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Hi everyone. As you can see from my profile, I'm new to VJ. My fiance lives in Chicago and we started our journey in April 2007. We received Notice that USCIS have approved our I-129F as of September 27, 2007. So now we wait for NVC to do their thing.

What I would like feedback on is this - is Montreal really slow at providing interview dates?

April 13, 2009 - Welcome to the USA letter rec'd. PRC to be rec'd within 3 weeks.

April 16, 2009 - 2 yr GC rec'd in mail.

March 2, 2011 - Mailed in I-751 to CSC

March 4, 2011 - I-751 delivered to CSC

March 4, 2011 - NOA issued

March 12, 2011 - NOA received

April 14, 2011 - BIO Appt 5/6/11

May 6, 2011 - BIO done in 10 minutes...no re-takes this time :)

June 27, 2011 - Email rec'd "Status - Approved"

July 1, 2011 - 10 yr GC arrived

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Hi everyone. As you can see from my profile, I'm new to VJ. My fiance lives in Chicago and we started our journey in April 2007. We received Notice that USCIS have approved our I-129F as of September 27, 2007. So now we wait for NVC to do their thing.

What I would like feedback on is this - is Montreal really slow at providing interview dates?

They are not AS slow for I-129F's because you don't have to go through the full NVC pre-screen, but they are SLOW....

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Hi everyone. As you can see from my profile, I'm new to VJ. My fiance lives in Chicago and we started our journey in April 2007. We received Notice that USCIS have approved our I-129F as of September 27, 2007. So now we wait for NVC to do their thing.

What I would like feedback on is this - is Montreal really slow at providing interview dates?

They are not AS slow for I-129F's because you don't have to go through the full NVC pre-screen, but they are SLOW....

The full NVC pre-screen .... what would that be ..

April 13, 2009 - Welcome to the USA letter rec'd. PRC to be rec'd within 3 weeks.

April 16, 2009 - 2 yr GC rec'd in mail.

March 2, 2011 - Mailed in I-751 to CSC

March 4, 2011 - I-751 delivered to CSC

March 4, 2011 - NOA issued

March 12, 2011 - NOA received

April 14, 2011 - BIO Appt 5/6/11

May 6, 2011 - BIO done in 10 minutes...no re-takes this time :)

June 27, 2011 - Email rec'd "Status - Approved"

July 1, 2011 - 10 yr GC arrived

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa (DCF) Country: Canada
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Montreal for us was not that bad. We sent in our first application at the end of June, and we were approved on friday Oct 5. So it took roughly 3 1/2 months, give or take a few days.

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Timeline:

02-26-05 Married

09-05-05 Permanent Resident of Canada

06-18-07 Mailed in husbands I-130 to US Consulate in Toronto

06-20-07 US Consulate in Toronto recieves I-130 packet via Expresspost packet

07-12-07 Call from Toronto Consulate, advised to call to confirm or make an appointment.

07-13-07 Called and spoke with Toronto Consulate, set appointment for 07-17-07

07-17-07 Interview at Consulate,APPROVED

08-07-07 Packet 3 arrived!!

08-20-07 Mailed DS-230 and Checklist to Montreal

08-21-07 Montreal received DS-230 and Checklist

09-04-07 Packet 4 from Montreal arrives !!

09-06-07 Medical scheduled for 09-19-07

09-19-07 Hubbie has medical, all went well, results to be mailed on 09-21-07

09-25-07 Pick up medical from fed-ex

10-05-07 Interview.........APPROVED !!!!

10-10-07 Recieved passport with Visa inside (all done for a few months)

11-08-07 Hubbie activated visa at Queenston/Lewis POE

12-19-07 Husband finally back home in Illinios, used Sarnia POE

Our Immigration approval took 3months, 2 weeks, and 5 days

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Hi everyone. As you can see from my profile, I'm new to VJ. My fiance lives in Chicago and we started our journey in April 2007. We received Notice that USCIS have approved our I-129F as of September 27, 2007. So now we wait for NVC to do their thing.

What I would like feedback on is this - is Montreal really slow at providing interview dates?

You might want to check out the Canada forum.

Also there is a spreadsheet - timeline to interview for K1 and K3 visas going through Montreal that is kept by Liz, you can view it here: Montreal Timeline to Interview

The thread about those timelines is in the Canada forum: Montreal K1 - K2 timeline to interview thread

As you will see, based on the data on the spreadsheet, the current wait time is just over 4 months to interview for K visas (from the time you enter the Montreal Consulate wait list - not from submitting application to interview).

Montreal has recently scheduled many K visa interviews - it's very unusual, but good.

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