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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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My interview was February 5th, and my mother and I arrived the night before. Took a quick walk after dinner to get our bearings so I knew how long it would take to walk in the morning.

Friday morning, we arrived at the Consulate around 6:30, and one couple was ahead..She was from Toronto and he was from California. My mom left to warm up about 7 and I was quite surprised that it was almost 7:30 before the line really started forming. A guard opened the door shortly asfter 7:30 and one at a time he checked our letters and passports and sent us to security. Just a note..when they say,­`empty your pockets of everything` they mean everything, and are a little peeved if you don`t. I made it through security first, got my B and headed down the stairs to the waiting room. The A couple followed then a lady who was being petioned as the parent of a USC was letter C.. if there were any other letters, they never came in that lot. The guard came out, opened the elevator and off we went.

The view from the waiting room is stunning and it was a beautiful clear day...so you really could see all of Montreal. About 8 couple A was called to a room and they were back within a few short minutes. I was called next to Window 9 where a pleasent gentleman greeted me and the first thing he said was ­"did you freeze this morning?" He asked for my letter, Expresspost and medical envelope. He then proceeded to hand me some paperwork to confirm my name and birthdate, and then began going over all the paperwork, which looked like a big stack! He asked how we met and I answered World of Warcraft,..he then spent 3 or 4 minutes chatting about the game and what level of toons I had, how long we played...I had to grin... He asked me my name, hubbies name, where I lived, where hubby lived... when was my divorce, when was his, when did he propose, when did we get married....what does he do, where does he live..etc. He kept making notes and cicling things on the forms and then after 10 or 15 minutes or so he told me he needed to work on my file, go have a seat and he would call me back for finger printing. He was very personable and made me feel very comfortable. Around 8:30 I was called back and fingerprinted and then told to take a seat again. By now the room was quite full, but it seemed like everyone else except the 3 of us were other Visa`s as most went to the cashier and had numbers like A2, B3,C1 and D5...they mostly went to the windows lining the main waiting room and for awhile "A" couple and I watched as person after person began leaving on the elevator, wondering when we would be called.

Finally around 9 "A" couple was called to room 8 and about 10 minutes later, out they came with smiles and thumbs up. Unknown to me, they met my mom out on the street and told her, they had just finished so I should be out any minute. YA NO......

By 9:30 I was getting worried as other people were called to room 8 and then exited via the elevator, but I was still waiting.... I was sure there was something wrong..or they forgot about me..or or or

Finally 10:20 I was called to Room 7 where a very nice woman was waiting (in fact..she was about to go call me again, because after waiting outside from 6:30 to 7:30 and then waiting almost 3 hours inside, I finally broke down and headed for the washroom, which is where I was when lady "C" came in and said "quick they just called you!!!") She asked me to raise my right hand and swear thet the information given in my application and given by me today was the truth. Then the questions..

1) How did you meet? on line playing World of Warcraft (small grin)

2) Where did you fist meet? He came to see me in Victoria in the summer of 06

3) Where did we get married? Lakewood Washington

4) Have you ever had denials crossing the border? No..other than asking me for an A number, which I don`t have.

5) Have you lived anywhere else other than Canada since the age of 16. Nope

Thenshe says...." Hmm...there is one other thing..." and starts rifling through my paperwork. She pulls out this paper and smiles and says "Welcome to the United States of America!!" In true form, I BURST into tears and slap my hand over my mouth! "Oh my goodness", she said, "I do hope those are tears of joy!!!" I assured her they most definatly was and thanked her very much! She wished me well, and told me my Visa and Passport would be mailed out and I should get it next week, but she really cannot promise any less than 2 weeks.

All in all...other than the pounding in my cheast waiting to be called, Montreal was great! And one other thing that my mom and I noticed...people in Montreal are the most friendliest and helpful people we have met! Good luck to all those yet to come!!!

Thanks for the detailed review,Zans. I will leave Sunday afternoon.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
Timeline
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Nice review! Loved the tears of joy. :-)

08-31-07: MARRIED!

USCS JOURNEY

04-18-08 : Mailed I-130

05-28-08 : Received NOA2

NVC JOURNEY

08-26-08: Mailed Choice of Agent (DS-3032)

09-19-08: DS-3032 received. Notice to pay IV Application Processing fee

06-08-09: Paid $400 IV fee and $70 AOS fee

12-21-09: Mailed AOS and IV package

12-28-09: Failed Login

01-07-10: Case complete!!!

MONTREAL EMBASSY JOURNEY

03-31-10 : Medical exam

04-27-10 : Interview date

11-12-10 : Received Visa

03-06-11 : USA entry

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Wonderful review! Its SO nice to read these reviews and hear about approvals :star:

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : Montreal, Canada

I-130 Journey

I-130 Sent : 2009-06-09

I-130 NOA1 : 2009-06-12

I-130 Approved : 2009-08-26

NOA2 Hardcopy : 2009-08-31

NVC Journey

NVC Received : 2009-09-08

Received DS-3032 / I-864 Bill : 2009-09-14

Pay I-864 Bill 2009-09-14

Return Completed DS-3032 : 2009-09-15

Return Completed I-864 : 2009-09-17

Return Completed DS-230 : 2009-10-21

Login Failed : 2009-11-02

Case Complete: 2009-11-03

Medical: 2010-02-10

Interview: 2010-02-24!!!! Yay!!!! APPROVED

Port of Entry: Blue Water Bridge, Michigan: 2010-03-14

Filed: Other Country: Canada
Timeline
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Congrats Zansgirl! Thanks for posting your review :)

AOS/AP/EAD Timeline

Package sent to Chicago Lockbox: 06/16/2010

Chicago Lockbox received: 06/18/2010

Received e-mail notification from Chicago Lockbox: 06/24/2010

Hard copy NOA1 received: 06/28/2010

Touch!: 06/28/2010

Received biometrics letter in the mail: 07/16/2010

Attempted walk-in biometrics @ Salt Lake City office -- DENIED: 07/16/2010

2nd attempt at walk-in biometrics @ Salt Lake City office -- SUCCESS!: 07/28/2010

EAD card production ordered!: 08/09/2010

AP approved!: 08/09/2010

2nd EAD card production ordered e-mail: 08/12/2010

AP arrived!: 08/16/2010

3rd EAD card production ordered e-mail: 08/16/2010

EAD arrived!: 08/19/2010

Received interview letter in the mail: 09/13/2010

Green card interview -- APPROVED!: 10/15/2010

Green card received: 10/25/2010

The whole AOS process took almost exactly 4 months ... not too shabby!

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Congratulations ZansGirl, way to go !! And thank you for the review, it's very helpful to read about others' experiences. You did it !!

Edited by zenaxe

2007 Nov 30: Met in Las Vegas, Nevada

2009 Jul 13: Proposed/Engaged in Sedona, Arizona

2009 Dec 26: Married in Tucson, Arizona

USCIS

2009 Dec 30: Filed I-130

2010 Jan 02: I-130 delivered

2010 Jan 07: NOA1 - email - CSC

2010 Jan 11: Received NOA1 hardcopy

2010 Mar 24: NOA2 - email & text - NVC

2010 Mar 29: Received NOA2 hardcopy

I-130 was approved in 76 days from NOA1 date

NVC

2010 Mar 30: NVC received - case# assigned - emails given to NVC

2010 Mar 30: Opted in - DS3032 emailed to NVC

2010 Mar 31: Received AOS bill & DS3032 - paid AOS

2010 Apr 05: Online payment portal confirms paid AOS(Apr 2 processing date)

2010 Apr 05: Sent I-864 package

2010 Apr 15: EP confirmation email

2010 Apr 15: IV bill generated & paid

2010 Apr 15: Email confirmation - receipt of DS3032

2010 Apr 16: IV bill confirmed paid - sent DS230 package

2010 Apr 19: NVC operator confirms I864 & DS230 documents have been received

2010 Apr 21: AVR confirms all documents received Apr 19th

2010 Apr 23: Email from NVC: case complete - confirmed by NVC - sign in fail

Completed in 24 days

CONSULATE

2010 May 27: Email from NVC - consulate received file - interview Montreal Jul 27th

2010 Jun 16: Medical @ Woking Medical Centre, Vancouver, Canada - APPROVED

2010 Jul 27: Interview @ US Consulate in Montreal, Canada - APPROVED

Your interview took 201 days from your I-130 NOA1 date

2010 Aug 13:POE Washington - APPROVED

REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS

2012 May 14 - mailed I-751

2012 May 16 - delivered @ CSC

2012 Jun 18 - I 551 stamp

2012 Jun 28 - biometrics appointment NOA notice date Jun 7

2012 Dec 20 - approved

Posted

Congrats! Glad to hear that it all went well, and thank you for posting your review. :)

Safe POE and move.

01/08/2010 - Applied for SSN in maiden name.

01/09/2010 - Married! Officially a Missis.

01/19/2010 - Received SSN in mail.

02/10/2010 - Sent I-485/I-131/I-765 to Chicago.

02/19/2010 - NOA dates for all applications.

02/22/2010 - Received NOAs in mail.

02/23/2010 - Applied for SSN for married name.

03/04/2010 - Applied for Florida DL in married name.

03/09/2010 - Biometrics appointment.

04/18/2010 - AP received.

04/23/2010 - EAD approved.

04/27/2010 - AOS Interview at Orlando USCIS (decision pending).

04/28/2010 - Card production ordered!

05/03/2010 - EAD received.

05/03/2010 - Welcome letter received.

05/28/2010 - Green Card received in mail.

01/26/2012 - Mailed RoC packet to VSC.

01/30/2012 - NOA date on application.

02/01/2012 - Cheque cashed.

02/05/2012 - Received NOA in mail.

02/10/2012 - Touch.

02/24/2012 - ASC Appointment Notice dated.

02/27/2012 - ASC Appointment Notice received.

03/23/2012 - Biometrics appointment.

09/20/2012 - Touch. Card Production ordered!

09/21/2012 - Touch.

09/24/2012 - Touch. Card mailed.

Filed: Other Timeline
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Hi ZansGirl,

Congratulations on passing your interview in Montreal and thanks for sharing about that on VJ.... :star:

What a story, indeed!

Good luck on your POE and Welcome to America! :star:

Ant

My interview was February 5th, and my mother and I arrived the night before. Took a quick walk after dinner to get our bearings so I knew how long it would take to walk in the morning.

Friday morning, we arrived at the Consulate around 6:30, and one couple was ahead..She was from Toronto and he was from California. My mom left to warm up about 7 and I was quite surprised that it was almost 7:30 before the line really started forming. A guard opened the door shortly asfter 7:30 and one at a time he checked our letters and passports and sent us to security. Just a note..when they say,­`empty your pockets of everything` they mean everything, and are a little peeved if you don`t. I made it through security first, got my B and headed down the stairs to the waiting room. The A couple followed then a lady who was being petioned as the parent of a USC was letter C.. if there were any other letters, they never came in that lot. The guard came out, opened the elevator and off we went.

The view from the waiting room is stunning and it was a beautiful clear day...so you really could see all of Montreal. About 8 couple A was called to a room and they were back within a few short minutes. I was called next to Window 9 where a pleasent gentleman greeted me and the first thing he said was ­"did you freeze this morning?" He asked for my letter, Expresspost and medical envelope. He then proceeded to hand me some paperwork to confirm my name and birthdate, and then began going over all the paperwork, which looked like a big stack! He asked how we met and I answered World of Warcraft,..he then spent 3 or 4 minutes chatting about the game and what level of toons I had, how long we played...I had to grin... He asked me my name, hubbies name, where I lived, where hubby lived... when was my divorce, when was his, when did he propose, when did we get married....what does he do, where does he live..etc. He kept making notes and cicling things on the forms and then after 10 or 15 minutes or so he told me he needed to work on my file, go have a seat and he would call me back for finger printing. He was very personable and made me feel very comfortable. Around 8:30 I was called back and fingerprinted and then told to take a seat again. By now the room was quite full, but it seemed like everyone else except the 3 of us were other Visa`s as most went to the cashier and had numbers like A2, B3,C1 and D5...they mostly went to the windows lining the main waiting room and for awhile "A" couple and I watched as person after person began leaving on the elevator, wondering when we would be called.

Finally around 9 "A" couple was called to room 8 and about 10 minutes later, out they came with smiles and thumbs up. Unknown to me, they met my mom out on the street and told her, they had just finished so I should be out any minute. YA NO......

By 9:30 I was getting worried as other people were called to room 8 and then exited via the elevator, but I was still waiting.... I was sure there was something wrong..or they forgot about me..or or or

Finally 10:20 I was called to Room 7 where a very nice woman was waiting (in fact..she was about to go call me again, because after waiting outside from 6:30 to 7:30 and then waiting almost 3 hours inside, I finally broke down and headed for the washroom, which is where I was when lady "C" came in and said "quick they just called you!!!") She asked me to raise my right hand and swear thet the information given in my application and given by me today was the truth. Then the questions..

1) How did you meet? on line playing World of Warcraft (small grin)

2) Where did you fist meet? He came to see me in Victoria in the summer of 06

3) Where did we get married? Lakewood Washington

4) Have you ever had denials crossing the border? No..other than asking me for an A number, which I don`t have.

5) Have you lived anywhere else other than Canada since the age of 16. Nope

Thenshe says...." Hmm...there is one other thing..." and starts rifling through my paperwork. She pulls out this paper and smiles and says "Welcome to the United States of America!!" In true form, I BURST into tears and slap my hand over my mouth! "Oh my goodness", she said, "I do hope those are tears of joy!!!" I assured her they most definatly was and thanked her very much! She wished me well, and told me my Visa and Passport would be mailed out and I should get it next week, but she really cannot promise any less than 2 weeks.

All in all...other than the pounding in my cheast waiting to be called, Montreal was great! And one other thing that my mom and I noticed...people in Montreal are the most friendliest and helpful people we have met! Good luck to all those yet to come!!!

**Ant's 1432.gif1502.gif "Once Upon An American Immigration Journey" Condensed Timeline...**

2000 (72+ Months) "Loved": Long-Distance Dating Relationship. D Visited Ant in Canada.

2006 (<1 Month) "Visited": Ant Visited D in America. B-2 Visa Port of Entry Interrogation.

2006 (<1 Month) "Married": Wedding Elopement. Husband & Wife, D and Ant !! Together Forever!

2006 ( 3 Months I-485 Wait) "Adjusted": 2-Years Green Card.

2007 ( 2 Months) "Numbered": SSN Card.

2007 (<1 Months) "Licensed": NYS 4-Years Driver's License.

2009 (10 Months I-751 Wait) "Removed": 10-Years 5-Months Green Card.

2009 ( 9 Months Baby Wait) "Expected": Baby. It's a Boy, Baby A !!! We Are Family, Ant+D+BabyA !

2009 ( 4 Months) "Moved": New House Constructed and Moved Into.

2009 ( 2 Months N-400 Wait) "Naturalized": US Citizenship, Certificate of Naturalization. Goodbye USCIS!!!!

***Ant is a Naturalized American Citizen!!***: November 23, 2009 (Private Oath Ceremony: USCIS Office, Buffalo, NY, USA)

2009 (<1 Month) "Secured": US Citizen SSN Card.

2009 (<1 Month) "Enhanced": US Citizen NYS 8-Years Enhanced Driver's License. (in lieu of a US Passport)

2010 ( 1 Month) "Voted": US Citizen NYS Voter's Registration Card.

***~~~"The End...And the Americans, Ant+D+BabyA, lived 'Happily Ever After'!"...~~~***

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
Timeline
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Congratulations. :dance: Good luck at your POE and "Welcome to America."

USCIS

NOA1 08/19/08

NOA2 01/20/09

NVC

Received 01/26/09

Completed 02/13/09 (19 Days)

Interview Assigned 03/27/09 (6 weeks after NVC completion)

Medical

04/14/09 (Toronto)

Interview

Montreal 05/12/09 (88 days after NVC completion) **APPROVED**

POE

06/16/09 Buffalo

07/02/09 Welcome Letter Received

07/07/09 Applied for SSN

07/10/09 "Card production ordered" email received

07/13/09 SSN received

07/14/09 "Approval notice sent" email received

07/17/09 GREEN CARD received

Removal of Conditions

03/21/11 I-751 mailed to VSC

03/23/11 I-751 received at VSC

03/29/11 Cheque Cashed

03/30/11 NOA1 received (3/24/11)

04/11/11 Biometrics appointment notice received

05/05/11 Biometric appointment

12/13/11 **Approval date** (5 days short of 9 months!)

12/19/11 Approval letter and green card received

Naturalization

05/16/2019 Filed online (estimated completion February 2020)

05/18/2019 Biometrics scheduled

05/21/2019 Receipt notice and biometrics notices posted to online account.05/23/2019 Hard copy of NOA1 received

05/24/2019 Hard copy of biometrics appointment received

06/07/2019 Biometrics appointment (estimated completion January 2020)

12/31/2019 Email received "Interview scheduled"

01/01/2020 Interview date notice posted to online account (02/19/2020)

01/05/2019 Hard copy of interview appointment received

02/19/2020 Interview (**Approved**) and same day Oath Ceremony. 

 
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