Montreal embassy EB-2 interview wait time-Part 2

[appleblossom 3,231]

13 minutes ago, Aaron_ said:

Thank you. I have one more question: When exactly does the visa status change from "Ready" to "Issued"? I still see "Ready" on the CEAC site.

 

When the visa is actually printed, hopefully not too much longer.

[SJP2023 3]

55 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

OK, so have you filled in the form I linked to above? They should get back to you within 30 days of that, hopefully it’s something really simple - my daughter just had to go and have her photo retaken for hers.

Yes I submitted a request using the link you had shared earlier. Just not sure how long it would take to receive the physical card. Thank you for your guidance.

[Mano17 2]

Hello All,  My DQ date shows as 7th May 2024 and DS-260 has expiry date as Oct 31st 2025 and my Priority date is still current.  Any idea how long it takes in Montreal to get a Interview date and what about this DS-260 FORMS expiry date?

 

Appreciate your answer.

 

Thanks,

mano

[appleblossom 3,231]

54 minutes ago, SJP2023 said:

Yes I submitted a request using the link you had shared earlier. Just not sure how long it would take to receive the physical card. Thank you for your guidance.

 

It will depend on the reason you’ve not received it. Often you’ll have to redo biometrics, but then once that’s done it’ll be fairly quick. But they should get back to you soon and tell you why it’s not been processed - let us know what the outcome is and good luck. Please pay it forward and fill in your timeline too! Thx.

 

8 minutes ago, Mano17 said:

Hello All,  My DQ date shows as 7th May 2024 and DS-260 has expiry date as Oct 31st 2025 and my Priority date is still current.  Any idea how long it takes in Montreal to get a Interview date and what about this DS-260 FORMS expiry date?

 

Appreciate your answer.

 

Thanks,

mano

 

It’s about a year to get an interview, so you should hear in the spring. Don’t worry about the DS-260 expiring. Please do fill in your timeline as well, the more EB timelines we have the better, it all adds to the body of knowledge.

 

Good luck. 

Edited Monday at 07:41 PM by appleblossom

[Canadian24 15]

6 hours ago, Mano17 said:

Hello All,  My DQ date shows as 7th May 2024 and DS-260 has expiry date as Oct 31st 2025 and my Priority date is still current.  Any idea how long it takes in Montreal to get a Interview date and what about this DS-260 FORMS expiry date?

 

Appreciate your answer.

 

Thanks,

mano

@Mano17 You can folllow when members get IL here;  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14yZKxht6igwJPXPU0EehKmmN2hx1g3EchEuB5G0yNO4/edit?gid=0#gid=0

and just added you. Keep us posted!

[Mano17 2]

2 hours ago, Canadian24 said:

@Mano17 You can folllow when members get IL here;  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14yZKxht6igwJPXPU0EehKmmN2hx1g3EchEuB5G0yNO4/edit?gid=0#gid=0

and just added you. Keep us posted!

Thank You @canadian24 for the google docs.

9 hours ago, appleblossom said:

 

It will depend on the reason you’ve not received it. Often you’ll have to redo biometrics, but then once that’s done it’ll be fairly quick. But they should get back to you soon and tell you why it’s not been processed - let us know what the outcome is and good luck. Please pay it forward and fill in your timeline too! Thx.

 

 

It’s about a year to get an interview, so you should hear in the spring. Don’t worry about the DS-260 expiring. Please do fill in your timeline as well, the more EB timelines we have the better, it all adds to the body of knowledge.

 

Good luck. 

Thanks @appleblossom

[bbusadream 1]

@ALL It is been long there isn't any new ILs from Montreal!!!

[WaitingEB-1AJan23 12]

26 minutes ago, bbusadream said:

@ALL It is been long there isn't any new ILs from Montreal!!!

I received mine last Friday. Interviews end of March. 

[Mano17 2]

On 2/4/2025 at 10:34 AM, WaitingEB-1AJan23 said:

I received mine last Friday. Interviews end of March. 

Congratulations and All the Best for further process. 

Edited Thursday at 05:54 AM by Mano17

[traveller_1369 3]

I got 221g form to fill out a form 5535 or something like that, and email my CV and list of publications. They didn't tell me to upload documents. Did I get AP? What does this mean? 

[JesusisLord24 13]

58 minutes ago, traveller_1369 said:

I got 221g form to fill out a form 5535 or something like that, and email my CV and list of publications. They didn't tell me to upload documents. Did I get AP? What does this mean? 

Yes I believe you have been put in AP. Hoping it won't be too long 

[monk_yatso 49]

We got approved today. Entire process was super smooth. Our appointment was at 8am, went there 10 min before and they put us in right away. Afterwards, pretty simple process. 
 

1. Security check: passing through metal detector. Didn’t take any phone or watch, so it was smooth. They gave a token number to wait for doc submission

 

2. It took around 30 min to get called at doc submit booth. Me, spouse and little daugher (8 years old). It took longer for us as we lost our original birth certificates and pulled up the new one recently which was in new format. So the officer in counter had to take a copy and scanning it. 
they do have all the color photocopy of pur submitted civil docs during DQ process. So there is no need to pile up photocopies i believe. For each person, Just: 

2 passport photo

original passport

birth cert

police clearance

marriage certificate

 

after doc review we waited again and called for fingerprinting

 

2. Gave fingerprint. My little daughter got a bit disheartened seeing that only adults need to give fingerprints. The lady was kind enough to take her dummy fingerprints 😊

 

3. We waited for around 10-15 more min and were called for final interview. The officer was extremely friendly. We took oath and gave fingerprints again. He just asked: 
. So you’ve applied for EB-2 self petition? 
. Have you ever bin in Us? 
. Which visa (F1 and F2)

. Which US city we wanna relocate

. Any crime history/arrest before? 
. Which years i stayed in germany and netherlands

. To my little daughter -> how was your US experience -> she was prudent enough to say i can’t remember. I was 6 months old then

my wife said we’re planning to take her to florida disneyland this April -> the officer said delightedly, wow! i’m putting that in notes! 

then the officer said congratulations! Your visa is approved. You should get these back within 10 days. Then he opened a candy box and gave a few to my daughter. 
 

So total it took around 1.5 hrs for us. This group has always been extremely helpful. All the best everyone! 

 

Edited 15 hours ago by monk_yatso

[JesusisLord24 13]

28 minutes ago, monk_yatso said:

We got approved today. Entire process was super smooth. Our appointment was at 8am, went there 10 min before and they put us in right away. Afterwards, pretty simple process. 
 

1. Security check: passing through metal detector. Didn’t take any phone or watch, so it was smooth. They gave a token number to wait for doc submission

 

2. It took around 30 min to get called at doc submit booth. Me, spouse and little daugher (8 years old). It took longer for us as we lost our original birth certificates and pulled up the new one recently which was in new format. So the officer in counter had to take a copy and scanning it. 
they do have all the color photocopy of pur submitted civil docs during DQ process. So there is no need to pile up photocopies i believe. For each person, Just: 

2 passport photo

original passport

birth cert

police clearance

marriage certificate

 

after doc review we waited again and called for fingerprinting

 

2. Gave fingerprint. My little daughter got a bit disheartened seeing that only adults need to give fingerprints. The lady was kind enough to take her dummy fingerprints 😊

 

3. We waited for around 10-15 more min and were called for final interview. The officer was extremely friendly. We took oath and gave fingerprints again. He just asked: 
. So you’ve applied for EB-2 self petition? 
. Have you ever bin in Us? 
. Which visa (F1 and F2)

. Which US city we wanna relocate

. Any crime history/arrest before? 
. Which years i stayed in germany and netherlands

. To my little daughter -> how was your US experience -> she was prudent enough to say i can’t remember. I was 6 months old then

my wife said we’re planning to take her to florida disneyland this April -> the officer said delightedly, wow! i’m putting that in notes! 

then the officer said congratulations! Your visa is approved. You should get these back within 10 days. Then he opened a candy box and gave a few to my daughter. 
 

So total it took around 1.5 hrs for us. This group has always been extremely helpful. All the best everyone! 

 

Congratulations!

[Mano17 2]

33 minutes ago, monk_yatso said:

We got approved today. Entire process was super smooth. Our appointment was at 8am, went there 10 min before and they put us in right away. Afterwards, pretty simple process. 
 

1. Security check: passing through metal detector. Didn’t take any phone or watch, so it was smooth. They gave a token number to wait for doc submission

 

2. It took around 30 min to get called at doc submit booth. Me, spouse and little daugher (8 years old). It took longer for us as we lost our original birth certificates and pulled up the new one recently which was in new format. So the officer in counter had to take a copy and scanning it. 
they do have all the color photocopy of pur submitted civil docs during DQ process. So there is no need to pile up photocopies i believe. For each person, Just: 

2 passport photo

original passport

birth cert

police clearance

marriage certificate

 

after doc review we waited again and called for fingerprinting

 

2. Gave fingerprint. My little daughter got a bit disheartened seeing that only adults need to give fingerprints. The lady was kind enough to take her dummy fingerprints 😊

 

3. We waited for around 10-15 more min and were called for final interview. The officer was extremely friendly. We took oath and gave fingerprints again. He just asked: 
. So you’ve applied for EB-2 self petition? 
. Have you ever bin in Us? 
. Which visa (F1 and F2)

. Which US city we wanna relocate

. Any crime history/arrest before? 
. Which years i stayed in germany and netherlands

. To my little daughter -> how was your US experience -> she was prudent enough to say i can’t remember. I was 6 months old then

my wife said we’re planning to take her to florida disneyland this April -> the officer said delightedly, wow! i’m putting that in notes! 

then the officer said congratulations! Your visa is approved. You should get these back within 10 days. Then he opened a candy box and gave a few to my daughter. 
 

So total it took around 1.5 hrs for us. This group has always been extremely helpful. All the best everyone! 

 

That's Great to hear Congratulations to you and your family.

[Aaron_ 32]

1 hour ago, monk_yatso said:

We got approved today. Entire process was super smooth. Our appointment was at 8am, went there 10 min before and they put us in right away. Afterwards, pretty simple process. 
 

1. Security check: passing through metal detector. Didn’t take any phone or watch, so it was smooth. They gave a token number to wait for doc submission

 

2. It took around 30 min to get called at doc submit booth. Me, spouse and little daugher (8 years old). It took longer for us as we lost our original birth certificates and pulled up the new one recently which was in new format. So the officer in counter had to take a copy and scanning it. 
they do have all the color photocopy of pur submitted civil docs during DQ process. So there is no need to pile up photocopies i believe. For each person, Just: 

2 passport photo

original passport

birth cert

police clearance

marriage certificate

 

after doc review we waited again and called for fingerprinting

 

2. Gave fingerprint. My little daughter got a bit disheartened seeing that only adults need to give fingerprints. The lady was kind enough to take her dummy fingerprints 😊

 

3. We waited for around 10-15 more min and were called for final interview. The officer was extremely friendly. We took oath and gave fingerprints again. He just asked: 
. So you’ve applied for EB-2 self petition? 
. Have you ever bin in Us? 
. Which visa (F1 and F2)

. Which US city we wanna relocate

. Any crime history/arrest before? 
. Which years i stayed in germany and netherlands

. To my little daughter -> how was your US experience -> she was prudent enough to say i can’t remember. I was 6 months old then

my wife said we’re planning to take her to florida disneyland this April -> the officer said delightedly, wow! i’m putting that in notes! 

then the officer said congratulations! Your visa is approved. You should get these back within 10 days. Then he opened a candy box and gave a few to my daughter. 
 

So total it took around 1.5 hrs for us. This group has always been extremely helpful. All the best everyone! 

 

Congratulations! A less anxious time awaits you. Since our approval last Friday, I've been checking our status daily on the CEAC website. The "Case Last Updated" date changed on February 4, 5, and 7, but the status remains "READY." Does anyone have any idea what's going on?