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DV 2021 ALL SELECTEES

Julchrist said:
Any intersting update so far?
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They are clearly still processing cases in case some people still had some doubts ;) And then it's case by case.

Looks like it's business as usual: "Allow several weeks for processing. Interviews are scheduled numerically based on case numbers that have completed processing."

It does not seem that sending the documents make any difference since they still say "Once the Kentucky Consular Center has finished processing your DS-260, you will receive an email from the Kentucky Consular Center giving you instructions to complete in order for your case to continue processing."

Do we know if KCC ended up NOT asking for the docs again? I only remember seeing posts from people who got KCC to ask them to send the docs again after they had processed their DS-260.
 
I asked the Montreal embassy 2 weeks ago a question through email. Got a reply today:

US Consulate General Montreal has resumed some consular services and we are scheduling pending immigrant visa cases but wait times will continue to be lengthy due to the ongoing pandemic. However, we have not yet resumed processing DV-2021 visa applications
 
jokaz said:
I asked the Montreal embassy 2 weeks ago a question through email. Got a reply today:

US Consulate General Montreal has resumed some consular services and we are scheduling pending immigrant visa cases but wait times will continue to be lengthy due to the ongoing pandemic. However, we have not yet resumed processing DV-2021 visa applications
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That’s disappointing news. Hopefully the fact that they don’t have a lot means they can still fit a good number of them in later though.
 
⁨https://twitter.com/travelgov/status/1389984508670263298?s=21⁩

While all immigrant visas are issued, it is NOT FAIR to put a ban only for DV and put us in the last place.
 
SusieQQQ said:
That’s disappointing news. Hopefully the fact that they don’t have a lot means they can still fit a good number of them in later though.
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Yep, got the same note this am as well. They appear to be processing a lot of family based visas probably to work on the backlog. EB applicants (same tier than us) are also waiting so it’ll be interesting to see when some of them are being scheduled. If you are interested, there is a thread on Visajourney.
 
Just saw this post on fb today. Something like 500 visas issued of 55.000 and they can’t guarantee interviews, it’s almost one year that we are still waiting.

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puda said:
They are clearly still processing cases in case some people still had some doubts ;) And then it's case by case.

Looks like it's business as usual: "Allow several weeks for processing. Interviews are scheduled numerically based on case numbers that have completed processing."

It does not seem that sending the documents make any difference since they still say "Once the Kentucky Consular Center has finished processing your DS-260, you will receive an email from the Kentucky Consular Center giving you instructions to complete in order for your case to continue processing."

Do we know if KCC ended up NOT asking for the docs again? I only remember seeing posts from people who got KCC to ask them to send the docs again after they had processed their DS-260.
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We submitted DS-260 on March 22nd and received document request on April 6th. Our case number is EU17XXX - Montreal consulate as well.

I'm just not sure what to do anymore... For how long should we wait on Montreal to start doing the interviews before we initiate the change of interview location. We are Croatian citizens and consulate in Croatia has been doing interviews ever since the ban was lifted.
 
eww said:
We submitted DS-260 on March 22nd and received document request on April 6th. Our case number is EU17XXX - Montreal consulate as well.

I'm just not sure what to do anymore... For how long should we wait on Montreal to start doing the interviews before we initiate the change of interview location. We are Croatian citizens and consulate in Croatia has been doing interviews ever since the ban was lifted.
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This is my opinion : Quite honestly, if it’s easy for you to get there and they are already doing interviews - bearing in mind you’ll need to get the medical done in Croatia as well so you may need a couple of weeks there all told - I’d change now. Croatia has a grand total of 32 selectees for this year so probably less than 20 DV cases, and it has a very light immigrant visa load in general (as in, often less than 10 a month in a normal year). Montreal has a large backlog of family visa cases and not doing DV yet. The math seems very plain to me in this instance of two vastly contrasting embassies. Again, this is just an opinion.
 
eww said:
We submitted DS-260 on March 22nd and received document request on April 6th. Our case number is EU17XXX - Montreal consulate as well.
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Interesting! I sent 1 week after you (March 28) but haven't heard back regarding the docs yet. EU25XXX

I know another person who is EU17XXX and no news either. (She is in France)
 
Hi mom, my mother AS2xxx, also one of the selectee this year but going through CP.
Questions
1. For education, she graduated high school in Hong Kong back in 1970 and at that time there was no diploma upon graduation. She took 2 public examination HKCEE and HKALE and was awarded these 2 certificate as equivalent to high school completion. However, her HKALE examination was done through night school and only had 3 subjects tested. Do you think this will be a potential red flag to the CO?
2. She has been awarded a certificate from a university do you think that could also be the highest education level as of now?
3. She work as a civil servant and i couldn't find the exact job title from the recommended webpage. The only similar job i found is in job zone 3. Would that also be a red flag as well?
4. For medical examination, i am not quite understand the class A and B condition, so my dad (her derivative) has well controlled diabetes and hepB, do you think that will make him inadmissible?

Thanks.
 
SusieQQQ said:
This is my opinion : Quite honestly, if it’s easy for you to get there and they are already doing interviews - bearing in mind you’ll need to get the medical done in Croatia as well so you may need a couple of weeks there all told - I’d change now. Croatia has a grand total of 32 selectees for this year so probably less than 20 DV cases, and it has a very light immigrant visa load in general (as in, often less than 10 a month in a normal year). Montreal has a large backlog of family visa cases and not doing DV yet. The math seems very plain to me in this instance of two vastly contrasting embassies. Again, this is just an opinion.
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Thank you for your input!

I read some of your previous replies on the same topic and I'm kinda confused about the few things... Do we have to be physically present in Croatia before I request the change? Do we have to change the address on DS-260 even though we would only stay in Croatia until we get everything done? Or all this only applies to people who are trying to change the location to some country other than country of birth?
 
So any DV2021 winners have participated in the DV2022?
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niafara said:
Yes i did, before issuing the visa there is no problem to sign up.
My guess is lots of 21 winners will win 22 too, Because i am not sure if selection is that much random !!
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I think is random, I participated too. In my opinion if they want to be fair with the DV2020/DV2021 winners, they should reselect them everybody who applied for DV2022. If DV2022 will not have the same destiny as the current years
 
SusieQQQ said:
This is my opinion : Quite honestly, if it’s easy for you to get there and they are already doing interviews - bearing in mind you’ll need to get the medical done in Croatia as well so you may need a couple of weeks there all told - I’d change now. Croatia has a grand total of 32 selectees for this year so probably less than 20 DV cases, and it has a very light immigrant visa load in general (as in, often less than 10 a month in a normal year). Montreal has a large backlog of family visa cases and not doing DV yet. The math seems very plain to me in this instance of two vastly contrasting embassies. Again, this is just an opinion.
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Same situation here: Canadian citizen who was born in Israel. How can I find how many selectees are dedicated to the Jerusalem embassy? I can provide my family home address but it is my understanding that only if I’m working in my home country or permanently moving there - only then they do the transfer (should I “relocate” myself for the purpose of DV)?. Unless I missing something, perhaps that would be a good strategy to increase my chances?
my husband is also a selectee - yes both of us have been selected (though his home embassy is silent too). Perhaps keeping one in Canada and transferring the other can increase the chances? It would be a bit difficult to explain how for the same household one is living in Canada and the other in Israel! :)
 
niafara said:
Yes i did, before issuing the visa there is no problem to sign up.
My guess is lots of 21 winners will win 22 too, Because i am not sure if selection is that much random !!
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No effort is ever wasted, whatever the outcome, you made right choice.Good luck on you.
 
jokaz said:
Same situation here: Canadian citizen who was born in Israel. How can I find how many selectees are dedicated to the Jerusalem embassy? I can provide my family home address but it is my understanding that only if I’m working in my home country or permanently moving there - only then they do the transfer (should I “relocate” myself for the purpose of DV)?. Unless I missing something, perhaps that would be a good strategy to increase my chances?
my husband is also a selectee - yes both of us have been selected (though his home embassy is silent too). Perhaps keeping one in Canada and transferring the other can increase the chances? It would be a bit difficult to explain how for the same household one is living in Canada and the other in Israel! :)
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As far as I know, at least Jerusalem has resumed processing ALL immigrant visas but I am yet to hear about a DV case, I'm a winner from AF region living in Israel, my CN is current but still didn't hear from KCC as for now. I will appreciate if you'd share any update about JRS process
 
eww said:
Thank you for your input!

I read some of your previous replies on the same topic and I'm kinda confused about the few things... Do we have to be physically present in Croatia before I request the change? Do we have to change the address on DS-260 even though we would only stay in Croatia until we get everything done? Or all this only applies to people who are trying to change the location to some country other than country of birth?
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I presume you have a home address of some sort in Croatia, use that. If you are a citizen of a country you are entitled to interview there.
 
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