DV Lottery Greencard | IMPORTANT BREAKING NEWS! Policy change for moving embassies

Summary

ビデオスクリプトでは、2024年の多様性ビザ（DV）申請者にとって重要な更新が紹介されています。新しい政策により、申請者は自宅以外のホテルでビザ申請が可能となり、物理的な存在を証明できれば、ビザ申請を移動できるようになりました。この変更は、特定の大使館で問題が発生している申請者にとって救済の可能性を提供し、彼らのグリーンカードの獲得の可能性を高めることを意味します。

Takeaways

• 📢 DV2024の参加者たち、重要なアップデートがあります。2025年以降の方も注目してください。
• 🚫 特定の大使館（アンカラ、アクラ大使館）に縛られると、DV2025の参加者に不利益が生じる可能性があります。
• 🔄 以前の手続きと比較して、KCCが採用した新しい戦略により、大使館間のケース移動が変わります。
• 🗓️ 以前のFAMガイド（外交手引き）のルールと比較して、新しい変更点が示されています。
• 📝 FAMガイドは、公使館職員がケースを審査する際に使用するガイドであり、手続きの参考になります。
• 🛑 以前のルールでは、特定の大使館に所属する場合、他の場所でビザ申請が困難でした。
• 🏢 新しいルールでは、物理的な存在が証明できれば、大使館の管轄区域外でビザ申請が可能となっています。
• 📉 ビザ申請の処理期間は、通常の申請プロセス時間を含み、管理手続の時間は含まないと定義されています。
• 📲 KCCは、DV参加者のケースを移動することをより柔軟に行う可能性があり、以前のAVQ（待機ステータス）のロックイン状況は変わるかもしれません。
• 📫 DV参加者は、新しい大使館に転送を希望する場合、書面で要求することができます。
• 🔑 重要な変更点は、大使館が物理的に存在し、一定期間滞在できることを証明する参加者に対して、ケースを受け入れる義務があることです。

Q & A

2024年のDV（多様性ビザ）申請者にとって重要なアップデートは何ですか？

2024年のDV申請者にとって重要なアップデートは、ケースが大使館間で移動するプロセスに関する変更と、KCCが採用する戦略の重要な変更です。

KCCとは何ですか？

KCCとは、コンサル事務センターの略で、DVプログラムの申請者に対する手続きを管理する組織です。

FAMガイドとは何ですか？

FAMガイドとは、外交官がケースを審査する際に使用する手引き書で、政府の手続きや規則を説明する参考資料です。

以前のFAMガイドのルールでは、ビザ面談の場所についてどのような制約がありましたか？

以前のルールでは、申請者はビザ面談のために、最後の外国居住地の領事区域の大使館で申請する必要がありました。

新しいFAMガイドの変更では、申請者がビザ申請を提出できる場所についてどう変更されていますか？

新しいFAMガイドでは、申請者は居住地または身体的に存在する場所の領事区域でビザ申請を提出できるようになりました。

申請者が新しい場所でビザ申請を提出するためには、どのような条件を満たす必要がありますか？

申請者は、申請プロセス期间にその場所に滞在できることを証明し、その場所での滞在が法的に認められている必要があります。

新しいFAMガイドの変更がDV申請者にとってどのような意味がありますか？

新しい変更により、DV申請者は、特定の大使館にロックされてしまわないようになり、より柔軟な場所でビザ申請を提出できるようになりました。

KCCがDV申請者のケースを移動することを拒否していた背景には何がありましたか？

以前のKCCのポリシーでは、DS260が処理され、申請数が現在の場合には、その申請者が特定の大使館にロックされていたため、ケースを移動することが困難でした。

新しいFAMガイドの変更がKCCのケース管理プロセスにどのような影響を与えると予想されますか？

変更により、KCCはAVQ（待機ステータス）にあるDV申請者のケースをより柔軟に移動できるようになる可能性があります。

申請者が新しいFAMガイドの変更を利用して大使館を変更する際には、どのような手順を踏む必要がありますか？

申請者は、新しい場所で身体的に存在し、その場所に滞在できる期間を証明し、KCCに書面でケースの移動をリクエストする必要があります。

申請者が大使館に移動をリクエストする際に、どのような情報を提供する必要がありますか？

申請者は、新しい場所での身体的存在と滞在期間を証明する情報、および移動の正当な理由を提供する必要があります。

このアップデートがDV2024の申請者にとってどのように役立つと予想されますか？

DV2024の申請者は、特定の大使館でビザ申請が困難な場合に、新しい場所で申請を行えるため、ビザ獲得の可能性が高まります。

Outlines

00:00

📢 DV2024選出者の重要な更新

ビデオスクリプトの第1段落では、DV2024の選出者たちが、まだスケジュールされていない場合、2025年以降の申請者にも関連する重要な更新があると説明しています。この更新は、案件の移動や新しい戦略の変更に関連しています。KCCが採用する戦略の変更についても触れられており、以前のビデオでアンカラやアクラ大使館に関連する問題について説明した後、KCCや政府に手続きの変更を求めたエピソードも紹介されています。

05:03

🔍 FAMガイドの変更点の分析

第2段落では、Wayback Machineを使用して、FAM（Foreign Affairs Manual）ガイドの古いバージョンを確認し、変更点を分析しています。FAMは、領事官がケースを審査する際に使用するガイドであり、政府の手続きや規則を理解するための有用な参照資料です。変更された箇所は、申請者がビザを申請する場所や、在留要件に関連するルールに重点を置いています。

10:04

🆕 申請者の居住地と移動に関する新しいルール

第3段落では、新しいルールが申請者の居住地と移動に関する申請プロセスにどのように影響を与えるかについて説明しています。申請者は、通常の申請プロセスに加えて、物理的に存在する地域の領事館でビザ申請が可能になったとされています。また、申請者が物理的に存在する地域での滞在要件が緩和された点にも触れられています。

15:06

📝 申請者の物理的な存在と滞在要件の変更

第4段落では、申請者が物理的に存在することが証明できれば、ビザ申請の場所を移動させることができるという新しいルールが紹介されています。この変更により、申請者は、ビザ申請のために長期間居住許可を持つ必要がなくなりました。また、領事館が申請者を受け入れる条件が変更された点にも注目しています。

20:08

🏢 KCCの手続き変更と申請者の対応策

第5段落では、KCCが今後どのように申請者の案件を扱うかについて述べています。KCCは、以前はAVQ（Application Verification Queue）に入った申請者を移動させることが難しく見なされていましたが、新しいルールにより、申請者の案件を移動させることが期待できるとしています。申請者は、新しいルールを利用して、案件を移動させることができる可能性があると示唆しています。

25:09

💌 申請者へのアドバイスとフィードバックの呼びかけ

最後の段落では、申請者が新しいルールを利用し、自分の案件を移動させる方法についてアドバイスを提供しています。申請者は、KCCに連絡して案件の移動を要求し、新しい領事館に物理的に存在することを証明することが重要です。また、申請者からのフィードバックを呼びかけ、ブログで進捗状況や各領事館の反応について共有するよう促しています。

Keywords

💡DV 2024

DV 2024とは、アメリカ合衆国の多様性ビザプログラム（Diversity Visa Program）の2024年のエントリーを指します。このキーワードは、ビデオの主題であるビザ申請者に対する重要なアップデートに関連しています。ビデオでは、DV 2024の参加者がまだスケジュールされていない場合、または2025以降の参加者に対するこの変更が重要であると説明されています。

💡KCC

KCCとは、コンサルサービスセンター（Kentucky Consular Center）の略称で、アメリカの海外ビザ申請に関する手続きを管理する組織です。ビデオでは、KCCが採用した戦略の変更と、ビザ申請者のケースを別の大使館に移動させるプロセスに関連する重要な変更について触れています。

💡AnorとAcra

AnorとAcraは、ビザ申請者がビザ面接のために割り当てられる大使館の例です。ビデオでは、これらの大使館に関連する問題と、申請者がこれらの大使館に関連する手続きに陥ることについて警告しています。特に、DV2025の申請者にとって、これらの大使館に関連する手続きは不利であると説明されています。

💡FAMガイド

FAMガイドとは、外交手続手引き（Foreign Affairs Manual）の略称で、領事官がケースを審議する際に使用するガイドラインです。ビデオでは、FAMガイドの更新が、ビザ申請者の手続きにおいて重要な変更をもたらしたと強調しています。

💡221g

221gは、ビザ申請において、追加の審査や手続きが必要とされる場合に使われるステータスコードです。ビデオでは、221gステータスが、申請者がビザ面接後にビザを取得するために必要な滞在期間に影響を与える可能性があると説明されています。

💡物理的な存在

物理的な存在は、申請者が特定の地域に実際に存在することを指し、ビザ申請のプロセスにおいて重要な要素です。ビデオでは、申請者が新しい地域に移動し、その地域の大使館でビザ申請を行うために物理的な存在を証明できる場合、大使館はその申請を受理することが求められていると述べています。

💡AVQ

AVQとは、ビザ申請のキュー（Application View Queue）の略称で、ビザ申請が受理される待ち行列を意味します。ビデオでは、KCCがAVQから申請を移動させるための新たなポリシー変更について説明しており、これは申請者が異なる大使館で申請を行う可能性を高める可能性があります。

💡DV2025

DV2025は、2025年の多様性ビザプログラムのエントリーを指します。ビデオでは、DV2025の申請者が特定の大使館に関連する問題に直面していること、およびこの新しいポリシー変更が彼らにとってどのように重要であるかについて触れています。

💡ビザ面接

ビザ面接は、ビザ申請プロセスで重要なステップで、申請者がビザ官との面対を行い、ビザの申請を進める機会です。ビデオでは、ビザ面接後に申請者が特定の地域に滞在する必要があるかどうか、または彼らがビザ申請を別の地域で進めることができるかどうかについて説明しています。

💡移住ビザ

移住ビザは、申請者がアメリカ合衆国への長期または永久的な居住を求めるために申請するタイプのビザです。ビデオの主題は、移住ビザ申請者が直面する手続きの変更と、それらの変更が申請者にとってどのように有益かについてです。

Highlights

重要更新：DV 2024和DV 2025的申请人可能需要重新安排签证面试地点。

KCC（移民签证中心）可能改变策略，允许案件从一个大使馆转移到另一个。

讨论了Anor和Acra大使馆对DV 2025申请人的影响。

强调了与KCC和政府沟通的重要性，以促使他们改变程序。

FAM（外交事务手册）更新，可能影响签证申请程序。

分析了FAM更新前后的变化，特别是关于签证申请地点的规定。

讨论了申请人在美国境内申请签证的一般规则。

解释了非居民申请人在特定条件下可以在非居住地的领事区申请签证。

强调了新政策允许申请人在证明短期内合法居留的情况下，在不同领事区申请签证。

新政策减少了申请人需要在签证申请国居留的时间要求。

讨论了新政策如何影响那些需要从特定大使馆转移申请的DV申请人。

指出了新政策可能对KCC的AVQ（行政处理队列）操作产生的影响。

提醒申请人在请求转移签证申请时需要书面形式，包括电子邮件。

建议申请人在与大使馆沟通时引用FAM更新的具体部分。

呼吁申请人利用新政策尽快采取行动，特别是那些在特定大使馆面临问题的DV 2024申请人。

鼓励申请人分享反馈，以了解新政策在实际操作中的效果。

Transcripts

hi everyone this is Brit Simon uh so

I've got what I consider to be a very

very important um update for you this

afternoon so um for all DV 2024 people

that are yet to be scheduled uh for DV

2025 folks and Beyond basically this is

um a really quite important update um so

uh it involves um it involves the sort

of the movement of cases from one uh

Embassy to another um and quite a

significant change in um in strategy

that KCC employ now uh a couple of days

ago or was it yesterday I posted a video

about Anor and Acra um and explaining to

people particularly for DV 2025 but also

some people who you know sort of Trapped

in DV

2024 um explaining uh you know what's so

bad about the position uh to be tied

into anchor or Acura embassies uh in

dv25 for example um I actually I'd

recorded that video twice um the first

time I recorded it uh towards the end of

my recording which was already fairly

long talking about anchor and Acra um I

went into a bit of a rant um talking

about KCC and kind of howling at the

moon uh to KCC and actually uh addressed

KCC and the government um suggesting

that they needed to make a a very

important change to their uh to their

procedures in terms of um when they

would allow people to move from one

Embassy to another I ranted for probably

a full 10 minutes and some of it was

pretty um uh pretty excited should we

say and because it was so excited and

there was some in there that I probably

shouldn't have used um I counted to 10

and I re-recorded the whole video um and

uh you know I'll probably look back at

that other video um but but I W I don't

think I'll publish it because it's you

know I'm trying to I'm trying to uh

encourage the government to do the right

thing not necessarily just shout at them

um so uh but funnily enough I recorded

that a few days

ago um since then uh Curtis Morrison

posted a link fairly innocent uh link to

um an update um on the fam guide now fam

is the Foreign Affairs manual um and it

is the guide that is used by uh Consular

officers in adjudicating cases in all

aspects of a juding cases it's a a guide

that tells them how to do their work and

it's actually quite a useful um

reference tool for us because it gives

us insight into how the government sees

uh the rules the laws the procedures and

that sort of thing um it's not strictly

speaking the letter of the law but it is

a description of their processes um and

sometimes their processes they get

confused those things for the law right

and so they make these these processes

and

procedures sometimes without any support

from the law and that's when they get

into a sticky mess where uh lawyers can

say well hang on a minute what you've

decided this uh this procedure you've

decided um to apply you know some rule

but you've got no support for that in

the law one of those things funny enough

was the way that they were behaving

about um uh with regard to where you

have to apply for your uh for your

interview all right and how the

government has made up this um uh this

rule that they call it a rule that you

have to apply for your um

uh for your Visa at a particular post

and if that if if let's say you're

resident of arra just because I was

talking about that if you're a resident

of Acra and you're a DV lottery winner

and Acra won't get to your case because

they're they're you know determined to

not take cases as far as the government

has been concerned that's okay if your

chances are lost um you know because uh

because you're assigned to Acra

um tough luck on you that's been their

perspective that's been their their

position um and so let me show you what

what um uh what's

changed um because it's a very

significant change so um let's see if I

show you here um the usual place of

application for example this is a

section now what I've done is I've got

the updated guidance from the fam which

I'll show you in a moment but I wanted

to firstly show you what the statement

was or what the position was as of March

16th right so I've gone on to the

Wayback machine some of you may be aware

of this but this is a useful tool that

you can see um older versions of current

pages and so the Wayback machine

basically allows you to go and look at

how did this particular Page look um you

know up until a few days ago or you know

from a specific point in time and it's

actually quite um useful I've used this

many times s um to try and figure out

what the changes actually mean so if we

look at one of these statements here it

says here as a general rule an applicant

in the United States should apply for

the Visa in the post of the consor

district uh of the applicants last

foreign residents um that's the only

Consular section required to accept the

case for processing although um another

Consular section might do so as a matter

of discretion um then there's uh people

who are abroad right so application of a

non-resident uh physically present in

District say the department regulations

provide that an IV unit um must accept

an application from an application

physically present in the con District

even though not a resident of that

District if the applicants expects them

remain in the con District um throughout

the several months that it that it

normally takes to process an application

and can legally do

so that several months time time period

includes um the period of time before

the interview and the period of time

that could happen after the interview

and so what what has happened is that

that several months um uh wording has

meant that if you traveled let's say you

were in in Acra and you traveled to

Nairobi and maybe you could prove that

you were physically present in

Nairobi um you might H have been denied

an interview at Nairobi by Nairobi

Embassy because they could say well yeah

but if if we G if we put you on 221g

that could last three or four months and

you have no legal permission to reside

or to remain in uh in Kenya for that

period of time right now I'm using Acro

in Nairobi and and you know it's not

about those two two um particular posts

but this was the General principle and

there's lots of other um there's lots of

other uh sort of wording that

in the old rules which is what I'm

showing you on the screen here um it was

um it was very difficult for people to

actually get moved to another another

location so if I Now flip over to the

changed document there's some very

significant changes here um so for

example in the US usual place of

application right um the way that this

document um is updated has more recent

changes in this um sort of slightly red

or I don't know purple color or

something um different color and so

that's how you can see how the wording

has changed but if you really want to

know what the wording was before then

you have to use something like the

Wayback machine to actually go back and

see the previous wording and it's only

really by comparing to the previous

wording that you understand the

significance of some of the changes

right so if we look at the usual place

of application right uh as a general

rule IV and diverse DVS are applicants

they've actually called out DV

applicants um in particular in several

places in these changes uh should apply

for a Visa in the Consular District

where they are resident and an applicant

in the United States should apply for

the Visa at the post um at the post in

the con District of the applicants last

foreign residents right so what they've

done is they've

inserted IV and divers views or

applicant up to uh that place so they

added a section in here that calls out

um you know where where you should apply

but um uh but then goes on to say unless

the department directs otherwise post is

required to accept the the case of

processing so basically that that first

point is no real change apart from the

fact that it calls out specifically

diversity applicants um you know and IV

applicants uh and it sort of reaffirms

the rule or the um you know the the um

policy uh that the government had

applied earlier but this next point is

uh extremely important it says

alternatively unless the department

directs otherwise applicants may take

their visa application in the Consular

section having jurisdiction over their

place of physical presence uh if the

applicant applicant can establish that

they will be able to remain in that

period for the uh for the period

required to process the application

and then it defines the pro the period

of time necessary to remain in that uh

location as well and this is where the

big change is really made um it says the

time it normally takes to process the

application should not include the

potential time it might take for

administrative processing as an

applicant may choose to depart the

country while such processing is pending

that's always been possible um you can

go to your interview and let's say they

put you on

221g and you could say well I've got to

leave the country I've got to I've got

to go on business I have to leave the

country so I'll need my passport back

please um and and when you decide you're

going to issue my my Visa I'll give you

my passport back so you can stamp in the

Visa that's always been a possibility

but what's new here is that physical

presence is now the test required and

you don't have to be physically present

for many months

which means that it has vastly reduced

the um the requirement for how long you

need to be in the

country um and it means that you don't

need to have a residence permit anymore

um some embassies have been requiring

people to show that they have a per a

permit a Visa allowing them to be

resident in a particular country as a as

a condition for accepting them at their

post that requirement is now gone okay

this is a big deal um and it's gone

because they're saying that you simply

have to prove to their

satisfaction uh can establish to the

satisfaction of the Consular officer

that they will be able to remain at the

Consular district for the time it

normally to takes to process an

application normally being well you have

to have your uh Medical in country

typically um that's normally the case

and then you have the interview and then

normally it might you might be expected

to wait for let's say a week after the

interview um while they print up your

your Visa but in the old days they could

tack on a few months and say well if you

can't be here for three months or four

months because you could be placed on on

AP on on 221g then we're not going to

accept you at the post right and so this

is a very big deal this this is going to

be important for people

um and uh it goes on there's some par

there's some interesting wording here

and talks about the applicant's ability

to remain in the coner District um the

con section may take into consideration

the applicant's ability to do so legally

and in accordance with the um uh with

the requirements of the host country

among other re relevant factors so in

other words um as long as you're legal

for a reasonably short period of time to

be in another country let's say a month

right as long as you're you're able to

be there for that period of time you can

show that you are physically um able to

to be there now there is also warning

wording here that's important um it says

the pro the applicant's prospective

ability to obtain a Visa for to apply

for admission to the country where the

cons district is located does not

qualify an applicant as being physically

present in the con District okay but if

you are satisfied that the applicant

will be physically present by the time

of the application you are permitted to

accept the transfer ahead of the

applicant's relocation to com to permit

case preparation and reduce logistical

delays upon the applicant's arrival okay

so what that means is if you can

convince an

embassy that you will be able to travel

to their location and your ability to be

physically present in that location is

assured you have a Visa you have the

ability to stay there you have the

finances to stay there all of those good

things right then you can say hey I

would like to be assigned to your post

um and uh I can prove to you that I can

stay there legally um and even though

I'm not there today I will be there in a

month's time so I want you to take my my

case right now that's a big big deal

that is uh a very big departure from

where they've been at been at before

now this update has only

been um part of the documents uh the the

the process for about three weeks as I'm

recording the video today it's about

three weeks ago it's dated the 8th of

May it was actually updated uh on the

10th of May um according to the um

according to the uh the Wayback machine

there um but um uh but it's dated the

May the 8th so that's only three weeks

ago now there are going to be some posts

some embassies that will have no clue

about this this hasn't been widely

published um and so um there's going to

be some time when post will basically

not really understand this is the new

way of um of applying the policy so if

you need to make a a change in your

Embassy

location um and you can satisfy the uh

the conser officers or the the embassy

uh that you will be able to remain there

longer then um you can use this policy

but if I were you I would literally be

copying sections from the policy um that

make it clear that the uh that the

embassy must accept your case and why am

I using that word must well must and may

are two different words in English that

mean slightly different things if I say

to you you may do something it gives you

permission to do something but it

doesn't require you to do that thing if

I say to you you must do something you

are required to do that thing right and

so the question is have the embassies

been told that they must accept people

um who are physically present well if I

scroll up here there's a whole new

section here and if you look at this

section it talks about Consul section

must accept for processing this is also

about move moving uh must accept right

as opposed to May accept for processing

if the applicant is physically present

in the district and you conclude the

applicant is able to remain for the time

required for processing okay so there is

this and you conclude the applicant is

able to uh remain for the for the time

required there is that caveat to it but

uh the language is clear this is a must

um on the embassies they must take

people um who are able to prove that

they are physically present so

if you have moved from let's say Acra

I'm picking on Acra but Acra or Anor or

any of these embassies that are behaving

badly if you have moved to a new

location you may have contacted the

embassy in the past and they may have

said well we're not going to accept you

because we don't believe that you're

resident here you can now Recon that

Embassy and say point to them the guide

that says uh I am physically uh

physically present in this location I'm

legally um able to be here I can remain

here for X number of weeks more

perfectly legally and therefore uh you

must accept me now I would be very

careful to not tell an embassy things

like you must accept me right you've got

to be a little bit careful you get uh

you get more with um uh honey than you

get with sticks some sort of say

something like that you're going to do

better by winning them over so you can

say to them

that hey great news you declined me for

accepting my case before um I note that

the uh that the fam the famam guidance

has been updated and it now says that

you are able to um accept my case if if

I can show you that I'm physically

present and that I can remain physically

present um for the period of time it

would normally take to process the case

not including uh

221g okay so

there are some very important um uh

meanings behind the wording changes here

I have to say some of it is badly worded

that must um word uh is important and it

changes into May in different parts of

this wording so it's kind of confusing I

expect over time they will refine it um

but um but they are there are clearly

there is an intention to allow um uh

movement and to uh enable processing of

cases that would otherwise be um ruined

um you know by sort of bad behavior of

embassies right um and you know there

there's various rules here there's quite

a lot to read here says here for example

um different rules govern con a

jurisdiction to accept and adjudicate

certain clearly approvable IV petitions

in accordance with DHS delegated

authority I mean it's again they're sort

of worried about clearly

approvable um uh petitions um here's the

here's another specific thing about

diversity Visa cases you may accept

jurisdiction for processing a DV case if

the applicant meets the residency

requirements or is physically present in

your District I'm I'm I'm sad that they

put May except there um when the when

the summary of the same policy shows

must accept right there is a difference

between May and must and it's a very

important difference um but it does give

as usual the discretion to accept or

refuse requests of person's neither

resident nor present right so if you

contact an embassy and you're not

actually there then that Embassy has the

right to decline your request whereas if

you're there and if you can prove that

you can stay there for a reasonable

period of time then they must according

to this wording then they must accept

your your request to transfer your case

to that

location so that's all really important

now how will casc operate in this um is

quite interesting because KCC have this

um uh this cue of cases in AV status up

to now they have been absolutely

unwilling to move cases out of the avq

so once you're in the avq and to be an

in AV status you need to be ds260

processed and your number is current

once those two things are true you're

put into a cue basically a spreadsheet

where your number is added to that

spreadsheet and you're now in a queue

and you're locked into that Embassy that

has been an an absolute locked in

situation as far as KCC has being

concerned in the past um and what

they're now what this policy change may

change their behavior about that but I

can't be 100% certain that they are

going to change their behavior on that

point

so it may still be

important um to try and get these

approvals uh cleared up before you

become current um because if your ds260

is processed and you become current then

you're immediately locked in in AB

status but the fact that they now accept

that DV applications uh can be moved

around from Embassy to Embassy I think

the procedures for the avq will have to

be revised it may not immediately happen

but it will happen I think um you know

hopefully soon I I hope so um so that's

an important um point also there are

some other

um uh there are some other points in

here you'll uh I'll put the um uh I'll

put the uh uh the link to this below the

video so you can read the document

yourself um there's a reaffirmation of

the various homeless processing posts um

there's some wording about um those

homeless processing uh posts and there's

there's a particular Point here that's

kind of interesting

um so you know there is more stuff to

read about here but I but I wanted to

keep the video fairly short if I could

I've already blown that it's 22 minutes

already um but I do encourage you to

come and read this um uh read this and

also read the the Wayback machine

version of this so that you can see how

the wording has has changed in in a Fed

dramatic

way okay everybody um have I think about

this as to whether it can actually save

your case um if you are in one of those

embassies you're DV 2024 and you're in

anchora or you're in um Acra and your

case number is above the case numbers

that's going to get any hope and you

have the ability to move to a better um

a better location then I would say use

that ability move now do that as quickly

as you possibly can and um and contact

KCC and and um ask them to move your

case but also at the same time contact

the embassy in the location that you've

moved to um show to them you're

physically present in their area and uh

either between you or the embassy

somebody can you know one either you or

the embassy can hopefully um impr press

upon KCC the importance of moving your

case out of the avq into uh the the

embassy that's willing to accept it um

they have done that in the past um but

it's been very rare in the past because

the bar or the um you know the the

ability to convince the receiving

Embassy the new Embassy um was very

difficult now that should be easier and

so the new Embassy should be looking at

these guidance rules should be more

willing to help you in moving to their

location I don't suggest you all go to

the very busiest um locations I don't I

don't expect you all to go anywhere

actually most of you don't need to move

um but for some of you where you

absolutely are going to lose your chance

of getting your green card because of uh

difficulties at certain embassies this

could be a lifesaver this could actually

make the difference between uh getting

your green card or not and and in DV

2024 I think there is still time to save

some of your cases so please take this

very

seriously and um and please give me some

feedback let me know what reactions you

get I definitely want you to be copying

sections of this document um uh into

your emails when you request uh a change

um because I don't want you to refer to

how the guidance has changed so I'll

probably I'll create um a text block

that you can copy and paste into your uh

into your emails and I'll put that in on

on my blog um so that you'll be able to

make a a formal request um as quickly as

possible it does say by the way that you

need to request this in

writing um so uh and it could be by

letter it could be by email and so on so

email is obviously the best way all

right

um okay and it says here rece request

the receiving unit

um make the request by letter email or

other written or electronic formats as

the ID unit allows that that they're

referring to faxes probably um that it

says there is no pre pre uh prescribed

form or format for such a request um but

uh the applicant must send the request

along with the justification for the

request to the intending receiving IV

unit IV unit meaning the consor consor

officers uh or Embassy that you want to

move to

right okay every body um let's jump on

this for those of you that that can

change your um your trajectory here um

and you know hopefully we can have some

happy results from this uh I hope that

the government is going to be good to

their word here and we'll start

accepting these requests um as necessary

um as soon as possible but let's work on

that together and see if we can get some

of these cases um pushed through uh and

as I say I would like to get some

feedback on my blog at Brit

simons.com about what progress you make

individually what works what doesn't

work what you know what the reaction is

from some embassies I fully expect some

embassies to decline the such requests

um because they won't know uh they won't

know the guidance has changed um so that

could easily happen but we need to help

them through the um through the

understanding right um okay all right

everybody thanks for your time and

attention today I hope this is going to

be good news for some of you I'll see

you soon bye-bye now

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