Thanks Simon!
No, I'm from neither Nepal nor Iran.
Regarding Q4, I was worried that re-applying for DV-2016 might show immigrant intent when entering the US, especially if I was subjected to the more detailed "secondary screening" (already happened for me once!) :/ Do you have any info regarding this matter?
Thanks again!
This is a great novel, Britsimon, and I thank you to have spare time to find it. I think your interpretation is right and it makes sense. The dv260 submission must be the point where you got high school diploma, even you hadn't yet on the eDV entry. For instance my spouse passed recently an entrance examination for a University reserved to the High School graduates EVEN if they don't get yet their diploma. Just because the examination was in may and the HS exam results in july. The logic here is the same. If she get actually her High School diploma end of june, this will be ok for the consular office IF she returns the dv 260 AFTER the results, no matter she had'nt in time of eDV submission BECAUSE she had already the 2 years job experience, so it was not a cause of disqualification.
I'm happy that everything's clear between us now! No offense, then. Once again, (and I understand it might have upset you) the misunderstood was between the differences of appreciations between 1) what does Law recommends 2) what truth has not to be tell because Law doesn't ask for 3) what omission wan be considered as a lie. On the question of children to declare or not I invoqued 2) that is, we'd better to avoid to tell certain questions because it's not the purpose (for instance former children adopted by other parents or children over 21). Britismon warned me about the fact that an omission is a kind of lie. I agreed with him on the ethic basis, but argued about the fact Law sometimes need to simplify things (and therefore omit certain facts). You (over?) reacted about that and, yes, my assumption was too direct. What I meant was that, according to the get of Law you invoqued, this omission wasn't a lie but a correct way to answer just the question. So it NEVER was question of fraud or anything of that. Once again, I didn't knew the text you mentioned and it's very clear to me now. So let's start on new basis, with all confidence and trust needed. And you are a very good Betty Do Gooder (I'll remember this expression!)I wasn't irritated by your questions or commentaries. I also do understand that English isn't your first language and you're making a great deal of effort to interact with us all in it, I commend you for that. I most certainly was very upset by your post in which you insinuated I asked you to lie. Basically that was accusing me of conspiring to make you commit immigration fraud which is a very serious offense, it is something I could easily get deported for. I certainly wasn't going to take kindly to being accused of the very thing I tell people not to do. Anyway, you have since apologized (yes, more than once) and I'm happy to say your apology is accepted. I'm willing to charge it to a language barrier issue, so we can move forward from this. I'm more than happy to answer questions you may have in the future, if I know the answer(s) to them.
Oh yes, regarding some of the phrases I used which you were asking asking about:
"pass the baton" - that simply means I was going to step back and allow Simon to answer your questions
"Betty Do Gooder" - just an expression to describe someone (maybe a woman?) who is always quick and always willing to help other people
So everything is good now
