Montreal medical & Consulate interview Reviews

[villemarie 4]

On 2/7/2018 at 12:39 PM, aviator99 said:

Hmm not during the DS-160 that's for sure, i'm not sure really, definitely not P3 cause I already emailed my P3 last Friday (no P4 response yet). Mayyyyybeee when we get P4 and can go online to setup the interview, I think their site might allow the payment of the fee but i'm not completely sure really. Worst case is we just pay it at the embassy. But not DS-160 and not P3 thats for sure.

 

 

When was the "last updated" date indicated on your CEAC? I was just looking at your timeline and it left the NVC on Jan 17th and just changed to ready today? Wowww that seems so long. Ours left Jan 24th and changed to ready Feb 2nd. 

 

Packet 3 comes via mail (sometimes), but you are better off emailing Packet 3 right away when it says READY on the CEAC site and hope they respond ASAP with Packet 4. But it can take a while. Give it a few days and if you don't hear from them, email Packet 3 again.

 

Packet 3 states you cannot book an interview until you receive Packet 4. All interviews booked before receiving Packet 4 will be cancelled. You can't pay the Visa fee yet because there is no place to do that until (maybe) the interview-booking stage or when you actually go to the interview. All communication with Montreal is done via email so Packet 4 will come via an email response to your Packet 3 email.

Yes, we waited a whole month for the status to change!
Now have an interview for February 28
Thanks for your help!

[DeepakChani 738]

18 hours ago, villemarie said:

Yes, we waited a whole month for the status to change!
Now have an interview for February 28
Thanks for your help!

CONGRATS! 

 

Just a few questions. Did you submit packet 3 after they messaged you to send it or did you send it before hand when you got the NVC number? 

 

How long did you wait between packet 3 being submitted and getting packet 4? 

 

 

[villemarie 4]

Just now, deepakchani said:

CONGRATS! 

 

Just a few questions. Did you submit packet 3 after they messaged you to send it or did you send it before hand when you got the NVC number? 

 

How long did you wait between packet 3 being submitted and getting packet 4? 

 

 

I decided to submit Packet 3 as soon as i saw the status change to "ready" (this was a month after getting an NVC number) on the CEAC website and got an email from the Consulate that very same afternoon saying I can now schedule an interview, medical exam, what to bring, etc. I guess there was no Packet 4 in the end.

[DeepakChani 738]

1 minute ago, villemarie said:

I decided to submit Packet 3 as soon as i saw the status change to "ready" (this was a month after getting an NVC number) on the CEAC website and got an email from the Consulate that very same afternoon saying I can now schedule an interview, medical exam, what to bring, etc. I guess there was no Packet 4 in the end.

That is amazing! Was the interview dates they offered a few weeks ahead or were they close to when you received the confirmation to schedule a interview? 

[villemarie 4]

14 minutes ago, deepakchani said:

That is amazing! Was the interview dates they offered a few weeks ahead or were they close to when you received the confirmation to schedule a interview? 

The earliest interview was three weeks ahead. I live in Montreal so it's easy for me to get there- I took it right away!

[DeepakChani 738]

Question: If I get my police certificate from RCMP (Fingerprints) now (Feb) and my anticipated interview date is in July, will Montreal consulate still accept them for the interview?

Edited February 14, 2018 by DeepakChani

[A & C 1 35]

6 hours ago, DeepakChani said:

Question: If I get my police certificate from RCMP (Fingerprints) now (Feb) and my anticipated interview date is in July, will Montreal consulate still accept them for the interview?

In packet 3 from Montreal consulate it says: "Canadian police certificate(s) must be issued within one year of the visa appointment"

 

[villemarie 4]

New question for those who have gone through with medical and interview in Montreal:

 

I had my medical exam today and refused the flu shot & tetanus vaccine. I can get them for free at my local clinic so I will do that. My question is; I dont really want to get the flu shot; I wont even be travelling to the US during the flu season! The nurse told me that they require it based on when your medical exam is scheduled. Has anyone had pending vaccines at the time of their interview? Ive taken an appointment for the tetanus one but it will be after my interview. Wondering id they'll hold my visa (if approved, of course) because of it?

 

Thanks!

[acidrain 325]

28 minutes ago, villemarie said:

New question for those who have gone through with medical and interview in Montreal:

 

I had my medical exam today and refused the flu shot & tetanus vaccine. I can get them for free at my local clinic so I will do that. My question is; I dont really want to get the flu shot; I wont even be travelling to the US during the flu season! The nurse told me that they require it based on when your medical exam is scheduled. Has anyone had pending vaccines at the time of their interview? Ive taken an appointment for the tetanus one but it will be after my interview. Wondering id they'll hold my visa (if approved, of course) because of it?

 

Thanks!

This is just my two cents but you are rolling the dice because both are needed in order to pass the medical. I completed my medical a couple a weeks ago in Montreal and it was $40 for the tetanus shot and $25 for the flu shot. It's up to you whether the $65 is worth saving but there is a possibility you will be given AP until you pass your medical exam. Once your in AP it can take weeks to sort out your case. Either you have the vaccines or you don't. I don't think the consulate would take someone's word on an eligibility requirement. If you are against vaccines altogether there is a waiver. You have to pay a fee to file the form and there is a chance they won't approve it based on moral/religious reasons. If you cannot get vaccines due to health issues you have to get a waiver filled out by a doctor citing why. More information on vaccine waivers can be found here: https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume9-PartC-Chapter3.html

[Flames9_RN 358]

I did the CR-1 route back in 2004 and know very little about the k1..so I may be wrong....But I thought 1 did not have to do the vaccinations at the time of the physical for a k1?  But most do as its much cheaper to do so than when they have to file the AOS (or whatever its called,lol) paperwork????

 

1 could try for a waiver and hope they accept it..seems anything religious wise is accepted now a days,lol (just my opinion)  Question is do they accept it on the spot, or go into more processing.....if so it could take awhile to get approved..... I'm a RN and my organization that overlooks the health units at Govt offices have given the flu vaccine this seasons to 1000s of employees with no issues....so its a fairly safe vaccine....being effective? well thats another topic,lol .  Good luck

[Lemonslice 4,841]

5 minutes ago, Flames9_RN said:

I did the CR-1 route back in 2004 and know very little about the k1..so I may be wrong....But I thought 1 did not have to do the vaccinations at the time of the physical for a k1?  But most do as its much cheaper to do so than when they have to file the AOS (or whatever its called,lol) paperwork????

 

1 could try for a waiver and hope they accept it..seems anything religious wise is accepted now a days,lol (just my opinion)  Question is do they accept it on the spot, or go into more processing.....if so it could take awhile to get approved..... I'm a RN and my organization that overlooks the health units at Govt offices have given the flu vaccine this seasons to 1000s of employees with no issues....so its a fairly safe vaccine....being effective? well thats another topic,lol .  Good luck

Historically, all vaccines needed to be completed in Canada for the K1 visa to be issued. If that changed recently, it would be a big news.  Waivers processing would take 6-12 months. 

[villemarie 4]

On 2/15/2018 at 8:21 PM, acidrain said:

This is just my two cents but you are rolling the dice because both are needed in order to pass the medical. I completed my medical a couple a weeks ago in Montreal and it was $40 for the tetanus shot and $25 for the flu shot. It's up to you whether the $65 is worth saving but there is a possibility you will be given AP until you pass your medical exam. Once your in AP it can take weeks to sort out your case. Either you have the vaccines or you don't. I don't think the consulate would take someone's word on an eligibility requirement. If you are against vaccines altogether there is a waiver. You have to pay a fee to file the form and there is a chance they won't approve it based on moral/religious reasons. If you cannot get vaccines due to health issues you have to get a waiver filled out by a doctor citing why. More information on vaccine waivers can be found here: https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume9-PartC-Chapter3.html

Thanks for your advice, I did end up going back to Medisys to get the vaccines. 
My interview is in 2 days and I am now wondering if I need to get my Québec birth certificate translated?? It's very simple and obvious what means what and I figured that the consulate is IN Montreal... anyone from Québec here who have submitted their documents??

[acidrain 325]

20 minutes ago, villemarie said:

Thanks for your advice, I did end up going back to Medisys to get the vaccines. 
My interview is in 2 days and I am now wondering if I need to get my Québec birth certificate translated?? It's very simple and obvious what means what and I figured that the consulate is IN Montreal... anyone from Québec here who have submitted their documents??

I will let others pipe in but everyone in Montreal is fully bilingual so I don't think it's necessary. I was surprised all the information I received from the Consulate was in both English and French. 

[Flames9_RN 358]

if you do a search here on VJ, u get mixed results, some needed it translated, some did not.....the most important thing is that the birth cert is the long form birth cert......But I believe the official answer is all documents are to be translated into English as the only official language of the USA is English.  

[Flames9_RN 358]

Thru more VJ searches.....many say if one Or whom ever does it, is fluent in both languages u can translate it urself and add this statement http://www.visajourney.com/content/translations   The consulate staff prob know enough French that its not an issue.  As well there will be local hires (Canadians from Montreal) that can easily verify the BC.