DV 2019 All Selectees

[wael2019]

Hello Sm1smom , I was selected on DV 2019 , I am on F1 I got one year OPT for the year 2015 and my EAD expired , but I kept working 2016 ,2017 , and I had filed TAX for all the years with the IRS , I got payed with 1099 it was not W2 . Do you think this situation would effect passing the interview ? if yes, is there any way to overcome it ?

 

[Sm1smom]

Hello Sm1smom , I was selected on DV 2019 , I am on F1 I got one year OPT for the year 2015 and my EAD expired , but I kept working 2016 ,2017 , and I had filed TAX for all the years with the IRS , I got payed with 1099 it was not W2 . Do you think this situation would effect passing the interview ? if yes, is there any way to overcome it ?

Answered on the AOS thread.

 

[Frank Boakye]

Is a polytechnic a university or a vocational college?

I'm not sure whether Polytechnics are universities or not. They are are tertiary instutions offering Higher National Diploma as of 2002. They have now been upgraded to technical university offering degrees.

What I know is that as of 2002 an E was a pass grade in SSSCE and was acceptable for university admission provided the candidate has aggregate of 24 or better in 6 subjects including Maths and English.
I personally entered university of Ghana in 2000 with an E in English but total aggregate of 16.

Do you think getting her SSSCE certificate Evaluated by WES of USA would help?

 

[RoyalDave]

I am now in a Divastated state. I didn’t pass Mathmatics in my High School, but I now have diploma in IT and Software Engineering.
1. Can my Diploma certificate qualify me?
2. I have developed and manage a website since 2015 but I don’t have a pay slip from the company, will the embassy consider intoductory letter from the company stating my experience?
3. If I manage to get admission in a US University, will that be enough reason to approve my visa?

 

[SusieQQQ]

I am now in a Divastated state. I didn’t pass Mathmatics in my High School, but I now have diploma in IT and Software Engineering.
1. Can my Diploma certificate qualify me?
2. I have developed and manage a website since 2015 but I don’t have a pay slip from the company, will the embassy consider intoductory letter from the company stating my experience?
3. If I manage to get admission in a US University, will that be enough reason to approve my visa?

(1) If i understand correctly and a diploma is something below the level of a university degree, unfortunately not. If you have a university degree you might be able to use it.
(2)If you want to qualify on work experience, it’s tough -and a letter isn’t enough. You need to find your occupation on the o*net website referred to in the instructions for selectees, then (1) see if it matches the criteria for DV (job zone 4 or 5 with SVP >7, and if it does (2) carefully document how you have held this position for at least two years re job description, job duties etc. something you don’t even have a pay slip for is probably not going to be enough to prove this, unfortunately.
(3) no.

 

[RoyalDave]

Any advice for me? @SusieQQQ, what should I do in my case?

(1) If i understand correctly and a diploma is something below the level of a university degree, unfortunately not. If you have a university degree you might be able to use it.
(2)If you want to qualify on work experience, it’s tough -and a letter isn’t enough. You need to find your occupation on the o*net website referred to in the instructions for selectees, then (1) see if it matches the criteria for DV (job zone 4 or 5 with SVP >7, and if it does (2) carefully document how you have held this position for at least two years re job description, job duties etc. something you don’t even have a pay slip for is probably not going to be enough to prove this, unfortunately.
(3) no.

 

[Aisha Armed]

I'm not sure whether Polytechnics are universities or not. They are are tertiary instutions offering Higher National Diploma as of 2002. They have now been upgraded to technical university offering degrees.

What I know is that as of 2002 an E was a pass grade in SSSCE and was acceptable for university admission provided the candidate has aggregate of 24 or better in 6 subjects including Maths and English.
I personally entered university of Ghana in 2000 with an E in English but total aggregate of 16.

Do you think getting her SSSCE certificate Evaluated by WES of USA would help?

Any response to my question? She has degree from university of Ghana since 2016

 

[Sm1smom]

I'm not sure whether Polytechnics are universities or not. They are are tertiary instutions offering Higher National Diploma as of 2002. They have now been upgraded to technical university offering degrees.

What I know is that as of 2002 an E was a pass grade in SSSCE and was acceptable for university admission provided the candidate has aggregate of 24 or better in 6 subjects including Maths and English.
I personally entered university of Ghana in 2000 with an E in English but total aggregate of 16.

Do you think getting her SSSCE certificate Evaluated by WES of USA would help?

Any response to my question? She has degree from university of Ghana since 2016

You need to stick to one user profile, using multiple profiles for the same question comes across as dubious.

Anyway, getting a WES evaluation wouldn’t hurt the case. So I would say get one.

 

[Mushy_hot]

My sister in law is selected for 2019 and her CN is just under 8k now her hubby has not yet arrived in Kenya, he is still in India, they got married in November 2017 and because of work permit issue she has not called her husband, now she want to know that they have to apply as separate application? As hubby will process from India and wife from Kenya, do they both have to qualify?

 

[Sm1smom]

My sister in law is selected for 2019 and her CN is just under 8k now her hubby has not yet arrived in Kenya, he is still in India, they got married in November 2017 and because of work permit issue she has not called her husband, now she want to know that they have to apply as separate application? As hubby will process from India and wife from Kenya, do they both have to qualify?

They cannot be processed separately in different countries - their interview will be scheduled and processed together based on the wife’s listed home address. If wife is in Kenya, that’s where they will both be expected to attend their interview, together.

I must say though I don’t understand the section of your post that says she hasn’t called her husband due to work permit issue. How so??? A work permit is required before phone calls can be placed between Kenya and India?

 

[Mushy_hot]

They cannot be processed separately in different countries - their interview will be scheduled and processed together based on the wife’s listed home address. If wife is in Kenya, that’s where they will both be expected to attend their interview, together.

I must say though I don’t understand the section of your post that says she hasn’t called her husband due to work permit issue. How so??? A work permit is required before phone calls can be placed between Kenya and India?

Not a phone call, she has not told husband to come to Kenya due to work permit problems, right now government is not issuing work permits even when I came in 2012 i spent 10 months in house as it was problem of work permit, now if her husband comes he won't get permit in 6 months and I think November she might get current, so they don't know what to do.

 

[Sm1smom]

Not a phone call, she has not told husband to come to Kenya due to work permit problems, right now government is not issuing work permits even when I came in 2012 i spent 10 months in house as it was problem of work permit, now if her husband comes he won't get permit in 6 months and I think November she might get current, so they don't know what to do.

Does he need a work permit to enter Kenya? I hope they realize they may be required to prove their marriage is genuine if they got married after the eDV registration period, considering the fact that they’ve been living separately in different countries since they got married in Nov. 2017.

 

[Mushy_hot]

Does he need a work permit to enter Kenya? I hope they realize they may be required to prove their marriage is genuine if they got married after the eDV registration period, considering the fact that they’ve been living separately in different countries since they got married in Nov. 2017.

They married in November 2017 which we can't call for DV purpose, now he can come to Kenya but he won't get legal status soon, it will take time. Me i got married in November 2011 and I came to Kenya in July 2012. And still I had to spent long time in house without status

 

[Mushy_hot]

Does he need a work permit to enter Kenya? I hope they realize they may be required to prove their marriage is genuine if they got married after the eDV registration period, considering the fact that they’ve been living separately in different countries since they got married in Nov. 2017.

They married in November 2017 which we can't call for DV purpose, now he can come to Kenya but he won't get legal status soon, it will take time. Me i got married in November 2011 and I came to Kenya in July 2012. And still I had to spent long time in house without status

 

[SusieQQQ]

They married in November 2017 which we can't call for DV purpose, now he can come to Kenya but he won't get legal status soon, it will take time. Me i got married in November 2011 and I came to Kenya in July 2012. And still I had to spent long time in house without status

Can't your sister in law go to India until the interview then? Change interview location to there?

 

[Sm1smom]

They married in November 2017 which we can't call for DV purpose, now he can come to Kenya but he won't get legal status soon, it will take time. Me i got married in November 2011 and I came to Kenya in July 2012. And still I had to spent long time in house without status

So the husband can’t obtain a visitor’s visa that allows him to visit Kenya for a couple of months in order to attend the interview with his wife? Then the wife should look at moving to India until the interview like Susie said above.

 

[Aisha Armed]

You need to stick to one user profile, using multiple profiles for the same question comes across as dubious.

Anyway, getting a WES evaluation wouldn’t hurt the case. So I would say get one.

Sorry but we created 2 accounts one for my self and the other for my spouse. We both have access to the 2 accounts hence the postings from from the 2 accounts....no intention to be dubious. What I do does not permit it in the minutest on forms...

On the WES evaluation, I will get one.. just that it adding to the cost as we are family of 5.

 

[Mushy_hot]

So the husband can’t obtain a visitor’s visa that allows him to visit Kenya for a couple of months in order to attend the interview with his wife? Then the wife should look at moving to India until the interview like Susie said above.

She can move to India as she has OCI (overseas citizenship of India), thanks for this information, I think problem solved, now they have to change embassy only.

 

[Omer El Amin]

Hello,

I have been selected in the DV-2019. My case number is 2019AF24xxx. The charge country is Sudan. I know it is too early to know but a rough answers will do

1. Is my number too high for AF? Is there a risk not to reach to an interview phase?

2. If I get an interview when would it be roughly?

Thanks
Omar

 

[Bob22]

I am surprised a Diploma is not seen as higher as a High School Graduation. Is it up to the individual officer doing the interview about what they see as acceptable or not?