Montreal embassy EB-2 interview wait time

[can_do 18]

Congrats @KM and @hesh

and good luck to the those after them!

[jakay.gypsy 3]

Any idea why Montreal is not pumping up the number of interviews even after the pandemic restrictions are almost lifted? Just comparing with Mumbai consulate where it is increasing the numbers of interviews significantly. My friend's whose DQ date in Dec'20, visa is already approved in Mumbai consulate 2 days ago.

 

	Nov'21	Dec'21	Jan'22	Feb'22
Montreal	536	529	543	455
Mumbai	1014	1501	1407	1907

[corg 1]

On 3/22/2022 at 2:49 PM, pow123 said:

Anyone get IL for April?

Not yet, I thought they would have sent them out this week but still waiting 

[Blueeyes1989 90]

Feb stats are out. But unfortunately Montreal has decreased its processing capacity:

 

[Leeching Spouse 87]

Hello, may I know which DQ month are they interviewing now? March 2020?

[VA21202 109]

5 minutes ago, Blueeyes1989 said:

Feb stats are out. But unfortunately Montreal has decreased its processing capacity:

 

Thanks for this analysis! Yup clearly there is a reduction in capacity but good to see that EB hit 15% of the processing for the first time so hopefully there’s a good uptick coming, let’s hope so.

[Blueeyes1989 90]

@CanadianMD Here are the currently dates for interviews: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14yZKxht6igwJPXPU0EehKmmN2hx1g3EchEuB5G0yNO4/edit#gid=0

[Leeching Spouse 87]

3 minutes ago, Blueeyes1989 said:

@CanadianMD Here are the currently dates for interviews: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14yZKxht6igwJPXPU0EehKmmN2hx1g3EchEuB5G0yNO4/edit#gid=0

Thanks. That's very unfortunate. I will try to go for Adjustment of Status then.

[204 59]

Montreal Post is hiring extra personnel - Visa Clerk. Source: Seeker - Vacancy - Detail Overview (state.gov).

 

[Blueeyes1989 90]

@204 Thanks! I hope they keep hiring more and more. 

[204 59]

3 minutes ago, Blueeyes1989 said:

@204 Thanks! I hope they keep hiring more and more. 

Yeah, looks like they're expanding their capacity. They hired a visa assistant last month and visa clerk this month; hopefully, they can keep processing three months of DQ cases each month! 

Edited March 25, 2022 by 204

[Leeching Spouse 87]

4 hours ago, 204 said:

Yeah, looks like they're expanding their capacity. They hired a visa assistant last month and visa clerk this month; hopefully, they can keep processing three months of DQ cases each month! 

Did they process 3 months of DQ in the last month? I was under the impression it had only moved 1 month (from Jan to Feb).

[204 59]

10 minutes ago, CanadianMD said:

Did they process 3 months of DQ in the last month? I was under the impression it had only moved 1 month (from Jan to Feb).

Yes, last month they reduced three months backlog of FB & EB cases. 

[Leeching Spouse 87]

Has anyone with EB petitions successfully expedited their DS260 with the Montreal consulate due to the nature of their work (e.g. healthcare worker in pandemic)?

[Leeching Spouse 87]

On 3/24/2022 at 3:55 PM, jakay.gypsy said:

Any idea why Montreal is not pumping up the number of interviews even after the pandemic restrictions are almost lifted? Just comparing with Mumbai consulate where it is increasing the numbers of interviews significantly. My friend's whose DQ date in Dec'20, visa is already approved in Mumbai consulate 2 days ago.

 

	Nov'21	Dec'21	Jan'22	Feb'22
Montreal	536	529	543	455
Mumbai	1014	1501	1407	1907

Because they have little incentive to.

 

The larger the backlog of cases, the more funding they can negotiate for.