HaeZee

Ooh! How did it go? I hadn't realized you were so close to mine.

Visa officially in hand, I picked it up from my pick up location today. Interview was 18th, shipped the 19th, pick up the 21st. Pick up seems totally viable for those of you who are interested!

Manitoba. It was picked up yesterday from the consulate and it updated this morning that it should be there today, so I might be able to go get it tomorrow? That's not bad considering they said 2-3 weeks!

Well my passport moved to Issued today, while I was on my flight home from Montreal and it says it should be delivered to the post office I selected on Sept 21, so I guess I can go pick it up friday!

For me it was the main downtown post office, but Winnipeg isn't as large as Toronto so they could have multiple I suppose, but you'll at least have your city's Canada Post HQ to pick up from I think.

I did this because my neighborhood has a porch pirate issue and I wanted to take zero chances. My pickup point is just the downtown post office in my city. My interview was today so I will let you know how it goes with pickup.

I was just going to post about it so here it goes! A few weeks ago I got an email with a different appointment time, so this morning I went at the first appointment time and asked which one I should attend since I didn't want to miss it! The guard at the door said come back at 1045 which was the time in the most recent interview update. I grabbed breakfast and went back to the hotel to chill. At 1045 I was back at the consulate and checked in. The guy at the door checks you off a list, you go through the door and a person immediately to the right checks your passport, gives you a ticket with your appointment number on it and then you go through security and put your phone in a tiny locker and then go up the elevator. Once there I was immediately called into a room and asked for: My birth certificate Marriage certificate My husband's 2022 taxes My RCMP check Passport Photo Passport (I had a folder of 20 other things so I was surprised that's all he wanted) They asked about my address, my husband's address, phone number, where I would be living. And then had me sit back down and wait for the interview. About 20 mins later I was called to a different portal with a different person who asked: My husband's full name How we met What our wedding was like What my husband does for work After that, she told me her system was down but she intends to set me for approval and I should have my stuff back in 2-3 weeks. I was there for less than an hour, I was surprised at how quick it was! Anyways, here's hoping for a quick processing... my husband and I are so excited at the thought of putting this process behind us!