Montreal embassy EB-2 interview wait time-Part 2

[Coco_2023 14]

26 minutes ago, mgsctravels said:

 

I suppose that in the grand scheme of things, running out of visas this fiscal isn't the end of the world since the annual resets on Oct. 1?

True but there 2 things, when an interview is canceled technically you would be placed at the end of the line. 

 

2nd, I've already booked my hotel and non-refundable flights for my whole family and blocked my calendar for the interview day and the day before (I run my own business) so who's compensating all these? LOL

 

[Froozion 168]

5 hours ago, rzchen said:

Congratulations!!  Do you prepare the photocopies for Birth/Marriage certificate, police report etc and take to the consulate? or the officer will photocopy them? Thanks

Yes you need to bring photocopies of everything. They do have a scanner there if something is missing. But they expect you to have it with you

[Froozion 168]

5 hours ago, Coco_2023 said:

True but there 2 things, when an interview is canceled technically you would be placed at the end of the line. 

 

2nd, I've already booked my hotel and non-refundable flights for my whole family and blocked my calendar for the interview day and the day before (I run my own business) so who's compensating all these? LOL

 

I believe what happens is they still go through with the interview, you can still be approved but that they can't give you a visa until Oct 1st. So it just takes a little longer between the interview and the passport return. 

[Froozion 168]

I'm worried although we were approved on the 9th.... we may now not get our visa until October 1st. 

 

Has anyone who had interviews the first week of September had their ceac account go from ready to issued? How long did it take if so..? I know they say up to 12 days....

[Coco_2023 14]

12 hours ago, Froozion said:

I'm worried although we were approved on the 9th.... we may now not get our visa until October 1st. 

 

Has anyone who had interviews the first week of September had their ceac account go from ready to issued? How long did it take if so..? I know they say up to 12 days....

I wouldn't worry @Froozion since you already passed the last 2 important milestones: had a successful interview, and more importantly approved on the spot!

 

So I guess there just would be a very short delay in issuing the visa for you

[sunnylank 6]

13 hours ago, Froozion said:

I'm worried although we were approved on the 9th.... we may now not get our visa until October 1st. 

 

Has anyone who had interviews the first week of September had their ceac account go from ready to issued? How long did it take if so..? I know they say up to 12 days....

Hi @Froozion , Congratulation on your approval. Is your CEAC status showing as 'Issued' ?  or is it still showing 'In-Transit'?

I had read somewhere that 'Issued' status means the actual Visa is printed and pasted in the passport. Not sure if that is a true statement.

[AnnaSalu 31]

13 hours ago, Froozion said:

I'm worried although we were approved on the 9th.... we may now not get our visa until October 1st. 

 

Has anyone who had interviews the first week of September had their ceac account go from ready to issued? How long did it take if so..? I know they say up to 12 days....

 

Froozion, like others, I congratulate you and thank you for all your contributions! I hope you receive your passports soon, but honestly, in the grand scheme of these loooong waits, 3 weeks till end of September seems tolerable

[Froozion 168]

25 minutes ago, sunnylank said:

Hi @Froozion , Congratulation on your approval. Is your CEAC status showing as 'Issued' ?  or is it still showing 'In-Transit'?

I had read somewhere that 'Issued' status means the actual Visa is printed and pasted in the passport. Not sure if that is a true statement.

Ceac still says ready for interview.... last updated on the 9th

22 minutes ago, AnnaSalu said:

 

Froozion, like others, I congratulate you and thank you for all your contributions! I hope you receive your passports soon, but honestly, in the grand scheme of these loooong waits, 3 weeks till end of September seems tolerable

It would be tolerable if we hadn't handed in out notice and told our new company we can begin on Sept 27th...

[AA-H 33]

12 hours ago, Froozion said:

I'm worried although we were approved on the 9th.... we may now not get our visa until October 1st. 

 

Has anyone who had interviews the first week of September had their ceac account go from ready to issued? How long did it take if so..? I know they say up to 12 days....

 

14 hours ago, Froozion said:

I'm worried although we were approved on the 9th.... we may now not get our visa until October 1st. 

 

Has anyone who had interviews the first week of September had their ceac account go from ready to issued? How long did it take if so..? I know they say up to 12 days....

I had my interview on September 6th, but the status still shows "READY." I find it confusing that the officer mentioned we should expect our passports within 10 days if they knew the visas wouldn’t be ready until after October 1st. My assumption is that when they invite an applicant, they reserve a visa for them, which counts toward the available visas. Once all visas are either reserved or issued, they announce that the fiscal year's limit has been reached.

 

here is what I think will happen:

 

[Froozion 168]

18 minutes ago, AA-H said:

 

I had my interview on September 6th, but the status still shows "READY." I find it confusing that the officer mentioned we should expect our passports within 10 days if they knew the visas wouldn’t be ready until after October 1st. My assumption is that when they invite an applicant, they reserve a visa for them, which counts toward the available visas. Once all visas are either reserved or issued, they announce that the fiscal year's limit has been reached.

 

here is what I think will happen:

 

Please update me when yours changes!!! It would be greatly helpful to know!

[AndrewsN 46]

15 hours ago, Froozion said:

I'm worried although we were approved on the 9th.... we may now not get our visa until October 1st. 

 

Has anyone who had interviews the first week of September had their ceac account go from ready to issued? How long did it take if so..? I know they say up to 12 days....

I had my interview Sep 6th (EB1). I received a verbal approval from the officer at the consulate.

 

Yesterday morning I received a notice indicating that they will be holding my passport until after October 1st because they’ve hit their limit of Visas issued for the fiscal year. 

I’m just hoping that this means they actually get to work on it in the first week of October and not closer to November. 

[canadian85 29]

4 minutes ago, AndrewsN said:

I had my interview Sep 6th (EB1). I received a verbal approval from the officer at the consulate.

 

Yesterday morning I received a notice indicating that they will be holding my passport until after October 1st because they’ve hit their limit of Visas issued for the fiscal year. 

I’m just hoping that this means they actually get to work on it in the first week of October and not closer to November. 

Could you please share ur interview experience

32 minutes ago, AA-H said:

 

I had my interview on September 6th, but the status still shows "READY." I find it confusing that the officer mentioned we should expect our passports within 10 days if they knew the visas wouldn’t be ready until after October 1st. My assumption is that when they invite an applicant, they reserve a visa for them, which counts toward the available visas. Once all visas are either reserved or issued, they announce that the fiscal year's limit has been reached.

 

here is what I think will happen:

 

Could you please share your interview experience?

[Froozion 168]

4 minutes ago, AndrewsN said:

I had my interview Sep 6th (EB1). I received a verbal approval from the officer at the consulate.

 

Yesterday morning I received a notice indicating that they will be holding my passport until after October 1st because they’ve hit their limit of Visas issued for the fiscal year. 

I’m just hoping that this means they actually get to work on it in the first week of October and not closer to November. 

They announced the eb1 limit on aug 27th however. 

 

So that means that all eb interviews between now and Oct 1st will not receive a visa until after October 1st. 

 

I'm just unsure of when the limit is reached if we had our interview on the 9th and it was announced on the 9th

[Wincity 16]

Visa bulletin for October has been released. 

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-october-2024.html

[Coco_2023 14]

34 minutes ago, AndrewsN said:

I had my interview Sep 6th (EB1). I received a verbal approval from the officer at the consulate.

 

Yesterday morning I received a notice indicating that they will be holding my passport until after October 1st because they’ve hit their limit of Visas issued for the fiscal year. 

I’m just hoping that this means they actually get to work on it in the first week of October and not closer to November. 

 

It's a bummer to hear that you'll have to wait a bit longer to get your actual visa, but a good news for those who have their interviews pre-scheduled by the end of September including myself that they are not canceled since eb1 has reached the cap on late Aug yet your interview was conducted on Sep 6.

 

I'm pretty sure you guys are first in the line after Oct 1 to get your visa printed 

 

I wonder tho why your CO didn't let you know at the interview since they already knew there was no visa left for your category...