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| Montreal, Canada |  Review on August 1, 2009: |
MrMrs Drummer
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
My fiance, my 15-years-old son and I arrived Montreal the day before, July 28th, from Toronto. Initially we were going to take the train, but Via Rail went to strike the weekend before and we had to buy bus tickets instead. At the end, the strike ended on Sunday! We decided to take the bus anyway.
We arrived 7 am to the consulate on July 29th. We were third in line. The door opened at 7:35. The guards were very nice and asked my fiance if he was my lawyer. When we said he was my fiance, he said "very well". We went trough check up, that took some time because we were three. We went trough the elevator and never had time to read the list of documents but was fine because the person that received the documents was very nice and asked which documents needed in a very orderly way. We went trough the documents, first mine and then my son's. He asked me if I had sole custody and I said that according with Mexican laws yes, but I brought a consent letter from his dad and he said that was great. I did not have a police record from Mexico because they are now unavailable, he went to ask and said it was fine. He did ask me for my status in Canada and required my permanent resident cards that fortunately I brought with me. He also asked me for my 2-year home requirement waiver since I was in the USA under J1 visa before. I also brought it with me, even if I got an H1b visa already approved after my J1. He asked me to pay the 131 while he was going to work on my documents. He took some time to return and said he had several corrections to make to the forms. I started to be nervous, but the corrections were only to write my new fiance's address because he moved 2 weeks ago to a bigger apartment and the DS-160 forms had the old address. In the meantime I was correcting the address in all the forms, he asked my fiance about his job. He was very professional and nice!
Then we were called to the window 8 for the interview. The diplomat was a young man, very very nice. He invited all of us to come in. Took the oath to the three of us and ask how we met and how. Then how many times we have visited each other since I moved to Canada. Then ask my son if he was happy to go to school in Portland, OR. In the meantime he was checking the documents. Then he ask who proposed and how. He was making jokes and looking at the pictures on the I-129 file. He went trough my son's dad letter and asked him his dad's name and where he lives and the last time he visited him. Then he said we were approved and that the visa will be ready someday this week, depending on the computers and we should received it anytime next week. He asked us to go and celebrate! We got out about 10 am and went to have a very good breakfast in the beautiful Montreal!  
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #4801