Montreal Embassy Watch

[WaitForever 0]

Hi everyone.

Seems a number of us have to deal with the Montreal Embassy. I wanted to get a handle on what communications are like with them and when. Just to get an idea when they work/are off etc, so we can get some kind of idea when things might happen. So to that end, I'd like to propose a Montreal Embassy Watch thread, where we all document our experiences with communicating with Montreal - think it might be helpful for those of us who have to go through that embassy in order to give us a good idea of what its like to deal with them. Doesn't matter what kind of visa you have with them, just interested in knowing how they operate. There's already a place for MTL reviews, so this should be just for what your communications with them are like.

Our Experience:

They sent our packet 3 and it arrived on July 3rd. Since it arrived while Mary was visiting me in the states, we had it mailed to us here and Canada Post lost it. We emailed Montreal telling the packet was lost on the Jul 17th, and they responded later that day that they were going to send another one. We received the new packet on July 22nd, completed it and sent it back on the July 23rd, They signed for it on the 23rd. Thinking that we would only need to wait a few weeks for the interview letter, we sent an email on Aug 11th, which garnered no response. We sent another email on August 20th. We got a response on August 21st saying that we are "on the waiting list 6 months for an interview" even though other VJers before us only had a 1-2 months wait. So we are hoping that what they responded with was just a stock answer and we haven't been relegated to 6 months out.

Thanks...Carl

[Chica Yeyé 41]

The wait times at MTL used to be up to 9 months last year. So even 6 mo. is an improvement. Hang in there, it'll be over soon.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

just a small correction as well - it isn't the Embassy. The US Embassy is in Ottawa. Montreal is a Consulate.

Here is their website that contains information about hours, dates closed (US and Canadian holidays), etc.

http://www.amcits.com/montreal.asp

Edited August 26, 2008 by Kathryn41

[Carlawarla 1]

There is kind of watch list which is updated here.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...0&start=640