At least its a good sign, embassies are reopening in phases. Hope all embassies will resume their work.
I think is the third (maybe fourth) embassy I’ve seen that has said they will prioritize student visas, which makes sense with just weeks to go before most schools open for fall - I’d expect this will become a trend.
Well according to Britismon there is some experienced good bunch of lawyers are going to challenge against ban on green card issues. It's been month since and they were asking all DV2020 selectees to fill a form to build a case against this BAN. Since then at least i haven't heard any news from them.
Thank you for info!
When did Presidential Proclamation come into effect ?
This is referring to the original proclamation from April 22.
The visas they are issuing were not banned. DVs are.
I know that (I even mentioned in my text that they‘re accepting applicants for B&E visas). I was hoping that they might consider opening up the embassies again with a more or less full service. For me this seems to be a glimmer of hope as the closure of the embassies is currently a huge problem. Also, this is the first time I heard some news in this regards from an embassy in a Schengen country and that‘s why I posted it.
There’s no point holding interviews for banned categories while there are still big backlogs in the non banned categories. It is interesting that they are starting with B and E whereas others I’ve seen are starting with spouse/child of USC immigrant visas, and student visas. I guess the conclusion is that each embassy is tailoring to its own biggest backlog?
Indeed, good luck on that front - you would need to coordinate with KCC for the appointment to be made though? (compared to NIV appointments that are booked directly with the embassy).Keep us posted.
