IR-1/CR-1 Montreal DQ'd private message group goes public part 3

[Riversong 420]

Just now, MadKittyCat said:

I wish I could visit my husband but I have nothing tying me back to Canada so they won’t let me in. I’m just hoping to get an interview by December at this point...I’ve spent 3.5 weeks with him in the last year. Looks like it will be another 6 months before he can come back so here’s to another summer alone with my 3 year old 😞

It's just sad this separation has taken a toll on all of us. They need to buckle down and not skip the IR1/CR1 class 

[ME_RHEDZ77 269]

28 minutes ago, Riversong said:

I wish I could afford the $2k hotel stay upon return to Canada. I would be on the next flight out to Vegas to visit my husband. This separation is brutal, mentally and physically.

I'll probably kick myself next month for not going to visit, I have this horrible feeling that July will be no better than June

This $2K Hotel quarantine requirement is really a financial torture. I see it as a punishment for Citizens or immigrants or immediate relatives of a Canadian or immigrants who are entering to Canada. With just only the 2 weeks quarantine requirements before, I'm ok in dealing with it. But with the new regulations, I told my wife when I go back to US, I will not be able to come back to visit her not until the lifted the hotel quarantine or next year when she will have her interview. 

[aurmorr 270]

2 hours ago, YYZ&MIA said:

You really think they spend that much time reviewing and studying our cases? No disrespect to the interviewing officers of course, but I was under the impression that they literally pick up the file a couple min before the interview and hence verify the basics and make sure all the documents are in order because everything has already been checked and researched by the USCIS during the I130. I assumed they spend the other days on other categories

Isn't this literally the point of USCIS and NVC? They accept and review all the documents, do the checks, etc… and it’s literally just the duty of the consular office to confirm those pieces of identification are real, authentic, and match. 
 

19 minutes ago, MadKittyCat said:

I wish I could visit my husband but I have nothing tying me back to Canada so they won’t let me in. I’m just hoping to get an interview by December at this point...I’ve spent 3.5 weeks with him in the last year. Looks like it will be another 6 months before he can come back so here’s to another summer alone with my 3 year old 😞

Same. This is heartbreaking. Like- can I not sign a piece of paper that says ‘I pinkie promise I won’t apply for AoS’ because I would do it. I don’t want to cheat the system I’m just this 👌 close to losing it without my partner, who is my biggest support system. 

 

17 minutes ago, Kai (CanadaDude) said:

Right, figured this might be of interest. I grabbed the IR1/CR1 issuance numbers from March-2017 until April 2021. See the below, as we can see that Montreal are issuing more IR-1/CR-1 visas than ever before. Now those concerned about the summer dip, we have two of these. One which is expected because of the Consulate shutdown due to Covid, and an unknown dip that occurred in 2019 that caused the pre-pandemic backlog. However, while there is a slight decrease in the early Summer of 2018, it was nothing major and there was no such dip in 2017. What do I conclude from this, that we're in uncharted waters because the data for 2021 is unlike any other year and it is unwise to predict based on pre-pandemic years. While yes there have been reductions in summer processing only one year had a signifcant actual dip without reason, and that seemed like an anomaly on its own rather than a norm.

 

@Kai (CanadaDude) a kindred graph lover! I have one like this too lol we love looking for patterns in an effort to make sense of the unknowable 🙏 thank you for making me feel less wildly unhinged 😌💕

[Twiz&Toz 240]

20 minutes ago, Riversong said:

It's just sad this separation has taken a toll on all of us. They need to buckle down and not skip the IR1/CR1 class 

I flew down for 3 days just before the hotel stuff came into place. So glad I did bc if I didn’t it would be 2 years with out seeing him. Keep in mind he did say he would buy me all the baby yoda stuff and McDonald’s I could eat if I would fly down there.... he had no idea I was walking into a flight as he was texting that lol 

[Riversong 420]

4 minutes ago, Twiz&Toz said:

I flew down for 3 days just before the hotel stuff came into place. So glad I did bc if I didn’t it would be 2 years with out seeing him. Keep in mind he did say he would buy me all the baby yoda stuff and McDonald’s I could eat if I would fly down there.... he had no idea I was walking into a flight as he was texting that lol 

Baby Yoda ❤️ not sure I could pass up that extra temptation! 🤣

[Kai G. Llewellyn 837]

14 minutes ago, aurmorr said:

Isn't this literally the point of USCIS and NVC? They accept and review all the documents, do the checks, etc… and it’s literally just the duty of the consular office to confirm those pieces of identification are real, authentic, and match.

My understanding is that USCIS confirm the validity of the relationship and that it qualifies for immigration and approve a petition which is the *basis* for an immigrant visa, nothing more. NVC confirm that the documents required for interview are acceptable to the Consulate to prevent the issue of people turning up with the wrong documents or not being ready for the interview or to prevent potential gotchas ahead of time.. I imagine they confirm that the documents are genuine too.

 

The ultimate decision and judgement is made by the CO and the Foreign Post. NVC and USCIS may pass their thoughts onto the foriegn post, but it is the foreign post who ultimately make the decision. They therefore would need to do the checks prior to, at and after the interview so they can make their judgement according to law.

 

But honestly, without a fly on the wall to actually figure out what is going on, this is all guesswork on everyone's part.

Edited May 21, 2021 by Kai (CanadaDude)

[Ontarkie 14,221]

27 minutes ago, Kai (CanadaDude) said:

My understanding is that USCIS confirm the validity of the relationship and that it qualifies for immigration and approve a petition which is the *basis* for an immigrant visa, nothing more. NVC confirm that the documents required for interview are acceptable to the Consulate to prevent the issue of people turning up with the wrong documents or not being ready for the interview or to prevent potential gotchas ahead of time.. I imagine they confirm that the documents are genuine too.

 

The ultimate decision and judgement is made by the CO and the Foreign Post. NVC and USCIS may pass their thoughts onto the foriegn post, but it is the foreign post who ultimately make the decision. They therefore would need to do the checks prior to, at and after the interview so they can make their judgement according to law.

 

But honestly, without a fly on the wall to actually figure out what is going on, this is all guesswork on everyone's part.

Also add in background checks on the USC at USCIS stage. 

[Kai G. Llewellyn 837]

I think it's reasonable that everyone is gonna have different feelings regarding how their case and cases as a whole are progressing. It's understandable that many of us are rightly annoyed and upset with the process and others may be managing it better than others. Some may need to take a step back to take a break mentally, others feel that it's cathartic to vent. You have to do what's right for you and your loved ones. Its not productive to be attacking/being snide at one another for feeling differently on this stuff, that's for sure.

Edited May 21, 2021 by Kai (CanadaDude)

[MadKittyCat 63]

33 minutes ago, T&S_MTL said:

When first looking at the old thread and this new one, I thought there was some good news considering the amount of new posts ! It's a good thing I stayed away for a bit, a lot of complaints / negative attitude around here...Well, the next batch is not that far guys 😃

Also we don’t even know the next batch isn’t that far. They seem not to be doing our interviews in June, so who says they also won’t in July or august? This uncertainty is killing some of us. One user mentioned potentially losing their kids scholarships because of this delay. Please be more considerate with your words.

Edited May 21, 2021 by MadKittyCat

[alphabetagamma 102]

I applied for my I-130 in Nov 2019 at Texas. It was then transferred to Potomac and finally approved in Feb 2021. I don't know if anyone out there has had such a long delay. I feel I was just unlucky.

But when I got it approved, we both got really excited that by this summer end it will all be done. 

Then one of my PCC took almost 2 months to arrive and finally submitted everything on Monday at NVC.

And here I am climbing down from one steep mountain only to look at another one. Never thought the interviews can have such a crazy backlog. 

[Kai G. Llewellyn 837]

8 minutes ago, MadKittyCat said:

Also we don’t even know the next batch isn’t that far. They seem not to be doing our interviews in June, so who says they also won’t in July or august? This uncertainty is killing some of us. One user mentioned potentially losing their kids scholarships because of this delay. Please be more considerate with your words.

If it's any reassurance, there isn't prior evidence to suggest that they will completely kill off doing any spousals in July as well. I think we had one month late last year where they didn't do any spousals, but it was only a month.

But yes, let's keep the pressure on the consulate so that processing our cases is at the forefront of their minds.

 

Let's consider what would be in our favor. Montreal's Covid restrictions are loosening up big time which will help to increase capacity, MTL will have had more time to hire additional CO's which might also increase processing capacity. DoS isn't stupid and they must recognize the massive IV backlog, if the new administration isn't looking to hire additional CO's I would be utterly stunned.

Edited May 21, 2021 by Kai (CanadaDude)

[alphabetagamma 102]

3 minutes ago, Kai (CanadaDude) said:

If it's any reassurance, there isn't prior evidence to suggest that they will completely kill off doing any spousals in July as well. I think we had one month late last year where they didn't do any spousals, but it was only a month.

But yes, let's keep the pressure on the consulate so that processing our cases is at the forefront of their minds.

 

Let's consider what would be in our favor. Montreal's Covid restrictions are loosening up big time which will help to increase capacity, MTL will have had more time to hire additional CO's which might also increase processing capacity. DoS isn't stupid and they must recognize the massive IV backlog, if the new administration isn't looking to hire additional CO's I would be utterly stunned.

 

Yes I also am very optimistic that they will speed up the process after more people get vaccinated and things began to open up. 

[Ontarkie 14,221]

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[Riversong 420]

Just now, Waynester925 said:

Yep, they clearly don't understand. I lost count of how many times my wife and I have said "okay this has to be the last <insert holiday, birthday or anniversary here> that we wont be together for! and low and behold another year has passed by and we have again been disappointed. Our two year wedding anniversary is coming up in June and we were very hopeful this year that we would be together for it but that wont be the case once again. The literal only good thing coming out of this for us is we wont have to remove conditions on the green card and will automatically get the ten year one. 

Our 2 years was February, and that's what I had said to my husband. The one good thing is I will get the 10 year visa with no conditions, 1 less step

[LomLomLom 6]

I found this. Could it be an explanation for” changing work flow” as being claimed? Could it be a good news for us, that they would speed up the procedures? 
https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/dhs-withdraws-proposed-biometrics-rule