MapleSyrup2007

DQ'd JUly 25th, received IL today for December 18th, we will be together for Christmas hopefully! If not, definitely by the New Year!!

It is ridiculous. It cannot possibly take that long. I have read in a few places that the scheduling in Montreal slows down in the fall. I understand there would be a pause for Thanksgiving in November and Christmas in December, but that does not account for why it has taken so long to make the June appointments and why they have not sent out IL for the month of October.

I have been following a couple of threads, I know of over a dozen who were DQ'd in July, ranging from the 10th, to the 27th... hubby and I were DQ'd July 25th and nobody has heard anything. I was hopeful that maybe there would be something this morning since it is the last Wednesday of the month. Honestly, this is a horrible mind game. The patterns in the past from Montreal haven't been followed at all this month. I am beginning to believe that we will not be reunited until the New Year, which is so discouraging. When we got the email in July that we were DQ'd I was sure we would be all together for Christmas this year! I had a good ugly cry yesterday.

That is so hard! 5 Christmas' apart. I had no idea how long this process would take when we decided to make this commitment.

We were DQ'd July 25th. At first, after looking around on here and reddit, I was hoping that we would have received an IL by now. Doesn't seem that way now though. I am beginning to think that hubby will not have his interview until January. It is so hard for both of us, him living in Canada without his family, me and the kids here in NY. I check my emails and the consulate website way too frequently. I have this sinking feeling in my gut that once the ILs do go out, we will not be apart of that group, and will have to wait until 2024. Our second Christmas apart .... it is nice to have a community of people that understands. I told hubby this feels like the end of pregnancy, when you know it will eventually end, but it drags on forever and you have no control over when it happens and everyone asks you if the interview has been scheduled or if it has happened already and I am like - uh if it was scheduled or if it happened you would know, please stop asking! Anyway, rant over. Thanks for "listening".