Montreal Consulate Experiences?

[TomandLaura 2]

Hi Everyone

First of all I 'd like to thank everyone who regularly posts to this forum. Although this is my first post I have followed this and the expats forum for some time now, and the info provided has been invaluable.

I submitted my K3 checklist to the Montreal Consulate in Canada over 5 weeks ago, but I haven't received an interview date yet. I'm wondering if this is normal, or should I be contacting the consulate to ensure everything is okay. The on-line case status shows the file was updated Nov 18th, but there has been nothing since. I'm mainly concerned because I make a living on contract jobs and I recently had to pass on one because I didn't want to abandon the work in the middle of the job to return for an as-of-yet unknown interview. It makes planning quite difficult. I debated about contacting the consulate but I'd hate to be seen as pestering them if this delay is normal. The last thing I want to do is make them mad when I am finally getting close to a visa.

Tom

[riblet 0]

Hi there If you check out the Canada forum, we have a Montreal timeline going. It seems that they have been averaging about 4 months from NOA2 to interview date, with the interview letter arriving about one month before the interview.

Hi Everyone

First of all I 'd like to thank everyone who regularly posts to this forum. Although this is my first post I have followed this and the expats forum for some time now, and the info provided has been invaluable.

I submitted my K3 checklist to the Montreal Consulate in Canada over 5 weeks ago, but I haven't received an interview date yet. I'm wondering if this is normal, or should I be contacting the consulate to ensure everything is okay. The on-line case status shows the file was updated Nov 18th, but there has been nothing since. I'm mainly concerned because I make a living on contract jobs and I recently had to pass on one because I didn't want to abandon the work in the middle of the job to return for an as-of-yet unknown interview. It makes planning quite difficult. I debated about contacting the consulate but I'd hate to be seen as pestering them if this delay is normal. The last thing I want to do is make them mad when I am finally getting close to a visa.

Tom

[zyggy 9]

Hi Everyone

First of all I 'd like to thank everyone who regularly posts to this forum. Although this is my first post I have followed this and the expats forum for some time now, and the info provided has been invaluable.

I submitted my K3 checklist to the Montreal Consulate in Canada over 5 weeks ago, but I haven't received an interview date yet. I'm wondering if this is normal, or should I be contacting the consulate to ensure everything is okay. The on-line case status shows the file was updated Nov 18th, but there has been nothing since. I'm mainly concerned because I make a living on contract jobs and I recently had to pass on one because I didn't want to abandon the work in the middle of the job to return for an as-of-yet unknown interview. It makes planning quite difficult. I debated about contacting the consulate but I'd hate to be seen as pestering them if this delay is normal. The last thing I want to do is make them mad when I am finally getting close to a visa.

Tom

It is not unusual to wait about 2 to 3 months for an interview date for a K3. I'm assuming that you sent the checklist back to them registered mail and you know that they got it...

On-line case status is not longer valid as your petition is now in the hands of the Department of State. Don't bother checking that now...

[Jersey Girl 2]

It took over 4 months for us to get a Montreal interview from the time we sent back the checklist.

[TomandLaura 2]

Thanks for the feedback. At least if I know that I can count on 3-4 weeks notice before the interview than it makes it easier to make plans.

Tom