Sm1smom
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Hmm! You know where to send your payment to? You have the payment form already? I will suggest you hold off on sending the DV fee for now.
DV 2014 AOS Only
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Hmm! You know where to send your payment to? You have the payment form already? I will suggest you hold off on sending the DV fee for now.
Yeah that is slightly unclear.
This is from an email I got from KCC:
"You will be required to pay a non-refundable diversity-processing fee of $330.00 per person directly to the Department of State. This fee is assessed to cover cost incurred by the Department of State in running the lottery selection process and is separate from any fees you will need to pay the CIS as part of your adjustment application. Failure to pay this fee may result in the loss of your diversity visa. If you are not approved for your visa or are not granted an interview, this fee cannot be refunded to you under any circumstances. ---- Also, please forward the completed DSP-122 form back to KCC."
They make it sound as if they will drop my visa unless I send the DoS the $330 check ... but they don't exactly say when I should send it.
Sm1smom
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I thought as much! The question you should have been asking is 'what is the procedure for making this payment? where does it get sent to? when do you need to make the payment? etc.
Yes, your GC application processing will not be completed without the DV payment. However, you need to follow the instructions they've provided you with care. Right now, all you need to do is complete and send in the DSP-122 form, include the 2 passport photos and any other stuff you're supposed to send with this form. Once KCC receives and processes this form, you will recieve further instructions via email regarding making the payment. The email may take upto a month or two before you get it. Of course, you don't necessarily have to wait till you get the email before making the payment once you know what you're doing. However, I would caution about rushing into doing things, sending the form in this week isn't necessarily buying you a faster/quicker interview date.
question , Please help
Thanks for all this useful information,
My sister in law # is 2014AS0008xxx, So How is the chances looks like, I was selected for DV2013 and I was scheduled for interview last month but I didn’t go since I got my GC through marriage.
My case was 2013AS0006xxx , so I hope that helps, so I am wondering if somebody can give me his opinion about my sister in law chances.
Another Question:
When I applied for my sister in law, I put she has a high school but she has actually a 4 years degree, and we are planning to send the papers to KCC, and we gonna mention this time that she has a degrees in finance do you guys think they would reject the case for this issue
Thanks for all this useful information,
My sister in law # is 2014AS0008xxx, So How is the chances looks like, I was selected for DV2013 and I was scheduled for interview last month but I didn’t go since I got my GC through marriage.
My case was 2013AS0006xxx , so I hope that helps, so I am wondering if somebody can give me his opinion about my sister in law chances.
Another Question:
When I applied for my sister in law, I put she has a high school but she has actually a 4 years degree, and we are planning to send the papers to KCC, and we gonna mention this time that she has a degrees in finance do you guys think they would reject the case for this issue
Not only do they not know the answers, they don't know the questions either!
I had sent my payment and forms at the same time, I don't think it is crucial to wait for KCC response before sending the payment. Unless of course KCC sends an e-mail saying "oops you are not eligible!" but I've never heard that happening before.
Please look at the pdf links I posted to figure out country quota, and the visa bulletin to have some idea of number progression. Since you've been in this, you should have some idea.
I don't think they would reject for overqualification, just truthfully fill all the forms with accurate information.
Sm1smom
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And I am not insinuating they must wait to hear back from KCC after sending in the DSP form before going ahead to make the DV payment. I got the impression from the OP that I responded to that he was going to send the payment along with the DSP form to KCC, hence my response about waiting and getting a clear understanding of the process.
Absolutely. There is no reason to rush anything now. Nothing's gonna happen until October 1st anyway, so plenty of time there.
Conflict with H1-B petition
Hello everyone,
I am one of the lucky winners. My case number is 2014AS000059XX.
I have two questions.
1. I am on OPT right now which will expire at the end of the year. In the meantime, my company has petitioned for my H1-B, and apparently I got selected in the H1-B lottery (since I got a receipt). Since actual H1-B approval might take until October to be approved, is it wise for me to proceed with my DV lottery or wait until I receive my approval?
2. I hear people here are talking about sending DSP forms to KCC. Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but I found this on the state.gov:
"If USCIS confirms your eligibility to adjust status you should print this message and take it to your local USCIS office. USCIS will provide instructions on how to proceed. It will not be necessary for you to contact the Kentucky Consular Center (KCC) for any further information or instructions if you are eligible and apply to adjust status in the U.S."
What does this mean? Does it mean the process starts and ends with USCIS? I'm kind of confused here since I cannot find it anywhere that sending DSP forms to KCC is a prerequisite to AOS process.
Thanks in advance
Hello everyone,
I am one of the lucky winners. My case number is 2014AS000059XX.
I have two questions.
1. I am on OPT right now which will expire at the end of the year. In the meantime, my company has petitioned for my H1-B, and apparently I got selected in the H1-B lottery (since I got a receipt). Since actual H1-B approval might take until October to be approved, is it wise for me to proceed with my DV lottery or wait until I receive my approval?
2. I hear people here are talking about sending DSP forms to KCC. Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but I found this on the state.gov:
"If USCIS confirms your eligibility to adjust status you should print this message and take it to your local USCIS office. USCIS will provide instructions on how to proceed. It will not be necessary for you to contact the Kentucky Consular Center (KCC) for any further information or instructions if you are eligible and apply to adjust status in the U.S."
What does this mean? Does it mean the process starts and ends with USCIS? I'm kind of confused here since I cannot find it anywhere that sending DSP forms to KCC is a prerequisite to AOS process.
Thanks in advance
S&L2012
Registered Users (C)
Hello and Congratulations to all!!!
I have been selected for further processing 2014AS00017XXX and am super excited My husband is on a H1 visa and I am on a H4 visa currently living in the U.S. I need some advice on the next steps as on the website is saying that we need to check with USCIS to confirm if we are eligible to apply for AOS.
How do we confirm if we are eligible?
What our chances of getting through the process with our CN?
Should we send the following immediately?
- DSP-122 for me
- DSP-230 Part 1 & 2 for me and my husband
- Photos
- Barcode Sheet
Any advise from you will be much appreciated and thanks in advance
I have been selected for further processing 2014AS00017XXX and am super excited
My husband is on a H1 visa and I am on a H4 visa currently living in the U.S. I need some advice on the next steps as on the website is saying that we need to check with USCIS to confirm if we are eligible to apply for AOS. How do we confirm if we are eligible?
What our chances of getting through the process with our CN?
Should we send the following immediately?
- DSP-122 for me
- DSP-230 Part 1 & 2 for me and my husband
- Photos
- Barcode Sheet
Any advise from you will be much appreciated and thanks in advance
Sm1smom
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Congratulations on your selection.
I will tackle the 2nd part of your question as this has been debated to great extent on the DV AOS 2013 thread (and some others in the past).
No, the process for DV AOS does not start and end with USCIC. You should still fill and send out DSP-122 to KCC. Without this, KCC cannot send your file to USCIS for processing. The directives provided to DV AOS fillers (by KCC) can sometimes appear ambigous and conflicting, everyone that I know of in the past who has successfully undergone this process began by sending in their forms to KCC. There's no need to send in DS-230 if you're doing AOS though.
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
Response below:
Hello and Congratulations to all!!!
I have been selected for further processing 2014AS00017XXX and am super excited
How do we confirm if we are eligible? - I can save you the headache of trying to confirm your eligibility, H1/H4 is eligible for AOS. But if it makes you feel any better, you can phone USCIS to further confirm this, or schedule an infopass appointment -which I think it's a total waste of time
What our chances of getting through the process with our CN? [B]- You will certainly get through with the process, spend some time going through previous postings, also visit the Visa Bulletin website for a good understanding of the visa release process.[/B]
Should we send the following immediately?
- DSP-122 for me
- DSP-230 Part 1 & 2 for me and my husband
- Photos
- Barcode Sheet -You only need to send the DSP-122 form for yourself alone (with the bar code sheet and 2 passport photos). You don't need to send in the DS-230 for your husband, but if it makes you feel better, go ahead and send both.
Any advise from you will be much appreciated and thanks in advance
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Thank you Sm1smom. The provided info is confusing indeed.
Do you have any idea on my first question?
S&L2012
Registered Users (C)
I am quite sure that you have answered the similar questions before. But it seems difficult for me to find my answer among a bunch of information. Would you kindly refer me to a specific post since my case is not complicated and I just need to know a brief overview of what is going to happen next in each step. Thanks.
AS000099xx can I get GC through AoS in San Francisco?
Hi all, thank you for all the valuable information.
My wife havs been selected for further processing 2014AS000099XX and am really excited.
My wife and I'm now living in San Francisco Bay area on L1 / L2 visa.
Our L1/L2 visa will be expire on middle of July 2014, although it might be able to extend if my company allows. ( only god knows )
Well, if the process goes same pace as DV2013, my CN could be handled on July or August.
Which is a bit later than the timing my L1/L2 expire.
So my big concern is, in the light of such CN and visa expiration timing, whether should I proceed on CP, or stay AoS and change CP if I couldn't extend Visa?
As my CN is 2014AS000099XX, it looks higher number, as I'm not quite sure how many people will be rejected or withdrawn from the selected candidate in Asia.
I'm Japanese and roughly was selected in Japan, but looks like roughly half of them were given GC.
Even if I could extend my L1/L2 visa, should I go through CP raher than AOS?
Any advise from you will be much appreciated and thanks in advance!
Hi all, thank you for all the valuable information.
My wife havs been selected for further processing 2014AS000099XX and am really excited.
My wife and I'm now living in San Francisco Bay area on L1 / L2 visa.
Our L1/L2 visa will be expire on middle of July 2014, although it might be able to extend if my company allows. ( only god knows )
Well, if the process goes same pace as DV2013, my CN could be handled on July or August.
Which is a bit later than the timing my L1/L2 expire.
So my big concern is, in the light of such CN and visa expiration timing, whether should I proceed on CP, or stay AoS and change CP if I couldn't extend Visa?
As my CN is 2014AS000099XX, it looks higher number, as I'm not quite sure how many people will be rejected or withdrawn from the selected candidate in Asia.
I'm Japanese and roughly was selected in Japan, but looks like roughly half of them were given GC.
Even if I could extend my L1/L2 visa, should I go through CP raher than AOS?
Any advise from you will be much appreciated and thanks in advance!
I would wait for filing the DSP 122 in for now. If your H1b gets denied, You will have to extend your F1 or OPT To STEM if you qualify. I believe you have to leave the country if there is nothing left for you. If that happens changing from aos to CP would be more of a hassle than just waiting until october, or knowing what your situation would be.
I ran into a similar issue last year and waited until approval, which happened after a nightmare of saying they can't find my papers..WTF? anyway it got approved 2 months later than the people who filed in at the same time as i did. I was already on my STEM extension that was extended to CAP GAP til the end of the fiscal year.. This year h1b is a lottery due to so many applicants, so the chance of just being dropped is already 50%. Then there is a chance of being denied(which I believe is very low)
I don't think it hurts that much to wait especially since we do not know when you will be current yet.
After waiting for a year, I'm finally current
I would wait for filing the DSP 122 in for now. If your H1b gets denied, You will have to extend your F1 or OPT To STEM if you qualify. I believe you have to leave the country if there is nothing left for you. If that happens changing from aos to CP would be more of a hassle than just waiting until october, or knowing what your situation would be.
I ran into a similar issue last year and waited until approval, which happened after a nightmare of saying they can't find my papers..WTF? anyway it got approved 2 months later than the people who filed in at the same time as i did. I was already on my STEM extension that was extended to CAP GAP til the end of the fiscal year.. This year h1b is a lottery due to so many applicants, so the chance of just being dropped is already 50%. Then there is a chance of being denied(which I believe is very low)
I don't think it hurts that much to wait especially since we do not know when you will be current yet.
After waiting for a year, I'm finally current
Thank you sunster for sharing your experience and congratulations on your AOS. Looks like May 1st should be a personal holiday for you
I was thinking of the same approach and I should say that leaving the country and going through CP is really not an option for me since I lose my job, which is something that I like to do. So I'll try to walk the line and go with AOS.
As I said, I have received a receipt for my H1-B petition, which I think means that I am selected in the H1-B lottery. Apparently if you are not selected, they return your petition and don't cash the check, and hence, don't give you a receipt. That's why I think the chance of being denied, as you said, is very low. But I think it is better to wait and get an approval. The country I am from has a very high quota so I don't think I run into any problem.
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