APPROVED - Montreal Interview Review

[heljan 0]

APPROVED! Wow, it took 14 months from NOA1 to finally get approved. Reading this forum helped me tremendously in my preparation for the interview. Thanks VJers!

I arrived at the Consulate at 6.25am and was second in line. Remember to form a line on the left side (the side where the yellow steel poles are) of the consulate doors. The guard opened the door at 7.00am. Have your passport and letter ready for the guard to look at. Once I was in the first set of doors, I had to wait for another guard to call me in. I stood in front of him and he asked why I was there, he then clipped letter B to my letter and gave me a laminated sheet (outlining what will be happening) for reading later in the waiting room. I sent my files in a bag through x-ray and then walked through the scanner. I then headed downstairs to the waiting area. At 7.50am a guard came down in the elevator and called people with letters clipped to their letter to go in the elevator with him. We proceeded to the 18th floor and were told to sit in the front row of the far section of the waiting room. There were five of us.

At 8.15am, letter C was the first to be called to a window to submit his documents. I, letter B, was the third to be called. A very nice black lady collected my documents. She said I was very organised as it helped save her a lot of time and I would go also go through the process faster. She asked for (cannot remember the order):

1 - Sealed medical report (without the x-ray)

2 - Xpress Post Envelope (remember to note down the tracking no. which I had already done) - 12"x15" (largest) - fill in your name and tel. no. in the "To" section.

3 - Original DS-230

4 - Original and photocopy of marriage certificate

5 - Divorce decree (if you and/or your spouse were previously married)

5 - Original police certificate

6 - Original and photocopy of birth certificate

7 - Passport and photocopy of biographic page

8 - Recent financial documents (I-864 + tax return + employment letter + paystubs)

9 - Two 2"x2" passport size photos - print your name on the back

She told me to take a seat in the same room while she put my papers in order. That took about 5-10 minutes. She then motioned for me to go back to get fingerprinted. When that was completed, I went back to the main waiting room and waited to be called for my interview.

A nice male officer interviewed me. I first had to take the oath and sign the DS-230. He then proceeded to ask me

1 - When and how did you meet your husband?

2 - What does your husband do?

3 - Where does your husband live?

4 - What was your previous job?

5 - Where did you get married?

6 - Where did I grow up?

He then told me that I was approved. He said my green card and social security number would be mailed to me two weeks after activating my visa. He handed back my original birth certificate, marriage certificate and divorce decree. The interview took 5 minutes or less. I walked out of the consulate at 9.15am.

I recommend going to see where the US Consulate is located the day prior to your interview. Rue Saint Alexandre is not a major street and the consulate`s signage is above the door so it is easy to walk by the place.

[JlovesA 109]

Congratulations!! Great review, thanks for sharing!

[S&ET 2]

Congratulations!!! nice review

heljan

Thank you!!!

[kizza 1]

Congratulations!!

[sachinky 465]

Many congratulations!

[chikarakobu 0]

Congratulations, and thank you for a very detailed and helpful review!

[Sweetcheeksss 91]

Great review!! And congratulations!

[Married2009 32]

Grats, Heljan!!! And thanks for your review! It helps calm the nerves of those to follow!

Edited June 19, 2010 by Married2009

[Hugglebuggles 60]

Congrats!!

[Bern. 3]

Congrats! :3

[Catbones 0]

Hi,

All I can say, is from your review (which is awesome) seems that Montreal Embassy got very organized. When I went for my interview, it was a mess. We've been there since 8am, waited in little line till about 9:30.. with no A,B,C, etc.. letters but rather went upstairs and waited in the waiting room with a ticket number. We stood in 3 different lines before getting the ticket #. Now it was 2 hours after that when we were called to the first window to hand in the documents. Finger printed, signed a form, back in the waiting area. At about 1:30 we were called into the interview room, signed a form. Been asked few questions, how we met, how I know her, what I do, what she does, does she have insurance (fiancee is the US citizen she was with me) then she asked for my Fiancee to leave the room and told me that I needed more documents. After 8 months of waiting I got 2 minutes and an AP status, so far for 11 weeks well 12 weeks on Tuesday.

In any case, Congratulations, I'm glad that it was a much smoother ride for you and hope for everyone else. I think the hire of extra employees might of helped for them to be more organized. In any case, I hope this mess and my past history mess didn't screw me for life.

Congratulations once again and an awesome review. No one should be nervous going to this interview, its very easy (depends on who you get for the CO I guess).

Cheers!

[MeggyMo 4]

yay great news!!!

congrats

[zenaxe 22]

Congratulations !! Great news Thanks for the review !!

[redglasses 1]

Congratulations!

[canadian_wife 1,822]

Congrats! Great review! Enjoy your new life together