DV 2021 ALL SELECTEES

[Sm1smom]

For all those under the impression that the KCC is doing nothing but sipping champagne and toasting one another, I suggest you go through some of the links below to get a better insight as to the size of this organization and what they actually do. Of the 300 to 400 or so staff working out of the KCC building in Williamsburg, Kentucky, less than 25 of those are dedicated DV Unit workers.

Diversity Visa Unit
The 21 contract staff members in KCC’s DV unit handle inquiries about the program, process the electronic visa applications from DV selectees, schedule overseas interviews, and work with USCIS to process selectees already in the United States. The unit also ensures compliance with DV program rules, eliminates duplicate applications, and prescreens every case for fraud indicators.

Inspection of the Bureau of Consular Affairs Kentucky Consular Center

KCC 20th Anniversary

What Does the KCC Do

 

[Masda]

My embassy resumed scheduling DV visas since 17 february. Interviews reached to 2k now. Probably for may they will finish 2ks. I was curious wether KCC or Local Embassy initiates the process. Since KCC does not respond decided to call local embassy and they told me that they do not give a sh*t they just schedule if KCC transfers them documents. Even they have plenty of backlogfree time , they do not inform anything as long as KCC asks. Of course it can vary depending on particular embassy. Do not get me wrong I do not complain. I just wanted to share my exprierence. Waiting for 2nl. Fingers crossed.

 

[Sm1smom]

@Masda,
Keep it clean please. Your post has be edited accordingly.

 

[SusieQQQ]

Diversity Visa Unit
The 21 contract staff members in KCC’s DV unit handle inquiries about the program, process the electronic visa applications from DV selectees, schedule overseas interviews, and work with USCIS to process selectees already in the United States. The unit also ensures compliance with DV program rules, eliminates duplicate applications, and prescreens every case for fraud indicators.

In other words, with so much to do right now no wonder they’re not answering phones. If I was a selectee this year I’d sure rather have KCC working on getting my case processed and getting an appointment scheduled rather than that.

 

[Masda]

@Masda,
Keep it clean please. Your post has be edited accordingly.

Sorry. I will be careful next time.

 

[SusieQQQ]

My embassy resumed scheduling DV visas since 17 february. Interviews reached to 2k now. Probably for may they will finish 2ks. I was curious wether KCC or Local Embassy initiates the process. Since KCC does not respond decided to call local embassy

By the way this is exactly the type of phone call (“curious as to who initiates”) that is a waste of KCC time and no wonder they are not answering phones anymore when they are busy processing and scheduling cases . Sorry if that seems harsh but ...it uses up scarce time and does nothing to advance anyone’s case.

Anyway glad your embassy is scheduling interviews. Hope you get an interview notice soon.

 

[Masda]

By the way this is exactly the type of phone call (“curious as to who initiates”) that is a waste of KCC time and no wonder they are not answering phones anymore when they are busy processing and scheduling cases . Sorry if that seems harsh but ...it uses up scarce time and does nothing to advance anyone’s case.

Anyway glad your embassy is scheduling interviews. Hope you get an interview notice soon.

Thank u

 

[Dam's]

Caspian Sea: once I sent documents - I received a generic email “ we received your documents..”, then the next day o received an email “Further documents required and the enumeration of general set of documents - Passport, BC, Police certificate. I was confused because I sent them everything, I am single so there was not much to send. So after reading some other forums I realized there can a glitch, since I was not the only one who received Further documents required. Try to add Applicant name, DoB, case number in the body of the email. I received an email - Congratulations we checked your documents and soon you will be scheduled for an interview probably after 4-5 days since I last sent documents. Good luck

Hi you mean you sent them documents twice? And only got response after putting Name DOB and CN on the body of email?
Because I just put CN on mail subject.

 

[tinoproductions]

Finally sent my docs after KCC asked for them in July 2020!
Things are pretty normal here in Australia, so I guess I should expect something soon. I have a low EU number

 

[SusieQQQ]

Finally sent my docs after KCC asked for them in July 2020!
Things are pretty normal here in Australia, so I guess I should expect something soon. I have a low EU number

Curious as to how soon you mean by “expect something soon” - it will take KCC a little while to process your documents, and there is approx a 6 week lead time to interview scheduling. The interview notices being sent out now are for June, so probably best you could hope for is to get into the May scheduling cycle and get an interview notice during May for a July interview.

 

[tinoproductions]

Curious as to how soon you mean by “expect something soon” - it will take KCC a little while to process your documents, and there is approx a 6 week lead time to interview scheduling. The interview notices being sent out now are for June, so probably best you could hope for is to get into the May scheduling cycle and get an interview notice during May for a July interview.

I actually want my interview as late as possible.
Soon: 6-8 weeks....

What I mean is Sydney seems to be processing things in a timely manner, so I don't expect things to be blocked and my DV chance expire.

 

[tinoproductions]

What would happen if I go to the Interview not having done the medical?
And I do the medical after?

 

[SusieQQQ]

What would happen if I go to the Interview not having done the medical?
And I do the medical after?

Depends on if sydney allows you to interview without it, some embassies do, some don’t. If they allow you in, you’d be put on AP pending submission of the medical. If the AP goes over a month end you lose your allocated visa number and would have to rely on another one being available when your visa is finally approved - probably not an issue this year but people have lost out on their visas this way in fully subscribed years in the past.

 

[tinoproductions]

Depends on if sydney allows you to interview without it, some embassies do, some don’t. If they allow you in, you’d be put on AP pending submission of the medical. If the AP goes over a month end you lose your allocated visa number and would have to rely on another one being available when your visa is finally approved - probably not an issue this year but people have lost out on their visas this way in fully subscribed years in the past.

Thanks. Let's see how the timeline goes and if I need to look into this option. I would rather keep things clean but....

 

[MarkoGrujić]

Thanks everyone for help so far.I have listened to all of your advises and did according to your instructions.I have one last question.From 2010-now i was in France as tourist visiting my father: in 2010 3 months,in 2011 five months(first three then back home and then two months).Totaling 8 months.Before sending documents i need your confirmation that i dont need police certificate from France,because on website it says if i was in a country totaling 12 months or more after my 16-birthday.So i was in France 8 months i dont need police certificate.Thanks.Also i have writed to KCC on april 22,still no response.Big hello fro everyone from Serbia

 

[Chunky2k]

For all those under the impression that the KCC is doing nothing but sipping champagne and toasting one another, I suggest you go through some of the links below to get a better insight as to the size of this organization and what they actually do. Of the 300 to 400 or so staff working out of the KCC building in Williamsburg, Kentucky, less than 25 of those are dedicated DV Unit workers.

Diversity Visa Unit
The 21 contract staff members in KCC’s DV unit handle inquiries about the program, process the electronic visa applications from DV selectees, schedule overseas interviews, and work with USCIS to process selectees already in the United States. The unit also ensures compliance with DV program rules, eliminates duplicate applications, and prescreens every case for fraud indicators.

Inspection of the Bureau of Consular Affairs Kentucky Consular Center

KCC 20th Anniversary

What Does the KCC Do

Well as a personal view, i think KCC is trying to do their work, but people are pissed because honestly they could have done a lot of cases since trump PP and not stopping.

Also there is no way to know how KCC + embassy are working and scheduling interviews and why many high case numbers who sent their docs around Feb got confirmation emails and lots who sent the files on (Oct for example) didn't.

I think that is why DV2020 and 2021 winners are mad

 

[Sm1smom]

Well as a personal view, i think KCC is trying to do their work, but people are pissed because honestly they could have done a lot of cases since trump PP and not stopping.

Also there is no way to know how KCC + embassy are working and scheduling interviews and why many high case numbers who sent their docs around Feb got confirmation emails and lots who sent the files on (Oct for example) didn't.

I think that is why DV2020 and 2021 winners are mad

They could have, should have, etc are all personal opinions being expressed with no insight to what is really going on. Ever heard of the expression “orders from above”? To put it mildly, KCC staff are merely “foot soldiers” who do what they’re told to do by their superiors. These are contract employees who could have been pulled out to support some other under-staffed sections or initiatives once Trump’s PP were enacted. As contract employees, they could have been laid off. Yes, I’m aware of DV2020 and DV2021 selectees plights and dilemmas, I am not insensitive to their situations, it however doesn’t justify the opinions being expressed about KCC not doing anything. People honestly think the US government will continue paying workers to do nothing? I don’t think so.

 

[SusieQQQ]

Well as a personal view, i think KCC is trying to do their work, but people are pissed because honestly they could have done a lot of cases since trump PP and not stopping.

Also there is no way to know how KCC + embassy are working and scheduling interviews and why many high case numbers who sent their docs around Feb got confirmation emails and lots who sent the files on (Oct for example) didn't.

I think that is why DV2020 and 2021 winners are mad

Bingo. No way to know, but y’all will sit and criticize them to high heaven anyway.

Question: does it make sense for KCC to be processing low CNs at embassies that don’t have imminent interview capacity rather than high CNs at those that do? Just one tiny example of something that might seem efficient to one person but mystifying to another.

21 employees dealing with over 100k applications a year, with some overlap in a year of processing and scheduling. Stop and think about that a minute. Especially when you wonder why they stopped answering the phones.

 

[Xarthisius]

Worth noting in that discussion: yesterday government filed a report in one of the DV lawsuites that summarizes work done by KCC in past few weeks (source can be found here [1]). Some interesting points:

1. A total of 11,112 DV-2021 cases, representing 23,692 applicants, have been determined to be documentarily qualified.
2. Between April 9 and April 22, KCC scheduled mere 135 cases.
3. Numbers they provide for total DV21 cases scheduled nicely match what can be seen in CEAC for that period. That allows me to say that for this week they haven't scheduled a single case yet...

[1]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1387885455417376769

 

[SusieQQQ]

Worth noting in that discussion: yesterday government filed a report in one of the DV lawsuites that summarizes work done by KCC in past few weeks (source can be found here [1]). Some interesting points:

1. A total of 11,112 DV-2021 cases, representing 23,692 applicants, have been determined to be documentarily qualified.
2. Between April 9 and April 22, KCC scheduled mere 135 cases.
3. Numbers they provide for total DV21 cases scheduled nicely match what can be seen in CEAC for that period. That allows me to say that for this week they haven't scheduled a single case yet...

[1]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1387885455417376769

my possibly flawed understanding was that scheduling is largely complete before the VB is released, so most of it for June interviews should have been done before the 9th. Why those 2 weeks? surely a whole month is more representatIve of a cycle in KCC’s (or NVC’s) life? I don’t understand the time frame. If we want to be critical then we need more data.

It is nevertheless pleasing to me to know that despite the ban having gone on for nearly half the fiscal year, we have almost half of available DV visas DQ for the year already with 5 months still to go. Especially bearing in mind that judging from posts here some of those DQ cases required 6 or 7 sets of docs sent (and opened and read and looked at by) KCC. I guess it’s all dependent on your perspective.