DV 2022 OC Selectees

[BrisOC22]

so I just had my interview today and my visa was approved now I am just waiting for my password and I don’t think I need to explain the details as most people have already explained things in detail on this forum….. so all the best to rest of you…

Congrats!! I'd love to know when you get your passport back to get an idea of how long people need to stay in Suva for after the interview. Someone else was told 3-5 days but received theirs the very next day, curious to see if that is normal or just a one off

 

[TWI]

Hi All, just wondering how many have requested to transfer to Suva and awaiting a 2NL if you are happy to share? Trying to gauge the length of time firstly between requesting and receiving a 2NL and secondly if anyone has been scheduled for a june interview? As I wonder if transferring to Suva might mean no interview until July or later. I realise the first group who requested in march were interviewed in May, but wonder whether there will now be a backlog if people want to transfer. Cheers

There are three of us who requested transfer on like 20, 21, 23 of April that are assuming will receive 2nl this month, presumably for June interviews. We’ll keep you updated

 

[TWI]

I fly out soon for Suva, my costs unique for a Suva interview in AUD so far are:

Airfare Brisbane to Suva - $335

Accommodation $45/night

Medical (Epworth clinic) $264

Travel insurance $125

Airfare Suva to Brisbane - $400

Your flight costs are the dream. I’m flying from Perth Did you book your flights separately so the return flight was more flexible? Or..?

 

[Shezza85]

Congrats!! I'd love to know when you get your passport back to get an idea of how long people need to stay in Suva for after the interview. Someone else was told 3-5 days but received theirs the very next day, curious to see if that is normal or just a one off

Yes I'm curious too about this, as I requested the transfer from Syd-Suva a few days ago. I'm thinking that being the case for those that have already done this did you book a one way flight (since you can't be guranteed when you'll get it back) and by doing is that ok with the customs/immi agents when you arrive in Suva. Also do you just tell them that you're only there for the DV interview, or is it better to say you're here on a short trip? Thanks for everyone positing about their costs as I was curious about this too.

 

[AusOC]

Congrats!! I'd love to know when you get your passport back to get an idea of how long people need to stay in Suva for after the interview. Someone else was told 3-5 days but received theirs the very next day, curious to see if that is normal or just a one off

There were 3 of us who interviewed May 2 got our passports back the next day so I think this is normal.

Yes I'm curious too about this, as I requested the transfer from Syd-Suva a few days ago. I'm thinking that being the case for those that have already done this did you book a one way flight (since you can't be guranteed when you'll get it back) and by doing is that ok with the customs/immi agents when you arrive in Suva. Also do you just tell them that you're only there for the DV interview, or is it better to say you're here on a short trip? Thanks for everyone positing about their costs as I was curious about this too.

I had booked a return flight that was flexible, it cost me $60 to bring it forward. It looks like visa on arrival requirements for Australians do require you to have the return ticket - https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations/pacific/fiji
I just told immigration why I was there - it was no issue at all, they are used to it with other islanders flying in for their interviews (from Tonga etc.).

 

[090521@0411]

Yes I'm curious too about this, as I requested the transfer from Syd-Suva a few days ago. I'm thinking that being the case for those that have already done this did you book a one way flight (since you can't be guranteed when you'll get it back) and by doing is that ok with the customs/immi agents when you arrive in Suva. Also do you just tell them that you're only there for the DV interview, or is it better to say you're here on a short trip? Thanks for everyone positing about their costs as I was curious about this too.

Ive answered some of your questions in my previous post.

I have attached the relevant screen shots from U.S. and Fijian COs, so it's official and reliable info, as opposed to something from a "telegram group"

It has been reported in this thread that passports are being returned the next day after visa approval.

My concern is Suva advised me in an email they want Primary School transcripts. Can anyone who transferred from Australia to Suva and has been interviewed confirm what educational documents were provided, and more importantly, accepted? as if they are requesting primary school transcripts, which no such thing existed at my primary school in the 70's and 80's, I certainly don't have those and therefore my case will likely go into AP until I can somehow prove I passed primary school.

I thought you had to prove completion of high school, I can prove that, I have original junior certificate and HSC. As far as I was aware you can't be enrolled in a high school until you pass primary school.
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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

 

[AUMatt]

So I emailed Suva embassy on Sun night as well to request case transfer and they responded yesterday, said something about them notifying KCC and I should hopefully hear back from them sometime in June or after.

Same as me.

No joy for you in the 2023 draw then?

 

[090521@0411]

You are claiming people in here are “know it alls” when no one has come across that way or claimed that. The only person I’ve seen come across this way on this forum is you. Everyone else here has just answered questions to the best of their ability to try and help others. No need to insult them. I also never saw anyone claim there was going to be a flood of Sydney/Melbourne interviews in April either.

And as far as all the claims YOU are making from all YOUR research. It’s also not entirely accurate but you’re claiming to know it all. For instance today in the DV22 global group on telegram jesse posted an update from the depositions done under oath saying that there was no regional quota issues.

No need to be so critical of others all of the time, you can simply just post what your total cost came out to.

The main issue for those waiting on Sydney is just the time constraint. Sydney will open, Melbourne may help, it’s just a matter of when and how much time they will have to process DV and whether or not they will prioritise it.

There are not enough hours in the day BrisOC22 to properly respond to your above post, however I do note as recent as within the last week BS himself had to correct you on one of your pieces of "advice" in this thread. Wasn't it you who also posted some may not be able to afford a transfer to Suva? more of your speculation or you know this as fact?

What a foolish thing to say on a Forum almost certainly monitored by DOS, kind of subjects us all to public charge vetting if read by DOS, that won't affect me, but if your comment is based on fact, it may affect others, maybe you and your spouse?

A question for you and any other plaintiff - DOS offers a deal to your lawyers, drop the lawsuits and we will arrange for interviews for all your clients at a post OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA WITHIN A MONTH, what do you do?, Accept the deal or wait for Sydney to open?, If your answer is accept the deal why on earth are you not transferring to Suva NOW? Are you aware as of 20 April 2022 Suva had available interview slots for May?, They actually let me pick my own slot from a list of slots they provided me when I asked to reschedule my interview.

As for your "telegram group screen shot evidence" my DOS issued 2NL trumps that any day, but this is not a contest. Read between the lines, I'm actually trying to help, even you, maybe you and others can reach out to PNG, if Suva are now accepting Australians and allowing them to return to Australia, then post their passport back to Suva, maybe Port Moresby will too, and Port Moresby is closer to Brisbane than Suva is.

I can supply a screen shot of Port Moresby offering to accept my case back in January if KCC allowed it if anyone wants to contact Port Moresby.

Or you can wait for Sydney to open, but read the comments by others who have or are trying to now transfer to Suva, we all can't be wrong, and unfortunately, apart from the FACT others not on this forum are doing the same, as of last Sunday KCC is now being flooded with DV 2023 enquiries and DS 260s, so they may not have the time they had a month ago to respond to transfer requests to Suva in 24hrs like they did with me and others, and you need KCC onboard to do this because relying upon Suva to may not work, I emailed Suva late March, and no movement happened until I emailed KCC in mid April. When I emailed KCC I had my 2NL within a week.

Just my know it all opinion, but considering our case numbers are close, maybe you should ask yourself why you don't have a 2NL?
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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

 

[090521@0411]

Your flight costs are the dream. I’m flying from Perth Did you book your flights separately so the return flight was more flexible? Or..?

TWI


My flight to Suva is a direct flight from Brisbane to Nandi, then change planes for a flight to Suva, apparently that's the only way to fly to Suva, price is obviously economy and includes all taxes and fees, no inflight meal, so I will take some snacks in carry on.

For the flight back I am landing in Sydney for the sole reason I want to satisfy my own curiosity by getting a train from the airport out to North Sydney and looking for myself at what stage of completion the Sydney consulate is at.

Your in WA? have you thought of reaching out to PNG?, if Suva are now accepting Australians and allowing them to return to Australia and then post their passport back to Suva, maybe Port Moresby will too, and Port Moresby is closer to WA than Suva is.

I reached out to PNG in January and had a response within an hour, response is attached.

The only thing that stopped me from interviewing in PNG was KCC wouldn't transfer. If they did, there was a financial concern of staying in Port Moresby if there was a lengthy AP, but I still would have transfered to PNG.

Given what Suva are now offering, and that many have or are now trying to transfer to Suva, cost wise with flights maybe PNG is a better option, especially for those in WA, NT and FNQ ?
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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

 

[BrisOC22]

There are not enough hours in the day BrisOC22 to properly respond to your above post, however I do note as recent as within the last week BS himself had to correct you on one of your pieces of "advice" in this thread. Wasn't it you who also posted some may not be able to afford a transfer to Suva? more of your speculation or you know this as fact?

What a foolish thing to say on a Forum almost certainly monitored by DOS, kind of subjects us all to public charge vetting if read by DOS, that won't affect me, but if your comment is based on fact, it may affect others, maybe you and your spouse?

A question for you and any other plaintiff - DOS offers a deal to your lawyers, drop the lawsuits and we will arrange for interviews for all your clients at a post OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA WITHIN A MONTH, what do you do?, Accept the deal or wait for Sydney to open?, If your answer is accept the deal why on earth are you not transferring to Suva NOW? Are you aware as of 20 April 2022 Suva had available interview slots for May?, They actually let me pick my own slot from a list of slots they provided me when I asked to reschedule my interview.

As for your "telegram group screen shot evidence" my DOS issued 2NL trumps that any day, but this is not a contest. Read between the lines, I'm actually trying to help, even you, maybe you and others can reach out to PNG, if Suva are now accepting Australians and allowing them to return to Australia, then post their passport back to Suva, maybe Port Moresby will too, and Port Moresby is closer to Brisbane than Suva is.

I can supply a screen shot of Port Moresby offering to accept my case back in January if KCC allowed it if anyone wants to contact Port Moresby.

Or you can wait for Sydney to open, but read the comments by others who have or are trying to now transfer to Suva, we all can't be wrong, and unfortunately, apart from the FACT others not on this forum are doing the same, as of last Sunday KCC is now being flooded with DV 2023 enquiries and DS 260s, so they may not have the time they had a month ago to respond to transfer requests to Suva in 24hrs like they did with me and others, and you need KCC onboard to do this because relying upon Suva to may not work, I emailed Suva late March, and no movement happened until I emailed KCC in mid April. When I emailed KCC I had my 2NL within a week.

Just my know it all opinion, but considering our case numbers are close, maybe you should ask yourself why you don't have a 2NL?
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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

Not much point arguing with you so will be my last reply to you but you also just had a chunk of the information you posted corrected by me. I was referring to the quota issues that you mentioned, and your 2NL in Suva does not "trump" a deposition under oath regarding the quota, in fact your evidence of a 2NL in Suva has nothing to do with the quota argument at all unless you ignore what I said.

Saying that everyone is going to have their funds checked because I said some may not be able to afford to go to Suva is the most absolute insane claim I have ever seen. People are human beings, everyone is in a different situation, that's like me trying to claim you calling people foolish will make DOS now think everyone is foolish and check everyone's education even more thoroughly now!

No one claims anyone is wrong in transferring to Suva, people can do as they please, my post was simply correcting misinformation. You were saying part of the reason to transfer to Suva was due to the quota limit, I was just correcting you so that others that are waiting on Sydney are not in a mad panic and have all the information they require to make their own educated decision. You having a 2NL now doesn't mean that much honestly, everyone knows they will receive a 2NL sooner if they transfer to Suva than if they wait on Sydney, no one is trying to debate that. But it is not the end of the world for everyone if they do not transfer like you are making it seem for them while talking condescendingly at the same time.

Suva is still responding very quickly despite the influx of messages as well.

Edit: to clarify, Im not saying you aren't trying to help. Im just saying the way you talk to people is very condescending and you are extremely critical of everyone else and talk as if you are superior. It comes off as very narcissistic and negative in an environment where everyone is just trying to be positive and support each other.

 

[Shezza85]

Thanks folks. @AusOC thats a good idea, i didn't think about a flexible ticket. I'll probably do that. I didn't get selected @AUMatt for DV 23 so i think its DV22 or never as this is my 5th year applying. @090521@0411 i must have missed that in one of your posts. Regarding education transcripts i'm in a similar boat to you as I don't think I have many of the original Primary school report cards and not sure i'd want the interviewee to see that considering what my teachers have said about me lol. I definitely have my year 12 HSC and results from that, though you would think that'd be enough right as like you said you can't get into high school without getting through primary school here in Australia. I spose if anyone gone though the DV interviews has had to produce primary school docs as well let us all know.

Also let's all try to be nice to each other here. We're all here to help each other out. Some of us may understand this whole thing better than others though I think most of us are learning as we go along and most of us have benefited from each other's post in this forum, as I know I certainly have as i've got a few things wrong, so grateful many of you have been able to redirect me

 

[Britsimon]

.....alleged video

LOL

 

[Britsimon]

You are claiming people in here are “know it alls” when no one has come across that way or claimed that. The only person I’ve seen come across this way on this forum is you. Everyone else here has just answered questions to the best of their ability to try and help others. No need to insult them. I also never saw anyone claim there was going to be a flood of Sydney/Melbourne interviews in April either.

And as far as all the claims YOU are making from all YOUR research. It’s also not entirely accurate but you’re claiming to know it all. For instance today in the DV22 global group on telegram jesse posted an update from the depositions done under oath saying that there was no regional quota issues.

No need to be so critical of others all of the time, you can simply just post what your total cost came out to.

The main issue for those waiting on Sydney is just the time constraint. Sydney will open, Melbourne may help, it’s just a matter of when and how much time they will have to process DV and whether or not they will prioritise it.

Abouyt Jesse's post/. He actually says the sworn testimony is that there are no regional quotas. That is complete bollocks. I don't know where the nonsense comes from, but it clearly is not correct to say there are no regional quotas. The formula is described in 203(c).

As for the know it all thing, yeah that person really just about rubs everyone the wrong way. I thought I was an arrogant PITA, but I have to admit I am not even a close match.

 

[BrisOC22]

Abouyt Jesse's post/. He actually says the sworn testimony is that there are no regional quotas. That is complete bollocks. I don't know where the nonsense comes from, but it clearly is not correct to say there are no regional quotas. The formula is described in 203(c).

As for the know it all thing, yeah that person really just about rubs everyone the wrong way. I thought I was an arrogant PITA, but I have to admit I am not even a close match.

Yeah the regional quota stuff is confusing with their statement. The way I'm interpreting it is that the regional quotas are a guideline but that they can pull from other regions to help reach the 55,000 limit if needed. Either way that statement gives a little hope to those worried about not transferring to Suva in time or that are waiting for Sydney to open and worried about reaching the limit. Guess we will wait and see what happens! Maybe this will be the biggest OC year yet if other regions don't reach their limit They also claimed that they can't do DV in Melbourne though even though they have already... so who know's what they're talking about!

 

[Kotoko]

Can confirm that I have astra and there was no issue with medical and we have been approved.

Your flight costs are the dream. I’m flying from Perth Did you book your flights separately so the return flight was more flexible? Or..?

I went to Suva with my family from Perth too and flew on Fiji airways. We got our passports the next after the interview and we were to bring our return forward without any extra charge from the airline.

 

[SusieQQQ]

Abouyt Jesse's post/. He actually says the sworn testimony is that there are no regional quotas. That is complete bollocks. I don't know where the nonsense comes from, but it clearly is not correct to say there are no regional quotas. The formula is described in 203(c).

As for the know it all thing, yeah that person really just about rubs everyone the wrong way. I thought I was an arrogant PITA, but I have to admit I am not even a close match.

Simon, didn’t see his comment but did he not maybe mean that they never cut off visas just using the regional quota? So it’s not a hard limit the way overall visas or the per country limit are?

the “ignore” function is underrated sometimes.

 

[JayQue]

so I just had my interview today and my visa was approved now I am just waiting for my password and I don’t think I need to explain the details as most people have already explained things in detail on this forum….. so all the best to rest of you…

Congratulations!! Do you mind if I ask a few questions? Our interview is next week in Suva. Vinaka.

 

[TWI]

Given what Suva are now offering, and that many have or are now trying to transfer to Suva, cost wise with flights maybe PNG is a better option, especially for those in WA, NT and FNQ ?

Thank you for the information. I previously tried to transfer to London and have already requested a transfer to Suva, so I’d rather not try swap now and look dodgy.

I’m tempted to fly straight to the US from Fiji and just move straight away, but I don’t know if having the flight booked before I’ve been approved will be a red flag

 

[Sil2022]

Hi….:it wasn’t much….just asked me about my level of education….where I wanna live in USA and that’s all….hardly 2 mins….

Congratulations!! Do you mind if I ask a few questions? Our interview is next week in Suva. Vinaka.

 

[BrisOC22]

Thank you for the information. I previously tried to transfer to London and have already requested a transfer to Suva, so I’d rather not try swap now and look dodgy.

I’m tempted to fly straight to the US from Fiji and just move straight away, but I don’t know if having the flight booked before I’ve been approved will be a red flag

A red flag to who? I assume you mean to Fiji staff when arriving? I think they only care that you have a ticket to leave Fiji, so that they know you aren't planning on illegally staying there. For all they know you could just be heading to the US right after under the visa waiver program. I don't think you would have any issues doing this.