Montreal embassy EB-2 interview wait time-Part 2

[Nimar 3]

In consular updates, they say "Employment cases scheduled for interview were documentarily complete in October 2020". Is this even true? Did all the members in this forum with DQ date up to October 2020 receive their invitations?

[farzady 42]

1 hour ago, Nimar said:

In consular updates, they say "Employment cases scheduled for interview were documentarily complete in October 2020". Is this even true? Did all the members in this forum with DQ date up to October 2020 receive their invitations?

Not true, we have lots of September and October in the forum

[ak47 33]

2 hours ago, TheMaverick said:

Not too good, the entire focus was on family category. All the E1, E2,E3 are EB categories

Consulate	Visa	Count	Percentage
Montreal	CR1	33	4.95
Montreal	CR2	2	0.30
Montreal	DV	4	0.60
Montreal	E1	18	2.70
Montreal	E2	20	3.00
Montreal	E3	79	11.86
Montreal	EW	5	0.75
Montreal	F1	50	7.51
Montreal	F2B	13	1.95
Montreal	F3	67	10.06
Montreal	F4	125	18.77
Montreal	FX	65	9.76
Montreal	I5	6	0.90
Montreal	IR1	104	15.62
Montreal	IR2	10	1.50
Montreal	IR5	60	9.01
Montreal	IW	1	0.15
Montreal	SQ1	2	0.30
Montreal	SQ2	1	0.15
Montreal	SQ3	1	0.15

Would this mean that we can move upto 2 months in terms of receiving interview letters ?

[ak47 33]

1 hour ago, farzady said:

Not true, we have lots of September and October in the forum

This could also mean that we have too many DQed applicant in September and October..right ?

[EternalWait 78]

You see a lot (320) FB visas issued because in fact even more so were scheduled for interview for the month of November, this was the month where Montreal CO announced that on the FB cases, they jumped from April 2021 to May 2022 DQ dates.  At the same time, 70-80 EB cases is something that would keep the EB backlog where it is at. Anything more than that is welcome.

In fact, November's 122 is close to the highest number of EB cases being invited in one month (I am counting E1+E2+E3+EW). So it was a good month for EB, not a great month though.

Now that FB and IR are without any backlog left (based on the latest Montreal CO announcement), we should expect them to quickly ramp up their EB processing to something like 200+ per month, because they have the capacity to do even more!

[farzady 42]

12 hours ago, immishok said:

You see a lot (320) FB visas issued because in fact even more so were scheduled for interview for the month of November, this was the month where Montreal CO announced that on the FB cases, they jumped from April 2021 to May 2022 DQ dates.  At the same time, 70-80 EB cases is something that would keep the EB backlog where it is at. Anything more than that is welcome.

In fact, November's 122 is close to the highest number of EB cases being invited in one month (I am counting E1+E2+E3+EW). So it was a good month for EB, not a great month though.

Now that FB and IR are without any backlog left (based on the latest Montreal CO announcement), we should expect them to quickly ramp up their EB processing to something like 200+ per month, because they have the capacity to do even more!

I think 122 is the number of visas issued on November. Which relates to the invitation letters sent out in September and October. 

[EternalWait 78]

Hey guys, I recall some of you had a DQ date, which according to the CO updates, should have been already scheduled for interview. Did you contact NVC (how? public inquiry?)and what answer did you get? @akposphil@farzady
Sorry if you have already answered this, I couldn't find anything.

[farzady 42]

1 hour ago, immishok said:

Hey guys, I recall some of you had a DQ date, which according to the CO updates, should have been already scheduled for interview. Did you contact NVC (how? public inquiry?)and what answer did you get? @akposphil@farzady
Sorry if you have already answered this, I couldn't find anything.

I contacted them through public inquiry couple of times and they sent generic reply to just wait until my turn.

[can_do 18]

Thanks for putting this out @SGtoMurica.
So if the trend is our friend, we can see more orange on the bar chart and lesser of both grey and blue. Can't wait for December stats!

 

@farzady it may help if you send MTL an actual, physical letter on their mailing address. This could be direct to the Consul General and/or generic to the "Head of Immigrant Visa Section". Anyone tried this approach?

 

 

[Lkkclub123 23]

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[Lkkclub123 23]

On 12/13/2022 at 9:53 AM, samq26 said:

Sorry, I mean 2nd quarter of 2024.

Thank you,it is terrible

[TheMaverick 50]

Just now, Lkkclub123 said:

Thank you,it is terrible

That is being too conservative. I have a feeling starting next year we will see some good movement in EB. This year was a bummer, hopefully next year is good

[ACC24 40]

Friends, I really need some guidance,  my EB2 DQ'd date is March 2021 (India). I am a Canadian PR as of now but I may get my Canadian citizenship soon before I get my Interview at US consulate. does taking Canadian citizenship has any effect on my GC Process and or the DQ'ed date.?  Really appreciate your help or guide me to a good immigration lawyer who can help me in this regard.

[AgriSiva 12]

6 minutes ago, ACC24 said:

Friends, I really need some guidance,  my EB2 DQ'd date is March 2021 (India). I am a Canadian PR as of now but I may get my Canadian citizenship soon before I get my Interview at US consulate. does taking Canadian citizenship has any effect on my GC Process and or the DQ'ed date.?  Really appreciate your help or guide me to a good immigration lawyer who can help me in this regard.

Your citizenship has no bearing on the US Green card process as it is based on your Country of birth. As long as you stay as a resident of Canada your file in the queue at Montreal consulate should hold good. But, I reckon there will be some paperwork in your application when you change your passport from Indian to Canadian. Not sure how you do that paperwork though.

[ACC24 40]

Thank you for the reply!  Yes  my worry is about the paper work and how it may impact the paperwork if they make me go back to Q once again after making any changes etc. If I can make the change during the interview its good. 

Do you think pushing my Canadian citizenship for few months is good idea ?. DO you have any good known immigration Attorney who can answer my question? - Thanks again.