Dear all brothers and sisters,
As promised I will provide you all the procedure I have been through to receive my visa.
I checked my entry status on may 3, 2013 at this time I was in Ethiopia but I knew I will be outside the country after a while but I decided to come back to Ethiopia.So I send my application dossier from Ethiopia and I selected American Embassy in Addis Ababa as a preferred place for interview. But others can process their case in a country where there is a US embassy processing DV visas.
I started authentication of documents early as I had to come from abroad. So when I received my 2NL I processed medical, police clearance and federal document authentication and I finished all this with in 5 working days. I arrived in Ethiopia Sunday morning and then I took photos for medical (3X4, 3 pieces), police (3X4, 1pice) and Embassy (5X5, 2 pieces). On Monday morning I went to Federal police for fingerprinting and I received appointment to take the result in the afternoon of the following day ( I payed 10 birr, they need passport copy and appointment letter from the embassy, the letter one receives for appointment at DV entrant status check site). I started my journey to American medical center @10:30 am and start processing @11:20 am. They asked me 1350 birr for medical then they took X-ray, immediately i received X-ray result then they took blood and fecal sample and they give me appointment for Friday 11:30am. on Tuesday morning I went to 4killo to authenticate grade 10 and 12 results and I received the results @4:30 pm they asked 30 birr per document (60 birr totally). Tuesday afternoon I also received my result from federal police clearance. On Wednesday morning I went to Kazanchise foreign affairs to authenticate Degree, greade 10 and 12 examination results, and birth certificate they asked 150 birr per document. On Friday I went to American medical center and I received my result. They also asked me to take a vaccination so I paid 350 birr for that. Then I appeared on my interview date in the morning and they asked me to give documents and come back in the afternoon. (you need a copy of all the documents). I come back in the afternoon and asked to pay 330 USD then give finger print. Finally I called for interview;
Mr. XXXX
Yes
CO: hi
Me: good afternoon
CO
o you speak English?
Me: Yes I do
at this moment the translator left us alone
Rise your right hand and swear that all the documents provided are true
and then give finger print left hand
CO: Have you ever married?
Me: .....
CO: Have you children?
Me: .....
CO: What is your highest level of education?
Me: ......
CO: Where did you finished your undergraduate?
Me: ........
CO: Have you ever lived outside Ethiopia for more than 12 months?
Me: not for > 12 but ..... for the last .... months I have been in ...
CO: For what purpose you went there?
Me: ....
CO: Congratulations your visa is approved you can pay or send this paper (yellow paper) to some one in US so that they can pay for your green card.
Me: ..........
CO: Have you registered for DHL service online?
Me: yes I did
Co: Where is the confirmation paper?
Me: I have attached it with the documents that I provided this morning
CO: Okay I found it .... Congratulations again your visa is approved you will receive your passport at
the site you preferred .... normally the visa processing will take a week. You can go now
After 4 working days I received my passport. And now I am outside Ethiopia.
Good luck to all forum mates and I am ready to answer questions related to my experience.