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Hi again.

Wondering if there our DV case numbers are supposed to be entered anywhere on the I-485? Of course it will be included with the supporting documents but just double checking :)

Thanks.
 
damo1089 said:
Hi again.

Wondering if there our DV case numbers are supposed to be entered anywhere on the I-485? Of course it will be included with the supporting documents but just double checking :)

Thanks.
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Have you gone through the I-485? You should be able to answer that question yourself.
 
Only about a hundred times. I can't see it there. The closest thing is receipt number of underlying petition which you already said to leave blank, so I guess the answer to my own question is no.

Thanks :)
 
Dear Mom,

Today I received an email with title: 2019.... (my case number) Diversity Visa Adjustment Letter with the PDF attached starting with "Dear .... Thank you for informing us that you plan to apply with Adjustment of Status with USCIS....". And a second PDF attached with the information about visa payment.

1) Less than a week since I signed and submitted DS-260. It's not automatically generated, it's signed by the person. Is this a 2NL?

2) Is it ok that only me received this letter? I'm the principal applicant. There is no letters in other email boxes of my dependents?

Thank you!
 
Lnpsv said:
Dear Mom,

Today I received an email with title: 2019.... (my case number) Diversity Visa Adjustment Letter with the PDF attached starting with "Dear .... Thank you for informing us that you plan to apply with Adjustment of Status with USCIS....". And a second PDF attached with the information about visa payment.

1) Less than a week since I signed and submitted DS-260. It's not automatically generated, it's signed by the person. Is this a 2NL?

2) Is it ok that only me received this letter? I'm the principal applicant. There is no letters in other email boxes of my dependents?

Thank you!
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1. Yes.
2. Yes - only one 2NL gets sent.
 
Hello.

I was chosen through Lottery DV-2019. My CN 2019EU00004xxx. Currently I am in pending status with political asylum. I sent out form DS-260 and received letter 2NL. My next step is to pay $330 per family member, but I have a question: after sending form DS260 I relocated to another city (within the same state), I need to unlock DS260 and change address prior to submitting a payment, is it correct?
I have another problem. My passport was stolen and it will take few month to receive a new one. Once I will receive a new passport, would I need to provided changes for DS260 form? Or send a copy of a new passport with police report with a documents AOS?

Thank you.
 
Sm1smom said:
I only provide guidance for DV based AOS process and your question really isn’t about the DV based AOS process. But I will make an exception here:

Your O3 COS petition will most likely be denied following your AOS petition filing. O3 is a non-immigrant petition while the AOS is an immigrant petition - I’m not aware of USCIS approving a non-immigrant petition when the petitioner subsequently filed an immigrant petition. And yes, USCIS takesa long time in adjudicating COS petitions.
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Much appreciated !
Thank you
 
Angel87 said:
Hello.

I was chosen through Lottery DV-2019. My CN 2019EU00004xxx. Currently I am in pending status with political asylum. I sent out form DS-260 and received letter 2NL. My next step is to pay $330 per family member, but I have a question: after sending form DS260 I relocated to another city (within the same state), I need to unlock DS260 and change address prior to submitting a payment, is it correct?
I have another problem. My passport was stolen and it will take few month to receive a new one. Once I will receive a new passport, would I need to provided changes for DS260 form? Or send a copy of a new passport with police report with a documents AOS?

Thank you.
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1. Not necessary - you can leave the form as is. Just make sure you have the right, up to date information on your I-485 and other AOS forms when you get to that stage.

2. Same as 1 above.
 
Today is the day my package begins it's journey to the lock box.

To anyone current later. Start your package early. I can't imagine the stress and mistakes in there had I only started it last week.

Also quadruple check everything. My wife and I found mistakes, one maybe small mistake and another crucial one, after our third look.

Regarding a cover letter, we just included one that was mostly a list of the order that the package was assembled in, which was made based around the assembly tips on the USCIS website.
 
damo1089 said:
Today is the day my package begins it's journey to the lock box.

To anyone current later. Start your package early. I can't imagine the stress and mistakes in there had I only started it last week.

Also quadruple check everything. My wife and I found mistakes, one maybe small mistake and another crucial one, after our third look.

Regarding a cover letter, we just included one that was mostly a list of the order that the package was assembled in, which was made based around the assembly tips on the USCIS website.
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wish you and your package best of luck. May i know if you included any financial document for your case.
 
Hello all,


please consider following words as my situation as an international student with F1 visa which means i am not allowed work off campus and i only can work on campus. So, the only income that i have comes from on campus job which is only about 600 US dollar. Moreover, as a student coming from IRAN, i can not transfer a lot of money from my home country to my US bank account because of a lot of restrictions and economic sanctions that have been applied on my country.

Here's the thing:

I was thinking about financial document that i better to include in my AOS package. i finally could find a friend wants to be my sponsor. i went through i134 form and i realized if there be an issue in the way we fill out the form OR other related documents(w2 form, 1099 form) we provide to FO, the FO may go for RFE which may delay in my case which is scary. i have 3 other options to provide the FO as a financial document:

1- Ask some of my friends in US to send me money to have enough fund in my US bank account above than 125% of poverty line. The thing is i do not know if this is a good way as an financial evidence because if the FO ask me about the source of the money, i do not know what to say. Moreover, if the bank staff/employee or other people monitor transferring money in US, ask me about the source of the money is coming to my bank account, i do not know what to say.

2- showing a bank statement from my bank account in my home country. i do not know if FO accept from me this document because this is a document which is issued from my home country not from US.

3- The combination of my bank statement from my home country's bank AND i134 form. With this way, i can make sure if there is an issue in i134 form and related stuff, the FO has this opportunity to look into my bank statement from my home country and makes sure that i am not gonna become a public charge.


Any thought and comment is appreciated in advance.
 
Hi Mom
I'm a bit confused regrading the SD-260.
I read the google sheet and I know you recommend to file it even when adjusting status, but I've read this on the USCIA website:
If You Are Filing an Adjustment of Status
If you are physically present in the United States and will apply for adjustment of status with USCIS, then your case will not be processed by the NVC and you will not apply for an immigrant visa. Do not pay any fees or submit any forms to the NVC. Notify the NVC by email or mail as soon as you decide to pursue adjustment of status.
But in other (not official) places I read: "The rules for DV processing for those wishing to "adjust status" in the USA have changed since 2014 and now everyone wishing to adjust in the USA have got to file the DS-260 as well."
I really don't know what to do.
I can submit my DV according to my number but don't know if I should apply for the DS-260 pay the fees and what for the letter.
Any advice ?
Thank you!
 
jimy ny said:
Hello all,


please consider following words as my situation as an international student with F1 visa which means i am not allowed work off campus and i only can work on campus. So, the only income that i have comes from on campus job which is only about 600 US dollar. Moreover, as a student coming from IRAN, i can not transfer a lot of money from my home country to my US bank account because of a lot of restrictions and economic sanctions that have been applied on my country.

Here's the thing:

I was thinking about financial document that i better to include in my AOS package. i finally could find a friend wants to be my sponsor. i went through i134 form and i realized if there be an issue in the way we fill out the form OR other related documents(w2 form, 1099 form) we provide to FO, the FO may go for RFE which may delay in my case which is scary. i have 3 other options to provide the FO as a financial document:

1- Ask some of my friends in US to send me money to have enough fund in my US bank account above than 125% of poverty line. The thing is i do not know if this is a good way as an financial evidence because if the FO ask me about the source of the money, i do not know what to say. Moreover, if the bank staff/employee or other people monitor transferring money in US, ask me about the source of the money is coming to my bank account, i do not know what to say.

2- showing a bank statement from my bank account in my home country. i do not know if FO accept from me this document because this is a document which is issued from my home country not from US.

3- The combination of my bank statement from my home country's bank AND i134 form. With this way, i can make sure if there is an issue in i134 form and related stuff, the FO has this opportunity to look into my bank statement from my home country and makes sure that i am not gonna become a public charge.


Any thought and comment is appreciated in advance.
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If your friend’s income meets the applicable poverty guideline level and he/she has the required documents to back up the claim, why do you think a RFE could be issued?

Your processing time will already most likely be longer than the average processing time by virtue of your being chargeable to Iran - verifying documents from Iran takes much longer. Do whatever you legitimately can to have US financials in support of your petition.
 
nnniii said:
Hi Mom
I'm a bit confused regrading the SD-260.
I read the google sheet and I know you recommend to file it even when adjusting status, but I've read this on the USCIA website:
If You Are Filing an Adjustment of Status
If you are physically present in the United States and will apply for adjustment of status with USCIS, then your case will not be processed by the NVC and you will not apply for an immigrant visa. Do not pay any fees or submit any forms to the NVC. Notify the NVC by email or mail as soon as you decide to pursue adjustment of status.
But in other (not official) places I read: "The rules for DV processing for those wishing to "adjust status" in the USA have changed since 2014 and now everyone wishing to adjust in the USA have got to file the DS-260 as well."
I really don't know what to do.
I can submit my DV according to my number but don't know if I should apply for the DS-260 pay the fees and what for the letter.
Any advice ?
Thank you!
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1. NVC has nothing to do with visa lottery, they do not provide guidance nor process DV cases.
2. KCC is the administrative body in charge of DV cases.
3. Your AOS petition WILL NOT be approved if the $330 DV administrative fee is not paid.
4. You may submit or decide to not submit the DS260 form, your call.
 
Dear Mom,
Your page carries wealth of information. My spouse is a DV winner for 2019 and our case number is 44xx Asia. We are going to have a child, so we will apply medicaid. Few days ago, there is a proposal announced by dhs regarding public charge. I read few pages and it says that those having, had or will have the public benefits will be considered public charge and can affect AOS.
1. What can be the safest way for AOS without getting allegation of public charge (if this proposal is implemented)?
 
Prasin said:
Dear Mom,
Your page carries wealth of information. My spouse is a DV winner for 2019 and our case number is 44xx Asia. We are going to have a child, so we will apply medicaid. Few days ago, there is a proposal announced by dhs regarding public charge. I read few pages and it says that those having, had or will have the public benefits will be considered public charge and can affect AOS.
1. What can be the safest way for AOS without getting allegation of public charge (if this proposal is implemented)?
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The safest way to overcome public charge allegations is to not plan on applying (like you’re doing) or knowingly apply for or utilize public benefits one is not entitled to. I realize my response may come across as judgmental or harsh. That’s not the intent, I don’t sugarcoat things - I prefer to be upfront and direct with people.
 
Dear Members,

As a piece of advice I would recommend going over DV2018 thread. I was not lazy and read all 200 pages of questions and answers. I would say a lot of questions are repeated. Also, members shared their experience about the interview.

Thank you Mom for doing such an amazing job. Without this website people would be lost :)
 
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