Thanks @Sm1smom ! Do you think is it risky to ask the embassy to reschedule to another week? or would they understand having into account it is for medical reasons?
DV 2022 All Selectees (Consular Processing - CP)
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Sm1smom
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The unspoken rule of thumb is to always attend the interview as scheduled, rescheduling is always risky. Some embassies will ask you to wait until your scheduled date has passed following which you’ll be required to go online and see if you can find an open slot and subsequently book it, which is often difficult. Trying to reschedule is never guaranteed to succeed, nonetheless some past selectees have successfully rescheduled their appointments.
I think it's been collecteively explained by people, BritSimon and lawyers. Just to summarise why lawsuits are important: DV22 is harmed by the ineptitude of KCC and DOS. This can be shown by data where embassies are doing pre-pandemic level Immigrant visas for other categories but aren't doing dv22. Deprioritising DV is unlawful (actually it's more about not being supported by the law) and covid excuse won't work. That's why lawsuits were filed and what they argue for among many other things which lawyers explain in their interviews. Dv21 was harmed and the only thing that partially resuscitated it was the lawsuits. In 2021 government wanted to look better and so they scheduled lots of visas to look good before the judge. Also, the reservation was only applicable to plaintiffs. For 2022, the government will try and make it look good by interviewing people and pumping the issued visa numbers now that they've been sued. It's also a belief of mine which was predicted by Jesse that they pump the VB so that they can use embassy capacities to their fullest and pump the numbers. This means the lawsuit would benefit everyone to some extent, for example someone DQed and with good embassy and CN EU26999 may now be scheduled an interview even if they had no idea about the lawsuits, kcc, BritSimon and all the craziness.
However, anything special done for plaintiffs will be limited to plaintiffs on the lawsuit before and maybe after the 30/09 deadline. Any relief granted by a federal court for DV22 will only directly affect the plaintiffs.
For the full explanation check the BritSimon interview. It's not something I feel capable of writing in full under five minutes.
Also, Jesse's lawsuit is now closed. Immpact litigation might open a 21 days window for ammendment where they would add plaintiffs.
There could also be a MorrisonUrena lawsuit.
As to whether you need to join them or not, it's not my decision. You need to check their offerings and explanations to decide for yourself. I'm not advertising for lawyers and I don't wanna be liable in any shape or form for your decision. It's your decision and what you choose is yours to decide. Whether you join or not, people have to understand if the DV20 and DV21 lawsuits hadn't been done, now we'd be facing a very bleak even worse than current situation for DV22. In other words, the whole DV22 is standing on the shoulders of DV21 and DV20 lawsuits and the upcoming DV22 lawsuits. If you're not in a lawsuit, you may not keep that stance after the deadline or even in summer of dv22. Moreover, the plaintiffs will be on top of this stance. I sincerely hope anyone in or not in a lawsuit gets their visas. Check the interviews and the explanations of the lawsuits yourself.
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Ok, thank you. It is harsh to read that, but I guess it is the reality. A medical surgery is secondary when it comes to DV lottery world.
What is you CN no ?? Did you mail KCC before you CN went Current ???
@DV2020EU44
hey there!!!! How you doing!!!
Is it okay to send mail For KCC regarding our DS260 because still our status shoes just completed while AS17000 can we ask about our DS260 just to check did they have processed our DS260 till or not because we submitted it on June 2nd once they released new rules on December that they won’t send DQ or DRQ mail
Anymore , no one couldn’t get the idea did they process their DS or not
hey there!!!! How you doing!!!
Is it okay to send mail For KCC regarding our DS260 because still our status shoes just completed while AS17000 can we ask about our DS260 just to check did they have processed our DS260 till or not because we submitted it on June 2nd once they released new rules on December that they won’t send DQ or DRQ mail
Anymore , no one couldn’t get the idea did they process their DS or not
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
Okay, so here’s something else that will be “harsh to read”. While I admit to not knowing what your surgery is about (and I’m not dismissing your need to have it done), it however doesn’t sound like a sudden issue of life and death to me, considering it is scheduled to take place a couple of months away. I think it is a matter of you determining which of these issues (scheduled surgery and potential interview date around the same time) means more to you. Seems to me like you have more control over when the surgery happens than trying to reschedule your interview appointment (again assuming interview gets scheduled around the same time.
Immigration/consular officers are human beings also, they can be quite accommodating when it comes to it as a matter of fact. Let me tell you about two DV cases with sudden personal medical conflicts to illustrate this:
About 3 or 4 FYs ago, a selectee processing AOS was suddenly diagnosed with some aggressive form of cancer while waiting to be scheduled for their interview. They were immediately hospitalized for a while, a couple of days before they got discharged and confined to their home, their interview got scheduled but they obviously will not be able to attend it because of their condition. They contacted USCIS to cancel the interview altogether to enable them focus on their health. Guess what, their IO visited them at home to conduct the interview and subsequently approved their application.
The 2nd story is CP related, it happened around 2008/2009. Primary selectee suddenly went into labor the night before their interview date. She delivered the baby about 5 hours before the interview appointment, the delivery was complicated, and she lost a lot of blood in the process, meanwhile the hospital was about 1 hour away from the embassy. As soon as she had the baby, she insisted on being temporarily discharged in order for her and her husband to attend the interview as scheduled. She had to sign a waiver in order for the doctor to temporarily release her. She attended the interview with the drip and transfusion lines still attached to her hand. The CO was beyond impressed when he saw her and her husband, which led to their being attended to promptly in order for her to return back to the hospital, the CO could see she was still in a lot of pain. The rest is history anyways.
Again, just saying there’s always a way around some of these things, if one looks really closely at the options and alternatives that they have.
This is a good comment. I guess these data are not released and, therefore, we don't know if our cases are processed. And, similarly, how many cases have been processed to determine how many applicants are ahead of us.
DV2020EU44
Active Member
You can contact them of course, but I doubt you receive anything but general template.
Ok, you're right it is not a matter of life and death to me. Yes, I think I have more control over the surgery and will reschedule it if needed to.
The two stories that you shared are definitely very nice to hear. However they took place pre-pandemic when DV world was working and responding in a somehow normal way. I don't think those stories could happen this year.
Thank you for your comments and info. Now I know what I need to do.
Nope we haven’t receive anything and how to ask them I mean about our DS form or case process??
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
I fail to see what the pandemic’s impact on the DV process has to do with those situations. So you will need to explain that for me to better understand.
For the CP case, how does the world of DV process being turned upside down prevent a determined person from discharging themselves from the hospital (should they choose to do so on their own) in order to go attend an already scheduled interview?
Same question for the AOS situation. Are you even aware AOS cases can be approved without an interview? This is happening currently and pre pandemic by the way. The pandemic has had a minimal impact on DV based AOS processing so don’t tell me what happened in the situation I described cannot happen as of today because it happened “pre-pandemic when DV world was working and responding in a somehow normal way”. The case could be approved today without the IO deciding to visit the patient at home to conduct the interview as a matter of fact.
judoka
New Member
Hello everyone.
Hope you all are doing well.
My interview app was scheduled for April. Could you please advise what to do now as I saw that I don't have too much free pages for visa (only 3) in my passport?
To change it before interview or after? And do I need to inform someone? My case is now in Embassy, KCC finished with it.
Thanks in advance
Hope you all are doing well.
My interview app was scheduled for April. Could you please advise what to do now as I saw that I don't have too much free pages for visa (only 3) in my passport?
To change it before interview or after? And do I need to inform someone? My case is now in Embassy, KCC finished with it.
Thanks in advance
What’s your CN?? Since your passport has not expired you don’t need to ask I think
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
You can decide on your own if you want to change your passport before or after your interview. If you’re certain you’ll have the new passport before your scheduled interview, then you may decide to renew it. In that case, you’ll take both the old and the new passports to your interview. You do not need to inform anyone before renewing the passport.
DV2020EU44
Active Member
I don't know, ask whatever you are interested to know.
KCC is the NVC for Diversity Visa program. So, for the sake of argument, NVC and KCC mean the same for us.
Thank you very much. I can now see the big picture. I listened to Mr. Simon's video about the lawsuit, but missed the video on the interview. I did not at the time planned on joining the lawsuit thinking that higher numbers anyway might not get a chance, observing the VB's slow moment. Anyway, I am grateful for your explanation. Once again, thank a lot.