part IV, the big IR1/CR1 DQ'd message group...

[8130093Bo 5]

My wife doesn't have proof of any vaccination, shots, chicken pox shots, etc. Would the panel physician in Montreal be able to give all of those required for her (Female 28) or should we get these in advance? Any exact list we should get? 

Edited June 1, 2023 by 8130093Bo

[Leo The Great 137]

1 hour ago, 8130093Bo said:

My wife doesn't have proof of any vaccination, shots, chicken pox shots, etc. Would the panel physician in Montreal be able to give all of those required for her (Female 28) or should we get these in advance? Any exact list we should get? 

Got  lab test requisition from my family doctor. I went for immunity test first. Then i went to travel clinic to get Tetanus vaccination and the other one with negative immunity in the results. In Ontario, panel physician do not give the vaccination as per my understanding.

Edited June 1, 2023 by Leo The Great

[Chancy 6,241]

11 hours ago, Nadzz said:

Can someone please explain to me what the DS-260 is? My interview is in July and I’m freaking out a little because I keep seeing posts about it and I’m not sure what it is! 

 

It's the web form you filled out at NVC stage.  You can't have gotten DQ at NVC without submitting the DS-260.  Check your inbox or spam folder for an email from a state.gov address, with subject line "US DoS - CEAC Confirmation (MTL<case#>)".  That email should have an attached PDF file of your DS-260 confirmation.

 

[Nadzz 5]

5 minutes ago, Chancy said:

 

It's the web form you filled out at NVC stage.  You can't have gotten DQ at NVC without submitting the DS-260.  Check your inbox or spam folder for an email from a state.gov address, with subject line "US DoS - CEAC Confirmation (MTL<case#>)".  That email should have an attached PDF file of your DS-260 confirmation.

 

Wow thank you so much!!!! Am I suppose to print the attachment with the barcode and bring that to the interview as well? 

[EC&IC 32]

13 hours ago, Nadzz said:

Can someone please explain to me what the DS-260 is? My interview is in July and I’m freaking out a little because I keep seeing posts about it and I’m not sure what it is! 

[Oh sorry, didn't see that others had replied already! I can't even find how to delete my post. 🤷‍♀️]

 

It's this step in the process: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-5-collect-financial-evidence-and-other-supporting-documents/step-6-complete-online-visa-application.html

Edited June 2, 2023 by EC&IC

[EC&IC 32]

1 hour ago, Nadzz said:

Wow thank you so much!!!! Am I suppose to print the attachment with the barcode and bring that to the interview as well? 

Yes! 🙂

[terter22 0]

On 5/28/2023 at 9:45 PM, DijonMustard said:

Hi friends! I'm registering my husband's visa appointment on the website and I'm at the part where it asks where we want his passport couriered after visa processing. Does it make a difference if we have it couriered to one of the addresses listed or have it couriered straight to our apartment? And also, for the Toronto applicants, is one of these addresses better than the others? It looks like they're all just addresses for random buildings. 

Thanks for your help!

Would also love to know whether anyone has thoughts on this too! Trying to decide what to do myself, but i'm leaning towards having it mailed to me just to avoid driving into the city. Anyone have thoughts on which is best to choose? Is any one choice faster/better?

[EC&IC 32]

On 6/2/2023 at 11:37 AM, terter22 said:

Would also love to know whether anyone has thoughts on this too! Trying to decide what to do myself, but i'm leaning towards having it mailed to me just to avoid driving into the city. Anyone have thoughts on which is best to choose? Is any one choice faster/better?

I don't have insider knowledge, unfortunately. I assume it's sent to a central hub in each city, and then gets dispatched from there? My thought was that having it sent to my house, or even to an address listed in a town near me (90 min from Montreal), would add delays. So I asked for it to be sent to one of the addresses listed in Montreal, and I drove to go get it. It was ready two days after my interview! (On a Friday, which seems to be the trend.)

 

(When I got there, at about 3 pm on a Friday, the offices seemed closed and there was no notice or anything... I was terrified that they were closed for the weekend! Fortunately, one lady waiting there told me that they were on their lunch break [!] and after a 25-min wait, they reopened and I got my papers. And crossed the border the next day!)

 

(This is also a reply to @DijonMustard.)

Edited June 4, 2023 by EC&IC

[NorthnerSouth98 23]

Sharing for visibility:

 

As of June 5th, 2023, most Immediate Relative and fiancé(e) visa cases being scheduled for interview in Montreal were documentarily complete at the National Visa Center in March 2023;

 

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

 

I think we pretty well knew this with people as far as March 8th getting an IL. 

[llcoolwil 99]

16 minutes ago, NorthnerSouth98 said:

Sharing for visibility:

 

As of June 5th, 2023, most Immediate Relative and fiancé(e) visa cases being scheduled for interview in Montreal were documentarily complete at the National Visa Center in March 2023;

 

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

 

I think we pretty well knew this with people as far as March 8th getting an IL. 

Fingers are crossed I'm next with a DQ date of April 5! I'm not holding my breath as I only expected to hear next month at the earliest but it would be amazing if I heard this month!  

[PM Hank 3]

@8130093Bo      Please see attached file on your question to me as I received this copy from the consulate. 

 

Do you mind explaining what was wrong in the police certificate and which was the right one? Thank you so much

2023 Police_Certificate.pdf

[ROSALINDDELOST 2]

Question- I am a British citizen living in Canada and recently became a Canadian citizen too. When I started this visa process I wasn't a Canadian citizen yet, now that I am do I need to update anything online or would just bringing my Canadian passport as well as my British passport be ok?

 

Also a lot of information has changed on my ds-260 form now. Should I update online before my interview or just bring the updated version to the interview, I keep hearing conflicting information. Thanks

 

[DijonMustard 10]

Hello! I feel like I've seen someone mention before that there's a checklist compiled somewhere on VJ of documents you need to bring to your interview. Could someone point me in that direction? Thank you!

[llcoolwil 99]

On 6/6/2023 at 3:32 PM, NorthnerSouth98 said:

Sharing for visibility:

 

As of June 5th, 2023, most Immediate Relative and fiancé(e) visa cases being scheduled for interview in Montreal were documentarily complete at the National Visa Center in March 2023;

 

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

 

I think we pretty well knew this with people as far as March 8th getting an IL. 

You should be getting one next for sure!! You're March 16 right? I'm praying it spans to me on April 5 but I'm not holding my breath lol

[Nadzz 5]

Does anyone know if this would be a problem? 
I quit my job over a year ago and saved up enough money to be able to travel to many countries. I’m worried when they ask me during the interview how many/what countries I’ve been to the last 5 years. Is it bad that I’ve been traveling a lot? Has anyone had any similar experience?