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DV 2021 Oceania Selectees

Ryanscr said:
Are you still waiting for your 2NL or did you already have an interview that was cancelled?
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Still waiting 2NL.

I've been in contact with a number of embassies and my MP who requested names of other MPs who have helped.

Sydney told me to contact a third embassy weirdly enough, I have e-mailed this embassy but yet to hear back.

I'll keep fighting to the end.

brah99 said:
It's incredibly unlikely that I'll get an interview before FY21 and I'll have to rely on the Rosales court case to pull through but this beats waiting for the Sydney lockdown to end:

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Do you have a 2NL?
Rosales court case, did you pay for this one or a class action?
If so, what is your plan if it pulls through.
 
prayingformyvisa said:
Still waiting 2NL.

I've been in contact with a number of embassies and my MP who requested names of other MPs who have helped.

Sydney told me to contact a third embassy weirdly enough, I have e-mailed this embassy but yet to hear back.

I'll keep fighting to the end.


Do you have a 2NL?
Rosales court case, did you pay for this one or a class action?
If so, what is your plan if it pulls through.
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You need your 2NL, embassies cant do much without it. MP pushing an embassy wont help if they don't have your case file.
Medicals in NZ can not be performed until lockdown restrictions ease.
 
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prayingformyvisa said:
Still waiting 2NL.

I've been in contact with a number of embassies and my MP who requested names of other MPs who have helped.

Sydney told me to contact a third embassy weirdly enough, I have e-mailed this embassy but yet to hear back.

I'll keep fighting to the end.


Do you have a 2NL?
Rosales court case, did you pay for this one or a class action?
If so, what is your plan if it pulls through.
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No 2NL even though I became DQ on Sept 1 2020. I'm a named plaintiff on the Rosales case
 
brah99 said:
Received my 2NL at the U.S Embassy in London for September 15th. I have 4 days to pack/sell everything I own and move countries - the next few days will be hectic
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Congrats! Have you received your travel exemption from Home Affairs to be able to leave Australia? If you haven’t applied yet do it first thing this morning as you might receive the response back later today or Monday.

Good luck and have a safe trip!
 
OC2USA said:
Congrats! Have you received your travel exemption from Home Affairs to be able to leave Australia? If you haven’t applied yet do it first thing this morning as you might receive the response back later today or Monday.

Good luck and have a safe trip!
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Thanks! I went to the police station this morning and got a cop to witness my statutory declaration. Then submitted it around 8am. I called the ABF and they said that they processed the forms in order of flight departure date, "21 hours a day 7 days a week" and she later said "24 hours a day". Anyway it's been around 17 hours and the website still shows no progress. I'm hopeful, but I also need to sell my car urgently and no one seems to be buying during the lockdown.

Green&Gold said:
Book a medical in advance, they often require information prior to attending
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The earliest they can give for the medical is on Sept 29th I believe. Not sure if that will work? The DV21 program (officially, at least) ends literally one day after it. I realize it's a stretch but could I work around this by taking my medical in another country?
 
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brah99 said:
Thanks! I went to the police station this morning and got a cop to witness my statutory declaration. Then submitted it around 8am. I called the ABF and they said that they processed the forms in order of flight departure date, "21 hours a day 7 days a week" and she later said "24 hours a day". Anyway it's been around 17 hours and the website still shows no progress. I'm hopeful, but I also need to sell my car urgently and no one seems to be buying during the lockdown.


The earliest they can give for the medical is on Sept 29th I believe. Not sure if that will work? The DV21 program (officially, at least) ends literally one day after it. I realize it's a stretch but could I work around this by taking my medical in another country?
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You can’t do another country, but the embassy can keep you on AP pending medical results. It’ll be tight but doable if everyone works on it, I presume you have asked the doc to give you a slot if anyone cancels.
 
SusieQQQ said:
You can’t do another country, but the embassy can keep you on AP pending medical results. It’ll be tight but doable if everyone works on it, I presume you have asked the doc to give you a slot if anyone cancels.
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Yep at first I called to ask if they could call me if anything opened up before then. I then followed it up with an email asking if I could hand-deliver the report to the embassy (on BritSimons advice) and to book me the 29th if this can be done.
 

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brah99 said:
Thanks! I went to the police station this morning and got a cop to witness my statutory declaration. Then submitted it around 8am. I called the ABF and they said that they processed the forms in order of flight departure date, "21 hours a day 7 days a week" and she later said "24 hours a day". Anyway it's been around 17 hours and the website still shows no progress. I'm hopeful, but I also need to sell my car urgently and no one seems to be buying during the lockdown.


The earliest they can give for the medical is on Sept 29th I believe. Not sure if that will work? The DV21 program (officially, at least) ends literally one day after it. I realize it's a stretch but could I work around this by taking my medical in another country?
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Really hopeful for you, fingers crossed the exemption comes through ASAP. If they’re processing 24/7 you should be fine.

I know what you mean about the car, in the exact same position and we fly in a few weeks. Can’t sell to anyone, even a dealer due to lockdown and no one can look at it or test drive it. Is it possible for you to leave it with a family member or friend and get them to manage the sale later?

With the medical it’s tight but possible, hopefully an earlier slot opens up or they can let you take the results over yourself.

Fingers crossed for you.
 
Glad about the positive looking result for 2020 DV winners with regards to the lawsuit - what will be the deal with 2021? How/who started the previous lawsuit? Do we need to do anything to be a part of it? I know we likely need to wait until we are passed the final date, but just thinking ahead...
 
jordank21 said:
Glad about the positive looking result for 2020 DV winners with regards to the lawsuit - what will be the deal with 2021? How/who started the previous lawsuit? Do we need to do anything to be a part of it? I know we likely need to wait until we are passed the final date, but just thinking ahead...
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Take a look at the Goodluck case from Curtis Morrison Law and Britsimon has also discussed it on some videos of late so highly recommend listening to those to give you an understanding of where we stand with DV2021. But yes you are right we have to wait until closer to the cut off date to know exactly what will happen.
 
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Green&Gold said:
As Sydney and Auckland are both limited due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and lock down orders / stay at home orders, I believe they do not have to schedule. As well as the wording say "within their discretion" and "good efforts"

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Not what people want to hear, but this is accurate. The consulates are not obliged to make staff work if they feel it endangers them. Given the so-far delayed vax rollout in Aus/NZ in the middle of a pandemic, this is understandable. (Possibly it will change in October when all immigrant visa applicants will be required to have been vaccinated against covid?) it does sound like from what you posted that they’ll change course as soon as they feel they can.

I’m not sure what the intended purpose of retweeting stuff is. DoS doesn’t make decisions based on what people tweet.
 
Green&Gold said:
As Sydney and Auckland are both limited due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and lock down orders / stay at home orders, I believe they do not have to schedule. As well as the wording say "within their discretion" and "good efforts"
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I agreed with that stance until recently.

First of all I found out Melbourne consulate, who are in the same lockdown as Sydney, are having in person interviews (for E3 visas). I was given a screenshot of an email direct from the melb consulate saying they are considered authrorised by the gov and can conduct interviews. That screenshot from the person who attended her appt successfully.

So I reached out to my local MP and checked the NSW Gov guidelines. My local MP advised me today that the NSW Health Minister's office has confirmed that the consulate has not been directed to close under the public health orders. The NSW Gov also identifies consular services as 'authorised'.

Im not very happy with the consulate now, knowing that they could be scheduling interviews right now but choosing not to.
 
Green&Gold said:
As Sydney and Auckland are both limited due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and lock down orders / stay at home orders, I believe they do not have to schedule. As well as the wording say "within their discretion" and "good efforts"

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Oh wow, they're throwing out the, 'You may also want to apply... DV2023..." line now. What a joke.
 
AusJess27 said:
I agreed with that stance until recently.

First of all I found out Melbourne consulate, who are in the same lockdown as Sydney, are having in person interviews (for E3 visas). I was given a screenshot of an email direct from the melb consulate saying they are considered authrorised by the gov and can conduct interviews. That screenshot from the person who attended her appt successfully.

So I reached out to my local MP and checked the NSW Gov guidelines. My local MP advised me today that the NSW Health Minister's office has confirmed that the consulate has not been directed to close under the public health orders. The NSW Gov also identifies consular services as 'authorised'.

Im not very happy with the consulate now, knowing that they could be scheduling interviews right now but choosing not to.
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Well they ARE conducting emergency interviews and have been this whole lockdown. They just haven't prioritised DV interviews as a priority/emergency.
 
AusJess27 said:
I agreed with that stance until recently.

First of all I found out Melbourne consulate, who are in the same lockdown as Sydney, are having in person interviews (for E3 visas). I was given a screenshot of an email direct from the melb consulate saying they are considered authrorised by the gov and can conduct interviews. That screenshot from the person who attended her appt successfully.

So I reached out to my local MP and checked the NSW Gov guidelines. My local MP advised me today that the NSW Health Minister's office has confirmed that the has not been directed to close under the public health orders. The NSW Gov also identifies consular services as 'authorised'.

Im not very happy with the consulate now, knowing that they could be scheduling interviews right now but choosing not to.
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For E3 in Sydney, you have to file for an emergency appointment. I even tried to use a job offer as leverage as the job requires "Limited Access Authorization" (similar to a government security clearance) which can not be granted on E3, denied.
 
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