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mame said:
i just arrived at the us embassy gate tewat 1:20 and enter inside. 2) an ethiopian lady gave me a claser to arrange my documents in order passport wiz copy ,1st and 2nd letter,birth cirt wiz copy marriage cert wiz two copy original police cert 10&12 matric paper wiz copy transcript 9- 12wiz copy . for my spouse and daugter birth certeficate, police cer (only for my spouse) , passport and ds.260 confirmation page for three of as. the interview was so simple the co asked only me after my spouse only give ashara the co told her to sit wiz my doughter and start interviewing me 1) have u ever been in other country before 2) what is your highest level education 3) what did u learn in university 4) who is your sponser there? that is all the co ask me and told me my visa application is approved and to pay for my spouse and daughter. totaly i pay 19,800 birr for 3 of as. thats all my interview experience. any question i an pleased to answer. wish u all good luck.
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congra again.
Have you seen other DV winners there?
 
ZGREAT said:
DEAR AYANG

here is the copy paste of the online statement , you are using your interview details to register your self for DHL service

This site provides limited Consular support services for Immigrant Visa applications.

To use these Immigrant Visa services the following two conditions must be true:

  1. You must have an active Immigrant Visa application with a case number.
  2. You must have an Immigrant Visa appointment notice from the National Visa Center (NVC), KCC, or Consular Section
If you meet the above conditions, then you need to create an account and follow the appointment registration process on this site.

https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-et/iv/signup/iv
Note: If the above conditions do not apply to you, do not call the call center.
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Thank you. Is it enough to have one registration for couples? Or separated online registrations and confirmation papers for each? (DHL courier registration confirmation page)
 
Brtisimon, this what I always ask, if he put different permanent address on ds- 260 than the address he answered as a sponsor, will it not b a problem 4 this specific question?
 
rolex123 said:
Brtisimon, this what I always ask, if he put different permanent address on ds- 260 than the address he answered as a sponsor, will it not b a problem 4 this specific question?
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You're not being precise/clear enough.

In the case where someone is staying with a host, then that is the address the one that should be the USA address.

If they are using a 134 from a financial sponsor, then the sponsor could be at a different address.
 
MB1xxx said:
Visa granted to my family of 5!!!! Thanks God. Thanks to all in the this forum for your support. Will be back with details.
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Congrats MB1xxx, Great news to hear from you. Good Luck in your preparation to the trip. Please share to us your interview experience.
 
Here is the detail of our interview day at the US Embassy in Addis:
- Arrived at the embassy (7:30am)
- Show the appointment letter and all our passports to the security guard outside the gate
- Pass through the security check submitting all our electronic devices (cell phones, car remotes)
- Greeted by a charming lady who asked us to put all our docs in a folder (both originals and copies)
- The lady verified all the docs of five family members one by one (against a list printed on one side of the folder) and returned us some extra docs (e.g. educational document of spouse)
- She then gave us an interview appointment coupon for 12:30pm. There is a guideline with the coupon that tells to prepare $330x5 for the afternoon
- Arrived for the interview on time. We were asked to show the coupon and renewed kebele ID (parents) and school ID (children) by the security guard (IDs are asked because our passport is inside)
- We pass through similar security check and then told to wait in the waiting room
- Called at one of the windows and asked to pay $330 (for the DV winner only) by Ethiopian lady
- After the payment, we were asked to give finger prints (only four of us). My youngest daughter (10 years old) was not asked.
- Told to wait again. After few minutes, called at another windiw. Greeted with full smile by an American CO and one Ethiopian lady (translator)
- Questions :
CO: Asked us to swear to tell only the truth
* We did that raising our right hands
CO: Pointing to my youngest daughter, what is her age?
* Answered 10
CO: What do you work
* Answered
CO: Who is your host?
* Answered
CO: What is your relationship with your host?
* Answered
CO: Few questions on contents of submitted docs (e.g. why naming on one of the birth certificates of the children is different?)
* We didn't even notice that before. It was found to be a name format change by municipality over time. We had to explain it and finally agreed.
CO: Declared our visa is approved and asked us to pay the remaining fee ($330x4). Asked us to register for DHL (we already did before) and gave us 5 yellow instruction pages (one for each family member by name) to send to our host in the US (it was about the $165 per person payment for the green card). This payment can be made online by anyone.
* We sincerely thanked the CO. We then requested if it is possible to ask family related private questions. We were allowed and the CO was very kind to make efforts to respond to our question positively.
Overall: our assessment about the interview is that the CO asks questions to verify if what you submit and you tell is realy genuine and right. So, everybody please go for your interview with confidence and tell nothing else but only the trouth. Bye. Any question is welcome.
 
MB1xxx said:
Here is the detail of our interview day at the US Embassy in Addis:
- Arrived at the embassy (7:30am)
- Show the appointment letter and all our passports to the security guard outside the gate
- Pass through the security check submitting all our electronic devices (cell phones, car remotes)
- Greeted by a charming lady who asked us to put all our docs in a folder (both originals and copies)
- The lady verified all the docs of five family members one by one (against a list printed on one side of the folder) and returned us some extra docs (e.g. educational document of spouse)
- She then gave us an interview appointment coupon for 12:30pm. There is a guideline with the coupon that tells to prepare $330x5 for the afternoon
- Arrived for the interview on time. We were asked to show the coupon and renewed kebele ID (parents) and school ID (children) by the security guard (IDs are asked because our passport is inside)
- We pass through similar security check and then told to wait in the waiting room
- Called at one of the windows and asked to pay $330 (for the DV winner only) by Ethiopian lady
- After the payment, we were asked to give finger prints (only four of us). My youngest daughter (10 years old) was not asked.
- Told to wait again. After few minutes, called at another windiw. Greeted with full smile by an American CO and one Ethiopian lady (translator)
- Questions :
CO: Asked us to swear to tell only the truth
* We did that raising our right hands
CO: Pointing to my youngest daughter, what is her age?
* Answered 10
CO: What do you work
* Answered
CO: Who is your host?
* Answered
CO: What is your relationship with your host?
* Answered
CO: Few questions on contents of submitted docs (e.g. why naming on one of the birth certificates of the children is different?)
* We didn't even notice that before. It was found to be a name format change by municipality over time. We had to explain it and finally agreed.
CO: Declared our visa is approved and asked us to pay the remaining fee ($330x4). Asked us to register for DHL (we already did before) and gave us 5 yellow instruction pages (one for each family member by name) to send to our host in the US (it was about the $165 per person payment for the green card). This payment can be made online by anyone.
* We sincerely thanked the CO. We then requested if it is possible to ask family related private questions. We were allowed and the CO was very kind to make efforts to respond to our question positively.
Overall: our assessment about the interview is that the CO asks questions to verify if what you submit and you tell is realy genuine and right. So, everybody please go for your interview with confidence and tell nothing else but only the trouth. Bye. Any question is welcome.
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thanks MB ; good luck with your relocation
 
MB1xxx said:
Here is the detail of our interview day at the US Embassy in Addis:
- Arrived at the embassy (7:30am)
- Show the appointment letter and all our passports to the security guard outside the gate
- Pass through the security check submitting all our electronic devices (cell phones, car remotes)
- Greeted by a charming lady who asked us to put all our docs in a folder (both originals and copies)
- The lady verified all the docs of five family members one by one (against a list printed on one side of the folder) and returned us some extra docs (e.g. educational document of spouse)
- She then gave us an interview appointment coupon for 12:30pm. There is a guideline with the coupon that tells to prepare $330x5 for the afternoon
- Arrived for the interview on time. We were asked to show the coupon and renewed kebele ID (parents) and school ID (children) by the security guard (IDs are asked because our passport is inside)
- We pass through similar security check and then told to wait in the waiting room
- Called at one of the windows and asked to pay $330 (for the DV winner only) by Ethiopian lady
- After the payment, we were asked to give finger prints (only four of us). My youngest daughter (10 years old) was not asked.
- Told to wait again. After few minutes, called at another windiw. Greeted with full smile by an American CO and one Ethiopian lady (translator)
- Questions :
CO: Asked us to swear to tell only the truth
* We did that raising our right hands
CO: Pointing to my youngest daughter, what is her age?
* Answered 10
CO: What do you work
* Answered
CO: Who is your host?
* Answered
CO: What is your relationship with your host?
* Answered
CO: Few questions on contents of submitted docs (e.g. why naming on one of the birth certificates of the children is different?)
* We didn't even notice that before. It was found to be a name format change by municipality over time. We had to explain it and finally agreed.
CO: Declared our visa is approved and asked us to pay the remaining fee ($330x4). Asked us to register for DHL (we already did before) and gave us 5 yellow instruction pages (one for each family member by name) to send to our host in the US (it was about the $165 per person payment for the green card). This payment can be made online by anyone.
* We sincerely thanked the CO. We then requested if it is possible to ask family related private questions. We were allowed and the CO was very kind to make efforts to respond to our question positively.
Overall: our assessment about the interview is that the CO asks questions to verify if what you submit and you tell is realy genuine and right. So, everybody please go for your interview with confidence and tell nothing else but only the trouth. Bye. Any question is welcome.
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Brief and clear narration. Thank you so much.
It's amazing they didn't ask any financial proof or AoS for a family of five members.
 
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