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Montreal Interview Spreadsheet

USCIS

NOA1 08/19/08

NOA2 01/20/09

NVC

Received 01/26/09

Completed 02/13/09 (19 Days)

Interview Assigned 03/27/09 (6 weeks after NVC completion)

Medical

04/14/09 (Toronto)

Interview

Montreal 05/12/09 (88 days after NVC completion) **APPROVED**

POE

06/16/09 Buffalo

07/02/09 Welcome Letter Received

07/07/09 Applied for SSN

07/10/09 "Card production ordered" email received

07/13/09 SSN received

07/14/09 "Approval notice sent" email received

07/17/09 GREEN CARD received

Removal of Conditions

03/21/11 I-751 mailed to VSC

03/23/11 I-751 received at VSC

03/29/11 Cheque Cashed

03/30/11 NOA1 received (3/24/11)

04/11/11 Biometrics appointment notice received

05/05/11 Biometric appointment

12/13/11 **Approval date** (5 days short of 9 months!)

12/19/11 Approval letter and green card received

Naturalization

05/16/2019 Filed online (estimated completion February 2020)

05/18/2019 Biometrics scheduled

05/21/2019 Receipt notice and biometrics notices posted to online account.05/23/2019 Hard copy of NOA1 received

05/24/2019 Hard copy of biometrics appointment received

06/07/2019 Biometrics appointment (estimated completion January 2020)

12/31/2019 Email received "Interview scheduled"

01/01/2020 Interview date notice posted to online account (02/19/2020)

01/05/2019 Hard copy of interview appointment received

02/19/2020 Interview (**Approved**) and same day Oath Ceremony. 

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FireRay
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Kinda disapointing to see no names on the bottom of that list have any interview dates scheduled. No interviews scheduled in Montreal(Minus Cndwife) Lets hope those names get dates soon!

Jadenjewel
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Hey everybody waiting I just checked when I got my interview date and it was this day last month. So be ready as I had less than 3 weeks to my interview! I hope all the June group get to finish this

AB2CO
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Me neither . . . at this point I'm assuming that Montreal has fallen behind even further and I won't see a December appointment. How it can end up taking them 3 months to get through the June case co

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Kathy and our son Adam now have their visas, and we are now together in the US!

I just wanted to warn people however about how slow it can be at POE. Kathy flew out of Toronto Pearson Intl, terminal 1. Her flight was booked for Saturday Dec. 11 at 9:15am. She arrived at the airport with our 2yr old son Adam at 6:15am and was face to face with a U.S. customs officer by 7:00am. He instructed her to wait in a secondary area for her visa to be stamped. She waited there for OVER 2 HOURS AND MISSED HER FLIGHT!!! The Air Canada representative in the Customs waiting area could not do anything to help, and told her that this was an unusually slow day. Once she got called up it took only 30 seconds for them to take her papers and stamp her passport. Since her bags had not yet been checked, however, she couldn't board her flight because they need at least 30 minutes to process the baggage.

Kathy and Adam stayed at a hotel and took the same flight the following day. With their visas already processed, they didn't need to wait in the secondary area this time. However, they did notice that on Sunday it was WAY less busy.

I wish someone had told us that this could happen. We thought that arriving at the airport 3 hours early would be plenty of time, but on a bad day apparently not. Be warned!

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Hi everyone! I have been a lurker for several months but I thought I should finally say hello. My fiance (he's the American, I'm the Canadian) sent our application in end of July so we're hoping we're going to hear something soon too. Congrats to everyone who just got their interview date! That's exciting!!!

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just wondering if nvc has done scheduled interview for this month.there are few of us from august case complete..dont knw if anyone heard anythng from nvc

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Montreal Interview Spreadsheet

USCIS

NOA1 08/19/08

NOA2 01/20/09

NVC

Received 01/26/09

Completed 02/13/09 (19 Days)

Interview Assigned 03/27/09 (6 weeks after NVC completion)

Medical

04/14/09 (Toronto)

Interview

Montreal 05/12/09 (88 days after NVC completion) **APPROVED**

POE

06/16/09 Buffalo

07/02/09 Welcome Letter Received

07/07/09 Applied for SSN

07/10/09 "Card production ordered" email received

07/13/09 SSN received

07/14/09 "Approval notice sent" email received

07/17/09 GREEN CARD received

Removal of Conditions

03/21/11 I-751 mailed to VSC

03/23/11 I-751 received at VSC

03/29/11 Cheque Cashed

03/30/11 NOA1 received (3/24/11)

04/11/11 Biometrics appointment notice received

05/05/11 Biometric appointment

12/13/11 **Approval date** (5 days short of 9 months!)

12/19/11 Approval letter and green card received

Naturalization

05/16/2019 Filed online (estimated completion February 2020)

05/18/2019 Biometrics scheduled

05/21/2019 Receipt notice and biometrics notices posted to online account.05/23/2019 Hard copy of NOA1 received

05/24/2019 Hard copy of biometrics appointment received

06/07/2019 Biometrics appointment (estimated completion January 2020)

12/31/2019 Email received "Interview scheduled"

01/01/2020 Interview date notice posted to online account (02/19/2020)

01/05/2019 Hard copy of interview appointment received

02/19/2020 Interview (**Approved**) and same day Oath Ceremony. 

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is there still hope that nvc will schedule more interview for january..

I'm afraid you won't get a good answer anywhere to that question!

I was in pretty much the same boat as you last month . . . a late June case complete, and the early June folks had got their interviews the previous month. The mid-June case completes got their emails on Saturday, Nov 6 . . . and then there was nothing. As it dragged past mid-month I resigned myself to Montreal not getting through the rest of the June case completes in December. Then out of nowhere I got my email for a December interview on Saturday, Nov 20 and it zipped ahead into July folks. So this month some earlier August case completes got their notifications fairly early in the month, and now it has gone quiet again. Unfortunately, only time will tell if that's it for the month.

Hope there's still more to come . . . but don't hold your breath. And don't take anything the NVC operators tell you about whether scheduling has started or finished as definitive either. They generally just parrot the party line . . . "interviews are scheduled in the second week of the month for the following month". Anybody who has followed this thread for a while knows that is not accurate . . last month alone demonstrates that.

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Jeff had his medical yesterday. He got poked and prodded and everything went well. He should be picking up the results next week. Now it's my turn to get super organized with all of the paperwork, because God know Jeff doesn't know how to organize anything. :)

24 more days til interview! Woot!

J-

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03-05-2008: Met Online (World of Warcraft)

04-19-2008: Met in Person and Started Dating

04-19-2009: Engaged

08-07-2009: Married at Laconia, New Hampshire

USCIS

10-21-2009: Mailed I-130

10-26-2009: NOA1

05-17-2010: NOA2

Our I-130 was approved in 203 days from our NOA1 date

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05-25-2010: Called NVC to receive case # and submit emails

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06-09-2010: Opt-in accepted

06-16-2010: E-mailed I-864 package

06-23-2010: IV Fee Paid

07-12-2010: E-mailed DS230 package

08-04-2010: Email from NVC - Case Completed

NVC process completed in 71 days

CONSULATE

12-07-2011: Received consulate interview date

12-13-2010: Medical Exam (Medisys)

01-07-2011: Interview - APPROVED!

POE & POST INTERVIEW

01-16-2011: POE Highgate Springs, VT

01-22-2011: SSN Card Received

01-24-2011: Receipt Letter Arrived

02-10-2011: Biometrics Appointment (uncommon for CR-1)

03-15-2011: Welcome Notice Received

03-19-2011: 2 Year Green Card Arrived

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Interview this morning . . . in at 7:30 (got the coveted A :) ) . . . first one done, out by 8:30 . . . APPROVED!!!! :thumbs::dancing:

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Interview this morning . . . in at 7:30 (got the coveted A :) ) . . . first one done, out by 8:30 . . . APPROVED!!!! :thumbs::dancing:

congrats! Another Canadian off to join their loved one in the states!! woo Hoo :)

Congratulations!!! We leave tomorrow for ours on Monday.

Good luck :thumbs:

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~~~I-130 Sent : 2009-11-24~~~

~~~ Medical : 2010-09-28~~~ ~~~ MTL Interview : 2010-10-20~~~ ~~~ APPROVED~~~

~~~POE Date :2010-10-31~~~ ~~~Received SSN's 2010-11-08~~

~~~Welcome Letter/Notice Receipt :2010-11-30~~~ ~~~Received Our Green Cards 2010-12-06~~~

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Interview this morning . . . in at 7:30 (got the coveted A :) ) . . . first one done, out by 8:30 . . . APPROVED!!!! :thumbs::dancing:

:dance: Congratulations!

Congratulations!!! We leave tomorrow for ours on Monday.

Good luck! :thumbs:

Montreal Interview Spreadsheet

USCIS

NOA1 08/19/08

NOA2 01/20/09

NVC

Received 01/26/09

Completed 02/13/09 (19 Days)

Interview Assigned 03/27/09 (6 weeks after NVC completion)

Medical

04/14/09 (Toronto)

Interview

Montreal 05/12/09 (88 days after NVC completion) **APPROVED**

POE

06/16/09 Buffalo

07/02/09 Welcome Letter Received

07/07/09 Applied for SSN

07/10/09 "Card production ordered" email received

07/13/09 SSN received

07/14/09 "Approval notice sent" email received

07/17/09 GREEN CARD received

Removal of Conditions

03/21/11 I-751 mailed to VSC

03/23/11 I-751 received at VSC

03/29/11 Cheque Cashed

03/30/11 NOA1 received (3/24/11)

04/11/11 Biometrics appointment notice received

05/05/11 Biometric appointment

12/13/11 **Approval date** (5 days short of 9 months!)

12/19/11 Approval letter and green card received

Naturalization

05/16/2019 Filed online (estimated completion February 2020)

05/18/2019 Biometrics scheduled

05/21/2019 Receipt notice and biometrics notices posted to online account.05/23/2019 Hard copy of NOA1 received

05/24/2019 Hard copy of biometrics appointment received

06/07/2019 Biometrics appointment (estimated completion January 2020)

12/31/2019 Email received "Interview scheduled"

01/01/2020 Interview date notice posted to online account (02/19/2020)

01/05/2019 Hard copy of interview appointment received

02/19/2020 Interview (**Approved**) and same day Oath Ceremony. 

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