January 2017 I-129F Filers

[calahjosh931 59]

After a long anticipated wait I have finally received my pkt 3 from the Montreal us embassy. I have almost all the documents I need from the checklist. Seems to be happening all so fast now. I really hope everyone will hear their approvals very soon. Good luck today guys!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[TriloByte 1,818]

28 minutes ago, Bitofanerd said:

That is too bad. If you could please send us a message @LolaaBrett when you see that change, so that we can once again regain our trust in governmental software working properly.  

 

@dbmathis is your script scraping the website or is it pulling from other sources like an xml feed that might give us other information besides what the website tool is giving us?

 

119 days and counting. Ugh

 

It's pulling from the online checker box. I didn't run it because of the maint. last night, but will run it again tonight or tomorrow morning. I am like others, going to be checking the mail for the next few days. 

[Dublindave 52]

5 hours ago, Alan & Anna said:

We got our NoA2 on 4/20 and I got the good news that our case was received today.  Still waiting on number to schedule interview though.

 

 

When I did It last year they had my number by the end of the day they received it so really fast. So try back tomorrow and they should have your number. Thank you

[Alan & Anna 17]

7 minutes ago, Dublindave said:

 

 

When I did It last year they had my number by the end of the day they received it so really fast. So try back tomorrow and they should have your number. Thank you

 

Called back early this morning and got the 3 numbers, I don't know what all the numbers are for, but I told my fiance what they were and she will be scheduling appointments first thing in the morning.

[PR&PR 325]

1 hour ago, calahjosh931 said:

After a long anticipated wait I have finally received my pkt 3 from the Montreal us embassy. I have almost all the documents I need from the checklist. Seems to be happening all so fast now. I really hope everyone will hear their approvals very soon. Good luck today guys!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

Nice I will follow your timeline and hope that the Montreal embassy doesn't hold to its reputation! Keep us posted on how the process goes! Good luck!

[calahjosh931 59]

2 minutes ago, PR&PR said:

Nice I will follow your timeline and hope that the Montreal embassy doesn't hold to its reputation! Keep us posted on how the process goes! Good luck!

Thank you! I'm almost finished the ds-160 just need to insert my photo and submit. Waiting for my long form birth certificate to come in the mail, waiting for my fiance's bank letter, employment letter and other supporting documents etc. Other than that we are ready. What exactly is montreals reputation :/?

[PR&PR 325]

4 minutes ago, calahjosh931 said:

Thank you! I'm almost finished the ds-160 just need to insert my photo and submit. Waiting for my long form birth certificate to come in the mail, waiting for my fiance's bank letter, employment letter and other supporting documents etc. Other than that we are ready. What exactly is montreals reputation :/?

To be very slow in processing

[Ermin&Zijada 141]

So once you receive the number from nvc you can fill out the DS-160 and schedule an interview? I thought you had to wait until the embassy receives your petition? 

 

Also, when does the medical come into play? Do you have to have an interview set to make a medical appt? 

[eastcoastgroove 329]

30 minutes ago, PR&PR said:

To be very slow in processing

 

34 minutes ago, calahjosh931 said:

Thank you! I'm almost finished the ds-160 just need to insert my photo and submit. Waiting for my long form birth certificate to come in the mail, waiting for my fiance's bank letter, employment letter and other supporting documents etc. Other than that we are ready. What exactly is montreals reputation :/?

I have seen many members get an interview within 4-5 weeks in the last few months.  So while it might not be the fastest, it's still within reason it seems!

 

I am from Canada too so I have been paying extra attention to other Canadians and their experiences.

Edited May 11, 2017 by eastcoastgroove

[PR&PR 325]

15 minutes ago, eastcoastgroove said:

 

I have seen many members get an interview within 4-5 weeks in the last few months.  So while it might not be the fastest, it's still within reason it seems!

 

I am from Canada too so I have been paying extra attention to other Canadians and their experiences.

From what I have read it was not only getting the interview, but for the case to say ready, for the packet to be received and processed and once the interview done to get the actual visa  ! Which normally should only take a couple days, but it was said that with this embassy we couldn't really know how long it would take. But if you say it has been better I really want to believe you! I do not think I can handle another 3 months+ wait after approval...

[eastcoastgroove 329]

4 minutes ago, PR&PR said:

From what I have read it was not only getting the interview, but for the case to say ready, for the packet to be received and processed and once the interview done to get the actual visa  ! Which normally should only take a couple days, but it was said that with this embassy we couldn't really know how long it would take. But if you say it has been better I really want to believe you! I do not think I can handle another 3 months+ wait after approval...

I think that may be in the past (or I hope!!).  I personally messaged a few people and from what they told me it seemed to be about a week for their case to say ready after getting their number from NVC and that their packet 4 came within a day of submitting packet 3 (although recently I did see 2 people post that it took a few days to receive the packet 4 email).  So hopefully this trend will continue the next few months for us.  Im a mid February filer.  

[calahjosh931 59]

32 minutes ago, Ermin&Zijada said:

So once you receive the number from nvc you can fill out the DS-160 and schedule an interview? I thought you had to wait until the embassy receives your petition? 

 

Also, when does the medical come into play? Do you have to have an interview set to make a medical appt? 

For me in Canada once you receive your case number from the nvc you can start your ds-160. I suggest you do the ds-160 when you're ready they give you 30 days to submit. Unless you save on a file like USB. I wouldn't schedule an interview until you've have completed the pkt 3 checklist and submit the ds-160. Once you've done that they will send you intructions on how to schedule the interview and medical. For me I would need to schedule the interview once I have the confirmation of my interview I schedule my medical as I have to give them the interview confirmation.

[rose_jay 26]

2 hours ago, calahjosh931 said:

After a long anticipated wait I have finally received my pkt 3 from the Montreal us embassy. I have almost all the documents I need from the checklist. Seems to be happening all so fast now. I really hope everyone will hear their approvals very soon. Good luck today guys!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

Hi I was just wondering about the police certificate. In Ontario, would I just go to a local regional police office and request it there? And is it just for a basic check? 

[calahjosh931 59]

20 minutes ago, rose_jay said:

Hi I was just wondering about the police certificate. In Ontario, would I just go to a local regional police office and request it there? And is it just for a basic check? 

Just go to your local police station and request the basic rcmp data base police check. Bring two pieces of identification with you (health card doesn't count) and a piece of mail as proof of address (they may not ask for this it's just in case). If you know you have a record then you'll have to get the police check for the vaunerable sector. It's around $45 for the basic check and you fill out a small form. They send it in the mail approx two weeks later. 

[christine12345 79]

Hi! I've been following this forum silently for the past few weeks. Breaking my silence to share some positivity and hopefully help shed some light to what's going on with USCIS.

 

I just got our NOA2 today. It says my petition was approved on May 05, 2017.  This was one of the days with little/no movement. 

 

When I checked the status online, it still says that my petition was received on January 27, 2017. 

 

NOA1 - January 27

NOA2 - May 05

 

I hope a lot more cases has been approved and  status was just not updated online. Hope you all receive good news when you check your mail