DV2006EU34XX
Registered Users (C)
MY DIVERSITY VISA EXPERINCE
June 2005 Received 1st Diversity Visa Lottery Package form Kentucky C. Center
July 2005 Sent the forms to Kentucky Consular Center
August 25th 2005 Received Notification Letter from Kentucky
August 26th 2005 Sent $375 Check (Separate Diversity Visa Fee) to Department of State,
Philadelphia and received the receipt
November 1st 2005 Sent the Adjustment of Status Forms (I-485) to Chicago
(Without $375 filing fee but with receipt of $375, copies of birth certificate,
Passport, I-94, I-20, Biographic Information form, 2 photos, Medical Exam)
November 22nd 2005 Rejection notice (Wrong Filing Fee saying fee total $395)
November 23rd 2005 Sent the Adjustment of Status Forms (I-485) to Chicago again with $375
Receipt and $20 check
December 15th 2005 Rejection Notice (Wrong Filing Fee saying fee total $395)
December 16th 2005 Sent the Adjustment of Status Forms (I-485) to Chicago with $395 check
(Filing Fee went up from $375 to $395 and learnt $375 fee is separate DV fee
From $395 filing fee)
January 11 2006 Received Receipt Notice
February 8th 2006 Received Fingerprint Notice
March 7th 2006 Fingerprint done
June 14th 2006 Received Interview Notice
July 10th 2006 Had interview, passport stamped ‘Approved Permanent Resident and
Employment Authorized’
July 20th 2006 Received Approval and Welcome Notice
August 1st 2006 Received Permanent Resident Card
In the first package it says they have sent the same package to 110.000 people but only 50.000 will get the diversity visa. Whoever is eligible (at least high school diploma or 2 years of work experience) and follows the instructions correctly. Everybody has a DV number on this program and the lesser the number the higher chance to get it.
My number became current on the 1st of November 2005 and filed my papers. I have lost almost 3 months because of wrong filing fee. I was confused with $375 fee which is separate DV fee from $395 filing fee. My local Immigration Office was not helpful and I had to search everything by myself. I was reading and sharing my experiences in this forum which were so helpful. Some of the DV winners got their Permanent Resident Cards in three months but me got after 9 months. You need to be lucky two times in this DV program. First one is to be the ‘chosen’ one : ) and the second one is to get it. I did not get any lawyer and did everything by myself.
For the interview which is the final step and the hardest part for everybody as far as I have read in the forums. For me it was so easy and it took only five to ten minutes. She did not even check any of my papers. She only took all the copies that I have prepared for the interview and did not even check the original ones. She only looked my diploma and asked me two questions which were if I have a job and if I had been arrested. I told her that I am still looking for job and got arrested because of DUI. I gave her my criminal records which says’ dismissed’ and that was it. She approved, stamped my passport and congratulated me and told me that for that day I was the first one who had all the required papers : )
June 2005 Received 1st Diversity Visa Lottery Package form Kentucky C. Center
July 2005 Sent the forms to Kentucky Consular Center
August 25th 2005 Received Notification Letter from Kentucky
August 26th 2005 Sent $375 Check (Separate Diversity Visa Fee) to Department of State,
Philadelphia and received the receipt
November 1st 2005 Sent the Adjustment of Status Forms (I-485) to Chicago
(Without $375 filing fee but with receipt of $375, copies of birth certificate,
Passport, I-94, I-20, Biographic Information form, 2 photos, Medical Exam)
November 22nd 2005 Rejection notice (Wrong Filing Fee saying fee total $395)
November 23rd 2005 Sent the Adjustment of Status Forms (I-485) to Chicago again with $375
Receipt and $20 check
December 15th 2005 Rejection Notice (Wrong Filing Fee saying fee total $395)
December 16th 2005 Sent the Adjustment of Status Forms (I-485) to Chicago with $395 check
(Filing Fee went up from $375 to $395 and learnt $375 fee is separate DV fee
From $395 filing fee)
January 11 2006 Received Receipt Notice
February 8th 2006 Received Fingerprint Notice
March 7th 2006 Fingerprint done
June 14th 2006 Received Interview Notice
July 10th 2006 Had interview, passport stamped ‘Approved Permanent Resident and
Employment Authorized’
July 20th 2006 Received Approval and Welcome Notice
August 1st 2006 Received Permanent Resident Card
In the first package it says they have sent the same package to 110.000 people but only 50.000 will get the diversity visa. Whoever is eligible (at least high school diploma or 2 years of work experience) and follows the instructions correctly. Everybody has a DV number on this program and the lesser the number the higher chance to get it.
My number became current on the 1st of November 2005 and filed my papers. I have lost almost 3 months because of wrong filing fee. I was confused with $375 fee which is separate DV fee from $395 filing fee. My local Immigration Office was not helpful and I had to search everything by myself. I was reading and sharing my experiences in this forum which were so helpful. Some of the DV winners got their Permanent Resident Cards in three months but me got after 9 months. You need to be lucky two times in this DV program. First one is to be the ‘chosen’ one : ) and the second one is to get it. I did not get any lawyer and did everything by myself.
For the interview which is the final step and the hardest part for everybody as far as I have read in the forums. For me it was so easy and it took only five to ten minutes. She did not even check any of my papers. She only took all the copies that I have prepared for the interview and did not even check the original ones. She only looked my diploma and asked me two questions which were if I have a job and if I had been arrested. I told her that I am still looking for job and got arrested because of DUI. I gave her my criminal records which says’ dismissed’ and that was it. She approved, stamped my passport and congratulated me and told me that for that day I was the first one who had all the required papers : )
