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I personally didn't have to send in anything other than a new medical and my passport, but others have had to send in updated police checks, and other requested items that are specific to their cases.
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Here is a copy of the tracker the Montreal WOM group is using to give everyone an idea of timelines: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UE4-Bx5WxAFwmayQkiCro89PdB5CCpl1iYL8HcXU524/edit?usp=sharing
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My timeline with WOM from file to visa in hand was 92 days. We are seeing anywhere from 80 - 140 days from filing to approval. In that window, they ask you to redo your medical and send in any additional documentation.
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Congrats @ice-qube!!! You are almost there! You will get a 30-60 day extension (60 days is most common) request from the defense, it will be granted by the judge, and if we go by the data of our previous cases, your visa will be issued ~4-8 weeks after they receive all of your requested documents! HOME STRETCH. START PLANNING YOUR RELO! The suit is working exactly how it is supposed to. So happy for you!
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Yes, this is not for the faint of heart- it nearly destroyed me as well. I am still not recovered and I just crossed last week. I submitted a PDF of an excel sheet of all my travel with my DS5535 response email as I had over 100 trips to report. It wasn't an issue. You should be fine. .
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K1 still has a packet. Would be great if they could get rid of that too! One more thing to be anxious about losing or that they have screwed something up inside it
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Any updates you get now that you are in a WOM are not meaningless. They are actively working on your case as that is what they are forced to do now. You are 57 days into your suit. If you look at the various file to close dates on our WOM group spreadsheet, you have a few months to wait still but it is coming!! Stay strong. The end is near.
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There were some clearing on their own before March 2022. That was when everything stopped going through. Shame we don't have that old spreadsheet that Dani had done with all the new people. It really helped for newbies to see how many of us there actually are/were and the timelines.
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AMAZING!!! I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!! YOU ARE FREE!
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Probably the greatest irony of this entire process is that you are free to visit the US during the extreme vetting process of the DS-5535. You are such a security threat to the US, that they still welcome you with open arms as a tourist! You just have to be upfront that you are in AP. I don't believe any of us here that did travel while in DS5535 had any issues at all...
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What's your visa category again? I'm sorry if you already said, but I don't have he energy to go back and find it and your profile doesn't contain it. It could be that for your particular visa they plan to process it faster, hence keeping your passport, which has happened in some visas that are not K1& IR-1/CR-1. And perhaps for your visa category, there is a rule that they need to have it for your case to remain in que. They continue to process family based visas with or without a passport as they expect people need to have their passports to visit their fiancees and spouses while they wait (how kind of them). Are you DV, or employment based?
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Thanks for the intel. AP cases (simply missing or incomplete documents, medical hasn't arrived or RFEs) are one thing but DS-5535 is a whole other ballgame. Did they specifically comment on the DS-5535 case wait to improve? It seems there is now a mix on this thread of just 221g APs and DS-5535 cases, which can make it confusing as to what people's circumstances are. Waiting 30 days in DS-5535 is nothing and you can expect months to go (dare I say could be a year or longer). We tried the congressman and senator route while a few months into DS-5535 and it went absolutely no where. They got the same canned response we did and they don't hold any jurisdiction over federal department of state to get them to move any faster on "security issue vetting" which DS-5535 is. (all of us criminal Canadians). Whichever camp you are in (AP or DS-5535) I wish you best of luck! My DS-5535 cleared last month after 11 months and 3 ish months after filing a WOM.
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Very true - usually 3 weeks tops if using Canadian Fingerprinting Company in Toronto.
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Part 2 thread started, dedicated to all families affected by Montreal's egregious delays.
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