Montreal Consulate Told Us a "Little" White Lie

[Krikit 1,164]

Following our petition approval, when we had heard nothing from the Montreal consulate after more than a two month wait, my fiance spoke with them by phone. He was told that they had mailed my 1st package within a week of receiving the approval from the Vermont USCIS. When he told them I had not received a package, they told him that, in a lot of cases, the fiancee's tell their petitioner that they haven't received anything when they have. Their "explanation" was that it's because the fiancee does not really want to get married but they are just too scared to tell the U.S. citizen.

When my fiance questioned them on this, they backtracked and were very apologetic. I received the packet a week later. I do not want to cast aspersions on the process but our experience does lead me to believe that the U.S. Consulate may have a built-in determent process. Has anyone else had an experience with this type of "delay"?

[Jasman0717 9]

That is weird for that consulate!

[pri 0]

well they are really stupid asshls most of the time the person who answers the phone is not aware of anything..

it is weird

Al

[evilcanuck 0]

Before my interview called to ask them 4 quesions, all 4 were answered incorrectly, to the point I would have been screwed big time if I had listened to them.

I let the guy who interviewed me know exactly what I had asked and exactly what they had answered. Thank god I did some research on my own before I went and didnt trust thier answers.

One thing I didnt know or like was he fac that nowhere on the paperwork does it tell you that its $100 each for the visa's. I guess you are supposed to know all the fees but...I didnt....thankfully I had a buch of cash on me.

[mrs.schmoe 0]

awesome - this is all very reassuring.

Who are these yahoos anyway?

[evilcanuck 0]

I duuno...he said he was gonna hold ameeting to 'refresh' the staff. Personally I trust people here more than the consulate.

Last week they called to tell me I sent the wrong sized envelope, (my son is follow to join) and that i needed to send a copy of my marriage certficate and copy of I-94....I had to call back a few days later about something else, and told them the copies were on thier way and the guy said, had to send original marriage cert...hah. forget it, they get the copy. They cant even figure out what they need im not trusting them with the original!!!! sheesh

[mrs.schmoe 0]

Last week they called to tell me I sent the wrong sized envelope

Are you serious?

Do you want to kick some consulate a**? I do, I'd like to do it for you.

Edited April 15, 2006 by mrs.schmoe

[evilcanuck 0]

well, my son sent his passport to put the visa in, and i told him jsut to get the smaller one becaue i thought it would be just the passport, but apparently they made copies of everything in my file and are sending that just like they did mine, so it has to be a 12x15" envelope. So I had to mail the copies of the !-94 and marriage cert to my sister, tell her to put that in a 12X15 then try to shove that into another enveope ....for the second time LOL. I tried to buy the envelope online...they only sell them in packs of 10.

[Jasman0717 9]