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I can't understand if we can get a DV, but cannot to travel to USA, or we can't even get a DV during those 60 days?
 
janzz2018 said:
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Hi
I have already faced my interview. But passport is still in the embassy. CEAC status is AP but my visa approved in the interview. What will happen to my DV dream?
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You don’t have an already issued IV, so the EO is applicable to you. No one can tell you precisely what will happen to your DV dream for now, so you’ll just have to wait and see.
 
If we do some mathematics here ,
EO suspends immigration process for 60 days ..
Based upon April VB, 2NL were issued to winners however they didn't do their interviews due to embassies closure , these winners might get interviewed in July if circumstances get better.
Taking into consideration the 60 days suspension, May VB shall be issued by 3rd week of June 2020, allowing few more cases to get interviewed in August.
Then 1 more VB to be issued in Mid of July , allowing few more cases to get interviewed in September.
As a conclusion, before suspension we had 4 VB and now we only have 2.
Can someone advice on the above?
 
Ahmad_AS said:
If we do some mathematics here ,
EO suspends immigration process for 60 days ..
Based upon April VB, 2NL were issued to winners however they didn't do their interviews due to embassies closure , these winners might get interviewed in July if circumstances get better.
Taking into consideration the 60 days suspension, May VB shall be issued by 3rd week of June 2020, allowing few more cases to get interviewed in August.
Then 1 more VB to be issued in Mid of July , allowing few more cases to get interviewed in September.
As a conclusion, before suspension we had 4 VB and now we only have 2.
Can someone advice on the above?
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well, the “obvious“ solution is for most or all regions to go current quickly once they can start issuing again (clearly DV issuance is going to be way below quota this year), except that some embassies (in countries where there are lots of DV applicants and/or immigrant applicants in general) won’t have the capacity to deal with a surge in interviews in the last couple of months. The best you can hope for is that those embassies will schedule DVs ahead of non-sunset clause visas, but as above other affected visas in general total more than DV so... there will almost certainly be a bottleneck at some embassies.
 
SusieQQQ said:
actually, it affects many more than DV. The other obvious exclusions of significant categories are:
- families of LPRs (spouses and unmarried children are they ones they can sponsor)
- family of USC other than spouses and under 21 children (remember USCs can also sponsor parents, married children and their families, and siblings and their families. these categories alone account for many more than DV every year)
- non- health based employment based immigrant visas
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I'm not that familiar with other immigration programs , so if I may ask , do all other immigration process end by September 30th also , or the September is only a FY for DV ?
 
Peince said:
I'm not that familiar with other immigration programs , so if I may ask , do all other immigration process end by September 30th also , or the September is only a FY for DV ?
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DV is the only one I know that actually expires at the end of the FY, however the fiscal year end matters to applicants in oversubscribed categories which have a maximum quota per fiscal year/or those from countries which hit their country quota (7% of total immigrant visas) in a fiscal year. For those people though it just delays not ends their process.
 
I contacted the american airway and they told it's not possible to board with a DV visa, D yes, but not DV
SusieQQQ said:
Yeah we had that discussion already...not going there again
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Yeah apologies for the stubbornness! Someone know if a DV flight for 14 days in a country not listed for the ban can then enter the US including with this EO?
 
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SusieQQQ said:
DV is the only one I know that actually expires at the end of the FY, however the fiscal year end matters to applicants in oversubscribed categories which have a maximum quota per fiscal year/or those from countries which hit their country quota (7% of total immigrant visas) in a fiscal year. For those people though it just delays not ends their process.
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Thank Susie for the information .
 
amc_556 said:
Which airline did you speak to?


Have you read the EO?
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I called the American Airlines, it's the only company at the moment who got direct flights from London to Miami.
I asked her if it was possible to board with an immigrant DV visa and at first she said only american citizens, but after a 5 min in hold she told me that they got a list of people with visas who can board and she said they got other visas categories and only D, not DV!
I'm considering before my visa expire this 2nd of June to flight in Belarus ( only non listed country in the ban with the borders open ) and stay there 14 days before trying to fly in the US from there! Someone knows if this would be possible?
 
valerio74 said:
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Yeah I have read that, but there is write that it’s denied the “entry” to USA for 60 days. Maybe not the issuance , people could do interview and after AP and when this ban will expire it will be ISSUED as the lawyer is writing
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I start to see your point of view. Everywhere is stated <entry>.
 
SusieQQQ said:
Sorry - I’m not understanding what point you are trying to emphasize here? (With “entry”?)
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Yes. If he blocked only the entry and not the issuance could be that when embassies will be able to reopen and reschedule interviews again they could doing interviews also during these 60 days of ban, am I wrong? I repeat, only if he meant Entry and not issuance.
 
Hello,
I have a question related to aos of my non immigrant M1 (vocational studies) visa. Due to the current block on green card processing I’m looking for my options to do a aos instead of counselor processing at my local embassy in Amsterdam. I am currently in the Netherlands but still hold a valid student m1 visa. I am in my home country due to the pandemic and was planning to go for an interview here in Amsterdam. Now this is blocked my question is; Can I adjust the status of a m1 visa and if so, once the travel ban is lifted can I fly back to the US on my M1 and legally apply for Aos ? My case number is eu31xxx. thank you so much!
 
valerio74 said:
Yes. If he blocked only the entry and not the issuance could be that when embassies will be able to reopen and reschedule interviews again they could doing interviews also during these 60 days of ban, am I wrong? I repeat, only if he meant Entry and not issuance.
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Well he’s blocked the entry of people who don't already have visas as of today, so it’s moot imo - an embassy is not going to issue a visa that isn’t allowed to be used - visas only have an expiry date, not a “valid from” date. But yes, I guess embassies could go ahead and interview and just put a hold on issuance until the ban is over. That makes more sense from a workload point of view (assuming they open) than just postponing everything.
 
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