Montreal embassy EB-2 interview wait time

[pow123 14]

13 minutes ago, Stephenc111 said:

We got the interview letter today, for Feb 23.  finally, after a 26 months wait

 

Congratulations. It is ridiculous that you had to wait this long.

 

I am curious to see how far ahead EB has moved, hoping for more of a movement than just to Nov 2019. 

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17 minutes ago, Stephenc111 said:

We got the interview letter today, for Feb 23.  finally, after a 26 months wait

 

Congrats!

 

Usually, IL sent out after several days visa bulletin is published. I guess the Montreal Post is solving backlog problem. They really need to take serious effort to handle backlog... 

[Blueeyes1989 90]

@Hesha and @dcisw Any updates for you?

[dcisw 20]

Just now, Blueeyes1989 said:

@Hesha and @dcisw Any updates for you?

Nothing yet!  I’m early January 2020 DQ.  

[VA21202 109]

2 hours ago, Stephenc111 said:

We got the interview letter today, for Feb 23.  finally, after a 26 months wait

 

Excellent! Thanks for sharing, such a long wait but better late than never I guess! All the best to your son!

[Stephenc111 30]

42 minutes ago, VA21202 said:

Excellent! Thanks for sharing, such a long wait but better late than never I guess! All the best to your son!

Thank you.

 

In our case, no harm done. My son graduated from high school last year and got offer at a UC campus. He did't get the immigration visa on time, and he applied for a student visa and started school last September. Now he will fly back to Toronto in Feb for the physical exam and interview.

 

what is the current expectation for the passport back (through courier) after the interview? anyone who can share their experience?

 

He has to wait for the passport before he can come back to US for the school

[viksaw 12]

Since @dcisw did not receive IL yet, we can safely assume that MTL is moving just 1 month at a time for EB. That that rate it will take long time to clear the backlog. 

 

IR1/CR1 has way more applications then us and they were moving 3 months per month. This is just painful.

 

I am going to try to move to US on H1B. They have waived off interviews for H1B so as long as employer agrees, you can be in US in a month if we do premium processing for H1. Based on how things are going I believe AOS will be much faster than MTL and since we will already be in US wait is much less painful.

 

 

 

[VA21202 109]

5 minutes ago, Stephenc111 said:

Thank you.

 

In our case, no harm done. My son graduated from high school last year and got offer at a UC campus. He did't get the immigration visa on time, and he applied for a student visa and started school last September. Now he will fly back to Toronto in Feb for the physical exam and interview.

 

what is the current expectation for the passport back (through courier) after the interview? anyone who can share their experience?

 

He has to wait for the passport before he can come back to US for the school

Awesome, that worked out well then. For passports, I’m not sure if I’m remembering this right but usually between 2-3 weeks based on what I’ve seen on the IR/CR forum. It varies a bit in case medicals are not yet available and they ask to wait till Administrative Processing gets completed. Hopefully 2 weeks.

 

[viksaw 12]

5 minutes ago, Stephenc111 said:

Thank you.

 

In our case, no harm done. My son graduated from high school last year and got offer at a UC campus. He did't get the immigration visa on time, and he applied for a student visa and started school last September. Now he will fly back to Toronto in Feb for the physical exam and interview.

 

what is the current expectation for the passport back (through courier) after the interview? anyone who can share their experience?

 

He has to wait for the passport before he can come back to US for the school

Based on my analysis from IR1/CR1 thread, passport will take 1 to 3 weeks depending on location. If you are in big cities like Toronto/Montreal you will get it sooner.

 

He will definitely need passport to travel back to USA.

[Stephenc111 30]

32 minutes ago, VA21202 said:

Awesome, that worked out well then. For passports, I’m not sure if I’m remembering this right but usually between 2-3 weeks based on what I’ve seen on the IR/CR forum. It varies a bit in case medicals are not yet available and they ask to wait till Administrative Processing gets completed. Hopefully 2 weeks.

 

Thank you. Hopefully sooner. Will ask him to get a permission for a 2-3 weeks of leave of absence just in case

[Stephenc111 30]

32 minutes ago, viksaw said:

Based on my analysis from IR1/CR1 thread, passport will take 1 to 3 weeks depending on location. If you are in big cities like Toronto/Montreal you will get it sooner.

 

He will definitely need passport to travel back to USA.

Thanks!

 

 

[Stephenc111 30]

39 minutes ago, viksaw said:

Since @dcisw did not receive IL yet, we can safely assume that MTL is moving just 1 month at a time for EB. That that rate it will take long time to clear the backlog. 

 

IR1/CR1 has way more applications then us and they were moving 3 months per month. This is just painful.

 

I am going to try to move to US on H1B. They have waived off interviews for H1B so as long as employer agrees, you can be in US in a month if we do premium processing for H1. Based on how things are going I believe AOS will be much faster than MTL and since we will already be in US wait is much less painful.

 

 

 

Yes. My AOS process took about 8 moths. The I-824 for my son took 7 months. Never expected the wait at final step took so long

[Sorrel 83]

5 hours ago, Stephenc111 said:

Yes. My AOS process took about 8 moths. The I-824 for my son took 7 months. Never expected the wait at final step took so long

Congratulations!  But it is painful to only see one IL letter so far for February!  

[Van24 13]

11 hours ago, Sorrel said:

Congratulations!  But it is painful to only see one IL letter so far for February!  

Let's not forget that we do have a very limited selection of EB people here. There are probably more outside of this forum.
Also, no way there are no DQ between November and January.

[Blueeyes1989 90]

This month is weird and kind of concerning. They did not issue any ILs for IR/CR or for K1 as well. So far only 1 IL for EB. Not sure, what is going on with Montreal consulate.