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My nationality is one of the nationals that is currently not eligible to apply for the DV Lottery but the country of birth of my spouse is eligible for the DV but her nationality is not eligible because she doesn't have nationality from her country of birth just birth certificate and an indication on her passport where place of birth written. Please how does this work? What are the documents required if any of us win the DV? Thank you
 
My nationality is one of the nationals that is currently not eligible to apply for the DV Lottery but the country of birth of my spouse is eligible for the DV but her nationality is not eligible because she doesn't have nationality from her country of birth just birth certificate and an indication on her passport where place of birth written. Please how does this work? What are the documents required if any of us win the DV? Thank you
Place of birth is what matters, as long as she has the birth certificate to support the claim. The nationality is irrelevant.
 
I am DV 2021AF6177 selectee who has not been scheduled for the interview yet the fiscal year is closing 30th, September. What should I expect after September 30th?
 
I am DV 2021AF6177 selectee who has not been scheduled for the interview yet the fiscal year is closing 30th, September. What should I expect after September 30th?

Depends whether you are a plaintiff on a lawsuit or not.

Non plaintiffs will most likely lose their opportunity in 2 days time (if Judge Mehta doesn't come up with a surprise).

If you are a plaintiff you would probably have more chance because I expect Judge Mehta to reserve "some" visas

Current suggested legislative changes are suggesting protecting DV2020 and DV2021 cases who lost out, BUT that law is not passed yet.
 
#DV2021 #GoodluckvBiden update- government has filed their report. Only 50,756 #DV2021 visa applicants submitted DS-260 applications.


What do they mean by this?

2. The KCC received Immigrant Visa Electronic Applications, or DS-260s, from
50,756 DV2021 selectees. The KCC is not able to track centrally the total number of lmmigrant
Visa Electronic Applications from derivative beneficiaries.
 
Hello!
One hopefully last question regarding our recent immigration. I was browsing through my USCIS profile and I saw that my mailing address was listed as provided in the DS260 and as confirmed at entry, however the physical address was empty. I have updated the physical address under my and my wife's profile to basically list the exact same address as the already provided mailing address.

Do you know if I also need to submit the AR-11 change of address form in this case as well? The address has not changed it just wasn't listed as my physical address under my profile.

Thank you.
 
Hello!
One hopefully last question regarding our recent immigration. I was browsing through my USCIS profile and I saw that my mailing address was listed as provided in the DS260 and as confirmed at entry, however the physical address was empty. I have updated the physical address under my and my wife's profile to basically list the exact same address as the already provided mailing address.

Do you know if I also need to submit the AR-11 change of address form in this case as well? The address has not changed it just wasn't listed as my physical address under my profile.

Thank you.
No AR-11 submission required, your address has not changed.
 
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Anyone knows the exact number of Goh plaintiffs that are remaining?

According to ckuck on last YouTube live:
861 original plaintiffs
149 were adjudicated by end of Sept 27th (could be more by Sept 30th)
69 refused (but could be AP)
Equals 643 remaining plaintiffs (very rough estimate)

I think our chances now as Goh plaintiffs competing in our pool are anywhere between %30 to ±%40 (481 reserved visas / ±1286 plaintiffs and their derivatives)

Anybody has different theory?
 
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Anyone knows the exact number of Goh plaintiffs that are remaining?

According to ckuck on last YouTube live:
861 original plaintiffs
149 were adjudicated by end of Sept 27th (could be more by Sept 30th)
69 refused (but could be AP)
Equals 643 remaining plaintiffs (very rough estimate)

I think our chances now as Goh plaintiffs competing in our pool are anywhere between %30 to ±%40 (481 reserved visas / ±1286 plaintiffs and their derivatives)

Anybody has different theory?
Hi @PhantomHigh !

Thank you! I was trying to understand why they wanted to reserve 2250 visas, if with the derivatives were approx. 940? Because everybody was saying (even Chuck) that in the Goh there is approx. 430 plaintiff and with the derivatives there's 9xx... (I heard it a few times)

How this number became 2250? Also do you know from this number (if it's really 1286 plaintiff) how many of us is DQ?

I don't blame the lawyers, I think the judge wanted to warn all of us and the future winners not to take these kind of actions against the gov. Because he could reserve all the remain visas...
 
Hi @PhantomHigh !

Thank you! I was trying to understand why they wanted to reserve 2250 visas, if with the derivatives were approx. 940? Because everybody was saying (even Chuck) that in the Goh there is approx. 430 plaintiff and with the derivatives there's 9xx... (I heard it a few times)

How this number became 2250? Also do you know from this number (if it's really 1286 plaintiff) how many of us is DQ?

I don't blame the lawyers, I think the judge wanted to warn all of us and the future winners not to take these kind of actions against the gov. Because he could reserve all the remain visas...
Honestly, I don’t know how our lawyers came up with this number (2250).
ALL Goh plaintiffs AND their derivatives are certainly less than 2250 individuals.
Maybe they over-asked in hope that they will get relief for their exact number of plaintiffs and their beneficiaries.

There is no way for us to know how many Goh plaintiffs are DQ. The only way is to ask ckuck or Aaron as they are the only ones who have access to the self-submitted database that they sent to our emails on Sept 18th.

The Judge has his own point of view, where he wants plaintiffs to have the same probability of adjudication regardless of any other external factors. At least that’s what I understood from his order.

This puts us in another lottery though..
 
Honestly, I don’t know how our lawyers came up with this number (2250).
ALL Goh plaintiffs AND their derivatives are certainly less than 2250 individuals.
Maybe they over-asked in hope that they will get relief for their exact number of plaintiffs and their beneficiaries.

There is no way for us to know how many Goh plaintiffs are DQ. The only way is to ask ckuck or Aaron as they are the only ones who have access to the self-submitted database that they sent to our emails on Sept 18th.

The Judge has his own point of view, where he wants plaintiffs to have the same probability of adjudication regardless of any other external factors. At least that’s what I understood from his order.

This puts us in another lottery though..
Yes, the only thing what I was trying to avoid, another lottery. I went crazy in a last few months and here we go again. :)

Sure, I understand that it's better than nothing, still unfortunately there is no mentioned follow up in the order, so how could we know how many visas left, how many dv2021 visas they've issued during the FY22...

I won't be able to listen Chuck an the crew this evening, but if you could ask about the DQ Goh plaintiffs, I would appreciate it!

There's another 944 visa reserved from judge Chutkan for certain EU countries affected with the Schengen ban. I think approx. 34 visa goes to each mentioned country. The case name is Raiv v Biden. So... maybe there's another light on the dark sky :)
 
It's better than nothing, but it's sad to see that Mehta thinks it's more important to prevent plaintiffs from getting an advantage than it is to prevent the government from getting away with illegal behavior. He acknowledges that they should have issued 76% of the usual number, but he is allowing them to issue less than 50%. So the precedent is set: they can simply refuse to issue diversity visas and mostly get away with it.

It's particularly frustrating when the "advantage" the plaintiffs would have received was not to be at anyone elses's expense, since no one else is going to get those visas anyway.

He also made a number of stupid mistakes: he used the incorrect number of selectees (nearly 138k) despite the Impact team pointing out this mistake in their last submission. So the correct percentage should have been more like 33% instead of 31%. But worse, he says

The Goh Plaintiffs represent that 1,550 Plaintiffs and their derivative beneficiaries have outstanding, not-finally-adjudicated visa applications.

..and then goes on to multiply 1550 by 0.31. What about the beneficiaries you just mentioned?! By his own logic, he should be multiplying that number by 1.92. Maybe he meant "1550 including their derivatives" but he's clearly being very careless either way.

I am no longer a plaintiff as I was able to do AoS but I'm pretty disappointed at this outcome.
 
Yes, the only thing what I was trying to avoid, another lottery. I went crazy in a last few months and here we go again. :)

Sure, I understand that it's better than nothing, still unfortunately there is no mentioned follow up in the order, so how could we know how many visas left, how many dv2021 visas they've issued during the FY22...

I won't be able to listen Chuck an the crew this evening, but if you could ask about the DQ Goh plaintiffs, I would appreciate it!

There's another 944 visa reserved from judge Chutkan for certain EU countries affected with the Schengen ban. I think approx. 34 visa goes to each mentioned country. The case name is Raiv v Biden. So... maybe there's another light on the dark sky :)
Sure I will ask him today.
 
It's better than nothing, but it's sad to see that Mehta thinks it's more important to prevent plaintiffs from getting an advantage than it is to prevent the government from getting away with illegal behavior. He acknowledges that they should have issued 76% of the usual number, but he is allowing them to issue less than 50%. So the precedent is set: they can simply refuse to issue diversity visas and mostly get away with it.

It's particularly frustrating when the "advantage" the plaintiffs would have received was not to be at anyone elses's expense, since no one else is going to get those visas anyway.

He also made a number of stupid mistakes: he used the incorrect number of selectees (nearly 138k) despite the Impact team pointing out this mistake in their last submission. So the correct percentage should have been more like 33% instead of 31%. But worse, he says



..and then goes on to multiply 1550 by 0.31. What about the beneficiaries you just mentioned?! By his own logic, he should be multiplying that number by 1.92. Maybe he meant "1550 including their derivatives" but he's clearly being very careless either way.

I am no longer a plaintiff as I was able to do AoS but I'm pretty disappointed at this outcome.
The whole thing is extremely frustrating and disappointing. I’m sure this uncertainty is driving many individuals insane.

But congrats on your green card either way :)
 
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On the fingerprint topic. Found this on the internet, regarding the biometrics: If you are applying for immigration from outside the United States, your biometrics appointment will be at the U.S. consulate or embassy processing your application.
They did take fingerprints from me from all fingers at least twice during my interview. The officer at the entry took only a photo. I specifically asked him twice if he is sure there is nothing else to do and he said no, that's it, you will get your card within 90 days.
I already received my social security card, so I would assume everything is on track, but now I am not sure. Should we who fid not have our fingerprints taken take any action?
Hi there. How long did it take for your SSN to arrive? I got to the US two weeks ago and haven't received anything. Are you aware of any guidance on expected time for it arrive? Thanks in advance.
 
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