aussiechris
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Is anyone going to join Curtis Morrisons lawsuit?
DV 2022 OC Selectees
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Im part of Jesses but just wanted to comment and ask, now that Fiji is accepting transfers from those that are current and they have said they will start interviews for Sydney applicants (in Fiji) in May, why do you want to join a law suit? I'm not sure how much Curtis' law suit is but wouldn't surprise me if it costs the same as just going to Fiji for a couple of days and interviewing there rather than relying on a lawsuit/Sydney to open in time. Unless theres a reason you can't travel for a couple days (or however long they require to get medical done etc), seems like most people should consider a transfer. I'd be transferring if I wasn't already part of Jesse's (don't want to now since it'd remove us from it and we've already paid). Just my two cents though some people might have a good reason.
I think I must have missed something - are Fiji taking on interviews of AU citizens to aid Sydney?
Yes, please see pages 71 and 72
I believe so, which is why I haven’t committed to Fiji. I’m a current case in limbo so I think I have to wait for Sydney to accept my case, which presumably would be in June/July and then I might as well just get processed by Sydney.
Yes apparently medicals are done in the same country as the interview
Yep that is my understanding. You wait until you are current, then request the transfer. And yes Fiji has told some people that they will have to have their medicals there, but it seems their process is a little different, as in, here we get our medical a week-ish prior to the interview and it is then mailed to the embassy. Where as in Fiji it seems they hand you your medical after it, and you take it with you to the interview, so its not super clear how many days you would have to go for, whether youd have to be there a full week before your interview, or just a day or two.
Hi there. I am a Fiji selectee and there are two medical clinics here in Suva where you can do your medical. When I called one of them last year to ask about the process, I was advised to book my medical two weeks prior to my interview and to bring my 2NL along to the medical clinic. I am sure though that others who have already done their medical here in Fiji would be able to give you better advice. Thanks.
To all the selectees from Sydney actually transferring to Suva in hopes for may interviews… I mean have u considered the fact that if the vb goes current for June interviews do u really think they will give u priority over the 950 Fijian selectees + other island selectees assigned to the embassy….do not forgot the fiji embassy is not big like Sydney or Melbourne( less than 45 cases a month)….I mean I was just thinking….it would suck if the the Sydney embassy starts taking big chunks of interviews and ur in a limbo at the fiji embassy…nevertheless ur still welcome to do what u like but this just crossed my mind and I thought I should put it out there…correct me if I am wrong
atomic_chop
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I asked before and don't believe there has been an answer -- why do we suspect the VB to go current for OC in June? What is the rationale for that? It was flat on the last VB release and no real uptick in interviews since. Only change I saw was Syd starting to interview, but they have only done a few cases, so nothing meaningful there.
atomic_chop
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AussieDV22
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I believe it is because in previous years all numbers go current around that time. You can check previous years on the Visa Bulletin for reference
Once you transfer to Fiji you wont have any more or less priority over Fiji nationals as Fiji have no control over the specific cases that KCC send them. Your case will just be allocated to send to Fiji instead of Sydney. You would be allocated in the same DQ/CN order that they would be sending to Suva.
There doesn't seem to be any logic to the visa bulletin and in previous years the the world has gone current in June. Also AS, AF & EU and are so close to being current you would think they would just make the whole world current if they're going to make those regions current. That's my vibe anyway.
Fiji has the authority to refuse to interview a case. They did it before when you were asking to be interviewed at fiji months back and I believe the only reason they are accepting cases from Sydney is because they are not as busy as they should be but once everyone goes current they will.If you read this it says they (embassy) will request transfer….They may interview some but it won’t be like all or everyone current be interviewed at fiji only some will.It’s the embassy choice. But I do hope you guys get interviewed.I have seen you all wait patiently must be very annoying having a lower case but no interview…. All the best
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Yes but as per the process unfolding the transfer is done at KCC level, meaning there is then no priority over Locals/Aussie cases its just that your allocated embassy has changed.
Ok… that’s great hopefully you all get interviewed….
Adding on to what others have said here, there wont be any priority. If you need an example just look at Sydney where the data showed 4 cases. One of which was from the Asian region while the other 3 were OC. So even in terms of Sydney, OC selectees aren't guaranteed priority over anyone else that has Sydney selected as their embassy.
Yea because the Asian region selectee has a local address and lives in Australia,I would be allocated to the embassy that I am closest to….and what I meant was that MAYBE once the work load is greater they may not take ur cases because tbh just about a month ago I inquired about my mom’s case (she has her interview next week Wednesday )they had no idea about what I was talking about even though her case was transferred to the embassy about a week b4 in inquired,but according to u all I am wrong… thanks for clearing that out….
