FRAN 2020AF30XXX
Well-Known Member
Merry Christmas to everyone and your families
Happy holidays and good 2021 ahead to all
Happy holidays and good 2021 ahead to all
DV 2020 All Selectees
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Silvio_Rob
New Member
Thank you
I know there were 9095 visa or so reserved before the end of the fiscal year and to be distributed later. I assume the judge decision after March 2021 is about how to distribute these reserved visas. Is this right?
DV2020EU44
Active Member
Happy holiday season everyone! ^_^
Britsimon
Super Moderator
The visas were reserved so that there was a chance to issue them later *IF* the Judge decided to do so. He has not made the final decision yet, but if he does, and decides that the visas will be issued, then he may give instruction on priority or he might not. We have to wait and see.
U
Unfortunately, he didn't do it.
Hi everyone,
this might be a silly question but...
I have seen Puerto Rico is considered a USA POE, so, can we activate our visa there?
I have been reading Puerto Rico entry requirements and they are different from the continental USA. Seems like they ask for a test but no 14 quarantine outside Schengen.
travelsafe. PR. gov
Im a Dv2020 winner with a valid visa til 20th March and Schengen area.
Thanks all
Happy holidays everyone! I truly hope all remaining visas will be issued in 2021.
@low_23
I found your idea very good but I am afraid that Puerto Rico entry requirements are the same as continental USA. The PP defines that
Has someone from Schengen area with an issued visa managed to make a travel plan to the US in January? It seems to me hardly possible and I would be interested to read your ideas and solutions!
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
You’d need to spend two weeks outside schengen first. The most common seems to be turkey, Serbia, Mexico
Thanks @SusieQQQ!
My concern is that the CDC has assigned Mexico, Serbia and Turkey a Level 4 “very high” COVID-19 risk assessment and said that « travelers should avoid all travel to these destinations ».
And I wonder which US state to enter for a very short staying focused on activating the DV visa...
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
Well, what other option do you propose? You need to find a country that is not a schengen or other Covid-banned country to be able to spend two weeks in before you travel, as long as the ban remains in place. I gave you the options most people on various forums say they are using, but you are free to search for more, remembering that most of the few low Covid countries have their own restrictions on people entering, and that you will need a direct flight (or transit via non banned country) from wherever you spend your two weeks to the US. No one is saying you need to be out and about touring wherever it is you spend your two weeks, you can stay in a hotel room and order room service/Airbnb and order in food for two weeks to avoid catching Covid, assuming a green card is worth that boredom. Or you can wait and hope the vaccination rollout removes countries from the travel ban list. Until you can figure out where you can leave from, your actual US destination is the least of your worries.
Wishaluckfj
Member
Anyone booked to travel on 1st January onwards?
FRAN 2020AF30XXX
Well-Known Member
The clouds are forming and this rain might just continue to beat us
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/memorandum-extension-memorandum-visa-sanctions/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/memorandum-extension-memorandum-visa-sanctions/
FRAN 2020AF30XXX
Well-Known Member
Not very good news that presidential-actions set to expire are being extended.
#PP10014 is one of them
poetmj
New Member
Pasted below is the April 10th memorandum on the section of the memoradum - Visa section. I think its something to do with countries accepting their citizens when the US asks them too or something like that(doesnt seem to reference PP10014, atleast this particular one):
Sec. 2. Visa Sanctions. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the Secretary of State, pursuant to section 243(d) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1253(d), if any government of a foreign country denies or unreasonably delays the acceptance of aliens who are citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents of that country after being asked to accept those aliens, and if such denial or delay is impeding operations of the Department of Homeland Security necessary to respond to the ongoing pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2.
(b) Upon receipt of a notification described in subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of State shall as expeditiously as possible, but no later than 7 days after receipt, adopt and initiate a plan to impose the visa sanctions provided for in section 243(d) of the INA. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter or limit the authority of the Secretary of State to make exceptions consistent with the foreign policy interests of the United States.
(c) Sanctions imposed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall cease to apply if the Secretary of Homeland Security notifies the Secretary of State that a foreign country has resumed accepting aliens without unreasonable delay who are its citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents when asked to accept those aliens.
TheKey
Active Member
This doesn’t seem like it’s related to the EOs that affect DV selectees. It’s for countries that still refuse to accept their deported/removed citizens during the pandemic.
Quote from source: “I determined that the United States must be able to effectuate the repatriation of foreign nationals who violate the laws of the United States.”
FRAN 2020AF30XXX
Well-Known Member
Keyboard warriors, Please understand the context of the message or ask for clarification if you didn't comprehend the message before responding to your own version of the message
This extension of a presidential action set to expire has just set precedent to other presidential actions
Meaning, this president is likely to extend all expiring actions he had set and are expiring and PP10014 is one such presidential action
Open your minds to understand current affairs in the country you are interested in immigrating to
Happy new year ahead to all my fellow DV2020 participants, winners, supporters and advisors
This extension of a presidential action set to expire has just set precedent to other presidential actions
Meaning, this president is likely to extend all expiring actions he had set and are expiring and PP10014 is one such presidential action
Open your minds to understand current affairs in the country you are interested in immigrating to
Happy new year ahead to all my fellow DV2020 participants, winners, supporters and advisors
TheKey
Active Member
There’s need for the passive aggressive comments. This forum operates on current facts and not perceived speculations.
Given that, the visa issuance ban was due to the growing unemployment rates at the time. Since the proclamation, those numbers have dropped significantly. (Although many still remain unemployed or underemployed).
The visa ban (affecting DV selectees) is obviously still subject to extension but that has not been explicitly said. We will only know on 31st of December and 23:59 if that ban is still in place.
Given that, the visa issuance ban was due to the growing unemployment rates at the time. Since the proclamation, those numbers have dropped significantly. (Although many still remain unemployed or underemployed).
The visa ban (affecting DV selectees) is obviously still subject to extension but that has not been explicitly said. We will only know on 31st of December and 23:59 if that ban is still in place.
FRAN 2020AF30XXX
Well-Known Member
It's a free world. You can continue living and hoping in your dreams and believe Trump has changed and will be better in the next 21 days or accept the reality as it is on the ground with evidence from the link that he is remembering his earlier presidential actions and he is likely to see them through to the end of his presidency
FRAN 2020AF30XXX
Well-Known Member
I am very much affected by PP10014 but I am also an optimistic realist.
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TheKey
Active Member
I won’t comment on Trump’s demeanour because I don’t really care for him. I (and everyone else in this forum as a matter of fact) know that he could very well extend the visa ban. BUT that’s not what this proclamation (you shared) is about. The other forum members have commented that it doesn’t affect DV visa (truthfully at that). That doesn’t mean neither of us think he won’t extend the ban. BUT as it stands, it hasn’t been extended. We can only say, with no doubt, on the 31st of December 23:59 whether the ban is still in place.