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

    • 1-3 business days
      86
    • 4-7 business days
      107
    • 8-10 business days
      24
    • 11-14 business days
      18
    • More than 14 business days - they were just very slow.
      42
    • More than 14 business days - my circumstances were exceptional.
      22

  2. 2. If your wait was longer than expected, what do you think caused the delay?

    • The US Consulate in Montreal caused the delay.
      77
    • DHL delivery caused the delay.
      8
    • All of the above.
      7
    • None of the above. Something else caused the delay.
      16
    • None of the above. I was satisfied with the delivery time.
      191

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Yeah I know the difference and how it works but to me, from a logical perspective it would be way easier to have an immigration issue from a non-immigrant visa applicant than from an immigrant applicant is what I meant.

My point was there are probably fewer people working on immigrant visas, hence the delay. You are certainly right, there must be far more issues when it comes to verifying legitimate K1 cases. I'm sure you will get yours soon! :-)

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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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My point was there are probably fewer people working on immigrant visas, hence the delay. You are certainly right, there must be far more issues when it comes to verifying legitimate K1 cases. I'm sure you will get yours soon! :-)

Lol true.

Did you get your loomis email yet?

June 22: CR-1 Interview at Montreal Consulate = Approved

July 6: E-mailed Consulate as status has been 'Ready" since Interview with same date

July 7: Case Status as "Ready" and Date Updated

July 13: E-mailed, no update again

July 13: Case Status as "Ready" and Date Updated

July 24: E-mailed again, no update

July 24: Case Status as "Ready" and Date Updated

July 27: Date Updates by itself still "Ready"

July 28: Get Email from Montreal US Consulate requesting to go back and redo fingerprints

July 28: Drive halfway to Montreal

July 29: Get to Montreal

July 30 (8am): Redo fingerprints, consular officer apologizes for having us comeback for fingerprints, issues us the Visa on the spot

July 30 (3pm): VISA in HAND!

August 3: Florida move!

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My visa was issued on July 18 and I still have not received an email from Loomis. I tried to call, but was told I need a waybill # before they can check on, or deliver, a package for me. I'm sure it will come soon, and it's not a major deal, but I was really hoping to move tomorrow so that I could attend a wedding on Saturday that I thought I was going to miss.

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spielerin   24

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My visa was issued on July 18 and I still have not received an email from Loomis. I tried to call, but was told I need a waybill # before they can check on, or deliver, a package for me. I'm sure it will come soon, and it's not a major deal, but I was really hoping to move tomorrow so that I could attend a wedding on Saturday that I thought I was going to miss.

sucks that a lot of people have to change their moving plans due to the stupid waiting :( I hope you get it very very soon!

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My visa was issued on July 18 and I still have not received an email from Loomis. I tried to call, but was told I need a waybill # before they can check on, or deliver, a package for me. I'm sure it will come soon, and it's not a major deal, but I was really hoping to move tomorrow so that I could attend a wedding on Saturday that I thought I was going to miss.

Did you try emailing the consulate?

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Did you try emailing the consulate?

Loomis said to contact the NVC, the NVC said to contact the consulate. I'll wait it out a little bit longer because I'm sure I'll get a generic non-answer from the consulate. It does say 5 business days, which is tomorrow, so I may be jumping the gun. Still, I got excited at the thought of not missing out on yet another event due to all this waiting.

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Loomis said to contact the NVC, the NVC said to contact the consulate. I'll wait it out a little bit longer because I'm sure I'll get a generic non-answer from the consulate. It does say 5 business days, which is tomorrow, so I may be jumping the gun. Still, I got excited at the thought of not missing out on yet another event due to all this waiting.

Yup, that's the worst part of all of this. The system being down and the resulting delay really changed everything for all of us affected. We originally gave ourselves 3 weeks time after the interview because we knew it would take 7-14 days to get the visa. So before all of this happened, we made our plans accordingly without knowing this was going to happen. I'm sure everyone else was in the same boat and now it just sucks so we definitely feel your pain! At least you are issued and are that much closer!

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July 7: Case Status as "Ready" and Date Updated

July 13: E-mailed, no update again

July 13: Case Status as "Ready" and Date Updated

July 24: E-mailed again, no update

July 24: Case Status as "Ready" and Date Updated

July 27: Date Updates by itself still "Ready"

July 28: Get Email from Montreal US Consulate requesting to go back and redo fingerprints

July 28: Drive halfway to Montreal

July 29: Get to Montreal

July 30 (8am): Redo fingerprints, consular officer apologizes for having us comeback for fingerprints, issues us the Visa on the spot

July 30 (3pm): VISA in HAND!

August 3: Florida move!

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spielerin   24

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My CEAC status change its says ISSUED thank God :):):):):):)

Congrats!!!! Mine still says "READY" :( hopefully it changes soon, hopefully tomorrow

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03.18.2019 Interview Scheduled (USCIS text notification & appointment letter online)

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My CEAC status change its says ISSUED thank God :):):):):):)

Omg no way, so cool!! Happy for you :) . We've decided to writte an email by next week! I am just hesitant to do, not only because of the response might be not too informative, but I don't want to bother them too much! I am thinking one time email should be ok, yeah?

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My CEAC status change its says ISSUED thank God :):):):):):)

Wow...we interviewed 2.5 weeks before you, what the heck is going on at montreal...

June 22: CR-1 Interview at Montreal Consulate = Approved

July 6: E-mailed Consulate as status has been 'Ready" since Interview with same date

July 7: Case Status as "Ready" and Date Updated

July 13: E-mailed, no update again

July 13: Case Status as "Ready" and Date Updated

July 24: E-mailed again, no update

July 24: Case Status as "Ready" and Date Updated

July 27: Date Updates by itself still "Ready"

July 28: Get Email from Montreal US Consulate requesting to go back and redo fingerprints

July 28: Drive halfway to Montreal

July 29: Get to Montreal

July 30 (8am): Redo fingerprints, consular officer apologizes for having us comeback for fingerprints, issues us the Visa on the spot

July 30 (3pm): VISA in HAND!

August 3: Florida move!

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And we are happy for you don't get me wrong, so congrats, we are just super bummed after seeing that...

June 22: CR-1 Interview at Montreal Consulate = Approved

July 6: E-mailed Consulate as status has been 'Ready" since Interview with same date

July 7: Case Status as "Ready" and Date Updated

July 13: E-mailed, no update again

July 13: Case Status as "Ready" and Date Updated

July 24: E-mailed again, no update

July 24: Case Status as "Ready" and Date Updated

July 27: Date Updates by itself still "Ready"

July 28: Get Email from Montreal US Consulate requesting to go back and redo fingerprints

July 28: Drive halfway to Montreal

July 29: Get to Montreal

July 30 (8am): Redo fingerprints, consular officer apologizes for having us comeback for fingerprints, issues us the Visa on the spot

July 30 (3pm): VISA in HAND!

August 3: Florida move!

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Omg no way, so cool!! Happy for you :) . We've decided to writte an email by next week! I am just hesitant to do, not only because of the response might be not too informative, but I don't want to bother them too much! I am thinking one time email should be ok, yeah?

Thanx duvalin yeah there is no harm emailing them.

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Idy Fdez   34

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And we are happy for you don't get me wrong, so congrats, we are just super bummed after seeing that...

Hi I&ns:

When was your interview and what's your status on CEAC please? my husband had his on May/21 we are on AP since then. wrote an email to the embassy after the 60 days and received an automatic response, basically telling me to wait.

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