Consulate DHL

[Hayabusa05 0]

Hi everyone!

I'm having some confusion with the DHL service website. My wife and I are in Canada and I'm a US citizen. We applied for the CR-1 visa and our case is being reviewed at the NVC now. I opted in for electronic processing so everything has been scanned and sent. My question concerns the steps after filing the DS-260. I following the directions to the Embassy/Consulate specific instructions page and was direct to a PDF for Montreal's Consulate. It tells me I must go to the csc website and register for DHL service, which I did. In order to do so though I had to say I was authorized to schedule the appointment, which I'm not. The website said that the NVC will schedule my appointment but according to the csc website, one is scheduled. I don't know exactly what that means or even if I need to register for DHL since our case is being processed electronically. I understand they use that service to send the visa to you but is there anything I need to send them before?

Thanks in advance!

[Saylin 1,605]

Hi everyone!

I'm having some confusion with the DHL service website. My wife and I are in Canada and I'm a US citizen. We applied for the CR-1 visa and our case is being reviewed at the NVC now. I opted in for electronic processing so everything has been scanned and sent. My question concerns the steps after filing the DS-260. I following the directions to the Embassy/Consulate specific instructions page and was direct to a PDF for Montreal's Consulate. It tells me I must go to the csc website and register for DHL service, which I did. In order to do so though I had to say I was authorized to schedule the appointment, which I'm not. The website said that the NVC will schedule my appointment but according to the csc website, one is scheduled. I don't know exactly what that means or even if I need to register for DHL since our case is being processed electronically. I understand they use that service to send the visa to you but is there anything I need to send them before?

Thanks in advance!

As far as I know, you're only supposed to sign up for a DHL location only after your case is completed at NVC and they have an interview date scheduled for you.

Doing electronic processing has nothing to do with DHL. Everyone in Canada, regardless of doing EP or not, has to use the CSC website to sign up for a DHL location so the consulate knows where to send your passport, visa, and the sealed envelope to after the interview.

I have the steps here on how to sign up for a DHL location: http://s128.photobuc...mmigration/DHL/ Each picture has a description below it (once you click on an individual picture). This is how you should have signed up (although you should have waited until after you had gotten an interview date scheduled as you have not finished with NVC yet).

Edited May 18, 2011 by Saylin

[Hayabusa05 0]

Will I need to send anything to the Consulate or do I just play the waiting game? I hope signing up for DHL before being done with the NVC isn't a problem...Thanks for your response!

[Hayabusa05 0]

I just logged back into CSC and cancelled the appointment there. I guess there is no harm in keeping the courier service branch selected.

[Saylin 1,605]

Will I need to send anything to the Consulate or do I just play the waiting game? I hope signing up for DHL before being done with the NVC isn't a problem...Thanks for your response!

No, you don't send anything to the consulate. Once your case is complete at NVC, they'll schedule an interview date for you, and then ship your case to the consulate. So, just a lot more waiting.