Montreal embassy EB-2 interview wait time-Part 2

[Leeching Spouse 87]

As of December 9, 2022, most Immediate Relative and fiancé(e) visa cases being scheduled for interview in Montreal were documentarily complete at the National Visa Center in September 2022; most Family Preference cases with visa numbers available that are being scheduled for interview were documentarily qualified in July 2022; and most Employment cases scheduled for interview were documentarily complete in October 2020.
 

"As of November 3, 2022, most Immediate Relative and fiancé(e) visa cases being scheduled for interview in Montreal were documentarily complete at the National Visa Center in August 2022;  most Family Preference cases with visa numbers available that are being scheduled for interview were documentarily qualified in May 2022; and most Employment cases scheduled for interview were documentarily complete in October 2020."

 

"As of October 3, 2022, most Immediate Relative and fiancé(e) visa cases being scheduled for interview in Montreal were documentarily complete at the National Visa Center in July 2022;  most Family Preference cases scheduled for interview were documentarily qualified in April 2021; and most Employment cases scheduled for interview were documentarily complete in September 2020."

 

As of September 7, 2022, most Immediate Relative and fiancé(e) visa cases being scheduled for interview in Montreal were documentarily complete at the National Visa Center in June 2022;  most Family Preference cases scheduled for interview were documentarily qualified in November 2020; and most Employment cases scheduled for interview were 
 documentarily complete in June 2020.

 

As of August 8, 2022, most Immediate Relative and fiancé(e) visa cases being scheduled for interview in Montreal were documentarily complete at the National Visa Center in May 2022;  most Family Preference cases scheduled for interview were documentarily qualified in August 2020; and most Employment cases scheduled for interview were documentarily complete in April 2020.

[EternalWait 77]

Hmm... I suppose there are fewer interview spots because of the holidays. So NVC sends invites for fewer people 😕 ... I don't know !

[TheMaverick 50]

November data has still not been published. Not sure what's up with EB

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

[Leeching Spouse 87]

10 minutes ago, TheMaverick said:

November data has still not been published. Not sure what's up with EB

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

When does this usually go out?

[EternalWait 77]

Not a specific date for that. Usually around 20th of each month. This time it would be late December. 

8 minutes ago, Leeching Spouse said:

When does this usually go out?

 

[Nimar 3]

In the doc sheet some people from Sept 2020 DQ have not got IL yet. So is it true when consulate publishes they have sent IL up to Oct 2020?

Edited December 12, 2022 by Nimar

[miv2331 3]

2 hours ago, immishok said:

Hmm... I suppose there are fewer interview spots because of the holidays. So NVC sends invites for fewer people 😕 ... I don't know !

They're scheduling IR/CR appointments on January 3rd so Holidays are probably not a factor... Its really hard to understand what is happening. There's been no steady progress for EB since the September 2022 IL round.  The lack of any communication from the Consulate makes the whole thing even more frustrating than it already is. 

[3LabMom 76]

2 minutes ago, miv2331 said:

They're scheduling IR/CR appointments on January 3rd so Holidays are probably not a factor... Its really hard to understand what is happening. There's been no steady progress for EB since the September 2022 IL round.  The lack of any communication from the Consulate makes the whole thing even more frustrating than it already is. 

I agree.  This is very frustrating.  The delays are unreasonable at this point.  There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to how they are handing out IL for EB folks it seems at this point.  Maybe our names all go into a hat each month and they pick a couple?

[TheMaverick 50]

In a previous thread someone had provided a letter template to send to Montreal when the Biden administration had stopped the visa processing priority order(November 19, 2021 https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/visa-services-operating-status-update.html) and they were still focusing on IR/CR. Does anyone have a link to that format? I guess its time to blast their inboxes with emails to remind them to process EB. Especially folks who have been DQ from Sep 2020 to Feb 2021. Although I am way back in the queue I will send the email too. Its high time they need to start focusing on EB too.

[JLVS22BR 98]

43 minutes ago, miv2331 said:

They're scheduling IR/CR appointments on January 3rd so Holidays are probably not a factor... Its really hard to understand what is happening. There's been no steady progress for EB since the September 2022 IL round.  The lack of any communication from the Consulate makes the whole thing even more frustrating than it already is. 

No matter the consulate or embassy, it's notable the slow down on EB progress. I've been turning this forum upside down searching for info about interview letters for EBs on the last couple months and it seems to be a widespread problem. In my case, there are two factors that concerns me a little: my interview will take place at the Rio Consulate (Brazil), and before mid-setember the ILs were rolling out in no longer than two months from DQ. From that point and beyond, I didn't manage to find a single person that received its IL. Intriguingly, that's when the new fiscal year has begun, and that's pretty much the only thing that has changed since than. Just like some of you said I also thought that the holiday season was going to cause delays, but at this point I just don't know what to think anymore.

[miv2331 3]

7 minutes ago, JLVS22BR said:

No matter the consulate or embassy, it's notable the slow down on EB progress. I've been turning this forum upside down searching for info about interview letters for EBs on the last couple months and it seems to be a widespread problem. In my case, there are two factors that concerns me a little: my interview will take place at the Rio Consulate (Brazil), and before mid-setember the ILs were rolling out in no longer than two months from DQ. From that point and beyond, I didn't manage to find a single person that received its IL. Intriguingly, that's when the new fiscal year has begun, and that's pretty much the only thing that has changed since than. Just like some of you said I also thought that the holiday season was going to cause delays, but at this point I just don't know what to think anymore.

That's concerning. Looking at recent comms from State Dept. it is clear they've turned their focus to NIV lately, but that would not apply to Montreal as they're only processing IVs at this moment (unless they dispatched some of their officers to other posts.) 

 

Side note, pretty crazy Brazil was processing interviews 2 months after DQ while Montreal was averaging 27 months at that time... 

[farzady 42]

1 hour ago, TheMaverick said:

In a previous thread someone had provided a letter template to send to Montreal when the Biden administration had stopped the visa processing priority order(November 19, 2021 https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/visa-services-operating-status-update.html) and they were still focusing on IR/CR. Does anyone have a link to that format? I guess its time to blast their inboxes with emails to remind them to process EB. Especially folks who have been DQ from Sep 2020 to Feb 2021. Although I am way back in the queue I will send the email too. Its high time they need to start focusing on EB too.

I checked with Montreal about my case they said they will send their spots to NVC monthly and they don’t know what’s happening in there. 
on the other hand nvc one time told me my case was scheduled for an interview but now they are saying it’s not and I have to wait 

[3LabMom 76]

1 hour ago, farzady said:

I checked with Montreal about my case they said they will send their spots to NVC monthly and they don’t know what’s happening in there. 
on the other hand nvc one time told me my case was scheduled for an interview but now they are saying it’s not and I have to wait 

Is there any way to ask to have a tier 2 officer or higher from the NVC call you to confirm this?  I would be very upset if they told me it was scheduled and then that it wasn't.

[Leeching Spouse 87]

1 hour ago, farzady said:

I checked with Montreal about my case they said they will send their spots to NVC monthly and they don’t know what’s happening in there. 
on the other hand nvc one time told me my case was scheduled for an interview but now they are saying it’s not and I have to wait 

From my understanding, Montreal is the one who decides whether a case is interviewed, not NVC. From expedited request perspective, it is also Montreal that decides whether a case can be expedited or not. NVC has no power to expedite a case.

[TheMaverick 50]

Is this option even applicable for immigrant visa processing:

 

Source: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/update-on-worldwide-visa-operations.html

 

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