State Dept. Continues To Fight Diversity Visa Immigrants In Court
of certain immigrants but did not stop the State Department from issuing or saving visas. However, the judge upheld the proclamation itself, which allowed a suspension of the entry of immigrants using presidential authority undercase for FY 2020 Diversity Visa winners included the American Immigration Lawyers Association , Justice Action Center and Innovation Law Lab, with pro bono support from Mayer Brown LLP.
“This policy continued until shortly after President Joseph Biden took office. In February 2021, the new administration lifted the restriction on scheduling FY 2021 selectees for consular interviews. Though interviews could now proceed, they would be scheduled under a prioritization scheme the State Department adopted in November 2020 that placed diversity visas in the lowest priority tier for processing immigrant visas.
What has happened since the judge’s order? “The order was issued on September 30, 2021, reserving 481 visas forplaintiffs to be issued before 9/30/2022,” said Aaron Hall. “To date, none have been issued and the State Department has said that they will not begin to issue them until at least April. In addition, State filed a notice of appeal and waited for approval from the Solicitor General to proceed with the appeal.
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