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Thank u susie..u don't do that here...we are already in hot waters why do u pour pepper on us.we need news that are real and can boost us up not the other way round..we act in faith and we know there is light at the end of the tunnel
 
Noble Osei Owusu said:
Thank u susie..u don't do that here...we are already in hot waters why do u pour pepper on us.we need news that are real and can boost us up not the other way round..we act in faith and we know there is light at the end of the tunnel
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I understand, it is really hard and we all cope in our own ways. Were your documents processed and all? May I ask what is your case number?
 
Noble Osei Owusu said:
Thank u susie..u don't do that here...we are already in hot waters why do u pour pepper on us.we need news that are real and can boost us up not the other way round..we act in faith and we know there is light at the end of the tunnel
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So what REAL news has there been about this in the past pages and pages of speculation?

Sorry guys honestly, other people may feel differently, i spend time here to volunteer to answer questions about DV. And I‘ve just reached my personal limit on wading through pages and pages of speculation to pick out genuine questions that I can informatively and usefully answer. The other forum I’m on (which to be fair has a bunch more moderators than this one) is really good at moving all speculation to one megathread on the topic of travel ban, so that the topic doesn’t clutter everything else up. The mods here don’t have time to keep cleaning threads up so I was hoping (this is not the first time I asked) you guys would listen to the reason for putting it in a separate thread, but seeing as I appear to be the only one with that view, you guys keep doing what you’re doing and I’ll check back in on 24 June once we actually do or don't have an extension. Bye till then.
 
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I am selected for the DV visa lottery for 2021.
I have dual citizenship.
I have filled the information in the DV application exactly as in the passport. However in the passport and as all my records in this country the year of birth only is mentioned while the date and month not mentioned. So I have written January first for the day and month in the DV lottery application as I do for travel tickets and whenever needed to mention.
While in the birth certificate for the other nationality where I was born the date ,month and year are mentioned.The Year is the same as the passport I applied while date and month are different.
does this make a problem for me and what should I write in the visa application .

Thank you
 
walidk1952 said:
I am selected for the DV visa lottery for 2021.
I have dual citizenship.
I have filled the information in the DV application exactly as in the passport. However in the passport and as all my records in this country the year of birth only is mentioned while the date and month not mentioned. So I have written January first for the day and month in the DV lottery application as I do for travel tickets and whenever needed to mention.
While in the birth certificate for the other nationality where I was born the date ,month and year are mentioned.The Year is the same as the passport I applied while date and month are different.
does this make a problem for me and what should I write in the visa application .

Thank you
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DV2021 here:
https://forums.immigration.com/threads/dv-2021-all-selectees.342985/page-11#post-2525509
 
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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Sorry for the delay - this has been a crazy week for me.

I sympathize with the concern. I understand this is a lot of money, especially in countries with more challenging economies. From one perspective, it is better to have 100 people paying $500 than 20 or 30 people paying $1000. But it is also true that our workload and our expenses increase as the number of plaintiffs increase. For example, if we end up with a number like 100 plaintiffs on this case, we would need to hire additional staff to prepare the evidence, keep everyone updated and answer questions during the process and to assist with supporting the consular processing for participants. Plus, more plaintiffs means the complaint is longer because it means we need to a bigger story. For example, the last complaint Rafael and I filed was Razi v Pompeo in San Diego on May 30 for only 4 families, and the mandamus complaint with exhibits (the first filing) was 100 pages. Our motion for preliminary injunction and exhibits in the Najafi v Pompeo case, with 20 families participating, was almost 1,000 pages.
It's much more work in preparing a complaint as the number of plaintiffs increases, and a lot more money in printing and postage in serving the multiple copies of filings to the government defendants, their government attorneys, and to the court. I hope that helps explain why we structured the pricing the way we did.

Also an update, as of today, we have 12 DV winners (and their derivative family members) signed up to participate.
 
curtisatlaw said:
Sorry for the delay - this has been a crazy week for me.

I sympathize with the concern. I understand this is a lot of money, especially in countries with more challenging economies. From one perspective, it is better to have 100 people paying $500 than 20 or 30 people paying $1000. But it is also true that our workload and our expenses increase as the number of plaintiffs increase. For example, if we end up with a number like 100 plaintiffs on this case, we would need to hire additional staff to prepare the evidence, keep everyone updated and answer questions during the process and to assist with supporting the consular processing for participants. Plus, more plaintiffs means the complaint is longer because it means we need to a bigger story. For example, the last complaint Rafael and I filed was Razi v Pompeo in San Diego on May 30 for only 4 families, and the mandamus complaint with exhibits (the first filing) was 100 pages. Our motion for preliminary injunction and exhibits in the Najafi v Pompeo case, with 20 families participating, was almost 1,000 pages.
It's much more work in preparing a complaint as the number of plaintiffs increases, and a lot more money in printing and postage in serving the multiple copies of filings to the government defendants, their government attorneys, and to the court. I hope that helps explain why we structured the pricing the way we did.

Also an update, as of today, we have 12 DV winners (and their derivative family members) signed up to participate.
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Hi Curtis, csn you please answer my last question from previous pages? Thanks!
 
Hello, my wife delivery date is due for 1st week of Oct. Interview was schedule on April 10th but due to COVID19 was postponed. Mother is not in the state for long travel before delivery even if granted visa before September 30th. Please suggest the options @Sm1smom @Britsimon
 
Britsimon said:
He's a busy person. Repeat the question so he doesn't have to search and guess what you mean.
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Here is what I asked 4 pages ago:


You seem to have not understand my question, so I'll try explaining again:

There's a vast difference between
1. Someone who already cleared KCC, attended an interview prior to 9/30 and been put on AP waiting for a decision
and 2. Someone who still hasn't heard back from KCC regarding status of docs, hasn't attended an interview and missed the 9/30 deadline.

You keep mentioning those in scenario 1 who will benefit from a DECISION made after 9/30.
Most of us are, however, in group 2, at a complete standstill, with no signs of change until embassies re-open.

Simply put - can INTERVIEWS (not DECISIONS on already interviewed cases) be held after Sept. 30th? Can KCC process our case after Sept. 30th?

You seem to ignore for some reason the main hurdle at this time - the closure of embassies and the ZERO interviews policy which might go on until the end of the fiscal year and beyond that. You also seem to ignore the fact that we're not in group 1 who cleared all steps and just wait for a decision. No, we're still waiting for KCC to process our documents, send a 2NL, take the physical exam and attend an interview. This is not a matter of a day or two, it's a matter of months, and we don't have this time before the year ends.
 
Hi Curtis,
I just to add one more thing in between # 01 and #02 of Airspray's serious concern i.e ...
# The DV 2020 winners who had been scheduled interview for the Month of April /May and got cancelled due to Covid-19./ EO .
and anxiously awaiting to their interview to be rescheduled.
Thanking You.

Time is of the essence .....the issue really is we do not have enough time left, unless otherwise ,that we all got the option #4 of your possible outcome as you had pointed out earlier.

But we nothing left except hope ...Hope is everything ....Be positive...
Good Luck to All. Bless you all . And God Bless America.
 
Britsimon said:
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.
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Hi Simon! Your point about how the embassies still need visa numbers from KCC is excellent and very valid, and we are going to be careful to make sure to explain in the complaint how decisions made by and at KCC are also responsible, probably more so, for the unreasonable administrative delays and withholding of visa decisions.

I do not mean to say it was mysterious that DV lottery visas were issued by the US embassies in April, but to make that point that these embassies have mechanisms in place for emergency situations. And while they do not explicitly state that a judge's order is an example of an emergency situation, for them, it would be an emergency unless they would want to risk bring in contempt of court.
 
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