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DV 2021 ALL SELECTEES

lasha said:
My embassy interviews are scheduled until September 28th, so I don't think they will add multiple interviews for September 29th and 30th :)



yes, in some cases, I think they also pay attention when the scanned documents were sent. For my country, KCC send 2nls via CN, for example, now they (in August) send EU4100-EU5100, before it were EU3100-4100. They missed some CN in this range, but no one received 2 nl, the number of which exceeded 5100, before that 4100, 3100 etc.

I think, if the law allows, the best option would be if they cancel 2023 and the winners will be interviewed from the beginning of October 2023, only one year left until it. I know this is bad for people who hope to win in 2023, but the winners also have a bad situation. I don't think the judge will make a decision that will be good for all dv 2021/2020 winners, who have not received their visa yet. I'm sure that it will also be delayed in time, as it was with 9095 reserved visas (if his decision is even positive). On the other hand, of course, this does not guarantee that this will not be postponed in 2023 either, but the chances of this are very low.
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Well, as I said before, it depends on the embassy. I hope you're in the GOH lawsuit.

In my country they are still scheduling... Also those ppl who became DQ in my country had totally different case numbers. For instance my CN is high, I am DQ, but a lot of people with lower CN didn't get the DQ mail. Trust me, it's totally random.
 
Hi all! I have a "weird" situation on our DV visas... We entered in the US middle of June and me and my wife didn't received our GC. We are currently located in Arizona. Our 3 years old son received it about 1 month ago, but we didn't yet. We all received our SSN cards at the end of July, so no problem with that.

Now, my wife has a job opportunity but the employer wants the physical Green Card... So, she contacted USCIS on her USCIS online account and asked about her Green Card. She just received a reply from USCIS with a biometric appointment at the nearest USCIS office here in Phoenix, for the end of September. We are confused now... Do I need this also? Should I contact USCIS and make an appointment? Why she was scheduled for a biometric when we got our biometrics at our embassy? She contacted USCIS again and they told her that she has to come for the biometric appointment. Any thoughts on this situation? Any advice is appreciated, thank you!
 
0BoT1 said:
Hi all! I have a "weird" situation on our DV visas... We entered in the US middle of June and me and my wife didn't received our GC. We are currently located in Arizona. Our 3 years old son received it about 1 month ago, but we didn't yet. We all received our SSN cards at the end of July, so no problem with that.

Now, my wife has a job opportunity but the employer wants the physical Green Card... So, she contacted USCIS on her USCIS online account and asked about her Green Card. She just received a reply from USCIS with a biometric appointment at the nearest USCIS office here in Phoenix, for the end of September. We are confused now... Do I need this also? Should I contact USCIS and make an appointment? Why she was scheduled for a biometric when we got our biometrics at our embassy? She contacted USCIS again and they told her that she has to come for the biometric appointment. Any thoughts on this situation? Any advice is appreciated, thank you!
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Biometrics for the GC should have been captured at the POE. This is the second case I’ve heard of recently where people enquiring about where their green cards are have been asked to come in again for bio. Not sure what is going on but I’d certainly suggest you raise a query with USCIS about your card as well. (The green card for anyone under 14 does not require fingerprints which might be why your son got his and you guys haven’t …this is just speculation based on the details above)
 
Thank you for your quick response! At the POE they photograph us (no fingerprints), including our 3yo boy... We have some friends (a family) that arrived today in the US, they also only photograph them at the POE.

I'm not sure if I have to fill in an inquiry also with USCIS... I checked for the case status at my online USCIS account and the "AI support specialist'', told me that it can take up to 120 days from the entry date to receive the green card. I guess that I'll have to wait... They have a massive backlog :-(

On a opposite side, we know people that entered and they received the GC in less then a month (Virginia state), so... lucky them!
 
0BoT1 said:
Thank you for your quick response! At the POE they photograph us (no fingerprints), including our 3yo boy... We have some friends (a family) that arrived today in the US, they also only photograph them at the POE.

I'm not sure if I have to fill in an inquiry also with USCIS... I checked for the case status at my online USCIS account and the "AI support specialist'', told me that it can take up to 120 days from the entry date to receive the green card. I guess that I'll have to wait... They have a massive backlog :-(

On a opposite side, we know people that entered and they received the GC in less then a month (Virginia state), so... lucky them!
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The place you enter shouldn’t make much difference to how long it takes, the GCs are done centrally; but if they are currently saying they won’t raise an inquiry until 120 days then not much you can do. Did you go via this form? -

e-Request

egov.uscis.gov egov.uscis.gov
 
SusieQQQ said:
Did you go via this form? -
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No, actually my wife contact them several times by Inbox messages directly in her online USCIS account. I tried using that form for my case, but based on the receipt number it gave me a message that stated to try at a later date, because the application is not yet due time. I will try in about 2 weeks, when it will be 90days from my entry, maybe will work, if not... After another month ... If nothing is happening meanwhile.
 
Hi everyone, How is this 2NL working? Does the embassy has to request KCC to send 2NL for the cases that they are going to interview or does KCC send them without any input from the embassy? Thank you
 
lasha said:
My embassy interviews are scheduled until September 28th, so I don't think they will add multiple interviews for September 29th and 30th :)



yes, in some cases, I think they also pay attention when the scanned documents were sent. For my country, KCC send 2nls via CN, for example, now they (in August) send EU4100-EU5100, before it were EU3100-4100. They missed some CN in this range, but no one received 2 nl, the number of which exceeded 5100, before that 4100, 3100 etc.

I think, if the law allows, the best option would be if they cancel 2023 and the winners will be interviewed from the beginning of October 2023, only one year left until it. I know this is bad for people who hope to win in 2023, but the winners also have a bad situation. I don't think the judge will make a decision that will be good for all dv 2021/2020 winners, who have not received their visa yet. I'm sure that it will also be delayed in time, as it was with 9095 reserved visas (if his decision is even positive). On the other hand, of course, this does not guarantee that this will not be postponed in 2023 either, but the chances of this are very low.
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Well, I don't think they are going to cancel 2023 and process 2020 and 2021 winners. What I think is winners of 2021 will also be able to secure some visas through lawsuit just like 2020 winners.
 
SusieQQQ said:
The embassy tells KCC how many slots it has available for DV in a particular month and KCC allocates interviews /sends 2NLs according to what is available.
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Ok, Because I communicated with the embassy and they say its KCC decides how many 2NLs are sent in a given month. Not surprised here in Africa things in embassy are not really efficient enough. Although I am an Asian, my interviewing country is South Africa.
 
MariyaDV2021 said:
Ok, Because I communicated with the embassy and they say its KCC decides how many 2NLs are sent in a given month. Not surprised here in Africa things in embassy are not really efficient enough. Although I am an Asian, my interviewing country is South Africa.
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Believe or not , this way better than Canada :(
 
MariyaDV2021 said:
Ok, Because I communicated with the embassy and they say its KCC decides how many 2NLs are sent in a given month. Not surprised here in Africa things in embassy are not really efficient enough. Although I am an Asian, my interviewing country is South Africa.
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That actually may be the case for SA because there are not a lot of DV selectees (or immigrant visas in general) in SA and there is probably always capacity for local cases. (So that would be because that is the instruction they get from Johannesburg- “send us what you have”.) It is definitely not true for busier embassies.
The Johannesburg consulate is both efficient and responsive by the way. Also, you do realize that all consulates are ”American” and not “African” or etc, right?
 
SusieQQQ said:
That actually may be the case for SA because there are not a lot of DV selectees (or immigrant visas in general) in SA and there is probably always capacity for local cases. (So that would be because that is the instruction they get from Johannesburg- “send us what you have”.) It is definitely not true for busier embassies.
The Johannesburg consulate is both efficient and responsive by the way. Also, you do realize that all consulates are ”American” and not “African” or etc, right?
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Yeah, but the majority of employees are locals right? Generally, its like a public holiday on most of Fridays here in Africa, people are reluctant to work and they are already in the weekend. I think SA has about 500 winners for 2021 and yes it is very less compared to some other countries.
 
MariyaDV2021 said:
Yeah, but the majority of employees are locals right? Generally, its like a public holiday on most of Fridays here in Africa, people are reluctant to work and they are already in the weekend. I think SA has about 500 winners for 2021 and yes it is very less compared to some other countries.
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You’re more than welcome to return to your home country in Asia to finish processing there, if the way that the local consulate works is not to your liking. Just tell KCC you want to change the consulate.

edit: oh you’re 2021, too late to change. Not at all sure you’d have had a better experience or even any response at all from some Asian consulates judging by other reports I’ve read, but I guess you’ll keep your stereotypes about Africa regardless.
 
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SusieQQQ said:
You’re more than welcome to return to your home country in Asia to finish processing there, if the way that the local consulate works is not to your liking. Just tell KCC you want to change the consulate.

edit: oh you’re 2021, too late to change. Not at all sure you’d have had a better experience or even any response at all from some Asian consulates judging by other reports I’ve read, but I guess you’ll keep your stereotypes about Africa regardless.
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You can not compare Asian Embassy with SA as the number of cases are different and Asian embassies have more cases to handle. You must be from SA, but that is the bitter truth whether you like to accept or not.
 
MariyaDV2021 said:
You can not compare Asian Embassy with SA as the number of cases are different and Asian embassies have more cases to handle. You must be from SA, but that is the bitter truth whether you like to accept or not.
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Ok, enough of this ridiculous stereotyping please. This is an immigration forum.
 
MariyaDV2021 said:
You can not compare Asian Embassy with SA as the number of cases are different and Asian embassies have more cases to handle. You must be from SA, but that is the bitter truth whether you like to accept or not.
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Yes, I am from SA and I had my interview there. I found the staff - both the Americans and the locals -courteous, responsive, friendly and efficient throughout our process (which included changing things beforehand and dealing with an AP process after). I know a number of other selectees who found the same thing. I also know of some instances - including one case where the person only realized in late august that they had been selected and the consulate worked with KCC to get a last minute interview slot, and another case where they rushed to get a visa printed last year with hours’ notice before the trump ban took effect (probably for more than just the person I know) - they have bent over backwards to help DV applicants. That is the truth - not bitter at all, in fact decidedly better than many other reported embassy experiences. I’m not sure actually exactly what your issue with the SA consulate is seeing as they have answered your questions and it is KCC who decides who to schedule?
 
Sm1smom said:
No you don’t need to do that.
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Since May when I submitted my documents (dual citizenship) KCC keep asking me wired questions about why I provided them with two passports. Regardless the fact that I’m trying to explain them that I hold two passports the morons in KCC can’t get it - stating it is not acceptable from their end (they are trying to do anything to disqualify documents to reduce the number of interview candidates). I gave up, it’s too late after being delayed for such a long time on nonsense.
 
jokaz said:
Since May when I submitted my documents (dual citizenship) KCC keep asking me wired questions about why I provided them with two passports. Regardless the fact that I’m trying to explain them that I hold two passports the morons in KCC can’t get it - stating it is not acceptable from their end (they are trying to do anything to disqualify documents to reduce the number of interview candidates). I gave up, it’s too late after being delayed for such a long time on nonsense.
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Well you created the confusion for the so called “morons in KCC” by providing unsolicited documents. KCC doesn’t care about your dual citizenship, they do not need you to provide evidence of that. You only needed to have included a copy of the passport you used for the eDV registration - that is the only document they needed to verify. No, in this case, they are NOT trying to do anything to disqualify documents to reduce the number of interview candidates. You created more work an unnecessary situation which has subsequently led to the confusion.

This is why they say stick to the basics, don’t provide unsolicited information/documents when it comes to immigration as you may end up causing more harm than good for your case in an over- zealous attempt at demonstrating something which is unnecessary.
 
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