Montreal 221(g) Tracker
Live administrative-processing picture at Montreal, from 45 community-reported cases — medians, backlog aging and the latest movement, updated as reports arrive.
Interview volume & pending backlog
Tracked Montreal interviews per month, and how many are still pending today.
Days-to-approval distribution
Resolved Montreal cases only.
What Montreal has asked for
Every document request recorded on a Montreal 221(g) so far, most frequent first. Document types only — never anyone’s actual documents.
- passport — asked 6 times
- DS-5535 — asked 3 times
- DS-5535 supplemental questionnaire — asked 3 times
- new medical exam — asked 3 times
- RCMP police certificate — asked 3 times
- one missing original document — asked 2 times
- 15-year travel, work and address history questionnaire
- 2 additional documents (unspecified)
- Canadian police certificate
- certified copy of the petitioner's divorce decree
- correctly formatted police clearance
- detailed resume/CV
- DS-5535 supplemental questionnaire (15 years of travel)
- DS-5535 supplemental questionnaire (15-year history, siblings, US visits)
- DS-5535 supplemental questionnaire (15-year history)
- form with extended job history
- home-country police certificate
- I-864 joint sponsor
- medical exam
- new police certificate
- one civil document re-uploaded to CEAC
- original police certificates
- passport photos
- petitioner's employment/residence/birthplace details
- police report
- RCMP Certified Criminal Record Check - National Repository Entire Holdings
- updated passport photos
- US petitioner's ID
- US petitioner's passport
5 of 45 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.
Montreal and the immigrant visa pause
No callbacks of any kind have been reported at this post since the cable. Last reported movement 2026-09-29.
CEAC touches on 29 September for pause-refused cases interviewed in January (EB-2 NIW) and February (a Pakistani national, principal then dependent), with no emails; earlier touches in August and early September led nowhere. A parent interviewed 30 July with a document request is still pending while the other parent was issued. Direct-filing spouse cases await rescheduling.
Every post, side by side: immigrant visa pause status by embassy.
Related
Posts with a similar wait
- Guangzhou 221(g) tracker — median 39d, 9 cases
- Rio de Janeiro 221(g) tracker — median 37d, 14 cases
- Halifax 221(g) tracker — median 30d, 3 cases
- Lima 221(g) tracker — median 28d, 11 cases
Recent Montreal case reports
Newest first, fully anonymized.
| Reported | Visa | Status | Interview | Approved | Days | Slip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | EB2-NIW | pending | 2026-01 | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-29 | — | pending | 2026-02 | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-28 | H4 | pending | 2026-08-31 | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-23 | IR5 | pending | 2026-07-30 | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-23 | IR5 | issued | 2026-07-30 | 2026-08-17 | 18 | — |
| 2026-07-31 | other | issued | 2025-04-08 | 2025-10-03 | 129 | — |
| 2026-07-26 | EB1A | pending | 2026-07-10 | — | — | — |
| 2026-07-26 | other | issued | 2026-02 | — | — | — |
| 2026-01-21 | other | pending | 2025-12-15 | — | — | — |
| 2025-12-17 | IR1 | issued | 2025-12-09 | 2025-12-09 | 0 | — |
| 2025-12-17 | — | approved | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-04-01 | other | pending | 2025-03-27 | — | — | — |
Montreal 221(g) — quick answers
How long does 221(g) administrative processing take at Montreal in 2026?
Among 11 resolved community-reported cases at Montreal, the median is 40 days from interview to approval, with 75% clearing within 89 days. 20 tracked cases have been pending 60+ days — outcomes are fast for most and slow for a stuck minority.
What do most 221(g) slips at Montreal ask for?
Recorded requests at Montreal: passport (6 cases); DS-5535 (3 cases); DS-5535 supplemental questionnaire (3 cases); new medical exam (3 cases); RCMP police certificate (3 cases); one missing original document (2 cases). 5 of 45 tracked cases here were asked to submit by email — the subject-line format matters, see the playbook.
Is my Montreal 221(g) wait normal?
Use the My Case comparator: enter your interview date and it shows what share of Montreal cases had cleared by your day count, and how many are still pending at least as long.
Waiting on a Montreal 221(g)?
See where your case sits against every tracked Montreal timeline, and grab the submission email template.