You asked bit good questions !!..It helps to me also .Thankx
DV 2020 Sri Lankan Winners
@Nimal123 , according to your previous questions in this thread, it's better if you ask MORE and aware about the Job Category/scoring (zone) from him, rather than Documents order in his file.
First of all, do not lose your moral. Still you may have a chance and it totally depends on CO who interview you and thing may differ from one CO to another. Second I believe even though I had both education (bachelor’s degree) and zone 4 work experience CO made decision based on my education which is easy for him to consider as proof. But I have no idea about people who are going with only work experience.
(1,2) If you do not have 3 passes, yes do not waste time on that. For me I told document collection officer that I do not have A/L 3 passes and I would like to try with my bachelor’s degree and work experience qualification while she asks to submit A/L documents. Then her face expression suddenly changed and return back in side and talk something with the CO officer who later interview me (maybe she asked some suggestions from him I could see it through the window and my heart beat rams up almost scare to death) then she come back and gave me a warning instruction by giving a notice that without A/L we will not have any possibilities to verify your degree credential (because it is from UK university) even if it is it will take some time and also the authenticity of your work experience. Your visa may be refused due to these reasons and in that case any fees will not be refunded so are you accept this and willing to proceed further? Then I looked at the notice. It mentioned something about all family members should be included in your initial entry, 3 A/L passes required then it said about work experience as follows
“Please not that most of these kinds of jobs require the equivalent of a US university degree. Few people qualify for the DV based on their work experience alone. Therefore, we recommend that you verify whether you can qualify based on your work experience before proceeding with your application”
Then I said I agree then she said ok good Please go to other counter make your payment and come back. After she took rest of all required documents.
(3) I worked 3 places within last 5 years. I brought all. I attached original copies of
- work experience letter from each employer
- my employment agreement or contract with the company which was given to me by the company while they recruit me
Here some remarkable things happen. The document officer was very keen on the dates. She asked
DO: when did you finished your degree
Me: I replied
Do: so, after you finished your degree you started working on jobs you submitted here right?
Me: yes madam
Do: good
Then she went through my work experience documents and ask
Do: all your work experience letters have very recent dates. Why they did not offer this at your resignation?
Me: I replied
Do: (then her face expression suddenly changed) do you have resignation acceptance letters which was giving by your company at your resignation?
Me: yes, madam but unfortunately, I did not bring it now. (actually, I do not have any, but I lied
)Do: you should have that, OK, go and sit, we will call your token number when interview is ready
(4) there was no any order. I brought following
- birth certificate both original and translation with photocopies
- police certificate
- my original bachelor’s degree certificate and transcripts (no photocopies accepted)
- Work experiences letters along with employment contracts (submit the originals do not submit photocopies)
(5) I guess mine was the longest interview which took more than 30 minutes. I cannot remember all, and it depends on person to person so better focus on
- prepare to tell something about your self
- about duties perform
- challenges you face during your work how and what did you do to overcome
- may ask some technical terms in your job category to describe what it is and how do you apply it in your job
- May give you a problem scenario in your job role and ask you how you will resolve it
- about your working environment, structure and colleagues
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Thank you very much friend ...First of all, do not lose your moral. Still you may have a chance and it totally depends on CO who interview you and thing may differ from one CO to another. Second I believe even though I had both education (bachelor’s degree) and zone 4 work experience CO made decision based on my education which is easy for him to consider as proof. But I have no idea about people who are going with only work experience.
(1,2) If you do not have 3 passes, yes do not waste time on that. For me I told document collection officer that I do not have A/L 3 passes and I would like to try with my bachelor’s degree and work experience qualification while she asks to submit A/L documents. Then her face expression suddenly changed and return back in side and talk something with the CO officer who later interview me (maybe she asked some suggestions from him I could see it through the window and my heart beat rams up almost scare to death) then she come back and gave me a warning instruction by giving a notice that without A/L we will not have any possibilities to verify your degree credential (because it is from UK university) even if it is it will take some time and also the authenticity of your work experience. Your visa may be refused due to these reasons and in that case any fees will not be refunded so are you accept this and willing to proceed further? Then I looked at the notice. It mentioned something about all family members should be included in your initial entry, 3 A/L passes required then it said about work experience as follows
“Please not that most of these kinds of jobs require the equivalent of a US university degree. Few people qualify for the DV based on their work experience alone. Therefore, we recommend that you verify whether you can qualify based on your work experience before proceeding with your application”
Then I said I agree then she said ok good Please go to other counter make your payment and come back. After she took rest of all required documents.
(3) I worked 3 places within last 5 years. I brought all. I attached original copies of
- work experience letter from each employer
- my employment agreement or contract with the company which was given to me by the company while they recruit me
Here some remarkable things happen. The document officer was very keen on the dates. She asked
DO: when did you finished your degree
Me: I replied
Do: so, after you finished your degree you started working on jobs you submitted here right?
Me: yes madam
Do: good
Then she went through my work experience documents and ask
Do: all your work experience letters have very recent dates. Why they did not offer this at your resignation?
Me: I replied
Do: (then her face expression suddenly changed) do you have resignation acceptance letters which was giving by your company at your resignation?
Me: yes, madam but unfortunately, I did not bring it now. (actually, I do not have any, but I lied
Do: you should have that, OK, go and sit, we will call your token number when interview is ready
(4) there was no any order. I brought following
- birth certificate both original and translation with photocopies
- police certificate
- my original bachelor’s degree certificate and transcripts (no photocopies accepted)
- Work experiences letters along with employment contracts (submit the originals do not submit photocopies)
(5) I guess mine was the longest interview which took more than 30 minutes. I cannot remember all, and it depends on person to person so better focus on
- prepare to tell something about your self
- about duties perform
- challenges you face during your work how and what did you do to overcome
- may ask some technical terms in your job category to describe what it is and how do you apply it in your job
- May give you a problem scenario in your job role and ask you how you will resolve it
- about your working environment, structure and colleagues
First of all, do not lose your moral. Still you may have a chance and it totally depends on CO who interview you and thing may differ from one CO to another. Second I believe even though I had both education (bachelor’s degree) and zone 4 work experience CO made decision based on my education which is easy for him to consider as proof. But I have no idea about people who are going with only work experience.
(1,2) If you do not have 3 passes, yes do not waste time on that. For me I told document collection officer that I do not have A/L 3 passes and I would like to try with my bachelor’s degree and work experience qualification while she asks to submit A/L documents. Then her face expression suddenly changed and return back in side and talk something with the CO officer who later interview me (maybe she asked some suggestions from him I could see it through the window and my heart beat rams up almost scare to death) then she come back and gave me a warning instruction by giving a notice that without A/L we will not have any possibilities to verify your degree credential (because it is from UK university) even if it is it will take some time and also the authenticity of your work experience. Your visa may be refused due to these reasons and in that case any fees will not be refunded so are you accept this and willing to proceed further? Then I looked at the notice. It mentioned something about all family members should be included in your initial entry, 3 A/L passes required then it said about work experience as follows
“Please not that most of these kinds of jobs require the equivalent of a US university degree. Few people qualify for the DV based on their work experience alone. Therefore, we recommend that you verify whether you can qualify based on your work experience before proceeding with your application”
Then I said I agree then she said ok good Please go to other counter make your payment and come back. After she took rest of all required documents.
(3) I worked 3 places within last 5 years. I brought all. I attached original copies of
- work experience letter from each employer
- my employment agreement or contract with the company which was given to me by the company while they recruit me
Here some remarkable things happen. The document officer was very keen on the dates. She asked
DO: when did you finished your degree
Me: I replied
Do: so, after you finished your degree you started working on jobs you submitted here right?
Me: yes madam
Do: good
Then she went through my work experience documents and ask
Do: all your work experience letters have very recent dates. Why they did not offer this at your resignation?
Me: I replied
Do: (then her face expression suddenly changed) do you have resignation acceptance letters which was giving by your company at your resignation?
Me: yes, madam but unfortunately, I did not bring it now. (actually, I do not have any, but I lied
Do: you should have that, OK, go and sit, we will call your token number when interview is ready
(4) there was no any order. I brought following
- birth certificate both original and translation with photocopies
- police certificate
- my original bachelor’s degree certificate and transcripts (no photocopies accepted)
- Work experiences letters along with employment contracts (submit the originals do not submit photocopies)
(5) I guess mine was the longest interview which took more than 30 minutes. I cannot remember all, and it depends on person to person so better focus on
- prepare to tell something about your self
- about duties perform
- challenges you face during your work how and what did you do to overcome
- may ask some technical terms in your job category to describe what it is and how do you apply it in your job
- May give you a problem scenario in your job role and ask you how you will resolve it
- about your working environment, structure and colleagues
Guys i also submitted I-134 US sponsor document which i forgot to mention
How about 5540 form ?
No. they did not asked. but may be needed if you are over age 61, have any serious medical condition, very poor education and do not have I-134 US sponsor.
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
First of all, do not lose your moral. Still you may have a chance and it totally depends on CO who interview you and thing may differ from one CO to another. Second I believe even though I had both education (bachelor’s degree) and zone 4 work experience CO made decision based on my education which is easy for him to consider as proof. But I have no idea about people who are going with only work experience.
(1,2) If you do not have 3 passes, yes do not waste time on that. For me I told document collection officer that I do not have A/L 3 passes and I would like to try with my bachelor’s degree and work experience qualification while she asks to submit A/L documents. Then her face expression suddenly changed and return back in side and talk something with the CO officer who later interview me (maybe she asked some suggestions from him I could see it through the window and my heart beat rams up almost scare to death) then she come back and gave me a warning instruction by giving a notice that without A/L we will not have any possibilities to verify your degree credential (because it is from UK university) even if it is it will take some time and also the authenticity of your work experience. Your visa may be refused due to these reasons and in that case any fees will not be refunded so are you accept this and willing to proceed further? Then I looked at the notice. It mentioned something about all family members should be included in your initial entry, 3 A/L passes required then it said about work experience as follows
“Please not that most of these kinds of jobs require the equivalent of a US university degree. Few people qualify for the DV based on their work experience alone. Therefore, we recommend that you verify whether you can qualify based on your work experience before proceeding with your application”
Then I said I agree then she said ok good Please go to other counter make your payment and come back. After she took rest of all required documents.
(3) I worked 3 places within last 5 years. I brought all. I attached original copies of
- work experience letter from each employer
- my employment agreement or contract with the company which was given to me by the company while they recruit me
Here some remarkable things happen. The document officer was very keen on the dates. She asked
DO: when did you finished your degree
Me: I replied
Do: so, after you finished your degree you started working on jobs you submitted here right?
Me: yes madam
Do: good
Then she went through my work experience documents and ask
Do: all your work experience letters have very recent dates. Why they did not offer this at your resignation?
Me: I replied
Do: (then her face expression suddenly changed) do you have resignation acceptance letters which was giving by your company at your resignation?
Me: yes, madam but unfortunately, I did not bring it now. (actually, I do not have any, but I lied
Do: you should have that, OK, go and sit, we will call your token number when interview is ready
(4) there was no any order. I brought following
- birth certificate both original and translation with photocopies
- police certificate
- my original bachelor’s degree certificate and transcripts (no photocopies accepted)
- Work experiences letters along with employment contracts (submit the originals do not submit photocopies)
(5) I guess mine was the longest interview which took more than 30 minutes. I cannot remember all, and it depends on person to person so better focus on
- prepare to tell something about your self
- about duties perform
- challenges you face during your work how and what did you do to overcome
- may ask some technical terms in your job category to describe what it is and how do you apply it in your job
- May give you a problem scenario in your job role and ask you how you will resolve it
- about your working environment, structure and colleagues
Lying to an immigration officer is never a good idea. You were fortunate not to have ended up in AP as they could have insisted on withholding your approval until you provided the documents you claimed to have. It is very important to point this out to other readers who may be contemplating pulling a similar stunt.
Thank you very much..
Dear Prathepan,First of all, do not lose your moral. Still you may have a chance and it totally depends on CO who interview you and thing may differ from one CO to another. Second I believe even though I had both education (bachelor’s degree) and zone 4 work experience CO made decision based on my education which is easy for him to consider as proof. But I have no idea about people who are going with only work experience.
(1,2) If you do not have 3 passes, yes do not waste time on that. For me I told document collection officer that I do not have A/L 3 passes and I would like to try with my bachelor’s degree and work experience qualification while she asks to submit A/L documents. Then her face expression suddenly changed and return back in side and talk something with the CO officer who later interview me (maybe she asked some suggestions from him I could see it through the window and my heart beat rams up almost scare to death) then she come back and gave me a warning instruction by giving a notice that without A/L we will not have any possibilities to verify your degree credential (because it is from UK university) even if it is it will take some time and also the authenticity of your work experience. Your visa may be refused due to these reasons and in that case any fees will not be refunded so are you accept this and willing to proceed further? Then I looked at the notice. It mentioned something about all family members should be included in your initial entry, 3 A/L passes required then it said about work experience as follows
“Please not that most of these kinds of jobs require the equivalent of a US university degree. Few people qualify for the DV based on their work experience alone. Therefore, we recommend that you verify whether you can qualify based on your work experience before proceeding with your application”
Then I said I agree then she said ok good Please go to other counter make your payment and come back. After she took rest of all required documents.
(3) I worked 3 places within last 5 years. I brought all. I attached original copies of
- work experience letter from each employer
- my employment agreement or contract with the company which was given to me by the company while they recruit me
Here some remarkable things happen. The document officer was very keen on the dates. She asked
DO: when did you finished your degree
Me: I replied
Do: so, after you finished your degree you started working on jobs you submitted here right?
Me: yes madam
Do: good
Then she went through my work experience documents and ask
Do: all your work experience letters have very recent dates. Why they did not offer this at your resignation?
Me: I replied
Do: (then her face expression suddenly changed) do you have resignation acceptance letters which was giving by your company at your resignation?
Me: yes, madam but unfortunately, I did not bring it now. (actually, I do not have any, but I lied
Do: you should have that, OK, go and sit, we will call your token number when interview is ready
(4) there was no any order. I brought following
- birth certificate both original and translation with photocopies
- police certificate
- my original bachelor’s degree certificate and transcripts (no photocopies accepted)
- Work experiences letters along with empl,
oyment contracts (submit the originals do not submit photocopies)
(5) I guess mine was the longest interview which took more than 30 minutes. I cannot remember all, and it depends on person to person so better focus on
- prepare to tell something about your self
- about duties perform
- challenges you face during your work how and what did you do to overcome
- may ask some technical terms in your job category to describe what it is and how do you apply it in your job
- May give you a problem scenario in your job role and ask you how you will resolve it
- about your working environment, structure and colleagues
First of all sorry for the bothering you. As you could remember,
Did they try to map your job as per the O*net requirement , category and the rank?
what do you think, have they gone trough your details submitted ds260 before the interview ?
As your explanation here, interview starts with a negative feeling if we don have A/L, as your experience, any way or any chance to make the CO mood to positive ?
Reg
Nimal
Dear Prathepan,
First of all sorry for the bothering you. As you could remember,
Did they try to map your job as per the O*net requirement , category and the rank?
what do you think, have they gone trough your details submitted ds260 before the interview ?
As your explanation here, interview starts with a negative feeling if we don have A/L, as your experience, any way or any chance to make the CO mood to positive ?
Reg
Nimal
Silly question, anyway yes they will go through with O*net and DS260 each word by word and sentence by sentence. I believe each CO will do homework on each case that they are going to handle before the interview. Do not under estimate them ever because they have some protocols to judge the authenticity of their cases. The only way to make the CO mood to positive is you should use any spell with magic wand like Harry Potter if you have!!
@parthepan Nicely explainedFirst of all, do not lose your moral. Still you may have a chance and it totally depends on CO who interview you and thing may differ from one CO to another. Second I believe even though I had both education (bachelor’s degree) and zone 4 work experience CO made decision based on my education which is easy for him to consider as proof. But I have no idea about people who are going with only work experience.
(1,2) If you do not have 3 passes, yes do not waste time on that. For me I told document collection officer that I do not have A/L 3 passes and I would like to try with my bachelor’s degree and work experience qualification while she asks to submit A/L documents. Then her face expression suddenly changed and return back in side and talk something with the CO officer who later interview me (maybe she asked some suggestions from him I could see it through the window and my heart beat rams up almost scare to death) then she come back and gave me a warning instruction by giving a notice that without A/L we will not have any possibilities to verify your degree credential (because it is from UK university) even if it is it will take some time and also the authenticity of your work experience. Your visa may be refused due to these reasons and in that case any fees will not be refunded so are you accept this and willing to proceed further? Then I looked at the notice. It mentioned something about all family members should be included in your initial entry, 3 A/L passes required then it said about work experience as follows
“Please not that most of these kinds of jobs require the equivalent of a US university degree. Few people qualify for the DV based on their work experience alone. Therefore, we recommend that you verify whether you can qualify based on your work experience before proceeding with your application”
Then I said I agree then she said ok good Please go to other counter make your payment and come back. After she took rest of all required documents.
(3) I worked 3 places within last 5 years. I brought all. I attached original copies of
- work experience letter from each employer
- my employment agreement or contract with the company which was given to me by the company while they recruit me
Here some remarkable things happen. The document officer was very keen on the dates. She asked
DO: when did you finished your degree
Me: I replied
Do: so, after you finished your degree you started working on jobs you submitted here right?
Me: yes madam
Do: good
Then she went through my work experience documents and ask
Do: all your work experience letters have very recent dates. Why they did not offer this at your resignation?
Me: I replied
Do: (then her face expression suddenly changed) do you have resignation acceptance letters which was giving by your company at your resignation?
Me: yes, madam but unfortunately, I did not bring it now. (actually, I do not have any, but I lied
Do: you should have that, OK, go and sit, we will call your token number when interview is ready
(4) there was no any order. I brought following
- birth certificate both original and translation with photocopies
- police certificate
- my original bachelor’s degree certificate and transcripts (no photocopies accepted)
- Work experiences letters along with employment contracts (submit the originals do not submit photocopies)
(5) I guess mine was the longest interview which took more than 30 minutes. I cannot remember all, and it depends on person to person so better focus on
- prepare to tell something about your self
- about duties perform
- challenges you face during your work how and what did you do to overcome
- may ask some technical terms in your job category to describe what it is and how do you apply it in your job
- May give you a problem scenario in your job role and ask you how you will resolve it
- about your working environment, structure and colleagues
Hi Akila, I'm also applied to get the AL result through DOE website and got the reference number. (You'll have a reference number with 6 characters when you order the AL certificates. But do not submit those. When the certificates are ready/printed, usually within 2-3 days, you'll get a SMS with another reference in the following format: 'CG-AAXXXX'. And you should submit those to the embassy.)
Since most of the people submitting a yellow card, I personally went to the department of examinations and checked that. They said the yellow card is for the people who come to the DOE and use one day service. When we're using online service you can submit this reference in GC-AAXXXX format directly to the embassy.
I guess our interviews will be postponed by at least 2-3 months. Mine scheduled for mid-April. But now all visa interviews cancelled until further notice.
STAY SAFE ALL..!
Thanks Pratheepan
Yes, I got a call. They said they will call again to inform the interview date.