DV-2010 Winners from Ghana
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We are with you and will surely pray for you.
Well said ammeck09, i was listerning to joy fm super morning show yesterday n some of the staff from U.S embassy in Accra were being interviewed in relation to the DV programme. I was surprise to hear from them that they have issued about 20 visas for dv2010 so far. Well this should tell u that most of our people are not aware of this forum. What can we say than to hope n pray that members of our thread will go for their interview very soon to enable us have his or her interview expirence.
What happened to Awuk??????????? according to the thread, he was supposed to have his interview on 20th Oct. He could have been among the 20 successful visa that alexee357 heard! Awuk, where are you? Where are you man?
Hi Guys,
I hope by now you've all seen from the Nigerian thread that some of them who had good grade in Maths were asked to solve some quadratic equation question during their CP interview. For instance 5x + 2 = 12, find x. For those of us who had a good grade in Maths, lets note and prepare for no one knows what will be ask and expecially since we have not yet had an interview expirence on our thread.
I hope by now you've all seen from the Nigerian thread that some of them who had good grade in Maths were asked to solve some quadratic equation question during their CP interview. For instance 5x + 2 = 12, find x. For those of us who had a good grade in Maths, lets note and prepare for no one knows what will be ask and expecially since we have not yet had an interview expirence on our thread.
That is why it's a forum, if our Ghanaian brothers and sisters are not visiting here to offer us their experience, we will depend that of our Nigerian counterparts. Though experience from our own consulate would have helped, but since they are not forthcoming, we will take consolation from the fact that this year (october) they have already issued 20 visas.
I HAVE POSTED THIS INTHE NIGERIAN FORUM, BUT FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN GHANA'S BENEFIT, I HAVE POST IT HERE:
1) In filling Qs 10 & 11 of Ds 230, you must fill the name of someone u already know and WILLING to house u and ur family.
2) Both ANSWERS should be the same.
3) The person must be able to take of ur family TOGETHER with his own family.
4) Although MARRIED applicants need AOS (Affidavit of Support), however, single applicants should try to get one (in case)
5) He(ur person in US) now MUST fill the form I-134 in US and send it to u by DHL or so.
6) This doc now becomes one of the documents to be presented during ur interview.
7) THE EMBASSY MAY CALL ON YOUR PERSON IN US CONCERNING UR APPLICATION (either before ur interview or during or after).
In my own case, I was a single applicant, I got my AOS ready,MY PERSON (SPONSOR) was called on phone.
SO, SUPPOSING WHEN HE WAS CALLED, HE GAVE SOME NAGATIVE/NOT TOO GOOD ANSWERS/RESPONSES; WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
So my advice those people is to forget about protesting;
Every WINNER should just be PREPARED FULLY, with filling DS 230, 122 and the like,
birth certificate, all ur documents MUST carry the same NAME (NOT Mohammed and Mohamed) etc, to avoid giving the embassy room to disqualify any one. This is my candid advice. Thanks and good luck.
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Navigator, thanks for the information you have shared with us. It's going to help us in so many ways.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV early next year. The order will be finalized on Monday, Obama said, completing a process begun during the Bush administration.
The U.S. has been among a dozen countries that bar entry to travelers with visas or anyone seeking a green card based on their HIV status.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091030/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_aids
The U.S. has been among a dozen countries that bar entry to travelers with visas or anyone seeking a green card based on their HIV status.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091030/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_aids
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV early next year.
The order will be finalized on Monday, Obama said, completing a process begun during the Bush administration.
The U.S. has been among a dozen countries that bar entry to travelers with visas or anyone seeking a green card based on their HIV status.
"If we want to be the global leader in combatting HIV/AIDS, we need to act like it," Obama said at the White House before signing a bill to extend the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program. Begun in 1990, the program provides medical care, medication and support services to about half a million people, most of them low-income.
The bill is named for an Indiana teenager who contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion at age 13. White went on to fight AIDS-related discrimination against him and others like him and help educate the country about the disease. He died in April 1990 at the age of 18.
His mother, Jeanne White-Ginder, attended the signing ceremony, as did several members of Congress and HIV/AIDS activists.
In 1987, at a time of widespread fear and ignorance about HIV, the Department of Health and Human Services added the disease to the list of communicable diseases that disqualified a person from entering the U.S.
The department tried in 1991 to reverse its decision but was opposed by Congress, which went the other way two years later and made HIV infection the only medical condition explicitly listed under immigration law as grounds for inadmissibility to the U.S.
The law effectively has kept out thousands of students, tourists and refugees and has complicated the adoption of children with HIV. No major international AIDS conference has been held in the U.S. since 1993, because HIV-positive activists and researchers cannot enter the country.
Obama said that by lifting the ban, the U.S. will take a step toward ending the stigma against people with HIV/AIDS, something he said has stopped people from getting tested and has helped spread the disease. More than 1 million people live with HIV/AIDS in the U.S., and more than 56,000 new infections are reported every year.
Obama noted his own effort several years ago to help combat the stigma. During a 2006 visit to Kenya, his father's native country, then-Sen. Obama and his wife, Michelle, publicly took an HIV/AIDS test.
The 11 other countries that ban HIV-positive travelers and immigrants are: Armenia, Brunei, Iraq, Libya, Moldova, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Sudan, according to the advocacy group Immigration Equality.
Several such groups welcomed Obama's announcement.
Rachel B. Tiven, executive director of Immigration Equality, said the ban pointlessly has barred people from the U.S. and separated families with no benefit to public health.
"Now, those families can be reunited, and the United States can put its mouth where its money is: ending the stigma that perpetuates HIV transmission, supporting science and welcoming those who seek to build a life in this country," said Tiven, whose organization works for fairness in immigration for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and HIV-positive people.
The order will be finalized on Monday, Obama said, completing a process begun during the Bush administration.
The U.S. has been among a dozen countries that bar entry to travelers with visas or anyone seeking a green card based on their HIV status.
"If we want to be the global leader in combatting HIV/AIDS, we need to act like it," Obama said at the White House before signing a bill to extend the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program. Begun in 1990, the program provides medical care, medication and support services to about half a million people, most of them low-income.
The bill is named for an Indiana teenager who contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion at age 13. White went on to fight AIDS-related discrimination against him and others like him and help educate the country about the disease. He died in April 1990 at the age of 18.
His mother, Jeanne White-Ginder, attended the signing ceremony, as did several members of Congress and HIV/AIDS activists.
In 1987, at a time of widespread fear and ignorance about HIV, the Department of Health and Human Services added the disease to the list of communicable diseases that disqualified a person from entering the U.S.
The department tried in 1991 to reverse its decision but was opposed by Congress, which went the other way two years later and made HIV infection the only medical condition explicitly listed under immigration law as grounds for inadmissibility to the U.S.
The law effectively has kept out thousands of students, tourists and refugees and has complicated the adoption of children with HIV. No major international AIDS conference has been held in the U.S. since 1993, because HIV-positive activists and researchers cannot enter the country.
Obama said that by lifting the ban, the U.S. will take a step toward ending the stigma against people with HIV/AIDS, something he said has stopped people from getting tested and has helped spread the disease. More than 1 million people live with HIV/AIDS in the U.S., and more than 56,000 new infections are reported every year.
Obama noted his own effort several years ago to help combat the stigma. During a 2006 visit to Kenya, his father's native country, then-Sen. Obama and his wife, Michelle, publicly took an HIV/AIDS test.
The 11 other countries that ban HIV-positive travelers and immigrants are: Armenia, Brunei, Iraq, Libya, Moldova, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Sudan, according to the advocacy group Immigration Equality.
Several such groups welcomed Obama's announcement.
Rachel B. Tiven, executive director of Immigration Equality, said the ban pointlessly has barred people from the U.S. and separated families with no benefit to public health.
"Now, those families can be reunited, and the United States can put its mouth where its money is: ending the stigma that perpetuates HIV transmission, supporting science and welcoming those who seek to build a life in this country," said Tiven, whose organization works for fairness in immigration for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and HIV-positive people.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV early next year. The order will be finalized on Monday, Obama said, completing a process begun during the Bush administration.
The U.S. has been among a dozen countries that bar entry to travelers with visas or anyone seeking a green card based on their HIV status.
Hey guys the thread is so ...quite! Are you all guys ok?
I am really happy with President's Barack Obama decision. I know someone who missed a trip becuase of the Law.
On the other matter, I wish there was a way people are educated about the Dv. If only people applied as individuals, joined a forum like this for assistance rather help from organisations, dubious actions would be curbed. The scam men from organisations keep giving out the same AOS to applicants. Losing $775 is tearing!!! Time spent preparing the papers, getting ready and the anxienty...it is so devasting.
On second thought, maybe even the applicants are to blame as well...they want things on silver plates!! People should know that this is life, You work hard ans smart at everything to excel.
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December 2009 Visa Bulletin
DIVERSITY (DV) IMMIGRANT CATEGORY RANK CUT-OFFS WHICH WILL APPLY IN DECEMBER 2009
AFRICA 17,800
Except:
Egypt: 9,100
Ethiopia: 9,000
Nigeria: 10,400
C. ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF THE DIVERSITY (DV) IMMIGRANT CATEGORY RANK CUT-OFFS WHICH WILL APPLY IN JANUARY 2010
For January, immigrant numbers in the DV category are available to qualified DV-2010 applicants chargeable to all regions/eligible countries as follows. When an allocation cut-off number is shown, visas are available only for applicants with DV regional lottery rank numbers BELOW the specified allocation cut-off number:
Region All DV Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed Separately
AFRICA 23,400
Except:
Egypt: 12,300
Ethiopia: 12,475
Nigeria: 12,900
ASIA 9,475
EUROPE 19,750
NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS) 4
OCEANIA 775
SOUTH AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN
925
To all those whose numbers are current, may God grant you a successful interview.
Praise be to the Lord our God who has crowned us in victory
DIVERSITY (DV) IMMIGRANT CATEGORY RANK CUT-OFFS WHICH WILL APPLY IN DECEMBER 2009
AFRICA 17,800
Except:
Egypt: 9,100
Ethiopia: 9,000
Nigeria: 10,400
C. ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF THE DIVERSITY (DV) IMMIGRANT CATEGORY RANK CUT-OFFS WHICH WILL APPLY IN JANUARY 2010
For January, immigrant numbers in the DV category are available to qualified DV-2010 applicants chargeable to all regions/eligible countries as follows. When an allocation cut-off number is shown, visas are available only for applicants with DV regional lottery rank numbers BELOW the specified allocation cut-off number:
Region All DV Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed Separately
AFRICA 23,400
Except:
Egypt: 12,300
Ethiopia: 12,475
Nigeria: 12,900
ASIA 9,475
EUROPE 19,750
NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS) 4
OCEANIA 775
SOUTH AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN
925
To all those whose numbers are current, may God grant you a successful interview.
Praise be to the Lord our God who has crowned us in victory
Thank the good Lord, this is getting closer.
alexee357, are you getting prepared? Your's will be in February, 2010.
Hi ammeck09,
I had a problem with my net connection so i,ve not been contribution to this forum 4 some time now.
I was very happy when i realise from the bullettin that by hook or crook i'm going to be current in Febuary 2010. 4 the documents all is ready apart from the medicals and the police report but trust me it will be ready b4 Febuary 2010.
Be on your guard cos u'll follow me in March 2010.