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    Parents Denied Visitors Visa - Should I apply for a Green Card?

    Good day, Thank you for answering my question. My parents from Zimbabwe have been visiting the United States for almost 20 years and never had issues with visitor's visa's. This year they have been denied visitors visa's twice and given 214(b) as reason for refusal. However verbally the...
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    Green Card in process but just got accepted into top MBA program

    Doing some research for a friend. His employer is in the process of applying for the green card. The labor certification is complete and moving onto the next stage. He just found out he got accepted into one of the top MBA programs in the country and cannot pass up the opportunity to go to a...
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    2015 DV Winners from Zimbabwe

    All the best. You should be fine.
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    2015 DV Winners from Zimbabwe

    If you do this at the US Embassy in Zim they should have a level of appreciation for customary marriage in Zimbabwe. You should probably prepare a few things to support that order of events e.g. do you have any documents to support the customary marriage? Carry more proof of your marriage in the...
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    2015 DV Winners from Zimbabwe

    Hi Ronald, The general guideline is $10,000 per person. We were not asked for bank statements during our interview (we did our interview in Jamaica) Based on experiences of other African countries (read Kenya and Ghana threads), if you have a host in the US who is willing to host you and you...
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    2015 DV Winners from Zimbabwe

    Great news we received our green cards today! Its exactly a month since we landed and this has been the easiest stress fee process ever! We're now fully settled and soaking in the last days of warm weather before fall comes our way brrrr...
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    2015 DV Winners from Zimbabwe

    Hi @Britsimon, update of visa process: We received our DV visa's today and discovered an error on my wife's visa relating to her nationality and they said we can come and collect the passport of monday morning with the change. We had booked tickets for Saturday morning and want to check if you...
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    2015 DV Winners from Zimbabwe

    thanks @noza!
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    2015 DV Winners from Zimbabwe

    Thanks @Britsimon! Question I'm trying to check my status online and its says invalid case number. Any idea why?
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    2015 DV Winners from Zimbabwe

    Interview update: Visa approved! It was a long wait as they were trying to figure out this type of visa as the consulate in Jamaica does not ordinarily process DV's. Very simple questions mostly to do with were we lived previously. Actual interview was about 4 minutes. They asked for standard...
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    2015 DV Winners from Zimbabwe

    We had our medicals in Kingston Jamaica on September 9th and came out with 7 jabs between the two of us! All went well and we picked up the sealed envelopes at the end of the week. If anyone ever does medicals in Kingston make sure you go early and be one of the first to be served - it was a...
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    2015 DV Winners from Zimbabwe

    We're not doing our interview in Zimbabwe, we're based in the Caribbean so have to do it in Jamaica. I have a feeling that we're going to be guinea pigs because Jamaicans are not part of the DV program. I'm sure they'll be excited to do something different :)
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    2015 DV Winners from Zimbabwe

    Hi Zimba, good to see another Zimbo on the forum. Please share the source of the 5 O'Levels required for zimbabwean applicants would like to print it out for the interview. Thanks
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    2015 DV Winners from Zimbabwe

    I couldn't find anything on the US embassy in Harare website which states how many subjects are required for O-level. To answer your question yes i have 7 o'levels and 3 a-levels.
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    2015 DV Winners from Zimbabwe

    Thanks Susie!
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