misa

Montreal does the bulk of petitions submitted in Canada, far more than the caseload that Vancouver has -- K-1s, K-3s, all the IR/CR-1s, and DCF. Plus all the other stuff they handle.

Ah, gotcha!

This is just me, but I'd rather have the "long" wait (really and truly, four months isn't all that bad) and the easy interview (montreal for the most part is painless when it comes to the actual interview), than a short wait and going through the wringer at the interview, like some of our VJ friends have to look forward to.

No, I hear you re: other countries. It's just really really hard to be away from my husband and I'd rather transfer to Vancouver and pay extra for the flight than wait longer for a Montreal interview date. You'd think that they'd get a clue and utilise the other consulates in Canada better! Yeah, I know, I'm just whining.

I'd pay up to $5,000 if that meant everything got processed and approved with visa in hand in very very short order.

As it stands now, I'm already spending a ton of money on flight tickets for visiting.

Congrats! Nice to see VSC working!

Oh, I can easily tell them that my "reason" will be that I'll be working out of the Vancouver branch for a little while... I am *so* willing to pay extra to travel to Vancouver if that means a speedy interview date than saving a few bucks and waiting months for Montreal.

Thanks for the input!

I have seen it in the timelines.

Whenever someone handles your case, it gets "touched" and the date changes in your portfolio online.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=42826

Ed2en, can you fill in your timeline so we can see how long things took for you from filing to NOA1 and approvals for both your I-130 and I-129F? I think it would give some hope to some other VSC people waiting.

Congrats!

I hope that VSC starts moving faster for everyone.

Where do you two currently live? Is she living in the U.S. and you are living in Canada? If so, you can't do DCF from Canada as they will only do it for U.S. citizens that are actually living in Canada.

Just want to be on top of things when things start getting forwarded to the various consulates. When you put in a transfer request, does the address you provide have to be a residential address or is a business address okay?

I'm far from my approval dates but want to be as knowledgable and prepared when my case is approved.

The company I work for has a Vancouver branch that could easily interoffice me any consulate mail through overnight packages to Toronto (totally secure, no chance of it getting lost since we deal with sensitive financial information). Could I just put the company's Vancouver address in the transfer request then?

Why does Montreal take so freaking long?

Do they do interview dates based on priority (i.e., some visa interviews take precedence) or is it in the order they receive the approved petitions?

I wish that some of the other Consulates across Canada would do K1/K3/CR visas too...

Look at my timeline, because it shows a Canadian being married in the States (March 2006), then going back to Canada to wait for the K3 visa. It will take about 10 months before he can enter the States again.

Was your Canadian husband barred from entry for visits until the K3 is done?

All K3 petitions are mailed to Chicago, and then they used to be immediately forwaded to Nebraska for processing. Now Nebraska is sending them out to California and Vermont for the "faster processing."

Right, duh! I totally forgot the forwarding part! I hope VSC speeds up their processing soon for both 130 and 129F.

Oh yes that is normal. They tell you to follow instructions. I sent mine to Nebraska and they fowarded it to California.

Dave

Your I-129F? I thought that all I-129F's for K3s are supposed to be sent to Chicago initially?

I know I only started this but it'd be nice to see some VSC approvals for people who have been waiting!

That's interesting - darn Canadians! I would never have guessed that Colombia would be number 2, interesting

Pesky Canadians.

Add me to the list:

misa-------------------- 11/20/06 (VSC) ------Pending

Glad to hear you guys finally got the interview!

Congrats!

We got a fairly quick response and NOA1 back for our I-130 which was mailed in the same time as yours. See my signature for timeline.

Yodrak's right. Part 2 of the question talks about eligibility, not location.

The main question says:

22. Complete the information below if your relative is in the United States and will apply for adjustment of status.

So we didn't complete any information to question 22 since I am not in the U.S. We left it blank.

Did anyone else here leave question 22 blank?

Awesome guys! Thanks for the info.

I left C.22 blank as I'm not in the U.S. at all.

Was that correct or will that cause delays?

Thanks for the info. I've definitely got proof of constant contact, but I guess like so many things, it's up to the consular officer to decide.

Just wondering...

For married couples pursuing the K3 that have met & married in a short amount of time (less than 2 years knowing each other) are you ever asked to provide proof of ongoing relationship prior to or at the consular interview? I'm thinking things like flight tickets, phone bills, photos, emails, chat logs, etc.

This sounds too easy.. I'm still not wrapping my mind around why the CDN gov. will give citizens who choose to leave the country EI Benefits. But heck! I paid in (and have never ever claimed before).

I'm so curious as to if it works this way. If so, sweet! Can someone confirm this is exactly how it works (and is that easy)? Also, does this apply for both K1 and K3 people?

I say, go and stick it out at the passport office instead of mailing it in. Canada Post sucks... You'll feel better knowing after you apply in person that they give you a definite pick-up date.

If you do your application online (not the pdf, actually fill out online and be able to save all the info and come back to it later) and then print out, have everything organised when you get there to get a ticket number, they will usually fast track you to a speedier window.