Highest education is what you have completed. I don’t remember specifics of the DS form, in some forms there is the option of “some graduate courses” or something like that which you can choose if you are currently a masters student, but otherwise your highest education is (I presume) a university (bachelors) degree.
Hey all! I just got the news that I have been selected, its unexpected! I did not see it coming at all, thanks for your help and guides. I was trying to fill the DS260 form and I get this error View attachment 2569
is this normal? I am accessing the form from a different country than where I applied from. Thanks
soon
So on the DS 260 these are the options i qualify for UNIVERSITY DEGREE, ADVANCED DEGREE, OTHER and since currently am a Master’s student which 1 should i choose??
Answered in the post you responded to
Thank you as i now understand it clearly.
You are just asking me the same thing in a different way.
The response you got on the AOS thread is spot on. You are already pre-planning changing your mind while outside the US, this is not a case of someone who genuinely entered the US on a NIV, following which they experienced a change in circumstance and ended up filing AOS. You are actively pre-planning changing your mind after 60 or 90 days of being in the US - this is considered a fraudulent attempt at obtaining an immigration benefit. It is a mis-use of the NIV. You will not be violating a dual-intent rule as the B1/B2 is not a dual intent visa, you will be entering the US with a preconceived intent of filing AOS on the premise of "changing your mind" after 60 to 90 days (a preconceived plan), it is frowned upon.
So does it mean , that I should leave USA after my business trip and miss out the AOS opportunity? I am not sure I got your point.
I got your point, Yes, I have to tell that I may file for AOS eventually if 1) my number goes current while on business trip , 2) and I don't have time to return to home country to process at consulate because of business demands. So I think telling the truth will hopefully get me out of trouble of breaking dual-intent rule. However not sure how likely officer is to grant visa in such situation
AOS opportunity as you put it, is not for someone who is currently outside the US and hoping to enter the country on a NIV. It is a process made available to people currently in the US as at the time they experienced a change in circumstance and decide to process AOS. That is clearly not your situation. You are actively planning in advance to file AOS, so yes, that is a fraudulent attempt at obtaining an immigration benefit.
Exactly! The visa will not be granted because a B1/B2 is not a dual intent visa - again you're not breaking a "dual-intent rule" because it doesn't apply - B1/B2 is not a dual intent visa. The visa will not be granted because of the preconceived intent. But hey, don't listen to me, go ahead and tell them you wouldn't have the time to return home and process your DV selection via CP.
You don’t even have a B visa yet? Yes I think your chances are pretty slim, you’ve been working remote all this time and now suddenly that you’ve been selected in DV you have a need for a potentially protracted business trip? Good luck with that one. Luckily for you being DV22 there is a much higher chance that consulates will mostly be back to normal well before FY22 ends ...and if they are not, the very, very last priority at any consulate is B visas.
Company was trying h1b lottery and we had no luck, and they need me onsite. The trip is related to servicing equipment which is quite unique and so we are desperately trying to find a visa and we both (me and employer) just recently learned of b1 type
"Just recently learned of B1"? Really? I travelled countless times on B1 for business trips before. Seems very strange the company didn't know about this very common temporary business visa. Anyway, it's all moot until you can even get a B visa appointment, and if you can get a B appointment then I can almost guarantee your embassy is processing DV.
