Any news about DCF filers waiting for Montreal interview?

[umngmc 0]

OK.... so I called MTL about half an hour ago. The usual 20 minutes on hold, then I was lucky enough NOT to get Mrs. Nasty. Interview will be in August. I give up. They keep changing the dates on me... she did however put a note in the file with "available on short notice" i.e. 24 hours, just in case.

Will call again in 2 weeks, and then again in another 2, and then I will go to West Edmonton Mall and start shooting badly dressed people (kidding).

Oh! and she repeated what we've heard b4: that people don't cancel, they just don't show up..... ARGHHHHH

will also post in Canada thread.

Lenina.

Hi Lenina and Martha

I found calling Montreal painful at times, because sometimes I'd have to wait so long, and second I never liked what they had to tell me until they told me my interview date.

If you've been following our thread, calling every 2 weeks is of little help. I've called them and they've said that they put a special enquiry into my file, and than when I call them the next month, I was stilll waiting for an interview. I really thought I'd get an interview notice in March for April, but I didn't end up getting a notice until mid-May for June 13th. That's less than 1 month notice, and I have to fly there from Vancouver!! So my routine calls in March and April were useless.

It wasn't until the help of Darryl and Colin Wilson on this thread that I revised my tactics. Please note that they only give out interview dates after the 15th of every month. So if you call them anytime before the 15th, it will be useless. The best time to call them is a day or two after the 15th.

So when I called them up shortly after April 15th, I talked to the lady on the phone and she told me I was still on the wait list. But knowing the information I learned from this site, I kindly asked her which applications are they scheduling interviews for. SHe informed me that there were scheduling interviews from Oct/Nov. So I caught her immediately and told her that I've been waiting since September 2006 (just like you Martha). She put me on hold and checked my file and when she came back on, she said she'd put an enquiry on my file. I thought an enquiry was put on my file after my March telephone call!! She assured me someone would look at my file.

I did call before the 15th of May to check that an enquiry was indeed performed on my file. They didn't have an interview date for me of course, but they told me somone has looked at my file and is aware of my wait and I'm still on the wait list. I asked her if I could/should be expecting an interview notice after the 15th. Of course, she couldn't comfirm, but that I could call back the following week. So when I called back the following week, they told me I had a date (finally). Ironically, on the same day as Colin Wilson.

You have to get someone on the phone who knows your situation and timeline. If they don't know you've been waiting all this time, sometimes they do "skip" over people like myself, Colin Wilson, and apparently Martha as well.

Honestly, if I didn't get an interview after the May notices, I was going to follow Colin's suit. He involved his Tennessee senator and the senator's office got him the interview date. I was going to ask the help from the more junior senator, as I figured the more senior well-established senator would have less time to help. I also would advise picking your senator, because they have specific forms and processes to handle immigration concerns. I'm not sure if Congressmen have these formal channels of communication with USCIS as well.

Martha, read carefully all of our experiences on this thread. Your interview should definitely be coming up in the June batch. HOw long do you plan on going for vacation? The only reason why I ask, is that you may find yourself to be in the situation as me. If I did not call Montreal (on May 16th) to find out I got an interview for June 13th, I would not have received the packet in the mail until May 24th (notiying me of my interview date) I think is when it came. That would have given me less than 3 weeks to scramble to make all the appointments before my interview.

I had to get my medical done and arrange for Tetanus and MMR boosters before my medical exam. The USA medical requires Tetanus and MMR boosters within the past 10 years, signed off by your physician or immunization record. Check with the doctor authorized to do the medical exam in your city. I know Colin did his medical in Calgary before he got his interview notice. Here in Vancouver, the office only needs proof of your MTL number, so any correspondence from the consulate would suffice. You also have to get 5 passport photos taken and filling out new DS-230 and I-864 forms for the interview. So if you have your tax returns for 2006 already, start working on those forms!! Also make sure you have your immunization records, as those can be difficult to get a hold of!!

Good luck to you both, and I hope all goes well.

Cheers,

Matt

[Darryl 0]

Well guys we had our interview June 1st....it was semi-succesful I suppose. We basically had to get more documentation for the I-864, which we did so now we're waiting to hear back...hope all goes smothly. If you'd liek to see the full story check out our "full experience" post

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=71772

Darryl