Britsimon
Super Moderator
Not high at all - July probably.
DV-2014 Lottery High number or not? Please help.
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Not high at all - July probably.
vladek15425
Well-Known Member
simon are you expecting two times 15k jump and one 20k jump for AF?
Britsimon
Super Moderator
simon are you expecting two times 15k jump and one 20k jump for AF?
At most. More like 10/15/18 - something around that.
vladek15425
Well-Known Member
DV Lottery 2014 selectee
Hello,
I have lived in the United States and studied until my 21st birthday, when I had to leave the US because of my visa. I was on a H4 dependent on my father. I moved back to my country of origin because of my expiring/ non-renewable visa. While in my country of origin I met a girl, which late on became my girlfriend. We both decided to sign up for the DV Lottery 2014 and test our luck. BAM! She got her acceptence letter, while I didn't. My father, living in the states decided to get us a lawyer and see what we could do with this, in order for me to be on the possible green card selectee. Lawyer told us marriage. Before having sent all our documents to the KC center, we got married, so that she'd have my last name in order for me to be included in the DV Lottery.
We have a "relative" low number of 27,xxx and have lawyers in the US working on our case (still waiting on the interview date).
Since all my family is there, and I am really hoping to continue my studies over there (same goes for my spouse. We both obtained our bachelor's), our questions are basically what to expect at the U.S Embassy?
I'm assuming they'll probably ask us tons of questions about our marriage. What else should we be mentally prepared for?
Thank you for your time in reading, and all answers are welcomed. Thank you.
-A
Hello,
I have lived in the United States and studied until my 21st birthday, when I had to leave the US because of my visa. I was on a H4 dependent on my father. I moved back to my country of origin because of my expiring/ non-renewable visa. While in my country of origin I met a girl, which late on became my girlfriend. We both decided to sign up for the DV Lottery 2014 and test our luck. BAM! She got her acceptence letter, while I didn't. My father, living in the states decided to get us a lawyer and see what we could do with this, in order for me to be on the possible green card selectee. Lawyer told us marriage. Before having sent all our documents to the KC center, we got married, so that she'd have my last name in order for me to be included in the DV Lottery.
We have a "relative" low number of 27,xxx and have lawyers in the US working on our case (still waiting on the interview date).
Since all my family is there, and I am really hoping to continue my studies over there (same goes for my spouse. We both obtained our bachelor's), our questions are basically what to expect at the U.S Embassy?
I'm assuming they'll probably ask us tons of questions about our marriage. What else should we be mentally prepared for?
Thank you for your time in reading, and all answers are welcomed. Thank you.
-A
Shit, I think I haven't mastered the forum yet... Anyone know how to make a new tread/ post?
Britsimon
Super Moderator
Go to this level (list of threads) and click New thread (top of the page)
http://forums.immigration.com/forumdisplay.php?38-Lottery-Visas-DV
Britsimon
Super Moderator
You've done everything right. Yes they will question your marriage to see that is was a genuine relationship. You should show photos of the wedding, guest list etc, also photos of previous holidays together and any correspondence between the two of you or from others to you both. Any letters that establish your ties before marriage.
Good luck!
Thank you for your response - Good to hear that everything is right!
Another question... Sorry to be a bug, without adding I'm in the wrong tread.
I received an email saying that my appointment will be in 2-3 months. However I made appointment to get my medical examinations done in a couple of weeks. The date of the medical examination will be about 2-3 months before the actual interview at the Embassy.
Is this a problem? Will the peeps at the Embassy be like "You shouldn't have done it..." or whatever, since on their website it says "In any case you should not have your medical examination until the NVC notifies you of your interview appointment date."
Should I cancel my medical examination dates, or should I proceed knowing "Medical examination results are valid for one year in normal circumstances"?
Thank you
-A
I received an email saying that my appointment will be in 2-3 months. However I made appointment to get my medical examinations done in a couple of weeks. The date of the medical examination will be about 2-3 months before the actual interview at the Embassy.
Is this a problem? Will the peeps at the Embassy be like "You shouldn't have done it..." or whatever, since on their website it says "In any case you should not have your medical examination until the NVC notifies you of your interview appointment date."
Should I cancel my medical examination dates, or should I proceed knowing "Medical examination results are valid for one year in normal circumstances"?
Thank you
-A
Britsimon
Super Moderator
OK - so you haven't done everything right! You should have waited a bit and I would reschedule if I were you. The issue is that the medicals often do not have a 1 year validity for DV purposes, so the medical will set the length of time you have before you have to activate your visa. You gain nothing by doing the medical early, and you might cause yourself some hassle....
Thank you for your answer - Could you tell me why it would cause me some hassle? We thought it was smart to take the medical examination because we have a week of "vacation" and thought of using that week to have everything done.
They have also told me that usually the medical test is valid for 6 months. "You can carry out the medical visit without having an embassy interview date bearing in mind that one completed the medical visit file remains valid for 6 months." - Email from the certified doctor. And since they stop giving VISA's in september (because of the fiscal year, or something) we thought that if we do get the exam in march, with the 6 months we'd have - March -> September. And just until september when they stop giving VISA's...
At worse, can we re-do the medical test? (The problem is that we already booked the tickets to fly to the city of Embassy)
Britsimon
Super Moderator
Well I think if you go current in the next VB then it would probably be OK to attend the appointment you have. The hassle is that (for most people) they care about how long they have after the visa is issued before they enter the USA. The early medical could shorten that time significantly - but if you plan to enter the USA very quickly anyway perhaps that isn't an issue for you.
The only thing I would say is in this process, people find issues by not following instructions. The immigration system can be inflexible at times - so it is best to stick within their parameters.
vladek15425
Well-Known Member
Hi guys,
I'm a new entry for this forum but I read every day.
My CN is EU405** .
What are the chances?
Good luck to all
I believe you will still get an interview! Although your number is at the high risky range...
Good luck
ceskhermina
Member
INA: ACT 212 - GENERAL CLASSES OF ALIENS INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE VISAS AND INELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION; WAIVERS OF INADMISSIBILLITY (2) Criminal and related grounds.-
(A) Conviction of certain crimes.-
(i) In general.-Except as provided in clause (ii), any alien convicted of, or who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of-
(I) a crime involving moral turpitude (other than a purely political offense) or an attempt or conspiracy to commit such a crime, or
(II) a violation of (or a conspiracy or attempt to violate) any law or regulation of a State, the United States, or a foreign country relating to a controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)), is inadmissible.
(ii) Exception.-Clause (i)(I) shall not apply to an alien who committed only one crime if-
(I) the crime was committed when the alien was under 18 years of age, and the crime was committed (and the alien released from any confinement to a prison or correctional institution imposed for the crime) more than 5 years before the date of application for a visa or other documentation and the date of application for admission to the United States, or
(II) the maximum penalty possible for the crime of which the alien was convicted (or which the alien admits having committed or of which the acts that the alien admits having committed constituted the essential elements) did not exceed imprisonment for one year and, if the alien was convicted of such crime, the alien was not sentenced to a term of imprisonment in excess of 6 months (regardless of the extent to which the sentence was ultimately executed).
(B) Multiple criminal convictions.-Any alien convicted of 2 or more offenses (other than purely political offenses), regardless of whether the conviction was in a single trial or whether the offenses arose from a single scheme of misconduct and regardless of whether the offenses involved moral turpitude, for which the aggregate sentences to confinement 2 were 5 years or more is inadmissible.
(C) 2a CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TRAFFICKERS- Any alien who the consular officer or the Attorney General knows or has reason to believe--
(i) is or has been an illicit trafficker in any controlled substance or in any listed chemical (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)), or is or has been a knowing aider, abettor, assister, conspirator, or colluder with others in the illicit trafficking in any such controlled or listed substance or chemical, or endeavored to do so; or
(ii) is the spouse, son, or daughter of an alien inadmissible under clause (i), has, within the previous 5 years, obtained any financial or other benefit from the illicit activity of that alien, and knew or reasonably should have known that the financial or other benefit was the product of such illicit activity, is inadmissible.
(D) Prostitution and commercialized vice.-Any alien who-
(i) is coming to the United States solely, principally, or incidentally to engage in prostitution, or has engaged in prostitution within 10 years of the date of application for a visa, admission, or adjustment of status,
(ii) directly or indirectly procures or attempts to procure, or (within 10 years of the date of application for a visa, admission, or adjustment of status) procured or attempted to procure or to import, prostitutes or persons for the purpose of prostitution, or receives or (within such 10- year period) received, in whole or in part, the proceeds of prostitution, or
(iii) is coming to the United States to engage in any other unlawful commercialized vice, whether or not related to prostitution, is inadmissible.
(E) Certain aliens involved in serious criminal activity who have asserted immunity from prosecution.-Any alien-
(i) who has committed in the United States at any time a serious criminal offense (as defined in section 101(h)),
(ii) for whom immunity from criminal jurisdiction was exercised with respect to that offense,
(iii) who as a consequence of the offense and exercise of immunity has departed from the United States, and
(iv) who has not subsequently submitted fully to the jurisdiction of the court in the United States having jurisdiction with respect to that offense, is inadmissible.
(F) Waiver authorized.-For provision authorizing waiver of certain subparagraphs of this paragraph, see subsection (h).
(G) 2b 2c FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO HAVE COMMITTED PARTICULARLY SEVERE VIOLATIONS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM- Any alien who, while serving as a foreign government official, was responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, particularly severe violations of religious freedom, as defined in section 3 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6402), is inadmissible.
(H) 2bb SIGNIFICANT TRAFFICKERS IN PERSONS-
(i) IN GENERAL- Any alien who commits or conspires to commit human trafficking offenses in the United States or outside the United States, 42 or who the consular officer, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, 42 or the Attorney General knows or has reason to believe is or has been a knowing aider, abettor, assister, conspirator, or colluder with such a trafficker in severe forms of trafficking in persons, as defined in the section 103 of such Act, is inadmissible.
(ii) BENEFICIARIES OF TRAFFICKING- Except as provided in clause (iii), any alien who the consular officer or the Attorney General knows or has reason to believe is the spouse, or daughter of an alien inadmissible under clause (i), has, within the previous 5 years, obtained any financial or other benefit from the illicit activity of that alien, and knew or reasonably should have known that the financial or other benefit was the product of such illicit activity, is inadmissible.
(iii) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN SONS AND DAUGHTERS- Clause (ii) shall not apply to a son or daughter who was a child at the time he or she received the benefit described in such clause.
(I) 2bbb MONEY LAUNDERING- Any alien--
(i) who a consular officer or the Attorney General knows, or has reason to believe, has engaged, is engaging, or seeks to enter the United States to engage, in an offense which is described in section 1956 or 1957 of title 18, United States Code (relating to laundering of monetary instruments); or
(ii) who a consular officer or the Attorney General knows is, or has been, a knowing aider, abettor, assister, conspirator, or colluder with others in an offense which is described in such section; is inadmissible.
(A) Conviction of certain crimes.-
(i) In general.-Except as provided in clause (ii), any alien convicted of, or who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of-
(I) a crime involving moral turpitude (other than a purely political offense) or an attempt or conspiracy to commit such a crime, or
(II) a violation of (or a conspiracy or attempt to violate) any law or regulation of a State, the United States, or a foreign country relating to a controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)), is inadmissible.
(ii) Exception.-Clause (i)(I) shall not apply to an alien who committed only one crime if-
(I) the crime was committed when the alien was under 18 years of age, and the crime was committed (and the alien released from any confinement to a prison or correctional institution imposed for the crime) more than 5 years before the date of application for a visa or other documentation and the date of application for admission to the United States, or
(II) the maximum penalty possible for the crime of which the alien was convicted (or which the alien admits having committed or of which the acts that the alien admits having committed constituted the essential elements) did not exceed imprisonment for one year and, if the alien was convicted of such crime, the alien was not sentenced to a term of imprisonment in excess of 6 months (regardless of the extent to which the sentence was ultimately executed).
(B) Multiple criminal convictions.-Any alien convicted of 2 or more offenses (other than purely political offenses), regardless of whether the conviction was in a single trial or whether the offenses arose from a single scheme of misconduct and regardless of whether the offenses involved moral turpitude, for which the aggregate sentences to confinement 2 were 5 years or more is inadmissible.
(C) 2a CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TRAFFICKERS- Any alien who the consular officer or the Attorney General knows or has reason to believe--
(i) is or has been an illicit trafficker in any controlled substance or in any listed chemical (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)), or is or has been a knowing aider, abettor, assister, conspirator, or colluder with others in the illicit trafficking in any such controlled or listed substance or chemical, or endeavored to do so; or
(ii) is the spouse, son, or daughter of an alien inadmissible under clause (i), has, within the previous 5 years, obtained any financial or other benefit from the illicit activity of that alien, and knew or reasonably should have known that the financial or other benefit was the product of such illicit activity, is inadmissible.
(D) Prostitution and commercialized vice.-Any alien who-
(i) is coming to the United States solely, principally, or incidentally to engage in prostitution, or has engaged in prostitution within 10 years of the date of application for a visa, admission, or adjustment of status,
(ii) directly or indirectly procures or attempts to procure, or (within 10 years of the date of application for a visa, admission, or adjustment of status) procured or attempted to procure or to import, prostitutes or persons for the purpose of prostitution, or receives or (within such 10- year period) received, in whole or in part, the proceeds of prostitution, or
(iii) is coming to the United States to engage in any other unlawful commercialized vice, whether or not related to prostitution, is inadmissible.
(E) Certain aliens involved in serious criminal activity who have asserted immunity from prosecution.-Any alien-
(i) who has committed in the United States at any time a serious criminal offense (as defined in section 101(h)),
(ii) for whom immunity from criminal jurisdiction was exercised with respect to that offense,
(iii) who as a consequence of the offense and exercise of immunity has departed from the United States, and
(iv) who has not subsequently submitted fully to the jurisdiction of the court in the United States having jurisdiction with respect to that offense, is inadmissible.
(F) Waiver authorized.-For provision authorizing waiver of certain subparagraphs of this paragraph, see subsection (h).
(G) 2b 2c FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO HAVE COMMITTED PARTICULARLY SEVERE VIOLATIONS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM- Any alien who, while serving as a foreign government official, was responsible for or directly carried out, at any time, particularly severe violations of religious freedom, as defined in section 3 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6402), is inadmissible.
(H) 2bb SIGNIFICANT TRAFFICKERS IN PERSONS-
(i) IN GENERAL- Any alien who commits or conspires to commit human trafficking offenses in the United States or outside the United States, 42 or who the consular officer, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, 42 or the Attorney General knows or has reason to believe is or has been a knowing aider, abettor, assister, conspirator, or colluder with such a trafficker in severe forms of trafficking in persons, as defined in the section 103 of such Act, is inadmissible.
(ii) BENEFICIARIES OF TRAFFICKING- Except as provided in clause (iii), any alien who the consular officer or the Attorney General knows or has reason to believe is the spouse, or daughter of an alien inadmissible under clause (i), has, within the previous 5 years, obtained any financial or other benefit from the illicit activity of that alien, and knew or reasonably should have known that the financial or other benefit was the product of such illicit activity, is inadmissible.
(iii) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN SONS AND DAUGHTERS- Clause (ii) shall not apply to a son or daughter who was a child at the time he or she received the benefit described in such clause.
(I) 2bbb MONEY LAUNDERING- Any alien--
(i) who a consular officer or the Attorney General knows, or has reason to believe, has engaged, is engaging, or seeks to enter the United States to engage, in an offense which is described in section 1956 or 1957 of title 18, United States Code (relating to laundering of monetary instruments); or
(ii) who a consular officer or the Attorney General knows is, or has been, a knowing aider, abettor, assister, conspirator, or colluder with others in an offense which is described in such section; is inadmissible.