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  1. 1. How long did you wait for your passport after your Montreal interview?

    • 1-3 business days
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    • 4-7 business days
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    • 8-10 business days
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    • 11-14 business days
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    • More than 14 business days - they were just very slow.
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    • More than 14 business days - my circumstances were exceptional.
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  2. 2. If your wait was longer than expected, what do you think caused the delay?

    • The US Consulate in Montreal caused the delay.
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    • DHL delivery caused the delay.
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    • All of the above.
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    • None of the above. Something else caused the delay.
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    • None of the above. I was satisfied with the delivery time.
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Thanks Karen!, we just called DOS and were given to understand that they have all the necessary information and our case is in AP. The wait time according to the operator was 4 to 8 weeks . This is a bummer and quite upset now :crying:.BTW,Did you call DOS?

Not sure if India is considered to be in a high fraud country -God this testing period is getting too much to endure!

Sorry to hear about your case being in AP. Some times they say that but it really takes a shorter time to go through. Just keep the faith, and call as often as you can though it really doesn't make a difference as the process is being done by the montreal embassy.

We called DOS today and the guy said he did not have access to tell us where our visa processis right now. We'll just trying later to speak to someone else who can give us a real answer.

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2010-08-06: I-130 Sent

2010-11-02: I-130 Transfered to TSC

2010-08-16: I-130 NOA1

2011-02-08: I-130 RFE

2011-02-21: I-130 RFE Sent

2011-03-01: I-130 Approved

2011-03-07: I-130 NOA2 Hard copy Received

2011-03-07: I-130 NOA2 Sent to NVC

NVC

2011-03-18: NVC Case #

2011-03-19: Sent OPTIN email and DS 261

2011-03-22: AOS fees appears as PAID

2011-03-23: Emailed AOS package

2011-03-28: Paid IV bill

2011-03-28: Sent IV supporting docs

2011-04-04: Resent IV and AOS packages

2011-04-19: Case reviewed, RFE

2011-05-06: SIF!!!

2011-05-09: CC email and confirmation from operator!

2011-05-13: My hubbys's Bday, great gift interview date throu email!!!:)

Med/Interview/POE

2011-05-25: Medical Medisys. Done.

2011-06-27: Interview *APPROVED!!!*

2011-07-13: Passport in hand.

2011-07-30: POE

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I totally agree with you. I have looked at VJ posts and on occasion this does happen. Seems to have been happening more in May. I have been sitting here wracking my brain WHY this happened to me, I am

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July 1 Issued (application processing) July 2 status date update July 6 ISSUED (receive in 5 days message) July 8 Waybill (received 9pm) July 9 Picked up from Loomis (Drummondville) July 10 POE

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Hi!!! After 14 months waiting, today we received an email from the consulate requesting new medical, new police report and a new application!! they are not requesting the passport yet, but knowing th

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Sorry to hear about your case being in AP. Some times they say that but it really takes a shorter time to go through. Just keep the faith, and call as often as you can though it really doesn't make a difference as the process is being done by the montreal embassy.

We called DOS today and the guy said he did not have access to tell us where our visa processis right now. We'll just trying later to speak to someone else who can give us a real answer.

Well we called DOS again and this time we were informed that our case is pending and they have no clue on how much more time it will take - I guess the response we get from DOS varies on the person we talk to and it is very important for us to stay calm and get a control on ourself ( easier said then what I can actually practice).. Is pending status same as AP?

@ceciliaottawa : We wish that you get your visa very soon and pray that this wait time gets over soon..not sure how else I can add value -- did you tell IV Processing Unit in Montreal on the urgency since you are running out of time and hopefully this may help. I remember seeing some post on how someone faxed a note to Montreal ..

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Well we called DOS again and this time we were informed that our case is pending and they have no clue on how much more time it will take - I guess the response we get from DOS varies on the person we talk to and it is very important for us to stay calm and get a control on ourself ( easier said then what I can actually practice).. Is pending status same as AP?

@ceciliaottawa : We wish that you get your visa very soon and pray that this wait time gets over soon..not sure how else I can add value -- did you tell IV Processing Unit in Montreal on the urgency since you are running out of time and hopefully this may help. I remember seeing some post on how someone faxed a note to Montreal ..

Yes, the "visa specialists" are as clueless as the poeple who used to ansewer the phone at NVC. I just hope they get what ever they are doing with my visa done soon so that i can get a life.

@Cecilia, that is true, i read about that some where in the threads. Yuo can just start with an email explaining your situation though i know your visa will be out in time for you not to stay here illegally. But just try to get the ball rolling and send the embassy an email and a fax to see if they respond.

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2010-08-06: I-130 Sent

2010-11-02: I-130 Transfered to TSC

2010-08-16: I-130 NOA1

2011-02-08: I-130 RFE

2011-02-21: I-130 RFE Sent

2011-03-01: I-130 Approved

2011-03-07: I-130 NOA2 Hard copy Received

2011-03-07: I-130 NOA2 Sent to NVC

NVC

2011-03-18: NVC Case #

2011-03-19: Sent OPTIN email and DS 261

2011-03-22: AOS fees appears as PAID

2011-03-23: Emailed AOS package

2011-03-28: Paid IV bill

2011-03-28: Sent IV supporting docs

2011-04-04: Resent IV and AOS packages

2011-04-19: Case reviewed, RFE

2011-05-06: SIF!!!

2011-05-09: CC email and confirmation from operator!

2011-05-13: My hubbys's Bday, great gift interview date throu email!!!:)

Med/Interview/POE

2011-05-25: Medical Medisys. Done.

2011-06-27: Interview *APPROVED!!!*

2011-07-13: Passport in hand.

2011-07-30: POE

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thanks for all the congrats. I guess the next step is POE next week. super excited! Decided to just make it Tuesday morning instead of Monday night late.

I hope Karen and Kribun get your emails an visas soon! So exciting for everyone!

Also I just got back from picking my visa up! They put the visa on page 16 of my passport which kind of confused me since I dont have anything else in it.. I was like.. why didn't they just put it on page 1? oh well :P

Same thing happened here. When I first got my passport back, I was flipping through the pages getting worried since I didn't see a visa. But then I finally found it all the way in the back, even though I only had 2 stamps in my passport.

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2010-08-06: I-130 Sent

2010-11-02: I-130 Transfered to TSC

2010-08-16: I-130 NOA1

2011-02-08: I-130 RFE

2011-02-21: I-130 RFE Sent

2011-03-01: I-130 Approved

2011-03-07: I-130 NOA2 Hard copy Received

2011-03-07: I-130 NOA2 Sent to NVC

NVC

2011-03-18: NVC Case #

2011-03-19: Sent OPTIN email and DS 261

2011-03-22: AOS fees appears as PAID

2011-03-23: Emailed AOS package

2011-03-28: Paid IV bill

2011-03-28: Sent IV supporting docs

2011-04-04: Resent IV and AOS packages

2011-04-19: Case reviewed, RFE

2011-05-06: SIF!!!

2011-05-09: CC email and confirmation from operator!

2011-05-13: My hubbys's Bday, great gift interview date throu email!!!:)

Med/Interview/POE

2011-05-25: Medical Medisys. Done.

2011-06-27: Interview *APPROVED!!!*

2011-07-13: Passport in hand.

2011-07-30: POE

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Wooohooooo, finally got the DHL email. Next stop POE. :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

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2010-08-06: I-130 Sent

2010-11-02: I-130 Transfered to TSC

2010-08-16: I-130 NOA1

2011-02-08: I-130 RFE

2011-02-21: I-130 RFE Sent

2011-03-01: I-130 Approved

2011-03-07: I-130 NOA2 Hard copy Received

2011-03-07: I-130 NOA2 Sent to NVC

NVC

2011-03-18: NVC Case #

2011-03-19: Sent OPTIN email and DS 261

2011-03-22: AOS fees appears as PAID

2011-03-23: Emailed AOS package

2011-03-28: Paid IV bill

2011-03-28: Sent IV supporting docs

2011-04-04: Resent IV and AOS packages

2011-04-19: Case reviewed, RFE

2011-05-06: SIF!!!

2011-05-09: CC email and confirmation from operator!

2011-05-13: My hubbys's Bday, great gift interview date throu email!!!:)

Med/Interview/POE

2011-05-25: Medical Medisys. Done.

2011-06-27: Interview *APPROVED!!!*

2011-07-13: Passport in hand.

2011-07-30: POE

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Wooohooooo, finally got the DHL email. Next stop POE. :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

Yay, grats! kicking.gif

When are you planning on doing your POE?

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Yay, grats! kicking.gif

When are you planning on doing your POE?

Thanks Saylin. I'll probably do my POE in two weeks. Have a lot of stuff to settle here first. Depending on the airline i take it could be the Toronto or Ottawa airports as i will be flying in.

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2010-08-06: I-130 Sent

2010-11-02: I-130 Transfered to TSC

2010-08-16: I-130 NOA1

2011-02-08: I-130 RFE

2011-02-21: I-130 RFE Sent

2011-03-01: I-130 Approved

2011-03-07: I-130 NOA2 Hard copy Received

2011-03-07: I-130 NOA2 Sent to NVC

NVC

2011-03-18: NVC Case #

2011-03-19: Sent OPTIN email and DS 261

2011-03-22: AOS fees appears as PAID

2011-03-23: Emailed AOS package

2011-03-28: Paid IV bill

2011-03-28: Sent IV supporting docs

2011-04-04: Resent IV and AOS packages

2011-04-19: Case reviewed, RFE

2011-05-06: SIF!!!

2011-05-09: CC email and confirmation from operator!

2011-05-13: My hubbys's Bday, great gift interview date throu email!!!:)

Med/Interview/POE

2011-05-25: Medical Medisys. Done.

2011-06-27: Interview *APPROVED!!!*

2011-07-13: Passport in hand.

2011-07-30: POE

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Thanks Saylin. I'll probably do my POE in two weeks. Have a lot of stuff to settle here first. Depending on the airline i take it could be the Toronto or Ottawa airports as i will be flying in.

Good luck when you do POE :) And whatever you do, do not open that sealed envelope ;)

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same here people!! got mine monday, but have tendonitis on both my wrists and cant type much.. thanks to everyone here x all the help!!!

USCIS (200 days)

2010-07-21: I-130 Sent

2010-07-29: NOA1

2011-02-14: NOA2

NVC (65 days)

2011-03-01: Received NVC case#, IIN# and Beneficiary ID#

2011-03-02: Gave NVC Operator e-mail addresses. Sent OPTIN email.

2011-03-03: Sent DS-261 (online)

2011-03-04: Received and paid AOS fee. Received DS3032 by email.

2011-03-07: AOS fee appears PAID

2011-03-08: NVC Received DS-261 according to AVR.

2011-03-08: Received IV fee bill by email but Online Payment portal not working! L(

2011-03-10: Sent AOS package by email.

2011-03-14: Finally NVC portal working... Paid IV fee.

2011-03-14: OPTIN email accepted! (12 days after sent)

2011-03-15: IV fee appears as PAID. Submitted DS-260 online form & documents by email.

2011-04-01: Review completed but showing missing docs that were there. Sent to supervisor for a second review.

2011-04-14: Second review completed but still rejecting Argentine PCC. Off to getting a new one :(

2011-04-27: New Argentine PCC sent (checklist response)

2011-05-04: SIF & CC!!!!!!!

2011-05-13: Interview date assigned

Medical / US Consulate / POE

2011-05-25: Medical in Montreal

2011-06-21: Interview

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same here people!! got mine monday, but have tendonitis on both my wrists and cant type much.. thanks to everyone here x all the help!!!

Ahh, you didn't tell me! Grats!! kicking.gifkicking.gifkicking.gif And I hope you feel better soon!

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Congrats to you both! Very exciting... :dance::thumbs:

SEPT 16,2010-FILED I-129F
SEPT 21,2010-NOA1
SEPT 27,2010-hard copy of NOA1
SEPT 24,2010-touch
FEB 23,2011-RFE
FEB 23,2011-touch
MAR 12,2011-SENT OUT RFE requested
MAR 16,2011-touch (e-mail too)
MAR 17,2011-NOA2
MAR 25,2011-NVC recieved our petition
APR 13,2011-PKT 3 SENT from Montreal
APR 20,2011-SENT OUT PKT 3
MAY 4,2011-EMAIL RFE 2 from Montreal
MAY 5,2011-SENT OUT REQUESTED DS 156, passprot photos, bio page of passport
MAY 23,2011-DOS COMFIRMED PKT 4 HAS BEEN SENT OUT
May 31,2011-Pkt 4 recieved (dated May 18th)
AUG 3,2011-MEDICAL in Toronto
AUG 25,2011-INTERVIEW - APPROVED!!
SEPT 9,2011-POE
SEPT 12,2011-Wedding

AOS
SEPT,26th 2011-AOS filed
OCT 6th-E-mail NOA1
OCT 11th-Hardcopy of NOA1 dated Sept 28th
OCT 25th-RFE
NOV 29,2011-AP (Approved)
NOV 29,2011-EAD(card production)
Dec 6,2011-EAD/AP card in hand smile.png
June 18, 2012-AOS approved
Aug 27th,2012-Card in production
STILL WAITING TO RECIEVE GREEN CARD~2nd service request is pending Nov 12,2012
Contacted senator-Jan 2013
Recieved e-mail response-Feb 4,2013
MAY 7,2013-RECIEVED GREEN CARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ROC

March 18,2014-sent I-751

March 24,2014-Recieved NOA (dated March 20th)

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How soon did some of you wait before calling DOS to get a status on the visa?

Started LDR with hubby July '04, married Nov '06

He moved and became permanent resident of Canada Nov '07

Now, we want to move back to his hometown in Illinois!

Filed DCF for IR1 Visa

I-130 sent to Toronto Embassy: September 12, 2010

Initial approval at Toronto Embassy: November 19, 2010

Packet 3 rec'd January 28, 2011

Packet 4 rec'd March 21, 2011

Medical May 16, 2011

Interview July 12, 2011 - Approved!

Visa/Passport picked up DHL July 22, 2011

POE date August 26, 2011

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@saylin and @karenb

how long did it take you to get your passports back with the new visa from your interview?

What number were you calling to check on status???

My fiance just had her interview on Monday morning!!....soooo our big questions are, who to call to check now, and how long did it take for you? were either of yours processed out of Montreal?

Thanks all!

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@saylin and @karenb

how long did it take you to get your passports back with the new visa from your interview?

What number were you calling to check on status???

My fiance just had her interview on Monday morning!!....soooo our big questions are, who to call to check now, and how long did it take for you? were either of yours processed out of Montreal?

Thanks all!

I had my interview on a Tuesday and I had my passport in hand that Friday, so only 3 days. I didn't even need to call DOS. I'm sure it helped that I lived in Montreal and chose the DHL location that was only 30 minutes away.

If you want to check on your status, call DOS at 202-663-1225. Press 1 and then 0 to speak with a visa specialist.

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