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DV 2021 ALL SELECTEES

I wonder what will happen in Goh though. Like who will get processed first DV20 (Gomez) or DV21? And how? What about possible impact on DV22? A lot of technicalities that only Judge Mehta will have to address on his final order.
 
PhantomHigh said:
I wonder what will happen in Goh though. Like who will get processed first DV20 (Gomez) or DV21? And how? What about possible impact on DV22? A lot of technicalities that only Judge Mehta will have to address on his final order.
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without an actual plan from department of state to clear the backlog like use video conference ,.. etc , it will remain Chaos . ( i will use the words of our lawyer " re-arranging chairs on the deck of titanic isn't a plan " )
 
Hello everyone! I have a question regarding having my DV visa issuance done in another country.

I applied for DV2021 as a Russian and got selected- my number is current this June. I'm currently in America, but my lawyer suggests that I do a CP outside the US because I may not be eligible for AOS. The Russian embassy isn't reliable for the purpose; they have very limited capacity for various reasons. Luckily, I'm also a UAE resident until the end of the year.

My lawyer told me that I have to transfer my case from the Russian embassy to UAE. Anyone who's done this before or knows how someone else's done this, what would be the process? I haven't submitted my DS 260 form yet; I wonder if I have to talk to the embassy first and submit the transfer request to them, or whether should I fill out the DS 260 form choosing UAE as the country where the interview will take place and then contacting them to confirm the transfer?
 
vagabundsj said:
Hello everyone! I have a question regarding having my DV visa issuance done in another country.

I applied for DV2021 as a Russian and got selected- my number is current this June. I'm currently in America, but my lawyer suggests that I do a CP outside the US because I may not be eligible for AOS. The Russian embassy isn't reliable for the purpose; they have very limited capacity for various reasons. Luckily, I'm also a UAE resident until the end of the year.

My lawyer told me that I have to transfer my case from the Russian embassy to UAE. Anyone who's done this before or knows how someone else's done this, what would be the process? I haven't submitted my DS 260 form yet; I wonder if I have to talk to the embassy first and submit the transfer request to them, or whether should I fill out the DS 260 form choosing UAE as the country where the interview will take place and then contacting them to confirm the transfer?
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I could be wrong, but if you have not submitted your DS260 yet then I don't think you have time to get the process done through CP, by what I have heard. Have you began any steps towards the AOS?
Why does your lawyer say that? I personally don't find most lawyers are very reliable when it comes to DV, given some of the things we have seen.
 
vagabundsj said:
Hello everyone! I have a question regarding having my DV visa issuance done in another country.

I applied for DV2021 as a Russian and got selected- my number is current this June. I'm currently in America, but my lawyer suggests that I do a CP outside the US because I may not be eligible for AOS. The Russian embassy isn't reliable for the purpose; they have very limited capacity for various reasons. Luckily, I'm also a UAE resident until the end of the year.

My lawyer told me that I have to transfer my case from the Russian embassy to UAE. Anyone who's done this before or knows how someone else's done this, what would be the process? I haven't submitted my DS 260 form yet; I wonder if I have to talk to the embassy first and submit the transfer request to them, or whether should I fill out the DS 260 form choosing UAE as the country where the interview will take place and then contacting them to confirm the transfer?
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1. When did you enter the US?
2. What is the visa status were you admitted into the US?
 
Curious but any EU winner here with CN between 18XXX and 30XXX? Any update from KCC regarding sending your docs?
 
vagabundsj said:
Hello everyone! I have a question regarding having my DV visa issuance done in another country.

I applied for DV2021 as a Russian and got selected- my number is current this June. I'm currently in America, but my lawyer suggests that I do a CP outside the US because I may not be eligible for AOS. The Russian embassy isn't reliable for the purpose; they have very limited capacity for various reasons. Luckily, I'm also a UAE resident until the end of the year.

My lawyer told me that I have to transfer my case from the Russian embassy to UAE. Anyone who's done this before or knows how someone else's done this, what would be the process? I haven't submitted my DS 260 form yet; I wonder if I have to talk to the embassy first and submit the transfer request to them, or whether should I fill out the DS 260 form choosing UAE as the country where the interview will take place and then contacting them to confirm the transfer?
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Why does your lawyer think you won’t be eligible for aos? I (we I am sure) would like to understand this more.

Your lawyer does not seem to understand that you cannot transfer a case that is not yet there - the cases are only assigned to an embassy once the DS260 is submitted and processed, civil documents are submitted and processed, your case number is current, and an interview is scheduled. If you submit a DS now with a UAE address as current address, then IF you get scheduled for interview, it will be in UAE. No “transfer” at all will be necessary.

I agree with the post above - it’s very late to be submitting DS260 given that Dept of State has already said it won’t be able to issue the full quota of DVs this year and there are piles of people who submitted theirs already. If you are sure you don’t want to or can’t AOS I guess you still have to try, but it is cutting it fine.
 
Sm1smom said:
1. When did you enter the US?
2. What is the visa status were you admitted into the US?
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A couple of years ago. J1 nonimmigrant. I'm a legal alien in the US, but I do not have that status anymore. I've never accumulated any unlawful presence. My spouse, however, did accumulate that presence, but it's below 180 days. Currently, we're in "lawful authorized stay," but the lawyer suggests that might not be an eligible status to get adjusted from.
 
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vagabundsj said:
A couple of years ago. J1 nonimmigrant. I'm a legal alien in the US, but I do not have that status anymore. I've never accumulated any unlawful presence. My spouse, however, did accumulate that presence, but it's below 180 days. Currently, we're in "lawful authorized stay," but the lawyer suggests that might not be an eligible status to get adjusted from.
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You said you’re not J1 anymore. So what ARE you? Does “lawful authorized stay” mean a grace period, or what? What is your actual status?
your spouse will definitely not be able to adjust. The 180 days is not relevant for AOS. Overstay or any other violation of status is what is relevant. Luckily <180 days means there is no ban if she wants to do CP.
 
SusieQQQ said:
You said you’re not J1 anymore. So what ARE you? Does “lawful authorized stay” mean a grace period, or what? What is your actual status?
your spouse will definitely not be able to adjust. The 180 days is not relevant for AOS. Overstay or any other violation of status is what is relevant. Luckily <180 days means there is no ban if she wants to do CP.
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I see. I should have clarified this earlier. I'm not sure what's the actual name of the status, but I believe that's called a derivative asylum applicant.
 
vagabundsj said:
A couple of years ago. J1 nonimmigrant. I'm a legal alien in the US, but I do not have that status anymore. I've never accumulated any unlawful presence. My spouse, however, did accumulate that presence, but it's below 180 days. Currently, we're in "lawful authorized stay," but the lawyer suggests that might not be an eligible status to get adjusted from.
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Okay, you’re basically out of status - that is why your lawyer says you’re not AOS eligible. You have no status to adjust from.
 
vagabundsj said:
I see. I should have clarified this earlier. I'm not sure what's the actual name of the status, but I believe that's called a derivative asylum applicant.
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I’m not certain you’ll be able to complete CP at this point considering you haven’t even submitted your DS260 form. But if you like, you can give it a shot, I don’t think you have anything to loose by doing so.Submit the DS260 form with UAE listed as your address, submit your documents to KCC immediately after that. Then watch and see if KCC is able to schedule an interview, if you get an interview notification you can then depart from the US and go attend the interview. Bear in mind once you leave the US, the pending asylum application becomes abandoned. You will only be able to return to the US if you get approved and issued with an immigrant visa.
 
vagabundsj said:
I see. I should have clarified this earlier. I'm not sure what's the actual name of the status, but I believe that's called a derivative asylum applicant.
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ok this is getting a little too complex for me here... your wife is asylum pending?make sure your lawyer explains clearly to you the implications of leaving the US while you have an asylum pending case - I assume UAE is not the country of persecution. To be honest - I’m not sure you’d get that far if you haven’t submitted documents yet anyway, but you can try and see what happens, you may get lucky enough to get scheduled if there is enough capacity at uae.
 
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