Jump to content
stephiejoyce

interview success!!

By stephiejoyce in Canada

 Share

10 posts in this topic

Recommended Posts

stephiejoyce Contributor

stephiejoyce   0

Posted
Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
 Timeline
Posted

Hubby and I had his interview on Monday in Montreal. Generally speaking everything went well...

Here's the recap...

We stayed at the Tour Centre Ville which is right across the street from the embassy. I would recommend the hotel, it's decent, nothing to brag about but nothing to complain about either.

We arrived at the embassy at 7:20. We were the first ones in the door, first ones in the elevator, first ones out of the elevator [the elevator opens on the other end when you get to floor 19... FYI], first ones at Window 14, and thus, we had C1. When we got called, the guy told us that the passport photos we had were insufficient. We got the photos done at CVS [don't reccommend them] and apparently the size, coloring, and "shadowing" made the photos not usable. I had a moment of panic, but fortunately he said that we could go to a place just a block away and get them done and come back. So, we got an orange ticket, went and got new photos, and came back. We finished with that guy and then sat down and waited for the interview part.

C3 got called for the interview first [don't know why], and then C4, and then C2.... because of the photo mishap, we were called next. No biggie though. The interivew was a piece of cake... only asked like two questions and only took like 3 minutes. Even with the mishap and all, we were out of the embassy a little before 10.

We went back the following day at 2:30 and picked up his visa. We're planning on driving to the states on Saturday morning. We'll be crossing via the Blue Water Bridge. I've heard good and bad things about it so we'll see how that goes. I just wanted to thank everyone for the help and the encouragement during this process... and for those of you who are still working your way through, hang in there, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Stephanie

US girl married to a Canadian boy.

Short and Sweet Version

10/15/2005 married in Niagara Falls, NY

10/28 I-130 mailed.

11/3 NOA1.

11/28 I-130 Approved!!!

12/14 NVC case number

12/17 Received DS3032 and 864 bill

1/6/2006 Mailed DS3032 and 864 bill

1/19 Received IV bill

1/25 Received 864 packet

1/31 Mailed IV bill

2/10 Mailed 864 packet

2/18 Received DS 230

2/21 RFE 864 - NVC wants one piece of info.

3/8 Mailed RFE 864

3/14 Mailed DS-230

3/16 DS-230 received at NVC

3/30 RFE #2

5/4 Mailed RFE #2

5/11 CASE COMPLETE!!!!

7/7 case forwarded to Montreal

8/21 MONTREAL INTERVIEW!!!!!!

8/22 Got temporary visa

8/26 imported hubby to the US

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mybackpages Mentor

mybackpages   0

Posted
Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Morocco
 Timeline
Posted
Hubby and I had his interview on Monday in Montreal. Generally speaking everything went well...

Here's the recap...

We stayed at the Tour Centre Ville which is right across the street from the embassy. I would recommend the hotel, it's decent, nothing to brag about but nothing to complain about either.

We arrived at the embassy at 7:20. We were the first ones in the door, first ones in the elevator, first ones out of the elevator [the elevator opens on the other end when you get to floor 19... FYI], first ones at Window 14, and thus, we had C1. When we got called, the guy told us that the passport photos we had were insufficient. We got the photos done at CVS [don't reccommend them] and apparently the size, coloring, and "shadowing" made the photos not usable. I had a moment of panic, but fortunately he said that we could go to a place just a block away and get them done and come back. So, we got an orange ticket, went and got new photos, and came back. We finished with that guy and then sat down and waited for the interview part.

C3 got called for the interview first [don't know why], and then C4, and then C2.... because of the photo mishap, we were called next. No biggie though. The interivew was a piece of cake... only asked like two questions and only took like 3 minutes. Even with the mishap and all, we were out of the embassy a little before 10.

We went back the following day at 2:30 and picked up his visa. We're planning on driving to the states on Saturday morning. We'll be crossing via the Blue Water Bridge. I've heard good and bad things about it so we'll see how that goes. I just wanted to thank everyone for the help and the encouragement during this process... and for those of you who are still working your way through, hang in there, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Stephanie

Wonderful News! Congratulations! Thanks for sharing the experience so we all can learn!

erfoud44.jpg

24 March 2009 I-751 received by USCIS

27 March 2009 Check Cashed

30 March 2009 NOA received

8 April 2009 Biometric notice arrived by mail

24 April 2009 Biometrics scheduled

26 April 2009 Touched

...once again waiting

1 September 2009 (just over 5 months) Approved and card production ordered.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
snz1802 Proficient

snz1802   0

Posted
Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: South Korea
 Timeline
Posted
:dance: Yeahhhhhhhh Congrats to you, and wishing you the best for your future together :thumbs::luv:

1/12/06 Mail I-129f express mail

1/13/06 TSC rec'd

1/23/06 NOA1 from CSC

1/27/06 - Check cleared

7/10/06 - NOA2

7/14/06- rec'd @ NVC

8/14/06- NVC sent petition to Consulate

8/17/06 - Korean Consulate rec'd Petition

8/23/06 - rec'd packet 3 from Consulate

8/25/06 - sent packet 3 back to Consulate

8/27/06 - got confirmation email from Consulate, they rec'd packet three

8/27/06 - requested interview date via Consulate internet site.

9/1/06 - Checked internet site for interveiw date, it was there

9/25/06 - Interview date - APPROVED

9/28/06 - Visa in Zaeems Hand - YEAHHHHH

1/6/07 - leaving for USA

1/20/07 - Wedding Date

1/20/07 - MARRIED!!!!!

2/10/07 - rec'd certified copy of marriage license

AOS

3/13/07 - AOS package rec'd at Chicago Lockbox

3/20/07 - Rec'd Social Security Card

3/21/07 - Checks Cashed and Case Status online

3/24/07 - NOA1 Rec'd for AOS and EAD

3/27/07 - rec'd Biometrics appt letter - scheduled for 4/20/07 @ 11:00am

4/02/07 - "touched"

4/20/07 - had biometrics appt.

4/21/07 - rec'd letter stating case was transferred to CSC

5/22/07 - rec'd Case Pending at CSC email

6/25/07 - EAD card production ordered

7/7/07 - EAD "touched"

7/7/07 - AOS "touched"

8-6-07 - Rec'd EAD Card in the Mail

5-20-08 - AOS INTERVIEW - APPROVED - PASSPORT STAMPED

7-2-10 - Received 10 year green card in mail

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Cygnet Proficient

Cygnet   0

Posted
Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
 Timeline
Posted

Congratulations! :dance:

CR-1

09/16/2005 Mailed I-130 (CSC)

09/21/2005 NOA 1

02/07/2006 NOA 2 (Day 143)

02/25/2006 Petitioner receives AOS Bill in U.S. (Day 161)

02/27/2006 AOS Bill (regular USPS) and DS-3032 (Canada Post regular) are mailed out

03/21/2006 Petitioner receives I-864 package (Day 185)

03/22/2006 Beneficiary receives IV Bill and sends payment - regular mail (Day 186)

03/24/2006 Petitioner sends back I-864 (Day 188)

04/13/2006 Beneficiary receives DS-230 (Day 208)

05/10/2006 Beneficiary sends back DS-230 and docs to NVC via Fedex (Day 235)

05/19/2006 NVC issues RFE on Question # 20 on the DS-230. (Day 244)

05/29/2006 Beneficiary receives RFE and sends it off (Day 254)

06/02/2006 NVC receives RFE (Day 258)

06/16/2006 Case Complete! (Day 272)

07/07/2006 Case forwarded to Consulate in Montreal (Day 293)

08/11/2006 INTERVIEW! VISA APPROVED!

08/14/2006 Picked up visa and crossed the border.

08/25/2006 SS card arrives in the mail

09/07/2006 GC arrives in the mail.

K-3

02/01/2006 Mailed I-129F

02/07/2006 NOA1

04/14/2006 I-129F is approved!

04/24/2006 NVC forwards the application to the consulate in Montreal

05/01/2006 Packet 3 is received from consulate & is sent of 3 days later

07/07/2006 Medical

08/08/2006 INTERVIEW- cancelled bec. of CR-1

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Flames9_RN Grand Master

Flames9_RN   358

Posted
Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
 Timeline
Posted

Great news, congrats

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

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Jersey Girl Proficient

Jersey Girl   2

Posted
Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Canada
 Timeline
Posted

Congratulations on getting to the end of the tunnel. May your new life in the States be all you dreamed.

I-130 sent Mar 30, 06

approved Aug 15, 06

I-129f sent April 24, 06

approved July 27, 06

Montreal interview Jan 18, 07

POE Toronto Jan 28, 07

EAD sent Jan. 30, 07

transferred to Vermont Feb 12

biometrics Feb 22

approved March 13

card returned undeliverable! March 27

called after 6 weeks to have EAD re-sent

AOS sent Jan. 30, 07

biometrics Feb 22

RFE for complete medical (!) Feb 23

Called Senator from NJ - never returned call

Infopass March 19 (no help)

Replied to RFE with duplicate medical March 19

Sent additional evidence (I-693A) March 26

NBC received supplement March 30

touched April 4

Interview July 16

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mozplay Proficient

mozplay   29

Posted
Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
 Timeline
Posted

Congrats to you both! Enjoy the life you have earned together!

Monique

http://static-forums.visajourney.com/public/style_emoticons/default/timeline.gif

Full timeline can be seen in my profile

 

CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS - I-130 petition for married sibling
2016

Jul 5 - Receipt date for I-130 petition for my over 21 brother and his wife (both in the UK)

2024

Feb 23 - Sent USCIS a message asking for a processing update

May 6 - Received an email response saying things were progressing normally but that waiting times might be longer

 

*********************************************
THE OG STORY - From K-1 to Citizenship (a love story)
K-1: Aug 12, 2006 to Jan 17, 2007 - mailed I-129F
AOS: Feb 26, 2007 - Jul 26, 2007
REMOVING CONDITIONS: May 4, 2009 - Oct 3, 2009
CITIZENSHIP: Nov 27, 2012 - May 9, 2013
Note: I immigrated from Canada, not T&T - the timeline is reflective of this.


THE SAGA CONTINUES - IR-5 Story
I-130 for Parents - 2013
Aug ?? - mailed I-130 packages for both mother and father
Sept 10 - NOA1 date
Sept 16 - NOA1s received

2014

Feb 25, 26 & 28 - got emails saying that the cases had been transferred to another office, then to my local office, and then just transferred and are being processed

Mar 17 - got email, attached to one case number only, saying that my A number was changed relating to the I-130 filing

Mar 18 - got emails saying that the petitions are approved http://static-forums.visajourney.com/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png

2020

Mar 20 - N-400 receipt date for my father
2021
Apr 21 - Biometrics appt.

2022
May 2 - Interview

May 20 - Naturalization ceremony
 



Visit my website Dancing Light Stained Glass Studio to view my work.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
 
Didn't find the answer you were looking for? Ask our VJ Immigration Lawyers.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
- Back to Top -

Important Disclaimer: Please read carefully the Visajourney.com Terms of Service. If you do not agree to the Terms of Service you should not access or view any page (including this page) on VisaJourney.com. Answers and comments provided on Visajourney.com Forums are general information, and are not intended to substitute for informed professional medical, psychiatric, psychological, tax, legal, investment, accounting, or other professional advice. Visajourney.com does not endorse, and expressly disclaims liability for any product, manufacturer, distributor, service or service provider mentioned or any opinion expressed in answers or comments. VisaJourney.com does not condone immigration fraud in any way, shape or manner. VisaJourney.com recommends that if any member or user knows directly of someone involved in fraudulent or illegal activity, that they report such activity directly to the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. You can contact ICE via email at Immigration.Reply@dhs.gov or you can telephone ICE at 1-866-347-2423. All reported threads/posts containing reference to immigration fraud or illegal activities will be removed from this board. If you feel that you have found inappropriate content, please let us know by contacting us here with a url link to that content. Thank you.
×
×
  • Create New...