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

[mizzem 144]

6 hours ago, Abhikochar said:

Right but for the first time when your husband will travel with you, won't he be asked for the green card at the airport? How will he receive his card here in Canada? Also, congratulations...so glad everything went well for you.

Thanks..we’re almost there! We will be driving across the border when we move and when his green card arrives at our US address we will have a family member there send it to us next day courier so he will have it. 

[Ptitchou 117]

6 hours ago, Allis0n said:

I'm in Toronto. I actually opted to pick up the visa at a post office rather than have it delivered to my house, since in my area many of the streets have different but nearly identical names, so every so often our mail ends up at someone else's address. Just didn't want to chance it with such an important document. So my passport was mailed via Canada Post Xpresspost directly to a post office.

Oh man, that's what I should've done. Definitely faster than Purolator.

[Coco Beau 39]

Last question I hope.... I had my interview on Friday and the officer told me he was going to approve my VISA. 

I have read the FAQ and logged into my CEAC account to see if anything was updated but I don’t see anywhere that says anything about case status, just where my application is currently at (Montreal). Is it something obvious i am missing? Any help is appreciated.  Thank you 

Edited February 17, 2021 by Coco Beau

[Coco Beau 39]

8 hours ago, Allis0n said:

Feb 8 - Interview with approval

Feb 8 - CEAC status says "Issued" with "Necessary administrative processing" note

Feb 11 - CEAC status says "Issued" with "Final processing" note

Feb 12 - Received tracking number

Feb 16 - Visa in hand 🙂

 

Planning to do POE at Pearson next week.

This is fantastic! Thanks for the timeline. 

Edited February 17, 2021 by Coco Beau
Answered my own question

[summertime2 43]

14 minutes ago, Coco Beau said:

I have read the FAQ and logged into my CEAC account to see if anything was updated but I don’t see anywhere that says anything about case status, just where my application is currently at (Montreal). Is it something obvious i am missing? Any help is appreciated.  Thank you 

Try https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx

That's the link I used to check my status post-interview.

[VIR CHAMP 25]

13 hours ago, BunyanP said:

What’s everyone’s typical delay for their medical to be sent? Did mine in Montreal on the 9th and still no email that it was sent to the consulate. I’m going to call tomorrow as it’ll be 6 business days. Maybe I’m becoming impatient but all the delays we’ve all been though. 
 

thanks. 

Hey, I did mine on 9th too in Montreal. Got my email yesterday. I called them in the morning to make sure if they any further info. They confirmed everything is good and then got the email after couple of hours.

[BunyanP 89]

46 minutes ago, VIR CHAMP said:

Hey, I did mine on 9th too in Montreal. Got my email yesterday. I called them in the morning to make sure if they any further info. They confirmed everything is good and then got the email after couple of hours.

Just spoke to them. They said it’s in their priority list and they had not received their blood results from the lab yet. Good thing I decided to get my medical done ASAP. Unreal. 

[A&RN 64]

16 hours ago, BunyanP said:

What’s everyone’s typical delay for their medical to be sent? Did mine in Montreal on the 9th and still no email that it was sent to the consulate. I’m going to call tomorrow as it’ll be 6 business days. Maybe I’m becoming impatient but all the delays we’ve all been though. 
 

thanks. 

I did mine on Jan 26th and had results sent within 6 business days to the Consulate! 

 

17 hours ago, Allis0n said:

I'm in Toronto. I actually opted to pick up the visa at a post office rather than have it delivered to my house, since in my area many of the streets have different but nearly identical names, so every so often our mail ends up at someone else's address. Just didn't want to chance it with such an important document. So my passport was mailed via Canada Post Xpresspost directly to a post office.

 

16 hours ago, sjb17 said:

Mine was similarly delivered 7 days following my interview (Feb 1 interview; visa in hand Feb 8 ) and I’m in BC. I also opted to have mine delivered to the post office. 

Ahhh, I was debating if I should just send it to the post office or deliver it to my home. Not bad timing though. I already paid for them to deliver to my house so let's see if I can change that. My interview isn't till next week so I can figure that out. 

Thank you!!

[Ptitchou 117]

Update: Email for passport return by Purolator sent on Friday, Feb 12

Passport with visa arrived in hand today, Feb 17. 

[Mzamour 47]

Hello All,

I just had my interview this morning and I was APPROVED!

Interview details which may help anyone:

Arrived and went through security. The security guard told me to go to window 6 on the first floor. Got there but there was no-one, I had to wait for almost 10mins before a man came and collected my passport. After waiting for about 45mins, my name was called to go to another window where a lady collected my Birth Certificate, Police Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Tax documents (I gave 1040, W2 2019 and 2020 because I didn't have 2019 transcripts). Something to note, I got another Canada PCC with 'other details'  because the one I had before had sub-type 'Non-Certified Criminal Information'. The lady said they were same and the only difference was the dates on the certificates! lol! So, I guess they accept both! Also, she could find/view some of the documents I had scanned into CEAC, so she said they were going to rescan them.

Thereafter, I waited for maybe 20mins and then was called up for main interview. Questions asked includes:

1. Name of spouse

2. Confirm Address

3. If I got the domestic violence pamphlet and if I had any questions about it

4. How and where we met

5. Where we got married and who was at the wedding

6. Do either of us have children. Ages of the children and how many are below 21yrs

7. What my spouse does for work

8.State where spouse lives

9. If I have ever been arrested or had any problems with the law

 

At the end, he said he had just approved my visa and gave me the welcome to America paper and information on how to track my passport. He said it may take 2weeks to get my passport but when I checked CEAC back to the hotel, it already shows 'Issued'.

 

Thanks to everyone on the group for all your postings. They were really helpful in this journey. I hope someone finds my interview details helpful too. Please do ask any questions or clarification as needed. Goodluck to everyone!

 

 

 

 

[Abhikochar 102]

Hey guys... Question for whoever can help. I am preparing the binder for my husband's interview next month. I have a bit of a situation with my u.s. naturalization certificate. Long story short, I lost my original u.s. naturalization certificate a few years ago. huh I know it's crazy. We had the photocopy of the certificate though which we used for the approval last year at USCIS and NVC. And I applied for the replacement naturalization certificate in the meantime for the interview. I received my replacement naturalization certificate last year and my name, dob , everything is correct. except for the city. It is showing as Condord instead of Concord. Do you think this could be a big deal for the consulate for my husband's visa?

Thanks for any help. I wish I had noticed this earlier...but now I don't even have time to go back to USCIS. It took me 6 months to receive the replacement certificate

[Montreal23 13]

11 minutes ago, Abhikochar said:

Hey guys, my husband had an interview today in Montreal. The interview went well, but at the end the officer told him that he is putting his case on additional processing. The officer told him that it will take approximately two weeks and took my husband’s passport . Does anyone had the same situation?

Edited February 17, 2021 by Montreal23

[Abhikochar 102]

11 minutes ago, Montreal23 said:

Hey guys, my husband had an interview today in Montreal. The interview went well, but at the end the officer told him that he is putting his case on additional processing. The officer told him that it will take approximately two weeks and took my husband’s passport . Does anyone had the same situation?

This is strange ...can you please remove my name from your message? As it's confusing....

[Montreal23 13]

23 minutes ago, Abhikochar said:

This is strange ...can you please remove my name from your message? As it's confusing....

Sorry about that . I have no idea what i did

[Hawk Riders 814]

45 minutes ago, Montreal23 said:

Hey guys, my husband had an interview today in Montreal. The interview went well, but at the end the officer told him that he is putting his case on additional processing. The officer told him that it will take approximately two weeks and took my husband’s passport . Does anyone had the same situation?

Was he given a 221(g) letter, or a welcome to the US letter? It doesn't sound as thought the CO said "denied." Were the medical exam results received?

Edited February 17, 2021 by Hawk Riders