Montreal 221(g) Tracker: Wait Times

What Montreal has asked for

Every document request recorded on a Montreal 221(g) so far, grouped by type and most frequent first. Document types only — never anyone’s actual documents.

• Police certificate — 10 requests
• DS-5535 questionnaire — 9 requests
• Passport — 8 requests
• New medical exam — 4 requests
• one missing original document — 2 requests
• Photographs — 2 requests

5 of 61 tracked Montreal cases were asked to submit by email. Slip colours seen here: white.

Email addresses Montreal has used

Addresses applicants report being contacted from, or told to write to, in Montreal 221(g) cases. Official post and scheduling-vendor domains only. Use the address on your own slip or email first; these are what other applicants at this post have seen. Every post’s addresses in one place: 221(g) email addresses by consulate.

• montreal-iv-dv@state.gov

Montreal and the immigrant visa pause

Movement has been reported here, but who is being called is disputed or unknown. Last reported movement 2026-10-24.

Relayed 17 October: re-interviews have started at the post, but only for pause-country cases given 221(g)s; K-1 slots have not been released since February. K-1 applicants report no reschedules at Montreal as of 8 October while London and Paris move. CEAC touches on 29 September for pause-refused January (EB-2 NIW) and February cases led nowhere; a parent interviewed 30 July with a document request is still pending. An F3 case interviewed in May has an expired medical and no instruction on 19 October; the advice is to raise a query through the scheduling portal. 20 October: a petitioner who now holds a green card says a second interview has been set for a pause-country spouse given a 221(g) here (date not given). Two 31 August appointments remain unrescheduled on 22 October, one a direct consular filing whose email, escalation and congressional inquiry were all rebuffed; one applicant with a 5 June original date has completed a rescheduled interview with about a week's notice; a case documentarily qualified 27 May has no first date. An F2A documentarily qualified 26 August 2026 is waiting for an interview letter (23 October). 24 October: a pre-pause case (221(g) at a November 2024 interview, then a pause 221(g) by email in May 2026) has been asked for a new medical, the first movement reported for such a case at the post. 29 October: a CR1 approved at a June interview, passport kept and nothing requested, still has no visa; the post sent the passport back saying it will make contact when the training ends. Two congressional inquiries to the post got the same reply. 13 November: a K-1 interviewed at the end of July had the passport returned by courier with a letter citing the training delay, and no visa.

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Full picture for this post, with its pause cases, cancellations and every digest mention: Montreal immigrant visa pause status. Every post side by side: status by embassy.

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Recent Montreal case reports

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