I am trying to meet up with my friends in their server. I was incredibly upset because at launch, I was unable to make a new character with them because it was closed and restricted.

Now that they finally release free world transfers will I once again be unable to play with my friends because the world is not in the drop down list in the Mog Station server transfer application screen?!

Should I have some real hope that they un-restrict the server that I ACTUALLY WANT TO PLAY IN?
Or am I screwed and have to beg the large amount of friends to accommodate me and move to some random server?

Please help, I'm desperately looking for answers, I am so ready to reunite with my friends and I can't. Give me a little more information other than the vague answers that don't tell me if they may open servers up or not.