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DV 2015 Selectees from Ghana

Citizen K said:
Hi mates, my Social Security just got mailed this morning.. 8 days after entry. Pls in case any of you guys want to change their original address don't forget to tell the Immigration Officer at your POE. I did and it worked. Good Luck yall
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So did you initiate the request or they asked you whether you would like to change
 
Citizen K said:
Well in my case I initiated the request to have a change of address cos I really needed to do it to avoid problems. But they normally ask at the POE if u wana change your mailing address.
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What problems:host problems? I know it might be personal but enlighten-since am also not decided whether to change
 
Simon said:
What problems:host problems? I know it might be personal but enlighten-since am also not decided whether to change
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Don't worry man it's nothing personal.. I had initially wanted to move to Bronx in NY but later had a change of mind and decided to move to New Jersey. So the problem i'm referring to has to do with the original mailing address i used (Bronx address) so not changing it wld result in mailing my documents to the original address i used ( Bronx address) and it wld have giving me problems having to track it back in Bronx which is quite sm distance from New Brunswick. I hope point well made now ??
 
My wife and I went for our interview today...we later heard about this forum today and decided to come share our experience
 
Well....it went well...We had approval but subject to a condition.....we were completely stunned when the CO told us we needed a police certificate from the UK cos both of us had lived more than six months in the UK at a point in time. I have a couple of UK visas and a US 5 yr visa, my wife also has the same. They took all our documents and gave us a date a month from today to submit the police certificate. CO also asked about our baby who we went with. We didnt add him cus he is already an american citizen. We had him in the US. My wife has been in Gh since 2004 and I have been here since 2006 but the CO insisted we go get the report..We were given some information about a website that can aid us but truly we dont even know where to start
 
hydra said:
Well....it went well...We had approval but subject to a condition.....we were completely stunned when the CO told us we needed a police certificate from the UK cos both of us had lived more than six months in the UK at a point in time. I have a couple of UK visas and a US 5 yr visa, my wife also has the same. They took all our documents and gave us a date a month from today to submit the police certificate. CO also asked about our baby who we went with. We didnt add him cus he is already an american citizen. We had him in the US. My wife has been in Gh since 2004 and I have been here since 2006 but the CO insisted we go get the report..We were given some information about a website that can aid us but truly we dont even know where to start
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wow !! welcome and congrats
 
hydra said:
Well....it went well...We had approval but subject to a condition.....we were completely stunned when the CO told us we needed a police certificate from the UK cos both of us had lived more than six months in the UK at a point in time. I have a couple of UK visas and a US 5 yr visa, my wife also has the same. They took all our documents and gave us a date a month from today to submit the police certificate. CO also asked about our baby who we went with. We didnt add him cus he is already an american citizen. We had him in the US. My wife has been in Gh since 2004 and I have been here since 2006 but the CO insisted we go get the report..We were given some information about a website that can aid us but truly we dont even know where to start
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Well the police report should not have been a surprise - that is very clear in the instructions which it seems you did not read. Your "you have been selected" letter directed you to check the dvselectee website. There you would have found the instructions of when you needed a police report and the UK reciprocity page would then have given you the information you needed. Thank goodness it is not late in the year - because it is exactly this sort of mistake that has cost many people their Green Cards.

The UK reciprocity page is here:-
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/reciprocity-by-country/UK.html


It directs you to Acro with a bad link - the link is here.
http://www.acro.police.uk/police_certificates.aspx
 
there u go hydra ur "one stop shop" to all the informations pro bono..and pls let's have the co questions n ur answers ok..for others who will b going to the interview..
congratulations on ur approval. .
 
Britsimon said:
Well the police report should not have been a surprise - that is very clear in the instructions which it seems you did not read. Your "you have been selected" letter directed you to check the dvselectee website. There you would have found the instructions of when you needed a police report and the UK reciprocity page would then have given you the information you needed. Thank goodness it is not late in the year - because it is exactly this sort of mistake that has cost many people their Green Cards.

The UK reciprocity page is here:-
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/reciprocity-by-country/UK.html


It directs you to Acro with a bad link - the link is here.
http://www.acro.police.uk/police_certificates.aspx
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well from my understanding, i think they got the Ghanaian police report but since they have lived in the UK for more than six months that was why they were told to go for police report over there too right hydra...i stand to be corrected.
 
Britsimon said:
Well the police report should not have been a surprise - that is very clear in the instructions which it seems you did not read. Your "you have been selected" letter directed you to check the dvselectee website. There you would have found the instructions of when you needed a police report and the UK reciprocity page would then have given you the information you needed. Thank goodness it is not late in the year - because it is exactly this sort of mistake that has cost many people their Green Cards.

The UK reciprocity page is here:-
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/reciprocity-by-country/UK.html


It directs you to Acro with a bad link - the link is here.
http://www.acro.police.uk/police_certificates.aspx
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kul jay said:
well from my understanding, i think they got the Ghanaian police report but since they have lived in the UK for more than six months that was why they were told to go for police report over there too right hydra...i stand to be corrected.
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Actually I'm confused because it sounds like they are in Ghana now, so the applicable time should have been 12 not 6 months in the UK?
 
Yes....We got the police report from ghana...I had lived in de UK for at least almost 2 years at one time...other times it was shorter...my wife the same...we didnt even kno each other then and it was in different years...truly we had no idea about this then....I will jst take members thru the motion on wht hapend step by step
 
Yes....We got the police report from ghana...I had lived in de UK for at least almost 2 years at one time...other times it was shorter...my wife the same...we didnt even kno each other then and it was in different years...truly we had no idea about this then....I will jst take members thru the motion on wht hapend step by step
 
hydra said:
Yes....We got the police report from ghana...I had lived in de UK for at least almost 2 years at one time...other times it was shorter...my wife the same...we didnt even kno each other then and it was in different years...truly we had no idea about this then....I will jst take members thru the motion on wht hapend step by step
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Ah, ok then it makes sense that he asked you. Yes, it's a pity you didn't read the instructions fully before the interview.
It makes no difference whether or not you and your wife knew each other then. Each of you needs police records according to the time each of you spent wherever.
 
SusieQQQ said:
Actually I'm confused because it sounds like they are in Ghana now, so the applicable time should have been 12 not 6 months in the UK?
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Agreed - but he didn't say how long he actually lived there - and presumably the CO was following the rules.
 
hydra said:
Yes....We got the police report from ghana...I had lived in de UK for at least almost 2 years at one time...other times it was shorter...my wife the same...we didnt even kno each other then and it was in different years...truly we had no idea about this then....I will jst take members thru the motion on wht hapend step by step
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And there it is.
 
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