February/March CR-1 / IR-1 Interview Discussion Thread

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

I wanted to see my doctor before going to my medical and I was able to see him yesterday... I have to call Medisys for my appointment, but they had plenty of availabilities when I called them, so I should be checked and inspected this week (hate, hate, hate to think about it!)

As long as insomnia is not on their list of bad conditions

Can I post a list of all the documents I bring to the interview, just to make sure I'm not forgetting something? please please?

Please do!

Honestly...the redundancy can't hurt.

[lilacvioletiris 11]

Which Canada Post Expresspost mailer to take with you to the interview

In purchasing Xpresspost mailers at Canada Post, please note the following:

• The mailer should be the 314 mm x 394 mm size (12 inches by 15 inches)

• For return addresses in Quebec and Ontario, you may use a “Regional” Xpresspost mailer. All other addresses require a “National” Xpresspost mailer.

• The Xpresspost envelope(s) must be prepaid. The price will vary according to the mailing destination. Be sure to mention your return address to Canada Post staff.

• Address the envelope(s) to an address inside Canada. We cannot send completed visas to addresses outside Canada, including the United States. You must use the visa to enter the United States from outside of the United States.

• Mark the mailing label “signature required” to ensure that someone at the destination address has to sign for the envelope. This will ensure that your passport and visa, which are valuable documents, will not be left unattended.

Thanks to TM for this information!

I was trying to look up the envelopes since my fiance' was telling me he didn't want to buy it because it would cost $40. I don't know where he got that info, but my question the two xpresspost envelopes I am seeing look to be too small xpresspost prepaid regional envelop The biggest one is 394 mm by 305 mm. So its shortest dimension is 9 mm too short. At least it only costs $12.69. But if it is too small what then?

[ZansGirl 0]

If you do not have the right sized mailer..they will send you to a post office to buy it, nd then that may result in delays to you... and really...what is an extra 30 bucks if it means getting your visa sent to you as soon as possible???

And if you live in Ontario or Quebec..you but the REGIONAL mailer...anywhere else in Canada you need the National mailer...and it will ONLY be mailed within Canada..... and YES..YOU fill in the 'to' address and make sure you write down the tracking number because you do not get anything off the mailerin regards to tracking numbers....the Consulate becomes the agent and THEY keep all of that...

Edited February 10, 2010 by ZansGirl

[lilacvioletiris 11]

If you do not have the right sized mailer..they will send you to a post office to buy it, nd then that may result in delays to you... and really...what is an extra 30 bucks if it means getting your visa sent to you as soon as possible???

Well, my confusion is now that the xpresspost envelopes come at the biggest in 394 mm by 305 mm (according to the online location) for the regional and national prepaid mailers. This is what is listed online. I don't see any for $40 actually (I think my fiance' was misinformed).

Can anybody point me to the correct purchasing location with xpresspost envelopes that are large enough?

[ZansGirl 0]

sorry...i know nothing about online...I just went into the post office and said...i need a 12x15 national express post mailer please.....lol....and it cost 32.00 WITH the extra cost for the signature required

[lilacvioletiris 11]

Well, as I converted it 12 inches is 30.48 cm and 15 inches is 38.1 cm so I guess the 39.4 cm by 30.5 cm is actually a 15 by 12 mailer (even though the mm listed in the announcement above would be bigger than 12 by 15). Okay, I will let my fiance' know 32 dollars is the way of it and if he makes a fuss I will say, "I want the your passport back asap! I want you to be able to move to the U.S."

Edited February 10, 2010 by lilacvioletiris

[ZansGirl 0]

http://www.canadapost.ca/shop/personal/pre...X.jsf?LOCALE=en

from canada post website

[trailmix 77]

Well, my confusion is now that the xpresspost envelopes come at the biggest in 394 mm by 305 mm (according to the online location) for the regional and national prepaid mailers. This is what is listed online. I don't see any for $40 actually (I think my fiance' was misinformed).

Can anybody point me to the correct purchasing location with xpresspost envelopes that are large enough?

394 x 305 is the correct size. That info posted before was from the Montreal instructions - and they were wrong.

Which Canada Post Expresspost mailer to take with you to the interview VJ Wiki

In purchasing Xpresspost mailers at Canada Post, please note the following:

Canada post offers 3 sizes of Expresspost prepaid mailers:

Standard - (26 cm x 15.2 cm) Letter - (31.8 cm x 24.1 cm) Pack - (39.4 cm x 30.5 cm)

You need the biggest one, you must provide 1 mailer for every 4 visas being issued.

• 394 x 305 mm size (39.4 x 30.5 cm or 15.51 x 12.01 inches)

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

394 x 305 is the correct size. That info posted before was from the Montreal instructions - and they were wrong.

Which Canada Post Expresspost mailer to take with you to the interview VJ Wiki

In purchasing Xpresspost mailers at Canada Post, please note the following:

Canada post offers 3 sizes of Expresspost prepaid mailers:

Standard - (26 cm x 15.2 cm) Letter - (31.8 cm x 24.1 cm) Pack - (39.4 cm x 30.5 cm)

You need the biggest one, you must provide 1 mailer for every 4 visas being issued.

• 394 x 305 mm size (39.4 x 30.5 cm or 15.51 x 12.01 inches)

Oddly enough, the largest mailer I could get here was 390 X 295 mm. It's indeed an Xpresspost, with the skiing team on it etc., but yeah. Ever-so-slightly smaller. I can't see that being a problem. I've never heard of someone quibbling over ten millimeters...

[trailmix 77]

Oddly enough, the largest mailer I could get here was 390 X 295 mm. It's indeed an Xpresspost, with the skiing team on it etc., but yeah. Ever-so-slightly smaller. I can't see that being a problem. I've never heard of someone quibbling over ten millimeters...

Not to your face

[ZansGirl 0]

Not to your face

OH SNAP!

[lilacvioletiris 11]

394 x 305 is the correct size. That info posted before was from the Montreal instructions - and they were wrong.

Which Canada Post Expresspost mailer to take with you to the interview VJ Wiki

In purchasing Xpresspost mailers at Canada Post, please note the following:

Canada post offers 3 sizes of Expresspost prepaid mailers:

Standard - (26 cm x 15.2 cm) Letter - (31.8 cm x 24.1 cm) Pack - (39.4 cm x 30.5 cm)

You need the biggest one, you must provide 1 mailer for every 4 visas being issued.

• 394 x 305 mm size (39.4 x 30.5 cm or 15.51 x 12.01 inches)

Thank you! I guess on the wiki, I always ended up jumping to the Montreal Consulate Instructions and missed the xpresspost mailer particulars. Wouldn't want someone to quibble over a too small envelope!

[ZansGirl 0]

MY MAILER IS IN VICTORIA AND OUT FOR DELIVERY!!!!!! WHOOOOOOT WHOOT!!!!!!

I get to go home tomorrow!!!! YEA YEA YEA YEA!!!!!!

[trailmix 77]

MY MAILER IS IN VICTORIA AND OUT FOR DELIVERY!!!!!! WHOOOOOOT WHOOT!!!!!!

I get to go home tomorrow!!!! YEA YEA YEA YEA!!!!!!

You are taking off tomorrow Zans? Woot! How are you travelling - driving? Where are you going to?

[ZansGirl 0]

Shoving tuff in the car as i speak!! lol...I m travelling by car from Victoria to Puyallup Washington...so it isn't a long drive..

I hope be be on the 9 am ferry