K-1 May interviews Montreal !!!!

[lilacvioletiris 11]

Hi Guys, I got my interview on may 19!!!!

You say it about 1 week to receive the visa after the interview?

The consulate officer said my fiance' would receive the visa in the mail within 2 weeks.

[lilacvioletiris 11]

We have just added another lucky Montreal interviewee!

Lilacvioletiris May 3 - Approved!

jasonandsarah May 4

corcor May 7

WF & TS May 7

Arcadia May 11

Kevbev09 May 12

Frenzyheart May 17th

Jay & Beverley (aka Bevie) May 19th

jennie1921 May 19th

Supportgeek May 20th

Looks like two VJers will be at the Montreal consulate on May 7 and May 19!

Keep them coming Montreal! You have been making dreams come true!

Edited May 6, 2010 by lilacvioletiris

[lilacvioletiris 11]

Another approval and good luck to corcor & WF & TS (who are probably entering the Montreal consulate now!)

Lilacvioletiris May 3 - Approved!

jasonandsarah May 4 - Approved!

corcor May 7

WF & TS May 7

Arcadia May 11

Kevbev09 May 12

Frenzyheart May 17th

Jay & Beverley (aka Bevie) May 19th

jennie1921 May 19th

Supportgeek May 20th

Looks like two VJers will be at the Montreal consulate on May 7 and May 19!

Keep them coming Montreal! You have been making dreams come true!

[lilacvioletiris 11]

Good luck to Arcadia on Tuesday and to Kevbev09 on Wednesday!

Lilacvioletiris May 3 - Approved!

jasonandsarah May 4 - Approved!

corcor May 7 - unknown

WF & TS May 7 - Approved!

Arcadia May 11 -

Kevbev09 May 12

Frenzyheart May 17th

Jay & Beverley (aka Bevie) May 19th

jennie1921 May 19th

Supportgeek May 20th

Looks like two VJers will be at the Montreal consulate on May 7 and May 19!

Keep them coming Montreal! You have been making dreams come true!

[lilacvioletiris 11]

My fiance' has his visa in hand after just one day in the Canada Post system. It arrived today a little bit before 11 a.m. Tracking said it was out for delivery at 9:09 a.m. I called him at about 11:45 a.m. and he said he had put the package in his car and would open it at home. He hasn't told his boss that he is leaving yet

It took 7 days for the package to be put in the mail though in Montreal but it is extra special that he received it today because it is 2 months until we get married on July 11, 2010. He is going to celebrate by buying a pizza tonight. I am going to celebrate by buying more wedding things

[Kevbev09 1]

Good luck to Arcadia on Tuesday and to Kevbev09 on Wednesday!

Lilacvioletiris May 3 - Approved!

jasonandsarah May 4 - Approved!

corcor May 7 - unknown

WF & TS May 7 - Approved!

Arcadia May 11 -

Kevbev09 May 12

Frenzyheart May 17th

Jay & Beverley (aka Bevie) May 19th

jennie1921 May 19th

Supportgeek May 20th

Looks like two VJers will be at the Montreal consulate on May 7 and May 19!

Keep them coming Montreal! You have been making dreams come true!

Well I'm as ready as I'm going to be. have the consulate scoped out now lol.

[bevie 0]

Well I'm as ready as I'm going to be. have the consulate scoped out now lol.

good luck! Make sure you give us all a review because no since lilacvioletiris has ):

My fiance' has his visa in hand after just one day in the Canada Post system. It arrived today a little bit before 11 a.m. Tracking said it was out for delivery at 9:09 a.m. I called him at about 11:45 a.m. and he said he had put the package in his car and would open it at home. He hasn't told his boss that he is leaving yet

It took 7 days for the package to be put in the mail though in Montreal but it is extra special that he received it today because it is 2 months until we get married on July 11, 2010. He is going to celebrate by buying a pizza tonight. I am going to celebrate by buying more wedding things

Congrats! that was really quick let's hope everyone else's moves as quickly!

[frenzyheart 2]

I give you a story! (Because I need to dance around and such.. lol)

I had a full semester: 4 classes - Women's Lit, Intro to Lit, Comp II and Intro to Philosophy. I dropped Women's Lit early in the semester to focus more on Philosophy. MISTAKE #1. Women's Lit = easy to pass; Philsophy = not so much. Comp II didn't start until the beginning of April, so I just had Philosophy and Intro to Lit. This was fine.... until I realized that I really, really hated Philosophy, and the chances that I was going to pass it were slim, and thus, I just stopped going. So that was done, and I had Lit, and then Comp II started. Planned on finishing out the semester and then leaving Iowa around May 17th - until May 17th ended up being our interview date. UH OH. So we re-arrange things, and I talk to my teachers about finishing the semester via email. They both agree. I turn in ONE rough draft for Comp II, and ended up leaving with a D in Intro to Lit. After I get up here, things go downhill. Fiance wasn't working, and I was trying to get all the paperwork together and deal with family issues and yeah - I didn't do anything else for Comp past that first rough draft, and I didn't do the final exam in Lit, which was worth 15% of my grade. It was all on me, so I told myself that the F's I would get were my own fault, and that I could just deal with the bad GPA next semester, as I didn't really need the classes anymore anyways due to a major change.

"

I just got my semester grades. "W" (withdraw) from Women's Lit (so it doesn't count in my GPA), "F" in Philosophy (figured this would happen, obviously)... and then the shockers: "B+" in Comp II and "D-" in Lit. I somehow managed to still pass these two classes that I was supposed to fail. I mean, hello, I did ONE rough draft in Comp II, out of 4 papers. Clearly, the teacher based my grade off the fact that I got an A+ in her Comp I class and she knows I can write... or she was just being nice because my semester went down the tubes. As for my Lit grade, I'm TOTALLY shocked I passed. Don't know if that was the teacher being nice, or if I actually passed even without the final.

Either way, I passed. I don't have the greatest GPA right now, but I can get it back up there.

I'm wondering if this is a sign of good things to come? Maybe an easy approval next Monday??? I SURE HOPE SO!!!!

Anyways, GOOD LUCK to everyone who has interviews this week!!!! If you find a decent poutine place within Montreal, PLEASE let me know because that's all I've heard about the last few days from Matthew. "Montreal has to have good poutine; IT'S MONTREAL, FOR PETE'S SAKE." I've looked online, but first hand experience is better, hehe.

Have a wonderful evening!!

[lilacvioletiris 11]

Hopefully the AP for Kevbev09 goes quickly!

Lilacvioletiris May 3 - Approved!

jasonandsarah May 4 - Approved!

corcor May 7 - Approved!

WF & TS May 7 - Approved!

Arcadia May 11 - Approved!

Kevbev09 May 12 - Administrative Processing

Frenzyheart May 17th

Jay & Beverley (aka Bevie) May 19th

jennie1921 May 19th

Supportgeek May 20th

Keep them coming Montreal! You have been making dreams come true!

[lilacvioletiris 11]

My fiance' took me to "La Belle Province" for Poutine. Wow, definitely get the "regular" (i.e. smallest) size. It was huge. It tasted pretty good. I couldn't finish the bowl of poutine though he finished the Large platter of poutine he had. We actually ate in Lachine at the "La Belle Province" there (about 30 minutes into the suburbs).

The Chinese restuarant that is one street east of the intersection of Rene-Levesque and St. Alexandre has really good food. It didn't open until 11:30 a.m. though. We went shopping for awhile on St. Catherine street while we waited for the restaurant to start serving lunch. We were so hungry since we ate breakfast at 5:30 a.m. that morning before going to the Consulate.

[Kevbev09 1]

Frenzyheart, the Cafe Bistro at La Tour Centreville has pretty good food, and they have poutines. I haven't had one but I saw two guys ordering a couple last night and they looked reeeally good.

[frenzyheart 2]

Woohoo! Thanks for the recommendations! Bev, I'm really sorry they threw you into AP... I'm hoping it won't be a trend, and I'm hoping that you go through it quickly, and that you have your visa very very soon!

My stomach is in so many knots right now that I don't quite know how to deal with it.

[SupportGeek 21]

I know how you feel, seeing someone thrown into AP has me really worried, and the fact that its possibly by a new CO that either:

A) Is trying to be a hardass over immigration because its becoming a hot button topic in the US just now.

B) Just hasnt got the experience to make a call on anything but a 100% straightforward case

makes me even more concerned.

If he would have at least said what the hell he needed to check out it would have helped so we know if we will get stuck in the same pitfall or not.

[lilacvioletiris 11]

We got the middle aged lady for our interview. Maybe it is just a newbie on the job. I would think if everything is present and accounted for, it shouldn't be long before the administrative processing is over with. I guess we will see next week. Hopefully it isn't a new trend.

[frenzyheart 2]

Guess I get to be the guinea pig, lol. My actual guinea pigs are much cuter than me... wonder if I could just send them?