Horror stories at the MTL consulate?

[cillyx5 2]

I've read quite a few reviews on the MTL consulate... And all seem to show a very quick and smooth interview process.

Are there any horror stories or bad experiences out there?

[Flames9_RN 358]

I've read quite a few reviews on the MTL consulate... And all seem to show a very quick and smooth interview process.

Are there any horror stories or bad experiences out there?

The few that have had some difficulties tend to be people that were not born in Canada! Come from countries that have high fraud rates, or countries that are not friendly with the USA.

Then their are the domicile issues--whole thread at the top regarding that. Where the USA citizen is residing in Canada-(whole thread on it,lol)

Some that have had a criminal background

If your a born in Canada Canuck and who have triple checked that you have all your paperwork, and been honest all along, its a cake walk!

[codygrace 14]

Was the easiest part for me. The hardest part was getting to Montreal and not spending all my money as a tourist in a new city!

Good luck to you

[cillyx5 2]

Thanks for the support.

It's great to hear that there aren't many bad experiences at our consulate.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Yep - we're very lucky to not be a high fraud country and have no language barriers.

[WantingMyHubby 0]

I've read quite a few reviews on the MTL consulate... And all seem to show a very quick and smooth interview process.

Are there any horror stories or bad experiences out there?

Got my IR1 approved on October 17th and I have to say that it was a flawless procedure. I was denied at the border in 2008 (now THAT was a horror story) so I was terrified of what they might ask me. Let me tell you, it was YEARS of me thinking the very worst of the interview and in the end, the actual interview was no more than 5 minutes. The adjudicator asked me no more than 6 or 7 very basic questions, none of which were difficult. The most difficult one was probably "Walk me through your relationship", only because it was an open ended question.

From the time I got in line to the minute I walked out of the consulate, no more than 2 hours had lapsed. So the majority of that time was waiting for my number to be called and even THAT wasn't bad at all!

In case you're curious, aside from my denial in 2008 (all due to our naiveté), there isn't a thing about my past or my relationship that would give me any problems. Not sure what made my case so easy for them to approve, but I have to say that it was a really pleasantly surprising day!

[WantingMyHubby 0]

I've read quite a few reviews on the MTL consulate... And all seem to show a very quick and smooth interview process.

Are there any horror stories or bad experiences out there?

Got my IR1 approved on October 17th and I have to say that it was a flawless procedure. I was denied at the border in 2008 (now THAT was a horror story) so I was terrified of what they might ask me. Let me tell you, it was YEARS of me thinking the very worst of the interview and in the end, the actual interview was no more than 5 minutes. The adjudicator asked me no more than 6 or 7 very basic questions, none of which were difficult. The most difficult one was probably "Walk me through your relationship", only because it was an open ended question.

From the time I got in line to the minute I walked out of the consulate, no more than 2 hours had lapsed. So the majority of that time was waiting for my number to be called and even THAT wasn't bad at all!

In case you're curious, aside from my denial in 2008 (all due to our naiveté), there isn't a thing about my past or my relationship that would give me any problems. Not sure what made my case so easy for them to approve, but I have to say that it was a really pleasantly surprising day!

[Flames9_RN 358]

Got my IR1 approved on October 17th and I have to say that it was a flawless procedure. I was denied at the border in 2008 (now THAT was a horror story) so I was terrified of what they might ask me. Let me tell you, it was YEARS of me thinking the very worst of the interview and in the end, the actual interview was no more than 5 minutes. The adjudicator asked me no more than 6 or 7 very basic questions, none of which were difficult. The most difficult one was probably "Walk me through your relationship", only because it was an open ended question.

From the time I got in line to the minute I walked out of the consulate, no more than 2 hours had lapsed. So the majority of that time was waiting for my number to be called and even THAT wasn't bad at all!

In case you're curious, aside from my denial in 2008 (all due to our naiveté), there isn't a thing about my past or my relationship that would give me any problems. Not sure what made my case so easy for them to approve, but I have to say that it was a really pleasantly surprising day!

Thats ur typical interview for a boring Canadian(no criminal record, not born in another country)! They are very quick!

Edited November 2, 2012 by Flames9_RN

[Hugglebuggles 60]

The elevator opens from the back! That's the scariest thing...

Easy as pie. All this time waiting, and the interview is 15 minutes long (or less)

[Brenda2010 1]

My only issue was that they couldn't get a read on my fingerprints (apparently they're shallow...what?), so we had to do them multiple times which resulted in a 3 hour visit. No other problems though, easy peasy.