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dear britisimon; last time I checked u write a blog following the release of 2NL letter; may be it is just a few minute past after the 2NL Is released (according to ur knowledge) and u r preparing one
 
abi328 said:
dear britisimon; last time I checked u write a blog following the release of 2NL letter; may be it is just a few minute past after the 2NL Is released (according to ur knowledge) and u r preparing one
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A few hours after the 2NLs go out the CEAC data gets updated and cases that have been given their 2NLs are marked as "in Transit". That is what I need to see. With that data I can confirm the number of interviews being scheduled, I can see which interviews are coming from the backlog cases as opposed to newly current cases, and I can get an updated response rate. I need all those things to produce an accurate prediction - so it will be later today or tomorrow before I can publish the predictions...

By the way - I have published enough information on that process that anyone could follow the same process and derive accurate predictions...
 
rolex123 said:
Dear @MB1xxx , @ZGREAT
I need your kind advice on USCIS ELIS payment process .
I have already set up my account properly and it is activated , and after i fill up all the necessarily information my family after MAKE A REQUEST PAYMENT step, i inform our host to log in and proceed with the remaining steps he found that what i fill up of our family Alien number , Dos numbers and bio data was not saved.
How i am going to save the datas, or is it mandatory to procced the payment process after filling up our necessary datas?
Thanks
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i didn't do the payment by myself and i have little to share !!
 
ZGREAT said:
Hello my people I have arrived to USA on Tuesday Poe JFK New York ' it took less than 10 minute to clear customs and complete every thing , they were actually interested on the Berbere and doro wet than my passport "am so touched to hear what happened Amlak yitbken , amen "
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Congra @ZGREAT, I am happy for you. Hope you somehow get through the customs with your Doro Wot and Berbere. Could you also tell us a little about the process with the Immigration Officer at the PoE (we will also come through JFK).
 
rolex123 said:
dear @MB1xxx
I need your kind advice on this , after the screen shot I have attached here with , I clicked log out, and when my host tries to access my account to finalize the steps of paying process all the information I filled up ( last name, first name, A number, DOS case number, date & place of birth ) did not saved, how I am I going to save and inform our host to finalize the process , or is it must to provide necessary information and proceed with the payment right away?
thanks in advance
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Hi @rolex123, yes I did our payment myself but difficult to remember such details and I can't do it again and check it. I think the option of sending the information to the host is available. You can even fill it, take a screen shot and send the picture of your filled screen to the person for better accuracy. Good Luck.
 
MB1xxx said:
Congra @ZGREAT, I am happy for you. Hope you somehow get through the customs with your Doro Wot and Berbere. Could you also tell us a little about the process with the Immigration Officer at the PoE (we will also come through JFK).
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OKAY
here is the detail , in the aircraft you will be given a form to be filled for customs clerance purpose you will fill like , name , pp no , if you have food , seed , meat , and how much money you are carring both in us $ AND forirgn currency , address in us etc...

after arrival at the airport you will directly find the terminal ( in my case it was terminal 4) which takes you to customs and baggage claim section ,

you will arrive at the customs very easily , there was a lady here telling you where to go based on "NEW COMERS " and " RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS "

you will follow the new comers lane but finally DV holders will have to go to room number 4 where you will hand the package and passport to the immigration officer , they will just take finger prints photographs and stamp the passport with i 551 , from here you will go to baggage claim its clearly written at the top, collect your bags and go to customs for the check up berbere is okay , they might take the doro wot if they notice the meat , i was lucky to pass though , they will ask you some questions while checking the bags and WELCOME TO US of A !!
 

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ZGREAT said:
OKAY
here is the detail , in the aircraft you will be given a form to be filled for customs clerance purpose you will fill like , name , pp no , if you have food , seed , meat , and how much money you are carring both in us $ AND forirgn currency , address in us etc...

after arrival at the airport you will directly find the terminal ( in my case it was terminal 4) which takes you to customs and baggage claim section ,

you will arrive at the customs very easily , there was a lady here telling you where to go based on "NEW COMERS " and " RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS "

you will follow the new comers lane but finally DV holders will have to go to room number 4 where you will hand the package and passport to the immigration officer , they will just take finger prints photographs and stamp the passport with i 551 , from here you will go to baggage claim its clearly written at the top, collect your bags and go to customs for the check up berbere is okay , they might take the doro wot if they notice the meat , i was lucky to pass though , they will ask you some questions while checking the bags and WELCOME TO US of A !!
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Just to point out that it is generally illegal to bring meat into the US and you should not do so nor advise others to do so. If you do not declare it on your customs form and they find it on you you can get quite a large fine I believe. Not a good way to start your new journey.
 
SusieQQQ said:
Just to point out that it is illegal to bring meat into the US and you should not do so nor advise others to do so.
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where did i advice others to bring meat ??? i cant find it all over my post ..... need a microscope to fine it !!!!

its practically a spicy cultural food made of chicken, the customs knew it well and it is even available for shopping around USA
 
SusieQQQ said:
Just to point out that it is generally illegal to bring meat into the US and you should not do so nor advise others to do so. If you do not declare it on your customs form and they find it on you you can get quite a large fine I believe. Not a good way to start your new journey.
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FYI i have declared it on the form and ticked YES on foods row , i had one bag full of of chicken and other foods
 
ZGREAT said:
FYI i have declared it on the form and ticked YES on foods row , i had one bag full of of chicken and other foods
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As long as it's declared no problems.

You had said "they might take the doro wot if they notice the meat , i was lucky to pass though" which seemed to imply that you had hidden it, maybe I misunderstood.

Just so people know, you can actually buy chicken in the U.S. ;)
There is an area I have been through somewhere in Oakland that seems very Ethiopian with community centre, supermarket etc, I presume one will be able to buy the spices there at the Ethiopian supermarket? Because I looked up the recipe for doro wot and it looked very nice, but I need to find Berbere :)
 
Thank you @ZGREAT, this is a useful tip. I also appreciate the complimentary advise from @SusieQQQ as well. Susie, even if you get it, don't ever try Berbere in your food at home (it will be too hot for you to try). But if you want to test Dor Wot (with berbere flavor as one of its ingredients), you can visit one of those Ethiopian restaurants I know in big cities like NY, WDC, Dallas, LVg, Atlanta (including Toronto, London, Paris, Rom, Johannesburg) or many other places which I have to see yet.
As per your advises, we will bring some significant kilos of berbere but no doro wot.
 
MB1xxx said:
Thank you @ZGREAT, this is a useful tip. I also appreciate the complimentary advise from @SusieQQQ as well. Susie, even if you get it, don't ever try Berbere in your food at home (it will be too hot for you to try). But if you want to test Dor Wot (with berbere flavor as one of its ingredients), you can visit one of those Ethiopian restaurants I know in big cities like NY, WDC, Dallas, LVg, Atlanta (including Toronto, London, Paris, Rom, Johannesburg) or many other places which I have to see yet.
As per your advises, we will bring some significant kilos of berbere but no doro wot.
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Heh, you don't know the kind of spice I am used to ;) I can do very hot...
 
SusieQQQ said:
Heh, you don't know the kind of spice I am used to ;) I can do very hot...
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Ha ha .. if you think you are used to a spice hotter than Berbere, it must be another one which we call Mitmita (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitmita). Or otherwise you must be Chinese or Malaysian (the hottest food I tasted so far in life, wuh..).
Britsimon said:
One of the original Spice girls...
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LoL Y ou can plan your next vacation to Addis to get more flavor of the spices.
 
MB1xxx said:
Ha ha .. if you think you are used to a spice hotter than Berbere, it must be another one which we call Mitmita (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitmita). Or otherwise you must be Chinese or Malaysian (the hottest food I tasted so far in life, wuh..).
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I have tasted way way hotter than Chinese and Malaysian!!

That spice also sounds really nice by the way. I am going to find and try some Ethiopian recipes for sure :) I have eaten in some Ethiopian restaurants before but long ago and can't remember how spicy the food was, though I do recall enjoying it.
 
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