Our interview and Montreal Review

midalake · November 24, 2007

Jill was in the States, and we left the Upper Michigan, on Wednesday for her house in Guelph. Weather was bad so we went on to Trenton to her moms house. Thursday we headed to Montreal with blowing snow conditions. What was a four hour ride turned into 6. It was not pretty. We checked into the Hotel, la Tour de Centre Ville. Got a bite to eat and went to bed. The Counsoulate was closed on Thursday, and Friday did not seem very busy. We arrived at 8 and there were two people waiting to be searched. We went into a waiting area then up to the 17th floor. We got our number, and waited. We got called to the dreded window #10 [the crabby lady] After some white-out on our forms [which the NVC did not have a problem with] and a fuss about changing Jill's last name in her passport,we waited to be called for our interview. The interview went fine with just a few questions. I feel the gentleman that interviewed us may have been one of the few who knows the most about the process. All in all, the final step is about going through the motions. A few other comments are:

I highly reccommend the Hotel, la Tour de Centre Ville. Especially in winter. Yes it is not the hotel Ritz, you you cannot beat the location.

Get good maps of Montreal, it is a large city with no english signs.

Make sure you read ALL of the instructions on the final letter[one lady there did not have her post express mailer]

Of the 4 different parties we talked to at the interview we were the only ones who used the VJ website. At this time I would like to thank ALL who help others going through this difficult process.

Peace Dave and Jill