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LuckyOneTwo said:
Hey all. Can you complete CP in any embassy that will accept the case? I live in the USA and am currently on an E3, and would love to do CP in Mexico City. They seem to be processing visas at a normal speed. It's just too hard to get back to Australia at short notice to interview there. Can I list Mexico City on my DS260?
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I thought I was remembering something about Mexico....you can not apply as a Third country national I believe. On the plus side tickets are pretty cheap to Aus at the moment. Going through Hawaii is not bad to break up the trip and really cheap flights from HNL. But actually, can't you do an AOS?
 
AussieDV22 said:
I thought I was remembering something about Mexico....you can not apply as a Third country national I believe. On the plus side tickets are pretty cheap to Aus at the moment. Going through Hawaii is not bad to break up the trip and really cheap flights from HNL. But actually, can't you do an AOS?
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Oh, I did select Ciudad Juarez, it must allow if for third party nationals. If you can't apply as third country national I will have to change it.
Current as of June. Thinking of doing AOS but was worried about all the visas being assigned by then. Sounds like there's alot of people waiting for Sydney to assign interviews. Do you know if you can attempt both CP and AOS?
 
AussieDV22 said:
I thought I was remembering something about Mexico....you can not apply as a Third country national I believe. On the plus side tickets are pretty cheap to Aus at the moment. Going through Hawaii is not bad to break up the trip and really cheap flights from HNL. But actually, can't you do an AOS?
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Aus flights are not too bad atm, thanks!
 
DazFoss2022DV said:
Hi Morgan. I'm OC23##. My interview was scheduled for Mexico City and I've just moved to Singapore for work and I was able to open and unlock my DS260(change address) and explain to KCC why I needed my interview changed for Singapore and it was changed within days...literally. Now I just need to go current lol.
Hope that helps.
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Hey wondering how you were able to be scheduled for Mexico City, are you a Mexican citizen? I'd prefer to go to CDMX, currently living in US.
 
Hi guys I'm OC13**, I'm just wondering if anyone knows anything about the reopening of the embassy in Sydney, obviously we all go current in may, I'm just worried that we may run out of time if we aren't scheduled for an interview before September 30. Just wondering peoples thoughts on it all...
 
LuckyOneTwo said:
Oh, I did select Ciudad Juarez, it must allow if for third party nationals. If you can't apply as third country national I will have to change it.
Current as of June. Thinking of doing AOS but was worried about all the visas being assigned by then. Sounds like there's alot of people waiting for Sydney to assign interviews. Do you know if you can attempt both CP and AOS?
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Being able to select any country on the DS260 form does not automatically mean it allows for processing in any country one desires. The DS260 is not just for DV based applicants, it is used for employment or family based immigration applicants applicants, etc.

Under normal circumstances, if you select any other country outside of your current address or your chargeability country, KCC will automatically assign your interview location to the embassy with jurisdiction over your chargeability country. With Sydney currently not processing DV cases, maybe KCC will honor the Mexico selection in that case, I don’t know.

No, you cannot simultaneously proceed with AOS and CP, it’s got to be one or the other.
 
LuckyOneTwo said:
Hey wondering how you were able to be scheduled for Mexico City, are you a Mexican citizen? I'd prefer to go to CDMX, currently living in US.
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Hi. I'm from NZ and married to a Mexican citizen. We could choose Mexico City on our DS-260. But now we've had to change that location and KCC did that without a problem. If you can do Juarez or Mexico City go for it. Good luck
 
LuckyOneTwo said:
Hey all. Can you complete CP in any embassy that will accept the case? I live in the USA and am currently on an E3, and would love to do CP in Mexico City. They seem to be processing visas at a normal speed. It's just too hard to get back to Australia at short notice to interview there. Can I list Mexico City on my DS260?
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Why don't you go the AOS route? Also in US on E3, you can file now.
 
AussieDV22 said:
Does it give you that option on the form? Mexico is not eligible for the DV lottery so I wonder if they would process visas there ?
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Non-eligible countries can and do process DV cases. DV selectees work/reside all over the world which makes them eligible to process their DV selection in the embassy with jurisdiction over their current place of residence, and not just their chargeability countries. Canada is not an eligible DV country, nonetheless the US embassy in Montreal process DV cases as an example.
 
AussieDV22 said:
Just reading Britsimons blog post on the Visa bulletin for June. He says "Those that are current, and have forms processed early enough, can normally expect their 2NL in the next 2 to 3 weeks from now."
Would that be those that are current for May ? Or does that include those that are current for June as well? Anyone know?And yes I realize that by no means can we expect things to go "as normal" .....but would just like to be prepared if it does.Thanks! @Britsimon @Sm1smom
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Nothing is normal at the moment...
 
Sm1smom said:
You shouldn’t wait too long in that case while considering the switch. There are a couple of steps involved with AOS, hopefully you’ve familiarized yourself with those.
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Yes the spreadSheet is immensely helpful, thank you. Aiming for AOS submission by start of May, which will give 4 months once current
 
LuckyOneTwo said:
Yes the spreadSheet is immensely helpful, thank you. Aiming for AOS submission by start of May, which will give 4 months once current
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Okay. Hope you realize you’ll need to inform KCC of your change in plan before your KCC file gets sent to an embassy if you’re planning on going the AOS route. Without that case file, your AOS application cannot be approved. It may seem like I’m going on and on about this, (and cluttering the thread for OC CPers with AOS related stuff - apologies to the OC folks), it just seems to me like you’re still trying to edge your bets and not quite decided or prepared to go the AOS route (or truly understands what that involves). Anyway your case your call, so I’m going to leave it at that.
 
Sm1smom said:
Okay. Hope you realize you’ll need to inform KCC of your change in plan before your KCC file gets sent to an embassy if you’re planning on going the AOS route. Without that case file, your AOS application cannot be approved. It may seem like I’m going on and on about this, (and cluttering the thread for OC CPers with AOS related stuff - apologies to the OC folks), it just seems to me like you’re still trying to edge your bets and not quite decided or prepared to go the AOS route (or truly understands what that involves). Anyway your case your call, so I’m going to leave it at that.
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I appreciate your advice. Will send off email to KCC today to advise change to AOS, and once documents received from Australia will send the packet in hopefully by early May
 
Does anyone know what’s happening with the Auckland embassy? According to the CEAC data they haven’t accepted any new cases in months. NZ is at the “orange” covid setting which means there’s no limit on indoor gatherings. Therefore, there is no reason why they shouldn’t be scheduling interviews.
 
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