2nd interview after 601 waiver Approved

[MicheleRob 13]

Has anyone in Canada already had an interview,  denied and had to file a 601 waiver? My fiance's waiver was approved July 1st. We've contacted Montreal and my senator did also but keep getting told it's in administrative processing and they will let us know what needs updated and when a 2nd interview can be scheduled and to wait for instructions (first interview was 2 years ago so must have another one). It's been almost 4 months since his waiver was approved and I feel like he's never going to get a 2nd interview or get to come home I'm in a Facebook group for waivers and it seems like other countries receive instructions and get a 2nd interview set up right away. Others approved after us from other countries are already home! Just so frustrated!!

[SalishSea 17,828]

AP cannot be expedited, even through senators etc.  Montreal has a legendary backlog when it comes to interviews, so I would imagine that is part of the hold up.

[MicheleRob 13]

23 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

AP cannot be expedited, even through senators etc.  Montreal has a legendary backlog when it comes to interviews, so I would imagine that is part of the hold up.

They just messaged on our behalf to see what was taking so long and told to wait. He got his first interview quick in 2017 within 6 weeks of 129f being approved but then denied at interview. I was hoping since his waiver was approved he would get another interview pretty quick but boy was I wrong! The waiver took 17 months to be approved and seemed less brutal than these last 4 months. I guess because with the waiver we at least had some sort of timeline. Waiting on this 2nd interview I'm starting to wondering if it will be another month, 6 months, a year?? ugh

[SalishSea 17,828]

3 hours ago, MicheleRob said:

They just messaged on our behalf to see what was taking so long and told to wait. He got his first interview quick in 2017 within 6 weeks of 129f being approved but then denied at interview. I was hoping since his waiver was approved he would get another interview pretty quick but boy was I wrong! The waiver took 17 months to be approved and seemed less brutal than these last 4 months. I guess because with the waiver we at least had some sort of timeline. Waiting on this 2nd interview I'm starting to wondering if it will be another month, 6 months, a year?? ugh

Sorry to hear.  That does sound frustrating.  Best wishes, and please keep us updated.

[ASBoston04 0]

20 hours ago, MicheleRob said:

Has anyone in Canada already had an interview,  denied and had to file a 601 waiver? My fiance's waiver was approved July 1st. We've contacted Montreal and my senator did also but keep getting told it's in administrative processing and they will let us know what needs updated and when a 2nd interview can be scheduled and to wait for instructions (first interview was 2 years ago so must have another one). It's been almost 4 months since his waiver was approved and I feel like he's never going to get a 2nd interview or get to come home I'm in a Facebook group for waivers and it seems like other countries receive instructions and get a 2nd interview set up right away. Others approved after us from other countries are already home! Just so frustrated!!

Hi MicheleRob -  We had a similar experience. We had our i-212 waiver approval dated January 30, 2019 and my husband only just had his second interview in Montreal on October 16.  Hopefully yours will not take as long.  

[MicheleRob 13]

2 hours ago, ASBoston04 said:

Hi MicheleRob -  We had a similar experience. We had our i-212 waiver approval dated January 30, 2019 and my husband only just had his second interview in Montreal on October 16.  Hopefully yours will not take as long.  

Wow, how long did it take to even hear from them to be able to set up 2nd interview? 

[ASBoston04 0]

On 10/24/2019 at 4:20 PM, MicheleRob said:

Wow, how long did it take to even hear from them to be able to set up 2nd interview? 

We were frustrated and then my lawyer logged into our CEAC account and realized that we were being asked to submit a new DS-260.  Have you checked every tab on the CEAC website to see if they are requesting anything new of you?

[MicheleRob 13]

1 hour ago, ASBoston04 said:

We were frustrated and then my lawyer logged into our CEAC account and realized that we were being asked to submit a new DS-260.  Have you checked every tab on the CEAC website to see if they are requesting anything new of you?

Yes and I've emailed them 3 times asking what to do and was told wait. I already updated our DS160 because it was unlocked