IR1 / CR1 - Montreal Timeline to Interview

[Serendipity_ 0]

update - Case at NVC as of 03/10/09

[Travis & Kim 0]

good luck everyone on their March interviews, I am off for vacation for 2 + weeks - hope to see some good news from you all when I get back

[trailmix 77]

Updated Serendipity

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

to_hope........07/08/08.....--/--/--........--/--/--........--/--/--........-.....11/26/08.....03/15/09....109

thebradshaws...08/18/08.....08/22/08........09/08/08........09/26/08........-.....11/05/08.....01/13/09.... 72

Rexalite.......09/03/09.....--/--/--........--/--/--........--/--/--........-.....02/05/09

Shiri..........09/12/08.....09/24/08........10/04/08........10/29/08........Y.....12/01/08.....03/24/09....113

sly_wolf.......09/17/08.....09/24/08........10/04/08........10/29/08........-.....10/30/08.....01/07/09.... 69

Shaesta........--/--/--.....--/--/--........--/--/--........--/--/--........-.....12/05/08.....03/26/09....111

ohmy...........11/07/08.....--/--/--........--/--/--........--/--/--........-.....02/20/09

Travis&Kim.....12/01/08.....12/04/08........12/27/08........12/27/08........Y.....01/14/09.....04/16/09.... 92

Reeena..DCF....11/07/08.....--/--/--........--/--/--........01/04/09........N.....01/04/09.....04/24/09....110

carslo.........01/06/09.....01/12/09

Moosker........01/06/09.....01/13/09........01/28/09........02/12/09........Y.....02/25/09

OBX............01/20/09.....01/26/09........02/07/09........02/07/09........N.....02/13/09

A&M............01/21/09.....01/23/09........02/03/09........02/18/09........N.....02/26/09

Serendipity....03/05/09.....03/10/09

Interviews to December 2008

Member.........NOA2.....Case# @NVC..3032/AOS.....I-864......IV Bill......DS230......Done @NVC...Interview...DTI

thermophile..03/01/05...06/05/05....06/05/05....11/28/06....08/15/06....11/15/06....04/03/07....08/09/07....128

samaci.......03/13/06......--..........--..........--..........--..........--.......03/30/07....10/05/07...*132

neiks........05/02/06...05/30/06....06/06/06....07/03/06....07/03/06....08/10/06....09/20/06....06/28/07....93R

djc..........09/09/06......--..........--..........--..........--.......03/26/07....04/16/07....11/30/07....228

kaftar.......09/21/06...10/04/06....10/24/06....11/01/06....11/04/06....11/20/06....04/26/07....11/16/07....204

pororoca.....10/31/06...11/27/06....11/27/06....12/17/06....12/26/06....01/16/07....04/27/07....11/16/07....203

midalake.....12/19/06...01/02/07....01/08/07....01/28/07.......--..........--.......05/15/07....11/23/07....192

Glady........01/28/07...03/11/07....03/14/07....04/23/07.......--.......04/23/07....05/29/07....11/27/07....182

C&C.............--.........--..........--.......05/01/07.......--.......05/01/07....06/08/07....11/30/07....175

Misty1979....03/06/07...03/26/07....04/02/07....04/23/07....04/23/07....06/06/07....06/18/07....12/06/07....171

Karina.......03/13/07...03/26/07....04/23/07....05/14/07....05/07/07....05/21/07....06/01/07....08/30/07.... 90

comelly......04/19/07...05/01/07....05/29/07....06/26/07....06/14/07....07/15/07....07/30/07....12/06/07....129

prg321.......04/27/07...05/15/07....06/19/07....06/25/07....07/21/07....--/--/--....12/17/07....03/28/08....102

kcmetzy......05/03/07...05/18/07....06/12/07....06/25/07....07/06/07....07/23/07....01/29/08....04/22/08.... 84

Knowledge....05/09/07...--/--/--....06/12/07....07/19/07....07/19/07....08/22/07....10/05/07....01/16/08....103

trailmix.....06/05/07...06/19/07....07/02/07....07/02/07....08/09/07....08/17/07....11/30/07....02/19/08.... 81

Schmelle.....06/06/07......--.......07/25/07....08/17/07....08/18/07.......--.......11/28/07....02/22/08.... 86

S & J........06/19/07...07/10/07....07/23/07....09/03/07....08/17/07....09/03/07....10/26/07....04/22/08.... 84

LadyJane.....07/02/07...07/20/07....08/06/07....09/05/07....09/06/07....09/24/07....11/08/07....01/18/08.... 71

lebtro.........--..........--..........--.........--...........--..........--.......11/15/07....02/22/08.... 99

bearmirus....07/13/07......--..........--.........--...........--.......11/29/07....12/14/07....03/17/08.... 94

maja.........07/19/07......--.......09/03/07....09/03/07....09/22/07....09/22/07....11/24/07....02/15/08.... 83

whitesnail...08/21/07...08/27/07....09/11/07....10/08/07....10/15/07....11/12/07....12/14/07....03/20/08.... 97

parinita.....08/22/07......--.......09/24/07....10/12/07....10/12/07....11/19/07....02/16/08....04/24/08.... 68

Buffalobound.09/29/07...10/15/07....10/22/07....10/30/07....11/17/07....12/01/07....12/14/07....03/25/08....102

Davin&Rachel....--.........--..........--.........--...........--..........--.......12/14/07....03/25/08...*102

Moos.........10/03/07...10/05/07....10/15/07....11/12/07....--/--/--....--/--/--....06/24/08....08/22/08.... 59

amberlynn....10/15/07...10/--/07....10/29/07....11/13/07....11/24/07....01/04/08....02/19/08....04/24/08.... 65

Toastburglar.10/17/07...11/05/07....11/07/07....12/09/07....12/09/07....02/25/08....03/26/08....06/13/08.... 79

SarahLiz.....12/14/07...01/02/08....01/28/08....02/16/08....02/27/08....04/24/08....06/04/08....08/20/08.... 77

LindaB.......12/19/07...01/04/08....01/23/08....01/25/08....02/12/08....02/27/08....04/23/08....07/21/08.... 89

jynxdragnfly.01/02/08...01/15/07....02/04/08....02/12/08....02/29/08....03/26/08....04/30/08....08/04/08.... 96

cattattude...02/15/08...02/18/08....03/10/08....04/30/08....04/29/08....05/30/08....06/18/08....08/28/08.... 71

badspellor...03/07/08...03/18/08....04/11/08....04/23/08....04/17/08....06/24/08....06/25/08....09/09/08.... 76

Molson.......03/13/08...04/07/08....05/21/08....06/12/08....06/13/08....06/17/08....06/27/08....09/08/08.... 73

inkypinky....06/17/08...06/25/08....06/30/08....07/11/08....07/25/08....08/06/08....09/11/08....11/06/08.... 56

adibiase.....07/10/08...07/15/08....07/30/08....09/08/08....07/30/08....09/17/08....10/07/08....12/11/08.... 65

wowswift.....07/14/08...07/18/08....07/23/08....08/13/08....08/05/08....08/29/08....09/09/08....11/26/08.... 78

ruriburi.....07/17/08...07/24/08....07/28/08....09/23/08....08/13/08....08/18/08....10/03/08....12/09/08.... 67

jedinite.....08/11/08...08/14/08....08/15/08....09/18/08....09/10/08....09/18/08....09/29/08....12/03/08.... 65

CHD..........08/12/08...08/18/08....08/29/08....08/29/08....08/29/08....08/30/08....09/30/08....12/04/08.... 65

MsZ..........08/25/08...09/03/08....09/15/08....09/19/08....09/18/08....09/11/08....10/08/08....12/18/08.... 71

FrazellThomas09/18/08......--..........--..........--..........--..........--.......10/30/08....12/18/08.... 52

CR1/IR1 interview letter: link

R = neiks - days to interview calculated for original interview date Dec 22/06 (rescheduled for June 28/07)

* = samaci - days to interview calculated for original interview date Aug 9th (rescheduled for Oct. 5th)

* = Davin and Rachel - days to interview calculated for original interview date March 25th (rescheduled for May 7th)

DTI - Days between completion at NVC and interview

[shiri 0]

Congrats to everyone with all their updates! Good luck on the interviews this month. I leave early in the morning a week from tomorrow. I am excited to see my husband. I will post as quickly as I can, but I am afraid I will not have internet access while I am in Canada. I will have to do it when I get back which won't be until the very end of March beginning of April. I am really excited. *blush* I already said that. I sorta wish that some of us from vj were going to be there on the same day. I just can't believe it is this close. Like I said congrats on all the updates on cases and progress. I hope it goes smoothly and quickly for you!

[Argent 0]

Hi everyone,

Our case was completed today (03.13.09) at the NVC. Guess we'll have to wait till next month to see if we can get an interview date for May. Keeping our fingers crossed.

Good luck everyone.

Argent

[Moosker 7]

shiri - let us know how your interview and everything went!!!!

[July09Bride 1]

Come on Montreal! Give us some more dates!

For what it's worth, the operator at NVC that I spoke to said that they schedule after the 15th of the month for the next block of interviews, which would be 4 to 8 weeks away. It sounds like they say a lot of different things to different people. I have high hopes for next week!

Rexalite, that's an iteresting tidbit of news! Amazingly though, that makes sense. Seems like no one has an interview date, and then all of a sudden... BAM! A bunch of people get interview dates! I'm hoping that same piece of information is true for the K1, too.

I too have hope for next week! When I emailed Montreal yesterday, the responder did say to contact them again within the next couple of weeks... perhaps that's what he/she was alluding to... Hmmmmm.... I'm staying positive!

[Reeena 0]

When I called on the 3rd I didnt have an interview...then I called on the 4th and I had one...

I called the other day just to double check and the operator confirmed I had an interview on the 24th and that my notice went out on the 4th in the mail...BTW I still havent received my letter yet.

[AddyG 0]

Good luck to those with March interviews! Please let us know how they go!

[rexalite 0]

Well I called again and still no date for me. The woman on the phone said that on the 15th of every month, they schedule the next entire month's worth of interviews. This doesn't particularly make sense, as that would only give someone 2 weeks notice if your interview is at the beginning of the month. I call shenanigans on that. Also it seems like the interviews are trickled out over the course of the month based on the posts here. That is the second person who has told me that they schedule all calls the 15th of the month though. I wonder if they are just trying to discourage people from calling too often? I have just been calling once a week, but I am ready bump it up and call every day, I swear! I just want to know when the interview is so I can get on with my life! I am afraid to plan anything for fear that my interview is going to end uop right in the middle of it!

[trailmix 77]

Well I called again and still no date for me. The woman on the phone said that on the 15th of every month, they schedule the next entire month's worth of interviews. This doesn't particularly make sense, as that would only give someone 2 weeks notice if your interview is at the beginning of the month. I call shenanigans on that. Also it seems like the interviews are trickled out over the course of the month based on the posts here. That is the second person who has told me that they schedule all calls the 15th of the month though. I wonder if they are just trying to discourage people from calling too often? I have just been calling once a week, but I am ready bump it up and call every day, I swear! I just want to know when the interview is so I can get on with my life! I am afraid to plan anything for fear that my interview is going to end uop right in the middle of it!

You are absolutely right to call shenanigans on this rexalite - they are not telling you the truth.

Scheduling can go on well in to and past the 3rd week of the month - they do not schedule the next month on the 15th - getting an interview in the following month is out of the question for some consulates and as you know, not even the norm for Montreal.

I did speak to an operator once, when I was calling about my Husband's interview date - and she actually bothered to tell me what was really happening - she told me that Montreal had not finished scheduling yet for the month - this was in the 3rd week of the month - and that I should call back the following week (called back the end of the third week and got his interview date).

The lip service they give about the '2nd week' or the '15th' is just their standard no brainer reply - disregard and as you planned - keep on calling! Good luck

[OBX 51]

Well I called again and still no date for me. The woman on the phone said that on the 15th of every month, they schedule the next entire month's worth of interviews. This doesn't particularly make sense, as that would only give someone 2 weeks notice if your interview is at the beginning of the month. I call shenanigans on that. Also it seems like the interviews are trickled out over the course of the month based on the posts here. That is the second person who has told me that they schedule all calls the 15th of the month though. I wonder if they are just trying to discourage people from calling too often? I have just been calling once a week, but I am ready bump it up and call every day, I swear! I just want to know when the interview is so I can get on with my life! I am afraid to plan anything for fear that my interview is going to end uop right in the middle of it!

Well I guess that saves me a call today.

We have been getting the same story when we call and it doesn't make any sense to me either. I'm going on the hope of a May interview but it is very difficult to plan anything when you have no idea of the date.

We are going to call at least a couple of times a week and eventually there WILL be some good news.

Good luck to everyone waiting!

Edited March 19, 2009 by OBX

[Moosker 7]

I called yesterday, no luck! The lady said "unfortunately you did not make the April cut-off...." (duh) then she went on to read the screen and tell me Montreal was busy, full, and to wait until the first two weeks of April to call back. Of course I'm always super nice! I just want to know my date so I can start my countdown!

[OBX 51]

I called yesterday, no luck! The lady said "unfortunately you did not make the April cut-off...." (duh) then she went on to read the screen and tell me Montreal was busy, full, and to wait until the first two weeks of April to call back. Of course I'm always super nice! I just want to know my date so I can start my countdown!

My husband just spoke to NVC. They were trying to be helpful but said there was no way to predict if there would be a May interview date. They suggested contacting the Montreal consulate. Back to the waiting room

[FormelyCA 0]

To all the ppl hoping for an April/May interview:

I am completely annoyed here. COMPLETELY....First, I wanna say i have been VERY patient in this all things considered. I have only called and email a handful of times. More so in the last few weeks because I am not at home now and won't see my mail so calling/emailing is best for me.

First, I sent my packet 3 in January 19th, so I was expecting April interview,. early May at worst. ANYWAY....................I emailed Montreal this morning, and asked if I could expect an April interview or should I plan for May?

They said this:

"Could be May or June 2009.

Thanks,

OP2"

OH HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL NO.

I am telling my fiancé to contact his congressman. First, our NOA2 was approved in October and EVEN THOUGH WE INDICATED ON THE FORM we wanted to deal with MONTREAL (I lived in Korea at the time but was coming back to Canada within the next few months I filed and NEW that I was going to be in Canada and NOT Korea). So, low and behold our file was sent to KOREA (I was in Canada now). UGH.

Back and forth from Montreal to Korea we got different stories. Montreal: "Korea needs to request the file". Korea: "MOntreal needs to request it" #######!! Finally Korea said they sent it over, ok. We wait 3 weeks (me thinking it was on its way to Montreal from Korea), I contact Montreal..nothing. ####### how long does it take to send something in the mail?? Call Korea and they tell me, "It was not sent and Montreal has to request it" R U KIDDING ME!!! WE ARE BACK HERE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!HOW CAN SO MANY PPL BE INCOMPETENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, we had 4 way emails now...me, my fiancé, Montreal and Korea so that WE ALL could get our stories straight. My fiancé sent a nasty letter to both of them and Montreal sent an in depth letter explaining the mix-up. Whatever, OK. Fine.

So, THREE MONTHS LATER, it is in January and we got our packet 3. THREE FRIGGAN MONTHS!!! I literally send it back the SAME DAY, OVERNIGHT EXPRESS. So, I get it January 19th, send it back same day (even tho Canada Post sucks and it actually took 2 days....got my money back tho It gets there on January 21st.

So....I think we should be a little bumped on the list a bit seeing as we have waiting SO long for a LOT OF PPL's COMPLETE INCOMPETENCY. I have seen ppl send in there stuff for January and HAVE ALREADY HAD A MARCH INTERVIEW. Or at LEAST April!!!! #######!!!

How does this happen?? Now they are saying MAY OR JUNE EVEN!!!!!!!!

I am sooooooooo peed off right now. I have been extremely patient. I know this takes time and I was set up for this. But come on.

UGH.

Rant over

Has anyone reading this sent in their packet later then January 20th and already scheduled for an interview?

Edited March 19, 2009 by carrieandadrian11