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Guys I have a question. I am documentarily qualified since March 2021, 6*** case number. I never got 2NL. Can it be so that I set around 8 emails with different combinations of documents (format, name), because the system didn’t want to accept them, there was a glitch saying sth was missing in documents. So now i am thinking even though I am DQ, maybe too many emails with unsuccessful tries can somehow hurt my case, and I am waiting for 2NL in vain. I don’t know how they sort DQ people, but I guess Brit Simon mentioned in his video that too many emails sent to KCC is bad. Any thoughts on that? Thank you
 
Hi Guys,

I got a response from my consulate (after I was begging to schedule my interview). So they're saying after they got my e-mail they sent a request to KCC that they have available slots for DV winners, but the KCC didn't send any case. Is it really possible? They are saying they can't request specifically my name. What can I do?

I am desperate... :(

@Britsimon what should I do?
 
Hi All, I am Jacky from HongKong, and just had my Visa done last week. I have some question about my mailing address of the green card and hope someone with similar experience can help.

When I filled my DS260 a year ago, I just keyed in the address of an random post office which is located in Orlando, since I have no friend or relative in US who can provide me an address. But now I likely decide to move to Portland instead of Orlando, in early 2022, so I need to make a change of my mailing address.

I have done lots of research from internet, but there is not much case I can found about changing gc address outside of US. By the information from USCIS website, it says JUST inform the new address to the U.S. Customs and Border at the airport when I arrive.

So I am in doubt,
1. Can I change my address before I arrive US? just feel insecure to inform border in Portland while having my paper written with Orlando address
2. Can I keep using a post office mail box for receiving my gc? Or I have to rent a temporary house (like a B&B) for two to three months long and wait until the gc comes?

Thanks everyone! o_O
 
Does anyone has latest info about processing CN of DS260. What is the latest day of application you have heard of and what is the highest CN you heard of that received document request.
Thanks
 
JackyCh said:
Hi All, I am Jacky from HongKong, and just had my Visa done last week. I have some question about my mailing address of the green card and hope someone with similar experience can help.

When I filled my DS260 a year ago, I just keyed in the address of an random post office which is located in Orlando, since I have no friend or relative in US who can provide me an address. But now I likely decide to move to Portland instead of Orlando, in early 2022, so I need to make a change of my mailing address.

I have done lots of research from internet, but there is not much case I can found about changing gc address outside of US. By the information from USCIS website, it says JUST inform the new address to the U.S. Customs and Border at the airport when I arrive.

So I am in doubt,
1. Can I change my address before I arrive US? just feel insecure to inform border in Portland while having my paper written with Orlando address
2. Can I keep using a post office mail box for receiving my gc? Or I have to rent a temporary house (like a B&B) for two to three months long and wait until the gc comes?

Thanks everyone! o_O
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1. What the USCIS website says is what you do. You will be processed by CBP on arrival, and you will inform the officer processing you of any change of address (ours actually asked whether the address on file was still good or needed to be changed). You cannit change it online before you are a resident. If you want to feel more confident you can use form AR11 to change online after you enter.
2. No, you need a street address. presumably you will need to stay somewhere anyway. Apparently you can rent a box at a UPS or similar that “looks” like a street address, I cannot be sure how successful these are for uscis mail.

Be aware that if you chop and change addresses after arrival there is a good chance your GC will end up at the wrong adress. You can do one of two things: (1) make sure youve paid your immigrant fee before arrival to minimize any delays in card issuance and minimize “waiting” at a particular location , OR (2) not pay it until you have found a permanent address, change that in AR11 and then pay it - your plastic GC will not be produced until it’s paid. Bear in mind that although the temporary GC should function exactly like a plastic one we occasionally see reports of example employer wants to see a plastic GC.
 
SusieQQQ said:
1. What the USCIS website says is what you do. You will be processed by CBP on arrival, and you will inform the officer processing you of any change of address (ours actually asked whether the address on file was still good or needed to be changed). You cannit change it online before you are a resident. If you want to feel more confident you can use form AR11 to change online after you enter.
2. No, you need a street address. presumably you will need to stay somewhere anyway. Apparently you can rent a box at a UPS or similar that “looks” like a street address, I cannot be sure how successful these are for uscis mail.

Be aware that if you chop and change addresses after arrival there is a good chance your GC will end up at the wrong adress. You can do one of two things: (1) make sure youve paid your immigrant fee before arrival to minimize any delays in card issuance and minimize “waiting” at a particular location , OR (2) not pay it until you have found a permanent address, change that in AR11 and then pay it - your plastic GC will not be produced until it’s paid. Bear in mind that although the temporary GC should function exactly like a plastic one we occasionally see reports of example employer wants to see a plastic GC.
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Thank you Susie. Oh I have never thought of the method of late pay for the immigrant fee, so I have paid it few days ago.
I am fine with finding a place to live for few months temporary, just see if a post office box is acceptable so I can be more flexible on planning stuff like find job/go to college...:confused:

Anyway, thanks again for your help. Have a nice day.
 
Hi everybody, I just had one weird situation. I tried to log in @dvprogram.state.gov to check if there is some news maybe for 2NL but after I enter my confirmation number last name and year of birth it showed me "The requested URL was rejected. Please consult with your administrator." and some support ID with lot of numbers. Can somebody tell me if they had situation like this and what should I do about it!

Thank you in advance
 
UrosB said:
Hi everybody, I just had one weird situation. I tried to log in @dvprogram.state.gov to check if there is some news maybe for 2NL but after I enter my confirmation number last name and year of birth it showed me "The requested URL was rejected. Please consult with your administrator." and some support ID with lot of numbers. Can somebody tell me if they had situation like this and what should I do about it!

Thank you in advance
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Did you try using Mozilla Firefox browser?
 
Positivity is a key said:
Hi Guys,

I got a response from my consulate (after I was begging to schedule my interview). So they're saying after they got my e-mail they sent a request to KCC that they have available slots for DV winners, but the KCC didn't send any case. Is it really possible? They are saying they can't request specifically my name. What can I do?

I am desperate... :(

@Britsimon what should I do?
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The embassy can't ask for a specific case to be scheduled out of order. They tell KCC how many interviews they can handle and KCC will fill those timeslots in order of when each case became DQ.
 
Britsimon said:
The embassy can't ask for a specific case to be scheduled out of order. They tell KCC how many interviews they can handle and KCC will fill those timeslots in order of when each case became DQ.
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Thank you for your response @Britsimon!

I understand what you're saying. I was DQ that time when the KCC scheduled the interviews for the rest of the people (27th of August), so probably they have asked for a specific number and that's why I was left out.

Nevertheless now they are saying that they've asked the KCC again and never got response from them. I don't know is it true or not, just trying to push as much as I can.. 8 days left only. And sure there is the judges order the end of September, but I am afraid it won't help the plaintiffs and at the end it will be the same outcome for me. Just disappointed. :(
 
@SusieQQQ
Regarding Form I-134
In Q.12 What is the date they are asking for. Is it the date enter as a nonimmigrant to USA or the date obtain the LPR.
 

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@SusieQQQ @Britsimon
Me and my husband providing I-134 to my mom and dad. We are jointly filing the Tax returns. Therefore each of us must separately give I-134 to our parents. In other word I'm giving two I-134 to my mom and dad and my husband giving another I-134's to them. Am I correct?
 
Hi guys!
Visa finally issued after 97 of long waiting days. Was almost loading hope! Now, I have 3 questions :
- since I’ve already collected my passport and the one of my daughter to travel, only the one of my husband was at the embassy and it is showing issued only for him. I’ve sent our passports by mail and they shall receive them today. Would it be printed also for us now even though all the passports were not all together at the embassy when issued ?
- my daughter have her passport expiring on next 22nd of April, 2022 . So Shall we enter US before 22nd of October, 2021 to still have more than 6 month validity of her passport or it doesn’t matter ?
- we are planning to spend 1 week only to activate the green card and leave US to come back for final installation there. How long do we have the right to be out from US to not loose the green card ?
Thanks in advance for your advise and guidance
 
AI26CC said:
@SusieQQQ @Britsimon
Me and my husband providing I-134 to my mom and dad. We are jointly filing the Tax returns. Therefore each of us must separately give I-134 to our parents. In other word I'm giving two I-134 to my mom and dad and my husband giving another I-134's to them. Am I correct?
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No. One i134 per family unit (assuming one of your parents is a derivative of the other)
 
QueenS said:
Hi guys!
Visa finally issued after 97 of long waiting days. Was almost loading hope! Now, I have 3 questions :
- since I’ve already collected my passport and the one of my daughter to travel, only the one of my husband was at the embassy and it is showing issued only for him. I’ve sent our passports by mail and they shall receive them today. Would it be printed also for us now even though all the passports were not all together at the embassy when issued ?
- my daughter have her passport expiring on next 22nd of April, 2022 . So Shall we enter US before 22nd of October, 2021 to still have more than 6 month validity of her passport or it doesn’t matter ?
- we are planning to spend 1 week only to activate the green card and leave US to come back for final installation there. How long do we have the right to be out from US to not loose the green card ?
Thanks in advance for your advise and guidance
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congrats!
please number questions if more than one
1. Not sure if actually printed yet but when it is the dates should all be the same.
2. Yes. Not sure if CBP will actually care but the airlines will before agreeing to board you, so best to be safe. It is only once you actually have a green card that passport expiry no longer matters for boarding (I still had an argument with an airline who wanted to refuse my daughter boarding on this basis despite her having a green card so…I know they watch for it). (Obviously if you are returning back home for a while you will get another passport for her while you are there anyway?)
3. I would not phrase it as you have the “right” to be out the US because that’s not how it works, but one year is the period before which you are not assumed to have abandoned the green card. Remember you will need to file taxes with the irs as a resident regardless where you are physically or earn income once you have activated the green card. And bear in mind longer than 6 months out will affect the time in which you can naturalize, if that is important to you.
 
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