NVC Thread for Canadians

[CanadianMom 45]

Thank you, havent had a flu shot in a couple of years...thats the one I am dreading getting! ha

I got mine on Monday from my family physician, I also got the tdapp shot since it was overdue. One of them (not sure which went in which arm) is swollen and warm. It's kind of annoying, but not too bad. I think it was the tdapp because DH got that one too and it's doing the same thing, just not as bad as me lol.

[Mandiimoose 39]

LOL. I have never ever had one, and REALLY didn't want one.... But so close to the end, I wasn't going to argue....

I was a little sore in the upper arm for a few hours after, but it wasn't so bad.

The things we'll go through for love....

You're lucky. My sore arm lasted for a day!!! D:

Not that I'm trying to scare anyone else from getting it. At least I didn't catch the flu from it like others say they do!

[robinde 0]

I don't know if this is the right thread for this question, but I wanted to know - what is a typical wait time for getting an interview scheduled at the Montreal consulate? Our case was finally completed on November 10th, and no word yet on an interview. I see that almost everyone is getting their interview dates scheduled within a week of the case complete date. As with many people in this forum, we are living in limbo while we wait. Our kids (7 and 10) don't understand why their dad has to keep waiting in Canada, and now it looks like there's no hope of an interview until after Christmas.

Unfortunately we've had a frustrating experience with the NVC in the past few months. We received a checklist on September 8th (the checklist was because I had filled in my adjusted gross income instead of the actual gross income on the I-864 form, even though the NVC could obviously see both amounts on my tax forms - but they are not allowed to correct our form-filling errors). I emailed a corrected form back to them the same day, and have been calling every week to make sure they received it safely. All of the NVC customer service people and the supervisors (and I spoke to many) kept saying to keep waiting and it would eventually come up for processing. But that never happened. A very kind supervisor (Sue) finally did a review in early November and told us that our emailed form could not be located, but we could email her again directly and she would get it processed. She was good to her word and she did get our case completed, so at least we have finished that hurdle. :-)

Should I be concerned that the NVC has not scheduled an interview yet after 10 days? Any advice, other than keep on waiting? :-)

[CanadianMom 45]

I don't know if this is the right thread for this question, but I wanted to know - what is a typical wait time for getting an interview scheduled at the Montreal consulate? Our case was finally completed on November 10th, and no word yet on an interview. I see that almost everyone is getting their interview dates scheduled within a week of the case complete date. As with many people in this forum, we are living in limbo while we wait. Our kids (7 and 10) don't understand why their dad has to keep waiting in Canada, and now it looks like there's no hope of an interview until after Christmas.

Unfortunately we've had a frustrating experience with the NVC in the past few months. We received a checklist on September 8th (the checklist was because I had filled in my adjusted gross income instead of the actual gross income on the I-864 form, even though the NVC could obviously see both amounts on my tax forms - but they are not allowed to correct our form-filling errors). I emailed a corrected form back to them the same day, and have been calling every week to make sure they received it safely. All of the NVC customer service people and the supervisors (and I spoke to many) kept saying to keep waiting and it would eventually come up for processing. But that never happened. A very kind supervisor (Sue) finally did a review in early November and told us that our emailed form could not be located, but we could email her again directly and she would get it processed. She was good to her word and she did get our case completed, so at least we have finished that hurdle. :-)

Should I be concerned that the NVC has not scheduled an interview yet after 10 days? Any advice, other than keep on waiting? :-)

They tend to do two "rounds" of booking. One at the very end/beginning of the month and one around the 10th of the month. Sounds like you just missed the second round this month, they'll probably do the next round around the 1st.

[ssastry 6]

Hi there

Any update on your passport return? I am more worried about this passport return than the interview itself!

Thanks.

APPROVED!!!

got to the Consulate just after 9am. I had given my documents by 9:20. I was called for the interview at 9:45 and was done by 9:55.

I sat with CdnarmyGrl, Brenda. She had arrived earlier and was done quite quickly

There was another woman waiting. She had an even number and she waited more than an hour to be called. We waited with her until she was called.The odd numbers were moving along much more quickly. So your speed for this process also can vary from person to person.

[Mandiimoose 39]

Hi there

Any update on your passport return? I am more worried about this passport return than the interview itself!

Thanks.

I'm going to put your worries to an end then. I had my interview Wednesday and my passport is available for pick up today. That's 2 days. Now if you go back and look at Canadians over the past months, many have updated and many have not. From the data I collected myself from the searches I have done, 2 is the most common number of days to wait, though 3-4 is the runner up. However there are circumstances like Austincanada had to go through. He hit a holiday which made everything mess up but he still waited 9 days when the government quotes 7-14days. Don't stress over these things, it'll ruin your health, trust me.

Good luck.

[ssastry 6]

Excellent advice. I need to practice mindfulness. Easier said than done.

I'm going to put your worries to an end then. I had my interview Wednesday and my passport is available for pick up today. That's 2 days. Now if you go back and look at Canadians over the past months, many have updated and many have not. From the data I collected myself from the searches I have done, 2 is the most common number of days to wait, though 3-4 is the runner up. However there are circumstances like Austincanada had to go through. He hit a holiday which made everything mess up but he still waited 9 days when the government quotes 7-14days. Don't stress over these things, it'll ruin your health, trust me.

Good luck.

[P&DSigler 11]

Hi there

Any update on your passport return? I am more worried about this passport return than the interview itself!

Thanks.

My passport arrived at the Ottawa this morning. I will be picking in up in the next hour or so.

The visa was issued Tuesday and Loomis picked it up at 7pm on Thursday. Arrived this morning and it now says ready for pick up

[Karebear 13]

Hi there

Any update on your passport return? I am more worried about this passport return than the interview itself!

Thanks.

I'm going to put your worries to an end then. I had my interview Wednesday and my passport is available for pick up today. That's 2 days. Now if you go back and look at Canadians over the past months, many have updated and many have not. From the data I collected myself from the searches I have done, 2 is the most common number of days to wait, though 3-4 is the runner up. However there are circumstances like Austincanada had to go through. He hit a holiday which made everything mess up but he still waited 9 days when the government quotes 7-14days. Don't stress over these things, it'll ruin your health, trust me.

Good luck.

My passport arrived at the Ottawa this morning. I will be picking in up in the next hour or so.

The visa was issued Tuesday and Loomis picked it up at 7pm on Thursday. Arrived this morning and it now says ready for pick up

Did any of you opt to have the passport sent to your house?

[Mandiimoose 39]

Did any of you opt to have the passport sent to your house?

Nah. I figured there would be more chance for error than just having it sit at the facility, especially since they only attempt to deliver twice and if you aren't there they charge you to do it again. I was in Montreal this whole week but my parents picked up my package for me even though we live 40-50 minutes away from the loomis location.

[Karebear 13]

Nah. I figured there would be more chance for error than just having it sit at the facility, especially since they only attempt to deliver twice and if you aren't there they charge you to do it again. I was in Montreal this whole week but my parents picked up my package for me even though we live 40-50 minutes away from the loomis location.

oh I see. I live 2hrs from the closest location

[Mandiimoose 39]

oh I see. I live 2hrs from the closest location

I mean if you're home all the time or someone is home all the time it'll probably work out fine. They do their delivery between 9am-6pm about two business days after the recieve payment. They charge like 20 dollars after tax and again if the two deliveries fail they'll charge you another 20 dollars. :/ But I think if you're home when you need to be it'll work out! 4 hours of driving isn't fun. Edited November 22, 2014 by Mandiimoose

[Karebear 13]

I mean if you're home all the time or someone is home all the time it'll probably work out fine. They do their delivery between 9am-6pm about two business days after the recieve payment. They charge like 20 dollars after tax and again if the two deliveries fail they'll charge you another 20 dollars. :/ But I think if you're home when you need to be it'll work out! 4 hours of driving isn't fun.

I'm not home but do live only 3 mins from my job, I really hope it works out because I DO NOT want to drive and that would cost more than the $20 lol. Thanks for the tips

[Dualie 185]

Anybody else still here with me? Waiting???

[Rlelle09 28]

Anybody else still here with me? Waiting???

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