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A special hearing has been set for today at 4pm for the parties to review the report provided by the government regarding progress. The time will be 4pm Eastern USA timezone. If you want to listen in you can do… Continue Reading →

*** Update: there may be a hearing later today on this report – details to follow *** The governments lawyers filed their report as instructed by the Judge. AS I understand it they filed it a few minutes before the… Continue Reading →

OK so I wanted to give some updates as we start the new week. A couple of people have asked me how they listen to the hearing. Well no – it is not a “hearing” as such. The Judge has… Continue Reading →

Late this evening Judge Mehta released an order that enjoins (blocks) the government from applying the policying of not issuing visas to selectees present within the countries affected by the regional 14 day bans. Those countries are Chine Brazil, Iran,… Continue Reading →

As I mentioned on Friday, there is a hearing today for the legal team to challenge various aspects of the way the government agencies are prioritizing cases, not issuing in where the COVID related regional restrictions are in place and… Continue Reading →

One of my readers (well done Johnny!) bought to my attention that the CBP are varying the way that incoming flights are handled when those flights have come from countries affected by the present restrictions (China, Brazil, Schengen, UK and… Continue Reading →

OK – as you all know we won an order that helps DV2020 cases be processed. However, there is some confusion about the current position, so let me clarify that and at the end of this article I want to… Continue Reading →

I held a live Q & A this morning – so that video is shown below. I cover a number of topics including the prioritization that KCC are applying, the embassies efforts so far and also the 14 day bans… Continue Reading →

As Charles Kuck reported this morning, Judge Mehta has moved the deadline for the progress report earlier to the 21st. The legal team are working hard to make things right, but don’t make the mistake of assuming everything will be… Continue Reading →