I am a new member of this forum but have been reading comments on this forume for the past 8 months and I guess this forum and the comments the people have made on it are the main reasons of my success. So I decided to share my experience with all others.
I am DV2008 winner and my case # is AS3***. I had my interview in sydney australia (where I am doing my master) on 11 Dec and recieved my Visa today.
My interview went very smoothly and I absolutly had no problems during it. It was at 8 AM but I was at the security desk at 7.30. The security guard at the door asked if there were any immigrant visa applicants or US citizens waiting on the line. I along with 4 or 5 others came out of the queue and showed our appointment letters and passports. Then the security led us to the 59th level where I took a ticket and waited for my turn.
On 9.30 I was called to the window 1 where a very kind and nice lady asked for all of my documents. I included anything I felt was necessary and kept even more documents with myself just in case. I printed all of the emails and replies from KCC and US Consulate in Sydney and Ankara and took them with me to be safe. Then she told me to pay 755 USD to the window # 8 and give her 10-15 minutes so that she could go through my documents more accurately to see if they are original or forgery. After 10 min she called me and asked me when I was going to travel to the states. I said a couple of weeks after I recieve my visa to take care of some stuff at my university. She asked if I was going to finish my course and I replied that I was going to drop out and go to US immediately. Then she said that she saw nothing wrong with my documents and if the officer had the same approach I would get my visa within the next 2 days. She asked me to take a seat and wait until my no is called for the window # 4 for the interview.
After 5 min I was called and the officer was a young man and he asked me where in Iran I was born. I replied and he said I know a couple of Persian/Farsi words and he did the greeting part in persian. I guess he did it to just say how friendly he was. Then he took my fingerprints, told me to sign the form and then asked me where in US I wanted to go and when I would leave Australia. Then he said that he saw no reason why I should not go to US and told me to wait for the next 2 weeks to recieve my visa via express post. However, I recieved it today after 4 days rather than 14!!! The only problem is that it is valid for 2 months and I should enter US before then.
For those who might ask, I gave both my own bank statement ~15k $ that I had here in AUS and an Affidavit of support and i think both were necessary cause they did not give me back any of them.
The strange part is that my background check took 4 days only, probably because my name is a persian name and thus not so common.
I wish luck for all of the visa applicants and the only suggestion I can make is to be very carefull about including all of the necessary documents; otherwise your case might be delayed or even denied or make unnecessary stress for you.
At the end I would like to thank everyone on this forum which is a huge international community and the information and experiences on it have helped me all through this DV marathon.
I am DV2008 winner and my case # is AS3***. I had my interview in sydney australia (where I am doing my master) on 11 Dec and recieved my Visa today.
My interview went very smoothly and I absolutly had no problems during it. It was at 8 AM but I was at the security desk at 7.30. The security guard at the door asked if there were any immigrant visa applicants or US citizens waiting on the line. I along with 4 or 5 others came out of the queue and showed our appointment letters and passports. Then the security led us to the 59th level where I took a ticket and waited for my turn.
On 9.30 I was called to the window 1 where a very kind and nice lady asked for all of my documents. I included anything I felt was necessary and kept even more documents with myself just in case. I printed all of the emails and replies from KCC and US Consulate in Sydney and Ankara and took them with me to be safe. Then she told me to pay 755 USD to the window # 8 and give her 10-15 minutes so that she could go through my documents more accurately to see if they are original or forgery. After 10 min she called me and asked me when I was going to travel to the states. I said a couple of weeks after I recieve my visa to take care of some stuff at my university. She asked if I was going to finish my course and I replied that I was going to drop out and go to US immediately. Then she said that she saw nothing wrong with my documents and if the officer had the same approach I would get my visa within the next 2 days. She asked me to take a seat and wait until my no is called for the window # 4 for the interview.
After 5 min I was called and the officer was a young man and he asked me where in Iran I was born. I replied and he said I know a couple of Persian/Farsi words and he did the greeting part in persian. I guess he did it to just say how friendly he was. Then he took my fingerprints, told me to sign the form and then asked me where in US I wanted to go and when I would leave Australia. Then he said that he saw no reason why I should not go to US and told me to wait for the next 2 weeks to recieve my visa via express post. However, I recieved it today after 4 days rather than 14!!! The only problem is that it is valid for 2 months and I should enter US before then.
For those who might ask, I gave both my own bank statement ~15k $ that I had here in AUS and an Affidavit of support and i think both were necessary cause they did not give me back any of them.
The strange part is that my background check took 4 days only, probably because my name is a persian name and thus not so common.
I wish luck for all of the visa applicants and the only suggestion I can make is to be very carefull about including all of the necessary documents; otherwise your case might be delayed or even denied or make unnecessary stress for you.
At the end I would like to thank everyone on this forum which is a huge international community and the information and experiences on it have helped me all through this DV marathon.
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