Hello VisaJourney!
I was selected in the past DV lottery process and filling i-485 right now. I wonder if not showing up for the interview in the embassy counts as visa denial.
I was in US, and my F1 visa was about to expire, I filled the forms, and scheduled an appointment in the US embassy in my home country, but I could not make it.
It was December 2020, I got covid, and with the restrictions of the time, I would have spent more than a month out of school, so I did not go.
Does it count as visa denial?
Thank you!