Montreal embassy EB-2 interview wait time-Part 2

[canadian85 16]

Any experiences of border crossing to activate the green card? How much time does it usually take? How much time should we account for?

 

I am planning to go to the Niagara border and do the process once I get my passports and come back to Canada to wrap up stuff here.  I believe you get a stamp for 1 yr on the passport to exit /enter multiple times till you get the green card? Can someone confirm. 

 

Anything else I should keep in mind for the border process?

[Wincity 11]

On 11/2/2024 at 12:00 PM, JBG123 said:

We had our interview yesterday in Montreal. IL came on September 30. We were approved at the end 

 

We did our Medicals with Dr. Zatzman and he was great. 
 

Interviewing officer was very nice. Our appt time was 7:30am which was the first for the day so we were in and out in about an hour and a half. Most of that time was just signing in and waiting around. Actual interview was about 10 minutes 
 

Any questions just ask! Still waiting for our case status to change to Issued. 

What was the content of your employment letter?

I have a short letter with :

• date my I-140 was approved
• my job title
• salary
• petitioner wishing to continue to employ me upon approved Immigrant Visa

should the letter also include:

• job description/duties
• intended worksite
• anything else?  

[AlAlp 1]

23 hours ago, bbusadream said:

Even in morning speech Trump reiterate the same he wants people to come through legal immigration pathway.

Of course he's not going to halt legal immigration altogether but his impact may result in more frequent and longer administrative processing for applicants, at least for certain countries.

[appleblossom 2,349]

On 11/6/2024 at 1:58 PM, JesusisLord24 said:

No, republicans have no problem with legal migration and green card applications. It's illegal migration they are concerned about. 

 

His actions last time don't speak to that. He severely restricted employment based immigration. https://www.nytimes.com/trump-work-visas

 

If he does the same again, it could absolutely have an impact. 

Edited 2 hours ago by appleblossom

[JBG123 4]

20 minutes ago, Wincity said:

What was the content of your employment letter?

I have a short letter with :

• date my I-140 was approved
• my job title
• salary
• petitioner wishing to continue to employ me upon approved Immigrant Visa

should the letter also include:

• job description/duties
• intended worksite
• anything else?  

That’s all mine had on it. 
 
We received our passports back today by courier. 
 

Going to cross the border in a few hours

[dt12 2]

Has anyone here self-petitioned (e.g., NIW) and settled in the US still around? If so, did you find better job opportunities right away? How does your quality of life compare to living in Canada?

[canadian85 16]

1 hour ago, Wincity said:

What was the content of your employment letter?

I have a short letter with :

• date my I-140 was approved
• my job title
• salary
• petitioner wishing to continue to employ me upon approved Immigrant Visa

should the letter also include:

• job description/duties
• intended worksite
• anything else?  

My letter had the first set of bullet points you mentioned. Did not include worksite or job duties. It was accepted.

1 hour ago, JBG123 said:

That’s all mine had on it. 
 
We received our passports back today by courier. 
 

Going to cross the border in a few hours

Let us know how it goes. All the best

Edited 1 hour ago by canadian85

[Wincity 11]

21 minutes ago, canadian85 said:

My letter had the first set of bullet points you mentioned. Did not include worksite or job duties. It was accepted.

Let us know how it goes. All the best

Thanks @canadian85 and @JBG123!

Good luck at the border!

[a7medfx 0]

4 hours ago, Canadian24 said:

It's more than a year wait. They are at DQ September 2023 right now. EB-1 doesn't go faster than any other EB. We are all in the same line once you DQ. Nothing to do but wait!

 

On 11/6/2024 at 2:17 PM, monk_yatso said:

Whats your DQ date? Currently montreal calling people DQ’d in September-2023

 

My DQ is March or April 2024. It is disheartening. I thought EB-1's would get priority specially with the high premium processing fee 

[monk_yatso 10]

2 minutes ago, a7medfx said:

 

 

My DQ is March or April 2024. It is disheartening. I thought EB-1's would get priority specially with the high premium processing fee 

EB1 has sheer advantage in terms of priority date being current. Otherwise, according to Montreal’s progress so far, you can expect IL by April 2025. 

[AndrewsN 13]

4 minutes ago, a7medfx said:

 

 

My DQ is March or April 2024. It is disheartening. I thought EB-1's would get priority specially with the high premium processing fee 

I’m EB1a, I can confirm there was no priority given in terms of interview timelines. You’re waiting the rest of the employment cue. The only time your priority helps is if other category visa numbers run out or their priority dates shift further back than EB1.

 

I thought and was hopeful for the same thing you were hopeful for. It’s not the way it works.