Consulate Review: Montreal, Canada
Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
March 3, 2010 |
| Embassy Review : |
We arrived at 6:15AM and there was one couple in front of us and we chatted for quite a bit with them and people started lining up around 7 or so. It was cold, but then it got colder by the time 7:30 strolled around. I'd say we got let in a little later than 7:30. One guard came in and opened up the door and let one couple in at a time. At that point they ask for your confirmation letter. Then they make sure you have your passport. When you walk in, your in a smallish room with two xray machines on belts, similar to being at an airport. They made us take everything out of our pockets. We got to proceed into the basement (waiting area) first because we did not have any over sized bags. I'm telling you right now, they were spotting other peoples USB flash drives and the couple in front of us actually got to proceed into the basement later than us because the one person had an over sized hang bag. So I'm telling you now, don't bring any large purses or hand bags.
Then you proceed into the basement and there's a bunch of plastic/rubber chairs to wait, the rest of the group started lining up and we received a purple letter with a tag on it. Ours said A #9.
They then take people in groups by stating, "anyone with a purple letter may come with me." We went upstairs and as others have stated, nice view. The big room we all sat in looked like a DMV office. They called us first to booth 11, we went back and thats where all our documents were gathered, The woman was extremely nice but a little slow when she said, "oh, you didn't sign your DS230 part II." I said, what?> I thought it specifically stated not to do it until being interviewed or at the consulate. She said nope, but its no big deal, just fill it out and I'l be right back. At that point, I think she worked on people at other windows and eventually came back to do fingerprinting. We sat down after, my wife got called back up because she didn't get a good imprint of her thumbs. Then we waited, till about 9, then we were called to Booth 8.
Its a door to a small room and our CO was behind glass. He kinda looked like a Mr. Rogers of sort.
We put our things down, hung our coats and he asked us to both raise our right hands and swear to tell the truth basically.
On with the interview...
He started looking at documentation, at this point I saw docs I sent in at the NVC stage. He said so it looks like your a fairly new wed couple, or something to that effect, we said yup. He asked how it's been going, we said great.
Then he asked where my wive lives, where I lived. I said North Tonawanda, NY. He said where is that? I said a little north of buffalo - we're border town folk. He seems satisfied with all so far.
He then asks my wife what she does, she told him and he then said, how does that work. We were confused...so my wife asked for clarification, and we gave him more detail.
Then he asked what I did. And why my wife is moving to the US instead of myself moving to Canada. I told him I haver more attachment to NY and my wife said when she met her husband, shed move wherever he wanted to go. He seemed satisfied with all.
He asked when we met. and how, who proposed to whom. We said I did, and he asked how I did it. Then he jokingly said, I still have yet to have a situation where the woman proposed to the man.
Later on he said, mike do you have a letter from your employer, I said you should have it in your packet, he then found it, reviewed it very quickly and then signed something and said...based on the information or evidence I have here...I welcome to you the US. And handed my wife the paper and explained details about our POE. He said something to the effect of making it count? I think he was alluding to the fact that we "should" POE with moving truck and verification of where my wife will be staying, and having such things as accounts in the states, etc. But he did not explicitally state that we had to move at POE.
he did mention when we POE to ask for an advanced parole at the POE location because until we get the actual green card. He said before that as well, nows the time you can hug each other, etc etc.
Overall, pretty painless and quick! |
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Very Good |
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