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Sorry Deni. I can see on the Tirana Embassy website they say "Not all high school degrees in Albania qualify for the program.... vocational high school degrees rarely qualify for the DV program". Maybe they changed the rules?

IMHO you 100% definitely need to bring it. Check the Sydney Consulate specific instructions, point 5: 5) AUSTRALIAN NATURALIZATION CERTIFICATE (if applicable) Australian naturalization certificate from applicants who obtained Australian citizenship at any time after birth.  Original and...

Used to be in @EmilyW signature..

LAX is an embarrassment. Worst major airport in the world. Asians' first impressions of the USA must be so negative when comparing with their shiny well organised airports. Anyway, do you need to change terminals? If so allocate alot of time as you need to exit security, exit the terminal...

Yes you must create the account. Written right at the top of the email they send. I'm paranoid so I'd create a new one. If you're not paranoid, edit your old profile and add your DV case number. Since you are DV2016, this is what the email says: "Before your interview Register and create a...

Maybe the AMEX AU website refers to global transfers to Australia and isn't correct for the USA? btw Buttons did an AMEX global transfer last week and wrote about it on the facebook group.

That's a good pickup.

What's VOE?

No.

My understanding is it needs to be an AMEX AMEX not a bank AMEX. IMHO if the DS260 was accurate when you submitted it then it's fine. I'd only update for important errors - eg incorrect names or birthdates.

I don't like the government knowing what I'm doing outside Australia so I fill my exit cards poorly. eg if my stopover is Singapore I give them my Singapore boarding pass and put that as my destination, put a generic term like "consultant" as my job, never fill in the email address, put PO Box...

I'd just say it's a holiday.

I'd get a new one.

You are living and working in Hong Kong right? Unless you have an October interview I'd hold off. I don't think so.

The cutoff last year was 50000 so you're probably going to win. However - you're a little high so you're not 100% safe. We've seen region cutoffs fall before so don't quit your job or make any big changes in your life. You have a one year+ wait ahead. Welcome to the forum!

Nothing obvious. I'm paranoid so I'm going to bring two folders to the interview: Required Documents and Emergency Documents. Emergency is for documents that aren't required but are backup incase of something unexpected. Eg for a couple of countries that don't require a police certificate...

Got a response: " Your case has been updated, please log back into your account to view the details. Date/Time Case Opened: 8/A/2015 Description: Hello, I wish to attend my DV appointment. Guest Reginald Gulkan 2015OC00001491 ps: I hope this is the correct contact email address...

btw I put "IV" in the subject line as per the instructions.

I was confused by that as well. I used support-australia@ustraveldocs.com which I got from here: http://canberra.usembassy.gov/visas-geninfo/sydney.html

I only did it for me and not Mrs Gulkan. (Not 100% sure that's right). There's this dodgy appointment form and in that you can add dependents, however I'm not certain that is correct either.