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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, 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.
 
I am dv2021 winner and got my immigration visa and planning to travel to the US. After I enter US ,What do I have to do to get social security number. I have already indicated in the immigration visa application ( DS 260 )that I want to get social security number.
Thanks
 
walidk1952 said:
I am dv2021 winner and got my immigration visa and planning to travel to the US. After I enter US ,What do I have to do to get social security number. I have already indicated in the immigration visa application ( DS 260 )that I want to get social security number.
Thanks
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It will be automatically assigned and sent to you after you enter the US.
 
Hello !
After having received 221G form following our interview in June , our case was showing until now “refused” on CEAC, even though our passports was kept at the embassy since June . Since Friday , the status turned to “ready”. Anyone can advise if another interview can be scheduled or had similar case ?
thanks in advance
 
QueenS said:
Hello !
After having received 221G form following our interview in June , our case was showing until now “refused” on CEAC, even though our passports was kept at the embassy since June . Since Friday , the status turned to “ready”. Anyone can advise if another interview can be scheduled or had similar case ?
thanks in advance
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There won’t be another interview.
 
Sm1smom said:
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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I have the same situation and for that reason I asked Brit Simon for an advice. He told me to send both passports as I listed in DS260 that I hold dual citizenship and two passports. Not that I am blaming anyone for anything but KCC should have some Q&A page as their instructions for sending documents are obvoiusly very basic
 
Alien011 said:
I have the same situation and for that reason I asked Brit Simon for an advice. He told me to send both passports as I listed in DS260 that I hold dual citizenship and two passports. Not that I am blaming anyone for anything but KCC should have some Q&A page as their instructions for sending documents are obvoiusly very basic
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Sending two different passports on the basis of being a dual national makes no sense to me, considering KCC only needs to verify the passport one used in filling out the initial eDV entry form as part of the document verification process. I do not think KCC spends enough time going over the DS260 form to see how many nationality is listed on it, which is what I believe has resulted in the confusions described by the person who previously posted about this.

It is possible I’ve also told someone in the past to send both passports (reflecting dual nationality as listed on the DS260 form), however the more I think about this the more I’m convinced that is not necessary. Maybe there’s some other reason for this recommendation Simon is aware of which I haven’t come across. So if that is what Simon told you to do, I guess this is one of those rare occasions in which we disagree on what to do (until I’m convinced otherwise).
 
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