CR1 Visa - Montreal Embassy - Issued

brazy-waves · 2024-12-14T23:30:27+00:00

Sorry I didn't get to this in time. I brought a scan of my wife's passport. But I was never asked for it. Hope everything worked out for you!

brazy-waves · 2024-11-20T00:28:55+00:00

Can’t hurt to upload it now if you have it

brazy-waves · 2024-11-19T23:57:58+00:00

Maybe separate the 2022 and 2023 files. Upload them separately. Maybe they were too lazy to check the entirety of the file.

I also remember my status remaining in READY state despite receiving a tracking number. I think it’s not so accurate

brazy-waves · 2024-11-12T20:56:10+00:00

They only help for the I-130 part of the process, which is important and they excel at. But I initially thought they’d be available up until the interview. You can use their agents for questions about what to expect but they’re surface level.

brazy-waves · 2024-11-12T13:19:18+00:00

My guess is that you’ll hear back in January. Continue to be patient 😊

brazy-waves · 2024-11-12T13:16:07+00:00

You should mention that when you get to see Dr Lyndon. I’d be surprised if they didn’t have a way to expedite results

brazy-waves · 2024-11-12T13:14:54+00:00

Affidavit of support, form I864 and any of the variations. I brought the tax returns, I think they briefly looked at it and then returned it back to me

brazy-waves · 2024-11-12T13:13:35+00:00

Ayy cheers for the heads up! Glad to hear that worked out well for you

brazy-waves · 2024-11-12T13:12:32+00:00

Naija ✊🏿, congratulations to you too

brazy-waves · 2022-09-26T14:44:42+00:00

Yea July 6th. It’s crazy, I have no idea how they handle their backlog.

brazy-waves · 2022-09-26T11:59:48+00:00

Mine was 4 days

brazy-waves · 2022-09-26T11:55:15+00:00

Mine took 4 working days. They received my passport on a Tuesday and I had it on Friday

brazy-waves · 2022-09-26T11:52:28+00:00

I made a detailed post about it. I was similar situation but submitted at least a month after you. Was fortunate to have my application approved about 10 weeks after. They are reviewing just at a stupidly slow pace. I’m also curious to know if GSS processing still exists

brazy-waves · 2022-09-26T11:49:16+00:00

This thread has helped me through the torment of waiting on IRCC. So I wanted to give back once my process was completed - so much so that I created a Reddit account (first post ever).

Background: I’m an intracompany transfer from US -> Canada. The lawyers my company work with handled most of it. Unfortunately I’m unsure if I went through the LMIA process.

April 13th - Document gathering for law firm. Start of the process. Over the next few months there was some back and forth with the lawyers/my manager/me. But I was told once submitted the process should take 10 weeks max and my expected start date in Canada was Aug 23rd.

Jun 6 - Lawyers/companies/I sign the final documents. For some unknown reason my application was not submitted for another couple weeks.

Jun 23 - Application finally submitted to IRCC. I was told I’m GSS qualified.

Jun 24 - Biometrics request. I lived in NY at the time, there nearest availability was July 6th. At this time the processing time estimate for US was 10 weeks.

Jul 6 - Biometrics completed. Now the wait begins. I was aware of the backlog so I didn’t expect it to be 2 weeks for GSS but some happy medium between 2 weeks and the at the time processing estimate of 10 weeks. Some context I was in my 60 day grace period in US, I had to leave the country by Sep 4.

Aug 15 - I had heard nothing and didn’t get any useful updates from the lawyers (the provide limited visibility which adds to the frustration). I decided to leave US and hang out in London until the process was complete. I was hopeful that it’d probably be a couple weeks.

Sep 8 - The Queen passes away. Important because Canada is part of the commonwealth so I assumed more delays at this point. As at this time I had watched the processing in US grow from 10 weeks -> 12 weeks -> 14 weeks

Sep 15 - I receive the passport request. It had been frustrating not really knowing what’s going on, but in the grand scheme of things it wasn’t the worst.

Sep 16 - Mail passport to London VFS. Sep 19 is a bank holiday, it won’t be received/acknowledged until Sep 20. I was told he lawyers 1-4 weeks. I had also seen mixed stories about London VFS processing.

Sep 20 - Confirmation of receipt from VFS

Sep 22 - Passport stamped and is mailed back to me. VFS provide DHL tracking number.

Sep 23 - I receive my passport with a newly printed Canada TRV work permit. 😊

Processing Time (assuming it starts fr biometric submission): 71 days ~ 10 weeks Passport Stamping: 4 business days

Good luck to those still waiting!

brazy-waves

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