VISA date cancelled and application fees not to be refunded

[BhumikaTB 0]

Hello All, I am new to this forum. I am a Permanent Resident in Canada. So my case is that I applied for US Tourist Visa last year in November from Halifax City, but had to move to Montreal in a month. So I moved the date to this year in April. Then again due to Covid-19, the dates were automatically changed to September. Now when I recently checked my profile, it said *book an appointment*. Which means our dates for Visa has been cancelled without any intimation. And since the Visa fees is valid for one year, so it will be expiring this September. So I have no idea, how to take that forward as I got no confirmation email saying my dates have been cancelled. Plus I will be loosing application fees too. 

Any help/feedback/suggestion would be really appreciated.

Look forward to hear from you guys :)))

Thanks in Advance! 

[Chancy 6,243]

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

 

What about my MRV fee that expired while routine services were suspended? 

The Machine Readable Visa (MRV) fee is valid and may be used to schedule a visa appointment in the country where it was purchased within one year of the date of payment.

 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

Contact the consulate to confirm whether or not the appointment has actually been cancelled, and to see if there is any leeway about the fee. 514-398-9695 or montreal-niv@state.gov

[jan22 3,056]

4 hours ago, BhumikaTB said:

Hello All, I am new to this forum. I am a Permanent Resident in Canada. So my case is that I applied for US Tourist Visa last year in November from Halifax City, but had to move to Montreal in a month. So I moved the date to this year in April. Then again due to Covid-19, the dates were automatically changed to September. Now when I recently checked my profile, it said *book an appointment*. Which means our dates for Visa has been cancelled without any intimation. And since the Visa fees is valid for one year, so it will be expiring this September. So I have no idea, how to take that forward as I got no confirmation email saying my dates have been cancelled. Plus I will be loosing application fees too. 

Any help/feedback/suggestion would be really appreciated.

Look forward to hear from you guys :)))

Thanks in Advance! 

The interview appointment does not have to occur within a year -- you just have to book it within a year.  So, in addition to confirming whether the appointment has been cancelled (which it likely has), I would re-book a new appointment (as late as possible for any available dates, in the hopes that they will have re-opened by then).

[BhumikaTB 0]

Hello Jan22, Thanks for the message :)
Yes, appointment needs to be booked within a year. So in my case it was from Sept 2019 to Sept2020. The embassy re-scheduled my appoinment from April 2020 to Sept 2020, and now when I am loggin to my portal, it is not showing up  :(

All the other dates are coming up from Jan2021, and that too not in my city or province. 
So now I am clueless what happened to my application fees (which was CAD400), it is a loss for me if my appoinment has been cancelled without prior notice :((

[BhumikaTB 0]

Thanks Chancy and SusieQQQ  :)))
That was helpful, I will definitely try and take a follow-up from them :)

[jan22 3,056]

3 hours ago, BhumikaTB said:

Hello Jan22, Thanks for the message
Yes, appointment needs to be booked within a year. So in my case it was from Sept 2019 to Sept2020. The embassy re-scheduled my appoinment from April 2020 to Sept 2020, and now when I am loggin to my portal, it is not showing up 

All the other dates are coming up from Jan2021, and that too not in my city or province. 
So now I am clueless what happened to my application fees (which was CAD400), it is a loss for me if my appoinment has been cancelled without prior notice :((

You misunderstood what I said.  If you paid the MRV fee in September 2019, you have until September 2020 to use it to make an appointment.  The appointment can be after September 2020, as long as it is made during the one-year time frame of paying the fee.  For example, if there are visa appointments open in January 2021, you could use your MRV fee receipt and book the appointment, as long as the appointment is set prior to your September 2020 date.

[JeanneAdil 6,606]

Just curious why you needed a tourist visa 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/citizens-of-canada-and-bermuda.html#:~:text=Visa Requirements - Citizens and Permanent,the

Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada

Citizens of Canada traveling to the United States do not require a nonimmigrant visa, except for the travel purposes described below. 

• Foreign government officials (A); officials and employees of international organizations (G); and NATO officials, representatives, and employees assigned to the United States (NATO)
• Treaty traders (E-1)
• Treaty investors (E-2)
• Spouse or Child of an Australian Treaty Alien coming to the United States Solely to Perform Services in a Specialty Occupation (E-3D)
• Fiancé(e)s (K-1)
• Children of fiancé(e)s (K-2)
• Spouse of a U.S. citizen traveling to the United States to complete the immigration process (K-3)
• Children of a foreign citizen spouse (K-4) described above
• Informant supplying critical information relating to a criminal organization (S-5)
• Informant supplying critical information relating to terrorism (S-6)
• Qualified family member (S-7) of an S-5 or S-6 visa holder described above

Edited August 24, 2020 by JeanneAdil

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

18 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

Just curious why you needed a tourist visa 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/citizens-of-canada-and-bermuda.html#:~:text=Visa Requirements - Citizens and Permanent,the

Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada

Citizens of Canada traveling to the United States do not require a nonimmigrant visa, except for the travel purposes described below. 

• Foreign government officials (A); officials and employees of international organizations (G); and NATO officials, representatives, and employees assigned to the United States (NATO)
• Treaty traders (E-1)
• Treaty investors (E-2)
• Spouse or Child of an Australian Treaty Alien coming to the United States Solely to Perform Services in a Specialty Occupation (E-3D)
• Fiancé(e)s (K-1)
• Children of fiancé(e)s (K-2)
• Spouse of a U.S. citizen traveling to the United States to complete the immigration process (K-3)
• Children of a foreign citizen spouse (K-4) described above
• Informant supplying critical information relating to a criminal organization (S-5)
• Informant supplying critical information relating to terrorism (S-6)
• Qualified family member (S-7) of an S-5 or S-6 visa holder described above

Permanent residents of Canada traveling on passports that require visas for the US , require visas. While the heading of what you posted includes PRs, the text just says citizens don’t need visas ....unless there’s another section you didn’t post?

Edited August 24, 2020 by SusieQQQ

[BhumikaTB 0]

Yes correct, Permanent Residents  of Canada require US visa to make any landing in the States