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Wow! Sounds like you did have quite a stressful experience, but this will likely definitely be of use to anyone else in a similar predicament to you. Congratulations on making it through. :) It was all worth it in the end. Hope you're enjoying your new life in the US!

Good to know, thank you. :)

Hmm, for the previous addresses - Simon's guide says not to include any holidays, but the previous times I was in the US I was on an F1 visa and lived in student accommodation for 6-8 weeks. Would these addresses need to be something I should include anyway, or just leave them out?

This is very helpful, thank you both! I should have searched for that first. ;)

Just out of curiosity - what happens with the DS260 once it's been submitted? Is it just the sheer volume of applications that make the processing time so long or does it go through checks, etc? And does it have to be re-processed if hypothetically we need to unlock it and edit it?

Thank you! I'll go ahead and leave it blank then. Appreciate the help. :)

Maybe they're skipping around the question because it does say 'approximately 84k' on the letter. :p

Thanks for your help, all of you! That all makes sense. :) Yeah my only concern is just I think I may have put "unknown" for this parent in my first DS160 and then named them in my second DS160 when I had student visas in the US, but I just can't remember for sure so I just don't know what to...

Okay yet another question - can applications get rejected based on the DS260 alone? Or is it the consular officers call at the interview? Like if there's an inconsistency/something "interesting" about your application (like this parent dilemma I have) would you have the opportunity to explain it...

Yeah, I might have to just to be safe. I hope they'll have some idea.

I'll definitely be that person this year, don't worry! I'll have to investigate this issue it seems - I don't even know why they want to know about our parents. They want everything! :D

Sorry, yet another question - this one might be a bit abstract, so I'm not sure if anyone will know the answer to this. I'm estranged from one of my parents, so they aren't listed on my birth certificate - and I'm wondering if I would still need to put them down in the parents section of the...

I'm probably gonna start filling it in in the next week or so. But yeah, it depends when it's likely that your CN will go current. If it's not gonna be until later next year, there's probably no rush.

Terrific, thank you! Great tip at the end there as well - I wouldn't have thought of doing checks in both names.

I'm getting way ahead of myself with this question, but I changed my name after I finished high school so my completion certificate has a different surname on it to my current one. Did anyone else have any issues like this and did it end up being a problem for the interview? I can't imagine it...

Cheers, guys. If the processing time for these can be 4 months or so, I guess I'll try and start having a look at it soon.

Anyone know if the DS-260 needs to be filled out all at once, or can we begin to fill it in, save it and then come back to it later? :)

Just out of curiosity, where are the selectees from? For some reason I'm assuming we're all Australian so far... But please any Kiwis or whatever correct me if I'm wrong. :p

I'm with you guys, I started screaming and jumping around at 6am. I woke up my family and the neighbours probably weren't to happy about it either haha. I hope there is another draw later in the year for everyone that missed out. I had a feeling the selectees would reduce again from the 125k...

LA is much cheaper than NYC in terms of housing and food, but needing a car drives the cost up. And NYC I found costs not to be much different to Sydney... Although apartments are definitely too small for their price. :eek: