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Marrying and your birth day issue is two different things but make shure you have enough proof to provide on your interview that show's your meerage is genuine.
YONI_ETH said:
i was planing marrying my fiance before filling the DS 260 i won as single would this birthday issue hurt our chance? thank you ,you are a life saver.
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arsem -6- 123 said:
Marrying and your birth day issue is two different things but make shure you have enough proof to provide on your interview that show's your meerage is genuine.
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We have a lot pictures(Phone) and we are engaged but we don't have joint account or any other documents but we can answer most interview questions. what Evidence do you suggest we must have?

Thank you.
 
YONI_ETH said:
We have a lot pictures(Phone) and we are engaged but we don't have joint account or any other documents but we can answer most interview questions. what Evidence do you suggest we must have?

Thank you.
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Lots of pictures in different places at different times together especially before selection is good. Pictures of the engagement party if you had one. Pictures of you with each other's family members. Text conversations. Etc. pictures of the wedding ceremony that you will have had by then.
 
YONI_ETH said:
I won the 2018 dv lottery but I have MAJOR problem because on my academic certificate that is (High school Transcript and University Transcript have different birth year than my edv entry, Birth certificate, ID and Passport. I did go to every institution and organization concerned but the response I got is negative nobody really knows how this situation can be resolved. I have four year professional experience what should I do any advice is appreciated.
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i had z same problem with on my High school transcript, even my name spelling was not correct, but it was easy for me to get new transcript from z schools i attend. Go to ur High school registrar and ask them for a new transcript. Regarding university transcript if u have high school graduation certificate i.e 12th grade certificate it has no problem. it is rare for z CO to ask u......
 
renop said:
Greetings to you all:

I was wondering if anyone knows for certain that the 10+3 qualification is acceptable or not for the educational requirement. I heard two contradicting information from different sources including the info posted by the Embassy, and I just want to check which one is true. Any way here is my story: I finished high school in grade 10 and studied diploma program(3 year) in an accredited private college, and I am now studying at a university and will be graduating this year in bachelors degree(3 years degree . Unfortunately, I didn’t go through the preparatory years- - grade 11 and 12. So, even if the 10+3 is not considered as a 12 yr high school equivalent, do they still accept my bachelors.

Thank you in advance for sharing and sorry for jacking your post.

Yager lij
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From my personal experience i have know a guy who had Diploma from private university, Rift-valley university, and get his visa. From this n other infn i conclude that if u attend vocational n training institution, even if u r 10+3, they will not accept but if u have 10+3 diploma or Degree from academic institution they will accept.
 
salasebew said:
i had z same problem with on my High school transcript, even my name spelling was not correct, but it was easy for me to get new transcript from z schools i attend. Go to ur High school registrar and ask them for a new transcript. Regarding university transcript if u have high school graduation certificate i.e 12th grade certificate it has no problem. it is rare for z CO to ask u......
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My High school have agreed to correct the transcript according to my birth certificate, my question is will this concerned bodies will authenticate my transcript after the correction?


1. My High School__they will authenticate
2.school's sub city education office___
3.Addis Ababa city government general education quality and relevance regulatory agency (was formally found at Addis Ababa education bureau) ___
4.MOFA__

Thank you everyone for the advices.
 
YONI_ETH said:
My High school have agreed to correct the transcript according to my birth certificate, my question is will this concerned bodies will authenticate my transcript after the correction?


1. My High School__they will authenticate
2.school's sub city education office___
3.Addis Ababa city government general education quality and relevance regulatory agency (was formally found at Addis Ababa education bureau) ___
4.MOFA__

Thank you everyone for the advices.
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When I authenticated mine they don't seem to check anything ,so don't worry about it.
 
salasebew said:
From my personal experience i have know a guy who had Diploma from private university, Rift-valley university, and get his visa. From this n other infn i conclude that if u attend vocational n training institution, even if u r 10+3, they will not accept but if u have 10+3 diploma or Degree from academic institution they will accept.
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Thanks. I also saw the press release made in 2011 and it says that the old 10+3 with common courses may be acceptable, but if it is purely vocational(the new 10+3--don't know the change) will not. Since I also have another 3 yrs BA degree from a government university, it may be ok. The other issue is when i fill the DS-260, it will be grade 9 and 10 for the high school portion and the 3 year portion or My BA degree will be filled separately as higher education--diploma and degree respectively. When they see this at KCC, they may think unqualified as I don't have grade 11 and 12.

Thanks again
 
renop said:
Thanks. I also saw the press release made in 2011 and it says that the old 10+3 with common courses may be acceptable, but if it is purely vocational(the new 10+3--don't know the change) will not. Since I also have another 3 yrs BA degree from a government university, it may be ok. The other issue is when i fill the DS-260, it will be grade 9 and 10 for the high school portion and the 3 year portion or My BA degree will be filled separately as higher education--diploma and degree respectively. When they see this at KCC, they may think unqualified as I don't have grade 11 and 12.

Thanks again
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KCC doesn't decide whether or not you are qualified, the consular official decides that in your interview.
 
my problem with birthdate continues, i tried to login to ds260 using my case number and birth date i got error so i wrote email to KCC and they told me my birth date isn't correct so after trial and error i found out that only the date was wrong the month and the year are correct i made the classic mistake i used the month as a date,what should i do next ? should i stop from further processing my case ?
 
SusieQQQ said:
KCC doesn't decide whether or not you are qualified, the consular official decides that in your interview.
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Thanks! One more question- - Since I have a high case number--in the 20k's, does it matter if I wait to submit the DS-260 for a couple of months--may be until July/Aug? In my understanding, higher case numbers may not be processed until late next year.
 
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FIKERWA said:
My interview
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Interview date: May 02, 2017
Appointment time was 7:00 AM
we (me, my wife and 2 our child) arrive the embassy at 5:45 and there was a long queue outside of the embassy. After waiting for about an hour a lady came and heads us to the gate of the embassy and gave us a folder to arrange our required document in order. Then she gave us a paper to agree & sign that the $ 4* 330 per each we pay will not be refund even if we are refused. She then told us to bring and come back at 12:00(6:00 local time).
We arrive at the embassy again at the required time and we had checked for security by the embassy workers & headed inside to the waiting area. After about half an hour we were called in window 6, instructed to give finger print, choose language of interview and ordered to pay the $1320 in total. After 1hrs our names again were called in window 9 for final interview. The CO and interpreter greeted us and ordered to raise our hands to swear & we did. The questions were so simple like:
1. What is the level of education you have completed?
Ans. Xxxxxxxxxxxx
2. When was your marriage?
Ans. Xxxxxxxxx(Month,year)

3. Where state does sponsor lives?
Ans. Xxxxxxxx city? Ans. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
4. The CO congratulates and told us to collect the visas after 7 days and gave us a yellow paper containing our Alien registration numbers. OMG! happinessssssssssssss comes then.
I would like to thank you BritSimon next to God for your valuable advice and comments. Because of your help we and others are succeeded
GOOD LACK June and July Interview.
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Congrats Fikrewa,
My wife is also the winner and we have a child too.
1. Is the interview session made separately to my wife or together at the same office,@ the same time???
2. Is it only necessary to present principal applicant's document or the beneficiaries doc too???
Tnx for your response sir.
 
renop said:
Thanks! One more question- - Since I have a high case number--in the 20k's, does it matter if I wait to submit the DS-260 for a couple of months--may be until July/Aug? In my understanding, higher case numbers may not be processed until late next year.
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It would be OK to wait, yes.
 
Hi Markose,

1.All of at the same office,@ the same time.
2. Yes,only necessary to present principal applicant's document and also you can present the beneficiaries doc too???
 
Markos said:
Congrats Fikrewa,
My wife is also the winner and we have a child too.
1. Is the interview session made separately to my wife or together at the same office,@ the same time???
2. Is it only necessary to present principal applicant's document or the beneficiaries doc too???
Tnx for your response sir.
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Only the principal needs to show education documents but beneficiaries have to show all the civil documents required (birth certificate, police certificate if applicable, medicals etc)
This is all explained on the pages linked from the selection letter.
 
my opinon is for yoni i have the same problem like u but it is simple after trialo of filling ur ds260 then continue ur passport birth certifcate &if marriage certifcate by the real one no need of addtionsal correction need i finshed the whole process finshing the interview succefuly
 
YOHANNESKIFLIEENDALEW said:
my opinon is for yoni i have the same problem like u but it is simple after trial of filling ur ds260 then continue ur passport birth certificate &if marriage certificate by the real one no need of additional correction need i finished the whole process finishing the interview successfully
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Thank you Yohanes this real helpful and i did call KCC they also told me to correct it on the DS260 form and the consular officer is the one who will decided on it.
KCC DV Team are very helpful and nice people.
 
SusieQQQ said:
Only the principal needs to show education documents but beneficiaries have to show all the civil documents required (birth certificate, police certificate if applicable, medicals etc)
This is all explained on the pages linked from the selection letter.
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Thank u sir
 
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