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On 9/6/2024 at 2:19 PM, MySelf23 said:

 

@Ntj15 Yes I took Covid vaccine 2 days ago (they recommend to wait until this autumn to receive the latest Covid vaccine but it is not mandatory to wait as Canada don’t know yet when they will get this update may be end October or November, so I preferred to take it right away to be in the safe side for my interview Oct.29). I am located in Montreal. I made the appointment based on my Postal Code through 

https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/advice-and-prevention/vaccination/covid-19-vaccine

 

You can also call 1‑877‑644‑4545 they are very helpful and can assist you (mention that you are in Ontario they may give you other contacts).

 

For other vaccinations (Hepatitis, MMR, DT…) that are mentioned here  https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/vaccinations.html

The mandatory vaccines are only the ones based on your age here https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/by-age/index.html#:~:text=COVID-19 vaccine,aged 6 months and older. 
So for any mandatory vaccine, if you didn’t previously take it or you took it but don’t have a proof or you (or your parents) forgot if you received it during childhood so no problem the day of your medical exam the physician will decide which one you have to take.

 

In Montreal, us medical exams are done in Telus Health Care Centres and they have all types of vaccines except Covid-19. They told me that I will receive any required vaccine the same day of my medical exam:

 

 

TELUS Health Care Centres

600 Boul. de Maisonneuve West,

22nd Floor

Montreal, QC, H3A 3J2

Tel: 514-845-1211

Tel: 1-800-361-3493

Website: telushealth.com

Hope this helps!

Thank you. That helps a lot.

Is anyone having success obtaining a Covid booster vaccine in the next few days? If so, where are you located? We found out today that Ontario won’t have any until October, but would like to get it done sooner.

Wow. That’s awesome. Congratulations. I pray everything goes smoothly for the interview and this will all be over soon.

On 6/18/2024 at 1:10 AM, edatc00 said:

Apparently they are clearing long overdue other FB/IR categories. Which is a good thing for them.

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So in another thread, this is what someone posted when I suggested that Montreal is taking long to schedule CR1 appointments because they are clearing family preference and employment categories.

 “Official policy of the US State Department is that CR1/IR1 visas are to be prioritized (tier 1), and directs embassies to not do what you describe.  If the Montreal Embassy is doing that, they are violating official US government policy.

I would advise the original poster to reach out to their congressman (US senator or house rep), and have them inquire about the case.  A bunch of us did that at the Seoul Embassy, when they suddenly decided to stop scheduling CR1/IR1 interviews.  After they were contacted by several congressmen, they started rapidly scheduling CR1/IR1 interviews again.  But getting your congressmen involved may be the best hope to force the embassy officials and/or NVC to behave in accountable manner.”

If anyone reaches out to their senator, here’s screenshots that you can use as proof that they’ve been processing family preferences and employment category faster than immediate relatives. 
 

Just now, Ntj15 said:

Thanks for letting us know. I will mention this in the other thread that I see others complaint.

 

@JdMello4 Here are screenshots that I’ve taken that proves this is happening. Maybe you could include it to you letter to the Senator.

 

Notice that cases with family preference and employment are moving, but immediate relatives are in March 2024 for 3 updates in a row.

On 8/21/2024 at 10:20 PM, fox3c said:

Official policy of the US State Department is that CR1/IR1 visas are to be prioritized (tier 1), and directs embassies to not do what you describe.  If the Montreal Embassy is doing that, they are violating official US government policy.

 

I would advise the original poster to reach out to their congressman (US senator or house rep), and have them inquire about the case.  A bunch of us did that at the Seoul Embassy, when they suddenly decided to stop scheduling CR1/IR1 interviews.  After they were contacted by several congressmen, they started rapidly scheduling CR1/IR1 interviews again.  But getting your congressmen involved may be the best hope to force the embassy officials and/or NVC to behave in accountable manner.

Thanks for letting us know. I will mention this in the other thread that I see others complaint.

@JdMello4 Here are screenshots that I’ve taken that proves this is happening. Maybe you could include it to you letter to the Senator.

1 hour ago, JdMello4 said:

We got DQ'd on August 8 with an approved expedite request from Montreal (our case is pretty severe). We have been waiting for an IL for almost 2 weeks now. I'm assuming the expedited appointments get put into a different queue. Does anyone have any idea what timeline we are looking at for expedited cases?`

I’ve been reading past posts and it seems the letters only go out once a month. If it went out already for August, you may have to wait for September’s batch to get a date. This is my guess. I don’t know for sure. Please update. I’m hoping to be approved for an expedited request at NVC since I’m on short-term disability and need my husband’s help for care. I hope you get through soon. Best of luck. 

I just had my expedite approved at USCIS, so I know they are doing approvals. My lawyer did it for me so I can’t tell you how. But I’m a U.S. citizen and I wrote a letter stating that I’m on short-term disability because of pain during my pregnancy and risk for pre-term labor. I attached my short-term disability approval letter as well as paperwork the doctor filled out for the short-term disability.

A month before my lawyer also put in an I-129F. She explained that in most situation when they see the I-129F, they’ll approve the I-130 because they don’t want to do double work and approving the I-130 cancels the I-129F. According to my lawyer there’s no USCIS fee to submit an I-129F
 

She also had me upload documents to my USCIS account showing life updates, like pictures of me visiting my husband, our maternity photos, itenrary of all my visits to him, etc
 

So maybe it a combination of all these is why my I-130 was approved within 10 days of submitting the expedite letter. 
 

If any of these are things are things you have not done, try those. Best of luck. 

Still working on getting DQ but our lawyer is working in expediting our process at NVC too. 
 

I can update you on our process as we go.

I have read complaints from people DQ in March that interview letters have been slow to come out and it could be because the consulate is trying to clear the backlog on other type of applications, like employment or family preference with a visa number available