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DV 2021 ALL SELECTEES

I submitted my documents last year in July and received an email saying congratulations, I had submitted all req documents..

Will it be an issue that it was done so long ago?
 
TheWitches said:
I was selected for DV2021 and I just received my interview date, it is in mid April. I live in New Zealand. If they decide to issue me a visa what I am wondering about is, will the immigration visa stamp in my passport be valid for only 6 months, or is there any way to apply to extend that? The borders in NZ are closed, and if I travel to the US to activate the visa, then come back while I get ready to really immigrate then I will have to go into quarantine for two weeks which will cost me $3000 plus money lost from income in that time as well.
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Congratulations on the interview date! Do you mind sharing your CN?
 
SusieQQQ said:
Montreal is an incredibly busy consulate for immigrant visas. In normal times it has one of the longest wait times for immigrant visas to get scheduled. Yes you can say there are only a few DV visas but it’s a few added onto a huge caseload. You may well find that there just isn’t anything available before what would be the next regular DV slot, as opposed to some other embassies that seem able to fit DVs in quickly.
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What do you mean the "the next regular DV slot"? Do you know how DV Visas are prioritized against other Visa types? My case number has been current since the first (September) visa bulletin. Based on a post I saw on VisaJourney, CR1 Visa interviews are about 5 months behind in Montreal. Do you think that DV Visas will go to the "back of the line" at the Montreal Consulate? if they do, and backlog is longer than 5 months, does that mean they will not be able to schedule any of the 2021 DV winners?
 
IMMIGRATION_FAN123 said:
What do you mean the "the next regular DV slot"? Do you know how DV Visas are prioritized against other Visa types? My case number has been current since the first (September) visa bulletin. Based on a post I saw on VisaJourney, CR1 Visa interviews are about 5 months behind in Montreal. Do you think that DV Visas will go to the "back of the line" at the Montreal Consulate? if they do, and backlog is longer than 5 months, does that mean they will not be able to schedule any of the 2021 DV winners?
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No, that’s why I said the next regular DV slot, not the next available opening. Montreal communicates its available slots with KCC and NVC and these two agencies then slot the ready cases in. What I meant was the chances of there happening to be an open slot soon that they could fit a DV in are very low given how busy the embassy is.
Also please note that the visajourney estimates are based on how long posters report waiting for interviews after being DQ. They do not get given an interview slot 5 or 6 months down the line.
As for knowing how DV is prioritized at Montreal I believe I already said above in post 1777 that I didn’t.
 
Hello guys! Maybe it’s a repetead question, but I am not clear what to do. My DV21 CN is EU33XXX, i completed DS260 on September 2020, and after all this period till now, my passport expired, now I applied and have a new one, also I changed my job, and I have been in US. Please advise if I should ask to unlock the DS260 and reflect these changes or? Thanks in advance.
 
Mjeshtri said:
Hello guys! Maybe it’s a repetead question, but I am not clear what to do. My DV21 CN is EU33XXX, i completed DS260 on September 2020, and after all this period till now, my passport expired, now I applied and have a new one, also I changed my job, and I have been in US. Please advise if I should ask to unlock the DS260 and reflect these changes or? Thanks in advance.
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In view of the fact that you’ve experienced several personal changes since your DS260 submission, and your CN not being current at the moment, my recommendation is to unlock and update the form with these changes.
 
puda said:
Where can I find this data, sorry?
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You can either:
1) visit official DoS page with monthly IV statistics per post and visa class (https://travel.state.gov/content/tr...tistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html).
2) Go to https://dvcharts.xarthisius.xyz/ceacFY20.html and either: use the 2nd chart typing "Montreal, Canada", or download csv file with the data and look for cases with MTL embassy code.

Note, that 1) gives you number of visas without distinguishing between first time issuance and visa renewal due to court order, whereas 2) will give you accurate count of visas/cases that were issued *and* include cases that were refused and scheduled but not resolved.
 
Xarthisius said:
You can either:
1) visit official DoS page with monthly IV statistics per post and visa class (https://travel.state.gov/content/tr...tistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html).
2) Go to https://dvcharts.xarthisius.xyz/ceacFY20.html and either: use the 2nd chart typing "Montreal, Canada", or download csv file with the data and look for cases with MTL embassy code.

Note, that 1) gives you number of visas without distinguishing between first time issuance and visa renewal due to court order, whereas 2) will give you accurate count of visas/cases that were issued *and* include cases that were refused and scheduled but not resolved.
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Hi Xarthisius. How often does the data on the site update? Does it update daily??
 
Xarthisius said:
If you're asking about my site with CEAC data: usually on the first of the month. Unless something extraordinary happens, like KCC starts sending 2NLs after a half year hiatus...
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Thank you your website is really helpful. Can we expect it to updates during next few days? Because they have not finished sending 2NLs yet.
 
Hi all, I am DV21 winner in Taiwan and I have some questions. My CN is 58xx and I haven't get the 2NL yet. But at the same time, I have personal reason and need to move to Singapore in May. It is high possibility that my interview is scheduled in May also.

Here are my concerns:
1. Is it too late to change the interview location to Singapore now?
2. I haven't stay in Singapore more than 6 months, should I apply Singapore police certificate and submit it again? Or I just keep the old one (Taiwan police certificate).
3. Once I pass the interview, is there any regulation that I need to enter the USA before a certain date or my green card will be canceled?
4. For the Re-entry Permit, it only can be applied in USA. I googled and found it usually takes 3-6 months waiting for biometrics collection notice. Can I leave the USA without finishing biometrics collection? Once I receive the biometrics collection notice, I just go back to USA and run the rest steps of Re-entry Permit. Is it possible?

Thank you.
 
markxxwu said:
Hi all, I am DV21 winner in Taiwan and I have some questions. My CN is 58xx and I haven't get the 2NL yet. But at the same time, I have personal reason and need to move to Singapore in May. It is high possibility that my interview is scheduled in May also.

Here are my concerns:

3. Once I pass the interview, is there any regulation that I need to enter the USA before a certain date or my green card will be canceled?
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You have 6 months from the date of your medical (not your interview) to enter the US

I will let other answer the other questions
 
Hey folks, I have a slightly different question regarding police certificates:

I am Italian born, this is my timeline so far:

Italy: Birth to 1995
UK: 1995 to 2010
Italy: 2010 to 2012
Australia: 2012 to current

I have police certificates from UK and Italy from a few years ago when I needed them for my Australian Visa (2017).
I have been to Italy and UK on holiday since then.

Do I require a new police certificate as the language on the travel.state.gov website is a bit ambiguous "you have not returned there since the police certificate was issued".
Returned could be interpreted as either visited, or returned to live permanently.

Aussie and UK certificates are super easy/cheap to get online. The Italian ones are.....not.

Thank you!
 
tinoproductions said:
Hey folks, I have a slightly different question regarding police certificates:

I am Italian born, this is my timeline so far:

Italy: Birth to 1995
UK: 1995 to 2010
Italy: 2010 to 2012
Australia: 2012 to current

I have police certificates from UK and Italy from a few years ago when I needed them for my Australian Visa (2017).
I have been to Italy and UK on holiday since then.

Do I require a new police certificate as the language on the travel.state.gov website is a bit ambiguous "you have not returned there since the police certificate was issued".
Returned could be interpreted as either visited, or returned to live permanently.

Aussie and UK certificates are super easy/cheap to get online. The Italian ones are.....not.

Thank you!
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The language is ambiguous but it is usually interpreted as not return to live. If it’s easy to get a new one that is usually suggested anyway. You’d have to use your discretion about Italy. I assume you are following the Dept of State country specific guidelines about getting police certificates. (It doesn’t seem particularly complex for Italy from outside the country according to those?)
 
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