@Tawa and xse2573
No one can say for certain how long the waiting period is as it depends on your jurisdiction and the Visa Office handling your application. General after receiving the AOR it could take a minimum of 10 months before an interview date is set.
To estimate for yourselves repeat steps 1 and 2:
1) Google MICC Quebec Canada
2) Select the link "Immigration-Quebec - Home page"
step 3 changes slightly:
3) In the Search bar on that web page type "processing times"
A page will appear, requesting you to select the country where you legally reside/ or the country you listed in your application. Select your country and you will be directed to a page with "Country of residence" and "Month." Do not be mistaken - "Month" here represents the month an applicant submitted his/her application to the Visa Office for processing and not "month" to be called for interview. You shall see four (4) indexes.
1)* If you have submitted an application for immigration, consult the next update for more information.
2)* Please note that, for some of these countries, we have not received any applications for immigration.
3)* If you have submitted an application for immigration before this date and your file is complete, you should have been called for a selection interview
4)* These are foreign students, temporary workers and live-in caregivers present in Québec.
For example if your country falls into a category (like mine) where (1 and 2) or shown, the following message appears: No selection interview for these countries. This implies, that not enough applications were sent to the Visa Office from these regions. In some instances they may wait to get more applicants from these countries to send a mission there (thus longer wait) as it says you will have to consult the next "schedule missions" to see if your country was included.
Or, if your application was complete and no additional information is needed and they are generous your interview could be waived.
note 3 could be best explained by example, lets say both Tawa and xse2573 came from Brazil. Lets say xse2573 applied in May 2011 and Tawa applied in September 2011. As you can see for Brazil the date is July 2011. This implies if you submitted your application before this time (from our example xse2573), then xse2573 should have received some correspondence for an interview. Tawa on the other hand will have to wait a little longer until the next available update and then some correspondence will be sent when the interview may likely be.
so yes Tawa, if we didn't receive any invitation till now that mean we are not scheduled in this missions. You will have to consult the next
You can always indicate you are not comfortable with an interview date and wish to reschedule - but be warned - this will delay you significantly. I am sure you have noticed some countries only have one (1) mission, no telling when another will be
note 4 is self explanatory
As to how much time between the letter sent to have an interview and the actual interview, i do not know for I am not at that stage as yet. But I could advise you to start from now, think of places you want to settle, make a budget plan, make an immigration plan, that way you will not be surprised if you are called for one quickly.
Merci a a bientot, bonne chance!
