F3 Waiting Interview at Montreal

[cyyz2000 24]

8 hours ago, F3 Guitarist said:

Hi, I am waiting for my interview date in Montreal as well. I emailed the embassy on May 19th, 2021 for an updated on F3 interviews and no reply yet. I will keep you posted once they reply. Do you know if we are allowed to travel from Canada to the US for leisure during this stages of the Visa application?

 

Thanks.

 

Category: F3

PD: July 2008

DQ: Feb 2021

 

 

I would like to know as well. It's my last summer before starting full time work next year (I'm a college student), so I'm hoping to take a quick trip this summer to California to see family. I'm going to ask around and see if it's possible to travel while we wait.

Edited May 26, 2021 by cyyz2000

[F3 Guitarist 7]

Hi, I just received an answer from the consulate of Montreal in regards to F3 interviews, see below:

 

Please note that the F3 visa category is a Family preference category, which is currently in Tier 3. The U.S. Consulate General in Montreal is processing new immigrant visa cases from the National Visa Center and is prioritizing Immediate Relative family members of U.S. citizens, including fiancé(e)s, as well as other mission critical categories such as medical professionals.  We will resume services for other categories as soon as practicable, according to the Department's tiered prioritization guidance: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/immigrant-visa-prioritization.html While we aim to schedule and process cases as soon as practicable, there are increased wait times for completing services due to the ongoing pandemic and substantial backlogs.  

 

Additionally, due to additional Quebec COVID-19 provincial restrictions, the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal is only able to schedule a limited number of new immigrant visa appointments. We will continue to interview scheduled applicants at this time and will update applicants as the situation develops.

 

 

[cyyz2000 24]

On 5/28/2021 at 11:43 AM, F3 Guitarist said:

Hi, I just received an answer from the consulate of Montreal in regards to F3 interviews, see below:

 

Please note that the F3 visa category is a Family preference category, which is currently in Tier 3. The U.S. Consulate General in Montreal is processing new immigrant visa cases from the National Visa Center and is prioritizing Immediate Relative family members of U.S. citizens, including fiancé(e)s, as well as other mission critical categories such as medical professionals.  We will resume services for other categories as soon as practicable, according to the Department's tiered prioritization guidance: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/immigrant-visa-prioritization.html While we aim to schedule and process cases as soon as practicable, there are increased wait times for completing services due to the ongoing pandemic and substantial backlogs.  

 

Additionally, due to additional Quebec COVID-19 provincial restrictions, the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal is only able to schedule a limited number of new immigrant visa appointments. We will continue to interview scheduled applicants at this time and will update applicants as the situation develops.

 

 

Thanks for sharing this. No clue if this is accurate but I did notice a substantial increase in the number of "IR1" visas being issued these past couple months in MTL relative to pre-pandemic levels. Perhaps this may an indicator that MTL is getting through the large backlog and we could see them shifting to tier 2 or tier 3 very soon? I have no clue how many IR1s are backlogged, but the number is probably MUCH higher than family-based visas. I guess it's just a waiting game now.

[krishna2629 15]

On 4/30/2021 at 4:30 PM, NGJ said:

@krishna2629 Hi, just checking if you got any update or interview date. Thanks.

Still waiting didn't hear anything yet.

[F3 Guitarist 7]

On 5/29/2021 at 3:42 PM, cyyz2000 said:

Thanks for sharing this. No clue if this is accurate but I did notice a substantial increase in the number of "IR1" visas being issued these past couple months in MTL relative to pre-pandemic levels. Perhaps this may an indicator that MTL is getting through the large backlog and we could see them shifting to tier 2 or tier 3 very soon? I have no clue how many IR1s are backlogged, but the number is probably MUCH higher than family-based visas. I guess it's just a waiting game now.

Excellent point, still waiting for May's numbers to come out,  hopefully we'll all get interviews this year still.

[F3 Guitarist 7]

On 5/25/2021 at 8:25 PM, cyyz2000 said:

I would like to know as well. It's my last summer before starting full time work next year (I'm a college student), so I'm hoping to take a quick trip this summer to California to see family. I'm going to ask around and see if it's possible to travel while we wait.

I emailed NVC 13 days ago asking about traveling during this stage of the application, no answers yet, have you found out anything more about traveling?

[cyyz2000 24]

On 6/10/2021 at 9:41 AM, F3 Guitarist said:

I emailed NVC 13 days ago asking about traveling during this stage of the application, no answers yet, have you found out anything more about traveling?

Other than VJ and a Reddit post, I haven't found much. Seems like it should be fine for family-based applicants. Let me know if they say anything! 

 

[Canada_F3 10]

On 3/18/2021 at 3:15 PM, krishna2629 said:

Hi Guys

I am also waiting PD 24 April 2008

DQ March 19th 2020.

waiting fr interview..

Let us all hope to get some good news and have  the interviewing rolling here shortly.

My PD July 2007

DQ March 27, 2020.

waiting for interview

[cyyz2000 24]

Looks like May 2021 visa statistics are out…over 21 F3 visas issued. Has anyone here gotten an interview letter yet?

[Spotify 76]

May I ask what "DQ" means?

[Chancy 6,243]

54 minutes ago, Spotify said:

May I ask what "DQ" means?

 

Documentarily Qualified.  Only applies to immigrant visas, like F3.  Not applicable to K1.

 

[F3 Guitarist 7]

On 7/10/2021 at 12:16 PM, cyyz2000 said:

Looks like May 2021 visa statistics are out…over 21 F3 visas issued. Has anyone here gotten an interview letter yet?

No interview letter for me yet. It took a while for the May statistics to be released, hopefully the numbers of F3 interviews are even higher for April and June.

[NGJ 31]

On 7/10/2021 at 12:16 PM, cyyz2000 said:

Looks like May 2021 visa statistics are out…over 21 F3 visas issued. Has anyone here gotten an interview letter yet?

No update from me either. Per Montreal consulate update, they are currently processing family immigration cases that were DQ in July-Sept 2019. So we have a long way to go. But on average Montreal Consulate  only approves ~5 F3/month so 21 in May is very good sign. Let’s hope they continue at this pace in coming months to clear the backlog. 

[Canada_F3 10]

On 7/12/2021 at 7:44 AM, NGJ said:

No update from me either. Per Montreal consulate update, they are currently processing family immigration cases that were DQ in July-Sept 2019. So we have a long way to go. But on average Montreal Consulate  only approves ~5 F3/month so 21 in May is very good sign. Let’s hope they continue at this pace in coming months to clear the backlog. 

How we know Montreal consulate processing family immigration cases that were DQ in July-September 2019

[NGJ 31]

5 hours ago, Canada_F3 said:

How we know Montreal consulate processing family immigration cases that were DQ in July-September 2019

https://ca.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/consular-operations-updates/

 

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