IR-1/CR-1 Montreal DQ'd private message group goes public

[jackanddeona 310]

20 minutes ago, Jay&Sid said:

 

You are so right.

September is gone and last K-1 was booked by MTL on Oct21.

Still plenty of K-1 interviews are due for rescheduling.

It might take whole month of October.

 

I guess they will start coordinating with NVC by the end of October.   

Highly unlikely based on how many were scheduled in one week that it goes in to November I think so we should be hearing soon about November.

Edited September 30, 2020 by jackanddeona

[Jay&Sid 211]

 

MTL has issued total 596 CR1,CR2,IR1 and IR2 visa from October 2019-Feburary 2020.

This shows they schedule 100+ spouse visa interviews in a month.

 

I have not included stats from March onward because of consulate shutdown due to COVID-19.

    https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

[Hawk Riders 814]

7 minutes ago, jackanddeona said:

 I think so we should be hearing soon about November.

Right; Oct IL on regular schedule with Nov dates assigned.

[pooj97 89]

15 minutes ago, Hawk Riders said:

Right; Oct IL on regular schedule with Nov dates assigned.

Obviously you guys are the priority, but do you all think that MTL will completely stop scheduling K1’s again once they start up with new spousal interviews hopefully in November? Or will they just do them once a week like they did before, leaving more room for spousals

[gavinski91 102]

35 minutes ago, pooj97 said:

Obviously you guys are the priority, but do you all think that MTL will completely stop scheduling K1’s again once they start up with new spousal interviews hopefully in November? Or will they just do them once a week like they did before, leaving more room for spousals

I don't think they will stop scheduling new K1s, given the language on the consulate websites about visa processing. I imagine they'll go back to the normal schedule of 1x per week.

[JenTex 52]

7 hours ago, US-EH said:

Hoping we get a tracking number today and that it has already been sent. 

My wife got email with tracking number this afternoon!

[JenTex 52]

5 hours ago, DGF said:

I have a couple of questions about the I864 for those who have already interviewed because I can't get a straight answer on either:

 

1. Did they ask for the original I864 or was a copy ok? An original with wet ink signatures from both my husband and our lawyer does not exist since it was done over email. I have the version with my husband's wet ink signature (that doesn't match what was uploaded to CEAC because it is missing the lawyer's signature) and a copy that has both signatures (and matches what was uploaded to CEAC) but neither are wet ink. I could also potentially get the one with a wet ink signature from our lawyer but it won't have a wet ink signature from my husband since they signed a scan. Our lawyer is dodging this question so I'm a little worried. 

2. Did you bring a new I864 with recent information given that the original is roughly a year old? Did they ask for it if you did?

We uploaded a new I864 and 2019 tax transcripts, W2, and paystubs even though they never emailed us and asked for it. They were happy we already had it all uploaded and didn't ask for any originals or copies of financial stuff. They were actually about to ask for it and then said oh nevermind, I see you've already uploaded everything.

[Lovepeace0303 310]

1 hour ago, Jay&Sid said:

 

You are so right.

September is gone and last K-1 was booked by MTL on Oct21.

Still plenty of K-1 interviews are due for rescheduling.

It might take whole month of October.

 

I guess they will start coordinating with NVC by the end of October.   

Nope! They should complete the remaining K1 rescheduling soon (they already got through 50% in 1 week scheduling M and W). Based on regular scheduling, we should look out for interview letters mid-Oct for Nov interviews. ☺️ 

[Akaur 95]

Hey guys! What are guys wearing at their interviews? Full formal suits?

[mizzem 144]

8 hours ago, Rose__ said:

Hi everyone! My visa was approved this morning

 

I was in and out in a little over an hour! The security lady made me feel bad when I showed up because I was "very early"... In reality it couldn't have been earlier than 10.40am for a 10.45am appointment... I waited on the subway platform for a while since I didn't bring my phone and it was the only way I could know what time it was! But anyway, everyone else was fine. I was told to go to the first floor, booth 5 or 7. Before getting on the elevator, I confirmed to one of the agent that he said the "first" and not the "third" (because I didn't want to get yelled at lol). He was empathetic and said "yeah I know, with the masks I'm always having people repeat themselves". Regardless, there's a sticker with the name of the consulate right by the elevator button for the consulate so you can't get it wrong. The security guy upstairs was nice. I was very very stressed going there, but once I sat down it got better. The building isn't nearly as intimidating and formal as I was expecting it to be - it reminded me of where I went to get my health care (RAMQ) card. The two officers I spoke with were very nice, the second was actually very friendly!

 

Now for the details, I'll try to remember as well as I can! The first officer only asked for my passport, birth certificate, our marriage certificate, police check and passport pictures. I'm a temporary resident here so he did ask about my status, I showed him my work permit. He confirmed my husband's address, phone number, occupation; my date of birth; the date of our marriage; he asked if I ever had any issue crossing the border, if I had ever been arrested. He confirmed how long I'd been here in Canada for. He gave me the pamphlet on domestic violence. It was a little hard to hear him with the mask and the glass but he seemed to be mindful of it and he was also kind of turning his head to have his ears towards me when I was speaking. So I think that if you can't hear them well, they'll be understanding of it (I'm specifying because that was my worry!). Then I sat back and waited to be called for the second part of the process.

 

The second officer started off by thanking me for my patience and saying I was at the end of a long road - which kind of told me right away that I was going to be approved!! He had a speaker of some sort so it was very easy to hear him. Then he asked me to tell him about my husband, how we met. He asked what was the longest I'd ever stayed in the US (I said about 2.5 months during the lockdown), how often we see each other, if it was a first marriage for both of us, what does my husband do, what do I do. He said everything looked really good, lots of green lights. Then he said he'd hang on to my passport. He gave me a paper to show at customs because my packet will be electronic, I won't have an actual envelope to give them when I cross at POE. He told me a couple of logistic things about getting my passport back that I can't remember at all (oops) because I was suddenly realizing that we were finally DONE and I was getting emotional lol. But I live in Montreal so the passport just has to cross the city. Then my eyes filled with tears, I couldn't speak for a couple of seconds so I just looked at him with the most grateful look. He was like "yay, happy tears, that's good right?" lol. He congratulated me, told me to "take care". A very nice gentleman!

 

So globally, I would say it was very stressful leading up to it but the actual interview was painless. The officers are nice, the questions are very standard ones. I was definitely over prepared paperwork wise, knowing now what they actually asked me for. But I would 10000% recommend doing in this way: it's best going in knowing that, whatever they ask you for, you can just pull it out of your binder and give it to them. It was definitely a thought I held on to when I got nervous about interviewing! 

Also note that I had uploaded the following documents on CEAC a week before the interview, even though I didn't get an email: 2019 tax transcripts and W2, my more recent police check, and an updated I-864. This last one had changed quite a bit since the NVC stage but they didn't ask for any supporting documents (namely updated bank statements or a letter from my employer, since we're using my income and assets to qualify). I think we really went to town at the NVC stage with the supporting documents, so it made the rest of the process go smoothly.

 

That's it, I hope it helps! Pheeeew, what a crazy ride. Seeing my husband's smile on my phone screen when I told him was just amazing 😍: 😭  I'll relax for real once I get my tracking number. I hope to be able to fly down this weekend, I cannot wait to be reunited with my spouse... and our 2 cats of course!!! I'm going home!!!!

Congratulations and best of luck to you and your spouse in the US!!

[DGF 730]

4 hours ago, Hawk Riders said:

It is a matter of *when* in Nov the batch of spousal interviews will be set.

3 hours ago, jackanddeona said:

we should be hearing soon about November.

3 hours ago, Hawk Riders said:

Right; Oct IL on regular schedule with Nov dates assigned.

Man I hope you're both right. I'm getting real nervous being in the first batch and not being able to rely on anyone else's data 😂

 

3 hours ago, pooj97 said:

Obviously you guys are the priority, but do you all think that MTL will completely stop scheduling K1’s again once they start up with new spousal interviews hopefully in November? Or will they just do them once a week like they did before, leaving more room for spousals

I hope they'll do them concurrently. We're both mission critical categories so it wouldn't make sense for them to put one over the other. It might not be 1 day a week like it was before since they only appear to be doing interviews on 2 days a week rather than the 3 they used to, but as long as they keep the ratio of issued visas in each category the same as before then I think they can keep things relatively fair. 

 

2 hours ago, JenTex said:

We uploaded a new I864 and 2019 tax transcripts, W2, and paystubs even though they never emailed us and asked for it. They were happy we already had it all uploaded and didn't ask for any originals or copies of financial stuff. They were actually about to ask for it and then said oh nevermind, I see you've already uploaded everything.

Thank you! I already have his 2019 documents so I'll ask him to put together a new I864 and we'll be sure to upload all of it once we get our IL. 

 

1 hour ago, Akaur said:

Hey guys! What are guys wearing at their interviews? Full formal suits?

Jeans  You don't need to dress up, just don't wear anything offensive. 
 

[Rose__ 303]

1 hour ago, Akaur said:

Hey guys! What are guys wearing at their interviews? Full formal suits?

The men I saw today had a nice button up shirt with either kaki pants or jeans I believe. I’m a woman and I wore a similar shirt with dark jeans. I’d say smart casual is enough.

[Akaur 95]

12 minutes ago, DGF said:

Man I hope you're both right. I'm getting real nervous being in the first batch and not being able to rely on anyone else's data 😂

 

I hope they'll do them concurrently. We're both mission critical categories so it wouldn't make sense for them to put one over the other. It might not be 1 day a week like it was before since they only appear to be doing interviews on 2 days a week rather than the 3 they used to, but as long as they keep the ratio of issued visas in each category the same as before then I think they can keep things relatively fair. 

 

Thank you! I already have his 2019 documents so I'll ask him to put together a new I864 and we'll be sure to upload all of it once we get our IL. 

 

Jeans  You don't need to dress up, just don't wear anything offensive. 
 

Wait wait so is it required to complete a new I-864 affidavit of support? I’m right behind you @DGF I feel like we’ll get our date together! So nervous and anxious. 

[US-EH 43]

2 hours ago, JenTex said:

My wife got email with tracking number this afternoon!

We also got ours today. 

[DGF 730]

10 minutes ago, Akaur said:

Wait wait so is it required to complete a new I-864 affidavit of support? I’m right behind you @DGF I feel like we’ll get our date together! So nervous and anxious. 

I'm not sure if it's required but it does look like they want to see one so we're going to bring one. Too many unknowns right now to risk it!

 

Our DQ dates are so close we might be on the same day! It would be nice to have another person from VJ in the socially distanced waiting room 😂