Still on the series of the email responses that you can possibly get from KCC upon sending an inquiry email, then we are on the second response.

The Second Email Response From KCC

On this second response, it reads:

“Thank you for your inquiry.

Your DS-260 form has been processed. You should have received or will soon receive an email from KCC giving you instructions to complete in order for your case to continue processing. Please follow the instructions in the email.

Interviews are scheduled numerically based on case numbers that have completed processing. Please refer to the visa bulletin at travel.states.gov to locate the current numbers being processed.

This visa bulletin is updated after the 15th day of each month. Once an interview date has been scheduled, you will receive notification via email to check dvprogram.state.gov.

In order for KCC to assist you with inquiries regarding a specific diversity visa (DV) case, you must provide the principal’s full names, complete case number, and the birth date in the following format (MM/DD/YYYY) as entered in the original entry.

Please remember that KCC does not have authority to tell you whether or not your specific case will be disqualified.

Only a consular officer can do that at the time of your visa interview. Do not send any documents to Kentucky Counseling Center. For additional information, please refer to the following……………….”

This is the second email response that you might receive if you request, and as you can see clearly, this now indicates that KCC has fully opened your DS260 form and has gone through it to process it, and they are through with processing it.

It says that you should have received a notification or soon you might receive a notification. This notification is the second notification letter after your DS260 form has been processed.

Then your current for interview scheduling and your case has been reached by the embassy, then you can receive this second notification letter.

This email clearly tells us that interviews are scheduled numerically in that order, from the low case number to the high case number. It also points out the importance of following or keeping up with the visa bulletins.

The visa bulletins are normally released after the 15th day of the month, as indicated, and you should keep track of the visa bulletin.

The point being that you can be able to know which cases are current or are currently being processed by the embassies, which cases are ready for the interview scheduling. Those are the major points that we see in this email.

Further on, it is only the consular officer can tell you whether you are successful or not during the time of the interview.

This is the email that you will receive from KCC once your request for your case status and your DS260 form has been processed and now waiting for your case number to become current.

Thank you for reading this guide, stick around for the next email that you might receive.

I know you find this information very useful to you.

Related Article: The First Email Response From KCC

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If you have any questions about the DV lottery, please contact an immigration professional/officer or a licensed attorney.

How do I check the status of my DV processing? This guide will give you brief and direct answer to that frequently asked question.

You can only check the status of your DV processing by visiting the CEAC website. That is the place where you will check and see the current status of your DV processing.

It is important to note that the CEAC for a certain DV lottery will open at the beginning of that certain year for that DV lottery. What does this mean?

For example, the CEAC for the DV 2022 opened up at the beginning of the year 2022.

For the case of DV 2023, the CEAC information or the CEAC website will be available for status checking at the beginning of the year 2023.

If you are a DV 2024 lottery winner, then you cannot access your information about the status of your processing at the time of posting this information. You will have to wait until January 1, 2024, that is next year.

Another question in connection with that, at the same beginning of the year, it is the time when we shall all be able to know the highest case numbers in the regions.

As at the time of posting this information, we cannot tell which case number is high in which ever region.

After the first day of 2024, that’s when we can know or we can have the CEAC information and we shall be able to know what the highest case number for each region.

Therefore, if you’re wondering whether your case number is safe or not safe for now, for the DV 2024, we cannot tell.

You might be having AF58,000 case number from Africa and it ends up being a safe number, or it might end up being a risky number.

You might be having AS23,000 and you think it’s a risky number but when that information comes, we may find out that though it is a high case number, it’s not a risky one, or it might be very risky.

So at this moment, it’s hard to tell that. Wait until January the first and onwards, for you to check your DV processing status if you are DV 2024 winners.

I hope this information is helpful. Thanks.

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What does your case is current for processing mean? Many people ask this question because when they check their status, they receive the notification that their case is ready for processing, their case is current for processing, and they’ve been wondering what does this mean in. This is what will discuss in details in this guide.

When you submit your DS-260 to KCC, KCC normally goes through your DS-260 form to process it. They go through your data to see if it’s correctly filled up and if the information is correct.

Once they have approved your information, they will allocate a visa to your case.

All the DS-260 forms submitted to KCC will undergo this processing and if they are correctly filled up and the information is truthful, then all those will be allocated visas.

After the visa allocation, your status change and it changes to, “Your case is current for processing.”

It means that KCC has already allocated a visa to your case.

Therefore, when many DS-260 are processed, all of them are put in a queue, and this queue is based on the case numbers from the lowest case number up to the highest case numbers. All of the allocated visas will be put in a queue called Allocated Visa queue (AVQ).

This also means that you are ready for the next step, and the next step is the interview, i.e you are ready to be scheduled for an interview

How long does it take from “your case is current for processing” to the interview?

This depends majorly on two aspects:

The first one is, what is the position of your case in the AVQ (Allocated Visa Queue)? Are you in the highest end or are you in the lowest end?

The second aspect is the performance of the embassies i.e your embassy. If your embassy capability is high, if they handle many cases in a month, that definitely means that you can receive your interview scheduling quicker or faster than those whose embassies are slow.

For instance, some embassies are really doing very well in terms of handling many cases per month, but others are unfortunately doing very badly.

Those two factors affect it.

Lastly, a very key thing to note is that, even if your case is current for processing, it does not mean that you must receive your interview. It does not mean that you will be scheduled for the interview. You might be in this status but never receive your interview.

Depending on those two factors discussed above, especially if we are in the last months or the last few months to the end of the fiscal year, you might be in the AVQ or your case is current for processing but never receive your interview because time will have already run out for you.

For instance, in the case of DV 2022, most of them are current for processing, but most of them may not receive their interviews. It may look sad, but that is the fact.

I hope this guide have answered the question.

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Government Of Canada announces Visa-Free travel to 13 countries. Canada is a destination of choice for people looking to visit, do business or reunite with family and friends. That’s why they are committed to improving their immigration programs and services by making them more efficient and equitable for people around the world.

The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Honourable Sean Fraser, announced the addition of 13 countries to the electronic travel authorization (eTA) program.

Travellers from these countries who have either held a Canadian visa in the last 10 years or who currently hold a valid United States non-immigrant visa can now apply for an eTA, instead of a visa when travelling to Canada by air.

Eligible travellers from 13 more countries that qualified for visa-free travel to Canada

Effective date of news release, June 6, 2023, eligible travellers from these countries can benefit from the program:

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Costa Rica
• Morocco (Country in North Africa)
• Panama
• Philippines
• St. Kitts and Nevis
• St. Lucia
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines
• Seychelles (Country in East Africa)
• Thailand
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Uruguay

This exciting development means that more individuals from around the world can now embark on unforgettable adventures, explore our diverse landscapes, reunite with family and friends, and immerse themselves in our vibrant culture without the hurdle of visa requirements.

This expansion not only enhances convenience for travellers, it will also increase travel, tourism and economic benefits, as well as strengthen global bonds with these 13 countries.”…………According to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Honourable Sean Fraser.

Introducing visa-free air travel will make it faster, easier, and more affordable for thousands of travellers to visit Canada for up to six months for either business or leisure. It will also help grow Canada’s economy by facilitating more travel, tourism and international business, and by strengthening Canada’s relationships with these countries while keeping Canadians safe.

This decision will also divert thousands of applications from Canada’s visa caseload, allowing us to process visa applications more efficiently, which will benefit all visa applicants.

Individuals who already have a valid visa can continue to use it to travel to Canada. Those who are not eligible for an eTA, or who are travelling to Canada by means other than air (for example, by car, bus, train and boat—including by cruise ship), will still need a visitor visa.

Travellers can visit Canada.ca/eTA to find out whether they’re eligible for an eTA and how to apply for one.

Source: Canada Immigration

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Does unlocking the DS-260 form cause you harm or delay on your DV Process? Does it cause any delay in the processing of your case? This is what has been answered in this guide.

Contrary to what information you get regarding unlocking your DS-260 form, unlocking your DS-260 form once you’ve realized you had made some serious mistakes, is ultimately an important step to take and it is very crucial for your case.

Those that says that unlocking your DS-260, you harm your chances or you cause delay to your cost and therefore you should not unlock, they are actually not correct.

There are errors that you might do on your DS-260 form that will end up ruining your chances. They will lead to your visa denial.

For such type of errors, the only way around them, the only remedy to them, is to write to KCC and request them to unlock your DS-260, specifying the specific DS-260, whether it is yours or your derivatives, and update it to the correct information.

Can that process cause you any harm or will it cause any delay?

The answer on the highest side is definite no, and on the lowest side is yes. What does that mean?

Majority of the corrections made on the DS-260 forms, they never cause any delay. For example, you are a DV Lottery 2023 winner and you submitted your DS-260 around May of last year, and later on you discovered that you had error in entering some critical information.

In around August you requested the form to be unlocked and it was unlocked and you updated the DS-260 and submitted. Then the interviews began in the month of October last year. If you take such a scenario, and let’s say your case number is around 10000AF, or 5000AS, if you take that case, there will be no delay.

What does it mean? If you have a case number that is not yet near to getting current and then you request unlocking and you update the information, there will be no delay at all. On this other side, if your case number is current and at that time of which you cannot tell, KCC is about to transfer your details to the embassy for the interview scheduling, at that time of which you cannot tell, and then you request unlocking of your DS-260.

Then definitely they will hold back, until you do the changes for them to hand over the case to the embassy. That is obvious. But those, as you can tell, are very rare cases.

So people saying that you are causing a harm to your case by you unlocking, then they are not correct.

On the other hand too, what will be the benefit of you not updating your DS-260, yet you realized you had a grievous mistake and you end up being denied the visa, yet you had the chances of unlocking?

What if, even if you request unlocking and the case is delayed for some time and then you get to the interview and you are issued with the visa because you had corrected the errors?

Or what if it might cause any delay? Which one of these will you take?

For the first scenario, you realize you have made a mistake, you decide not to change anything at all, you end up in the interview with the errors and because of the errors you get visa denial.

For the second scenario, you realize that you have made some mistakes, you write to KCC to unlock your case, you do the necessary changes or amendments and you submit your DS-260 form and if it happens, then it delays.

Then you go to your interview and simply because you corrected the errors, you get your visa approved. Which of those would you take?

That’s why the idea that people are giving you that you should not unlock for you not to cause any delay is not correct.

What would you benefit if you lose your chance because you did not update the information?

In conclusion

A bigger percentage of those cases that are corrected, they are never delayed, and only a small percentage get some kind of delay. It is better for you to even get a delay and correct the errors and get your visa approved, then not to correct the errors in fear of your case getting delayed, and at the end of it, you get denied the visa.

So, if you realize that you have made any mistake, don’t hesitate to request unlocking for you to update the information, to be on the safe side.

The mistakes that should cause you to request unlock, they should be those critical mistakes. For example, if you made errors in your names or some other personal related information, you need to change them.

Thank you for reading this guide. I hope it gets you at the right time and it clears your doubt and your worries.

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If you have any questions about the DV lottery, please contact an immigration professional/officer or a licensed attorney.

What next after Submitting DS-260 form? This is another guide of interest to diversity visa applicants and it has to do with what comes next after you have submitted your DS-260.

Everyone is aware that after you get to elected in the Diversity Visa Lottery, the next thing to do is to fill out and submit your DS-260. But remember that you should consider your circumstances and not rush into submitting the form.

After submitting your DS-260 form, what do you do next?

In recent years after submitting your DS-260, you were also required to submit a list of supporting documents to KCC. But that is not always the case.

Depending on what the State Department decides for a particular year, you may or may not be requested to submit supporting documents to KCC.

So if submitting supporting documents to KCC is a requirement that applies during your program year, then after submitting your DS-260, you will have to submit your supporting documents.

But in case submitting supporting documents to KCC is not a requirement during your program year, then after submitting your DS-260, your next line of action will be to turn your attention to the Visa Bulletin.

Remember, after the Diversity Visa Lottery results are released in the month of May and you see that you were selected, the Visa Bulletin that is published in that month of May does not concern interviews for your program.

The one that is published in the month of June does not concern interviews for your program. Neither does the one that is published in the month of July.

It is from the month of August that the Vista Bulletin is going to show information regarding interviews for your program and that is when you have to begin to follow the Visa Bulletin, if you are selected from the results published in the month of May.

It is the Visa Bulletin that will tell you when your diversity visa interview is supposed to be scheduled.

When you see from the Visa Bulletin that your case number has become current, then it means that there is a Visa number available for you and that is when your diversity visa interview is actually supposed to be scheduled.

How do you know when your case number is current?

Every month the Visa Bulletin shows a number for each region. That number is referred to as the cut-off number for that region, for that month.

So when you see that the cut-off number for your region for a given month is higher than your case number, then your case number is current for that month and it means that it is in that month that you are supposed to be scheduled for your diversity Visa interview.

That is for cases that submit their DS-260 before their case number becomes current in the Visa Bulletin.

There are cases when the applicants have not yet submitted their DS-260 but the Visa Bulletin shows that their case number has become current. In such a case, there will be a Visa number available for such applicants, but their Visa interview will not be scheduled because they have not yet met the necessary requirement, which is the submission of their DS-260 and in cases where they are required to submit documents, the submission of their documents.

For clear understanding, if you submit your DS-260 and possibly your documents before your case number becomes current, then you will have to wait for your case number to become current, in order for you to be scheduled for interview.

For example, your case number is 7200 in the Africa region, and you check the Visa Bulletin in the month of August. You will realize that there’s information for the month of September and the month of October.

The month of September concerns the previous program. So it is the information that relates to the month of October, which is the first information concerning your program that you are going to change your attention to.

You see that the cut-off number that applies to the region of Africa in the month of October is 2500. It means that you cannot be scheduled in the month of October because the cut of number is lower than your case number.

So you will have to wait until the Visa Bulletin is published in the month of September, when it will be showing information for both October and November.

Also, you look at the information that pertains to the month of November. If the cut-off number for the Africa region is, e.g 5000, you will still not expect to be scheduled in the month of November. You will have to follow again for the month of December.

The Visa Bulletin that will show information for the month of December will be released in the month of October.

So let us say that the cut-off number that is shown for the month of December is 8000. Because that cut-off number is higher than your case number of 7200. It means that it is in the month of December that you can expect to be scheduled for interview.

On the other hand, if you do not submit and your case number becomes current, you will have to submit before you can expect to be scheduled for interview.

For example:

You saw that your case number will be current for the month of December, but up until December you have not yet submitted your DS-260. You submit the form after December.

When you submit after December, that is when the form will be processed and your interview is expected to be scheduled along with the next batch of interviews because your case number has been current since the month of December.

So that is how things are after you submit your DS-260.

Note: For the past few years, things have not worked in that way, maybe due to the effects of COVID-19.

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If you have any questions about the DV lottery, please contact an immigration professional/officer or a licensed attorney.

This guide will help you with all the tips that you need on how to increase your chance of getting your U.S B1/B2 visa approved. You will also learn three (3) important things you must do to get your visa approved, which no one will tell you.

B1 B2 visas are visas that give you temporary stay in the United States for purposes such as visas for vacation, graduation, funeral, medication, business trips, conferences, etc.

It is a visa category that is easy to get, but it’s not for everybody because of the cost involved. It is not just about the cost involved as in getting the visa, but the cost involving the entire process of getting your B1/B2 visa and traveling.

Whenever you appear for your B1/B2 visa interview, you must really prove to the consular that you really need the visa. There’s a good reason for you to get the visa for whatever purpose, which will be explained in this guide.

How to increase your chance of getting U.S B1/B2 visa approved

• What is your purpose of visit?

The first thing to do to increase your chance of getting your visa is to establish clearly your purpose of travel.

When asked, “Why are you coming to the U.S?” Don’t just say this,

• For a visit.
• I’m come to visit my friend.
• I’m come to visit my auntie.
• I’m come to visit my brother.
• I have a friend I met on Facebook, I have a girlfriend, I have a boyfriend, I’m come to visit.

That is not enough because you cannot just stand up and say I’m come to visit somebody. So the purpose of the visit is key.

Yes, you are coming to visit but what is the purpose of the visit?

So it is not just telling the consular, “I’m going to visit”, visit to do what? That is the question you must ask yourself, what is the purpose of visit?

For example,

(i) You want to visit your friend who is celebrating his birthday. Maybe it’s been a while, you guys have connected and since it is his birthday, he’s doing a birthday party. He has invited you to attend his birthday party. That is the purpose of the visit.

(ii) You are coming to visit your auntie because you have a leave from work and as a result you want to take a vacation, go somewhere to relax and rest your mind before you resume work. So you spoke to your auntie and she is willing to welcome you to visit, to tour some parts in U.S such as Florida, Orlando. That is the reason and purpose of your visit.

So when you go for your U.S interview, it is not enough to say you are coming to visit, add the purpose, the reason for the visit, your brother or your sister may be doing his or her wedding and she has invited you to her wedding.

So in this case the purpose is to attend your sister’s wedding to be the maid of Hannah or the best man or to help your sister in the preparation and also aftermath of the wedding.

You have a leave from work and you have decided to visit your sister and attend his wedding. That is the purpose of the visit.

So you must always be clear, have a purpose, e.g you’re coming for graduation, that is a clear purpose. Even that you must justify that you have a brother, you have a sister, you have a son, you have a daughter who is doing his graduation and he has invited you.

Your son did well in school, he’s going to receive a lot of award and it should be an honor for you to be there to support him and to celebrate with your son. This is a reason, this is a purpose for travel.

You are coming to visit your boyfriend or your girlfriend because you guys are planning to marry but you have not had the opportunity to meet his or her family. Going to use this opportunity to visit him, meet his family and plan your wedding since your wedding will take place in your home country.

So it will be good to meet his or her family before you return and come and prepare for your wedding. This is a purpose, this is a reason for your visitor, make sure you are clear on that.

• Proof of funds

The second thing is to establish that you have enough funds. Stating that you have enough fund is not just what is in your bank statement or who is sponsoring you. It is about who you are, what you do.

Reason:

Usually, when you go for the interview, consular want to know whether you are financially viable, capable to sponsor the trip. There are some people who are being sponsored by their auntie, their uncle, their boyfriend, or their girlfriends, who are already in the U.S.

The consulate concerned is that they don’t care about who is sponsoring you because they know the person might be able to sponsor you.

What they care is that, assuming you get your visa and you get to U.S and something happened, the person you are coming to visit is not there or you come and something happened that you need to go and load in a hotel. You need two or three days to lodge in a hotel to prepare yourself or there’s an emergency.

You need to take care whilst you are in the U.S. What will you do?

So it is not enough to say this person is sponsoring me, or that person is sponsoring me, it is important to also show that even though somebody is sponsoring you, you are also financially viable. Because the consular is not want a situation where you come to the U.S and you become a burden.

They are also trying to avoid people who are trying to run away from your home country to the U.S, through the B1/B2 visa.

This is where you explain that you are doing something meaningful, something that will bring you money, you have money or you earn money on your own, you don’t need to leave your country to be okay.

Sometimes the consular have that mindset that, as soon as you are leaving, you won’t come back. The consular want to know who you are. Your uncle is sponsoring you, your sister is sponsoring your aunt, your boyfriend is sponsoring you.

But in case you come and something happened, do you have the means to support yourself? Will your financial situation now affect or compel you to overstay, compel you to find your way out when you come to the U.S?

This is what it means to say you are proving you have enough fund. Because it is really expensive to travel to the U.S for a vacation.

This is something people will not tell you because that is the fact.

• Strong Ties To Home Country

The third thing to do to increase your chances of getting your visa is to establish that you have plans to return to your home country. There are so many ways to do that.

Here you explain it to the consular, who you are, what you do and why you will come back.

You are a lecturer, you are a professor, you are doing your business, you have your children in your country, you have your husband in your country, you have your parents in your country, you have a property. There’s something that connects you.

Here you can prove anything, use anything that will connect you to your home country. You can use it to prove, except that sometimes you have to even go beyond reasonable doubt to show that you come. Because if you say you have an asset, you have a car, the consular know that when you travel you can sell your asset, you can sell those things.

So it is not enough to say I have a car, I have a land. They know that it can be converted into cash soon and whenever you want.

It is important to use what you do, whatever you are doing, you are engaging something. You are taking care of your parents, married, your children in your country, there’s something that connects you to your home country.

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This guide will clarify you on this question, will previous visa denial affect your diversity visa interview?

The answer is that the embassy or the consulate, they have all your information regarding the former visa applications.

If you’ve ever tried to apply for any visa, the visit visa, the student visa, the work visa, any other visa, including the tourism visa, every other kind of information regarding those visas, they already have the information.

Also tied to that, they also have all the reasons that caused your visa denial. They have all those information.

But does this affect you? The answer is yes. It affects you either way. It affects you positively or it can affect you negatively, and this depends on the reason as to why you are denied that previous visa application.

If you had applied, let’s say for a student visa and you were denied the visa due to insufficient document proof, insufficient documentation or insufficient financial support.

If you had this reason, that is not a valid reason to cause any visa denial, be it any other type or the diversity visa, those are just common reasons.

So it will not affect you if you have a reason that is just general, that cannot affect you.

But let’s say for example, the cause of your visa denial was on legal grounds, maybe a criminal record. If that was the cause, then definitely you are sure that it will also affect you in the diversity visa or any other visa that you are applying.

Because they will have to go through your criminal record and if they find that you are not fit for the immigration, then you’ll be denied.

So it depends upon the reasons as to why you are denied the visa.

But if it’s on just general lack of information, general lack of documentation that proves then that will not affect you.

But if it’s on the legal grounds, they might have to check thoroughly. If that legal ground reason still affects you, then definitely you’ll get denied your diversity visa.

So does the previous visa denial affect you in the diversity visa interview? The answer is yes. Either positively or negatively.

I hope this is informative.

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If you have any questions about the DV lottery, please contact an immigration professional/officer or a licensed attorney.

This guide will focus on the key points about employment-based visas (EB Visas) in the United States, the EB1, EB2, EB3, EB4, and EB5 visa.

If you have a temporary job in the U.S and your employer is willing to petition you for permanent residence, you may be eligible to get a U.S Green Card.

Employment-based petitions/visas are broken down into five categories: EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, EB-4, and EB-5. Each category is made up of sub-categories that describe the kinds of occupations that qualify for the specific visa.

You may be interested in going to the U.S to work, but into a more permanent role. In this case, you wouldn’t apply for the typical temporary visa like the H1B. You’d apply for an employment based visa, which is a straight path to a U.S green card.

Approximately 140,000 immigrant visas are available each year to newcomers who seek to immigrate based on their job skills. If you have the right combination of skills, education, and work experience, plus you are eligible, you may be able to live permanently in the United States.

In these cases, an EB visa, which is also known as an employment based visa, may be the perfect route for you.

Types of Employment-Based Visas & How to Apply EB Visas

• EB-1 Visa

Starting with the EB-1 visa, which was designed for those who have an extraordinary ability, are an outstanding professor or researcher, or are a multinational executive or manager with the correct employment recognition. You could apply for the EB-1 visa through a Form I-140.

• EB-2 Visa

EB-2 visa is designed for those who hold an advanced degree or exceptional ability. This is another visa that you can apply for through a Form I-140.

• EB-3 Visa

Those eligible for the EB-3 visa are classified as a skilled worker, professional, or other worker depending upon your education skills and work experience, which is also applied through the Form I-140.

• EB-4 Visa

EB-4 visa is geared towards individuals who are considered special immigrants, which usually include religious workers, some physicians, and others that hold specialized occupations.

Unlike the other EB visas already discussed, to apply for an EB-4 visa, you must submit a Form I-360.

• EB-5 Visa

EB-5 visa was created by Congress to stimulate the U.S economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors, which can be applied for through a Form I-924.

Receiving an employment based green card is a permanent solution for those looking to move to the U.S.

All of the EB visas take about 6 to 8 months to process. Applying and submitting your forms correctly can be a complex process, so is highly recommend seeking immigration help.

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What does DV Lottery case number stand for? What is it and what do you understand about it? That is basically what this guide is going to tackle.

If you’re waiting for the DV results or if you’re waiting for your DV interview, this will be very important to you to understand.

What is DV Case Number? What is Green card Lottery Number?

The case number is the number assigned to each and every winner in a DV lottery selection. This means that you only get your case number if you are successfully selected.

After the results are out, if you check the results and you are lucky to have been selected, that’s only when you will have access to see or to know your case number. You will find this on your first notification letter.

That message that you find on the entrant status check, congratulating you on your selection. On that message, you will find your DV case number and the DV case number will look something like this 2023AF00012345.

The first four digits of the case number normally indicates the fiscal year for the DV lottery. What does this mean? It means the year in which the interviews will be conducted for the DV lottery.

For example, for the DV lottery 2023, that means the first four digits in the case number is 2023, the fiscal year in which the interviews are being conducted. For the DV lottery 2024, it will be 2024 in which the DV-2024 interviews will be conducted.

The second part is the two letters which stand for the regions. For example, we have the EU for Europe region, we have OC for Oceania region, we have AF for Africa region, we have AS for Asia region, and so on and so forth.

After these two letters we have the rest of the numbers, these rest of the numbers are the actual numbers standing for your position in the case number system. For example, you have 00012345 as your position in the case number system.

The case number is unique to each and every winner. No two individuals will share the same case numbers. The case numbers are issued randomly. There is nothing, no qualification or nothing that is considered when issuing the case numbers. It all depends on luck.

Whether you get a low case number or a high case number, that depends on the luck, on the selection, random selection. Nothing is considered when issuing these case numbers to the successful winners.

Therefore, some will be lucky enough to get low case numbers, while others will get high case numbers.

Each region has its own order. That is, each region will have a case number beginning from the lowest to the highest. For example, for the EU region, you might find that we have from a 0001 up to maybe a 00023,000. This is just an example.

For AS, you might find that we have a 0001 up to a 00036,000. Each region will have its own numbering.

Interviews are scheduled in the order of these numbers. This means that the interviews will be scheduled from the lowest case number in a certain region and numerically to the highest case number in that region.

For example, you might find that we have an AF, 10,000 and also an EU 10,000. Therefore, you might find similar numbers but in different regions.

Holes in DV Lottery Case Number

If in a certain region we have a certain number of selectees, it does not mean that there are in totality those numbers. For example, if for Africa we have AF 84,000 as the highest case number, it does not mean that we have 84,000 selectees from Africa.

In between from the lowest number to the highest one, there are many vacant spaces that we call holes. You might find we have a case number 0001 and we don’t have 0002 or 0003, but we have 0004, 0005, we don’t have 0006, we don’t have 0009, but we have 00010, and so on.

Therefore, between the lowest case number and the highest case number for a specific region, there exist vacant slots that we call holes.

If we have AF 84,000 for Africa, then you might find we only have half the number of selectees from the Africa region. This is just to exemplify.

Finally, remember that the case number is unique to every individual, the case number is personal and private. But if a case number comes to be known by anyone, it is not a risk. No one can impersonate you. No one can take your number. Your number is unique to you.

Every information that regards you is attached to the case number and it is hard for anyone to impersonate you to produce a true copy of your documents. Therefore, your case number cannot be stolen.

Thank you for reading this guide. I hope the information is good and relevant to you.

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How to Pass DV Lottery Interview: Are you panicking regarding your DV Lottery interview? In this guide, you will learn how you can go through your interview successfully.

The DV lottery interview or the famous green card lottery interview is a process that you should not panic about because the DV lottery interview is basically the simplest of all interviews.

You cannot compare DV interview to the job interview that you once went through. This is completely different.

How to Successfully Pass DV Lottery Interview

There are ways in which you can really make your DV interview process become very simple. Let’s dive through the question of how to be successful during the Green Card Lottery interview.

• The benchmark of you succeeding through this interview process is for you to be always true with what you are filling in and what you are saying.

To always speak the truth and only the truth alone. If you speak the truth and only the truth, there’s no way you can mess up with this interview. Provide true information regarding your background and everything that they require.

• Make sure you have gone through all the instructions pertaining the Green Card interview, which you’ll find in the State of Department’s website.

Visit the State Department’s website and read all the instructions regarding the interview and carefully stick them, carefully follow them and do exactly as they require you to. That is another very important thing that will make you successful during this interview process.

• Go through all the documents that you are required to have during the interview and you’ll find this document in the same place, the State Department’s website.

They will clearly outline each and every document that you will be required to present during the interview. Provide all the supporting documents to whatever you filled in the DS-260.

The first thing that the Embassy will try to look for, or the first thing that they will try and assess will be your qualifications.

They will try to assess if you have the relevant documents to prove your academic qualification or if you applied using the work experience, they will go through the work experience documents to see if you have enough proof and then if you do have the right qualification, there’s no need to panic. You will successfully go through the process.

Note that there are no specific or written down questions that the consular officer will ask you. There are no pre-written questions, he or she will ask you random question regarding your DS-260 and your application.

There are no specifically written questions that he or she will ask you, but all the questions will revolve around your application and your DS-260 and how you’re going to sustain yourself the very first days in the United States. Those are the questions that are likely to be asked.

Therefore, prepare yourself with the correct rationale and a workable plan to explain to the consular how you are planning to get yourself started while you land in the United States.

Do you have some finances to support you as you’re taking off? Do you have an evidence to prove that you have someone who is willing to sponsor you, to take care of your needs as you’re starting off your life in the United States?

Have a clear plan to show the consular how you’re going to sustain yourself within the very first days of settling down in the United States. By this, they may require a financial document to prove your financial status at the present that it will be able to stand for you as you are starting your life there.

Alternatively, you may present, if they ask you, the affidavit of support (form I-134), to prove that you have a relevant sponsor who is willing to take care of your everything, as you are settling down in the United States.

If you are able to prove this, then there is no point of being denied the visa.

Another famous question is regarding what are you intending to do in the United States? What are you intending to become? What is your vision when you land in the United States?

This is a very famous question, though it’s not always asked. So prepare yourself, have a good plan. For example, you can just say you are going there to study as well as to work or such an example.

Have a defined way of explaining your reason, your purpose of going to the United States, and let it be positive, because if it’s negative, then you may end up being denied the visa.

To Pass Your DV Lottery Interview, Proceed to: DV Lottery (Green Card) Interview Questions and Sample Answers>>>

Generally, the interview is not so long. It takes very short time, at maximum around five minutes. Very short interview and very direct interview, and if you’re honest and true, you cannot fumble around with what to answer.

You’ll answer things correctly and you’ll always be given your visa. Have confidence and just prepare yourself.

I hope this information has been great to you.

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Today, we will learn the reason as to why you should try to prevent as much as possible not to be put into the administrative processing, after your Diversity Visa (DV) interview.

What is Administrative Processing (AP)?

When you are put into the administrative processing (AP), it means that the interviewing officer has found some part of your information that needs further checkups or would require more information into it before you are considered for a visa.

In this case, they would go ahead and request you for further documents, or they might go deeper into the already provided information to see if you qualify for the visa.

In this status, you are neither guaranteed for a visa nor denied the visa.

Examples in which you can be put into the administrative processing are:

• When inside your travel information, they are contained information of you traveling or visiting the nations that are considered by the United States as terrorism prone.

They will have to do some deeper investigation to ensure that you are not a terrorist or you will not pose any threat to the United States once you are issued with the visa.

• In majority of the Embassies, the consular officers will request for the affidavit of support and if you are unable to provide one, they will put you into the AP and wait for you to deliver the affidavit of support.

Those are just some of the reasons as to why you might be thrown into the administrative processing.

Is it risky for you being thrown into administrative processing?

The answer is, it might be very risky because once you are put into administrative processing, your visa is returned to the pool of visas that are ready for other interviews. And if your case takes longer than the stipulated visa time, then it means you will lose your visa to some other people.

For the case of the diversity visa, if your administrative processing goes beyond 30th September of that fiscal year, then it means you will not receive your visa.

Note: The AP might take from a period of two weeks all the way to three months or even beyond six months.

Therefore, if you are able and at all costs, try and avoid being put into administrative processing because you put your chance of getting a visa at risk.

I hope the information is very clear.

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To process a visa for Canada, you will need to follow certain steps. The specific process and requirements may vary depending on the type of visa you are applying for.

Firstly, you need to decide which type of Canadian visa you are looking for. There are many types of visa and immigration routes, some of them are below:

• Study Visa
• Work visa with LMIA
• Work visa with LMIA exempt category
• Visitor visa
• Permanent Residence (Express Entry, PNP, etc.)

How to Process a Visa for Canada

Here is a general outline of the steps involved:

• Determine the type of visa

Identify the type of visa you need based on your purpose of travel. Canada offers various types of visas, including tourist visas, study permits, work permits, and permanent residency visas. Each visa category has specific requirements and application procedures.

• Gather the required documents

Review the documentation requirements for your specific visa category. Typically, you will need a valid passport, application forms, photographs, proof of financial support, travel itinerary, and any other documents relevant to your visa type. Make sure to provide accurate and complete information to avoid delays or rejections.

• Complete the application forms

Fill out the application forms accurately and honestly. You can usually find the application forms on the official website of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Ensure that you provide all the necessary details and double-check for any errors or missing information.

• Pay the application fees

Check the applicable fees for your visa category and make the necessary payment. The fees are non-refundable, so ensure that you are eligible and meet the requirements before submitting your application.

• Submit your application

Submit your completed application, along with the required documents and fees, to the appropriate visa office. Depending on your country of residence, you may need to submit your application online through the IRCC website or at a visa application center in person.

• Attend biometrics appointment

In many cases, you will be required to provide biometric information, including fingerprints and a photograph. After submitting your application, you will receive instructions on how and where to complete this step.

• Wait for processing

The processing time for Canadian visas can vary, so it’s important to apply well in advance of your intended travel date. You can check the estimated processing times on the IRCC website. During this period, it’s important to keep any communication and correspondence from the visa office.

• Attend an interview (if required)

Depending on the type of visa you are applying for, you may be called for an interview at the visa office. Prepare for the interview by reviewing your application and supporting documents, and be ready to answer questions about your travel plans, intentions, and personal circumstances.

• Receive a decision

Once your application is processed, you will receive a decision on your visa application. If approved, you may be issued a visa sticker in your passport or an electronic travel authorization, depending on the visa category. In case of rejection, the visa office will provide reasons for the decision.

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• I am NOT an Immigration Consultant, Financial Advisor, neither am I affiliated with any government organization.
• Any information shared on this site is based on research and hence should not be considered Legal Advice, I am not your Lawyer.
• So I assume no liability for how the information on this site is used or interpreted and hence take no responsibility for any decisions that are made with regards to your visa application or life based on the information shared on this site.
• Your commitment to your visa application or life is critical, so please do your own research or consult a professional before making any kind of decision.

Is there any second selection of the results in the DV lottery application processes and the results for the green card lottery? Is there any second selection for the DV Lottery?

For the DV-2024, the answer is no. The results are out once and for all, there are no second selection for DV Lottery or second results for DV Lottery.

These are some of the rumors people are saying, for example, I checked the first time I didn’t see anything, I came the second time, maybe two months later I was the winner.

Maybe you didn’t check it correctly, but if you check correctly, there are no second selection of the diversity visa rotary results.

The reason why sometimes it’s confusing which make people believe or think that there is second selection.

When you check the result, they say your entry has not been selected at this time. You may now ask, what about next time? They say at this time, maybe if I come next time it will be there. The answer is No.

It is at this time of the fiscal year of DV 2022, at this time of the fiscal year DV-2023, at this time of the fiscal of DV-2024, that particular fiscal year that we are talking about.

Another sentence which is confusing people is, “continue keeping your confirmation number until September.” So many people may say, “Oh, they say I have to keep the confirmation number, i didn’t win at this time.”

They didn’t say that if you are not the winner, keep the confirmation number. No, you needed to keep your confession number, especially if you are the winner, because you will use the confirmation number to sign in the DS-260 to process.

After September 30, it will be the end of checking the results of the one fiscal year and the next fiscal year. So no matter whether you keep it, if you are not the winner, that confirmation number means nothing at all.

How many times are you supposed to check the DV Lottery Results?

You can check your DV results first time, second time, many times you want. But even if you check 100 times, remember they cannot exceed more than the required number of visas per year.

If the winners is more than the number of visas, why should they put in the second selection? No, they don’t need to do that.

If you find out you have not been selected, will it change at a later date if you look again for the results?

The answer is no.

So if you check, you didn’t win DV lottery this time, prepare for the next lottery and you can also try to look for other opportunities which will be able to help you to continue and to be able to succeed with the process to relocate to the United States of America.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

If you have any questions about the DV lottery, please contact an immigration professional/officer or a licensed attorney.

How to Correct Mistake on DS-260 After Submitting: There is this question, can I update my DS-260 once I have filled it up and submitted? Or What if I realized that I made mistakes, can I request unblocking for me to update my DS-260?

First of all, once you’ve completed filling the DS-260 and you have submitted it, the system will show the DS-260 as completed. When the form status show completed, it is locked for editing. You cannot edit it.

But remember, an accurately filled DS-260 form is very essential for the success of your case.

Back to this question, Can I update my DS-260 form once I have submitted it? The answer is yes, you can update it. But how?

How to Correct Mistake on DS-260 After Submitting

If you need to change anything in your DS-260 form, you’ll have to email the KCC asking them to unlock your DS-260, so that you can make the changes.

Below is a sample email you can use it to request KCC to unlock the principals DS-260:

The KCC email address is as shown above is KCCDV@state.gov. You can see on the main body of the email, is requesting the KCC to unlock the DS-260, meaning the principal applicant’s DS-260.

The subject of the mail as shown, will read “Unlock Request”. In the body of the email, you will have to be specific, you will include your names (that is the first name, the middle name and the last name).

You will have to indicate your case number, indicate your date of birth, the American format.

Then you will have to tell the KCC which DS-260 form they are to unlock for you. This sample shows the principal applicant unlocking. This email will request the KCC to unlock the part of the principal applicant for review, to unlock the DS-260 for the derivatives.

As you can see in the body of the email, you will have to specify to KCC which derivatives DS-260 form you want them to unlock for you for revision.

There is no limitation to the number of times you can ask KCC to unlock your DS-260 form for revision.

Note that the interviewing Consular Officer will be able to know the number of changes that you did. But you have not to worry about that because it not affect anything.

Also note that you cannot request unlocking once your interview has been scheduled, because at this point, it is only the embassy that can unlock your DS-260 form.

Will the unlocking of the DS-260 leads to the delay of the scheduling of my interview?

If your case is going to be current in many months to come, then there’s no concern about delay. But if your case will be current in the near future, then the answer may be no or possibly yes in some cases.

For example, if you are requesting the unlock to add the details of a newborn, then this will not cause any delay.

But if you are requesting unlock for you to add maybe your spouse, since this is a grown up, an adult, and he or she has to go through some background checks, then this means there’ll be some delay.

Another example that may cause some delay is when you request unlocking for you to add travel details. If you are adding travel details of a country that has cases with terrorism, definitely they’ll have to do some background checks of the travels. So this can cause some delay.

Also, if your case is going to be current soon and then request unlocking for you to revise your dates of birth or name, there might be some possible delays.

Some minor changes like changing the address in the United States or the work experience might not cause any delay. But remember, it’s better to get some delay, but have a correctly filled up DS-260 form because it will determine your success at the embassy.

So request unlocking for you to make the necessary changes. Do not consider delays. Another point to note is that requesting for unlocking towards the end of the processing year.

Let’s say for example, you request for unlocking in the month of July, then it might be impossible for the unlocking. This is because the KCC will not be having enough time to schedule for your interview.

Therefore, it is important for you to request the KCC to unlock your DS-260 form as soon as possible. As early as you realize there is mistake, make sure you request for unlocking for you to update your DS-260.

That’s all about unblocking and updating your DS-260.

I hope the information was useful to you.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

If you have any questions about the DV lottery, please contact an immigration professional/officer or a licensed attorney.

This guide will answer some frequently asked questions about DS-260 Form and Case Number.

Question: The DS-260 online form responds to me like “the case number entered is currently unavailable”. Why and how can it be solved?

If the DS-260 online form responds with “the case number entered is currently unavailable,” there could be several reasons why this is happening. Here are some possible solutions based on the search results:

• Contact the National Visa Center (NVC):

If you encounter an error while completing your DS-260 form, follow the instructions and take the recommended action as shown on the http://Travel.gov website. If you are unable to resolve your error based on this guidance, or the error you encounter is not listed, please contact NVC at https://nvc.state.gov/inquiry for assistance

• Check if you entered the case number correctly:

If you get an error saying “Your Search did not return any data”, it means that you did not enter the data properly. You would have removed the spaces in the Case Number. You need to enter it with spaces properly

• Check if your case number matches:

In some cases, people experience difficulties validating their DS-260 due to a mismatch between their case number and their application ID. If this happens, contact KCC via e-mail or phone

• Wait for technical difficulties to be resolved:

The DS-260 online system may experience technical difficulties from time to time. If access to DS-260’s is still unavailable after some time, contact NVC telephonically at 603-334-0700

• Reset your DS-260:

If you completed your DS-260 when your case had a visa available, but the case subsequently retrogressed, and now a visa is available again but the DS-260 is not available, contact NVC at https://nvc.state.gov/inquiry to get your DS-260 reset.

How do I obtain my case number for the DS-260 form?

To obtain your case number for the DS-260 form, you need to refer to the official communication you received from the U.S. Department of State’s National Visa Center (NVC) or the U.S. Embassy or Consulate handling your immigrant visa application. The case number is typically provided in the correspondence you receive regarding your visa application.

Here are the general steps to locate your case number:

Check your email: Search your email inbox for any communication from the NVC or the U.S. Embassy/Consulate. Look for subject lines related to your visa application or immigrant visa processing. The case number is often included in these emails.

Review physical mail: If you received any physical mail regarding your visa application, such as a notice or instructions, check the documents for the case number. It is usually mentioned on the correspondence.

Contact the NVC or Embassy/Consulate: If you cannot locate your case number or have not received any communication, you can contact the NVC or the U.S. Embassy/Consulate directly. Provide them with your relevant personal details, such as your full name, date of birth, and any other identifying information they may require. They should be able to assist you in retrieving your case number.

Remember that the case number is unique to your specific visa application and is essential for accessing and completing the DS-260 form. It’s important to keep this information secure and readily available throughout the immigration process.

Note: DS-260 form is typically used for immigrant visa applications, and the process may vary depending on the type of visa you are applying for. If you have any specific questions or concerns about your visa application, it’s recommended to consult the official websites of the U.S. Department of State or the specific embassy/consulate handling your case for accurate and up-to-date information.

How does one check to know the status of his/her DS-260?

Hint: You can email KCC the request. Otherwise wait for notification from KCC.

Source: Quora, Quora

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If you need legal advice, you may contact an attorney. You should seek the advice of an attorney in your jurisdiction before taking any legal action.

As such, I disclaim all liability with respect to actions taken based on any information presented. Nothing herein is intended to nor constitutes a guarantee, warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter.

Every case is different and outcomes will vary depending on the unique facts and legal issues of your case. Thank you.

This is about the journey of a diversity visa winner entering the United States and more so at the point of entry. This guide is important for you, even if you are among those who are not selected because there are still preparation for the application in the upcoming DV lottery.

So for those who are preparing to enter into the United States after the successful interview, what are you expecting? As the diversity visa winner, and you have gotten your visa after a successful interview, what are you supposed to do?

The Journey of a Diversity Visa Winner to U.S for the first time

Below are the next steps:

Preparation for the relocation itself i.e preparing the departure from your country to the United States.

Before embarking on your journey to the U.S, there are several things that you should take care:

• You need to book a flight

The key point here is depending on your ability, you can decide to book for your flight earlier. Remember, you have six months to relocate. Therefore, you can book for your flights two months before, and by so doing, the flights become cheaper.

The flight ticket depends on the time from when you book and when you intend to travel. So if you book the flight today and you set it two months away, definitely that flight will be cheaper than booking the flight today and you want to travel tomorrow or some three days after.

• Gather your required documents

There are several documents that you will need to carry with you and these documents includes the envelope that you received via the courier service or from the embassy after the interview.

The document that contains your passport stamped with the visa, plus the sealed envelope that is inside there that is supposed to be handed over at the point of entry. That is the passport and it will be stamped, the diversity visa and the sealed envelope. Those are the documents that you are required to carry with you for the whole trip.

• Packing your bag

Packing it smart. If it is in the winter season, you just pack the warm clothes. If it is the normal seasons, you just pack smart. Pack it smart. Don’t over pack.

• Arrival in the United States

What happens when you arrive in the United States? So the point where you land with your plane, that is what you call the point of entry, because you’ll need to go through the custom and border protection. This is where they do a recheck of you to verify your identity, to verify your validity.

The point of entry Procedures: The officer will ask you a series of questions. Here are just some few examples questions, they vary from one person to the other. They are just overall questions just to verify the identity, nothing more.

• What is the purpose of your trip to the U.S?
• How long do you plan to stay in the U.S?
• Where will you be staying in the U.S?
• Do you have any relatives or friends in the U.S? And so on.

Such type of questions. Just the overall question to confirm the validity, and what you’re supposed to do is to be truthful.

Biometric Collection

They will take your biometrics, of course, take a photo of you, you’ll undergo some checking, your luggage will be checked for anything and so on.

Once your documents are verified, then they’ll tell you, Welcome to the United States.

What are the documents that are contained in the sealed envelope?

It simply contains the following documents:

• Sealed envelope with “To be opened by a DHS(Department of Homeland Security) officer only” written on it.
• Sealed medical exam results in a brown envelope.
• Original civil certificate/documents (the birth, the marriage, etc) whatever you had provided during time of the visa interview.

That’s what is contained in that sealed envelope that you’re requested to hand it over at the point of entry without unsealing it, without breaking the seal.

In conclusion

Entering the U.S for the first time can be an exciting and nerve-wrecking experience. By following the steps outlined above, you can ensure a smooth journey from start to finish. Remember to carry all necessary documents with you and answer all questions truthfully.

Some frequently asked question

Can I travel to the United States after the expiration of the visa?

No, you cannot travel to the United States after the visa that has been stamped on the passport gets expired and it only has six months to expire since the time of your interview or to be so precise, since the time of your medical examination. So after that, you cannot travel to that.

What happens if I forget to bring any of the required documents?

If you fail to carry, for example, the sealed envelope with you to the United States, then you’re not get through that point. If you don’t bring any required documents, then you don’t get through that point.

Can I extend my stay in the U.S after entering on a diversity visa?

After entering the United States, the visa is stamped on your passport. That is the diversity visa that gives you a stay of up to one year. So at the point of entry, there is a visa that will be stamped that gives you a stay for about one year.

During that stay, you are supposed to have taken your green card. The green card expires after 10 years, and after 10 years, you are supposed to renew that green card.

What should I do if I face any issue at the point of entry?

If you face any issue, just be calm and respectful and if you need any consultation, ask for the supervisor to clarify on those issues.

Can I travel within the United States after entering on a diversity visa?

Of course, yes. Once you land to the United States, you can move or you can relocate, or you can stay, or you can go to whichever location you want. You are not restricted to a certain jurisdiction.

You are not confined within any boundaries. You can relocate and move to whichever state you want, to whichever city you want, to whichever location you want, you are free to move around.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

If you have any questions about the DV lottery, please contact an immigration professional/officer or a licensed attorney.

Affidavit of Support is one of the list of official documents that may be required from the DV lottery winner when you go to the interview of the diversity visa. Affidavit of Support is also known as the Form I-134.

Not all embassies are requiring this particular document. Some of the embassies and consulates are requiring this document while some are not requiring this documentation.

DV Lottery Affidavit of Support

Who is supposed to fill this form, if the U.S embassy in the country where you are taking the interview, require this form?

Not everybody has the status or is allowed to fill this form. Only the person with green card or a person who is a U.S citizen is required to fill this form, if this form is required.

This form is not a sponsorship form. It is a form which the U.S government believes that if you get the financial difficulties, instead of going to the U.S government to request for financial support, the person who is filling this form will be required, will be responsible for supporting you during that financial hardship.

They prefer or they require a green card holder or U.S citizen to fill this form.

Again, even if you’re U.S citizen or green card holder, will be able to fill this form. They need to know how much your annual income is, and that annual income is related to the poverty guidelines of the poverty line.

If a person who is going to fill that form is single, he/she needs to have e.g $18,000 per year, and then if he’s going to sponsor or to put two or three people, then he/she need to have up to $35,000.

There is a poverty guideline to determine how many people and how much income you need to have. It’s not about the bank statement, it is about the annual income and the annual income is going to be proven by tax return or tax credit, the tax transcript, which will be able to include or say, this is the annual income of someone according to the IRS.

What is the challenge of getting this one?

People are assuming, if you are hosting me, you have to fill this form. No, you can have a person A as a host and person B can be the person filling the Affidavit of Support, if the embers in your account is requiring the affidavit of support.

The host is any person giving you the address or the place to stay. A host can be an international student. A host can be a person visiting America. A host can be any person with a non-immigrant visa. But the person filling the feeling the affidavit of support must be a green card holder or a U.S citizen with a certain required income.

The challenge usually is rising based on the following things to get someone to fill that form:

• Not everyone who is in America will have the income which will meet the poverty guidelines, if is adding you and your derivatives in that particular list. Though the person can be above the poverty line based on their income.

But if, for example you and your spouse and two children, that is four people on top of their salary or the top of their income, that will be difficult to find people who will be able to do that.

• The fact that the tax return or the tax credit has the social security number, why then should I give you the document which has social security of myself, my wife and three children?

He/she may not want to know what it will be used in those information and say no to you. So that is a challenge. Some people, they don’t like to share either how much they make or sometimes the exact social security number in that particular context.

Some of the embassies, they know that because of such reasons, they allow the person (the sponsor) to send it directly to the embassy. So if the country where you are, the embassy requires that, you can ask the embassy if they can give you the particular email so that the person can send that information directly to the embassy.

The person will be confident to send that information directly to the embassy than to you, because he/she do not know how you are going to handle Social Security Number, whether it’s going to be compromised or not. So that is a challenge in that particular case.

But the best way to avoid this issue, for instance, if the embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, requires affidavit of support and the embassy Tanzania does not doesn’t require, you have difficulties completing the form or you cannot get the affidavit of support, then you can move the interview location from Kenya, to Tanzania, then you are not required to provide the affidavit of support, and that will be the quick solution for that.

In all, the affidavit of support is not required in all embassies. But if your embassy requires it, you must go with it. If you don’t go with that particular affidavit of support, they are not going to deny you the visa, they will give you the time.

Maybe you have four weeks or five weeks or six weeks to go and bring this documentation so that they can give you the visa, or they are not going to give you the visa, if you completely fail to bring that document in the countries where the affidavit of support is a requirement.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice. If you have any questions about the DV lottery, please contact an immigration professional/officer or a licensed attorney.

Did you know that you have to keep your confirmation number with you when you realize you have not been selected DV lottery? Why are you supposed to keep your confirmation number? This guide is for all those that might end up not getting selected for the DV-2024 lottery.

You are supposed to keep your confirmation number because there might be a second selection. A second selection is a possibility because such happened year back like in the year 2018 and the DV lottery 2012.

In fact, for 2012, the whole process of selection had to be redone. But in 2018, when September came, there was a second selection, because they realized the cut off number, the highest one that they had placed, did not suffice the number of visas that was supposed to be issued.

And that was because there were a lot of holes in between and therefore lesser people to fill in the slots for the diversity visas that were supposed to be issued.

Therefore they had to do a second selection to add on those people, that’s it is important to keep the confirmation number, as much as it’s a rare occurrence, but it is also so possible.

So how long are you supposed to keep your confirmation number in case you realized that you are not selected? You keep your confirmation number with you up to the beginning of the interview period for that DV lottery.

In this case, as the results for the DV-2024 Lottery has been released, the interviews for the DV Lottery 2024 will only begin as from the 1 October this year. So keep your confirmation number up to October of this year.

Around October this year if there might be need for a second selection process, then they will do it around that time, and around that time you can recheck whether they have done the selection again.

If they have done it and you check, then you can find out that you have been selected or not. But note that this is a rare occurrence. It happened in 2012 and in 2018. So just keep your confirmation number with you till that time.

Does this mean a second chance? Well, to some extent, but not as promising because these occurrences, they happen rarely.

I hope this information comes to you at the right time, so that out of desperation when you realize you’ve not been selected or out of anything, you don’t dump your confirmation number but be with it.

If you have lost or misplaced your confirmation number, read this>>> How To Retrieve Lost or Misplaced DV Lottery Confirmation Number, to check DV-2024 Results.

I wish you all the best and I wish you success.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

If you have any questions about the DV lottery, please contact an immigration professional/officer or a licensed attorney.

Congratulations to DV Lottery Winners. What are the next step after winning DV lottery? After you have checked your DV lottery result and you realize that you have won, what will be the next steps?

In this guide, we will learn about what next after you checked your DV Entrant Status and realized you’ve won the DV lottery.

What are the next step after winning DV lottery?

The next step will be to fill the DS-260 form, the Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application. If you are a foreign national and you are among those successful selected for DV lottery, you are required to submit this online form.

This form is the form that will carry all the information of yourself together with those of your derivatives.

When you start filling the DS-260, it is advisable you feel it in stages. Don’t rush to feel it within a single day you, can fill it bit by bit. Fill one bit, that bit that you have filled, the documents and everything, save it, go and get the other documents and then continue to fill, then save.

For example, you might be having all the details that you have for yourself, the passports and everything, but you might not be having those for your derivatives, you are dependent.

Fill in your part, then save, go and apply the passport for your derivatives, your dependence. Get the passport, get everything they need, then come back again, open the form, fill those details and then save.

You go to the next step, there is a part where they need your host details, where your documents will be sent to the address of your host. So you go on, find your host, look for a host, request for their details, their address and everything that they need in that DS-260 form, then come back, reopen the form, fill it correctly and then save it.

Go on to fill every document bit by bit, every part of the document. It may take days, it may take a month, but make sure you feel bit by bit and in a relaxed state that you may feel correctly.

Then, after you’ve filled everything and you’ve confirmed again and again, then that’s the time when you comfortably submit and wait for the Second Notification Letter (2NL).

The DS-260 filling process should not be done in a single day, for you to be accurate, fill bit by bit, slowly by slowly, until it is complete, and then when you are sure that the details are correct, then submit it and wait for the next step.

How to fill DS-260 Form

In my next guide, you will learn how to fill DS-260 form bit by bit without making any mistakes.

Thanks for reading this guide, I hope it was so informative.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.