Time Immigrant (IR-1) Interview to Visa in hand

[ASBoston04 0]

Hi- I was hoping others could share their timeline from their Montreal Immigrant visa interview to having their Visa in hand.  

 

• My husband went for his IR-1 interview in Montreal on Wednesday October 16th and was told he was approved. 
• His status on CEAC changed to ISSUED the same day as his interview but below it says "Your visa case is currently undergoing necessary administrative processing. This processing can take several weeks.... ". 
• It has not changed since the day of his interview.  So this is now the 4th business day with no changes. 

From what I could find browsing forums, I thought we would have our tracking number by now so I am a bit nervous, especially with the term "administrative processing" still being a part of our status.  Everything has taken longer than expected with the consulate so I'm scared of our medical expiring, etc. 

 

 

[Liam2021 583]

Everyone has to go to AP before visa can be issue. AP can took a few days, weeks, or months. Nothing you can do right now is waiting.

[ASBoston04 0]

32 minutes ago, H&T said:

Everyone has to go to AP before visa can be issue. AP can took a few days, weeks, or months. Nothing you can do right now is waiting.

@H&T This was actually his second interview in Montreal.  He was in ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING status before his most recent interview.   

Is an ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING status any different than an ISSUED status with Administrative Processing related memo in the detail?  

 

[designguy 1,179]

That does seem a little bit odd. When my status changed to Issued, the description below was as follow: "Your visa has been printed. Depending on local procedures at the location where you were interviewed, your visa will be mailed or available for pickup soon"

[Kartineecartoons 53]

On 10/22/2019 at 1:06 PM, ASBoston04 said:

Hi- I was hoping others could share their timeline from their Montreal Immigrant visa interview to having their Visa in hand.  

 

• My husband went for his IR-1 interview in Montreal on Wednesday October 16th and was told he was approved. 
• His status on CEAC changed to ISSUED the same day as his interview but below it says "Your visa case is currently undergoing necessary administrative processing. This processing can take several weeks.... ". 
• It has not changed since the day of his interview.  So this is now the 4th business day with no changes. 

From what I could find browsing forums, I thought we would have our tracking number by now so I am a bit nervous, especially with the term "administrative processing" still being a part of our status.  Everything has taken longer than expected with the consulate so I'm scared of our medical expiring, etc. 

 

 

Hi! That seems to be the new norm. ISSUED but says administrative processing below. That will change tho as soon as the visa is finally issued. We have two people in our CR1/IR1 group that has the same sentence/s written as yours. One had her interview last Friday and what you wrote was what was showing on her side until yesterday when she received the tracking number for the passport and visa. That part will change. And with AP, we can not answer that. It can take a day, weeksor months.