• Hello Members, This forums is for DV lottery visas only. For other immigration related questions, please go to our forums home page, find the related forum and post it there.

DV 2020 All Selectees

jay8 said:
Hello friends. I have a question: I have realised that the airport of my last destination is not the first port of entry.

1. I will have to deliver the package and finish immigration issues at the first POE or at the port of destination?

2. If it is the first POE how many hours/minutes this process can take so that I don't miss my domestic flight?
(The first POE is Chicago)
Click to expand...

Your “first” POE is your only POE (you only “enter” at the first airport....) so yes you do it there.

It depends on the airport, generally if coming in through immigration you should allow around 3 hours to ensure you have enough time to complete immigration procedures (remember you will start off by standing in the normal queue so just that could take some time at a busy airport), get processed, get your bags, drop them off at the baggage counter for your domestic flight, possibly have to change terminals, and go through security for the domestic flight. Chicago is quite a busy airport usually.
 
SusieQQQ said:
Your “first” POE is your only POE (you only “enter” at the first airport....) so yes you do it there.

It depends on the airport, generally if coming in through immigration you should allow around 3 hours to ensure you have enough time to complete immigration procedures (remember you will start off by standing in the normal queue so just that could take some time at a busy airport), get processed, get your bags, drop them off at the baggage counter for your domestic flight, possibly have to change terminals, and go through security for the domestic flight. Chicago is quite a busy airport usually.
Click to expand...

Thanks @SusieQQQ do you think 3 hours are enough at Chicago if I have 5 hours in transit will I make it?
 
UPDATE!
Got an email on thursday to submit my passport for visa stamping
I just want to say DO NOT and i repeat DO NOT go to your interview without all the DOCS you can get. In my case it was an I-134 and Bank statements. They were readily available to me but i chose to underlook their importance. It could have landed a fatal blow(maybe i am overthinking it) but you know its a lottery, meaning you got a chance, DO NOT waste it.
Moving to the next stage so going to other forums e.g. moving and settling down,etc.
Thank you all for the insights especially @SusieQQQ @Aidyn and Simon who answered most of my queries on this platform. God bless you all.
All the best to errone who may be in AP.
Alain
 
analain said:
UPDATE!
Got an email on thursday to submit my passport for visa stamping
I just want to say DO NOT and i repeat DO NOT go to your interview without all the DOCS you can get. In my case it was an I-134 and Bank statements. They were readily available to me but i chose to underlook their importance. It could have landed a fatal blow(maybe i am overthinking it) but you know its a lottery, meaning you got a chance, DO NOT waste it.
Moving to the next stage so going to other forums e.g. moving and settling down,etc.
Thank you all for the insights especially @SusieQQQ @Aidyn and Simon who answered most of my queries on this platform. God bless you all.
All the best to errone who may be in AP.
Alain
Click to expand...
Congrats!!
 
SusieQQQ said:
generally if coming in through immigration you should allow around 3 hours to ensure you have enough time to complete immigration procedures
Click to expand...
Does the actual process of entering take very long? I’ve done immigration/border control at LAX and HNL a number of time on ESTA so have a fair idea of the queue lengths etc. but at your first entry how long does the actual process of entering take (I.e. from leaving the queue to speak to an immigration officer to walking away to collect your bags)?
 
This is my first time on the forum. My sister has a high number for dv2020 AF52xxx . What happens when the numbers are current in the final months?
 
Hi everyone. I've a doubt. I'm SA 38XX but my NVC case was approved. The next step is pay fees. I don't know what to do, should I wait for my lotery number be current probably in September or I start with the NVC process??
 
amc_556 said:
Does the actual process of entering take very long? I’ve done immigration/border control at LAX and HNL a number of time on ESTA so have a fair idea of the queue lengths etc. but at your first entry how long does the actual process of entering take (I.e. from leaving the queue to speak to an immigration officer to walking away to collect your bags)?
Click to expand...
Totally variable. Some people take 5 minutes. It took us over an hour waiting our turn in secondary for immigrant processing (even though our first queue hadn’t been that long).
 
Lya said:
Hi everyone. I've a doubt. I'm SA 38XX but my NVC case was approved. The next step is pay fees. I don't know what to do, should I wait for my lotery number be current probably in September or I start with the NVC process??
Click to expand...

Not sure what you mean by your “NVC case was approved”. NVC doesn’t play any role in DV based cases.
 
Febri said:
With my CN instead of Af , the letters are different.
Click to expand...

Didn’t we already conclude a while back that what you have is the confirmation number following your eDV registration/submission and NOT the CN actual selectees get when the results are released? If that is not the case, then write out your CN with the initial letters and mask out the last two to three numbers (at the end).
 
Sm1smom said:
Not sure what you mean by your “NVC case was approved”. NVC doesn’t play any role in DV based cases.
Click to expand...
Sorry I don't know much about this terms in English. I've have a spousal petition. Visa class C21. I want to know what process is better o faster.
 
Lya said:
Sorry I don't know much about this terms in English. I've have a spousal petition. Visa class C21. I want to know what process is better o faster.
Click to expand...

Lya said:
Yeah I'm SA 38XX. That's why I'm asking
Click to expand...

Oh I see! You mean you have a pending spousal visa which is now approved at the NVC stage in addition to being a DV2019 selectee with SA38xx CN, and you wish to know whether to proceed with the spousal petition or wait for your DV CN to become current and process that. Correct?
 
Sm1smom said:
Oh I see! You mean you have a pending spousal visa which is now approved at the NVC stage in addition to being a DV2019 selectee with SA38xx CN, and you wish to know whether to proceed with the spousal petition or wait for your DV CN to become current and process that. Correct?
Click to expand...
Exactly!! But I'm DV2020
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top