Montreal 221(g) Tracker
Live administrative-processing picture at Montreal, from 46 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, 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 — 7 requests
- New medical exam — 4 requests
- one missing original document — 2 requests
- Photographs — 2 requests
9 other requests reported once
- Additional documents (unspecified)
- certified copy of the petitioner's divorce decree
- CV / resume
- form with extended job history
- I-864 affidavit of support
- one civil document re-uploaded to CEAC
- petitioner's employment/residence/birthplace details
- Travel history / itinerary
- US petitioner's ID
5 of 46 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
No callbacks of any kind have been reported at this post since the cable. Last reported movement 2026-09-29.
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.
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.
Related
Posts with a similar wait
- Guangzhou 221(g) tracker — median 39d, 10 cases
- Rio de Janeiro 221(g) tracker — median 37d, 23 cases
- Tokyo 221(g) tracker — median 50d, 17 cases
- Halifax 221(g) tracker — median 30d, 3 cases
Recent Montreal case reports
Newest first, fully anonymized.
| Reported | Visa | Status | Interview | Approved | Days | Slip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | K1 | pending | — | — | — | — |
| 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 | — | — | — | — |
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: Police certificate (10 cases); DS-5535 questionnaire (9 cases); Passport (7 cases); New medical exam (4 cases); one missing original document (2 cases); Photographs (2 cases). 5 of 46 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.