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

[mam521 2,062]

On 5/22/2021 at 4:45 PM, Slytherin said:

Hi everyone, so my spouse came to visit me for 5 months in 2020, left early 2021, while we await our interview. I was wondering if it was possible for them to fly out here again to spend some time with me while we await our IL? Or is that not allowed since it hits close to the 6 month mark for visit limits? 

 

Also, can they skip the hotel quarantine  if they drive through the borders?

Hey - Can you please fill out your VJ profile and follow the instructions in my signature to have Hawk Riders add you to the tracking sheets?  

15 hours ago, Deanna2020 said:

Hi there, I hope someone can answer my question because NVC is helpless. My daughter who is 5 years old was DQed by NVC in May 2020. My process took longer with USCIS and I'm not yet DQed as they asked for additional documents.  Now, for interview at consulate do I have to wait another year or does my daughter's waiting count for me too? 

 

Hi - same thing, could you please fill out your timeline?  

 

You and your daughter's interview will be scheduled together.  If you have a RFQ, you won't be considered for an interview until you're DQ'd.  The fact that your daughter iis already DQ'd doesn't mean you'll jump the line...she'll be held up to match your DQ date and issued an interview based on your place after DQ. 

[aurmorr 270]

Hey everyone- the DoS Consular Affairs is hosting a Q&A on YouTube tomorrow Tuesday May 25 at 1:00 PM ET. They’ll be answering questions about the current state of visa applications.
 

Here is the link to their YT page, announcement found on their Facebook page.

 

https://m.youtube.com/user/TravelGov

[MadKittyCat 63]

49 minutes ago, aurmorr said:

Hey everyone- the DoS Consular Affairs is hosting a Q&A on YouTube tomorrow Tuesday May 25 at 1:00 PM ET. They’ll be answering questions about the current state of visa applications.
 

Here is the link to their YT page, announcement found on their Facebook page.

 

https://m.youtube.com/user/TravelGov

Thank you for the heads up! Maybe we will get some answers 

[NimF 119]

1 hour ago, aurmorr said:

Hey everyone- the DoS Consular Affairs is hosting a Q&A on YouTube tomorrow Tuesday May 25 at 1:00 PM ET. They’ll be answering questions about the current state of visa applications.
 

Here is the link to their YT page, announcement found on their Facebook page.

 

https://m.youtube.com/user/TravelGov

I doubt they’ll give out a direct answer to what is happening at the Montreal consulate and the lack of IL’s for June but it can be a great opportunity to ask how are visas processed/how consulates approach reducing the backlog in their day to day. Might shed light on the illusive different workflows and help us understand the actual work being done. Maybe even a sassy question like why interviews are not scheduled throughout the week when there’s a holiday might help us predict better

Edited May 24, 2021 by NimF

[Riversong 420]

I noticed that K1's have interview dates for July 2 and July 26. I didn't think that they booked that far in advance . So disheartening to see them get ILs and we don't get any

[From_CAN_2_US 1,106]

22 minutes ago, Riversong said:

I noticed that K1's have interview dates for July 2 and July 26. I didn't think that they booked that far in advance . So disheartening to see them get ILs and we don't get any

I have a feeling in the coming week or two Montreal will issue interview letters for CR1/CR2 for July.

[G_K 61]

29 minutes ago, NimF said:

I doubt they’ll give out a direct answer to what is happening at the Montreal consulate and the lack of IL’s for June but it can be a great opportunity to ask how are visas processed/how consulates approach reducing the backlog in their day to day. Might shed light on the illusive different workflows and help us understand the actual work being done. Maybe even a sassy question like why interviews are not scheduled throughout the week when there’s a holiday might help us predict better

I was watching the June bulletin visa and realised there is a cap on greencards even for family based. Being processed from Canada, we are not really impacted by that right? It's impacting countries of high immigration only?

[Riversong 420]

4 minutes ago, G_K said:

I was watching the June bulletin visa and realised there is a cap on greencards even for family based. Being processed from Canada, we are not really impacted by that right? It's impacting countries of high immigration only?

I don't think that there are caps on family based visas issued to US Citizen families. I think the cap is for all other classes

10 minutes ago, From_CAN_2_US said:

I have a feeling in the coming week or two Montreal will issue interview letters for CR1/CR2 for July.

I hope so!

[DGF 730]

1 hour ago, aurmorr said:

Hey everyone- the DoS Consular Affairs is hosting a Q&A on YouTube tomorrow Tuesday May 25 at 1:00 PM ET. They’ll be answering questions about the current state of visa applications.
 

Here is the link to their YT page, announcement found on their Facebook page.

 

https://m.youtube.com/user/TravelGov

Poor Neil V. and whoever will be moderating the comments have no idea what they are in for doing this Q&A 😂 They're going to be bombarded by pissed off applicants. 
 

17 minutes ago, G_K said:

I was watching the June bulletin visa and realised there is a cap on greencards even for family based. Being processed from Canada, we are not really impacted by that right? It's impacting countries of high immigration only?

That's for spouses of LPRs. Spouses of USCs are not capped and don't rely on the visa bulletin. 

[aurmorr 270]

1 hour ago, DGF said:

Poor Neil V. and whoever will be moderating the comments have no idea what they are in for doing this Q&A 😂 They're going to be bombarded by pissed off applicants. 

 

me @ the moderator 

 

1 hour ago, Riversong said:

I noticed that K1's have interview dates for July 2 and July 26. I didn't think that they booked that far in advance . So disheartening to see them get ILs and we don't get any

They MUST be managed by different departments. It’s the only thing I can think of that makes sense.

 

@NimF this is exactly the approach I want to take! Maybe we can coordinate something and upvote each other’s questions so they get more attention?

 

1 hour ago, NimF said:

I doubt they’ll give out a direct answer to what is happening at the Montreal consulate and the lack of IL’s for June but it can be a great opportunity to ask how are visas processed/how consulates approach reducing the backlog in their day to day. Might shed light on the illusive different workflows and help us understand the actual work being done. Maybe even a sassy question like why interviews are not scheduled throughout the week when there’s a holiday might help us predict better

[Riversong 420]

6 minutes ago, aurmorr said:

 

me @ the moderator 

 

They MUST be managed by different departments. It’s the only thing I can think of that makes sense.

 

@NimF this is exactly the approach I want to take! Maybe we can coordinate something and upvote each other’s questions so they get more attention?

 

Great idea upvoting the questions! Hopefully my shady satellite internet will stay connected for the live video, otherwise I will be stuck watching it after. I'd love to pop off some questions

[Purrikitty 50]

3 hours ago, aurmorr said:

Hey everyone- the DoS Consular Affairs is hosting a Q&A on YouTube tomorrow Tuesday May 25 at 1:00 PM ET. They’ll be answering questions about the current state of visa applications.
 

Here is the link to their YT page, announcement found on their Facebook page.

 

https://m.youtube.com/user/TravelGov

 

Thank you for letting us know! I'll be at work but I've asked my American wife to check in on it. Hopefully we get some answers...

[From_CAN_2_US 1,106]

1 hour ago, Riversong said:

I don't think that there are caps on family based visas issued to US Citizen families. I think the cap is for all other classes

 

There are caps on family visas for Relatives of US citizens, but no caps on immediate relatives such as spouses, Unmarried children under 21 and parents . It would apply to other category of family such as Children over the age of 21 and siblings.

 

Short answer - no caps on IR1/ CR1 for US citizens regardless of what country their relatives hail from. However there are caps on spouses of LPRs.

[Riversong 420]

1 minute ago, From_CAN_2_US said:

There are caps on family visas for Relatives of US citizens, but no caps on immediate relatives such as spouses, Unmarried children under 21 and parents . It would apply to other category of family such as Children over the age of 21 and siblings.

 

Short answer - no caps on IR1/ CR1 for US citizens regardless of what country their relatives hail from. However there are caps on spouses of LPRs.

Good to know. Thank you

[Abhi dalal 0]

Hi my name is Abhi 

my wife is us citizen and I am in Canada on work permit 

I have applied f2a visa and it shows actively reviewed since Jan 13 2021 ? When will I get approve? And how many months will take to approve whole process? 
thankyou