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montreal girl   0

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Hey Yall,

I got legally married to my husband on February 23rd 2010. We started filing our I-120 in May 2010 and it was approved by the USCIS October 20. We then filed in our affadavit of support and the DS-260 (montreal is required to do this online now) and sent in my supporting documents on November 30th. Ten days later the NVC contacted us by email saying they received our stuff and it was under review. Anyone know how long it will take the NVC to complete our case and when we can expect to hear about a Montreal interview. I think the January slots are filled up...

Any advice?

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Inky Grand Master

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MOntreal interviews for spousal visas are backlogged currently. The wait time is 4-5 months for an actual interview after NVC is done with your files.

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Your I-129f was approved in 5 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 67 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

AOS was approved in 2 months and 8 days without interview.

ROC was approved in 3 months and 2 days without interview.

I am a Citizen of the United States of America. 04/16/13

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MOntreal interviews for spousal visas are backlogged currently. The wait time is 4-5 months for an actual interview after NVC is done with your files.

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FYI

Montreal Interview Spreadsheet

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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Is it possible then to change consulate and maybe do the interview in another canadian city which is not backlogged???? I dont want to wait 4-5 months till im with my husband!

MOntreal interviews for spousal visas are backlogged currently. The wait time is 4-5 months for an actual interview after NVC is done with your files.

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Is it possible then to change consulate and maybe do the interview in another canadian city which is not backlogged???? I dont want to wait 4-5 months till im with my husband!

No, montreal is the only one that does spousal visas.

If you were doing a K-1 fiance visa you could be in and out in vancouver a lot quicker. But its too late for that now...

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Your I-129f was approved in 5 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 67 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

AOS was approved in 2 months and 8 days without interview.

ROC was approved in 3 months and 2 days without interview.

I am a Citizen of the United States of America. 04/16/13

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I am sorry that you just found out about the wait in Montreal. No, Montreal is the only consulate that deals with Cr-1 immigrant visas. Figure April or May next year for your interview

Good luck - yes it sucks. If you look at the spreadsheet that OBX posted you'll see that the January slots are being filled by August case completes at NVC - 5 months go

Good luck

USCIS
August 12, 2008 - petition sent
August 16, 2008 - NOA-1
February 10, 2009 - NOA-2
178 DAYS FROM NOA-1

NVC
February 13, 2009 - NVC case number assigned
March 12, 2009 - Case Complete
25 DAY TRIP THROUGH NVC

Medical
May 4, 2009

Interview
May, 26, 2009

POE - June 20, 2009 Toronto - Atlanta, GA

Removal of Conditions
Filed - April 14, 2011
Biometrics - June 2, 2011 (early)
Approval - November 9, 2011
209 DAY TRIP TO REMOVE CONDITIONS

Citizenship

April 29, 2013 - NOA1 for petition received

September 10, 2013 Interview - decision could not be made.

April 15, 2014 APPROVED. Wait for oath ceremony

Waited...

September 29, 2015 - sent letter to senator.

October 16, 2015 - US Citizen

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