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DV 2022 OC Selectees

Congrats to all of you that got approved. I fly out to Suva on Saturday, with my DV appointment next Thursday. I'm trying to be calm but pretty nervous bout it all. Any other Aussies that will be there around the same time, hit us up. If its going to take longer to get processed i might see if i can push my flight back as i'd prefer not to have to mail my passport in and out.
 
Shezza85 said:
Congrats to all of you that got approved. I fly out to Suva on Saturday, with my DV appointment next Thursday. I'm trying to be calm but pretty nervous bout it all. Any other Aussies that will be there around the same time, hit us up. If its going to take longer to get processed i might see if i can push my flight back as i'd prefer not to have to mail my passport in and out.
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Hey Shezza, I was going to be in Suva at the same time as you, with an interview on Thursday as well, but I decided to move my case back to Sydney - sorry I'm not going to be around to say hi.

I'm not sure I'm going to take up the green card after all, so I'm happy to leave it in the lap of the gods. It'll be an interesting test case to see whether they schedule me after all this. My number's quite high - OC24xx but according to CEAC they got up to OC2115 last month. I'll report back for those who are curious...
 
DazFoss2022DV said:
Hi. I'm confused... No I didn't apply for re-entry permission, should I have done? After many posts I've seen here and elsewhere, I thought I could just activate the GC and then leave and get back within the year....
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I asked about the re-entry permit to rule out the possibility the bio appointment is not for that reason. Yes, you could activate and leave immediately without needing to apply for a re-entry permit if you’re planning on returning within a year of your departure.

As for the bio notice you got, do you have derivatives and did they also get the bio notice? It’s probably because there’s an issue with your previously captured bio which made it unusable for the GC production hence the request to appear for a new one. This has been known to happen to a number of folks before.
 
AUMatt said:
Hey Shezza, I was going to be in Suva at the same time as you, with an interview on Thursday as well, but I decided to move my case back to Sydney - sorry I'm not going to be around to say hi.

I'm not sure I'm going to take up the green card after all, so I'm happy to leave it in the lap of the gods. It'll be an interesting test case to see whether they schedule me after all this. My number's quite high - OC24xx but according to CEAC they got up to OC2115 last month. I'll report back for those who are curious...
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That's alright and goodluck with it all. I was also thinking of doing the same, though i thought it'd be better not to risk it, and its not much for me to go over there since i'm just a single bloke. They way they are processing at the moment you could be ok.
 
xyzuka said:
Got my passport back from the embassy, did my interview yesterday. Insane how efficient the Suva embassy is
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Wow. That’s great. Congrats. Did you ask for quick turnaround ? Seems to be a change again from those last week who were told to post in or it takes minimum 3 days.
 
Hello

I am in Suva Getting medicals done at Epworth- interview on Monday.

I was just following up with the Auckland Consulate to send my police clearance to Suva for Monday. Just being told that NZ police clearance has not been received

I have email the NZ Police Vetting Team, however they did not reply. This was requested in August 2021.

Any tips to handle this situation prior to my interview would be much appreciated.
 
Obligatory thank you post to the moderators and everyone on this forum. Had interview on Monday and returned from Fiji yesterday with visas in hand. So exciting!
Major shoutout to the Suva consulate for being so helpful. Without this thread and finding out that the Suva transfer was even possible I believe this never would have happened (high case number, Auckland original post) so once again thanks to everyone for all the help especially all the work that @Britsimon @Sm1smom @SusieQQQ put in.
All the best for everyone still to interview and im looking forward to hearing more about the journeys to come.
 
Andrew2022 said:
Obligatory thank you post to the moderators and everyone on this forum. Had interview on Monday and returned from Fiji yesterday with visas in hand. So exciting!
Major shoutout to the Suva consulate for being so helpful. Without this thread and finding out that the Suva transfer was even possible I believe this never would have happened (high case number, Auckland original post) so once again thanks to everyone for all the help especially all the work that @Britsimon @Sm1smom @SusieQQQ put in.
All the best for everyone still to interview and im looking forward to hearing more about the journeys to come.
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That’s awesome. Congrats.
 
RPSCHAND said:
Hello

I am in Suva Getting medicals done at Epworth- interview on Monday.

I was just following up with the Auckland Consulate to send my police clearance to Suva for Monday. Just being told that NZ police clearance has not been received

I have email the NZ Police Vetting Team, however they did not reply. This was requested in August 2021.

Any tips to handle this situation prior to my interview would be much appreciated.
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I don't think there is much you can do to 'handle it prior to your interview' since it doesn't sound like there's anyway its going to be in the hands of the US embassy in Suva by the time you interview if NZ doesnt even have it yet. I think most likely you'll be put onto AP, basically approved pending your police cert and will have to wait until they receive it before they can issue your visa. So all you can really do is try and chase up where it's at and try get it to NZ and then to Suva as soon as you can. Not an expert on this by any means but if they don't have all your required documents then there isn't much they can do
 
BrisOC22 said:
I don't think there is much you can do to 'handle it prior to your interview' since it doesn't sound like there's anyway its going to be in the hands of the US embassy in Suva by the time you interview if NZ doesnt even have it yet. I think most likely you'll be put onto AP, basically approved pending your police cert and will have to wait until they receive it before they can issue your visa. So all you can really do is try and chase up where it's at and try get it to NZ and then to Suva as soon as you can. Not an expert on this by any means but if they don't have all your required documents then there isn't much they can do
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Thank You
 
Sm1smom said:
I asked about the re-entry permit to rule out the possibility the bio appointment is not for that reason. Yes, you could activate and leave immediately without needing to apply for a re-entry permit if you’re planning on returning within a year of your departure.

As for the bio notice you got, do you have derivatives and did they also get the bio notice? It’s probably because there’s an issue with your previously captured bio which made it unusable for the GC production hence the request to appear for a new one. This has been known to happen to a number of folks before.
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Thanks so much for your reply. Yes, my wife also got this letter. They've now responded with putting us back in the system to generate a new appointment. So, I'm guessing I won't get sent my GC until we go to this appointment.. I don't want to be here in NZ but I need urgent medical care.
 
DazFoss2022DV said:
Thanks so much for your reply. Yes, my wife also got this letter. They've now responded with putting us back in the system to generate a new appointment. So, I'm guessing I won't get sent my GC until we go to this appointment.. I don't want to be here in NZ but I need urgent medical care.
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This is extremely strange. No idea what is going on, I can understand a problem capturing one person but for both of you to need bios implies something else is going on.
Did the CBP officer do your fingerprints on arrival?
 
RPSCHAND said:
Hello

I am in Suva Getting medicals done at Epworth- interview on Monday.

I was just following up with the Auckland Consulate to send my police clearance to Suva for Monday. Just being told that NZ police clearance has not been received

I have email the NZ Police Vetting Team, however they did not reply. This was requested in August 2021.

Any tips to handle this situation prior to my interview would be much appreciated.
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Bula Mr.Chand. Not sure if this is going to be helpful to your situation but my family faced a similar situation in that my husband's Fiji PC arrived at the embassy one day after our interview. I emailed the embassy about it prior to out interview and they said for us to still attend our scheduled interview. So we did on May 18 and they put our case on Administrative Processing. We eventually received our visa after more than 2 months. This is also because my 18 years old son had to fill in the DS 5535 form. Thanks.
 
DazFoss2022DV said:
Thanks so much for your reply. Yes, my wife also got this letter. They've now responded with putting us back in the system to generate a new appointment. So, I'm guessing I won't get sent my GC until we go to this appointment.. I don't want to be here in NZ but I need urgent medical care.
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Not sure if this is helpful but I heard from my friend who won the DV2020 lottery that after arriving in the US, they went to the Social Security office where they had their biometrics done again. They did not wait for a letter or appointment but visited their nearest Social Security office as soon as they arrived. Maybe the appointment is to take your biometrics for the Social Security card?
 
JayQue said:
Not sure if this is helpful but I heard from my friend who won the DV2020 lottery that after arriving in the US, they went to the Social Security office where they had their biometrics done again. They did not wait for a letter or appointment but visited their nearest Social Security office as soon as they arrived. Maybe the appointment is to take your biometrics for the Social Security card?
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Something must have got misunderstood in that story, Social Security offices do not do biometrics nor require them for a SS card. Nor would they share any data with USCIS. Your friend may have visited the SS office to get a SS card if it didnt come automatically, but there would not have been any bio done.
USCIS biometrics are done at what are called ASC, application support centers, some of which are attached to main USCIS field offices and some of which are standalone,
 
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