Montreal embassy EB-2 interview wait time

[VA21202 109]

1 hour ago, Stephenc111 said:

I would think that there is no more mission critical, given the ban is lifted, and everything should be back to normal. Otherwise the lift of ban is meaningless.

 

Long backlog for sure. But I doubt the backlog is any longer than the day before the ban in March 2020. Reason is that as soon as the ban was imposed, I would assume that NVC did stop processing any cases, so everything would be stuck at the NVC.

 

anyway, I just hope Montreal Consulate maintain the same queue. So we all have some idea where we stand.

 

The biggest question is : are they going to resume normal IV service immediately? at the normal speed as before COVID? or at the low speed at excuse of COVID? 

 

at least, the light is seen on the other end of tunnel now.

 

 

 

 

My NVC case was completed mid-Jun, awaiting appointment at the Montreal consulate. 

 

[topman 42]

2 hours ago, farzady said:

can anyone starting a spreadsheet so that we can see where we are in the queue. 

I've converted the spreadsheet image using OCR, text exported might not be accurate. 

 

User Name	EB Type	Case Complete	Interview Date	CC to Interview
PhlCanUSRN	EB2	7-May	18-Nov-16	194
Dezmy	EB2	21-May	18-Nov-26	190
CanMoo	EB2	26.Jul	29.Jan-19	188
Ratri	EB2	6-Aug	19-Feb-05	184
vnca	EB3	20-Aug	19-Feb-15	180
Kapen	EB3	17-5ep	19-Mar-12	1n
adison	EB3	20-5ep	19-Mar-20	181
Shaki	EB2	10-0ct	End March	-168
ascb	EB2	11-0ct-18	4-Mar-19	-144
dskar	EB2	18-0ct-18	19-Mar-20	153
Mr Jilgles	?	18-0ct-18	19-Mar-22	155
AshleyJI	EB3	19-Nov-18	19-Mar-22	136
HH2018	EB2	18-Dec-18	Mid May	160
bkbk8	EB2	7-Dec-18	19-Apr-15	129
GGM	EB3	18-Dec-18	Mid May	-155
Moa5	EB2	18-Dec-18	Mid May	-154
belajo1	EB2	18-Dec-18	Mid June	-180
SuperY	EB3	03.Jan-19	Mid June	-162
NB90	EB3	18-Dec-27	3-Jun-19	167
May-19	EB1	19-Feb-01	Mid June	-133
lombardi	EB3	19-Feb-06	19-Apr-18	71
leopard11	EB3	19-Feb-06	19-May-23	106
VRace	EB3	19-Feb-19	17-Jul-19	151
IK27	EB2	19-Feb-19	16-Jul-19	140
dnvliee	EB2	19-Feb-19	16-Jul-19	139
polar2018	EB2	19-Feb-19	19-Jul-19	141
GottaloveCaif	EB2	19-Mar-19	26-Jul-19	134
FERBOS	EB3	4-Apr-19	19-Aug-31	150
Bt.rBur	EB2	19-Apr-19	23-Sep-19	161
sadee	EB3	17-Apr-19	19-Nov-12	209
Shak	EB2	19-Apr-19	27-Sep-19	163
elcampesino	EB3	19-Apr-19	19-Nov-15	204
shixb<	EB3	19-Apr-19	2-Dec-19	217
Danie!2014	EB2	19-Apr-30	2nd week of Nov	-197
Man2Man	EB3	1-May-19	2-Dec-19	215
RangersWde	EB?	10-Jun-19	Waiting
can2us	EB2	21-Jun-19	15-0ct-19	116
Nordeti'nan	EB3	26-Jun-19	4-Feb-20	224
Shem110	EB2	28-Jun-19	Waiting
Angel25	EB3	23-Jun-19	20-Mar-18	240
Sydonie	EB1	5-5ep-19	6-Apr-20	214
Pasand	EB2	12-Sep-19	Waiting
Espneapple	EB2	16-Sep-19	Waiting
Wingster	EB2	19-Sep-20	Waiting
CycleSS	EB3	26-Sep-19	Waiting
Yu&Do	EB3	26-Sep-19	Waiting
Era101	EB2	14-0ct-19	Waiting
kachab	EB3	1-Nov-19	Waiting
Stephane 111	EB2	19-Nov-19	Waiting
vancitycdn	EB1	1-Mar-20	Waiting
topman	EB2	2-Apr-20	Waiting
VA21202	EB2	17-Jun-20	Waiting
PradSim	EB1	14-Jan-19	Waiting

[Stephenc111 30]

I suggest we start fresh on the tracking, given old data in 2019 and early 2020 is now irrelevant. The new tracker can give us true idea how fast it is moving.

- hope you guys agree

 

I created a new doc file, and removed those who got the interview

- and data is sorted by Document Complete date,

- country of birth is added (optional)

 

for new addition, you can use the attached file, and edit accordingly

 

 

 

 

Montreal EB Interview Tracker.doc

[VA21202 109]

5 hours ago, Stephenc111 said:

I suggest we start fresh on the tracking, given old data in 2019 and early 2020 is now irrelevant. The new tracker can give us true idea how fast it is moving.

- hope you guys agree

 

I created a new doc file, and removed those who got the interview

- and data is sorted by Document Complete date,

- country of birth is added (optional)

 

for new addition, you can use the attached file, and edit accordingly

 

 

 

 

Montreal EB Interview Tracker.doc 41 kB · 1 download

Thanks @Stephenc111 and @topman for getting the ball rolling. Hopefully folks check in here and we can get a sense of what the backlog and movement looks like while waiting

[AgriSiva 12]

I created a GoogleDoc Spreadsheet for tracking. Please check this out and see if this work for you...

Montreal EB Visa GoogleDoc

[VA21202 109]

1 hour ago, agrisiva said:

I created a GoogleDoc Spreadsheet for tracking. Please check this out and see if this work for you...

Montreal EB Visa GoogleDoc

Thanks, able to see it, not able to edit/contribute.

Edited February 27, 2021 by VA21202

[AgriSiva 12]

1 hour ago, VA21202 said:

Thanks, able to see it, not able to edit/contribute.

Can you please try again. I tried it from a different computer was able to add a new entry anonymously. 

[VA21202 109]

9 minutes ago, agrisiva said:

Can you please try again. I tried it from a different computer was able to add a new entry anonymously. 

Thanks, sorry it might just be me but I’m unable to edit. I do see your test entries though.

[Stephenc111 30]

3 hours ago, agrisiva said:

I created a GoogleDoc Spreadsheet for tracking. Please check this out and see if this work for you...

Montreal EB Visa GoogleDoc

Hi Agrisiva,

 

It works well. I updated the linked file. and everyone should be able to access and edit.

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14yZKxht6igwJPXPU0EehKmmN2hx1g3EchEuB5G0yNO4/edit?usp=sharing

 

Thanks,

Stephen

 

[VA21202 109]

Awesome! Thanks @agrisiva & @Stephenc111 !!

[farzady 42]

22 hours ago, agrisiva said:

I created a GoogleDoc Spreadsheet for tracking. Please check this out and see if this work for you...

Montreal EB Visa GoogleDoc

thank you @agrisiva I put mine info.

@VA21202did you log in with your google account?

[VA21202 109]

5 minutes ago, farzady said:

thank you @agrisiva I put mine info.

@VA21202did you log in with your google account?

Yup, it prompted me to download the Google Sheets app (I’m on my phone, that’s why perhaps) and after that I was able to edit. All good!

[AgriSiva 12]

thanks guys for updating your cases on the GoogleDoc. So, pretty much no interview calls even after waiting for 8-15 months in Montreal for Employment based visas? My priority date is more than decade old from 2010 and it just became current for me in March bulletin. I cannot expect an interview call in the next 12 months eh?

[VA21202 109]

58 minutes ago, agrisiva said:

thanks guys for updating your cases on the GoogleDoc. So, pretty much no interview calls even after waiting for 8-15 months in Montreal for Employment based visas? My priority date is more than decade old from 2010 and it just became current for me in March bulletin. I cannot expect an interview call in the next 12 months eh?

Well, since March 2020, all the existing appointments were cancelled due to COVID, and then with the Proclamation in place, the NVC wasn’t able to schedule any interviews either so the last 12 months were a wash. Seems like just before March, folks who had NVC case complete around Nov 2019 were having their interviews scheduled (and a few from earlier in 2019 but we don’t know if that’s just coz they didn’t update/return to the forum). I’m hopeful that the consulate can start scheduling EB interviews when the NVC fills the March interview slots in Montreal. Sounds like IR1/CR1 slots filled up on Feb 4 this month so perhaps March first/second week we can get a sense. Fingers crossed!

Edited February 28, 2021 by VA21202

[WaitingInLine 13]

20 minutes ago, VA21202 said:

Not sure if it provides any context but we received an email in March with an appt for April 20th.  This was a family petition by my daughter. Needless to say, Covid hit and the appt got cancelled. I was pretty upset that I had paid a good deal of money on the medical exams which probably are now useless since they are supposedly only good for 6 months. So yeah, after years of waiting the appt got cancelled 3 1/2 weeks before the interview.