DanielMarianne

It appears that you are referring to the group cases of Milligan v. Blinken and Kinsley v. Blinken. Milligan has not had the writ of mandamus part of the lawsuit ruled on, as it is difficult to make a ruling when each consulate is processing differently. Kinsley does not have one, and was only targeting the travel bans.
 
The Manila mandamus lawsuit is strictly a writ of mandamus for "unreasonable delay" against the US Embassy in Manila (USEM). Despite the messaging from DOS, plaintiffs have been getting priority and interviews around the world from these lawsuits. Does that mean that interviews of others who are pending will get cancelled for us? No, but I have faith in the government that they can walk and chew gum at the same time and process our cases too/next.
 
At the end of the day, the whole point of it is to get our cases processed, which has clearly not been happening outside of expedites and 221Gs. However, if there is a ruling and an outstanding order from a judge, the lawyers have stated that the consulates do not have a choice and will need to process our cases. See my previous post. 

It’s actually 2.6 million in the backlog. Here was the article Greg was talking about:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/12/politics/biden-challenge-immigration-visa-backlog-invs/index.html
 
At this point, if you don’t file a lawsuit, you won’t get approved for a very long time. They are so far behind and have such a skeleton crew that I just don’t see it happening.

It’s all public on YouTube. I’ll send you a PM.

Case has not been filed yet. Last they spoke in their public update, it will be filed early this week. There are at least 148 couples.
 
As for the speculation about not getting interviews or getting prioritized, the attorneys spoke on this during their last update from 4/12. Here was a snippet of what they said, and I urge you to listen to their exact words, as this was just cliff notes of it:
 

I feel confident it will work out. While there may be case issues from certain plaintiffs, I am expecting major relief for the majority of the plaintiffs. As an example of it working, Cairo plaintiffs have already been scheduled for interviews a couple days after their lawsuit had been filed.

Case has been filed! Super excited and honored that they chose me as the lead plaintiff too. Really hoping we get some reprieve now!
https://twitter.com/ckuck/status/1384991018974687242

Case has been filed! Super excited and honored that they chose me as the lead plaintiff too. Really hoping we get some reprieve now!
https://twitter.com/ckuck/status/1384991018974687242

Case has been filed! Super excited and honored that they chose me as the lead plaintiff too. Really hoping we get some reprieve now!
https://twitter.com/ckuck/status/1384991018974687242

It appears that you are referring to the group cases of Milligan v. Blinken and Kinsley v. Blinken. Milligan has not had the writ of mandamus part of the lawsuit ruled on, as it is difficult to make a ruling when each consulate is processing differently. Kinsley does not have one, and was only targeting the travel bans.
 
The Manila mandamus lawsuit is strictly a writ of mandamus for "unreasonable delay" against the US Embassy in Manila (USEM). Despite the messaging from DOS, plaintiffs have been getting priority and interviews around the world from these lawsuits. Does that mean that interviews of others who are pending will get cancelled for us? No, but I have faith in the government that they can walk and chew gum at the same time and process our cases too/next.
 
At the end of the day, the whole point of it is to get our cases processed, which has clearly not been happening outside of expedites and 221Gs. However, if there is a ruling and an outstanding order from a judge, the lawyers have stated that the consulates do not have a choice and will need to process our cases. See my previous post. 

Case has been filed! Super excited and honored that they chose me as the lead plaintiff too. Really hoping we get some reprieve now!
https://twitter.com/ckuck/status/1384991018974687242

Case has been filed! Super excited and honored that they chose me as the lead plaintiff too. Really hoping we get some reprieve now!
https://twitter.com/ckuck/status/1384991018974687242

It’s actually 2.6 million in the backlog. Here was the article Greg was talking about:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/12/politics/biden-challenge-immigration-visa-backlog-invs/index.html
 
At this point, if you don’t file a lawsuit, you won’t get approved for a very long time. They are so far behind and have such a skeleton crew that I just don’t see it happening.

Everything you said is completely false. Literally everything you said. Plaintiffs absolutely do get a priority, it's a mandamus lawsuit, did you know that? (educate yourself on mandamus)  May 2020 is not a 2 month backlog once the embassy opens to regular K1's. They will not open to full capacity in the next year at the soonest (please read the news, either CNN or Fox will do for this topic) So that 2 months is more like 8 months to a year or more at best, and that's once they re open, whenever that is . Lastly, foreign travel is opening up in the Philippines????  Yeah ok, with covid spiking there and a president using it for a power trip? They have had the longest lockdown of any country and now the are going to open up????? Because you think they will???? Sorry man, you didn't join and you have a bunch of excuses telling yourself why. Unfortunately they are all a false narrative you have made up to make yourself feel ok with making a terrible decision. But hey, if that helps you sleep and night, that alright. 🙂

The last update I saw, we were at 144 registered couples. It could be more now as that was when the deadline ended. The planned filing date is some time next week. They stated they are still accepting cases for onboarding if you were on the fence about joining!

The lawyers and actual people in the Milligan case who have won would disagree with you. If there’s an order from the judge, those plaintiffs get priority. Do they go in front of a case that’s actually being processed? Probably not, but they do get prioritized over others. Generally the embassies would like to get lawsuits out of their hair as quickly as possible, and just adjudicate the cases to get it over with.

That’s fine you feel that way. I’d urge you to actually look at the details of what the case is about and what it’s trying to accomplish. It has a legal team that has a successful track record, and while no litigation is 100%, we feel cautiously optimistic. But if you only want to spread negativity, then I’m sorry that this upsets you so much. However, don’t go whining when we are with our fiancé’s for Christmas while you are still waiting as you look at her on your phone. God bless. 🙏 

They should either do away with K1 interviews during this time, or allow online video visits to those who are able. This is just government incompetence IMO. The most egregious part about it is that you still see B and J visas being processed over reuniting couples.

Hmmm, I just read this makes me hopefully?
 
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/phased-resumption-routine-visa-services.html

Does this help out K1 visas at all?

Does this help out K1 visas at all?

I’ll report back my results. No one should have to wait this long, nor should they have to pay to be in a class action or mandamus lawsuit to be reunited with a fiancé.

They should either do away with K1 interviews during this time, or allow online video visits to those who are able. This is just government incompetence IMO. The most egregious part about it is that you still see B and J visas being processed over reuniting couples.