Montreal embassy EB-2 interview wait time-Part 2

[Froozion 168]

2 hours ago, ImanRS said:

Hello guys,

My DQ date s December 2022. Please let me know your comments whether it is good to transfer my case to another country or it would be better to wait to receive news from Montreal???!

If you can transfer I believe it's best! Montreal have made very little progress and nobody has received interview letters since may. 

[Matt777 2]

On 11/19/2023 at 10:50 AM, immishok said:

This is not a legal advice but : one thing you could try is to make an expedite request, which sometimes gets forwarded to the embassy/consulate. Mention how the timeline in their own website indicates that they are well past your DQ date, but you haven't been invited yet. Mention that this completely violates their own 'first-dq'ed ---> first-invited' stated policy. and add to that any document you have regarding job/opportunity loss.

Thanks a lot, great smart advice, will definitely do!

[Matt777 2]

On 11/22/2023 at 9:08 AM, ImanRS said:

Hello guys,

My DQ date s December 2022. Please let me know your comments whether it is good to transfer my case to another country or it would be better to wait to receive news from Montreal???!

If I were you, without a doubt, I would transfer my case to the other country as Montreal consulate is one of the worst. Before make a request for transfer, research and educate yourself about the waiting time, etc. of that consulate.

[MikeS2024 1]

Hello everyone,

 

Can someone please clarify whether your priority date has an impact on when you get your interview or not? I understand that your priority date has to be current, but if your priority date was in Aug/2021 and DQ'd on Oct 2023, would that expedite interview scheduling or it doesn't have any impact?

 

I have seen both views expressed here and elsewhere and I can't figure out which one is correct.

 

Much appreciated!

 

Michael

[Crazy Cat 41,851]

19 minutes ago, MikeS2024 said:

Hello everyone,

 

Can someone please clarify whether your priority date has an impact on when you get your interview or not? I understand that your priority date has to be current, but if your priority date was in Aug/2021 and DQ'd on Oct 2023, would that expedite interview scheduling or it doesn't have any impact?

 

I have seen both views expressed here and elsewhere and I can't figure out which one is correct.

 

Much appreciated!

 

Michael

 Interviews are scheduled based on DQ date. 

[MikeS2024 1]

Can someone please add my gmail address to the google sheet for EB visas? Under the name Michael

[mam521 2,062]

On 11/27/2023 at 8:38 AM, MikeS2024 said:

Hello everyone,

 

Can someone please clarify whether your priority date has an impact on when you get your interview or not? I understand that your priority date has to be current, but if your priority date was in Aug/2021 and DQ'd on Oct 2023, would that expedite interview scheduling or it doesn't have any impact?

 

I have seen both views expressed here and elsewhere and I can't figure out which one is correct.

 

Much appreciated!

 

Michael

There will be a certain number of interview slots awarded for people who DQ'd on a certain date.  Typically, the Priority Dates are then used for prioritizing the order of the interviews for the specified DQ date.

Does it make that big of a difference?  Probably not.  It's likely the difference between an 8am interview and an 11am interview.    

[TheMaverick 50]

October Stats are out and as usual are very disappointing for Employment category. The only thing I can assume is October invites must have been sent out at least 60 days prior(probably Mid July) and many E categories retrogressed towards the July-September bulletin. Nevertheless the stats are super disappointing.

 

[Froozion 168]

• It is not possible to provide precise wait times for immigrant visa appointments, as facilities, staffing resources, and local conditions all affect capacity and scheduling.  As of December 5, 2023, most Immediate Relative and fiancé(e) visa cases being scheduled for interview in Montreal were documentarily complete at the National Visa Center in September 2023; most Family Preference cases with visa numbers available that are being scheduled for interview were documentarily qualified in March 2023; and most Employment cases scheduled for interview were documentarily complete in April 2022.

 

No progress. No surprise. 

Although concerning that family preference is falling so far behind now too. No doubt they will catch that category up before looking at employment....

[Crazy Cat 41,851]

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[Froozion 168]

January visa bulletin is out (it actually moved forward)

[AJSin1 21]

Just curious, does the visa bulletin have anything to do with the interview waiting time?

[Froozion 168]

10 minutes ago, AJSin1 said:

Just curious, does the visa bulletin have anything to do with the interview waiting 

You need to be current for montreal to offer you an interview. If you priority date is not current there are no visas available for you. 

 

1st step is to become current in the visa bulletin. 

2nd step is for montreal to offer you an interview based on the dq date. 

[Coco_2023 14]

January visa bulletin looks promising, if they don't get retrofitted again in the next few months though LOL

Do we have a rough estimate of the time gap from becoming current and the first batch of interview invites?


 

Edited December 11, 2023 by Coco_2023

[Froozion 168]

2 minutes ago, Coco_2023 said:

January visa bulletin looks promising, if they don't get retrofitted again in the next few months though LOL

Do we have a rough estimate of the time gap from becoming current and the first batch of interview invites?


 

Montreal have been so behind that they have never really been close to what is happening on the visa bulletin. 

 

Our priority date is Aug 2022. (Just became current as its now Nov 2022). 

 

We were dq'd March 2023 and Montreal are currently interviewing dq's from April 2022. 

 

Going off their average of processing 2 months for employment our expectation is another 6 months for an interview invite. 8 months until the interview. But also really hoping the make bigger leaps in processing the backlog.