IR-1 for Canadian wife via Montreal

[osaa 0]

Hello, I am unsure how to navigate the site yet (since I never posted before) however I hope that the more experienced people can put this brief timeline and review where it will help more people. I found your site useful to assess how long it would actually take for processing of various stages of the visa, and so thought it would be fair to briefly summarize our own experience with the IR-1 path we took when I sponsored my

Canadian wife.

Timeline:

10-16-2011 ;; I-130 Petition sent to Chicago lockbox

10-18-2011 ;; NOA1

10-21-2011 ;; NOA2 (no, this is not a typo. It really took 3 days. Not sure why.)

10-25-2011 ;; NVC receipt of case

<<fees paid, electronic submission of all documents at most a day after requested; no RFE's were issued>>

12-13-2011 ;; NVC Case complete

1-12-2011 ;; MTL Interview data scheduled for 2-13-2012

2-13-2012 ;; IR-1 visa granted

2-15-2012 ;; IR-1 endorsed at POE

Total process done in less than 4 months, which is exceptionally fast as far as I can tell, with no lawyers and no advice with the exception of this website. Just follow the instructions, submit the civil documents electronically, complete the DS-260, and bring all your originals to the interview. That's it.

Lessons:

a) Elect to participate in electronic processing with NVC; keep calling them even when they give you stock processing times;

b) Get your IRS tax transcripts for both the current and previous year, since this saves a lot of hassle;

c) Travelling back and forth from Canada to US during this whole time, for her, was no problem.

d) When selecting DHL/Loomis delivery location in a rush: select Dorval, and typically it will arrive the business day after the interview for pickup (i.e. mon interview -> wed. morning pickup of visa/passport)

Best of luck to all of you.

[Flames9_RN 358]

Hello, I am unsure how to navigate the site yet (since I never posted before) however I hope that the more experienced people can put this brief timeline and review where it will help more people. I found your site useful to assess how long it would actually take for processing of various stages of the visa, and so thought it would be fair to briefly summarize our own experience with the IR-1 path we took when I sponsored my

Canadian wife.

Timeline:

10-16-2011 ;; I-130 Petition sent to Chicago lockbox

10-18-2011 ;; NOA1

10-21-2011 ;; NOA2 (no, this is not a typo. It really took 3 days. Not sure why.)

10-25-2011 ;; NVC receipt of case

<<fees paid, electronic submission of all documents at most a day after requested; no RFE's were issued>>

12-13-2011 ;; NVC Case complete

1-12-2011 ;; MTL Interview data scheduled for 2-13-2012

2-13-2012 ;; IR-1 visa granted

2-15-2012 ;; IR-1 endorsed at POE

Total process done in less than 4 months, which is exceptionally fast as far as I can tell, with no lawyers and no advice with the exception of this website. Just follow the instructions, submit the civil documents electronically, complete the DS-260, and bring all your originals to the interview. That's it.

Lessons:

a) Elect to participate in electronic processing with NVC; keep calling them even when they give you stock processing times;

b) Get your IRS tax transcripts for both the current and previous year, since this saves a lot of hassle;

c) Travelling back and forth from Canada to US during this whole time, for her, was no problem.

d) When selecting DHL/Loomis delivery location in a rush: select Dorval, and typically it will arrive the business day after the interview for pickup (i.e. mon interview -> wed. morning pickup of visa/passport)

Best of luck to all of you.

Yep super fast!!!! Congrats

[sheeshkabelle 153]

Holy moly that was super fast!

Congratulations!