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DV 2021 ALL SELECTEES

Mjeshtri said:
Ok, but is important or has to update my work place? Being ways away, who knows I will move to another company because of this pandemic situation . Also the passport declared in ds-260 is expiring in April 2021. What should I do?
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There’s an expectation for the information provided on the DS260 form to be quite accurate. It’s not like you’re starting a new job one or two months before going in for the interview where updating the DS260 is no longer possible. Anyway, you can decide for yourself if doing so is important or not.

I will not answer the passport related questions because you had a detailed exchange with Susie back in July and she provided you with adequate guidance on what to do or how to handle it.
 
Thank You Sm1smom, I had some misunderstandings because in my country High School starts from 15 years and somewhere I read that we have to include all informations about school from 12 years and above.
 
I have a couple of questions regarding the DS260.
CASE NUMBER: EU65XX (so it is already current per last VB)

If I need to be interviewed between May 2021 and July 2021, when should I submit my DS260 (rough estimate)? I would need to be able to be back in the US by mid August, reason for this timeline is that I am an international student in the US. I, however, don't qualify for AOS because I was not in the country or had the F1 yet when the results came out. I won't be able to defer because (1) I am right in the middle of my program and because (2) I would also lose my scholarship.

If I have a pat time job at the college I am studying, that counts for the current employ section, right? I know the question can seem silly and obvious but since it is under international students US guidelines, I prefer to make sure.
 
F1April20 said:
I have a couple of questions regarding the DS260.
CASE NUMBER: EU65XX (so it is already current per last VB)

If I need to be interviewed between May 2021 and July 2021, when should I submit my DS260 (rough estimate)? I would need to be able to be back in the US by mid August, reason for this timeline is that I am an international student in the US. I, however, don't qualify for AOS because I was not in the country or had the F1 yet when the results came out. I won't be able to defer because (1) I am right in the middle of my program and because (2) I would also lose my scholarship.

If I have a pat time job at the college I am studying, that counts for the current employ section, right? I know the question can seem silly and obvious but since it is under international students US guidelines, I prefer to make sure.
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Please, anyone?
 
ziadusa said:
Still unclear for anyone to help give you the answer your looking for. Best wait till January when everything becomes a bit more clear.
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Than you for the input but for neither of my questions we need for things to become more clear in January for an answer, I am just asking because I don't have this knowledge myself as it is my first time around this process, as one is about usual timeline (how many months...etc) and the other one is about DS260.
 
F1April20 said:
Than you for the input but for neither of my questions we need for things to become more clear in January for an answer, I am just asking because I don't have this knowledge myself as it is my first time around this process, as one is about usual timeline (how many months...etc) and the other one is about DS260.
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There is hardly ever a “usual timeline” for interviews and even less so this year. Because they now need document submission, if you think you might be interviewed in May (interview would then probably be scheduled in March) you should submit now. Please note I am not personally making any call on interview dates, just responding to the dates you cited.
 
SusieQQQ said:
There is hardly ever a “usual timeline” for interviews and even less so this year. Because they now need document submission, if you think you might be interviewed in May (interview would then probably be scheduled in March) you should submit now. Please note I am not personally making any call on interview dates, just responding to the dates you cited.
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Yes, thank you so much for that. I understand, specially during this weird year. I just needed some sort of timelines or guidelines or timeframe, not sure how to word it, so I would not send my documents either too soon or too late.
I was thinking the same: January DS260, February/March documents for June interview.
 
For support document in ds5540
On real estate holdings
Is it ok to submit sale agreement date 7 years ago or other document instead of recent appraisal that is very costly?
 
The cat is cute.

Deadline to register 5 days before Biden takes office. Their main draw seems to be fighting the PPs? So depends if you think Biden will keep those in place... ?
 
Chunky2k said:
A new lawsuit is coming for dv2021, the attorney Nicolette Glazer contacted the people who filled the questionnaire.

I have no idea about their office, website : https://www.glazerandglazer.com/

Can we have your input @Britsimon about this case ?
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I won’t be joining any paid lawsuit. Worst case I’d have to keep entering more lotteries IF the ban is extended beyond September. In the mean time, $1000 (minimum) could get me a much deserved holiday/break when it’s safe to travel. :)
 
Chunky2k said:
Visa bulletin for January is up

https://travel.state.gov/content/tr...etin/2021/visa-bulletin-for-january-2021.html

Total disaster and numbers jumping very low
Am AS and it's only 5000

If interviews started on April, the January selection can barley make it to September.
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If you compare solely numbers with previous years (2017,2018,2019) you can see that we are still in a good position. But this year is very much different than the others, anything could happen. When the interviews finally starts I guess they would have to schedule, interview and clear out those 5000 or less people in couple of months to continue the progress normally.
 
Asrock said:
If you compare solely numbers with previous years (2017,2018,2019) you can see that we are still in a good position. But this year is very much different than the others, anything could happen. When the interviews finally starts I guess they would have to schedule, interview and clear out those 5000 or less people in couple of months to continue the progress normally.
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Well, it’s less than 5000 but yes you have the principle right - they can’t just keep increasing numbers by some large amount every month when they have to interview all of them within the first month or two of restarting. Then everyone will just complain that even though their number is current they don’t have an interview. Embassies have capacity constraints. And even though we saw last year how they can speed up DV if they need to, they still can’t do 6 months worth of interviews in one month.
 
SusieQQQ said:
Well, it’s less than 5000 but yes you have the principle right - they can’t just keep increasing numbers by some large amount every month when they have to interview all of them within the first month or two of restarting. Then everyone will just complain that even though their number is current they don’t have an interview. Embassies have capacity constraints. And even though we saw last year how they can speed up DV if they need to, they still can’t do 6 months worth of interviews in one month.
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So, about the embassies capacity, I understand that if a country has very few DV selectees, they will have it easier to have an interview if their number is current once the interviews begin?
 
DV21M said:
So, about the embassies capacity, I understand that if a country has very few DV selectees, they will have it easier to have an interview if their number is current once the interviews begin?
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Maybe. Smaller embassies also have fewer people working there/lower general capacity, may have Covid shutdown, may have higher priority visas to deal with (immediate relative of USC).
 
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