A HORRID UPDATE on the #Adelanto COVID19 outbreak: 6 detainees have been hospitalized for #COVID19 complications so far out of the reported 38 positive cases. Entire Housing 5 unit is on lock down. Chaos is unreal.
All six refused to leave their housing unit and remain with the 33 who tested positive.
This is just awful.
since 14 September when the outbreak "officially" began GEO has NOT tested any of its staff. I was just told that medical personnel were also not tested, then it changed that "some have been tested".
If you work for Wellpath in Adelanto, my DM are open!
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1. Govt has completed the IT "updates" so they will be ready to process reserved visas in Gomez/Goh/Rai/Goodluck/Filazapovich IF APPEALS are SUCCESSFUL ....
2. As we all suspected the updates were minor. It appears that it involved the ability to re-upload DV cases from prior years and be able to differentiate between "active" (meaning #DV2022) and "inactive" (#DV2021 and #DV2020). Running of the script at posts will take minutes.
3. It sounds like in the process of doing this modifications to the system & software DOS has actually gone through the prior cases. And DOS has now "deployed" 36,872 cases of #DV2020 and #DV2021 selectees in "inactive" status.
The DV statutory cap is established by the statute and is 55K (minus adjustments for NACARA) per year. There are no roll-overs and no special stash @TravelGov can reach into to grant more than the 54850 (I think is the #) DV visas allowed for FY 2022.
The number is total DV visa allocations. Meaning it includes
*both principals and their respective derivatives
* visas issued by consulates & AOS granted by USCIS.
IT is a grand total. Once DOS reaches that number they must stop issuing visas.
Since DOS is trying to do everything in its power to destroy #DV2021, we will open round 2 of our "Problem Consulates" litigation to add additional plaintiffs to our Nepal v DOS pending case. If you are interested, fill the Eligibility Questionnaire: forms.office.com/Pages/Response…
Nepal v DOS is a lawsuit challenging DOS denial of meaningful participation in the #DV2021 at select over-burdened consulates [statutory claims] combined with equitable claims to preserve visa eligibility beyond 30 Sept.
You can join only if you have designated one of the following as your consulate for #DV2021 interview purposes:
BREAKING: The bad news #DV2021 Friday continues!
State Department has posted a new public-facing "explanation of prioritization of visa processing" and sure enough #DV2021 is in the last tier!
Here are the tiers:
Tier One: IR intercountry adoption visas, age-out cases (SQ and SI for Afghan/Iraq
Tier Two: Immediate relative; fiancé(e); returning resident visas
Tier Three: Family preference immigrant visas
Tier Four: All other including employment & diversity visas
Plan instructs posts to schedule and adjudicate **some cases** in Tier Three and Tier Four each month. However, as a result of COVID # of visas issued in lower-priority preference categ and the diversity visa "likely will not approach the statutory ceiling in Fiscal Year 2021."
NEW: Ok! I’m mystified by the 9th Circuit’s new Appellate Case Management System (ACMS) for immigration petition for review. This will be mandatory for any PFR filed on or after 1 May 2021. What is the point?
For pending PFR the filings are to continue through CM/ECF: no changes.
For post 5-1 PFR filing in ACMS is mandatory but only for (and available) for attorneys.
Any non-counseled PFR and all briefs and motions must be filed on paper and mailed. non-represented petitioner will not be able to file electronically.
BREAKING: Niz-Chavez is out! “A notice to appear sufficient to trigger the IIRIRA’s stop-time rule is a single document containing all the information about an individ- ual’s removal hearing specified in §1229(a)(1).“ Boom.dot.com!