Montreal

[Danitodd 0]

Do Montreal give the visa right after the interview? 

Or else? And how long for the answer

Ty

Danielle 

Edited January 23 by Danitodd
Typo

[MalloryCat 326]

this is for a K-1 visa?

 

after the interview, whether you receive a verbal approval or not, your case will go through more administrative processing

which can take days or weeks

 

but you will not get your visa right after the interview, it will take some time for them to process it.

getting the visa in hand will also take days or weeks, depending on how long it is in administrative processing

[Danitodd 0]

Thank you

[Danitodd 0]

Yes, K-1

[Edward and Jaycel 755]

And beware, Montreal has a reputation for being sloooowwwww for the whole visa process including Administrative Processing and visa issuance

[Danitodd 0]

Could I change for Ottawa?

Would it be faster and better?

[Edward and Jaycel 755]

Montreal is the only option for K-1s I believe

[MalloryCat 326]

Only Montreal handles family based immigrant visa petitions

[Seth.n.Amelia 7]

On 1/23/2025 at 2:06 PM, MalloryCat said:

Only Montreal handles family based immigrant visa petitions

Do we know why that is?

[MalloryCat 326]

24 minutes ago, Seth.n.Amelia said:

Do we know why that is?

i am not sure

the only thing I can find is that they have the dedicated staff and the infrastructure to handle the family based petitions.

[Ryan H 3,834]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[mitzab 300]

Ottawa does not process K-1 visas, as all K-1 fiancé visa interviews for Canada are handled exclusively at the U.S. Consulate in Montreal. Since case transfers must go to a consulate that processes K-1 visas, moving it to Ottawa wouldn't be an option. After the interview in Montreal, the visa is typically issued within a few days to a few weeks, depending on administrative processing.

[Lemonslice 4,989]

On 1/30/2025 at 11:11 AM, Seth.n.Amelia said:

Do we know why that is?

Cost saving measure.  Used to be available in most U.S. diplomatic missions in the world.  Now down to one per country, in general.  

[Nywoek 17]

On 2/4/2025 at 9:20 PM, Lemonslice said:

Cost saving measure.  Used to be available in most U.S. diplomatic missions in the world.  Now down to one per country, in general.  

Sometimes not even that, I gotta go to another country for mine. XD

[Lemonslice 4,989]

19 hours ago, Nywoek said:

Sometimes not even that, I gotta go to another country for mine. XD

That is why I said "in general".  I would not be surprised if another wave of reduction in services were to be announced soon.