US Immigration from Canada

Hello,

quick timeline:

12-18-19: Interview. Approved. Given Pink Slip. Passport was kept. No 221g given or anything.

12-19-19: Immigrant visa changed to non-immigrant visa.

12-23-19: email received by Montreal for request for DS5535 - Sent back same date.

01-06-20: Inquiry email sent to Montreal by my Fianc for an update

01-06-20: Email received by Montreal on receiving the DS5535 questionnaire

01-06-20: Email received by Montreal on inquiry sent by Fianc (response in AP - the standard)

01-06-20: Case status updated assuming due to email's sent by Montreal.

01-07-20: case status updated

01-10-20: case status updated

01-15-20: case status updated

01-21-20: case status updated

01-27-20: Inquiry email sent to Montreal to inquire why are we getting asked for passport when it was kept during interview.

01-21-20: Received email from AIS-USvisa- to submit passport.

BUT THE PASSPORT WAS KEPT BY US MONTREAL EMBASSY ON 12/18/19.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

THERE IS NO CONTACT NUMBER.

WE HAVE EMAILED MONTREAL NO RESPONSE YET.

what should we do at this point.

PLEASE ANY HELP OR ADVICE IS APPRECIATED.

Our wedding date is February 22-2020.

I just feel this mess is going to delay the visa even further.

thank you

I'm not certain if this is the correct place, or if this belongs in the K1 forum.

I received a 221g form on December 4th after my k1/k2 interview in Montreal, and was required to send in more documents pertaining to the custody of my daughter. I quickly sent them in, as her father and I are on good terms and he's very willing to allow her to move with me. My file was immediately changed to AP on the CEAC website, while my daughter's was left at "Ready"

At my interview I was told everything else was good, and it would be highly unlikely I would need a second interview.

Today I did my daily check of my administrative processing status and saw they updated my file this morning, so I checked back in the afternoon and now it says "Ready" and " Your case is ready for you to schedule an interview at the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal." Obviously I'm going to try to schedule an interview as soon as possible, but has anyone else experienced this?

I haven't received any communication from the consulate and have no idea what this interview is about or what documents I need to prepare. Any advice for what to do? I emailed the consulate before posting here. I assume at this point I should book my interview and hope this is an error, and that I'll receive an update about my visa shortly, in which case I can cancel the unneeded interview, but I'm not too hopeful that will happen.

I'm mildly concerned that this may have something to do with me being pregnant. I'm due early May. I did submit proof that I was with my partner over the summer when our child was conceived, both a medical report and my passport with stamps showing I was in Miami with my partner for that period of time, but with the recent crackdown on birth tourism I'm a little worried even though I know that should affect my case at all, as we started our case nearly a year ago now, well before my pregnancy.

Edited to add: I'm not even sure how to book a second interview, the website (ais.usvisa-info.com) I used when I booked my first interview it doesn't give me an option to book another.

9 hours ago, Ryan H said:

A common refrain I've seen from posters whose cases also went through Montreal is that to satisfy the domicile requirement, a CO will expect the petitioner to be IN the US.

What if both the petitioner and the beneficiary show emails (setting future job on-site interview with recruiters for example) proving they are actually in the process of moving after the interview/ getting the visa ?

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