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

[pooj97 89]

1 minute ago, FrostyDog said:

Maybe he/she wasn’t part of the lawsuit though.. maybe an expedite? 

On the FB group, they said they were part of the lawsuit.

 

8 minutes ago, DGF said:

The preliminary hearing for the lawsuit isn't until October 22nd. No way they're acting on something that isn't decided yet and if they are they're just opening themselves up to more lawsuits imo (preferential treatment when rules for expedites are already predetermined, suing got them an earlier interview so why don't I also sue, etc). 

The lawyers for the K1 suit said that just the filing of the lawsuit would be enough for at least some embassies to start pushing forward the plaintiffs’ cases. It doesn’t matter if the hearing was done or not because the mere filing is enough for some embassies to not want to deal with it and just get the plaintiffs’ cases done.

[Rose__ 303]

32 minutes ago, ReadIcculus said:

Got an email confirming they did receive our medical that was sent on Friday-- so hoping they will hurry up and finish the review & issue the visa! Our goal was to meet the day after Canadian Thanksgiving and drive down. I don't really think that is going to happen. but maybe some time next week. 🤞

Great news!! I’m sure you’ll hear soon  fingers crossed!

[Lovepeace0303 310]

6 minutes ago, pooj97 said:

On the FB group, they said they were part of the lawsuit.

 

The lawyers for the K1 suit said that just the filing of the lawsuit would be enough for at least some embassies to start pushing forward the plaintiffs’ cases. It doesn’t matter if the hearing was done or not because the mere filing is enough for some embassies to not want to deal with it and just get the plaintiffs’ cases done.

I'm so over this convoluted process. Them pushing the folks part of a lawsuit before all of us that have been patiently waiting for interviews for almost a year now just blows my mind. I'll stop writing now before I say what's really on my mind. 🤐

[DGF 730]

12 minutes ago, pooj97 said:

The lawyers for the K1 suit said that just the filing of the lawsuit would be enough for at least some embassies to start pushing forward the plaintiffs’ cases. It doesn’t matter if the hearing was done or not because the mere filing is enough for some embassies to not want to deal with it and just get the plaintiffs’ cases done.

Does Montreal want to have lawsuits coming out the wazoo? Because this is how they get them. If it does turn out that they are prioritizing certain K1 cases just because they were part of the lawsuit and spousal suffers as a result then this will be the second time K1 has be given priority over spousal in just over a year and I think that'll be a breaking point for many people. 

[pooj97 89]

19 minutes ago, DGF said:

Does Montreal want to have lawsuits coming out the wazoo? Because this is how they get them. If it does turn out that they are prioritizing certain K1 cases just because they were part of the lawsuit and spousal suffers as a result then this will be the second time K1 has be given priority over spousal in just over a year and I think that'll be a breaking point for many people. 

 

21 minutes ago, Lovepeace0303 said:

I'm so over this convoluted process. Them pushing the folks part of a lawsuit before all of us that have been patiently waiting for interviews for almost a year now just blows my mind. I'll stop writing now before I say what's really on my mind. 🤐

It’s frustrating for sure. I decided not be part of this lawsuit but I really do feel for those waiting for spousal interviews. You guys should definitely be highest priority, especially considering the massive spousal backlog that already existed pre-Covid

[Cath&Claire 150]

6 minutes ago, pooj97 said:

 

It’s frustrating for sure. I decided not be part of this lawsuit but I really do feel for those waiting for spousal interviews. You guys should definitely be highest priority, especially considering the massive spousal backlog that already existed pre-Covid

This is what Greg Siskind posted today.  

[Kimchi 190]

24 minutes ago, DGF said:

Does Montreal want to have lawsuits coming out the wazoo? Because this is how they get them. If it does turn out that they are prioritizing certain K1 cases just because they were part of the lawsuit and spousal suffers as a result then this will be the second time K1 has be given priority over spousal in just over a year and I think that'll be a breaking point for many people. 

Hopefully like @pooj97 said there’s only 2 from Canada. But this is alllll so frustrating. Last summers shutdown of interviews that only affected spousal but not the k-1. Then Montreal should have resumed the spousal visas earlier as per the june 22 proclamation but they didn’t...waited another 2 months at which point they also started the k-1s as well so now it’s at a standstill again. 
Hopefully we hear by next week. 

[Cath&Claire 150]

1 minute ago, MWhite said:

Hopefully like @pooj97 said there’s only 2 from Canada. But this is alllll so frustrating. Last summers shutdown of interviews that only affected spousal but not the k-1. Then Montreal should have resumed the spousal visas earlier as per the june 22 proclamation but they didn’t...waited another 2 months at which point they also started the k-1s as well so now it’s at a standstill again. 
Hopefully we hear by next week. 

How come K1 wasn’t impacted last summer? And just spousal? 

[Kimchi 190]

1 minute ago, Cath&Claire said:

How come K1 wasn’t impacted last summer? And just spousal? 

I don’t think anybody ever found out but it’s why even pre covid there was a 5 month back log 

[DGF 730]

2 minutes ago, MWhite said:

Hopefully like @pooj97 said there’s only 2 from Canada. But this is alllll so frustrating. Last summers shutdown of interviews that only affected spousal but not the k-1. Then Montreal should have resumed the spousal visas earlier as per the june 22 proclamation but they didn’t...waited another 2 months at which point they also started the k-1s as well so now it’s at a standstill again. 
Hopefully we hear by next week. 

Yup, I'm waiting until the end of next week to get mad 😛 There's no point in getting upset about it until we know for sure if it will affect us or not. 
 

Just now, Cath&Claire said:

How come K1 wasn’t impacted last summer? And just spousal? 

No one knows why spousal were stopped in the first place so there's absolutely no way to know why K1 weren't affected. 

[ONtoHOU 228]

47 minutes ago, DGF said:

Does Montreal want to have lawsuits coming out the wazoo? Because this is how they get them. If it does turn out that they are prioritizing certain K1 cases just because they were part of the lawsuit and spousal suffers as a result then this will be the second time K1 has be given priority over spousal in just over a year and I think that'll be a breaking point for many people. 

I get the frustration I'm near my breaking point with this process too, but there are many very valid reasons that this person may have received their P4 interview today - one that was drawn out in the facebook group is that they have the oldest PD in the group of K1's currently awaiting P4 at Montreal.  If that is the case it would make sense they were first and others will follow in the coming days.  In the grand scheme of things I don't think there are very many K1s awaiting P4 (compared to cancelled spousals and cancelled K1s) so they should be quicker to reschedule if they've chosen to reschedule those before offering dates for new spousals to NVC. 

[Japples 31]

I hope this lawsuit brings transparency to how they process anything. It seems like unless a case file is front of an 'officer" nothing happens to it. We don't even know what happens if officers who review cases go on vacation. Do the cases they are assigned just sit there? There needs to be an audit of how they process cases from start to finish.

[jackanddeona 310]

The reality is based on how both processes interviews are handled k1s who are "DQ" should have recieved new info before ir1 and cr1. Ill wait until we normally would get our interview dates before jumping to conclusions. Considering how bad aos has been this year I dont envy any k1s.

[Todd@Alya 45]

I’m glad people are starting to talk about suing the Consulate here, since they are running way behind from staying closed longer than reasonable and now are prioritizing K1s over spousal interviews, which just doesn’t seem right. Not to mention the financial and emotional damage they are doing. I would consider joining a class action if others are interested.  I don’t really know where to start, but perhaps others have investigated the process?

[jstriders 70]

5 hours ago, MWhite said:

I don’t think anybody ever found out but it’s why even pre covid there was a 5 month back log 

My husband told me that the issue was because the consul at the time just didn’t care about doing her job. She is a socialite and was spending more time away from the office and Canada altogether.

She was under investigation last summer and resigned shortly thereafter.

He read something about it somewhere...

Edited October 7, 2020 by jstriders