have a right ........faaaaaaaaaak em.

[~Nini~ 2]

I definitely agree with CutienPurg. This forum has offered some of the comfiest shoulders when I've needed to rant and I'd hate to think that you would hold back because you're going through a really bad time. So... don't do it! We're here if you need to get something off your chest.

[Necrotica 0]

Necrotica.......

you're among people who care about your situation in THIS forum. If you need to air or vent or rant or do whatever it takes to get through this in one piece then you do it!!! We're here. I shouldn't be so bold as to "speak" for the others but I think it's a fair bet that I "speak" for many........you're among friends. It truly saddens me to think of you going through such a difficult time with this process.

I had to laugh when you said you've been accused of airing your laundry ............some chic asked about her hemorrhoids .......another her menstrual cycle........and lemme tell ya loads of ppl were jumping to their assistance. So to those who made you feel you didnt have a right ........faaaaaaaaaak em.

Thank you so, so much. Seriously, this made me feel better.

Yeah, that was a sh*tstorm of a post. Looks like it is now 11 pages long. I opted out of e-mail notifications of new posts and never went back after about halfway through after the insults started flying.

[Tinker 0]

Yeah, Necrotica, go ahead.

There's a thread now where the woman is so mad she's seeing spots She's airing everything, go ahead. Better to let it out, then to take it out on someone else

[Autumnchik 6]

The email looks good ... definitely keep it short and sweet

Hell yeah, air out your dirty laundry here if ya wanna .... remember, this is the CANADIAN forum and those Canucks are some nice people

[Necrotica 0]

Yeah, Necrotica, go ahead.

There's a thread now where the woman is so mad she's seeing spots She's airing everything, go ahead. Better to let it out, then to take it out on someone else

I just read her thread. Man oh man, I don't blame her one bit for being so infuriated!

[Necrotica 0]

Well, the e-mail has been sent. We'll see if they even answer it since they rarely reply to anything I e-mail them.

Funny how "va chier" was the first thing that came to mind to type to them, but I KNOW that wouldn't have helped any and would have hurt my case.

("va chier" = "go sh*t" in French)

[Mephys 2]

Well, the e-mail has been sent. We'll see if they even answer it since they rarely reply to anything I e-mail them.

Funny how "va chier" was the first thing that came to mind to type to them, but I KNOW that wouldn't have helped any and would have hurt my case.

("va chier" = "go sh*t" in French)

Actually I'm note quite sure if these F....kers speaks french at all! If they do they surely didnt make an effort to speak french to me! I even said "Bonjour" to see if I would get any reply in french but didnt happen....

so

MONTREAL CONSULATE

VA CHIER ET MANGE UN CHAR!

I'm all with you Pam

Edited May 25, 2007 by Mephys

[Necrotica 0]

Actually I'm note quite sure if these F....kers speaks french at all! If they do they surely didnt make an effort to speak french to me! I even said "Bonjour" to see if I would get any reply in french but didnt happen....

so

MONTREAL CONSULATE

VA CHIER ET MANGE UN CHAR!

I'm all with you Pam

I'm almost positive that the lady I usually speak to when I call the Consulate does. She says "Réjean" with that really French-sounding "R" with the tongue-roll that I for the life of me cannot do, heh. Sounded kind of like "Hrrrezjhaun".

"Go sh*t and eat a tank"?

Edited May 25, 2007 by Necrotica

[bowflex 0]

If you have any questions on how to contact your senator, just go to their website, as mine senator had all his contact information there. Everyone there was insanely nice and only wanted a form filled out giving them permission to view and check the case, then a typed up summary that they needed faxed to them as well. They helped us out twice and actually went above and beyond what they usually do whenever my wife or I called. Good luck!

[misa 2]

Feel free to rant here ANY TIME you'd like. There's enough garbage and true "dirty laundry" posts all over other forums. Your rants are nothing compared to those. Hang in there!

[Mephys 2]

Its kinda a diminutive for " eat a load of s***"

So rejean is teaching you the good manners of the French language ? I do the same with Josh