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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Hi @DGF I'm new to this forum. I just recently submitted my petition to my wife who's in Vancouver. I want to join the private thread to explore and have knowledge from experiences of fellow VJ members. Not sure if it's okay to consider me,  but can you please add me to the private thread and spreadsheet? I would gratefully appreciate it if you approves. 🙏😊 

CITIZENSHIP TIMELINE

Filing type: Online

Service Center: National Benefit Center

Local Field Office: San Bernardino CA

Date Filed N400: 06/2019

Biometrics Appt.: 07/2019 (25 days)

Interview Date: 01/2020 (6.5 months)

Oath & naturalization: 06/2020 (11.5 months)

:joy:Finally & Officially a U.S. Citizen! :dancing:

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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45 minutes ago, ME_RHEDZ77 said:

Hi @DGF I'm new to this forum. I just recently submitted my petition to my wife who's in Vancouver. I want to join the private thread to explore and have knowledge from experiences of fellow VJ members. Not sure if it's okay to consider me,  but can you please add me to the private thread and spreadsheet? I would gratefully appreciate it if you approves. 🙏😊 

The private message group is geared towards those who are at the DQ point in their journey. Once your petition has some traction, NOAs and the like, you can be added to the spreadsheet.

Keep things updated, and welcome!

forum instructions 

 

Montreal IR-1/CR-1 FAQ

 

Montreal IR-1/CR-1 Visa spreadsheet: follow directions at top of page for data to be added

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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2 hours ago, ME_RHEDZ77 said:

Hi @DGF I'm new to this forum. I just recently submitted my petition to my wife who's in Vancouver. I want to join the private thread to explore and have knowledge from experiences of fellow VJ members. Not sure if it's okay to consider me,  but can you please add me to the private thread and spreadsheet? I would gratefully appreciate it if you approves. 🙏😊 

Adding to what @Hawk Riders said, the FAQ linked in my signature covers almost everything that is discussed in the group if you want to get a head start on what you'll need to know later in the process :) All of the knowledge without any of the email notifications (seriously I woke up to 46 email notifications from VJ yesterday haha)! 

I am not a lawyer and nothing I say is or should be taken as legal advice. 

 

CR1/IR1 Timeline:

 

Spoiler

Married: August 18th 2018

I-130 Sent: September 18th 2018

PD: September 20th 2018 TSC

NOA1 Received: October 5th 2018
Case Inquiry: July 13th 2019 

Case Inquiry Response: July 24th 2019 - in line for processing.

Escalated Case Inquiry: August 6th 2019 - tier 2 found that internal status was "in background check" despite results coming back 4 months prior.

Escalated Case Inquiry Response: August 7th 2019 - case was "delayed" because they had to "perform additional review" 🙄 case now with an officer.

NOA2: August 22nd 2019 (336 days)

Sent to DOS: September 5th 2019

NVC Received: September 13th 2019

Case Number: October 9th 2019

DS-260 Completed: October 28th 2019

NVC Docs Uploaded: October 29th 2019

DQ: December 18th 2019

Became IR1: August 18th 2020

IL: October 13th 2020

Interview: November 2nd 2020

Visa Received: November 5th 2020

POE: November 8th 2020

GC Received: January 23rd 2021

 

CR1/IR1 Montreal FAQ:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k927pE5wqzTN5n0lPYZ1JQxgbmnzmNWX5hSteyii0BY/

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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37 minutes ago, Japples said:

Added timeline. Please add me to spreadsheet and thread. Thank you

Added you! Also I noticed in your timeline it says you paid your NVC fees in October of 2020. Did you mean 2019?

I am not a lawyer and nothing I say is or should be taken as legal advice. 

 

CR1/IR1 Timeline:

 

Spoiler

Married: August 18th 2018

I-130 Sent: September 18th 2018

PD: September 20th 2018 TSC

NOA1 Received: October 5th 2018
Case Inquiry: July 13th 2019 

Case Inquiry Response: July 24th 2019 - in line for processing.

Escalated Case Inquiry: August 6th 2019 - tier 2 found that internal status was "in background check" despite results coming back 4 months prior.

Escalated Case Inquiry Response: August 7th 2019 - case was "delayed" because they had to "perform additional review" 🙄 case now with an officer.

NOA2: August 22nd 2019 (336 days)

Sent to DOS: September 5th 2019

NVC Received: September 13th 2019

Case Number: October 9th 2019

DS-260 Completed: October 28th 2019

NVC Docs Uploaded: October 29th 2019

DQ: December 18th 2019

Became IR1: August 18th 2020

IL: October 13th 2020

Interview: November 2nd 2020

Visa Received: November 5th 2020

POE: November 8th 2020

GC Received: January 23rd 2021

 

CR1/IR1 Montreal FAQ:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k927pE5wqzTN5n0lPYZ1JQxgbmnzmNWX5hSteyii0BY/

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Hi all - chiming in here for the first time. @DGF Can I be added to the Montreal thread? I just updated my timeline, and i think i was DQ'ed. I received confirmation that everything was uploaded (DS-260, i-184, and civilian docs) back in June. 

 

Does anyone know if that approval is enough, or is there another DQ approval? When I log into CEAC, I see that everything is there, submitted, approved, and I'm just sitting at the NVC

 

Any encouragement or help would be appreciated. I am feeling beyond hopeless and stuck. The current boarder closure has heightened my feelings of frustration, fear, and sadness after running out of time on B2 issued in March and returning home to Canada. 

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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7 hours ago, i5love said:

Hi all - chiming in here for the first time. @DGF Can I be added to the Montreal thread? I just updated my timeline, and i think i was DQ'ed. I received confirmation that everything was uploaded (DS-260, i-184, and civilian docs) back in June. 

 

Does anyone know if that approval is enough, or is there another DQ approval? When I log into CEAC, I see that everything is there, submitted, approved, and I'm just sitting at the NVC

 

Any encouragement or help would be appreciated. I am feeling beyond hopeless and stuck. The current boarder closure has heightened my feelings of frustration, fear, and sadness after running out of time on B2 issued in March and returning home to Canada. 

I have been sitting at NVC since January.

It is a long wait for an interview but they have started rescheduling now the people who had their interviews in March and April cancelled due to COVID. These people had DQs from October, November and December 2019.

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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7 hours ago, i5love said:

Hi all - chiming in here for the first time. @DGF Can I be added to the Montreal thread? I just updated my timeline, and i think i was DQ'ed. I received confirmation that everything was uploaded (DS-260, i-184, and civilian docs) back in June. 

 

Does anyone know if that approval is enough, or is there another DQ approval? When I log into CEAC, I see that everything is there, submitted, approved, and I'm just sitting at the NVC

 

Any encouragement or help would be appreciated. I am feeling beyond hopeless and stuck. The current boarder closure has heightened my feelings of frustration, fear, and sadness after running out of time on B2 issued in March and returning home to Canada. 

Buckle up - long ride ahead... try to find something that you can throw yourself into. A passion project or something like that. I understand your struggle though. I waited about 4-5 months from DQ to interview, then it was cancelled due to the Covid shut down, then they were shut down for 5 months as we all know, and thankfully I’ve been rescheduled for September 23rd. (Original date was April 6th) so it’s a long ride my friend! But don’t loose hope. It’s going to be worth it in the end when you’re with the one you love for the rest of your life 😌💕💕

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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9 hours ago, i5love said:

Hi all - chiming in here for the first time. @DGF Can I be added to the Montreal thread? I just updated my timeline, and i think i was DQ'ed. I received confirmation that everything was uploaded (DS-260, i-184, and civilian docs) back in June. 

 

Does anyone know if that approval is enough, or is there another DQ approval? When I log into CEAC, I see that everything is there, submitted, approved, and I'm just sitting at the NVC

 

Any encouragement or help would be appreciated. I am feeling beyond hopeless and stuck. The current boarder closure has heightened my feelings of frustration, fear, and sadness after running out of time on B2 issued in March and returning home to Canada. 

I added you! You'll receive a message in CEAC when DQd that says "DOCUMENTARILY QUALIFIED" and you'll also receive an email with "Notice regarding your immigrant visa case becoming documentarily qualified" as the subject line (as long as the NVC has your email address). If the documents are just marked as accepted but you don't have something specifically saying you're DQ then I think the advice is to call the NVC but I didn't have that issue so I'm not the best person to ask. You'll sit at the NVC until your interview is scheduled (I'm still at the NVC and I've been DQ since December 2019) so no need to worry about that :) 

I am not a lawyer and nothing I say is or should be taken as legal advice. 

 

CR1/IR1 Timeline:

 

Spoiler

Married: August 18th 2018

I-130 Sent: September 18th 2018

PD: September 20th 2018 TSC

NOA1 Received: October 5th 2018
Case Inquiry: July 13th 2019 

Case Inquiry Response: July 24th 2019 - in line for processing.

Escalated Case Inquiry: August 6th 2019 - tier 2 found that internal status was "in background check" despite results coming back 4 months prior.

Escalated Case Inquiry Response: August 7th 2019 - case was "delayed" because they had to "perform additional review" 🙄 case now with an officer.

NOA2: August 22nd 2019 (336 days)

Sent to DOS: September 5th 2019

NVC Received: September 13th 2019

Case Number: October 9th 2019

DS-260 Completed: October 28th 2019

NVC Docs Uploaded: October 29th 2019

DQ: December 18th 2019

Became IR1: August 18th 2020

IL: October 13th 2020

Interview: November 2nd 2020

Visa Received: November 5th 2020

POE: November 8th 2020

GC Received: January 23rd 2021

 

CR1/IR1 Montreal FAQ:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k927pE5wqzTN5n0lPYZ1JQxgbmnzmNWX5hSteyii0BY/

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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20 minutes ago, DGF said:

I added you! You'll receive a message in CEAC when DQd that says "DOCUMENTARILY QUALIFIED" and you'll also receive an email with "Notice regarding your immigrant visa case becoming documentarily qualified" as the subject line (as long as the NVC has your email address). If the documents are just marked as accepted but you don't have something specifically saying you're DQ then I think the advice is to call the NVC but I didn't have that issue so I'm not the best person to ask. You'll sit at the NVC until your interview is scheduled (I'm still at the NVC and I've been DQ since December 2019) so no need to worry about that :) 


Thanks. I went back over my records and was DQ’ed in June. 
 

This may be totally futile, but is anyone else irate that Montreal is so backed up? I know being angry won’t help the line move. But come on. This has to be a case of under resourcing or ineffective management and administration at some level. It seems completely unacceptable that after waiting so long at USCIS there’s yet another cue at the Consulate when there is no quota on immediate family members. And Montreal’s overall processing numbers do not compare with other global cities.

 
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