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Your Canadian passport was scanned in connection with all the travel you mention. I’m going to say US Immigration will have visibility on them. I would strongly recommend not showing up to your interview with a newly issued passport bearing a number /issue and expiration dates different than the one you applied with. You’d only be asking for trouble. It would be easy enough to renew your Canadian passport in the US at a US Embassy or Consulate.

Does not have to wait until the AP process is completed. She can travel to the US with a valid Canadian passport. No need to notify the Consulate. She can stay in the US up to six months

I you fly (regardless of airline) or come across a land border, it is being tracked and US Immigration has access to that information. Count on it

I’d be extremely surprised if you don’t end up in AP/DS-5535 The handling and duration of administrative processing depend on the nature of the case. The application may stay under review at the post with the consular officer who interviewed the applicant, allowing the officer to control the processing time. This often occurs when additional documentation, information, or time is needed to make a decision on a visa application. In other instances, consular officers may be required to forward the case to the State Department in Washington, D.C., where the officer will not have access to information about the status of the case and lack authority to speed up processing. One indication that resolution might take a long time is when the officer returns the applicant’s passport at the end of the interview. A Security Advisory Opinion(SAO) from the State Department in Washington, D.C., is required in cases involving national security concerns. SAOs are extensive biographic checks conducted by interagency partners from the intelligence community and law enforcement. They are a black box that can take months to years to complete, until the interagency partners, which are not disclosed to the applicant, provide their findings to the State Department. Consular officers do have the ability to follow up with the State Department about long-pending SAOs.

Yes, it is. Let’s see if it gets a follow-up at all, and how long it takes

I emailed the Consulate for the first time (I’m about 6.5 months into AP after submitting answers to DS-5535) just last week. Almost immediately I received this response

That covers a lot of ground! My husband is of Hungarian descent, I am a Cuban born US Naturalized Citizen 😨

Thank you 🫶

Thanks. I’ll keep following up with polite inquiries. I’ve yet to ask for confirmation on receipt of DS-5535 at the Consulate 😆

You are absolute correct about LEW being a border land crossing. I looked up the FAA airport identifier instead .. my bad. 427 is the Port Code for the Niagara Falls/Queenston-Lewiston Bridge. Thanks for the lesson 👍🏻👍🏻 Valid point 👍🏻👍🏻

No question. Not 100% unbiased. The blog does not constitute merely an opinion; it does provide detail as to each case, plus I was merely posting the link.

https://redeaglelaw.com/blog-1/f/tsunami-of-judges-deny-state-department’s-motions-to-dismiss

Hello, and welcome. No, I made that mistake (incorrect email address). Address email to Montreal-IV-DV@state.gov

Thank you for posting. I just recently learned about the I-94 website and looked up my Canadian husband’s travel history. The dates are fairly accurate, but the Locations are not. It shows the FAA airport identifiers, but “427” is where?, plus arrival at “LEW” (Auburn, Maine) is definitely incorrect; so beware

Thank you. Not holding my breath for further follow-up from the Consulate

One more thing. This is the initial “generic” response I received from the MTL Consulate in response to my inquiry of February 16 for status. Looks familiar?

The only two updates for our case occurred right after Congressional Inquiries. First in September, 2023, the other just early this month.

Same with us. Traveled by plane and crossed the border by land (Ontario/NY) more than a few times since filing for immigration visa without incident. We also live together in Canada as well. He’ll be immigrating, I’ll be going back as a US Citizen.

My understanding is yes, you can freely travel to the US with a Canadian passport, and will encounter no issues. Not knowing what type of visa you have pending for approval, I’m hesitant to answer the other question

Travel to the US is certainly NOT exempt from inclusion when answering the dreaded DS-5535. I just learned about this resource (I-94 website) which might help with travel records. “View Travel History I-94 travel history includes up to 100 arrivals and departures spanning the last ten years” Beware though, I searched travel history for my Canadian husband, and some of the “locations” were totally off the mark (incorrect) https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov

Thank you. Email sent. Almost immediately received the following “Automatic reply”

Confirming .. The Case Number would be the MTL########## (10 digits) 👍🏻

Thank you ☺️

I’ve sent an email to the Montreal US Consulate only once requesting a status update, just recently to canada.visas@gdit-gss.com. I received reply below. Am I not using the proper email address for inquiry, or is this the generic reply everyone receives? Can anyone reply with the proper email address for the MTL Consulate for visa case status requests? Thanks

Wow .. we have identical situation/circumstances. My husband is a born Canadian citizen of European (Hungarian) descent as well. He not only traveled to the US for work, but to Mexico, Colombia, Malaysia & the Caribbean over almost a 20 year span