My wife's interview on April 5, 2007 in Mtl

[bowflex 0]

We both really thank you for all your kind words. We've decided that we're not going to allow this to drop, even *if* we get our visa. Of course I say if now because I'm not going to get stuck in that over-optimistic frame of mind again, that's all We're going to make sure no one else ever gets disrespected like this again for sure. Thanks again!

[derekkj 0]

Wow, Bowflex, so sorry to hear what happend to you guys in Montreal! Thank you for sharing your story though and I hope it all gets resolved quickly.

[Allie 5]

That's unacceptable for anyone in that position to act that way towards anyone. So much for professionalism.

[Emancipation 2]

Kipster & I just wanted to add our support to this post. We were talking about this last night and we both see so much injustice in this.

Obviously they had their minds made up before you walked in the door (or at least this lady did), so why did they make you incurr the costs to go to Montreal? If there were questions on your case, sure by all means allow you to go to the Consulate and plead your case.. but obviously they were not interested in what your wife had to say. What a rediculous system that would allow you to go all the way with some sort of hope, only upon arrival deny you! IF they were that sure of the outcome they should never have scheduled the interview, and allowed you to go through the appeals another more dignified way.

We are angered and frustrated along with all the other posters. We're so glad you have a lawyer involved and hope and pray for a very speedy and vindicating approval down the road.

[bowflex 0]

Kipster & I just wanted to add our support to this post. We were talking about this last night and we both see so much injustice in this.

Obviously they had their minds made up before you walked in the door (or at least this lady did), so why did they make you incurr the costs to go to Montreal? If there were questions on your case, sure by all means allow you to go to the Consulate and plead your case.. but obviously they were not interested in what your wife had to say. What a rediculous system that would allow you to go all the way with some sort of hope, only upon arrival deny you! IF they were that sure of the outcome they should never have scheduled the interview, and allowed you to go through the appeals another more dignified way.

We are angered and frustrated along with all the other posters. We're so glad you have a lawyer involved and hope and pray for a very speedy and vindicating approval down the road.

Thank you very much for that! I was venting about that on 2 of the 4 hours we had on the drive back from Toronto to Montreal. We booked 2 round trip tickets from Toronto to Montreal, got a hotel for one night there, I took 3 days off of work, and then paid the insane Canadian gas prices to get an SUV to go from Windsor to Montreal, all to be denied right on the spot after they finally called us in after a few hours of waiting.

The worst part about this process now is that she should've been home yesterday or today for sure, and now we're looking at a minimum of 30 days for the Consulate to review our grievance. I really hope this goes by smoothly, as I'm not sure how much longer I'll have a full head of hair if this continues Ha.

[Amanda-Lise 0]

so sorry to hear about this but happy you are sticking with it. Hopefully that awful woman will get her comeuppance

[Flames9_RN 358]

Hope things get straightned out soonest. Maybe send her a nice letter: http://montreal.usconsulate.gov/content/co...amp;document=CG

[LaL 418]

sorry for the bump of an older post, i linked from your wife's post.

we had what appears to be the same interviewer, named Maya. older members can attest to my shock at dealing with her as well. In our case she misapplied some clearances and it took 7 months to clear up. Im sorry to see she is still causing issues, although I may have misunderstood what the problem is.

- asylee case never approved subsequently left on own free will, just not when they wanted her to? is 180 days accurate?

Edited May 2, 2007 by lal_brandow

[mrsserendipity 0]

sorry for the bump of an older post, i linked from your wife's post.

we had what appears to be the same interviewer, named Maya. older members can attest to my shock at dealing with her as well. In our case she misapplied some clearances and it took 7 months to clear up. Im sorry to see she is still causing issues, although I may have misunderstood what the problem is.

- asylee case never approved subsequently left on own free will, just not when they wanted her to? is 180 days accurate?

she even stated on the denial letter that i was denied september 19, 2004 and left couple weeks later. i don't understand. but then she said denied. for what reason? she had those dated right in front of her. we gathered our entire life in a couple of weeks and left the first week in october. since they didn't receive anything from the border i assume (that we left. we weren't trying to hide anything, we even had our denial with us to show we left within a couple weeks)...they sent a mandate to leave NOVEMBER. when we told her that (although she could've seen if she actually read our files) she simply said "mandate? what's a mandate? i don't know what a mandate is." seriously #######. so in our letters to her to re-review we gave her a little refresher course in the laws and regulations and vocabulary.

the senator's office immigration helper went over our case and saw absolutely nothing wrong and no unlawful presence. but she just won't even look at it now.

edit: sent in november that we had 180 days AFTER november to leave.

Edited May 3, 2007 by mrsserendipity