Montreal consulate visa selection

[mteely 0]

Hi all - 

 

I will be interviewing at the Montreal consulate, and I am wondering how interview date selection works. Are you able to select a day, and are there little options to select? Do they just provide you the date? Thank you in advance. 

[Cryssiekins 976]

When I did it back in 2016, I selected the date and time myself.  They only did K1’s on certain days, and the “time” was more of a time to arrive, rather than the time you will interview.  I had a Wednesday appointment at like 11am, but ended up being first in line at like 6:15am.  So when they opened, I was the first K1 processed.  They didn’t ask about the time because they wanted to stagger arrivals.  Not sure if it still works that way or not. 

[Mrsjackson 300]

I selected my interview at Montreal in 2018. As noted above it’s just a time to get to the consulate. I would advise arriving early. I ended up walking out of the consulate at the exact time my interview was supposed to be, yet the process had taken roughly 40 minutes or so. Good luck! 

[mteely 0]

Thanks for your quick response! So you did you just get a date, and had to “select a time”? I just want to confirm that you were unable to chose the date. Thank you!! 

[Cryssiekins 976]

14 minutes ago, mteely said:

Thanks for your quick response! So you did you just get a date, and had to “select a time”? I just want to confirm that you were unable to chose the date. Thank you!! 

I selected the date for myself, but there were limited options.  MTL is 7 hours from where I was living so I wanted a Monday or Friday appointment (also to coordinate with work), but those days were not available so I assumed they only did K1’s on certain days (like Wednesday and Thursday), but I was able to choose the actual date, bc I needed to push it out a couple weeks from the time I was ready for scheduling.

[ADW & JOP 146]

I haven't gone through the consulate process yet but I was under the I I'm that for IR1/CR1 that the NVC will schedule the appointment for you, but for K1, you schedule your own.

 

Your timeline suggests you are filing for CR1/IR1?

Edited April 27, 2019 by ADW & JOP

[Mrsjackson 300]

7 minutes ago, Cryssiekins said:

I selected the date for myself, but there were limited options.  MTL is 7 hours from where I was living so I wanted a Monday or Friday appointment (also to coordinate with work), but those days were not available so I assumed they only did K1’s on certain days (like Wednesday and Thursday), but I was able to choose the actual date, bc I needed to push it out a couple weeks from the time I was ready for scheduling.

Really? I had mine on a Friday. Maybe they have changed the days they interview K1s now. In fact, it would make sense they would have had to expand it since 2016 because the Vancouver consulate stopped processing K1s that very year. 

[mteely 0]

Yes I am filing for  CR1/IR1.

[DGF 730]

49 minutes ago, mteely said:

Yes I am filing for  CR1/IR1.

Your interview will be scheduled for you. No need to worry about scheduling one  

[NikLR 13,227]

1 hour ago, mteely said:

Yes I am filing for  CR1/IR1.

Then the NVC will schedule your interview.  I suggest going to it since picking a new date is highly hit or miss (you have to miss your original to even get the option) and far between.