{"id":3369,"date":"2022-06-25T20:13:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T20:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/?p=3369"},"modified":"2022-06-26T04:23:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T04:23:39","slug":"ds260-unlocking-correcting-bad-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/ds260-unlocking-correcting-bad-information\/","title":{"rendered":"DS260 Unlocking – correcting bad information"},"content":{"rendered":"
From time to time there are situations where bad information is published that I believe is detrimental to people’s chance. I addressed a couple of such cases by youtubers in a recent video<\/a>. However, it is not only youtubers that create such confusion with bad information – just recently Curtis Morrison has done that with advice about unlocking the DS260. Now whilst I like and respect Curtis, I am certain he is incorrect in this case and the advice not to unlock is damaging. So – I am going to lay out my points here.<\/p>\n First here is the comment that Curtis made in relation to a question and answer from the AILA liaison meeting. This meeting is between the AILA staff (AILA being a governing body for American immigration lawyers) and the government.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Now below I have taken the screenshot and annotated it to show certain anomalies in the question and the answer that make me certain that neither the question nor the answer apply to DV cases.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n One by one:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n OK – so hopefully you can see that Curtis has misinterpreted this statement to being related to DV cases when it clearly is not about DV cases at all.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now – let’s talk about whether unlocking is bad or not. I have actually written an article<\/a> about this before. Basically, there are some situations when unlocking is the right thing to do, and some situations where you would not unlock.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now – does unlocking cause delay – we first be sure you need to unlock. If you do, unlock. Don’t consider the delay that “might” happen (and it does not always cause delay). Why – well because for the types of changes I suggest you unlock for in point 2 and 3 above the alternative could be denial or not getting the right number of visas for your family. I always say “Delay is better than Denial”.<\/p>\n Several people have pointed out a statement made in one of the court declarations as follows:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Now, even if we decide we are to trust that statement, we should note that it talks about unlocking after the case is deemed documentarily qualified. In other words if the case has not been processed yet, it would be unlikely to cause delay, and if the case has been processed you would still be wise to unlock for the scenarios I list in point 3 above (i.e. marital status changes and so on). Yes that could cause a delay, but it is still a wise idea in most cases.<\/p>\n So as for whether a delay will be caused, well that depends on how far your case has been processed. If the case has not been completely processed, there would be unlikely to be any delay in any case. But again, you are usually better to have a delay if the alternative is denial.<\/p>\n Keep in mind, this point needs to be considered along with your case number and how close your case is to being current. Later in the year, I do not recommend unlocking except where absolutely necessary. But if your case is nowhere near being current yet, then unlocking is not a problem.<\/p>\n Don’t forget that lawyers such as Curtis have only been interested in the DV lottery for the past 2 or 3 years and they have only seen dysfunctional years. For DV2023 and beyond I expect normal processing to return, so people should be a lot less concerned about unlocking. And it is for that reason I wanted to document this misunderstanding at this point as the situation will not be the same going forward\u00a0 as we have seen since 2020.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From time to time there are situations where bad information is published that I believe is detrimental to people’s chance. I addressed a couple of such cases by youtubers in a recent video. However, it is not only youtubers that… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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