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Rybka22 said:
Hello,
My cousin is the DV 2022 winner. DS-260 was submitted in May 2021 and he just received an e-mail from KCC with instructions to submit documentation for further processing. One of the required documents is Military Records, if served. Military service is required in his birth country but due to certain minor health deficiencies, he has been dismissed from that service. So the question is, does he not submit anything since he never served? Or should he submit the dismissal note since he was required to serve but had a legitimate reason not to? I am leaning towards not submitting anything in order to avoid submitting unnecessary information that can cause confusion.
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Is your cousin dismissed or exempted from serving? If dismissed, that equates to having served in one form or the other and should therefore include the dismissal records. If exempted from serving, I guess he doesn’t need to send those to KCC but should be prepared to take the records to his interview since military service is required in his country.
 
Hi all. I am dv2022 selectee, eu21xxx. I have a question: in my country the military service is mandatory, however there are many exemptions: study, family, kids and so on. I married right after school and was exempt from the service; there is no official document of exemptions, it is just government don't call you to serve. But, when we turn 27 (I am 30 now), we get a military ticket that says didn't serve, usually no one cares about it and so I did. I was DR on August 11 and sent my documents 24th of September. I still didn't get dq. But now I am worried: I havent gotten my military ticket yet and I didn't include it in my docs, I never thought about this (at the time when I was sending docs) because no one cares in my country about military ticket. It actually came to my mind when I was reading the post above. Instead, I just wrote a letter that says: the applicant didn't serve in the military and thus don't have any military records, and included this letter to my docs. Is this a problem? What will be the correct action:
1. Leave it as is and bring the military ticket to my interview? If I do this, can it be a ground for rejection?
2. Resend my documents with military ticket? It will be long though, because it takes around 2-3 months to get the military ticket. If I do this, I will resend my docs only in end of january - beginning of Feb.

Could I get advice from you guys? Thank you in advance.
 
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Sorry, I don't see edit tab for my above message, I want to add: if I go with option 1, can I ever been dq with missing military ticket?
 
Hello! Need some advice. We got a new citizenship and want to change interview location using new passport. I unlocked DS form. Do you know, if I have to replace our old passport in DS 260 which we used to win the lottery and put there new travel passport, and move the old one to the buttom which says other nationalities/passports ? Is the order important here? Do we need to send our both passports to KCC or just the new ones we got. Do you know if this unlock causes the delay?
One more question, is it ok if our first travel passport is only valid for 1 year initially - I've read that it has to be valid +6 months from date of interview (if we ever get it)
Best regards,
 
shinobi said:
Hi all. I am dv2022 selectee, eu21xxx. I have a question: in my country the military service is mandatory, however there are many exemptions: study, family, kids and so on. I married right after school and was exempt from the service; there is no official document of exemptions, it is just government don't call you to serve. But, when we turn 27 (I am 30 now), we get a military ticket that says didn't serve, usually no one cares about it and so I did. I was DR on August 11 and sent my documents 24th of September. I still didn't get dq. But now I am worried: I havent gotten my military ticket yet and I didn't include it in my docs, I never thought about this (at the time when I was sending docs) because no one cares in my country about military ticket. It actually came to my mind when I was reading the post above. Instead, I just wrote a letter that says: the applicant didn't serve in the military and thus don't have any military records, and included this letter to my docs. Is this a problem? What will be the correct action:
1. Leave it as is and bring the military ticket to my interview? If I do this, can it be a ground for rejection?
2. Resend my documents with military ticket? It will be long though, because it takes around 2-3 months to get the military ticket. If I do this, I will resend my docs only in end of january - beginning of Feb.

Could I get advice from you guys? Thank you in advance.
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Response is same as above. If you were exempt from what would have been a required service, take proof of exemption to your interview when you get to that stage - military ticket demonstrating you were not required to serve in this case. The COs are more familiar with the norm in the country, they will be expecting military records or proof of exemption as the case may be.
 
shinobi said:
Is this a problem? What will be the correct action:
1. Leave it as is and bring the military ticket to my interview? If I do this, can it be a ground for rejection?
2. Resend my documents with military ticket? It will be long though, because it takes around 2-3 months to get the military ticket. If I do this, I will resend my docs only in end of january - beginning of Feb.

Could I get advice from you guys? Thank you in advance.
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Take a look at what is expected for your country, Google for "us visa reciprocity" as I am unable to share links.

I waited for two months to get a response from Military officials, and then I found out on that list that records are "Unavailable". So I just sent a statement explaining what I have done in an attempt to get them and cited the reciprocity page.
 
Atg said:
Take a look at what is expected for your country, Google for "us visa reciprocity" as I am unable to share links.

I waited for two months to get a response from Military officials, and then I found out on that list that records are "Unavailable". So I just sent a statement explaining what I have done in an attempt to get them and cited the reciprocity page.
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It says available in the reciprocity page for my country. Should I go with option 2?
 
mantler said:
Hello! Need some advice. We got a new citizenship and want to change interview location using new passport. I unlocked DS form. Do you know, if I have to replace our old passport in DS 260 which we used to win the lottery and put there new travel passport, and move the old one to the buttom which says other nationalities/passports ? Is the order important here? Do we need to send our both passports to KCC or just the new ones we got. Do you know if this unlock causes the delay?
One more question, is it ok if our first travel passport is only valid for 1 year initially - I've read that it has to be valid +6 months from date of interview (if we ever get it)
Best regards,
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KCC typically schedules the interview location based on the current address listed on the DS260 and not based on the citizenship or passport(s) submitted. The order in which you list your citizenship/nationality on the DS260 is immaterial.
 
shinobi said:
Hi all. I am dv2022 selectee, eu21xxx. I have a question: in my country the military service is mandatory, however there are many exemptions: study, family, kids and so on. I married right after school and was exempt from the service; there is no official document of exemptions, it is just government don't call you to serve. But, when we turn 27 (I am 30 now), we get a military ticket that says didn't serve, usually no one cares about it and so I did. I was DR on August 11 and sent my documents 24th of September. I still didn't get dq. But now I am worried: I havent gotten my military ticket yet and I didn't include it in my docs, I never thought about this (at the time when I was sending docs) because no one cares in my country about military ticket. It actually came to my mind when I was reading the post above. Instead, I just wrote a letter that says: the applicant didn't serve in the military and thus don't have any military records, and included this letter to my docs. Is this a problem? What will be the correct action:
1. Leave it as is and bring the military ticket to my interview? If I do this, can it be a ground for rejection?
2. Resend my documents with military ticket? It will be long though, because it takes around 2-3 months to get the military ticket. If I do this, I will resend my docs only in end of january - beginning of Feb.

Could I get advice from you guys? Thank you in advance.
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I am actually in a similar situation.
In my country, when I was 18yo, the military service was compulsory for all males.
However, you could postpone for college/university for study, family or medical issues; eventually at 26yo, you could serve or be exonerated (e.g. if the family or medical issues were still applicable). That was my case.

So, into the DS260, at the question if I had ever served in a military service, the answer was no, as I have never served.
When I sent the docs I did not include the exoneration papers, as they would just create unnecessary confusion.
KCC is not familiar with all military recruitment laws in the rest of the world. They expect the documents as per the reciprocity docs page and consistently with the DS260 answers.

However, CO is expected to be familiar with the local military draft rules, so I will just bring my exoneration papers at the interview and show them if requested.
So, I suggest you should obtain your discharge/exoneration military ticket from your country's military authority, and have it ready for the interview at the embassy, should they enquire about it.
 
Sm1smom said:
Is your cousin dismissed or exempted from serving? If dismissed, that equates to having served in one form or the other and should therefore include the dismissal records. If exempted from serving, I guess he doesn’t need to send those to KCC but should be prepared to take the records to his interview since military service is required in his country.
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Thank you! I will get a clarification on the language used in his documentation - dismissal vs exemption. Additionally, I do know that a Military Service Card is required for the medical examination in his country, so that may be one way the process ensures a review of this particular requirement.
 
Sm1smom said:
KCC typically schedules the interview location based on the current address listed on the DS260 and not based on the citizenship or passport(s) submitted. The order in which you list your citizenship/nationality on the DS260 is immaterial.
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Thank you for help! Does it mean that entering my second passport is irrelevant for DS form? I want to use the new passport to get a visa, but it is valid for 1 year only. Should I send new passport to KCC?
 
mantler said:
Thank you for help! Does it mean that entering my second passport is irrelevant for DS form? I want to use the new passport to get a visa, but it is valid for 1 year only. Should I send new passport to KCC?
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If your DS260 is already unlocked, there’s no harm in including the details of the new passport on the form. There’s no requirement to send the second passport to KCC (if you’ve already sent in your documents at this point) since that is not the passport used in playing the lottery in the first place. You can discuss the passport you wish for the visa to be issued with he CO when you go in for the interview. The passport obviously needs to be valid for at least six months or more as at the time of the interview.
 
DV2020EU44 said:
I have one question.

Did your parents manage to fill out DS260 for you?

You wrote later that you are born in 1999, meaning that you turned 21 in 2020, right? So, it is seems that you were 21 already in May, when DV lottery results came out.
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Yes you’re right but they have given even if if we are migrating or not we should fill up DS260 for derivative child
 
Guma77 said:
I am actually in a similar situation.
In my country, when I was 18yo, the military service was compulsory for all males.
However, you could postpone for college/university for study, family or medical issues; eventually at 26yo, you could serve or be exonerated (e.g. if the family or medical issues were still applicable). That was my case.

So, into the DS260, at the question if I had ever served in a military service, the answer was no, as I have never served.
When I sent the docs I did not include the exoneration papers, as they would just create unnecessary confusion.
KCC is not familiar with all military recruitment laws in the rest of the world. They expect the documents as per the reciprocity docs page and consistently with the DS260 answers.

However, CO is expected to be familiar with the local military draft rules, so I will just bring my exoneration papers at the interview and show them if requested.
So, I suggest you should obtain your discharge/exoneration military ticket from your country's military authority, and have it ready for the interview at the embassy, should they enquire about it.
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Thank you for your reply. We're you able to get dq with your docs (without military records)?
 
shinobi said:
Thank you for your reply. We're you able to get dq with your docs (without military records)?
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I didn’t realize when I sent my docs that the one day seminar I did when I was 16 qualified as “military record” so I didn’t include it with my other documents, and I got DQ anyway.
I will make sure to bring the document to the interview though, as it is required in the reciprocity page for my country.
 
French_Ellie said:
I didn’t realize when I sent my docs that the one day seminar I did when I was 16 qualified as “military record” so I didn’t include it with my other documents, and I got DQ anyway.
I will make sure to bring the document to the interview though, as it is required in the reciprocity page for my country.
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Thank you very much. Good to hear that you got DQ. You gave me hope. Thanks and best of luck for you.
 
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