OC - 2025 - Selectees Thread
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The only reason would be if you think for some reason you won't proceed with the green card or won't be eligible, or your number won't become current, as submitting the form could hurt your chances of getting a non-immigrant visa in the future (like an H1-B, or E3 for Aussies). However, your number seems to be in the safe zone for this year so I'd personally just get the ball rolling asap.
Agree.
@nzguy , maybe you need to specify your reason for holding off if you want a more specific answer other than whats given above by @herewego1. Your case number is more likely going to be current on the bottom half of the lottery year anyways.
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
H1B is a dual intent visa and the DoS manual explicitly excludes immigrant intent as being a disqualifying factor for the visa.
As for the others, yes it might be an issue, but many people have gotten NIVs after showing immigrant intent too. It all depends on individual circumstances.
Bob22
Well-Known Member
It was super quick for me. I applied in March and was a citizen by July.
Update on interview: Sydney has emailed us with an interview time and acknowledged that KCC had not sent this to us.
Still no 2NL, much like rest of the world, and interesting that there is no movement in the visa bulletin for next month. I wonder what's happening over there...
Still no 2NL, much like rest of the world, and interesting that there is no movement in the visa bulletin for next month. I wonder what's happening over there...
Britsimon
Super Moderator
Hey I just got my interview date for mid Oct, can any one please confirm how we hand in our documents needed prior to the interview. My 2NL has different instructions to the state website that the email suggests to check. My email says I need to mail my documents at least 2 weeks prior but the website says to drop them off 1 week prior. The email also didn't specifically say the address but if I do send them I am guessing to here
ATTENTION : Immigrant Visa Section
3rd Floor, CITIBANK BLDG., 23 Customs Street East,
Auckland, New Zealand
Any confirmation on this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you3rd Floor, CITIBANK BLDG., 23 Customs Street East,
Auckland, New Zealand
For anyone curious about the medical process, we had ours this week in Melbourne and this is what to expect:
• On arrival, reception need your medicare vaccination history/serology documents (hard copy), 4x Australian sized passport photos (different advice to the consulate) and your passport. They will then get you to sign a consent form for the health check. Then you sit and wait.
• Then a Nurse (very friendly) will take your blood pressure, a simple eye test (glasses on), height and weight. Then you sit and wait.
• If you and your partner have appointments one after another they can do all of the above together. The Doctor will then call you in individually and do the examination:
1st: He will ask you yes or no questions about your medical/surgical history, lifestyle habits etc.
2nd: He will briefly poke about in your ears, look at your tongue and make you follow his finger until you go cross-eyed.
3rd: He will go through your vaccinations. I highly recommend getting a serology test as well as getting any of the obvious vaccinations that you won't have, such as this year's flu vaccine. I thought I had all the vaccinations needed but I was actually missing 3!? For example, I was missing an additional dose of polio (I had 2 within recent years and he advised I needed 1 more). For reference, the instructions beforehand said:
Again, Hep B I had on my vax history but again he said it wasn't enough doses.
I didn't have the Varicella vax but assured him I had previously had chicken pox and shingles and he was happy with that.
4th: Undress to your underwear for a physical exam. If you're a woman, he will call in a nurse to supervise. He will poke about your back and stomach and upper thigh/groin area (very respectfully and quickly). You'll do lots of "breath in" ... "and out" in quick succession. Bonus points if you get head spins.
5th: Redress. Doc will hand you some papers for pathology and you leave his office.
• It's time for bloods! Sit and wait outside pathology for another nurse. She'll eventually open the door and not say a word, you'll walk in and sit in silence and eventually be asked to read out your card details to pay $28 for the bloods, so have your debit/credit card on you. You'll sit in silence for a bit longer and she'll draw 2 vials of blood (in silence).
• Back to the doctor's room, if needed, to get those vaccinations that you didn't have. They can also add serology to your blood test for any of those missing vaccinations, it's up to you, but of course if the serology comes back negative you'll have to get that vaccination later.
• Done – pay your fee at the front ($685 each incl. xray + $100ish for the additional vaccination) they'll hand over an envelope for the xray.
• Walk 15 mins down the road to the xray, hand over your envelope, then sit and wait. This part is done in less than 10 minutes, top comes off if you're a woman but they'll give you a cover up. They give you a disk of your scan (bring this with you to the US), and they will also email it to you the next day because who doesn't want to see their bones pop up in the palm of their hand?
Overall experience: 6/10. Nice day out if you like to wait around, be triple vax'd for an eradicated virus and don't fancy wearing clothes for some of it
• On arrival, reception need your medicare vaccination history/serology documents (hard copy), 4x Australian sized passport photos (different advice to the consulate) and your passport. They will then get you to sign a consent form for the health check. Then you sit and wait.
• Then a Nurse (very friendly) will take your blood pressure, a simple eye test (glasses on), height and weight. Then you sit and wait.
• If you and your partner have appointments one after another they can do all of the above together. The Doctor will then call you in individually and do the examination:
1st: He will ask you yes or no questions about your medical/surgical history, lifestyle habits etc.
2nd: He will briefly poke about in your ears, look at your tongue and make you follow his finger until you go cross-eyed.
3rd: He will go through your vaccinations. I highly recommend getting a serology test as well as getting any of the obvious vaccinations that you won't have, such as this year's flu vaccine. I thought I had all the vaccinations needed but I was actually missing 3!? For example, I was missing an additional dose of polio (I had 2 within recent years and he advised I needed 1 more). For reference, the instructions beforehand said:
| Polio- All applicants over one month of age must have a vaccine if they do not have a record of past primary vaccination. |
| Hepatitis B – required for all applicants birth through to 59 years old |
I didn't have the Varicella vax but assured him I had previously had chicken pox and shingles and he was happy with that.
4th: Undress to your underwear for a physical exam. If you're a woman, he will call in a nurse to supervise. He will poke about your back and stomach and upper thigh/groin area (very respectfully and quickly). You'll do lots of "breath in" ... "and out" in quick succession. Bonus points if you get head spins.
5th: Redress. Doc will hand you some papers for pathology and you leave his office.
• It's time for bloods! Sit and wait outside pathology for another nurse. She'll eventually open the door and not say a word, you'll walk in and sit in silence and eventually be asked to read out your card details to pay $28 for the bloods, so have your debit/credit card on you. You'll sit in silence for a bit longer and she'll draw 2 vials of blood (in silence).
• Back to the doctor's room, if needed, to get those vaccinations that you didn't have. They can also add serology to your blood test for any of those missing vaccinations, it's up to you, but of course if the serology comes back negative you'll have to get that vaccination later.
• Done – pay your fee at the front ($685 each incl. xray + $100ish for the additional vaccination) they'll hand over an envelope for the xray.
• Walk 15 mins down the road to the xray, hand over your envelope, then sit and wait. This part is done in less than 10 minutes, top comes off if you're a woman but they'll give you a cover up. They give you a disk of your scan (bring this with you to the US), and they will also email it to you the next day because who doesn't want to see their bones pop up in the palm of their hand?
Overall experience: 6/10. Nice day out if you like to wait around, be triple vax'd for an eradicated virus and don't fancy wearing clothes for some of it
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
Are you talking about polio? Maybe eradicated in Australia, but not globally.
Nice description of the process there.
lipstickaddict
New Member
From my understanding, Sydney has a reputation for being one of the slower embassies, which sucks for Australians in the lottery. Based on this data, I've pretty much accepted that my case no (OC25XX) won't be processed and have already applied for the 2026 program.
megdavidson26
Active Member
You should always continue to apply for future programs until you have a green card in your hand. Smart choice.
I haven’t heard that Sydney is slow and in relation to their work on visas outside of the lottery, I always found them exceptionally quick, easy and painless to work with.
Britsimon
Super Moderator
Sydney is pretty good actually, but yep your number is very high, higher in DV2025 than it would have been in Dv2024.
lipstickaddict
New Member
Thanks @megdavidson26 and @Britsimon for clarifying! I must have misinterpreted the intel on Sydney. Better to take a pragmatic approach and hope for a better outcome next year, especially with my number being comparatively high for 2025.