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4 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:
The actual order says "Because Plaintiffs have shown that a preliminary injunction is warranted on their section 1182(f)-related claim, the Court will enjoin the State Department from relying on the Presidential Proclamations to suspend all visa adjudications for Proclamation Plaintiffs."
I have also seen someone saying there is a second lawsuit coming for the very same issue. That leads me to think it affects only case plaintiffs........but I am speculating.
Yes it unfortunately seems to be the case. But it can be a good argumentation basis for future case as Proclamations are named:
"See Proclamation No. 9984, 85 Fed. Reg. 6,709 (Jan. 31, 2020) (Republic of China); Proclamation No. 9992, 85 Fed. Reg. 12,855 (Feb. 29, 2020) (Iran); Proclamation No. 9993, 85 Fed. Reg. 15,045 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Schengen Area — i.e., 26 European countries, including Austria, France, Norway, Poland, and Spain, that generally allow people to travel freely across their borders); Proclamation No. 9996, 85 Fed. Reg. 15,341 (Mar. 18, 2020) (United Kingdom and Ireland); Proclamation No. 10041, 85 Fed. Reg. 31,933 (May 24, 2020) (Brazil)."
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Just now, MBKT said:
I saw some people e-mailed the consulate with this ruling, but they got a response that the lawsuit did not apply to them as they were not plaintiffs in the case.
Ok thank you for you input, that is sad. Is there an opportunity to start a similar case maybe ?
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No I wasn't but it says that the couples represented were countries blocked by Trump proclamations. Could it be used to push resuming k1 visa processing in Germany ?
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Hello all,
I hope you are holding up well,
In November 19, 2020, a D.C. federal judge ruled the suspension of the k1 visa processing unlawful (https://www.law360.com/articles/1330908):
- “While quoting "Romeo and Juliet," U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg said the State Department was wrong to stop processing visa applications for the "star-crossed lovers" based on proclamations from President Donald Trump suspending entry into the country for immigrants and nonimmigrants from 31 countries — under certain conditions — during the coronavirus pandemic.”
- "A person who receives a visa can enter the United States without violating a proclamation — namely, by first quarantining for 14 days in a non-proclamation country — and thus can attempt entry without violating [the order]," the judge said. "Plaintiffs here may very well act in this fashion if and when they finally obtain their visas."
While it states clearly, that the department of state should not base itself on proclamations of Donald Trump and keep processing the k1 visas, the U.S. Embassy in Germany states on its website something opposite (https://de.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/fiancee-visa/):
- “Please note that we are still prohibited from issuing K visas to persons physically present in Germany under Presidential Proclamation 9993, which has suspended routine travel from the Schengen Area to the United States due to COVID-19. Under recent guidance, however, the following K-1 visa applicants may qualify for a national interest exception (NIE)”
Would you happen to know why the ruling is not enough to restart the processing of the K1 visa in the Germany?
Thank you all,
B & V
K1 VIsa suspension unlawful
in Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)
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Thank you it was very helpful !