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Allrighty. Movers gone and after eating a footlong spicy italian subway I sit in our empty appartment waiting for Bren to decide to get his USC asssss in gear to go over to Sarah's and crash so... in the meanwhile I'll type our review.

Woke up @ 5:30 :blink: , showered and got pretty -darn long process in my case - and it was raining as hell but Bren made it stop just cuz he luvs me :wub: - got coffee at Second Cup and arrived at Consulate at 7 a.m. and were the first in line :dance:, with 2 Montrealites K-1 behind us and the rest of the world after. Doors opened at 7:45 and we got in first with letter "A", down to the subterraneous and quite creepy waiting room number 1. After like 10 minutes other people came in and the security guard said "those with letters, come forward" - that would be us and the 2 Montreal girls. Up we go to floor 19. Once there we went into the space for windows 9-11 and stepped up to the infamous and ugly DEBBIE.... who took only my originals of:

-birth certificate

-marriage certificate

-police certificate

-medical (w/out X-ray..... ARGHHHHH)

-affidavits of support

DEBBIE <_< (I hate that B!tch people cuz of what she pulled on Ron/Sharon) sends us to pay. The damn cashier was CLOSED and opened after say, 25 minutes. In the meanwhile, CATFIGHT in the cashier's line because a girl wanted to cut in and a lady did not let her (wooohoooo, eat that). I was just hoping it was not a VJ'er he he. So we pay with Mastercard (they take USD cash, CAD cash and Visa/MC) and go back to see DEBBIE. She sends us back to the waiting room and we sit. Dr. B reads placidly while Len is about to jump out the fkkkking window (I had a book to but I sh!t you not, the letters were scrambled :wacko:

Then BOOM. A mysterious voice calls me by my first name and mi maiden name (the best kept secrets in Canada) and we both go in room 7.

Dude, about our age says: OK, raise your right hands and swear your testimony is true.... bla bla bla Asks how we met....

L: Online

Dude: Expand for me please

L: tells romantic story [no I won't repeat it here]

B: interrupts with precise dates and COPY OF MY LAVALIFE PROFILE :o

L: starts giggling like an idiot and feels like shooting Bren for bringing the super lame and geeky profile.

Dude: well you married quick....

B: Man, I'm 40.

L: And I turn 36 tomorrow.

Dude cracks laughing like it's going out of style; gains composture and says something to the effect that we were approved.... neither Bren or moi remember the exact words. Bren drags me out of room 7 in a daze and leads me to the elevator and out.... sits me in the stairs and lights me a smoke. All this time I'm still giggling like an idiot and looking like this :mellow:

After a few minutes, I screamed or something like that - came back to life and we walked back to the hotel (Econolodge centre ville, cheap but only if you are really just using it to sleep, not too fancy at all).

So there. That's that. We're off to Sarah's to have a decent night's sleep and come back tomorrow to clean the place, etc. Indeed, the interview per se was breezy - the waiting (and seeing Debbie's face without anesthesia) is the worst part.

Luvya'll, the nerds.

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Canada
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Len you crack me up! Glad to see your approval! :):thumbs:

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Oh Len, I love you. Even you could make a stressful thing like the MTL consulate sound like a hoot!

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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way to go len! I'm glad you guys had a swanky time and everything went well.

"...My hair's mostly wind,

My eyes filled with grit

My skin's white then brown

My lips chapped and split

I've lain on the prairie and heard grasses sigh

I've stared at the vast open bowl of the sky

I've seen all the castles and faces in clouds

My home is the prairie and for that I am proud…

If You're not from the Prairie, you can't know my soul

You don't know our blizzards; you've not fought our cold

You can't know my mind, nor ever my heart

Unless deep within you there's somehow a part…

A part of these things that I've said that I know,

The wind, sky and earth, the storms and the snow.

Best say that you have - and then we'll be one,

For we will have shared that same blazing sun." - David Bouchard

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Oh, I was chuckling all through this - what a great review! Thanks- and good luck at cleaning the apartment!

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L: And I turn 36 tomorrow.

Congrats!!! Great review and I'm glad that you were able to beat the evil succubus Debbie but don't you mean that you just turned 22? :)

BTW, as a man I must ask you about the catfight. How hot were the women, was there any hair pulling , were any clothes ripped, did they abruptly start kissing for no particular reason. C'mon I really want to hear all the details, all the dirty salacious details. :D

I'll just bet that one of the women was carrying invisible suitcases :P

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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Allrighty. Movers gone and after eating a footlong spicy italian subway I sit in our empty appartment waiting for Bren to decide to get his USC asssss in gear to go over to Sarah's and crash so... in the meanwhile I'll type our review.

Woke up @ 5:30 :blink: , showered and got pretty -darn long process in my case - and it was raining as hell but Bren made it stop just cuz he luvs me :wub: - got coffee at Second Cup and arrived at Consulate at 7 a.m. and were the first in line :dance:, with 2 Montrealites K-1 behind us and the rest of the world after. Doors opened at 7:45 and we got in first with letter "A", down to the subterraneous and quite creepy waiting room number 1. After like 10 minutes other people came in and the security guard said "those with letters, come forward" - that would be us and the 2 Montreal girls. Up we go to floor 19. Once there we went into the space for windows 9-11 and stepped up to the infamous and ugly DEBBIE.... who took only my originals of:

-birth certificate

-marriage certificate

-police certificate

-medical (w/out X-ray..... ARGHHHHH)

-affidavits of support

DEBBIE <_< (I hate that B!tch people cuz of what she pulled on Ron/Sharon) sends us to pay. The damn cashier was CLOSED and opened after say, 25 minutes. In the meanwhile, CATFIGHT in the cashier's line because a girl wanted to cut in and a lady did not let her (wooohoooo, eat that). I was just hoping it was not a VJ'er he he. So we pay with Mastercard (they take USD cash, CAD cash and Visa/MC) and go back to see DEBBIE. She sends us back to the waiting room and we sit. Dr. B reads placidly while Len is about to jump out the fkkkking window (I had a book to but I sh!t you not, the letters were scrambled :wacko:

Then BOOM. A mysterious voice calls me by my first name and mi maiden name (the best kept secrets in Canada) and we both go in room 7.

Dude, about our age says: OK, raise your right hands and swear your testimony is true.... bla bla bla Asks how we met....

L: Online

Dude: Expand for me please

L: tells romantic story [no I won't repeat it here]

B: interrupts with precise dates and COPY OF MY LAVALIFE PROFILE :o

L: starts giggling like an idiot and feels like shooting Bren for bringing the super lame and geeky profile.

Dude: well you married quick....

B: Man, I'm 40.

L: And I turn 36 tomorrow.

Dude cracks laughing like it's going out of style; gains composture and says something to the effect that we were approved.... neither Bren or moi remember the exact words. Bren drags me out of room 7 in a daze and leads me to the elevator and out.... sits me in the stairs and lights me a smoke. All this time I'm still giggling like an idiot and looking like this :mellow:

After a few minutes, I screamed or something like that - came back to life and we walked back to the hotel (Econolodge centre ville, cheap but only if you are really just using it to sleep, not too fancy at all).

So there. That's that. We're off to Sarah's to have a decent night's sleep and come back tomorrow to clean the place, etc. Indeed, the interview per se was breezy - the waiting (and seeing Debbie's face without anesthesia) is the worst part.

Luvya'll, the nerds.

great review CONGRATSSSSSSSS

 

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That's way too funny, Len. I can just imagine you sitting in your empty apartment typing into your computer with Bren sweeping up around you.

I wonder if the others in the subterranean cell were thinking "They got letters. Wonder why they got letters? Maybe they're in trouble. :secret: And then they all went home and told everyone that "There were four people who had to go in separately because They Got Letters!" :o

Wow. You got to meet DEBBIE. That's good, because I know it helps to have a visual of the person when you're going to cast evil thoughts in their direction. After you've been approved, of course. ;)

That's interesting that they take CDN & USD, as well as Visa and Mastercard now. When I was there it was American cash or nothing. Like that was the only valid monetary system and everything else was untrustworthy. Times have changed. :)

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Great review--ALMOST----U didn't mention the elevator opens from the REAR,lol 9.75/10! Congrats

Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

 
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