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SusieQQQ said:
Maybe you should call them and confirm - it could actually be ambiguous.
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I called the embassy but they kept telling no answer to any "immigrant case" question and the only way to contact is email.
well i sent them an email right after i saw the new message and still no reply.
Anyway, i sent my husband's passport by agency for visa issuance today and will wait till next week what happens
because it really looks illogical.
 
hi i won green card dv lottery 2016 but the guy who fill out my aplication he put wrong city and address he put my new address and city i stay for now but in bith certificate is city different what should i do can i call KCC before apply ds-260 thanx!
 
HASHAROT said:
hi i won green card dv lottery 2016 but the guy who fill out my aplication he put wrong city and address he put my new address and city i stay for now but in bith certificate is city different what should i do can i call KCC before apply ds-260 thanx!
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No, just fill correct the ds-260 form
 
SusieQQQ said:
The way I read that, they did not say you must have a new medical - unless you want full 6 month visa validity. If you are planning to enter before the current medical expires there should be no problem.
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They surely have a way with words!
They are only trying tho ensure that you get a longer visa validity period.

Be sure to email them and explain your travel arrangements WITHOUT any delay so that they do not insist on new medicals and you will be fine.

Note that they will then issue visas valid in line with validity of your medicals.
 
Hello everyone, it's been a while. Thought I would leave a little update.

My wife and I set Sail on the Queen Mary 2 from Southampton (UK) to Brooklyn, NY for our activation/permanent move. We had an amazing 7 days at sea with all inclusive 5* service on the ship. We took our lives with us, and it all had to fit in our cabin. 6 suitcases, 2 boxes, 1 bike, 2 backpacks and 1 set of screwdrivers - it all fit (and we went for the basic room) and there was no extra charge like there would have been on a plane.

Check in at the Southampton terminal was straight forward, they asked if we had an ESTA, we said no, but the stamp on our passport meant we didn't need one. They were happy with that.

We arrived at the Brooklyn Port a week later fully rested and without any jetlag thanks to the clocks on the ship going back 1 hour each night. We thought things might be a little complicated here since we were at a cruise terminal rather than an airport but we were wrong. Security looked at our passports, asked for the package (finally!) and took us to a room where they took each of our fingerprints. After 25 minutes we were out of there and in a taxi on our way to Manhattan.

The next day - we went to a Self-Storage and left all our stuff there on a month by month contract, we then went to T-Mobile and got a monthly contract (we left a deposit of 80$ to avoid a credit check - given we have no history). Finally we went to Citibank who were happy to open a checking account for us - they asked just for a proof of address (here or in the UK - we gave our drivers licence) and somewhere to send our cards to. They gave us temporary cards the same day, and our permanent bank cards are being sent to our SSN address.

Today we have received my wife's SSN number at the address we originally gave them (we didn't change it on entry), hopefully mine will arrive tomorrow. We didn't have to go to the SSN office to chase it up so I suppose we have been lucky.

Now onto bigger things...a credit card, a US licence, a car and a house!
 
EU2015 said:
Hello everyone, it's been a while. Thought I would leave a little update.

My wife and I set Sail on the Queen Mary 2 from Southampton (UK) to Brooklyn, NY for our activation/permanent move. We had an amazing 7 days at sea with all inclusive 5* service on the ship. We took our lives with us, and it all had to fit in our cabin. 6 suitcases, 2 boxes, 1 bike, 2 backpacks and 1 set of screwdrivers - it all fit (and we went for the basic room) and there was no extra charge like there would have been on a plane.

Check in at the Southampton terminal was straight forward, they asked if we had an ESTA, we said no, but the stamp on our passport meant we didn't need one. They were happy with that.

We arrived at the Brooklyn Port a week later fully rested and without any jetlag thanks to the clocks on the ship going back 1 hour each night. We thought things might be a little complicated here since we were at a cruise terminal rather than an airport but we were wrong. Security looked at our passports, asked for the package (finally!) and took us to a room where they took each of our fingerprints. After 25 minutes we were out of there and in a taxi on our way to Manhattan.

The next day - we went to a Self-Storage and left all our stuff there on a month by month contract, we then went to T-Mobile and got a monthly contract (we left a deposit of 80$ to avoid a credit check - given we have no history). Finally we went to Citibank who were happy to open a checking account for us - they asked just for a proof of address (here or in the UK - we gave our drivers licence) and somewhere to send our cards to. They gave us temporary cards the same day, and our permanent bank cards are being sent to our SSN address.

Today we have received my wife's SSN number at the address we originally gave them (we didn't change it on entry), hopefully mine will arrive tomorrow. We didn't have to go to the SSN office to chase it up so I suppose we have been lucky.

Now onto bigger things...a credit card, a US licence, a car and a house!
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That's awesome. Welcome to the U.S.
 
EU2015 said:
Hello everyone, it's been a while. Thought I would leave a little update.

My wife and I set Sail on the Queen Mary 2 from Southampton (UK) to Brooklyn, NY for our activation/permanent move. We had an amazing 7 days at sea with all inclusive 5* service on the ship. We took our lives with us, and it all had to fit in our cabin. 6 suitcases, 2 boxes, 1 bike, 2 backpacks and 1 set of screwdrivers - it all fit (and we went for the basic room) and there was no extra charge like there would have been on a plane.

Check in at the Southampton terminal was straight forward, they asked if we had an ESTA, we said no, but the stamp on our passport meant we didn't need one. They were happy with that.

We arrived at the Brooklyn Port a week later fully rested and without any jetlag thanks to the clocks on the ship going back 1 hour each night. We thought things might be a little complicated here since we were at a cruise terminal rather than an airport but we were wrong. Security looked at our passports, asked for the package (finally!) and took us to a room where they took each of our fingerprints. After 25 minutes we were out of there and in a taxi on our way to Manhattan.

The next day - we went to a Self-Storage and left all our stuff there on a month by month contract, we then went to T-Mobile and got a monthly contract (we left a deposit of 80$ to avoid a credit check - given we have no history). Finally we went to Citibank who were happy to open a checking account for us - they asked just for a proof of address (here or in the UK - we gave our drivers licence) and somewhere to send our cards to. They gave us temporary cards the same day, and our permanent bank cards are being sent to our SSN address.

Today we have received my wife's SSN number at the address we originally gave them (we didn't change it on entry), hopefully mine will arrive tomorrow. We didn't have to go to the SSN office to chase it up so I suppose we have been lucky.

Now onto bigger things...a credit card, a US licence, a car and a house!
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Awesome! Well done and welcome!
 
hi britsimon, thank you for your help am sorry i do not find an option here to post straight my post on forum, but i hope this will be ok for you, my VISA has been issued me and my family, i have one question if not two, i want to change the address where my card will be sent through , this is the address that i filled in 260 form , my friends address, this is due to the fact that my good Tanzanian friend who i lost his contact during that time i found him and i will be comfortable to live with him more than the previous one , my first address was Philadelphia now i want to change it to New York, is it possible? secondly , i want my port of entry to be New York is there any problem with that? or i have to land Philadelphia? real appreciate what you do to us i wish to see , SORRY IF THESE QUESTION ARE REPEATED.
 
Alexngoda said:
hi britsimon, thank you for your help am sorry i do not find an option here to post straight my post on forum, but i hope this will be ok for you, my VISA has been issued me and my family, i have one question if not two, i want to change the address where my card will be sent through , this is the address that i filled in 260 form , my friends address, this is due to the fact that my good Tanzanian friend who i lost his contact during that time i found him and i will be comfortable to live with him more than the previous one , my first address was Philadelphia now i want to change it to New York, is it possible? secondly , i want my port of entry to be New York is there any problem with that? or i have to land Philadelphia? real appreciate what you do to us i wish to see , SORRY IF THESE QUESTION ARE REPEATED.
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Congratulations on getting the visa!
You can land wherever you want to. Inform the officer who processes your case on arrival that you would like to change the address to which your green card will be sent, and s/he will change the details on your case to the new address.
 
EU2015 said:
Hello everyone, it's been a while. Thought I would leave a little update.

My wife and I set Sail on the Queen Mary 2 from Southampton (UK) to Brooklyn, NY for our activation/permanent move. We had an amazing 7 days at sea with all inclusive 5* service on the ship. We took our lives with us, and it all had to fit in our cabin. 6 suitcases, 2 boxes, 1 bike, 2 backpacks and 1 set of screwdrivers - it all fit (and we went for the basic room) and there was no extra charge like there would have been on a plane.

Check in at the Southampton terminal was straight forward, they asked if we had an ESTA, we said no, but the stamp on our passport meant we didn't need one. They were happy with that.

We arrived at the Brooklyn Port a week later fully rested and without any jetlag thanks to the clocks on the ship going back 1 hour each night. We thought things might be a little complicated here since we were at a cruise terminal rather than an airport but we were wrong. Security looked at our passports, asked for the package (finally!) and took us to a room where they took each of our fingerprints. After 25 minutes we were out of there and in a taxi on our way to Manhattan.

The next day - we went to a Self-Storage and left all our stuff there on a month by month contract, we then went to T-Mobile and got a monthly contract (we left a deposit of 80$ to avoid a credit check - given we have no history). Finally we went to Citibank who were happy to open a checking account for us - they asked just for a proof of address (here or in the UK - we gave our drivers licence) and somewhere to send our cards to. They gave us temporary cards the same day, and our permanent bank cards are being sent to our SSN address.

Today we have received my wife's SSN number at the address we originally gave them (we didn't change it on entry), hopefully mine will arrive tomorrow. We didn't have to go to the SSN office to chase it up so I suppose we have been lucky.

Now onto bigger things...a credit card, a US licence, a car and a house!
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That is the "real" immigrant arrival. You should have asked for the ship to drop you off at Ellis Island. Good luck with settling in. I assume the bike is a super doopa electric prototype or something. Yours truly is doing the daily commute by cycle right now so if you want a West Coast guinea pig, let me know!
 
Hello guys i have won the DV 2016 and hust submitted the dv260 visa application form.

Could you please tell when i will get an interview date.
How many days will it take to process my application and send an interview date.
My case number is something like 2016xxx6x5
 
Johnbapp said:
Hello guys i have won the DV 2016 and hust submitted the dv260 visa application form.

Could you please tell when i will get an interview date.
How many days will it take to process my application and send an interview date.
My case number is something like 2016xxx6x5
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Region?
 
Dear Britsimon,

first I would like to thank u and other members for the information that help a lot during the visa process. Today, I received my pass together with my family passports with the visas. However, I noticed a transcriptional error in the middle name of my wife in the printed visa. It was typed correctedly in the enclosed visa summary given alongside the sealed envolope.

Kindly help, what I supposed to do. Is it correctable error that I can email the embassy trying to correct it or I shall neglect it and see how things goes.
 
AH ali said:
Dear Britsimon,

first I would like to thank u and other members for the information that help a lot during the visa process. Today, I received my pass together with my family passports with the visas. However, I noticed a transcriptional error in the middle name of my wife in the printed visa. It was typed correctedly in the enclosed visa summary given alongside the sealed envolope.

Kindly help, what I supposed to do. Is it correctable error that I can email the embassy trying to correct it or I shall neglect it and see how things goes.
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Congratulations to you and your family. The error on your wife's should not be ignored. You need to contact the embassy right away, so that they can issue a new visa with the correct name on it
 
I had my interview (successful) on Monday. When I log in to the ceac. website, my status is still on "ready", the only thing that changes is the status updated date. On Monday in was 18.05, and today it was changed to 20.05, but the status is still the same "ready". Is that normal? They said they would call me when to come to pick up my passport, so I guess the status shoudl change to "issued" , right?

One more things: does everybody who goes to the interview (world wide) has to take an oath or is that not mandatory, because on my interview that wasn't the case and I read from other people that they had to take/say the oath that they are telling the truth etc...
 
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