Montreal embassy EB-2 interview wait time

[legit_immigrant 6]

6 minutes ago, Stephenc111 said:

31 E3 visa was issued in Feb 21.what's E3? is that EB?

E3 is a different visa. not EB

[Stephenc111 30]

Found the answer on the visa code

 

So 31 visa was issued under E3 in February?  thats before the lift of ban

 

[legit_immigrant 6]

3 minutes ago, Stephenc111 said:

this is data in jan 2020 from Montreal

 

which ones are EB?

 

 

which ones a

All of these are EB.

E1x = Eb1 and their derivatives 

E2x = Eb2 and their derivatives

E3x = Eb3 and their derivatives

[legit_immigrant 6]

2 minutes ago, Stephenc111 said:

Found the answer on the visa code

 

So 31 visa was issued under E3 in February?  thats before the lift of ban

 

E3 is an unrelated visa category for Australians.

[topman 42]

If you compare the monthly immigrant issuances data from Feb 2020 vs Feb 2021, the aggregate total visa issuances for Montreal post has only decreased by ~7%. The main change is that majority of the cases processed are for IR and CR. So, this is not a visa post personnel capacity issue because of COVID.  

 

FEB 2020

Montreal	CR1	35
Montreal	CR2	3
Montreal	DV1	5
Montreal	DV2	1
Montreal	E11	4
Montreal	E14	3
Montreal	E15	2
Montreal	E21	10
Montreal	E22	6
Montreal	E23	9
Montreal	E31	1
Montreal	E32	6
Montreal	E34	3
Montreal	E35	3
Montreal	F11	9
Montreal	F12	4
Montreal	F24	5
Montreal	F25	1
Montreal	F31	8
Montreal	F32	10
Montreal	F33	9
Montreal	F41	14
Montreal	F42	12
Montreal	F43	27
Montreal	FX1	9
Montreal	FX2	6
Montreal	FX3	2
Montreal	IR1	85
Montreal	IR2	9
Montreal	IR5	34
Montreal	SE1	1
Montreal	SE2	1
Montreal	SE3	1
Montreal	SI1	1
Montreal	SI2	1
Montreal	SI3	3
Total		343

 

FEB 2021

Montreal	CR1	71
Montreal	CR2	2
Montreal	E3	31
Montreal	I5	4
Montreal	IR1	187
Montreal	IR2	24
Montreal	IW	1
Total		320

 

 

 

 

[Stephenc111 30]

Just now, legit_immigrant said:

E3 is an unrelated visa category for Australians.

In the attached IV symbol, there is no E3.

 

if E3 is for Australian, why Montreal will issue that?

Immigrant Visa Symbols.pdf

[legit_immigrant 6]

13 minutes ago, PradSim said:

Now it feels like lifting of that ban was more of eyewash!

Please aim your criticism at social media accounts of state department.

Express your frustration!!

These are the twitter handles 

@StateDept @usconsmontreal @TravelGov @StateDeptSpox 

[Stephenc111 30]

2 minutes ago, legit_immigrant said:

Please aim your criticism at social media accounts of state department.

Express your frustration!!

These are the twitter handles 

@StateDept @usconsmontreal @TravelGov @StateDeptSpox 

Not sue if that is wise. You could get black listed. and if that would change anything

[legit_immigrant 6]

5 minutes ago, topman said:

If you compare the monthly immigrant issuances data from Feb 2020 vs Feb 2021, the aggregate total visa issuances for Montreal post has only decreased by ~7%. The main change is that majority of the cases processed are for IR and CR. So, this is not a visa post personnel capacity issue because of COVID.  

 

FEB 2020

Montreal	CR1	35
Montreal	CR2	3
Montreal	DV1	5
Montreal	DV2	1
Montreal	E11	4
Montreal	E14	3
Montreal	E15	2
Montreal	E21	10
Montreal	E22	6
Montreal	E23	9
Montreal	E31	1
Montreal	E32	6
Montreal	E34	3
Montreal	E35	3
Montreal	F11	9
Montreal	F12	4
Montreal	F24	5
Montreal	F25	1
Montreal	F31	8
Montreal	F32	10
Montreal	F33	9
Montreal	F41	14
Montreal	F42	12
Montreal	F43	27
Montreal	FX1	9
Montreal	FX2	6
Montreal	FX3	2
Montreal	IR1	85
Montreal	IR2	9
Montreal	IR5	34
Montreal	SE1	1
Montreal	SE2	1
Montreal	SE3	1
Montreal	SI1	1
Montreal	SI2	1
Montreal	SI3	3
Total		343

 

FEB 2021

Montreal	CR1	71
Montreal	CR2	2
Montreal	E3	31
Montreal	I5	4
Montreal	IR1	187
Montreal	IR2	24
Montreal	IW	1
Total		320

 

 

 

 

Great analysis.

Thats a good sign. 

Seems like they just need to rebalance the slot allocation. 

May be in a couple of months, they’ll fully catch up with IR CR case load.

[Stephenc111 30]

5 minutes ago, legit_immigrant said:

Great analysis.

Thats a good sign. 

Seems like they just need to rebalance the slot allocation. 

May be in a couple of months, they’ll fully catch up with IR CR case load.

 

The bad news is that, looking at the family catagory, It took exactly 3 months to move DQ from 19-May to 15-Aug. They are balanced. where is room for us?

 

 

 

 

 

[WaitingInLine 13]

26 minutes ago, topman said:

If you compare the monthly immigrant issuances data from Feb 2020 vs Feb 2021, the aggregate total visa issuances for Montreal post has only decreased by ~7%. The main change is that majority of the cases processed are for IR and CR. So, this is not a visa post personnel capacity issue because of COVID.  

 

FEB 2020

Montreal	CR1	35
Montreal	CR2	3
Montreal	DV1	5
Montreal	DV2	1
Montreal	E11	4
Montreal	E14	3
Montreal	E15	2
Montreal	E21	10
Montreal	E22	6
Montreal	E23	9
Montreal	E31	1
Montreal	E32	6
Montreal	E34	3
Montreal	E35	3
Montreal	F11	9
Montreal	F12	4
Montreal	F24	5
Montreal	F25	1
Montreal	F31	8
Montreal	F32	10
Montreal	F33	9
Montreal	F41	14
Montreal	F42	12
Montreal	F43	27
Montreal	FX1	9
Montreal	FX2	6
Montreal	FX3	2
Montreal	IR1	85
Montreal	IR2	9
Montreal	IR5	34
Montreal	SE1	1
Montreal	SE2	1
Montreal	SE3	1
Montreal	SI1	1
Montreal	SI2	1
Montreal	SI3	3
Total		343

 

FEB 2021

Montreal	CR1	71
Montreal	CR2	2
Montreal	E3	31
Montreal	I5	4
Montreal	IR1	187
Montreal	IR2	24
Montreal	IW	1
Total		320

 

Thanks for this info. Very useful.

 

 

 

Edited April 9, 2021 by WaitingInLine

[Van24 13]

Ugh, I was hoping that we would see at least 1 or 2 interview scheduled in May for some of the folks that had been cancelled back in 2020. 

So another month of waiting!

So frustrating. 

[WaitingInLine 13]

We got rescheduled for May, immediate family/relative. We were scheduled for April 2020 and got cancelled.

[Van24 13]

Sorry, I was talking about EB category.

[legit_immigrant 6]

OK, so I did some more analysis on the Montreal visa issuance numbers pre and post pandemic.

Below is the chart.

 

Observations- 

1. Montreal is back to full processing capacity as of February 2021.

2.  Most of that capacity is going towards IR/CR.

3. Pre- pandemic, on an average -

• IR/CR share of processing capacity 42%
• EB share of processing capacity 18%
• FB share of processing capacity 31%

Hopefully, we start seeing some interviews in Summer/Fall.