Hi, my husband is a DV24 winner. We are temporary residents of Canada, so we had an interview at Montreal last November. Our case number is small, so a year ago we were pretty sure we would be moving to US by summer 2024. If I had any idea how it all would turn out, I would do my best to transfer to another consulate.
As you probably guessed, Montreal put us in administrative processing. They didn't give us DS-5535. Just the resumes of me and my husband were asked. My husband's profession is in TAL. But I'm not sure why I am being verified as well though. I guess Montreal doesn't need much reason. 🤷♀️
So it's been six months of AP for us. So far we only received standard responses to our inquiries. September is getting closer, and we have no idea if we get approved.
Sorry if it sounds scary, but on the other side - I follow all Montreal 221g DV cases, and a bunch of them got approved in 2-3 months after the interview. So far just 5 cases, including ours, have been stuck since Oct-Dec 2023.