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

[Hoffmaya 124]

2 hours ago, Cath&Claire said:

Ughhhhh me tooooooo! The human capacity to deal with uncertainty is not great - add to that being away from our spouses and families.   

 

What I also find inconsiderate and disrespectful is that they would send out some ILs without any notice and little time to plan and get your medical exam prior the interview. I've read many individuals going to their interviews without their medical report available at the Consulate. They should anticipate and plan better to avoid such scenarios to occur (which ironically adds even more delays and wait time).  

Not to mention that the majority of us need to make travel arrangements to MTL etc...

[Hawk Riders 814]

Anybody else have passport news today?

@Sanmcall @realmadrid23 @ReadIcculus @Tbeck @Zelna?

[jstriders 70]

3 hours ago, DGF said:

Same old boiler plate response they’ve been giving for ages. 

 

Also why on earth can they not predict it? THEY ARE THE ONES THAT DECIDE. Guess it’s not looking good for November interviews... Or maybe it is and they just mean they can’t predict when the NVC will notify us of our interviews once they receive the number of interviews from Montreal? Ugh I’m so sick of their complete inability to communicate effectively. 

Roll back to August. They didn’t tell us when they will be resuming. Everyone was waiting until 14th, didn’t happen, but they resumed rescheduling on the 18th if I am not mistaking?

It is hard to stay optimistic these days, but this is the only way for us

[ReadIcculus 103]

No news here- they emailed to confirm that they have our medical results but nothing has changed on CEAC We were aiming for Tuesday as a moving day, but I guess we will have to wait! 

[Japples 31]

8 minutes ago, ReadIcculus said:

No news here- they emailed to confirm that they have our medical results but nothing has changed on CEAC We were aiming for Tuesday as a moving day, but I guess we will have to wait! 

Same. Our medical has been there for over 2 weeks now. Still saying that the officer needs to review the case.

Edited October 9, 2020 by Japples

[ReadIcculus 103]

This is the last email we got from them: 

Good morning,

 

We acknowledge receipt of your medical report in our office. A Consular officer will promptly review your case. Please expect an email from our courier service when your passport is mailed to you. 

 

 

 

 

 

Regards,

 

OP76

Consular Correspondence Unit | Immigrant Visa

U.S. Consulate General

Montreal, Canada

[Japples 31]

16 minutes ago, ReadIcculus said:

This is the last email we got from them: 

Good morning,

 

We acknowledge receipt of your medical report in our office. A Consular officer will promptly review your case. Please expect an email from our courier service when your passport is mailed to you. 

 

@ReadIcculus  Does your status say "Ready" or "Refused (admin processing)"?

[llednew.rm 29]

I last wrote on Sept. 24 that we were planning for POE at Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls.  We crossed on Sept. 26; it went fine and it took 50 minutes.  My wife had an electronic visa package rather than a physical sealed one, and the officer hadn’t done an electronic one before, so needed help from a supervisor, and eventually all was done and we were in.

 

It was surreal compared to prior border crossings.  In the 50 minutes that we waited for her in the parking lot, we counted a total of four vehicles crossing from Canada.

We expected a long wait for the green card, based on what my wife was told at POE ("contact us if you don't get in in 8 months").  Someone is working somewhere at USCIS, however, and the green card came today.  So here's our final case timeline from interview to green card in hand:

 

9/16/20 Interview (approved)

9/17/20 Case updated; CEAC status “Ready” (fine print: “Your case is ready to schedule an interview…” !!??)

9/21/20 Case updated; CEAC status not changed

9/22/20 Case updated; CEAC status not changed

9/23/20 Case updated; CEAC status “Issued” (fine print: “Your visa case is currently undergoing necessary administrative processing. This process can take several weeks.”  !!???)

9/23/20 Case updated; CEAC status not changed, fine print changed to “Your visa is in final processing.”  Around the same time (2:30 PM), my wife got an email notice that a shipment label had been created for Purolator.

9/24/20 Visa arrived at home address via Purolator (rural area near Kitchener/Waterloo).

9/26/20 POE at Rainbow Bridge, Niagara Falls (50 minutes; officer wasn't used to electronic visa package)

9/29/20 Social Security card issued (my wife applied for it in her DS-260 so issuance was automatic after POE)

10/05/20 Social Security card arrived

10/06/20 Green card mailed

10/09/20 Green card arrived

 

All very best wishes to all of you in this process, with hopes for a speedy return of more interview appointments and an end to this backlog.

[jstriders 70]

I just received email reply from consulate in response to my yesterday’s inquiry.

 

Good Afternoon,

 

Thank you for contacting us.

 

The United States Consulate General in Montreal is resuming certain immigrant visa services, including for spouses and children of U.S. citizens and K-1 fiancé visa applications. We are reviewing pending cases and have rescheduled interviews for visa applicants whose previous appointments were cancelled in March and April 2020 when our office suspended routine consular services.  While we aim to process cases as soon as practicable, there are likely to be increased wait times for completing services due to substantial backlogs.  

 

We are starting to schedule new cases, but wait times for appointments will continue to be longer than normal.

 

As this case is still at the National Visa Center (NVC), you will need to contact the NVC directly to submit a request for an expedited appointment. Expedited appointment processing is approved in only the most urgent cases. NVC contact details are available here https://nvc.state.gov/ask. 

 

We hope this information is helpful in responding to your inquiry.

 

 

 

 

 

Regards,

 

OP03

Consular Correspondence Unit | Immigrant Visa

U.S. Consulate General

Montreal, Canada

[jackanddeona 310]

16 minutes ago, jstriders said:

I just received email reply from consulate in response to my yesterday’s inquiry.

 

Good Afternoon,

 

Thank you for contacting us.

 

The United States Consulate General in Montreal is resuming certain immigrant visa services, including for spouses and children of U.S. citizens and K-1 fiancé visa applications. We are reviewing pending cases and have rescheduled interviews for visa applicants whose previous appointments were cancelled in March and April 2020 when our office suspended routine consular services.  While we aim to process cases as soon as practicable, there are likely to be increased wait times for completing services due to substantial backlogs.  

 

We are starting to schedule new cases, but wait times for appointments will continue to be longer than normal.

 

As this case is still at the National Visa Center (NVC), you will need to contact the NVC directly to submit a request for an expedited appointment. Expedited appointment processing is approved in only the most urgent cases. NVC contact details are available here https://nvc.state.gov/ask. 

 

We hope this information is helpful in responding to your inquiry.

 

 

 

 

 

Regards,

 

OP03

Consular Correspondence Unit | Immigrant Visa

U.S. Consulate General

Montreal, Canada

Saying wait times are longer than normal is pretty redundant at this point lol.

[ReadIcculus 103]

 

25 minutes ago, Japples said:

@ReadIcculus  Does your status say "Ready" or "Refused (admin processing)"?

On CEAC it just says 

 

U.S. Department of State
IMMIGRANT VISA APPLICATION

Refused

Immigrant Visa Case Number:	XXXXXXXXXXX
Case Created:	10-Apr-2019
Case Last Updated:	07-Oct-2020

 

A U.S. consular officer has adjudicated and refused your visa application. Please follow any instructions provided by the consular officer. If you were informed by the consular officer that your case was refused for administrative processing, your case will remain refused while undergoing such processing. You will receive another adjudication once such processing is complete. Please be advised that the processing time varies and that you will be contacted if additional information is needed. For more information, please visit TRAVEL.STATE.GOV or the website for the Embassy or Consulate at which you made your visa application.

For more information, please visit TRAVEL.STATE.GOV.

[Japples 31]

3 minutes ago, ReadIcculus said:

 

On CEAC it just says 

 

U.S. Department of State
IMMIGRANT VISA APPLICATION

Refused

 

 

It's so odd how they changed the status back to "ready" for our case. I guess it all depends on whoever answers the email?

[DGF 730]

36 minutes ago, llednew.rm said:

We expected a long wait for the green card, based on what my wife was told at POE ("contact us if you don't get in in 8 months").  Someone is working somewhere at USCIS, however, and the green card came today.  

All I can say to that is WOW and congratulations! Best of luck for your new life in the US  

 

27 minutes ago, jstriders said:

I just received email reply from consulate in response to my yesterday’s inquiry.

 

Good Afternoon,

 

Thank you for contacting us.

 

The United States Consulate General in Montreal is resuming certain immigrant visa services, including for spouses and children of U.S. citizens and K-1 fiancé visa applications. We are reviewing pending cases and have rescheduled interviews for visa applicants whose previous appointments were cancelled in March and April 2020 when our office suspended routine consular services.  While we aim to process cases as soon as practicable, there are likely to be increased wait times for completing services due to substantial backlogs.  

 

We are starting to schedule new cases, but wait times for appointments will continue to be longer than normal.

 

As this case is still at the National Visa Center (NVC), you will need to contact the NVC directly to submit a request for an expedited appointment. Expedited appointment processing is approved in only the most urgent cases. NVC contact details are available here https://nvc.state.gov/ask. 

 

We hope this information is helpful in responding to your inquiry.

 

Regards,

 

OP03

Consular Correspondence Unit | Immigrant Visa

U.S. Consulate General

Montreal, Canada

Thank you for sharing this, this is the most information to come out of Montreal in a while. I bolded my favourite part  Good luck with your expedite!

[jstriders 70]

Just now, DGF said:

All I can say to that is WOW and congratulations! Best of luck for your new life in the US  

 

Thank you for sharing this, this is the most information to come out of Montreal in a while. I bolded my favourite part  Good luck with your expedite!

You are very welcome. That is exactly what I noticed also!

I was not expediting, just inquiring when they are planning to resume, but I did mentioned WHY it is important for me to get reunited with him and my step daughter ASAP. My husband tried to expedite twice and we were refused.

 

[bort_s 63]

9 minutes ago, jstriders said:

You are very welcome. That is exactly what I noticed also!

I was not expediting, just inquiring when they are planning to resume, but I did mentioned WHY it is important for me to get reunited with him and my step daughter ASAP. My husband tried to expedite twice and we were refused.

 

My wife and I tried expediting twice as well both times were refused.  I feel to get an expedite out of MTL someone needs to be severely sick or dying.