Montreal Consulate

[sroberts3000 0]

I am wondering if anyone has had experience with the Montreal Consulate? Is it slow? I have heard rumors to such degree, but they may be old news. Anyone with recent experience. We are trying to decide if we should continue with the IR1 and thus the Montreal Consulate, or if we should switch to the K3 visa and the DHS???

Opinions??

[djc 0]

Is Montreal slow..............??? :blink:

Maybe you should check out the Canada forum.

I am wondering if anyone has had experience with the Montreal Consulate? Is it slow? I have heard rumors to such degree, but they may be old news. Anyone with recent experience. We are trying to decide if we should continue with the IR1 and thus the Montreal Consulate, or if we should switch to the K3 visa and the DHS???

Opinions??

[trailmix 77]

I am wondering if anyone has had experience with the Montreal Consulate? Is it slow? I have heard rumors to such degree, but they may be old news. Anyone with recent experience. We are trying to decide if we should continue with the IR1 and thus the Montreal Consulate, or if we should switch to the K3 visa and the DHS???

Opinions??

Hi sroberts,

- K3 - If you live in Eastern Canada you will still have your interview in Montreal, if you are in middle/western Canada and you file a K3, then you can have your interview in Vancouver, which is much faster (someone in the Canada forum will know exactly where they cut off for the different regions if you ask there).

- IR1/CR1 - All interviews are done in Montreal, regardless of where you live.

Yes, Montreal is very slow - around 6 months to get an interview, regardless of what type of visa you choose to apply for. Also, the 6 month timeline is just the wait AFTER you have applied and gone through all the other processing - which takes a few months as well.

You can check out the Canada forum by scrolling down the forums list to where it says Regional Discussion and then clicking on the Canada link, or click here: Canada Forum

You might want to check out these threads in the Canada forum to get an idea of timelines:

IR1/CR1 timeline to interview

Montreal Timeline to interview - K visas

Edited September 21, 2007 by trailmix

[misa 2]

I think the regional cutoff is: Manitoba and everything west goes to Vancouver for K3s and Ontario and East go to Montreal. And as trailmix pointed out, all CR-1/IR-1s go through Montreal regardless of where you live.

[sroberts3000 0]

We are in the Vancouver Consular region. We have bee married 27 years and need to find the quickest way to immigrate as possible as my wife needs to return home to care for her parents. When we receive the I-797 receipt, would we be quicker then to move to a K3 knowing it will eventually go through Vancouver, or to just keep on with the IR1 through Montreal since it is a DCF?? Opinions anyone??

[trailmix 77]

We are in the Vancouver Consular region. We have bee married 27 years and need to find the quickest way to immigrate as possible as my wife needs to return home to care for her parents. When we receive the I-797 receipt, would we be quicker then to move to a K3 knowing it will eventually go through Vancouver, or to just keep on with the IR1 through Montreal since it is a DCF?? Opinions anyone??

The K3 will be faster if for no other reason than that you will get your interview faster, I'm not sure how fast Montreal is moving at the moment but I do know it is generally months faster than Montreal.

The length of marriage isn't taken in to consideration with the visa processing time. My advice would be - if getting there quickly is the only consideration - go for the K3 and Vancouver.