IR1 / CR1 - Montreal Timeline to Interview

[americana2009 0]

When I get home tonight I will check for email. If they mailed the letter I should get it within the next couple of days. I'm in Ontario so recieving a letter from Montreal should only be two or three days. With one of our payments we paid by U.S. money order and the bank forgot to date it so they sent it back to us via regular mail and I believe it only took a couple of days so I figure we should get it today or tomarrow, Wed at the latest.

[ZansGirl 0]

Nothing in the ol' email this morning...but you better beleive that sucker is gonna be refreshed constantly throughout the day..... 107 days since we closed at NVC.... please please please let it be this week!!!!!!

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

I already know what is gonna happen for our interview. We have plans for Easter weekend here in Philly. The Habs are playing the Flyers here on Friday night and the Toronto Rock (his favorite lacrosse team) are playing the Wings (my fav team) on Saturday night. We have tickets to both games and some of his family are coming down for both games as well. I can almost guarantee that our interview will be scheduled right around then and totally mess up our plans for that weekend. Its Murphy's Law! I can just feel it happening. I guess if it does, I'll be hosting his family by myself. Good thing we get along!

Okay, I'll be SERIOUSLY a sad man if your interview is scheduled around Easter. Yours will be before mine, in theory, and I'm hoping for February...March at latest. Easter is in early April this year, sooo... Murphy had better be far away this time!

[americana2009 0]

Hi Americana quick question about Dr Seidens office...I still haven't got an interview date, packet 3 was received by the consulate Aug 29 and I called the DOS this morning and they said the usual that I'm eligible but there still clearing up the backlog. Shoudl I wait to get the interview date, which I hope is in Feb, before booking an appointment..Is there anyway their office is too busy that they wouldn't fit me in prior to the interview if I'm scheduled say three weeks prior to the interview. I live in Toronto so getting the docs office is no prob. Thanks for your help.

I don't think its fair if I tell you too or not too because I'm not sure if we were suppose to get it then. We just thought we would go ahead and try because we thought the backlog was only 3 months and look how long it took us to get our appt. The medical is good for one year, so if you want to try I don't see why not.

[ZansGirl 0]

arg.......I hate waiting!!! drives me llllllooooooppppppyyyyyyy!!!!!!!

[americana2009 0]

Ya know guys,

the more I think about it I think the reason we might of gotten our original interview cancelled is because my husband and I are together, so maybe they wanted to get some of you guys that are separated done so you could be together. If that was the case then I am glad they cancelled us because I couldn't imagined having to go through that. When we got married I came to Canada and did all the paperwork from here so it wasn't bad then either. We've been married 15 years this year so maybe I am just a bit sappy...lol I sincerely hope everybody gets thier interview soon.

[redmen99 1]

Okay, I'll be SERIOUSLY a sad man if your interview is scheduled around Easter. Yours will be before mine, in theory, and I'm hoping for February...March at latest. Easter is in early April this year, sooo... Murphy had better be far away this time!

I'm just being realistic with the way the timeline is going. I'd love to have an interview in February or March, but I just don't see it happening unless a major miracle happens. Sad, but true....

[ZansGirl 0]

you are doing the IR-1 not the CR-1....right?? that might be part of it.....but then again...you finished at NVC long before us.......

[Malrothien 6]

you are doing the IR-1 not the CR-1....right?? that might be part of it.....but then again...you finished at NVC long before us.......

Nope.. makes no difference. They are the same visa.

[ZansGirl 0]

I'm just being realistic with the way the timeline is going. I'd love to have an interview in February or March, but I just don't see it happening unless a major miracle happens. Sad, but true....

there should be a law that ALL Canadians applying for CR-1/IR-1 register with this forum....would give us a more accurate count of applications!!! donchathunk????

[americana2009 0]

I agree!!!

[Revenesque 2]

No, just done at NVC - someone, who will not be named, messed up the table.

LOL, thanks for catching it. I didn't see it myself.

[Revenesque 2]

Trailmix--Oops, my NVC completion date is Jan 07 2010, not 2009. A minor correction when you're free. Thanks!

[sdw 10]

OK called and got an operator that read the script and was quite rude.

[trailmix 77]

egads!

Yes I haven't seen any difference between CR1/IR1 nor between DCF vs non-DCF (ie: couples living together or apart).

Member...........NOA2......Case# @NVC.....Mailed I-864....Mailed DS-230....RFE....Done @NVC....Interview...DTI

Revenesque.....05/28/08.....--/--/--........12/21/09........12/21/09........N.....01/07/10

ZansGirl.......03/09/09.....03/19/09........04/07/09........04/08/09........N.....09/25/09

biglos.........03/30/09.....--/--/--........06/12/09........07/16/09........-.....08/28/09.....01/27/10....155

intuitionsys.0904/01/09.....06/24/09........--/--/--........--/--/--........-.....09/24/09

justcheckin....04/06/09.....--/--/--........--/--/--........--/--/--........-.....08/04/09.....01/13/10....162

hisgirl........04/17/09.....--/--/--........--/--/--........--/--/--........-.....07/30/09.....01/20/10....174

americana2009..04/20/09..<-date filed I-130.--/--/--........--/--/--..sent pkt3>..07/23/09.....02/01/10....193

thund3r........04/21/09.....08/02/09........--/--/--........--/--/--........-.....09/11/09

Blitz..........05/04/09.....--/--/--........11/04/09........11/04/09........N.....09/25/09

andylans.......06/08/09..<-date filed I-130.--/--/--........--/--/--..sent pkt3>..07/22/09.....01/14/10....176

fifo...........06/22/09.....--/--/--........--/--/--........--/--/--........Y.....09/25/09

lgg............06/25/09.....07/08/09........--/--/--........--/--/--........-.....08/12/09.....01/26/10....167

Bern...........07/14/09.....08/11/09........10/30/09........10/30/09........N.....11/19/09

Malrothien.....07/15/09.....07/22/09........08/07/09........09/08/09........Y.....11/24/09

Kuds1..........07/17/09.....07/23/09........--/--/--........08/28/09........Y.....10/01/09

Lyn & Lisa.EP..07/22/09.....08/08/09........08/30/09........08/31/09........-.....10/09/09

La Souris.EP...07/30/09.....08/14/09........09/15/09........09/25/09........N.....10/02/09

redBlue........08/13/09.....08/17/09........09/12/09........09/16/09........-.....09/26/09

kballtex.EP....08/21/09.....09/01/09........09/15/09........09/25/09........-.....11/06/09

sdhiman.EP.....08/26/09.....09/08/09........09/17/09........10/21/09........N.....11/02/09

sdw..EP....... 08/28/09.....09/08/09........09/12/09........09/26/09........Y.....11/12/09

helvetica_bold.09/03/09.....--/--/--........08/06/09........05/20/09........Y.....09/03/09.....01/19/10....138

andyw1.........09/09/09.....--/--/--........03/16/09........05/12/09........Y.....09/23/09

Frequent Flyer.09/10/09.....09/25/09........10/26/09........11/02/09........N.....12/11/09

redmen99.EP....09/11/09.....09/28/09........10/09/09........10/27/09........N.....11/09/09

Saloni.........09/14/09.....09/29/09........10/06/09

mast3r12.EP....09/17/09.....10/01/09........10/17/09........10/22/09........Y.....11/12/09

wmtc...........09/18/09.....09/30/09........11/11/09........11/11/09........N.....12/01/09

She_Fitz.EP....09/26/09.....10/06/09........11/19/09........11/19/09........N.....12/10/09

WyattsTorch.EP.10/01/09.....10/14/09........10/26/09........10/26/09........Y.....11/12/09

lonie.EP.......10/03/09.....10/06/09........11/13/09........11/23/09........N.....12/21/09

Edmontongirl...11/02/09..<-date filed I-130/Approved Dec 30 --/--/--........N.....01/05/10

Timeline page for 2007, 2008 and 2009 interviews Montreal: link

CR1/IR1 interview letter: link

DTI - Days between completion at NVC and interview

DCF - Direct Consular Filing - EP - Electronic Processing