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curtisatlaw said:
Great questions. I hope it's ok if I answer them here. First, an attorney cannot personally compel government agency actions. We can, through filing litigation, influence government agency's actions (and in fact, often the outcome in a mandamus case is that the State Department takes actions just to moot the lawsuit). Only a federal judge can compel an agency to take actions from outside the agency- and that's why mandamus litigation might be a good option for 2020 Dv lottery winners.

Second, you said "what about the embassy closure?" That's a great question. I would like to point out that embassies may not be operating routinely since March 20, but that does not mean they cannot issue immigrant visas. In fact, the State Department's own statistics show that US embassies in Ankara, Baghdad, Cairo, Georgetown, Johannesburg, Kathmandu, Kyiv, Phnom Penh, Singapore, Sydney, Tbilisi, and Tokyo all issued Diversity Visas in April. A total of 67 Diversity Visas were issued in April (32 were winners, and 35 were derivatives). In nine days we will find out how many were issued in May, and I expect it was even more. Therefore, if the government wants to argue to the court that they cannot issue Diversity visas right now, they are going to have to explain how that can be true when they are already issuing Diversity visas. I think they have a good chance of losing that argument.

Finally, you are absolutely right that there are other factors going on besides the [PP 10014] ban, and in fact, we have yet to see what they all are (since we do not know if that ban will expire, be extended, or replaced with something broader). Our complaint will address the most substantive arbitrary decisions that are responsible for the unreasonable delays, and we will have a better view of what those challenges are by the end of the month.
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Hi Curtis, I'm glad you joined here to make your points for yourself. Just going through your answers now.

I will point out if you haven't already that I imagine you are not going to answer every point here because you will want to keep some strategies/arguments quiet for now - so if we raise questions you decide not to answer, that will be understandable.

Regarding the visas issued in April. That wasn't a surprise. Cases in AP from previous months were issued in April prior to the ban being implemented. We know that embassies were not fully closed, so there is nothing mysterious about that. On the other hand if they issue visas in May, that would be more surprising and difficult to explain considering that the embassies would have had to draw visa numbers from KCC, who should have been implementing the ban at that point. My point being you only have a point to make if there are visas issued in May - so as you say - we will see in a few days time.
 
My concern is also with fees . If I may ask , why does it have to be that much , 1000$ is a huge amount of money for many if us that work so hard to make a living and save some money . There are many people who want to join the case but can't because of the fees being big .
Why , for example wouldn't be something in a range of 500$ per case ( regardless of a single case or with derivatives ) . Like it's better to have 100 people paying 500 than 20 or 30 people paying 1000 . I understand that's part of your job and you need to make a living , but can you please explain why does it have to be this expensive ?
Thank you
 
SusieQQQ said:
Exactly, they are just repeating the same old story since March!
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its just bs, they can schedule passport interviews but no visa interviews due to COVID. They’re not straightforward and hold information behind for the real reason of the stand still and hide behind covid.
Yesterday’s posts about the Phase 1, Phase 2 as what I can find online has to do with passport interviews.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/ea/passport-covid-19.html
 
Today in Algeria, a document review email has been sent to two people
 

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Walt91 said:
its just bs, they can schedule passport interviews but no visa interviews due to COVID. They’re not straightforward and hold information behind for the real reason of the stand still and hide behind covid.
Yesterday’s posts about the Phase 1, Phase 2 as what I can find online has to do with passport interviews.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/ea/passport-covid-19.html
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They always have and always will prioritize citizens over others. They have always made that clear. Even the original shutdown notice https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/suspension-of-routine-visa-services.html ended with noting services to citizens will continue to be available. You’d expect the same from your country’s embassy.
 
SusieQQQ said:
They always have and always will prioritize citizens over others. They have always made that clear. Even the original shutdown notice https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/suspension-of-routine-visa-services.html ended with noting services to citizens will continue to be available. You’d expect the same from your country’s embassy.
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I know and that makes sense, but i mean that it seems like everytime someone asks a question they mention due to covid this and that rather than giving the exact reason or what to expect, because by now one may assume there’s at least a plan set up for resuming visa services.
 
Walt91 said:
I know and that makes sense, but i mean that it seems like everytime someone asks a question they mention due to covid this and that rather than giving the exact reason or what to expect, because by now one may assume there’s at least a plan set up for resuming visa services.
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I think you’re expecting too much if you think you're going to get anything other than a formula answer tbh...
 
Peince said:
My concern is also with fees . If I may ask , why does it have to be that much , 1000$ is a huge amount of money for many if us that work so hard to make a living and save some money . There are many people who want to join the case but can't because of the fees being big .
Why , for example wouldn't be something in a range of 500$ per case ( regardless of a single case or with derivatives ) . Like it's better to have 100 people paying 500 than 20 or 30 people paying 1000 . I understand that's part of your job and you need to make a living , but can you please explain why does it have to be this expensive ?
Thank you
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@curtisatlaw If we can negotiate a bit or bear a large portion (500USD initial, 1500USD final) pay when the case is approved. more people will be engage with the lawsuit. Please consider this Mr. Curtis
 
Some people received congratulations email yesterday and two days ago here in Ethiopia.
 

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My optimistic theory is that they'll send out a lot of confirmation numbers just after the ban expires. Maybe they're holding back because they're instructed or don't want to show they're working towards immigration during the time of the ban.
Doesn't make sense for them to have this much time without sending out confirmation numbers
 
Will the ban be extended? Any hint from any sources? As new restrictions are added or we just wait for the coming weekend
 
Wamugs said:
Will the ban be extended? Any hint from any sources? As new restrictions are added or we just wait for the coming weekend
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I didn't see anything, US is planning to open embassies in phases. That's all what I know so far
 
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