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

[Kai G. Llewellyn 837]

4 minutes ago, Riversong said:

up until 2016 they did it in Vancouver. I agree with @State and Maine there should be more than one for all of Canada. Would make more sense to have one in the East, one Central and one West.

Obviously at one point they did have the qualified staff to deal with cr1/ir1 and K1 Visas. Not sure what made them decide to move it all to Montreal

If you ask me it's extremely short sighted to not have all Consular Visa Officers trained for IV applications, because it leaves them massively exposed during situations like this. They have a bunch of NIV officers twiddling their thumbs as they're processing very few NIV cases right now, they could absolutely be reassigned to handle IV cases to get down the backlog.

 

Cross training is one of the most basis rules in the workplace, because you need staff that are agile and can respond to changing workloads...but the foreign service is hardly known for that. lol!

 

Like seriously, what are they going to do? These backlogs are not sustainable, they don't have the staff to even prevent them growing even further let alone a plan to reduce them. Something has to give.

Edited May 11, 2021 by Kai (CanadaDude)

[Riversong 420]

1 minute ago, Kai (CanadaDude) said:

If you ask me it's extremely short sighted to not have all Consular Visa Officers trained for IV applications, because it leaves them massively exposed during situations like this. They have a bunch of NIV officers twiddling their thumbs as they're processing very few NIV cases right now, they could absolutely be reassigned to handle IV cases to get down the backlog.

 

Cross training is one of the most basis rules in the workplace, because you need staff that are agile and can respond to changing workloads...but the foreign service is hardly known for that. lol!

 

Like seriously, what are they going to do? These backlogs are not sustainable, they don't have the staff to even prevent them growing even further let alone a plan to reduce them. Something has to give.

Exactly!! It makes no sense why they have limited staff that are trained to do them.

[Twiz&Toz 240]

1 hour ago, Kai (CanadaDude) said:

If you ask me it's extremely short sighted to not have all Consular Visa Officers trained for IV applications, because it leaves them massively exposed during situations like this. They have a bunch of NIV officers twiddling their thumbs as they're processing very few NIV cases right now, they could absolutely be reassigned to handle IV cases to get down the backlog.

 

Cross training is one of the most basis rules in the workplace, because you need staff that are agile and can respond to changing workloads...but the foreign service is hardly known for that. lol!

 

Like seriously, what are they going to do? These backlogs are not sustainable, they don't have the staff to even prevent them growing even further let alone a plan to reduce them. Something has to give.

It would only take them 3 weeks if that to cross train them too that’s the sad part. They could get threw all the back logs way faster there for making more money. They keep says no funds but that’s bc they aren’t processing 

[LomLomLom 6]

In my application D260, to the question: Have you ever been refused a U.S. Visa, been refused admission to the United States, or withdrawn your application for admission at the port of entry? I had answered “yes”, the reason was I had crossed the border way too many times in a year. It was only one time I got turned around.

Now, reading through some old posts, I had learnt that the correct answer should be “ No”. It wasn’t a refusal of entry but a withdrawal. I can’t go back and change it now, and I am getting nervous that I might be denied at the interview because of this. Please give me some advice on this matter as it’s haunting me days and nights, as my interview date is looming. 

Thank you, 

 

Edited May 12, 2021 by LomLomLom

[Riversong 420]

9 minutes ago, LomLomLom said:

In my application D260, to the question: Have you ever been refused a U.S. Visa, been refused admission to the United States, or withdrawn your application for admission at the port of entry? I had answered “yes”, the reason was I had crossed the border way too many times in a year. It was only one time I got turned around.

Now, reading through some old posts, I had learnt that the correct answer should be “ No”. It wasn’t a refusal of entry but a withdrawal. I can’t go back and change it now, and I am getting nervous that I might be denied at the interview because of this. Please give me some advice on this matter as it’s haunting me days and nights, as my interview date is looming. 

Thank you, 

 

I also withdrew my application due to an overstay, I also answered yes. I am bringing the I-275 that I was given to my interview. From what I have read they should not be reasons for denial, my overstay was less than 180 days and I did not require a ban from the US. The way that they word the question, a refusal or withdrawn application, you answered it correctly

[Magnolian 47]

Hi guys, I have 2 questions:

 

1. Does anyone know if Dr Cheema in Surrey offers Tetanus shot during the medical? Would it be wiser if I just go and get the

tetanus shot now while waiting for the IL?

 

2. Is there any other dr in Vancouver except Dr Cheema in Surrey? Is there any dr closer to downtown? Surrey is a too far for me.

 

Thank you all so much in advance.

[Riversong 420]

20 minutes ago, Magnolian said:

Hi guys, I have 2 questions:

 

1. Does anyone know if Dr Cheema in Surrey offers Tetanus shot during the medical? Would it be wiser if I just go and get the

tetanus shot now while waiting for the IL?

 

2. Is there any other dr in Vancouver except Dr Cheema in Surrey? Is there any dr closer to downtown? Surrey is a too far for me.

 

Thank you all so much in advance.

They probably do the, however they also probably charge for them (the one in Montreal charges $50 i think). I got mine done at the end of April through the health clinic in Fort St John at no cost. As long as you have BC Care card it wont cost you anything. As for any other Dr, you can only use the ones on their list

[YYZ&MIA 117]

12 hours ago, State and Maine said:

Was skimming through VJ profiles of people in other places of the world that were recently approved for their spousal visas and quite a few of them were dq in 2021 and they’ve already had their interviews. Pretty depressing to see… what makes Canada so different? Give me a interview next week and I’ll be ready for it! Lol

Lol yesterday I heard from someone who just got their I 130 approved... it took less than 2 months 😂🤣 

[Mikeeastern 81]

4 minutes ago, YYZ&MIA said:

Lol yesterday I heard from someone who just got their I 130 approved... it took less than 2 months 😂🤣 

Dcf? Or through USCIS? That's so unfair. Anyways I hope they send IL's today. This uncertainty is not so exciting. 

[YYZ&MIA 117]

2 minutes ago, Mikeeastern said:

Dcf? Or through USCIS? That's so unfair. Anyways I hope they send IL's today. This uncertainty is not so exciting. 

Yep, USCIS.. It 12 months for ours to get approved and now apparently they are on average taking 15-18 apparently. I wouldnt put much stock in the processing times. So many inconsistencies throughout this process. I agree with @Kai (CanadaDude). Dude should run for political office! I also think that downsizing to having 1 consulate processing the visas and having less staff working and trained were all deliberate efforts to make the process as long, difficult and exhausting as possible to discourage people and hope that couples are going to break up by the time make it to the interview stage 😂 That was definitely the former presidents agenda. 

[CGs_Mother 114]

It's me AGAIN! My status has said "ISSUED" since Monday but I still don't have a tracking number. I opted for the passports to be sent to the Canada Post outlet. Just want to ask anyone who has chosen this option if they were sent a tracking number via email when the passports were sent, or if the status at ais.usvisainfo actually changed to show the tracking number. (The system doesn't accept VISA debit as a cc even though USCIS did, which is why I opted for the Free Version.) Thanks! 

[Tofu 343]

9 hours ago, Magnolian said:

Hi guys, I have 2 questions:

 

1. Does anyone know if Dr Cheema in Surrey offers Tetanus shot during the medical? Would it be wiser if I just go and get the

tetanus shot now while waiting for the IL?

 

2. Is there any other dr in Vancouver except Dr Cheema in Surrey? Is there any dr closer to downtown? Surrey is a too far for me.

 

Thank you all so much in advance.

Dr Cheema is the only Doctor in Western Canada unfortunately. It’s Surrey or Ontario / Quebec. 
 

Apparently there used to be one in Calgary but he retired. 

[MorningGlow 20]

1 hour ago, CGs_Mother said:

ISSUED

My husband had his interview on May3rd and was put into AP same day. On may 5th the CEAC site changed to ISSUED with final processing. On Friday may 7th he received the tracking information in email stating the delivery date would be Wednesday but instead received his passport and visa on Monday may 10th. He crossed the Windsor / Detroit tunnel on  May 11th. He said at POE the officers were very friendly answered all his questions and only took 15 minutes to cross. I believe you will receive the tracking information very soon. This part of the process seems to be moving faster than the rest. Everyone hang in there!!! 

[Riversong 420]

4 hours ago, YYZ&MIA said:

Yep, USCIS.. It 12 months for ours to get approved and now apparently they are on average taking 15-18 apparently. I wouldnt put much stock in the processing times. So many inconsistencies throughout this process. I agree with @Kai (CanadaDude). Dude should run for political office! I also think that downsizing to having 1 consulate processing the visas and having less staff working and trained were all deliberate efforts to make the process as long, difficult and exhausting as possible to discourage people and hope that couples are going to break up by the time make it to the interview stage 😂 That was definitely the former presidents agenda. 

Considering they moved to 1 Consulate in 2016 it wasn't the former president who did it.

[irisheyes123 66]

does anyone else frantically refresh this page once it turns 10:05am every morning to see if people get their IL's? I guess it will be this Friday. It BETTER be this Friday.