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What about Calgary?

By Lorin Ledger in Direct Consular Filing (DCF) General Discussion

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jedinite Enthusiast

jedinite   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Only two consulates handle the fiance/e visas - Vancouver or Montreal.

You can still do interviews in Vancouver? I thought it was only Montreal? I don't mind because I've never been to Montreal and I hear it's beautiful.

History

12/2000 Met Online

02/14/2001 Started dating

04/20/2001 Met in person

03/2002 Moved in together in the US

2002 - 2007 working in US on TN-1 Visa

05/2005 Registered as Common-law

06/2005 Proposed and Engaged

08/30/2007 - Married

I-130 (156 Days)

02/20/2008 I-130 Filed

03/10/2008 NOA1 - CSC confirmation sent

03/12/2008 date on online tracking - Touched

08/11/2008 - NOA2 - I-130 APPROVED!!! USCIS page updated. (156 Days)

NVC

08/14/2008 - NVC received my application and has assigned me a case number. Waiting for Beneficiary letter.

08/15/2008 - e-mailed the NVC for choice of Agent DS-3032, not sure if I was suppose to do this before actually getting paperwork sent to me.

08/25/2008 - AOS Fee Bill and DS-3032 Generated

08/30/2008 - Letter Recieved

09/02/2008 - AOS Fee Bill Paid and DS-3032 Choice of Agent e-mail sent

09/03/2008 - AOS Fee Bill Recorded as Paid

09/10/2008 - NVC sends DS-3203 Receipt Confirmation

09/10/2008 - IV Fee Bill Available and Paid

09/11/2008 - IV Fee Bill Processed - PAID, Coversheet Generated

09/11/2008 - Following directions on James' Shortcuts for creating DS-230 Package

09/18/2008 - Sent in I-864 and DS-230 (FedEx Overnight)

09/29/2008 - NVC Case Completed!

09/??/???? - Packet never received (sent in with James' Shortcuts as soon as bill was paid)

12/03/2008 - Interview - APPROVED!

12/04/2008 - Visa Received

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MissStacey Mentor

MissStacey   1

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Only two consulates handle the fiance/e visas - Vancouver or Montreal.

You can still do interviews in Vancouver? I thought it was only Montreal? I don't mind because I've never been to Montreal and I hear it's beautiful.

Montreal is the only consulate that handles CR1/IR1 Visas. Montreal and Vancouver both handle K Visas.

Lorin Ledger- there is a Canada forum here on VJ- feel free to post any questions you have there.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showforum=93

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trailmix Grand Master

trailmix   77

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It seems that I would have to fly to Vancouver for a visa interview, instead of Calgary, for a K1 visa. Why not Calgary? :unsure:

I hear you Lorin! We are from Calgary as well and we did the IR1 visa, my Husband had to travel to Montreal for the interview. Apparently they used to do interviews in Calgary as well (and no doubt other consulates across Canada) however in 1995 or 1998 - somewhere around there - they discontinued interviews in all but the 2.

So yes, it's very inconvenient - but there you have it.

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YankeeGirl Newbie

YankeeGirl   0

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Only two consulates handle the fiance/e visas - Vancouver or Montreal.

You can still do interviews in Vancouver? I thought it was only Montreal? I don't mind because I've never been to Montreal and I hear it's beautiful.

Montreal handles the K3 and Immigrant visas.

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Flames9_RN Grand Master

Flames9_RN   358

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Montreal and Vancouver do k1 and k3

ALL cr-1 and Ir-1 goto Montreal!

You should be happy your going to Vancouver, as they are MUCH faster than Montreal!!

Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

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