Interview scheduling at Montreal consulate

[EmilyS 11]

I hope someone on this forum will know the answer to this question....looking at the timelines didn't help

my K3 visa is going through and it has been mailed to Montreal yesterday (our I-130 failed to get to NVC before and that's how it survived). My question is does anyone know if they have a different category for K3 applicants when it comes to scheduling them for interviews? all I'm trying to do is get a better prespective of when my interview date would be? (roughly) when they schedule interviews they look at how many applicants for each visa category they have and they schedule interviews accordingly, correct? so with k3s being rarely given would you think that I would get a faster interview date than CR-1/K1 applicants???

I can't really rely on the timelines here on VJ because K3s aren't issued much if any at all these days. I appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks

Edited January 24, 2013 by EmilyS

[pocheros 101]

I may be wrong but from what I understand they basically "kill" the K3 partway through and it becomes either a CR1/IR1 or a K1. CR1/IR1s have interviews assigned to them and K1s schedule their own interviews, either way it takes about 4 months or so from NVC to the day of the interview. Doubt you'll receive your interview sooner because of the visa type. The reason it takes so long is because Montreal is a busy consulate.

Edited January 24, 2013 by pocheros

[Flames9_RN 358]

I may be wrong but from what I understand they basically "kill" the K3 partway through and it becomes either a CR1/IR1 or a K1. CR1/IR1s have interviews assigned to them and K1s schedule their own interviews, either way it takes about 4 months or so from NVC to the day of the interview. Doubt you'll receive your interview sooner because of the visa type. The reason it takes so long is because Montreal is a busy consulate.

can't be a k1---as they are married

[pocheros 101]

can't be a k1---as they are married

Thanks for the correction. I didn't know K3s were married.

The K3 visa is so weird :S

Edited January 24, 2013 by pocheros

[EmilyS 11]

they didn't close our K3 route as I mentioned in my original post, the estimate you're giving me is for immigrant visas and as K3 is a NON-immigrant visa I figured they would schedule K3 applicants based on how many K3 visa applicants they currently have which has nothing to do with CR-1/K1

[Flames9_RN 358]

they didn't close our K3 route as I mentioned in my original post, the estimate you're giving me is for immigrant visas and as K3 is a NON-immigrant visa I figured they would schedule K3 applicants based on how many K3 visa applicants they currently have which has nothing to do with CR-1/K1

If they based i ton how many K3's they had, you would probbaly have the interview very soon,lol Been awhile since Anyone has even mentioned the K3 in the Canada forum. Back in 2004, we sent both in and the cr-1 beat it out!! Had moved and been residing in the USA for about 4 months when we got info on the k3,lol Best of luck

Edited January 24, 2013 by Flames9_RN

[EmilyS 11]

If they based i ton how many K3's they had, you would probbaly have the interview very soon,lol Been awhile since Anyone has even mentioned the K3 in the Canada forum. Back in 2004, we sent both in and the cr-1 beat it out!! Had moved and been residing in the USA for about 4 months when we got info on the k3,lol Best of luck

I really hope they do base it on how many k3 applicants they have when they are scheduling interviews, yes I know K3 visas are rarely given and the only reason ours survived was because NVC received the I-129F a week before the I-130 and had the chance to process it and send it to montreal, I wish somebody could tell me which one would reunite my husband and I sooner since we have the option to choose right now, thanks for your reply anyways

Edited January 24, 2013 by EmilyS

[Flames9_RN 358]

I really hope they do base it on how many k3 applicants they have when they are scheduling interviews, yes I know K3 visas are rarely given and the only reason ours survived was because NVC received the I-129F a week before the I-130 and had the chance to process it and send it to montreal, I wish somebody could tell me which one would reunite my husband and I sooner since we have the option to choose right now, thanks for your reply anyways

Hard to say, since we haven't had any K3 people post here in ages. Everyone's situation is different so its sort of up to you which route to go--there is alot of differences between a k3 and a cr-1--cr-1 is a far superior visa in many ways--greencard quicker, can work right away, travel easier, less Govt paperwork etc etc. Time-wise its probably going to be the same!! NOW if you had been going through VANCOUVER (yes they do k3's) they are a much faster consulate, so maybe it would have made sense to go the k3 route.

[Rob & Monika 87]

MTL doesn't look too busy, with the timelines showing the latest IR1/CR1 interview dates less than a month away, and K-1 interviews in early march, hopefully you won't have a 3-4 month wait

[EmilyS 11]

if by an off chance I get scheduled far ahead, can I request an earlier date? I wish I knew how they schedule K3 applicants

I really hope they go by how many applicants in each visa category they have, I mean it wouldn't really make sense if they schedule K3s far ahead than CR-1 applicants since it's supposed to reunite spouses faster hence it's a non immigrant visa!! Ughhhh every step of this process is stressfulllll and not being able to find an answer to my question frustrates me!

[EmilyS 11]

another question popped up in my head

does anyone know if I can pursue both routes and see which one gives me a closer interview date?

[Flames9_RN 358]

if by an off chance I get scheduled far ahead, can I request an earlier date? I wish I knew how they schedule K3 applicants

I really hope they go by how many applicants in each visa category they have, I mean it wouldn't really make sense if they schedule K3s far ahead than CR-1 applicants since it's supposed to reunite spouses faster hence it's a non immigrant visa!! Ughhhh every step of this process is stressfulllll and not being able to find an answer to my question frustrates me!

That hasn't been the case for years, thus why k3 is pretty much dead. Like I stated before, the only time in Canada where it made any sense to do a k3 was if you lived in Western Canada and able to goto Vancouver...otherwise, best to go cr-1

[EmilyS 11]

Well if NVC takes a long time to close the case (cr-1) than it might make sense to go with it since it will be at the consulate soon and since the I-130 still hasn't even been assigned a case number yet, but who knows. Thanks for ur reply though

As for my other question, can one pursue both at the same time to see which one gets a closer interview date?

[Flames9_RN 358]

Well if NVC takes a long time to close the case (cr-1) than it might make sense to go with it since it will be at the consulate soon and since the I-130 still hasn't even been assigned a case number yet, but who knows. Thanks for ur reply though

As for my other question, can one pursue both at the same time to see which one gets a closer interview date?

My memory is pretty much useless, as it was back in 2004 for me. Back then it sort of depended on which got to a certain point first and then you went that route, I don't believe you really got to pick. You submitted for both and just went with the one that got to the finishing point first. In our case, the CR-1. Sorry not much help!

[Hannah777 8]

MTL doesn't look too busy, with the timelines showing the latest IR1/CR1 interview dates less than a month away, and K-1 interviews in early march, hopefully you won't have a 3-4 month wait

Where are you finding your info for the wait times to get an interview in Montreal? I am waiting on the K1 visa and i am trying to figure out how long of a wait it will be from NOA2 to interview.