EB Immigrant Visa Case Transfer to Montreal Consulate after IL from another Consulate

[VRG 1]

Hi,

 

Has anyone transferred their case to US Consulate Montreal after interview letter for employment based immigrant visa is received from NVC for a consulate in another country. 

 

As we are Canadian citizens and reside in Canada, we wanted to transfer our case to Montreal. If anyone has taken this path before, I would like to understand the process and how much delay this will add.

 

We are well aware of the huge backlog in Montreal and the ILs not being sent out for EB category for months. But we are in a situation where we can't get all the documents for the interview at another country and also the kid's college that can't be skipped.

 

Appreciate any insight. Thank you.

[appleblossom 2,439]

32 minutes ago, VRG said:

Hi,

 

Has anyone transferred their case to US Consulate Montreal after interview letter for employment based immigrant visa is received from NVC for a consulate in another country. 

 

As we are Canadian citizens and reside in Canada, we wanted to transfer our case to Montreal. If anyone has taken this path before, I would like to understand the process and how much delay this will add.

 

We are well aware of the huge backlog in Montreal and the ILs not being sent out for EB category for months. But we are in a situation where we can't get all the documents for the interview at another country and also the kid's college that can't be skipped.

 

Appreciate any insight. Thank you.

 

If you're really happy with the wait at Montreal and are resident in Canada, then follow the process given here - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/national-visa-center/immigrant-visas-processing-general-faqs.html#ivp13

 

Good luck. 

[VRG 1]

14 hours ago, appleblossom said:

 

If you're really happy with the wait at Montreal and are resident in Canada, then follow the process given here - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/national-visa-center/immigrant-visas-processing-general-faqs.html#ivp13

 

Good luck. 

Thanks for the response. Though not happy with the wait, I don't see any other option. So, I have initiated the Case Transfer to Montreal couple of weeks back by sending email to Montreal. Still waiting for a response. 

 

Anyone has transferred their case to Montreal before and can provide a sense of response times for case transfer requests from Montreal? Appreciate it.

[mam521 2,057]

Montreal, in general, takes 6-8 weeks to respond to anything.  

[VRG 1]

15 hours ago, mam521 said:

Montreal, in general, takes 6-8 weeks to respond to anything.  

Thank you for the insight

[samq26 2]

@VRG did you request to transfer the case to Montreal? How was the experience? Could you please share the process? Thanks..

[VRG 1]

12 hours ago, samq26 said:

@VRG did you request to transfer the case to Montreal? How was the experience? Could you please share the process? Thanks..

I've initiated the transfer from Mumbai to Montreal following the process mentioned in below link.

 

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=dFDPZv5a0UimkaErISH0Sy1YoH0qhFtLmlsn5fRWtORUM1VNMVlYWFAzNldZRU5KUjgwTjhFOVFWTCQlQCN0PWcu&route=shorturl

 

Montreal consulate responded after 8 weeks that they have received the request and reviewing it and will provide next steps after the review is complete. I'm still waiting for them to approve the case transfer and request Mumbai to send them the case file. It will be 3 months in another week and still waiting.

[Rieda 0]

I know some folks have transferred their cases to Montreal after getting their interview letters. You just need to contact the NVC and explain your situation.

[VRG 1]

I did contact NVC and they redirected to reach out to the consulate we are transferring to and follow their process.