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DV-2009 Winners from EUROPE

HELP PLS!
I'm one of the winners in the dv 2009 and I'm expecting the second letter. While I'm waiting it I'm collecting all necessery docs. Please someone to tell me which form should my sponsor file in : I-134 or I-864 form for the affidavit of support and how much money he should write for the savings and real estate? what is the minimum to guarantee for familiy with 4 members(2 adults & 2 children)?
thanks and good luck to all.
 
ana karenina said:
help pls!
I'm one of the winners in the dv 2009 and i'm expecting the second letter. While i'm waiting it i'm collecting all necessery docs. Please someone to tell me which form should my sponsor file in : I-134 or i-864 form for the affidavit of support and how much money he should write for the savings and real estate? What is the minimum to guarantee for familiy with 4 members(2 adults & 2 children)?
Thanks and good luck to all.
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i-134
 
I was selected in DV-2009 and did CP.

My interview was scheduled for 2pm (GMT) in early January.

Went through the security etc. There was only one other Nigerian couple ahead of me. Gave my documents in to be checked by the lady behind the counter, all was fine until it came to the point of me having no i-134 or enough funds etc. At this point I had a job offer lined up, but no proof of it and she said I could just drop back in with a letter to prove as such. Paid the $775 and waited to be interviewed.
Five minutes later the consular called my name and I went up to that window. He said all my documents looked fine and just needed to bring him back the job offer letter. He gave me a sheet with their number to call when I had it and an explanation of what I needed to bring back. The whole process took no more than 20 minutes!

Eventually got my job offer letter, two of them actually, a week later!
Back to the embassy to meet the consular, handed in my job offer letters. He called me up to the window again a couple of hours later and said all was fine and congratulations on my visa!! Passport given back with the temporary I-551 and was given the brown envelope for the P.O.E and went on my way! :)

I just want to thank everyone for all the great help on here, especially alemitmee who helped me out a lot. Be meeting you for that pint some time soon mate :)

Best of luck to everyone else who has interviews coming up :)
 
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Congratulation Kingweasel and good luck in the states. Also thanks for your information. By the way , what is the minimum money in the Affidavit of support for my family(4 members)? how much should my sponsor show in the I-134?
 
kingweasel said:
I was selected in DV-2009 and did CP.
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Hi Kingweasel, where did you read that the visa numbers are available only for that particular month? My interview might need to be postponed by a few weeks as I am waiting for a special waiver for an obscure J1 visa from six years ago.
So if the interview is for May am I eligible to get the DV visa in May only?

Cheers
 
ivanmladek said:
Hi Kingweasel, where did you read that the visa numbers are available only for that particular month? My interview might need to be postponed by a few weeks as I am waiting for a special waiver for an obscure J1 visa from six years ago.
So if the interview is for May am I eligible to get the DV visa in May only?

Cheers
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Hey ivanmladek,

To be honest, I can't even remember where I read it, been reading so many different forums etc. on all this lately. I'm not 100% clear on it, it may differ for your case with the J1 situation, maybe someone else here will know more on it. But from what I can gather, and the way it was for me, if you don't use your visa number in the month it becomes current, then you have to wait for a new one and this can take time. But don't take that as gospel, I'm really not sure on it.

If I were you I'd call your local embassy as I did and see what they say about it.
 
kingweasel said:
Hey ivanmladek,

To be honest, I can't even remember where I read it, been reading so many different forums etc. on all this lately. I'm not 100% clear on it, it may differ for your case with the J1 situation, maybe someone else here will know more on it. But from what I can gather, and the way it was for me, if you don't use your visa number in the month it becomes current, then you have to wait for a new one and this can take time. But don't take that as gospel, I'm really not sure on it.

If I were you I'd call your local embassy as I did and see what they say about it.
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Thanks Kingweasel, I value your time. I will have to wait a month or two as my number is not even up yet. I'll have to deal with the problems as they arise.
 
markize said:
my case number is also 2009EUXXX22xxx :D I guess interview is supposed to on 2009 July :rolleyes:
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I think you're wrong.
My CN is also 2009EUXXX22xxx but my researches show me that the interview is supposed to be between the end of april and the beggining of may. If I'm wrong pls someone tell me?
 
Ana Karenina said:
I think you're wrong.
My CN is also 2009EUXXX22xxx but my researches show me that the interview is supposed to be between the end of april and the beggining of may. If I'm wrong pls someone tell me?
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That sounds about right by my counts, just check the visa bulletin on arounf 15 Feb to see.
 
My case is number is also EU22*** and I believe that the interview will be 80% in May and 20% it could be even in April. It is also important that what is the next digit after 22* in case of eu***22***!
 
you guys actualy moving from Europe to USA thats just crazy :confused:!!!!!!its just pure madness -you just gonna waste the money to come here and pay for those visas which has no value whats so ever now and maybe green card visas you got will be worthless for next 4-5 years !!!1
 
bmx88 said:
you guys actualy moving from Europe to USA thats just crazy :confused:!!!!!!its just pure madness -you just gonna waste the money to come here and pay for those visas which has no value whats so ever now and maybe green card visas you got will be worthless for next 4-5 years !!!1
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Good point, bmx88, as I am already in the States, I can tell that chances for someone from Europe with no job offers, no friends and no contacts in the US will have a HARD time getting any jobs here. Situation is dire, indeed. Unless one is in IT, science or oil industries, count on being unemployed for a long time.

Good luck to all.
 
:eek:Hey, Europe!!!!!
Have you read the March Bulletin?????????:eek:
What's going on?:confused:
I've been doing researches for all past years and I've made some prognosis for the next bulletins and trust me there was nothing like this? Why these changes?
Any way I'm very :mad:
 
Ana Karenina said:
:eek:Hey, Europe!!!!!
Have you read the March Bulletin?????????:eek:
What's going on?:confused:
I've been doing researches for all past years and I've made some prognosis for the next bulletins and trust me there was nothing like this? Why these changes?
Any way I'm very :mad:
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I am sorry, I didnt get it. Cut off for 2006 April was 11.225 , 2007 April 15.100, 2008 April 20.625. Now it is 20.800. What changes do you mean? What was your prognosis?
 
bmx88 said:
you guys actualy moving from Europe to USA thats just crazy :confused:!!!!!!its just pure madness -you just gonna waste the money to come here and pay for those visas which has no value whats so ever now and maybe green card visas you got will be worthless for next 4-5 years !!!1
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Thanks for opinion. I personaly am not happy with this situation. But who knows? I mean, who EXACTLY knows, what future is ahead of us? You write we are crazy. Look, Europe, as you see it, may be kind of eden. My family is from Eastern Europe. Do you think we dont know what is tough time? Our ancestors and us, we have experiences with all European social and national experiments. As I see it, we do have to play this GC thing carefuly, that is definitly true. But dont call people crazy, everyone's life situation is different.
 
Hey there everyone,

Finally found some place where people might know thing or two, as im a bit confused in all this paperwork ...

So my CN is 2009EU00011xxx and im from Latvia
Got my first notification letter ~june 2008 (dated mid april tho).
Sent both forms (DS-230 and DSP-122) back to KCC mid july.
Now, early this year got second letter from KCC saying that case has been sent to Visa processing post in Warsaw, Poland with appointed interview date, late February.

As i understand, all the fees must be payed directly at embassy right before interview, right ?

Now another thing that is unclear is about affidavit of support. Is there some mandatory forms to be filled, or its only in case they ask ? `Cos, there is nothing mentioned `bout it in the letters, maybe im missing something...

And one more thing. Is there any way of moving interview date ? Should i write a letter to them or how does it work ? `cos i broke my leg around new year, now its getting better, but still, not sure if im gonna be able to go there at given date, or if im gonna finish all the paperwork preparations in time :|

Thanks in advance for any help :)
 
Ana Karenina said:
read this pls
http://forums.immigration.com/showthread.php?t=292880
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i dont want to be "Mr-Big-Brain", but, I think there is no need to panic. As average Dv2004 - 2008 shows, "slowing downs" may be typical after new year +- month. And numbers for Europe are still above the average.
It is not clear from that graph (I took a look at Europe mainly), that there is something unusual. I have read before on other forums, as many people were nervous about diference between prognosis and reality. We can prognose, for example, that many of winners will not go to interview this year. Who knows? I think the rules for Dv2009 are same, so some about 55000 people will get GC. Did you hear something else?
 
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