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Does anyone have any idea about how long the wait for an interview in Montreal tends to be currently? All of the final paperwork that the Embassy sent was submitted about 2 months ago, the physical is done and and now it's just a matter of the interview.

If it's any help to others, we've been waiting for almost a year total now (CIS and NVC took just over 8 months to finish and clear us and now it's been 2 months since we sent in the Embassy's paperwork).

Thanks!

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Hi Dave :)

It varies.

A wonderful member of ours has created a spreadsheet of all the people who have gotten an interview and who are still currently waiting

Click here.

I know in our case, we got our NOA2 on March 3rd. On May 14th I found out about my June 20th interview by calling DoS.

My case wasn't received at Montreal until April 14th (I sent it off on April 1st) so they are booking about 2 months in advance (or so it seems)

You should have yours pretty soon I'd imagine.

Best of luck! :star:

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DoS is Department of State. You can call from 8:30 am til 5pm Monday thru Friday. They can tell you if Montreal has received your package 3.

202-663-1225. Press 1 and then 0 after a couple seconds.

I'm calling Monday, I believe Anxiously_Waiting and Southern_Canadian are calling Tuesday and Wednesday. Be sure to post and update Liz if you hear anything :thumbs:

Timeline

7/11/2007 - I-130 NO1A Hard Copy

8/13/2007 - Son Drayson born in Sudbury, Ontario.

9/6/2007 - I-129F NO1

10/15/2007 - Trip to Toronto for Dray's Consular Birth Abroad, SS application, and US passport

3/18/2008 - NOA2 for both I-129 and I-130!! No touches or email notifications at all!

4/2/2008 - estimated that NVC received

4/9/2008 - estimated that K-3 was sent from NVC to USEMontreal

4/16/2008 - Received hardcopy from NVC

4/16/2008 - Packet 3 Received

4/24/2008 - Packet 3 Sent to USEMontreal

7/14/2008 Interview in Montreal!!!!

7/17/2008 Visa received

7/18/2008 POE Sault Ste Marie Michigan

8/21/2008 moving day...back to Anchorage, Alaska!

4/20/2009 AOS granted, 10 year Green Card arrives, Social Security # given :)

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Hey!

Yup, I'll be calling on Tuesday!

There is a similar forum where people have talked about waiting for interviews in MTL. A bunch of them received interview dates on May 14th. Looks like they give dates in batches. Buttt who knows.

Check it out here.

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Hi,

I entered the Montreal waiting list on May 2nd, which means that our packet three qualified for the interview (no RFE's). I had called the DOS on June 4th, and there was no interview date booked...called back on Friday, the 6th et voila! My interview is set for June 17th!

If you take a look at our timeline, you'll see that we've been waiting for almost 400 days. It's been a brutal, frustrating year+, and I can't wait for this part to be over so I can go home!

Don't give up hope, because sometimes, when you're awake and alone at 3:00 a.m, hope is the one thing that keeps you sane.

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Hi,

I entered the Montreal waiting list on May 2nd, which means that our packet three qualified for the interview (no RFE's). I had called the DOS on June 4th, and there was no interview date booked...called back on Friday, the 6th et voila! My interview is set for June 17th!

If you take a look at our timeline, you'll see that we've been waiting for almost 400 days. It's been a brutal, frustrating year+, and I can't wait for this part to be over so I can go home!

Don't give up hope, because sometimes, when you're awake and alone at 3:00 a.m, hope is the one thing that keeps you sane.

That's scary to think that your interview was booked 11 days after you called. That doesn't leave a whole lot of time for the USC to get a plane ticket or make plans to attend the interview :(

We sent ours right around the same time as you guys, and are really hoping that they schedule us between July 7th and 22nd, since I'll be in Canada then...

Are you Aaron and Carrie? If you are, thanks for sending Liz your information...it helps the rest of us out a lot.

Timeline

7/11/2007 - I-130 NO1A Hard Copy

8/13/2007 - Son Drayson born in Sudbury, Ontario.

9/6/2007 - I-129F NO1

10/15/2007 - Trip to Toronto for Dray's Consular Birth Abroad, SS application, and US passport

3/18/2008 - NOA2 for both I-129 and I-130!! No touches or email notifications at all!

4/2/2008 - estimated that NVC received

4/9/2008 - estimated that K-3 was sent from NVC to USEMontreal

4/16/2008 - Received hardcopy from NVC

4/16/2008 - Packet 3 Received

4/24/2008 - Packet 3 Sent to USEMontreal

7/14/2008 Interview in Montreal!!!!

7/17/2008 Visa received

7/18/2008 POE Sault Ste Marie Michigan

8/21/2008 moving day...back to Anchorage, Alaska!

4/20/2009 AOS granted, 10 year Green Card arrives, Social Security # given :)

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Hi,

I entered the Montreal waiting list on May 2nd, which means that our packet three qualified for the interview (no RFE's). I had called the DOS on June 4th, and there was no interview date booked...called back on Friday, the 6th et voila! My interview is set for June 17th!

If you take a look at our timeline, you'll see that we've been waiting for almost 400 days. It's been a brutal, frustrating year+, and I can't wait for this part to be over so I can go home!

Don't give up hope, because sometimes, when you're awake and alone at 3:00 a.m, hope is the one thing that keeps you sane.

WOW!! Well, congrats on the interview date!! BUT wow!! that doesn't leave a lot of time for sure!!

Justtt when I think I MIGHTTT understand how MTL does their scheduling, they go and do something different. LOL I'll never understand it.. just hope that we all get our dates soon :-D

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carr_122 when did you send in your original package?

There is always hope and never lose that. I only had a couple of weeks until interview as well, I think maybe they have some people who cancel and they send out letters to fill it all up, or maybe it is where you live the closer you are to Montreal the less time they give you compared to those who say live in Nova Scotia, but I have no real idea, either way I am sure you will hear something soon for those waiting. Hopefully next week a bunch more interviews will be scheduled.

K-1 journey, AOS/EAD and ROC in my timeline

2011 March 31 - Sent off Naturalization pkg overnight to Texas

2011 April 1 - Arrived in Texas at 10:21 am

2011 April 1 - NOA (rec'd via snail mail April 8)

2011 April 7 - Cheque cashed

2011 May 5 - Biometrics (letter rec'd via snail mail April 15)

2011 May 9 - Placed in line for interview scheduling

2011 June 13 - Rec'd yellow letter (no change in status online)

2011 June 23 - Rec'd text that my case has been scheduled for interview

2011 August 1 - Interview (rec'd via snail mail June 27) PASSED

2011 August 3 - Rec'd email that my case has been scheduled for Oath

2011 September 1 - Oath ceremony (rec'd snail mail Aug 5)

2011 September 1 - All done, yeah.

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Thanks to all who replied. I will call on Monday and see if I can find out anything. This has been a very slow, frustrating experience and you're right, hope is the only thing that keeps you sane in these suituations.

Sure wish we would have found this site sooner!

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I'm glad that you found this site!

I don't know what I would have done without VJ and the wonderful people on it!!!

Let us know how your call goes tomorrow!

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I'm glad that you found this site!

I don't know what I would have done without VJ and the wonderful people on it!!!

Let us know how your call goes tomorrow!

One hour, 8 minutes till i call... :whistle:

Timeline

7/11/2007 - I-130 NO1A Hard Copy

8/13/2007 - Son Drayson born in Sudbury, Ontario.

9/6/2007 - I-129F NO1

10/15/2007 - Trip to Toronto for Dray's Consular Birth Abroad, SS application, and US passport

3/18/2008 - NOA2 for both I-129 and I-130!! No touches or email notifications at all!

4/2/2008 - estimated that NVC received

4/9/2008 - estimated that K-3 was sent from NVC to USEMontreal

4/16/2008 - Received hardcopy from NVC

4/16/2008 - Packet 3 Received

4/24/2008 - Packet 3 Sent to USEMontreal

7/14/2008 Interview in Montreal!!!!

7/17/2008 Visa received

7/18/2008 POE Sault Ste Marie Michigan

8/21/2008 moving day...back to Anchorage, Alaska!

4/20/2009 AOS granted, 10 year Green Card arrives, Social Security # given :)

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hmmm...this is the first time I ever got a message saying all specialists were busy, and it hung up on me. I called back and the wait is 5 minutes...which is easier said then done while watching a 10 month old!!

Timeline

7/11/2007 - I-130 NO1A Hard Copy

8/13/2007 - Son Drayson born in Sudbury, Ontario.

9/6/2007 - I-129F NO1

10/15/2007 - Trip to Toronto for Dray's Consular Birth Abroad, SS application, and US passport

3/18/2008 - NOA2 for both I-129 and I-130!! No touches or email notifications at all!

4/2/2008 - estimated that NVC received

4/9/2008 - estimated that K-3 was sent from NVC to USEMontreal

4/16/2008 - Received hardcopy from NVC

4/16/2008 - Packet 3 Received

4/24/2008 - Packet 3 Sent to USEMontreal

7/14/2008 Interview in Montreal!!!!

7/17/2008 Visa received

7/18/2008 POE Sault Ste Marie Michigan

8/21/2008 moving day...back to Anchorage, Alaska!

4/20/2009 AOS granted, 10 year Green Card arrives, Social Security # given :)

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hmmm...this is the first time I ever got a message saying all specialists were busy, and it hung up on me. I called back and the wait is 5 minutes...which is easier said then done while watching a 10 month old!!

Yea, I got the same recording once. I was like huh?!?! Not used to them saying that. lol

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