I see. I was able to reach out to my congresswoman and she managed to get a direct response from the KCC director about my case. I suppose there is a likelihood that processing could get expedited if I request help from my constituency.
Hmm, I’m not too sure about that, DoS is generally very explicit about no fear or favor for applicants, and expedite generally requires an emergency or humanitarian situation out of your control (this wasn’t), but sure if you think the KCC director can get your case jump started and somehow get everything organized in time, go for it. Maybe Suva is still taking appointments, it seems to have been the one embassy very open to taking other countries’ applicants, you’d have to see if they were full yet for September. Don’t forget you’d need to get your medical done in the country you get your appointment in, so you’d also need to check to see if the panel doctors have openings far enough ahead of the proposed visa appointment date to get everything completed in time. Good luck.
Maybe I'm being overly optimistic here.. It sounds like that's a far reach then. Either way, I'll follow up with Suva and see if they're able to help me out here.
context for your optimism :
Yeah, after labor day I'm going to be calling the medical centers and the immigration unit. I have all my documents and police certificates in order and I believe my background checks should not be of any concern.
With the limited time left you might want to get onto that stuff ASAP. While its labour day in the US, its not in Fiji so they would be operating on Monday, and with the time zone difference that will basically be Sunday for you. If you're waiting til after Labour day (Tuesday) it'll then be Wednesday there (which after a quick google is Constitution day and a public holiday for Fiji). So might want to do it earlier than that if you really plan to make it happen that quick, otherwise you could be losing another 3 business days til Thursday Fiji time to contact them.
US embassies observe both US holidays and local holidays. So it’s actually closed both days then.
Don’t be surprised if fiji won’t actually schedule you until your DS is processed. They’re not going to hold an open appointment on the off-chance you get your forms done in time.
Yes this was the case for me, first things they ask for is your case number and when your interview is. Would be good for him to call before that regardless to check their capacity to see if its even a possibility though. On the plus side if he is able to get one, Suva has had extremely fast turn around on medicals too (at Epworth clinic) at least with some able to pick up the results the same day/very next morning. Hard part will just be securing an interview this late without DS260 even processed yet. And Suva has to then request the case from KCC which adds on a few more days I guess.
Thanks for feedback.
What letter are your referring to? Usually there is no email notifying about winning.
a) There is no letter informing you of winning in your email. The only place would be the dvprogram.state.gov
Well, I did say that Russians and "others". I had seen an AS31k getting an appointment there. I assumed that it was an outsider. If I had to guess, it would be an Afghan since they and Iraqis can choose any embassy from KCC due to the Hamed vs Blinken.
I’m assuming none of these people you mention left it until this month to schedule, though.
Yes, I agree totally. I think if he/she wants to go for it, he/she needs to make sure the embassy would basically make KCC to process it and send it to the post. Based on the previous accounts, I'd say Suva could be the only one capable of that.
i don’t think in general that’s true anymore. It’s just very unfortunate the poster only discovered their selection so late.
1. No. Medical must be completed with the panel physician attached to the applicable embassy. Medical report from Abu Dhabi will not be accepted by the Colombian embassy.
