@Shezza85
No I'm not saying Epworth Clinic will prevent you from attending your DV interview, for any reason, what I am saying is based on my own personal experience of being examined at Epworth 2 weeks ago (as opposed to some hearsay rumour) Epworth WILL take your medical history from you, and Epworth asked me if I had a history of a number of things that Suva had asked Epworth to ask, and one of those things was any DUI history. I don't drink or use drugs and when i told the doctor this the doctor told me I would not have to supply a blood urine sample.
To be brutally honest, upon reading your previous post, my concern is you had a DUI conviction and did not declare it on your original DS 260. You then say you unlocked your DS 260 to include your DUI conviction only when you received your AFP police certificate. Look at some of those Border Security shows where the passenger ticks nothing to declare, then when customs search their luggage and find declarable items, the passenger tries to change their declaration. It never works out good for the passenger. I was the opposite, I got my AFP police certificate before I submitted my DS 260, I had a 20 yo customs conviction (got the wrong import permit for a regulated import) that did NOT appear on my AFP police certificate (apparently according to the police because civil customs complaints are not criminal complaints they won't appear on police certificates), yet i declared the customs conviction on my DS 260. The CO thanked me for my honesty, then promptly put my case on a 60 day AP.
Im not a lawyer, but if you want to PM me I will give you my thoughts on reasonable excuses that may excuse a failure to disclose a DUI conviction on your DS 260, but do remember when you submit a DS 260 you are certifying it is true and correct.
I do strongly suggest anyone who has ANY conviction/s for ANYTHING read the 9FAM notes on inadmissibility into the US due to criminal matters. Google 9FAM Criminal. 9FAM is what the CO will rely upon. Importantly, know the statute you were convicted under and have a copy of it at the interview, the statute can make all the difference between something that makes you inadmissible and something that does not.
The age of the conviction/s does not necessarily make the conviction/s irrelivent. There are some waivers available, the problem is, as I read 9FAM, the waiver cannot be issued by the consulate, and must be issued, upon application by the DV Applicant, by the US DHS, upon payment of an application fee (about 1k USD) and the application can take a year to decide, making it fatal for DV applicants.
On the other hand, if it's only one offence, and the maximum sentence under the statute is under one year, and/or you were under 18 at the time of the offence, the "sentencing exception rule" can be applied by the CO, and discretion can be used by the CO.
Also, just to expand on what Shezza85 said, you MUST have the following printouts at check-in in Australia before you fly out to Fiji, if you don't, you won't be allowed on the plane:
Evidence of fully COVID19 vaccination;
Evidence of a pre-booked supervised COVID19 RAT test with an approved Fijian provider WITHIN 72 HOURS OF ARRIVAL IN FIJI;
EVidence of travel insurance with COVID19 cover.
Have print outs, don't rely on screen shots on your mobile phone, if your phone dies at check in your stuffed. I saw people refused boarding in Brisbane when I flew out because they didn't have the
above evidence, and I saw people refused check-in at Nadi for the return flight back to Australia because they didn't have the required documents for entry into Australia. Those documents are:
Evidence of fully COVID19 vaccination;
Australian Government certificate of COVID19 vaccination (no idea how this differs from above;
Australian Government Digital Passenger Declaration (you need to set up an account for this)
A tip, 72 hours is NOT 3 days, within 72 hours of landing in Fiji is you must have your supervised RAT test within 72 hours to the hour, not by the end of the third day, if you test positive you WILL go into 7 day isolation, and if your interview is within that 7 days, YOU WILL MISS IT. therefore, to avoid that risk, have your arrival in Fiji under 72 hours from your interview, or, religiously wear your mask. use hand sanitizer and avoid public places until you pass your RAT test. I had a taxi driver from Suva airport to my accommodation (about 30 mins drive) who coughed non stop and grabbed my suitcase from the boot before I could stop him. I literally saturated my suitcase handle with sanitizer, and to say I was nervous was an understatement. That was a Sunday, once I arrived at my hotel i went nowhere, attended Epworth first thing Monday morning, and then straight from Epworth To my supervised RAT test. RAT test was negative.
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2022OC5XX
1NL received 9 May 2021
DS 260 submitted 2 November 2021
No documents requested or submitted
Ready to be scheduled for interview 24 December 2021
Current as of 1 January 2022
2NL received 19 April 2022
