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The dreaded DS-5535 thread for Montreal Only. Post here and support each other (PART 4)
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The dreaded DS-5535 thread for Montreal Only. Post here and support each other (PART 4)
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Hope it's two years! 🤞🏼 My husband's second police certificate was issued January 2024, so if it's just one year we may have to do it for a third time...
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The dreaded DS-5535 thread for Montreal Only. Post here and support each other (PART 3)
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It seems there is a lot of variation, but ours was confirmed as reaching the visa unit November 20 after it was received October 30 (we sent it October 29). This is ~15 business days from the offsite processing facility to the visa unit. (Sample size =1 but hopefully helpful!)
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tophy123 reacted to a post in a topic:
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Not yet. It seems the time to "issued" is variable, so we're trying to give it some time. Will definitely share when it changes. Let us know when your passport is officially received!
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tophy123 reacted to a post in a topic:
The dreaded DS-5535 thread for Montreal Only. Post here and support each other (PART 3)
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We experienced a similar delay in receiving acknowledgement of my husband's passport delivery. This is our timeline: October 29: Brought passport & photos to courier BLS Montreal, who uses Purolator October 30: Tracking via Purolator showed delivery and signature from "Steve" November 5 & 13: Multiple solicited emails to us and my senator with the exact language you quoted regarding the offsite mail processing November 22: Email via my senator's office indicating that the passport & photos had been received November 20 I feel like if your has been signed for, it must be true that it's in a pile somewhere and someone WILL touch it soon and connect it to your spouse's case. I hope soon 🤞🏼
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We're in the same situation -- sent my husband's renewed passport along with the old one which is now invalid, explaining in an email what we were doing. Your response is reassuring that this shouldn't cause additional delays! 🙏🏼
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Hope it goes quickly. When you say it arrived, is that just from tracking or did you get an email too? (We saw my husband's passport was delivered Oct 30, but as of a few days ago the consulate told us they still didn't have it.)
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It's truly so bizarre. Are you in Montreal too?
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Montreal-IV-DV@state.gov They don't respond right away but will eventually.
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Curious if this is the BLS Montreal courier office or one in a different location? We sent my husband's passport and photos on October 29 from BLS Montreal (literal STEPS from the Consulate), and see through the Purolator tracking that it was signed for and delivered the next day, October 30. However, as of November 13, the consulate is telling us they still have not received it (they suggest delays via their offsite mail processing...). So, it was "delivered" after we sent with BLS Montreal but somehow it hasn't been "received." 😅
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DS5535TXCAN reacted to a post in a topic:
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Same with us -- my husband (Canadian with pending IR-1 visa after 5535) and I (American living in Canada until visa comes) and our baby (dual) cross frequently by land to spend time with my family and stay at our second home. There has never been a question about his pending visa application. The only consideration we have is the number of days he's present in the US as a visitor and the fact that he doesn't have permission to work there, so we're always prepared to answer questions about that and make sure we state when he's going back to Canada. They sometimes ask why we cross so frequently but visiting family and friends has never raised any eyebrows. Otherwise just normal customs stuff.
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Great, that makes sense. We did it via a courier (BLS Montreal) and they forgot to give us tracking (they use Purolator), so we went in person today to ask for the tracking. Passport was delivered October 30 but as of November 5 the consulate had not logged it. They said in an email: "All mail directed to the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal is received at an offsite mail processing facility. It takes additional time before the mail actually reaches the Visa Unit." (Including this detail here in case someone else is in or has been in a similar situation.)
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Thank you for your reply. We used the prepaid documents at a courier (BLS Montreal, which is literally blocks from the consulate 😭) to submit the passport. We did not get a receipt, but simply have a copy of the barcode that accompanied the envelope. Did you see an update on the AIS site only once you saw it was delivered, or was there a pending tracking number that showed up before it was delivered?
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Quick question -- for those who have recently sent their passports to the consulate, how are you seeing the tracking information? We do not see anything on the AIS site and we learned that my husband's has still not been received as of today (via our senator's inquiry). Our timeline for reference: Filed I-130: May 25, 2022 Case approved by USCIS: June 7, 2023 DQ: August 15, 2023 Interview: Jan 18, 2024 DS5535 sent: Jan 19, 2024 Unsolicited updates: Jan 26, Jan 31, Feb 5, Feb 7, Feb 21, March 6, March 7, April 8, August 13 (minimally) Medical, passport, & photo request: Sept 6, 2024 Medical delivered: Sept 18, 2024 Passport & photos sent: October 29, 2024 [delay while we renewed passport & applied for L1 visa still in process - that's another story!]
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We had already been in touch with them for several months, so I sent them a quick note when we weren't sure when exactly we would receive the passport.
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To close this loop -- we received a notice on September 4 that the passport would be sent by courier, and on September 5 a note that it was available for pick up. We will pick it up today. ***In the meantime, we had reached out to our Senator's office to help move things along, and today they told us that our AP is complete and the consulate needs an updated medical and two photos...! We have not heard this from the consulate directly, but I assume we will soon. We have an update on CEAC today and the status is still "Refused." We will still pursue the L1 visa as the application is almost ready to submit, and this will give us flexibility for my husband to be in the states while our daughter and I finish up some health care stuff in Canada before we officially activate the green card. Seems things are really moving forward! Our basic timeline for reference is below: May 25, 2022. I-130 filed. June 7 2023. Approved. August 15, 2023. Documentarily qualified. January 18, 2024. Interview, AP same day. 14 updates since then including today (Sept 6), ~3-4 solicited. September 6, 2024. Request for updated medical, 2 photos, and passport with 6 months to expiry. (We had re-done the RCMP check in December 2023 just before the interview so that is probably still active.)