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Where did you find the ~3.4 percent statistic? Thanks.

Do so at your own risk. The checklist clearly states "By doing this, you acknowledge that you have gathered the required documents for each applicant, and that you will bring the originals and photocopies for your interview." Make sure your police certificate is requested under the Privacy Act. You don't get to pick your date. If you reschedule, you may have to wait a while.h The Packet 4 email says "Your appointment has been scheduled as noted at the end of this letter. If you cannot keep this date please notify this office immediately by email at: Montreal-IV- DV@state.gov ... Please note that there are long wait times for rescheduling appointments."

Good news! We finally received the green card in the mail today! Here was the timeline: 06/08/2022 Receipt date of I-485 02/17/2023 I-485 approved without interview 02/23/2023 Card was produced (via USCIS case status) 02/25/2023 Card was mailed (via USPS tracking history - no update on USCIS case status) 02/28/2023 Card was delivered (via USPS informed delivery - again, no update on USCIS case status) 🎊🥳

Hi, The CEAC status can sometimes be confusing because the text is written for all consular posts and each consulate has a slight variation on procedures. In our case, USC Montreal did not let us select our own visa appointment, but scheduled it for us automatically in the Packet 4 e-mail that they sent to us. This may have changed, but this is how it was 14 months ago. For now, do not submit DS-160 - you need to wait until the embassy sends you a Packet 3 e-mail, which can takes weeks. Do not schedule your medical until instructed to do so in Packet 4. If I were you, I would get Packet 3 documents ready so that when you receive the Packet 3, you are ready to send it back checked and signed the same day. If you are curious, the Packet 3 e-mail looks something like this (copied from my own records - 12/2021): The list in Packet 3 includes a police certificate under the privacy act from RCMP, which is probably the most difficult document to obtain [see below - *]. You also need a police certificate for every country where you have resided for at least 6 months since the age of 16. See this State Department page for more details on required Canadian documents: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Canada.html. In our case, we also needed to refer to the Brazilian documents page for birth certificates, military records, police reports. For example, if you studied abroad in France for 6 months, you will need to refer to the requirements for French documents. The Packet 4 e-mail for K-1s looks something like this: In our case, the website was not working properly so we were given an exception to pay the MRV fee in cash at the embassy -- it's probably been fixed since then, I hope! A PDF of the Packet 4 e-mail is needed to schedule the medical with the doctor via e-mail (see https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/MTL-Montreal.html for a list of doctors). During your medical exam, make sure to ask for DS-3025 (vaccine worksheet), which you will need for your Adjustment of Status after you get married in the US on your K-1 visa. I hope this helps! -D [*] The standard police report, which is usually sufficient for Canadian purposes, is not sufficient for the US government because the report often omits details such as expungements, cleared arrests, and dismissed charges. If you visit a police station in your province, they will probably select "Reason: Immigration" in the fingerprinting computer, which will give you an incomplete police report that will be rejected by the consulate. Many officer are not familiar with the Privacy Act option, which gives you a full, unredacted report. We used Commissionaires (https://commissionaires.ca/en/) because their online system lets you select the Privacy Act option when booking an appointment (at least the Ontario division of Commissionaires does).

Thanks. We did not receive such an e-mail.

Hi all, Some excellent news! We filed our Adjustment of Status (I-485) from a K-1 visa with a receipt date of 06/08/2022. Last Friday, 02/17/2023, our status for the I-485 was changed to Approved without interview. I don't know if our organization helped or we were just lucky. When assembling our package, we read every instruction, question, and answer about 5 times. We also put removable tabs on every sheet. We also paid for (and sent) certified marriage certificates since the seal is embossed and does not appear in the PDF scan. Or maybe it was our turn - our I-129F and K-1 forms took disproportionately long to approve. I-131 and I-765 are still in process - I presume they will be cancelled.

My spouse had their I-485 approved on Friday without interview and no RFE. I just checked our application package. We submitted a DS-3025 with our I-485 package and referenced it in the cover letter.