Confused about POE?

[NinjaMax 14]

UPDATE FOR THOSE INTERESTED:

i picked up my visa today from loomis. it looks like they automatically updated the expiration date of my PETITION to 02/march/2016 instead of 11/19/2015.

My visa is valid till april of 2016. So i have one less thing to worry about! I emailed the consulate AFTER the visa was already in the mail but it I guess they AUTOMATICALLY update it anyway to avoid confusion!

YAY!

Thats great news.

So im assuming Montreal is updating everyones petition expiry date from now on because of the one person that got denied recently at POE?

I really hope thats the case but ill be emailing them anyway

[Pennycat 880]

UPDATE FOR THOSE INTERESTED:

i picked up my visa today from loomis. it looks like they automatically updated the expiration date of my PETITION to 02/march/2016 instead of 11/19/2015.

My visa is valid till april of 2016. So i have one less thing to worry about! I emailed the consulate AFTER the visa was already in the mail but it I guess they AUTOMATICALLY update it anyway to avoid confusion!

YAY!

Glad to hear it-- see? I said that it is possible that the consulate started automatically extending petition validity after that incident. You're all good!

Thats great news.

So im assuming Montreal is updating everyones petition expiry date from now on because of the one person that got denied recently at POE?

I really hope thats the case but ill be emailing them anyway

Sounds like it! Either that, or they always DID and the OP from the other thread got really really unlucky with someone who forgot, or was new or whatever but this really shouldn't be a problem from here on out.

[Ash.1101 1,756]

We'll check ours when my fiance gets his! It's issued, so it should be soon!

[canadafiance 4]

We'll check ours when my fiance gets his! It's issued, so it should be soon!

when does he intend on going to the states? I am going on the 25th! Wish I could go earlier

[Ash.1101 1,756]

when does he intend on going to the states? I am going on the 25th! Wish I could go earlier

Not until the first week or second week of December. He's putting in his two week notice next Wednesday, but if it were up to me I'd say PFFT, QUIT AND COME HERE THE DAY YOU GET YOUR PASSPORT IN HAND.

I'll know the exact date in a week or so, once he know when his last day is he's going to book the flight!

[canadafiance 4]

Not until the first week or second week of December. He's putting in his two week notice next Wednesday, but if it were up to me I'd say PFFT, QUIT AND COME HERE THE DAY YOU GET YOUR PASSPORT IN HAND.

I'll know the exact date in a week or so, once he know when his last day is he's going to book the flight!

i know!! I just want to leave tomorrow! I not exaggerated, i packed everything already I packed everything when I got back from the interview haha. i'll make it in time for the holidays which is a dream come true.

so exciting to finally be able to live my life and move forward with my love.

[Ash.1101 1,756]

Alrighty! He has passport in hand and they did re validate his petition to March 2016 on his visa!

So yes, they must be automatically re validating the petition dates so there aren't any issues.

[NinjaMax 14]

Yup! You go to the same place you did to schedule your interview.

It should allow you to schedule a "new appointment" in which you follow the instructions of the 221(g), so you do for courier services only.

You'll have two options when you log in either 1 or 2.

1) If it still shows your interview as active, then click the "Consular Section has instructed me to send more documents", it'll go to a page that says something like Follow Up Action, type in what you're wanting to send in, and then press process request. After that it'll take you to your account page and your interview information will be gone and the status should change to "Send Documents" mode. It changed immediately for us when he pushed the process request button.

or

2) If it doesn't show your interview as active and it wants you to "make a new appointment" follow the 221(g) instructions and make an appointment for courier services only.

^ Both the above scenarios will lead you to the next step.

-Once you're in Send Documents mode , you reput in where you had your interview and then where you want to drop off and pick up and it'll take you to an instructions page that will let you print the Courier In Authorization form. Print out the instruction page AND the courier In Authorization form and follow the instructions.

My fiance dropped his papers off at LOOMIS on 11/2/2015 (This last Monday) and the tracking from the LOOMIS site showed it as delivered before noon on Tuesday. Yesterday on Wednesday, they updated our case from Administrative Processing to READY along with the updated status date changing to yesterday.

He had the papers and everything they asked for along with what the instructions said to put in the envelope (copy of instructions and the one of the Courier In print outs (theres two)), in a brown envelope, they gave him a LOOMIS envelope and all he had to do was give them one of the print outs and fill out shipping info and that was it.

Overall, it -should- be delivered next day by LOOMIS, I've heard some people have had it take longer but MOST are delivered the next day, two days max.

Good luck!

I mailed my documents today, I hope I didnt make a mistake...

I didnt put them in a brown envelope, the guy just placed my passport and document in the white loomis package with the courier receipt page I printed.

Will this be a problem? I left out the instructions page....

Edited November 14, 2015 by NinjaMax