DV 2022 All Selectees (Consular Processing - CP)
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Sm1smom
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Exercise some patience like Susie already stated and stop driving yourself crazy by checking CEAC every couple of minutes and wondering what an update (or lack of it) means.
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
Also,
are you seriously counting down from the exact minute of your interview? No, it doesn’t work that way. Probably at the end of the day all the applicants slated for approval (all immigrant visas) get put in a pile for the final checks. Then another pile for visa issuance. Frankfurt is pretty busy at the moment I understand so the piles are probably pretty high, maybe someone who has interviewed there recently can comment for that specific embassy, but generally anywhere from 2 days to a week or more is quite normal to wait to go to ”issued”.
sophiegrey
New Member
Had my interview in Frankfurt Monday morning, status switched to issued Tuesday morning and my passport is being delivered tomorrow! So I’d say they’re pretty fast right now
Britsimon
Super Moderator
I think when you say Simon, you probably mean Sm1smom. She and Susie are angels, I'm just an angel wanna be.
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
Thank you. So can I pay now for the green card fee before I travel if yes, could I get a mailed option to change my new address or is there no indicated address sent option? and second, did the green card deliver after I arrive or before I arrive in the USA?
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
Yes, you are supposed to pay the green card fee before you travel, though it’s ok if you pay after.
You can change your mailing address when you enter the US by informing the CBP officer who processes your immigrant visa entry.
You cannot get the green card before as you do not obtain LPR status until you enter on your immigrant visa (otherwise, why would they even bother with the visa in the first place?) Production of the physical green card is only triggered once both conditions of you paying the fee AND entering the US have taken place. Your immigrant visa act as a a temporary green card for one year once it is stamped for entry, which you can use while you wait for the plastic card.
1. How about if I decide to change the residence to another State, different to the place stated in the DS 260 and GC payment application?
2. I mean, is it possible to go and live in another place before the actual GC received.?
3. Is it possible to apply for SSN from one State (where you listed your contact address in the GC payment application) and change your residence to another State? Is it possible to use the already obtained SSN in another State pl.?
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
Yes you can enter, move to, reside in any State regardless of what was listed on your DS260 form. Same with the SSN, it is not State restricted. Can be used in any State.
Linda Kenya
New Member
Hello here,
I have a small question to put across..
1 can I make a copy of a medial CD given to us after medical assessments
2 Is there a link I can review comments as raised by the consular during the interview coz as I was responding the consular was feeding information into the system including other additional information that I discussed with him.?!
I have a small question to put across..
1 can I make a copy of a medial CD given to us after medical assessments
2 Is there a link I can review comments as raised by the consular during the interview coz as I was responding the consular was feeding information into the system including other additional information that I discussed with him.?!
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
1. Yes but you get to keep it anyway
2. Once you are a LPR you can request FOIA access to your A-file and see if it is in there, it may or may not be depending what gets put into the immigrant packet.
Thanks, so if I move out from the address mentioned in DS-260 or green card payment receipt, or to a different state to my POE, do I have to notify somebody officially?
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
If you will be arriving at an address different from what you’ve listed on your DS260 form, you’ll need to update the address at the POE to ensure your GC gets mailed to the new address.
If you move to a new address after being admitted as a LPR, you are required to fill out an AR-11 change of address form within 10 days of moving to the new address, every time you move until you become a USC or for as long as you remain a LPR.
Thank you, sorry for my unclear phrasing. In this case, I was asking about the option 2 of your answer. I arrive at the address mentioned in DS 260 and stay for a few weeks. Then plan to arrive next time to different address. Then the POE will different. Is ok to inform the change at the 2nd POE about this 2nd time or, need this AR-11 filed after arriving for the 2nd time (that is where I am going to reside) Will there be a problem at the POE for the 2nd time? Thanks
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
Any time you move after your first entry, regardless whether or not you have traveled outside the US in the interim, you have to use AR11.
CBP are only interested the first time you enter with your immigration packet that they can annotate where to send your green card. They don’t care after that and can’t change it in uscis systems.
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
CBP does not care about where you go or where you reside in that case, so nothing to inform them of at the POE. You’ll however need to file an AR-11 informing USCIS of your new address.