How far in advance should I arrive at the consulate for the interview?

[Lkkclub123 23]

Thank you for your answers, so will there be a lot of people going to interview every day?  Need to line up an hour or two early?  Or as suggested, just arrive five minutes early?

[PaulaCJohnny 713]

Depends on the Consulate, normally 30 minutes is ok. You can obviously be close by and ask before your time but they will let you know if you can go inside or not.

 

Good Luck 

[Fe.Ta 874]

53 minutes ago, Lkkclub123 said:

Thank you for your answers, so will there be a lot of people going to interview every day?  Need to line up an hour or two early?  Or as suggested, just arrive five minutes early?

It depends on the country.

We arrived to ours about an hour before because we had to wait in line to get in, pass security, then there were about two other windows we needed to check in at before we were actually "waiting" to be called.

[Lkkclub123 23]

13 minutes ago, Fe.Ta said:

It depends on the country.

We arrived to ours about an hour before because we had to wait in line to get in, pass security, then there were about two other windows we needed to check in at before we were actually "waiting" to be called.

Do you know the situation at the Montreal consulate?  Will there be many people queuing up in advance every day?

[Fe.Ta 874]

1 minute ago, Lkkclub123 said:

Do you know the situation at the Montreal consulate?  Will there be many people queuing up in advance every day?

I do not.  Our country was Argentina.  But, I am sure someone will chime in soon for Canada.

[mam521 2,062]

The Consulate security in Montreal won't let you in until no more than about 10 minutes before your appointment, typically.  They will ask to see your interview letter to verify the time.  

[Lkkclub123 23]

1 hour ago, mam521 said:

The Consulate security in Montreal won't let you in until no more than about 10 minutes before your appointment, typically.  They will ask to see your interview letter to verify the time.  

Thank you, if we arrive at the Montreal Consulate ten minutes earlier, will there be many people already queuing there in advance? Still not many people, no one in line

[Lkkclub123 23]

Facts have proved that there are very few people interviewing at the MTL consulate. We arrived an hour early, and the security guard at the gate made us wait at the gate for five minutes, and then let us in early.