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DV 2022 OC Selectees

Hey Everyone, I just checked GovTribe and it appears that the consulate is finished at 100%. The dates are incorrect though states its complete?
 
Hi friends,

Perth-based winner here. Spent five years in Vancouver, Canada pre-COVID and am considering transferring to the Montreal embassy for my interview. Has anyone had an interview there recently? Would love to know what your experience was like and what the wait times are there? Apparently the Vancouver embassy doesn't do immigration visa interviews unfortunately :( Thanks in advance!
 
Cieletoile said:
I'm DQ, should I transfer to Suva or Auckland?
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Everyone is DQ at the moment.

Considering Fiji have expressed a willingness to help out OC selectees in Australia and Auckland have only just reopened (with a pretty big backlog of cases to get through you'd imagine), the answer surely has to be Suva..
 
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Shezza85 said:
Hey @Britsimon since @NY9 has already got his interview letter and he was 24xx is it good chance that those of us that high case numbers lower than that will get an interview letter, or is there other factors at play. I'm 23xx from Sydney though submitted my DS 260 later Oct 2021.
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If you're at Sydney and not part of a lawsuit then you're still in a race against the clock really. No one knows when the Sydney embassy will open, or if they'll prioritise DV over their existing back log once they do. So no one knows whether they will get through everyone or not once they do open, being a high CN you'll most likely be one the last interviewed, so it will all come down to if they get to you before Sept 30 or not.
 
BrisOC22 said:
If you're at Sydney and not part of a lawsuit then you're still in a race against the clock really. No one knows when the Sydney embassy will open, or if they'll prioritise DV over their existing back log once they do. So no one knows whether they will get through everyone or not once they do open, being a high CN you'll most likely be one the last interviewed, so it will all come down to if they get to you before Sept 30 or not.
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My first hurdle is getting the 2nl like alot of us with the high CN, thought i'd ask what my chances were of getting this since NY9 got his who's CN was higher though he submitted his DS 260 in July whereas I did it in late Oct. I Spose the issue is then should I be trying to change the interview location now to Fiji/Auckland, since that is opening up for Aussies or do i just wait it out and hope Sydney will be all good, someone on here said that may be happening next month.
 
Shezza85 said:
My first hurdle is getting the 2nl like alot of us with the high CN, thought i'd ask what my chances were of getting this since NY9 got his who's CN was higher though he submitted his DS 260 in July whereas I did it in late Oct. I Spose the issue is then should I be trying to change the interview location now to Fiji/Auckland, since that is opening up for Aussies or do i just wait it out and hope Sydney will be all good, someone on here said that may be happening next month.
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The government contract tracker site thing someone posted updated a while ago to say the construction would complete end of May. It recently updated again on the 19th to now say its complete, and they were hiring for visa assistants recently. So it is looking like they will open either next month or June but who knows.

But again even once they do, we don't know if they'll prioritise they're other visas or not (they have people commenting on their IG's posts complaining of 2 year back logs etc that are also waiting). So whether they'll do their usual process (just DV interviews one day per week) or if they'll ramp it up more to account for everyone is anyones guess.

At this point I don't think CN matters too much and mostly comes down to Sydney embassy, as like you said someone with 2.4k CN has already gotten an interview. Could be you if you transfer to Fiji as well since its essentially skipping the queue at this point. Imo there's a good chance of getting it at Sydney, but again its a risk because we have no clue how they're going to treat it or an exact opening date so I don't think anyone (brit Simon or the lawyers) will be able to give you any more info then what you already have.

Fiji is the safest bet for high CN and anyone who wants to guarantee they get an interview, Sydney is the cheaper option but you risk not getting an interview at all. So really comes down to if you want to take the risk or not imo. Could transfer now and Sydney could open next week, or you could not transfer and Sydney could not open til July and then prioritise their backlog :/ Im 56x and waiting on Sydney, pretty confident they'll at least make it that far even if they open late, I think if I had anything over 1.5k though id probably be looking at transferring (but again just imo).
 
Shezza85 said:
My first hurdle is getting the 2nl like alot of us with the high CN, thought i'd ask what my chances were of getting this since NY9 got his who's CN was higher though he submitted his DS 260 in July whereas I did it in late Oct. I Spose the issue is then should I be trying to change the interview location now to Fiji/Auckland, since that is opening up for Aussies or do i just wait it out and hope Sydney will be all good, someone on here said that may be happening next month.
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I've been considering the same thing and I'm going to go down the Suva transfer path.. In my mind, Fiji is open and willing to help whereas things surrounding Sydney reopening are so unsure at this stage. I think that even if they started interviews again tomorrow, there is going to be such a backlog of higher priority cases and DV selectees are the ones who will potentially end up being disappointed.
For me, I'd hate to wait and put my faith in Sydney only to miss out when I know I could've been interviewed in Fiji.
 
Ryanscr said:
I've been considering the same thing and I'm going to go down the Suva transfer path.. In my mind, Fiji is open and willing to help whereas things surrounding Sydney reopening are so unsure at this stage. I think that even if they started interviews again tomorrow, there is going to be such a backlog of higher priority cases and DV selectees are the ones who will potentially end up being disappointed.
For me, I'd hate to wait and put my faith in Sydney only to miss out when I know I could've been interviewed in Fiji.
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But don't we have to wait for Sydney to get our case before we can do anything?
 
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