F2A category - Montreal interview pending

[Hhp24 0]

How do we get access to this group ? @PrinsesaVii

priority date :- 13jun 2018

document qualify:- 06 aug 2020

Montreal embassy, Canada 

waiting for interview to be scheduled 

[KRS7078 1]

https://ca.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/consular-operations-updates/
 

just saw an update now they will start scheduling new interviews for our category @ Montreal from Oct 2021 who are DQ in sept 2019 just follow the link for any updates

[flickerstop 3]

1 hour ago, KRS7078 said:

https://ca.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/consular-operations-updates/
 

just saw an update now they will start scheduling new interviews for our category @ Montreal from Oct 2021 who are DQ in sept 2019 just follow the link for any updates

Thanks for this info, for anyone else curious the exact quote is:

 

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• Montreal has rescheduled most Preference category applicants in Tiers Three and Four whose interviews were cancelled in March and April of 2020. In October 2021 we will start to schedule new Tier Three and Four cases that were documentarily qualified in approximately September 2019.

Direct link to it if you click this

[neeuq 12]

22 hours ago, KRS7078 said:

https://ca.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/consular-operations-updates/
 

just saw an update now they will start scheduling new interviews for our category @ Montreal from Oct 2021 who are DQ in sept 2019 just follow the link for any updates

does anyone know how they schedule based on dq? will it be based on monthly DQ?  

in oct 2021, those that are sept 2019 DQs interviewed. 
nov 2021, those that are oct 2019 DQs interviewed.
dec 2021 = nov 2019 DQ and so forth..

 

is that how it usually works? 

[KRS7078 1]

2 hours ago, neeuq said:

does anyone know how they schedule based on dq? will it be based on monthly DQ?  

in oct 2021, those that are sept 2019 DQs interviewed. 
nov 2021, those that are oct 2019 DQs interviewed.
dec 2021 = nov 2019 DQ and so forth..

 

is that how it usually works? 

no clue how the internal process works can't judge it at this moment

[Lubna Anjum 4]

On 9/23/2019 at 3:46 AM, awoo said:

Thanks for making this thread!!

 

F2A category

Priority Date: January 17, 2017

Documentarily Qualified: May 14, 2019 

Waiting for an interview letter (Montreal Consulate)

 

Hi, Can you please update us here, if you got your interview by now. 

[StefF2a 0]

Hi everyone, just wanted to update I got my interview letter yesterday and my interview is September 22nd. We had our expedite approved mid July. Good luck to you all I hope you get your interviews soon! 

[saadistic1 1]

 

I am a green card resident. Back in 2018, I talked to a very qualified lawyer who told me that the best way to secure my wife's greencard would be through consular processing. This decision is causing my marriage to fall apart and I don't know how I will go on.

 

We were fully Documentarily Qualified in November 2020.

 

Right now, the Montreal embassy is planning to schedule September 2019 DQ application interviews in October 2021.

 

We almost have another year of waiting for the green card (11 months to my guess of August 2021).

My wife is doctor and needs to get into residency. Applying within 3 years of graduating from medical school and doing so with the ability to work (a green card, if doing adjustment of status, getting a work permit). That means having her green card by March 2021 at the latest, which seems like an impossibility.

 

I've sent expedite requests based on my emotional health, my physical health (with a letter from doctor + prescriptions), my wife's career being cut off at the legs, and finally based on her ability to contribute to the covid pandemic response (they said they had special rules/process for that?). Nothing has worked.

 

I applied for US citizenship on July 13 2020 online via USCIS. Most people I know got their citizenship within 3 months. I am at 14 months now and the only status update I have is: "Things are taking longer than expected. You do not have to do anything at this time." Even if that were to suddenly come in, I don't know how long it would take to convert this to an IR case, and then wait for the separate IR processing time.

 

I've tried contact my local congress woman for help. No responses to my emails or voice mails left.

 

I just don't know where to go from here. I am in despair and I don't have a way out.

 

===== Montreal current interview rate =====

https://ca.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/consular-operations-updates/#:~:text=Montreal%20has%20rescheduled%20most%20Preference%20category%20applicants%20in%20Tiers%20Three%20and%20Four%20whose%20interviews%20were%20cancelled%20in%20March%20and%20April%20of%202020.%20In%20October%202021%20we%20will%20start%20to%20schedule%20new%20Tier%20Three%20and%20Four%20cases%20that%20were%20documentarily%20qualified%20in%20approximately%20September%202019

Assuming they continue at monthly cadences, generally we're looking at for my Nov 2020 DQ date.

1x December 2021

1.25x October 2021

1.33x September 2021

1.5x August 2021

1.66x July 2021

1.75x June 2021

2x May 2021

 

===== Potential future rate =====

To see what might clue us in for their cadence speed, we can look at Montreal visa issuance numbers as per https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

 

All F type visas issued:

 

January 2019 103

February 2019 210

March 2019 148

April 2019 73

May 2019 74

 

January 2021 0

February 2021 0

March 2021 5

April 2021 10

May 2021 56

June 2021 84

July 2021 106

 

Just FX visas issued:

 

January 2021 0

February 2021 0

March 2021 0

April 2021 5

May 2021 19

June 2021 15

July 2021 14

 

Just the FX (e.g. F2A) visa subcategory isn't descriptive at all. Looking at the number of visa's issued, you can see the affects of the embassy opening up. Feb 2019 saw a peak of 210 visas issued, which would be double what we've had (which establishes the best case w.r.t visa issuance).

 

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Current list as I understand it.   I hope some people can update it.

Member	DQ Date	IL Received	Interview Date	DQ to IL	DQ To Interview
@aaz	7/31/2019	3/31/2021	5/21/2021	610	661
@Sean_2019	8/9/2019	03/31/2021	05/21/2021	601	652
@rachel6992	9/20/2019
@Aram	11/14/2019
@fcabrales	11/21/2019
@ash93	11/25/2019
@Casey_	1/23/2020
@KRS7078	1/28/2020
@n86	3/18/2020
@Tran Nguyen	4/6/2020
@StefF2a	5/4/2020	Expedited	Expedited
@flickerstop	8/21/2020
@Malav	8/27/2020
@QCCT	9/1/2020
@saadistic1	10/12/2020
@yhgf	10/14/2020
@BranMBboy	3/22/2021
Average Waiting Time				606	657

[AandN 0]

@saadistic1 can you please tell me what are the rules and procedures for the doctors to expedite their case ? 
 

did they told you about anything 

Edited September 26, 2021 by AandN

[saadistic1 1]

@AandN last paragraph here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/immigrant-visa-prioritization.html

[AandN 0]

@saadistic1 Applicants should be prepared to show that they will be employed in the healthcare industry at a U.S. facility engaged in pandemic response. 

you know which type of proof will be beneficial 

[AandN 0]

I knew about that but didn’t understand proof of employment? Latter because healthcare professionals from foreign countries had to pass their license exams then they’ll be employed that’s why I want to know which type of proof @saadistic1 Any idea ?? 
 

 

sorry about your request.May Allah pak makes everything easy for you and help you Ameen 🤗

Edited September 27, 2021 by AandN

[Vijayg 12]

did anyone get interview letter?

[Blueeyes1989 90]

@rachel6992 Did you get your IL? Looks like they issued Sept 2019 ILs today. 

[rachel6992 17]

Hi there, no I haven't received anything. I logged in today but it's still showing the same thing, that everything has been received and accepted but it's still sitting at NVC.  Maybe tomorrow we'll hear something, but for now it's crickets on my side