DV2020EU44
Active Member
There are examples but don't make decisions based on last years experience.
DV 2020 All Selectees
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FRAN 2020AF30XXX
Well-Known Member
If you have the money for the lawsuit then I would advise you take the option
I'm not following the DV2021 lawsuits so I don't know how far they are or how likely they'll win
All in all plaintiffs in DV2020 were interviewed even those who were not current so weigh your options and make a quick decision
If this lifetime opportunity is worth the extra investment to you and you can afford it then join the lawsuit
yummmmyy
Member
I appreciate your advice, you are right I have to make my dicision quick and on my own.
The situation is different this year so results could not be the same as last year but still, your data is very valuable enough to help me.
Borost
Active Member
That's right decision imo. I know 1 person from this forum participated in Morrison's lawsuit and got into interview! I think he is in USA now. He has really high case number.
yummmmyy
Member
I might have seen that person on Morison's YouTube coment anyway it seems dozens of people got benefit from the lawsuit last year.
If I don't get 2NL by the end of next week I will join it.
FRAN 2020AF30XXX
Well-Known Member
The last development on DV2020 was February 24th 2021 which was the proclamation revoking PP10014 which allowed most DV2020 visa holders to travel to the US.
So far the status on the 9095 preserved visas is that we still await Judge Mehtas direction on how or if they will be processed. For now we just have to be patient and wait for any possibilities. We can't speculate anything for now.
Read the above post
lasha
New Member
Are you sure?
On his webpage he wrote: "We have helped over 350 2020 DV winners obtain visas and have pending cases for over 1,150 others. "
He said he had helped 350 applicants, but in Kennedy vs Trump lawsuit alone, he had over 1000 plaintiffs
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FRAN 2020AF30XXX
Well-Known Member
Who are you quoting?
Britsimon
Super Moderator
The Kennedy lawsuit was filed on September 18, which was obviously too late to get an immediate benefit for the participants. The intention was to get more named plaintiffs in as a priority should visas be preserved. So no - not all the Kennedy plaintiffs were interviewed.
FRAN 2020AF30XXX
Well-Known Member
Yes you're right @Britsimon about that
In my response a few days back I was referring to plaintiffs in the Curtis cases of Dr Mohammed and Fonjong who were part of the Gomez case. Nearly all of them attended their interviews after the September 4th 2020 judgment by Mehta to have DV2020 interviews to be treated as a priority by all embassies
Britsimon
Super Moderator
Yep, agreed.
lasha
New Member
yes, you are right, but I think the main problem here was not the date, but the intention to reserve a visa. I don’t mean to sound disrespectful to him and about great job that he and another attorneys did, but he lost this lawsuit.
Britsimon
Super Moderator
Lost what lawsuit?
lasha
New Member
I put it wrong, I meant to schedule an interview after September 23rd or in 2021 year at least. It's been 8 months now and everything is still same, I hope they get their visas, but be honest i really don't believe it. Anyway it's doesn't mean that he lost this lawsuit and I hope he wins, because, in addition to the happiness of these people, this will be a good precedent for us (DV 2021 winners) too.
Britsimon
Super Moderator
1. The Gomez cases (including Aker, Mohammed and Fongjong) caused about 7k visas to be issued from September 4 to the 30th.
2. It stopped the government applying the no visa policy on DV2020 cases and then on the regional bans for DV2020.
3. We also got 9095 visas preserved for the possibility of issuing later, and the establishment of a class that covered every non issued DV2020 case.
4. Then the same case caused an order to force the government to accept expired visas that were issued in September.
5. PP10014 was revoked largely because of legal action.
6. The regional bans were removed for DV and other immigrant cases, again, most likely because of legal pressure.
7. Various discovery documents from the DV cases have been helpful in other cases too.
The legal action has been tremendously successful so far, and that has all been achieved by the AILA team, the Kuck/Siskind/Joseph teams, and the Morrison/Urena team. Time will tell if they can win some more visas, but has already been more than worth it.
lasha
New Member
@Britsimon
Yes, Judge Mehta's decision on September 4th was a really very big surprise. To your list we may add some selectees whose appointments were canceled due to the corona virus in March, April and May 2020 and they also benefited from this decision. But revoke and ban remove of P.P. 10141/10052/9645/9983 I think this is more the result of President Biden's election policy in relation to migration politics, which was one of the discussed issues during the election campaign, than the merit of legal pressure
Yes, Judge Mehta's decision on September 4th was a really very big surprise. To your list we may add some selectees whose appointments were canceled due to the corona virus in March, April and May 2020 and they also benefited from this decision. But revoke and ban remove of P.P. 10141/10052/9645/9983 I think this is more the result of President Biden's election policy in relation to migration politics, which was one of the discussed issues during the election campaign, than the merit of legal pressure
Britsimon
Super Moderator
I don't think you were following the process too closely.