Delaying cr-1 interview

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Our interview finally got set for mid january. We are now expecting a baby in early april. We want our baby to be at least 3 months old and be fully vaccinated before we take him on a long flight to america. Given the current timing our baby will be a but shy of 3 months (assuming he is delivered on the estimated due date). Ideally we would want a one month delay to our interview so that we have time to travel. Do embassies help out with this? Can I request them to delay? Given I am a usa citizen should I just go and tlak to them at the embassy or do it via email?

[Lemonslice 4,851]

You can request to reschedule.  Another way to delay is to not do the medical before the interview, the visa will then not be issued; so going to the interview and then scheduling the medical a couple weeks later will delay the issuance of the visa.  Important to note that Montreal is known to be slow to issue the visa if anything needs to be submitted after the interview, in this case your medical (not unusual for the turnaround to be around 8 weeks).  

 

The visa is usually valid for six months from the date of the medical.