Canadian Timelines

[rdettman6684 0]

Can anyone who had a fiance come over from Canada to the USpost their timeline. I'm just looking to get an idea of what to expect. Thanks!

[JustJanis 2]

Can anyone who had a fiance come over from Canada to the USpost their timeline. I'm just looking to get an idea of what to expect. Thanks!

I am a Canadian with an American fiance but we just started our journey so there isn't much I can tell you yet. You've picked a good site, a lot of good information.

Thanks for posting. I'll be keeping an eye on this post, good to hear from others in the same situation.

[carl24 3]

Go to the Canada forum! Every case can be different but for every country its about the same processing time. Average wait can take 5-9 months! In more cases than you would like to see it can take 1 year, and in rare cases it can take 2 years.

Just make sure you provide lots of proof of your relationship, double check your paperwork over a million times, send correct fee, mail to correct office, etc. and you should have no flaws.

[Inky 1,111]

Yea post in the Canada forum. You will get much better answers and more responses.

We applied in 2009 - took us about 4 months. However it is very different now and taking much longer.

[rdettman6684 0]

Yea post in the Canada forum. You will get much better answers and more responses.

We applied in 2009 - took us about 4 months. However it is very different now and taking much longer.

Can someone provide a link to the Canadian forums? Much appreciated!

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Can someone provide a link to the Canadian forums? Much appreciated!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/93-canada/

For future reference, if you click on Forums at the top of the VJ page and scroll down to "General Discussion Area" there is a regional section there when the Canada forum can be found.

[S&B 1]

We filed in June 2010, I got my packet 3 mid-September, took me 5 weeks to get my background check, so I sent my application in Nov 26th. They only took three weeks to get back to me, I scheduled my interview for January 21st (tomorrow!) at the beginning of the month, and had my medical exam on January 4th. So total, if I had gotten my background check beforehand, it would've taken just under 6 months. This was through the Vermont center in the US, and the Montreal consulate here in Canada.

Edited January 20, 2011 by Anysunrise

[carl24 3]

We filed in June 2010, I got my packet 3 mid-September, took me 5 weeks to get my background check, so I sent my application in Nov 26th. They only took three weeks to get back to me, I scheduled my interview for January 21st (tomorrow!) at the beginning of the month, and had my medical exam on January 4th. So total, if I had gotten my background check beforehand, it would've taken just under 6 months. This was through the Vermont center in the US, and the Montreal consulate here in Canada.

How come it took so long for your background check to come in? At our RCMP office, in town, they give you the certificate from CPIC that day. Same as the Police station in the city. Were they just really backed up?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

We filed in June 2010, I got my packet 3 mid-September, took me 5 weeks to get my background check, so I sent my application in Nov 26th. They only took three weeks to get back to me, I scheduled my interview for January 21st (tomorrow!) at the beginning of the month, and had my medical exam on January 4th. So total, if I had gotten my background check beforehand, it would've taken just under 6 months. This was through the Vermont center in the US, and the Montreal consulate here in Canada.

You were able to schedule an interview date at the beginning of the month for THIS month?! That's awesome. How'd you manage that? Everywhere I read has horror stories of how long it takes to book an interview.

[carl24 3]

You were able to schedule an interview date at the beginning of the month for THIS month?! That's awesome. How'd you manage that? Everywhere I read has horror stories of how long it takes to book an interview.

USCIS wasn't processing as many NOA2's mid-late last year because of the issue with Haiti. Which probably let the offices in Montreal and Vancouver catch up on interviews. Its Montreal that seems to be the most backedup. Vancouver's list isn't quite as bad to get an interview sooner.

[payxibka 10,045]

moving thread to Canadian forum

[JlovesA 109]

You were able to schedule an interview date at the beginning of the month for THIS month?! That's awesome. How'd you manage that? Everywhere I read has horror stories of how long it takes to book an interview.

The "next available date" on the consulate website jumps around a lot. At one point it was showing April, then in December it was showing January, then this month is was showing March. Last time I logged in (a few days ago), it showed February 15. I think it just depends on people canceling.

[rdettman6684 0]

We filed in June 2010, I got my packet 3 mid-September, took me 5 weeks to get my background check, so I sent my application in Nov 26th. They only took three weeks to get back to me, I scheduled my interview for January 21st (tomorrow!) at the beginning of the month, and had my medical exam on January 4th. So total, if I had gotten my background check beforehand, it would've taken just under 6 months. This was through the Vermont center in the US, and the Montreal consulate here in Canada.

Thanks! Hoping mine progresses as quickly as yours did! Hope your interview was a success