Dv -2013 family winners thread
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Usually as long as validity of your medical exam. If you have tb lesions or some other condition, it could be 3 months.
If one of the beneficiary had suffered from TB his/her medicals last only for 3months?
That would be the logical conclusion, but the physician who'll do the medical exam knows best.
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I think your visa will be just fine, but you might run into trouble at the port of entry should your med results be expired.
Awww, look who changed his mind. He is teachable after all.
This is from DoS web site:
Passport(s) valid for six months beyond the intended date of entry into the U.S. for you and each family member applying for a visa.
and also
An immigrant visa is usually valid for up to six months from the date of issuance unless your medical examination validity expires sooner, which may make your visa valid for less than six months. You must arrive and apply for admission in the United States before the visa Expiration Date.
Keep in mind that some embassies may require 8 months validity for the passports. And most of the time, police certificates do not have expiration dates. So the real limiting factor is the validity of medical exam. When CPs issue the DV visa they usually start counting the six months from the medical exam date, so that's why people get their medical exams done pretty close to their interview dates. Just my 2 cents, I hope the info will be useful for those who need to plan their travel.
I do not see change of mind. No change. There are a lot of other reasons as well why validity of a visa could be shorter than 6 months.
That does not mean I have to list all of them. I listed most probably reasons.
6 month passport validity has nothing to do with dv visas. The same as 8 month validity. You quoted an unapplicable quote. Another mistake.
Wrong again. They do.
In most cases that is not an issue because in most cases madical exam is valid for 12 months. In rare cases it is valid for 6 months and in very rare cases for 3 months only.
http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/visa_4761.html
Instructions for Selectees: Interview Preparation
Required Documentation
At your interview you must bring the following;
Selectee notification letter which you received from KCC.
Passport(s) valid for six months beyond the intended date of entry into the U.S. for you and each family member applying for a visa.
Original documents or certified copies of all applicable civil documents listed in the Step 3 instructions.
This troll never tires of being wrong. Oh well
There is a mistake on the site http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/visa_4761.html
The real limitation is 60 days, not 6 months. They made a wrong quote and you mistakenly followed them. 6 months is the passport validity limitation for non-immigrant visas.
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/87886.pdf
The real limitation is 60 days, not 6 months. They made a wrong quote and you mistakenly followed them. 6 months is the passport validity limitation for non-immigrant visas.
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/87886.pdf
Yeah sure, DoS web site is wrong. What do they know anyways. And that quote actually proves me correct. You just need a bit of English comprehension.
If an immigrant is required to present a valid passport, the consular officer must note whether the alien’s passport is valid for at least 60 days beyond the period of validity of the visa.
If an immigrant is required to present a valid passport, the consular officer must note whether the alien’s passport is valid for at least 60 days beyond the period of validity of the visa.
In absolute majority of cases 60 days exception does not apply for dv visas, so 60 days requirement stays. A few exceptions are nationals of Cuba, North Korea and China, existing LPRs and beneficiaries of individual waivers, all those under rare circumstances. Those cases are rare.
They do not expire because of the end of the fiscal year. You just need to get it before 9/30 or on that date.
For instance, if you get your visa on 9/30, it will be valid at least until 3/30 next year and you could use at least it until that date (not actually sure, maybe the real expiration date would be 3/31)
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