Ok. I submitted March second week.
Law Offices of Rajiv S. Khanna, P.C.
DV 2021 ALL SELECTEES
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puda
Registered Users (C)
Ok so it took them 5 weeks, give or take to process your DS 260. That’s not bad.
That's actually bad news for low case numbers since they have not been processed like they should be. This makes it a lottery within a lottery.
Yes. When did you submit?
coffeemonster
Well-Known Member
Well it was already a lottery within the lottery, once they decided to over select so much.
But there's nothing to stop KCC and the embassies from still prioritizing lower case numbers where possible. But there are embassies which are not going to handle anywhere near their normal number. At the same time, there are other embassies which could handle all the selectees from their respective countries, if the selectees were current. It makes no sense to bottleneck those people who could make progress, when it's now inevitable that we're going to reach the deadline with unused visas anyway.
I could see an argument that the case numbers should be held back so that people in countries where the embassies are not operating can either [1] make arrangements to transfer to other countries, or [2] sue DOS to make their embassies help more. But neither of these will completely fix DV21 for everyone, so we still need to try to use up all the visas some other way, or else they'll go to waste. Regarding [2], at least some of the reasons that certain embassies are not helping is pandemic related stuff, and they are not necessarily breaking any rules by not opening.
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
Not practical for reasons of both being able to draw more people than visas and embassy capacity issues. Please read britsimon’s blog of how the process works if you need more understanding as to why that is.
bibinpanicker
Member
You can read about it here -> http://britsimonsays.com/all-about-public-charge-affidavit-of-support-i-134/
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
Very individual thing
often just a job history showing you are willing and able to work is enough ... educational qualifications can help ... bank statements ... “host” system depending on country of origin ...i134
Both my spouse and I won DV 2021. We are currently in the U.S. on a valid status and plan to apply for AOS.
1. I want to check if it is possible to also apply for CP with the second winning number as a backup option or it may harm our AOS application.
2. Should we apply with a lower CN to CP or AOS? For which process is the CN more important considering everyone is current from June?
1. I want to check if it is possible to also apply for CP with the second winning number as a backup option or it may harm our AOS application.
2. Should we apply with a lower CN to CP or AOS? For which process is the CN more important considering everyone is current from June?
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
1. Yes, you can certainly do that. Each selection and processing option are independent of one another.
2. Makes no difference at this point with all regions (with the exception of the 3 noted countries) being current.
Mmouch
New Member
Hi mom..
About my request for unlock DS260, kcc has refused to unlock and asked me to email the consular. My question is: what may be the content of the email I will send to the consular? Or can I have a kind of sample?
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
Explain to the embassy why you need the form unlocked - provide the information you wish to update. I don't have a sample email to provide.
healthy-minimum-809
New Member
Hi,
I’ve been monitoring this forum for a while and thank you for all the useful information. I have a question in regards to my next steps. Once I got selected (around June last year) I completed my DS right away. Shortly after I got an email from KCC asking for documents. I sent them and got a notification that they were received, a pretty generic email.
My case is SA-26XX, but I think that doesn’t matter now considering all numbers are current.
So my question is, what am I supposed to do now and/or what is the estimated response time from KCC once you are current? My biggest concern is that I basically filed everything on my court over 6 months ago and I haven’t heard anything yet.
I understand this is a waiting game but is there a way to track the status and how do I even know if the Consulate I selected is even processing DV cases?
Any guidance you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
I’ve been monitoring this forum for a while and thank you for all the useful information. I have a question in regards to my next steps. Once I got selected (around June last year) I completed my DS right away. Shortly after I got an email from KCC asking for documents. I sent them and got a notification that they were received, a pretty generic email.
My case is SA-26XX, but I think that doesn’t matter now considering all numbers are current.
So my question is, what am I supposed to do now and/or what is the estimated response time from KCC once you are current? My biggest concern is that I basically filed everything on my court over 6 months ago and I haven’t heard anything yet.
I understand this is a waiting game but is there a way to track the status and how do I even know if the Consulate I selected is even processing DV cases?
Any guidance you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
Was the notification just that they were received or was it also a processed/ready for scheduling email? If not, make sure all your documents were correctly formatted and if not, resend.
You can look up the website for the US consulate/embassy in your country that does immigrant visas, there should be somewhere on the visas page a status update of which visas they are currently processing. It is not consistent where embassies put this so you may have to search a little, sometimes it is on the main visas page and sometimes on the page where you make visa appointments. Alternatively you could email or call the immigrant visa unit at the emnassy and ask directly.
healthy-minimum-809
New Member
The notification was received August 27th and indicated they were processed and ready for schedule. See extract below:
“Congratulations! Our records indicate that you have submitted all documentation required by the Kentucky Consular Center and are ready to be scheduled for an interview when your case number becomes current. Interviews are scheduled numerically based on case numbers that have completed processing.”
I looked in the US embassy/consulates website and it’s not indicated that they are processing DV immigrant visas but I’m not sure if that’s even a good reference considering that the country, Dominican Republic, is not included in the lottery. Therefore, I assume DVs are very unique and specific cases.
I tried contacting the embassy and they referred me to KCC,as if they don’t know anything about those cases. I’m going to contact them now, but in the mean time any comments are greatly appreciated.
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
Well any embassy that processes immigrant visas can process DVs, for example there are many processed in London and Montreal every year despite those born in the UK and Canada not being eligible for DV. What does the website say about immigrant visas in general - are they processing them? ( If not, and if you are a citizen of your birth/eligibility country, you may consider trying to change the case to there if they are processing.) The referral to KCC may have depended on how you phrased the question, as KCC is responsible for scheduling DV visa interviews.