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Waiting for our passports from Montreal

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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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So absolutely frustrated.

Received an email this morning from Montreal saying we had to return to the Consulate to do my finger prints.

It has been 5 freaking weeks since the interview, where the approval was given and we have been emailing them for over 3 weeks asking for updates and NOW they drop this on us! Now my husband and I need to either fly to montreal which will cost us over $2000 or drive 15 hours to Montreal to get there for an appointment that they scheduled with a days notice for us. My emotions are so overwhelmed with anger and frustration at this point. I can't count how many times I have had to fight back the tears, because at this point, tears are just wasted energy. They better issue the visa right then and there when we get there on Thursday. I hope no one else is having to go through this. Thanks for letting me vent.

WHAT WOW!!! That is outrageous. Not only have they imposed so much emotional and financial hardship on you by taking over 2 months to do this but now they want you to travel there! I am truly sorry. Hope you are able to find cheap tickets and you should definitely discuss your visa delivery once you are there.

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mag2929
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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

npan
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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

Idy Fdez
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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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Geez, this is getting ridiculous! Haven't you guys had the finger prints done already on the day of the interview? I am really really sorry to hear that :(

Yup, we did the fingerprints right there at our approved interview a long with our perfect police certificate. As we've said before, we have had a clean case from the beginning, never needing to submit extra info because we were super prepared and organized, so for this to happen is rather comical in a way, there is no words to describe it really.

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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spielerin   24

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so does the fingerprints expires in 2 months?

I don't think so, they don't normally change.

I-751 (ROC) Approved

08.18.2018 I-751 extended for 18 months (through October 2019)

04.24.2019 Combo Interview (with N-400) approved

N-400 Approved

01.01.2019 Qualified for N-400 application

01.02.2019 Filed N-400 Online

01.22.2019 Biometrics Appointment

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

04.24.2019 Combo Interview (with ROC) approved

05.16.2019 Oath Ceremony

 

 

 

 

duvalin Explorer

duvalin   3

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Sorry to hear I&NS!

When were done our interview, the CO, told us he was still waiting biometrics to come back from USCIS, which it will only take two hours, to be precise. I wonder if they were still having issues with finger prints then? But nonetheless, is very frustrating.

In other news, our status update changed to todays date. But we received not email from them.

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So absolutely frustrated.

Received an email this morning from Montreal saying we had to return to the Consulate to do my finger prints.

It has been 5 freaking weeks since the interview, where the approval was given and we have been emailing them for over 3 weeks asking for updates and NOW they drop this on us! Now my husband and I need to either fly to montreal which will cost us over $2000 or drive 15 hours to Montreal to get there for an appointment that they scheduled with a days notice for us. My emotions are so overwhelmed with anger and frustration at this point. I can't count how many times I have had to fight back the tears, because at this point, tears are just wasted energy. They better issue the visa right then and there when we get there on Thursday. I hope no one else is having to go through this. Thanks for letting me vent.

Sorry for squeezing in here but that is outrageous! Since you've already done them once, can you not ask them if you can get them redone locally and have them electronically transferred?

I'm sorry that this has happened to you. It's not even me and I'm furious! :girlwerewolf2xn: All the best on Thursday at the Consulate - I hope they deliver the visa to you on a silver platter.

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04/09/15: NOA1

06/10/15: NOA2

09/04/15: Interview - Approved!

09/18/15: Visa received

09/24/15: POE

10/24/15: Wedding!!

AOS

11/12/15: AOS packet sent

11/15/15: AOS packet received

11/16/15: NOA1 for I-131 and I-765

11/18/15: NOA1 for I-485

12/11/15: Biometrics

02/06/16: EAD card in production, AP sent RFE

02/10/16: EAD mailed

02/11/16: EAD combo card received in mail including AP - Service request sent for why case tracker shows RFE

03/16/16: AOS Interview - Approved

03/22/16: Green Card received in mail

 

ROC

12/18/17: I-751 Filed at VSC
12/22/17: NOA1

02/02/18: Biometrics Appointment

02/04/19: Case approved

02/09/19: Card received

 

All done, for now. 

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After 76 days CEAC website showed Issued for me, on July 28 and tonight I received an email from Loomis. I am not sure if I have to wait 3 days and then I can pick it up, or I can pick it up tomorrow!


After 76 days CEAC website showed Issued for me, on July 28 and tonight I received an email from Loomis. I am not sure if I have to wait 3 days and then I can pick it up, or I can pick it up tomorrow!

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New User 1000   4

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I contacted NVC today and got the standard response. She told me that I can contact the consulate and I said they would just give me a standard response. She paused for one second and said "anything else". So was completely useless experience. Another useless week.

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caronadlar   0

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Ya I got my passport and visa packet today and i m leaving friday insha allah

Sorry you already wrote this somewhere. How long did it take for you to get your Visa?

Thanks!


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NOA 1 - 2015/05/14 (TX) & NOA 1 2015/05/21 (CALI)

NOA 2 - 2015/06/19

NVC received docs - 2015/07/16

NVC sent docs to MTL - 2015/07/20

CEAC indicates "READY" - 2015/07/28

Sent Packet 3 via email - 2015/07/24 & 2015/07/28

Received email from consulate saying I sent it to Ottawa by accident - 2015/07/30

Resent Packet 3 via email - 2015/07/30

Received Packet 4 via email - 2015/07/30

MEDICAL - 2015/08/03

INTERVIEW - 2015/09/04



 
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