DV-2026 Mandamus Litigation – Plaintiff Onboarding Open

🛑 We continue to accept plaintiffs to be included in an amended complaint. Anyone interested in encouraged to join ASAP while we are still adding plaintiffs.

🛑Complaint Filed for First Round of DV-2026 Mandamus Litigation

Despite the Department of State (DOS) losing similar lawsuits in 2020 and 2021, DOS is once again failing to timely process winners of the 2026 Diversity Visa Lottery.

We hope to assist DV-2026 selectees who are facing pauses, delays, and visa refusals under 212(f)(but not entry ban issues) at any Department of State stage of processing.  This will include individuals in the following situations:

• DS-260 submitted to KCC, but the case has not been sent to the consulate
• Consulate has received the case but not yet scheduled an interview
• An interview has been scheduled, but has been canceled or postponed
• An interview has been held, but the case is stuck in “administrative processing” or refused under INA § 212(f)–(because consulates cannot refuse visas under 212(f)—we are NOT challenging the 212(f) proclamation in this specific lawsuit)
• The visa was issued, but the individual is not able to travel to the US due to travel and enter due to the restrictions, and the consulate has not reissued the visa
• This lawsuit does NOT include winners of previous DV lotteries. It also does NOT include DV-2026 winners who are already in the US applying for adjustment of status. The lawsuit does not include anyone denied or refused under § 212(a).

Like our previous DV mandamus lawsuits, we will be asking a federal judge to order the Department of State to adjudicate plaintiffs’ visa applications within a reasonable period of time, and no later than the end of the fiscal year (September 30, 2026).  There are no visa reservation options for future years. This lawsuit will primarily challenge the pause policy in addition to anyone subject to the 75-public charge policy and 39-country ban under 212(f), but depending on demand, we may split off the 39 country ban clients into a separate lawsuit.

This case is being filed by IMMpact Litigation, a joint venture of the law firms Bless Litigation in Boston, Joseph & Hall in Denver, Kuck Baxter in Atlanta and Siskind Susser in Memphis. The firms have some of the most experienced immigration lawyers in the country and have now litigated together in more than 30 mass federal cases. IMMpact received the 2022 American Immigration Lawyers Association Litigation Award and the American Bar Association’s James E. Keane Award for the innovative use of technology in managing our litigation.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE LAWSUIT, PLEASE DO ALL THE FOLLOWING:

Step 1: Review the FAQ to confirm that you qualify to participate and that you understand what the case is about and how the plaintiff fee works.

Step 2: Complete our engagement letter and declaration generator app. The generator app will create an engagement letter (contract) for you to review and sign and will automatically send a copy to our team and to you. It will also tell us more about your situation.

Step 3: Pay your fee here. We are charging $750.00 per family to participate in the case. The fee is a one-time charge, and we will not be charging additional expenses or legal fees unless a particular plaintiff requested an individualized consultation with one of the firms’ attorneys. The fee is due at the outset and is non-refundable once we file the case with the Federal District Court. 

Payment Policy: We accept credit cards and eChecks only. DO NOT USE A DEBIT CARD — your payment will be voided, and you will not be added as a plaintiff. You are responsible for paying the merchant surcharge fees associated with making a payment and the surcharge fees will not be refunded under any circumstance.

Once you have completed all the above steps, you have signed up! You’ll receive an automatic email confirmation when we’ve received your engagement letter and declaration.  This, and your payment confirmation email, means that you are in our database and will be included in our lawsuit. If any information or documents are missing, we will contact you before filing the case. Otherwise, we’ll be in touch with all plaintiffs when we have filed the lawsuit with the court.

In the meantime, please do not contact our team asking for further confirmation that we have received your materials; this slows us down when we’re doing our best to prepare our filing quickly.

🛑After onboarding, if you need to make any changes or notify us of any changed circumstances, please do so by clicking here.