diversity visa (DV) program

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

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 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.

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.

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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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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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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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 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.

The DV-2024 lottery results are out and people are busy checking. People have checked in their millions and they’ve gotten the results. Congratulations to DV Lottery Winners.

Did you applied successfully and you have been checking your DV lottery result, but you have been receiving errors and you get bothered? If you’re checking and you have errors, it’s normal. It is just the first period of the release of the results and the system can become overwhelmed, can become jammed.

It’s not a problem if you’re receiving errors, just give it some time and try again when the number of people checking have gone down. So just go later and check again and it will go through.

The first thing that you need to know is that the result that you get after checking remains permanent. It doesn’t mean if you check tomorrow or the day after tomorrow or some weeks ahead or some months away, it will change. It remains the way it is.

If you have been selected, congratulations to you. The process and the journey begins. What you need to do is to visit this site always for more updates that will be dropping in this site.

If you found out that you have not been selected, then that’s what we will discuss or talk about in this post because vast majority of people will not get selected. That’s a fact.

So if you’ve checked the results and it says based on the information submitted, the entry has not been selected for further processing this time around, that is not the end of it. It’s not the end of the world.

If you have not been selected, you need to keep your confirmation with you. Just keep it with you. In some rare cases, they do a second selection, and that is when they realize they have selected much less people than there are the visas.

They do a second selection around September and October. Keep your confirmation number with you up to that time. But that is a rare chance.

Also, if you realized that you are not selected, it means that you are not lucky at that time and you are not alone because millions of people were not selected too. That’s the first thing that you need to know.

Also, if you are not selected this time around, it does not mean that you are completely excluded from this process. There are more DV lottery coming. There is a DV lottery application this year, October, next year, and so on. It’s not the end of it.

You are not lucky this time around, keep on trying. Many have applied twice or more and was not selected and they never gave up.

If you do not get selected, what you’re supposed to do is you have another chance to try in the following years. Who knows? If you apply in this coming October, then one year from now, you might be celebrated. So don’t give up.

Yes it is so frustrating because some might have applied once, twice, thrice, four times, and so on, and they have not gotten selected. But don’t get frustrated. Never get frustrated. It is free to apply. Just try your luck. Year in, year out. One time will come and you’ll get selected.

For those who applied for the first time, you can also get frustrated because you had high expectation. Maybe you have a friend who just played once and was selected and you applied thinking so, but you are not selected and you now are trying to give up on this. You’re getting frustrated.

There are people who have applied several times and they have not gotten selected. Others applied for five times and the sixth time they got selected and they were celebrated with others. Others applied three times and they got selected.

Whichever the case, whether you are first timer or you’ve applied several times, you are not supposed to give up on this. Just keep trying in the next DV lottery.

Other ways to move to the U.S

If you really want to move to the U.S, maybe your hope is that one day in the future, you have to be in the U.S, DV lottery is just one way, one avenue to the United States.

If you are a student or you want to further your studies in the United States, that is another possible way. You can start your journey by becoming a student in the U.S.

Try out and find some scholarship or some programs that do the student exchange or some program that offer you an opportunity to study in the United States. That is another way if you really have to be in the United States.

There are many visas. If you have a family in the United States, maybe he/she went through the family visa, have your family file the visa or green card for you, i.e the F visas.

If you have a father in the United States, you have a mother in the United States, just have them file the family green card for you. That is another possible way that you can go to the United States.

Another possible way is by you trying to apply for jobs that are offered for foreigners by organization in the United States. There are many companies or institutions or organizations or workplaces that offer opportunities to foreign specialists.

So if you see a job that offers genuine opportunities of employment to people outside of the United States, then apply for that. If you qualify, try your luck through that. They are called the E visas or the EB visas. You just try your luck through that. You can also go to the US through those visas.

There are many others, including the business visa. If you are rich enough, you can go through the business visa. Those are just a few of the ways.

The point is that, if you are not selected for DV lottery this time around, you are not alone. There are millions of people that have not been selected too.

We have five months from now to the time that you apply for the next DV lottery. That will be DV lottery 2025. When October come, try your luck again, you never know, one year from now, we might be celebrating you.

Thank you for reading this guide.

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.

Welcome! In this guide, we will be discussing how to check your Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery results correctly and what to do if you are among those selected.

2024 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program entrants can now be able to find out if they were randomly selected for a visa (Started May 6, 2023).

The Diversity Visa Lottery, also known as the Green Card Lottery, is a program that allows individuals from countries with low rate of immigration to the United States to apply for a chance to win a Green Card and become a Permanent Resident of the United States.

Checking Diversity Visa Lottery Results

The diversity visa lottery results are announced once a year by the U.S Department of State.

If you have applied for the Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery, you can check the results online by using your confirmation number and personal information on the Diversity Visa Lottery website.

Official DV-2024 Entrant Status Check

How to check DV-2024 Lottery Result

STEP 1: Login to the official website, click on “Check Status”

Make sure you have your Entrant’s Confirmation Number, Last/Family Name that was used on the Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form, and Year of Birth to check the entrant status online.

STEP 2: Click “Continue”

You will see “Confirmation Number” box, “Last Name” box, “Year of birth” box and then “Authentication Code” box. Make sure you fill up the boxes with the right details.

STEP 3: After filling up the boxes correctly, including the Authentication box, Click “Submit”

After that, the Next page will bring out your Entrant DV-2024 Result on the Screen, print it for future use.

If you have been selected, you will receive a notification letter which is called First Notification Letter (1NL) from the U.S Department of State.

It is important to note that being selected does not guarantee that you will receive a Green Card or Visa, as there are limited number of green cards available each year.

What to do if you are selected

If you have been selected for the 2024 Diversity Visa Lottery, congratulations. This is a great opportunity to become a Permanent Resident of the United States.

If you are successfully selected, the first information that you will receive is called the First Notification Letter, 1NL. It is the letter that unveils your case number, if you are selected in DV Lottery.

The next step after you checked and found you are among those selected is to complete the online application form called DS-260, which will be available on the Diversity Visa Lottery website.

Immediately the DV lottery results are out and you get selected, fill the DS-260 form immediately, take some few days and fill it correctly, as early as that time, and submit it correctly filled.

You will need to provide personal information including your name, date of birth, country of birth, information about your Education and work experience.

After you have completed the online application form, you will need to submit supporting documents, including your passport, birth certificate and other documents that prove your eligibility for the Diversity Visa Lottery.

Those who submitted their DS-260 in the month of May, regardless of their case number, whether high or low, will be processed first before those who submitted in June.

Read: What to do after the DV-2024 selection

You will also need to attend an interview at the U.S Embassy or Consulate in your country of residence. During the interview, you will be asked questions about your background, education and work Experience, and your plans for living in the United States.

Read: DV Lottery (Green Card) Interview Questions and Sample Answers

What to do if you were not selected

If you were not selected for the Diversity Visa Lottery, don’t give up hope. You can still apply for other immigration programs such as employment-based visas or family based visas.

Note: It is also important to keep in mind that the Diversity Visa Lottery is not the only way to obtain a Green card, as there are many other options available.

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.

Regarding the papers, the color and the content that you may be issued with after the DV lottery interview. Today, we will discuss about the yellow paper/slip 221g.

What is the Yellow Paper/Slip after the DV Interview?

The yellow paper/slip 221g is the other paper that you may expect to get after your DV interview. The yellow document is one of the colors of the 221g visa refusal, and it indicates that there is a need for further administrative processing before the final decision is made on your visa application.

This means that additional time may be needed to complete the processing of your visa application, and you may need to wait longer than expected (e.g weeks, months or so) to receive the final decision.

When you receive the yellow paper/slip, it is important just as for other documents to go through that paper thoroughly, understand what additional administrative processing is required, and if you can’t understand, just contact your embassy and inquire of it.

The instructions will typically provide specific details on what steps you need to take, what documentation you need to provide. They will be clearly outlined on the document.

What are the reasons as to why you may receive this yellow paper/slip?

If there is need for further background checks.

Just like other papers, if there is additional information about you or regarding your application that requires further information, further background checks, then you will be given the yellow paper/slip.

This may be required if you have previously lived in or visited a country with high security risks. The yellow slip indicates that they want to do some further background checks.

If you have visited countries with security issues, countries that pose threat to the human populations, if you visited those countries, then a background check has to happen.

They need to know why did you go there? What were your aims? What were your goals? Or what did you go for in that country? What is your relationship with that country? What activities are you conducting in that country?

If there is some security issues regarding your travel, regarding your visiting a country, then expect the yellow paper.

If you have any issue that may raise concerns regarding your eligibility of the visa, or any other issue that is around your eligibility based on the above discussed, then may lead to the yellow paper.

Another reason for the yellow paper/slip is further verification of your application.

This may include reviewing the documentation provided in support of your application or verifying the information provided in your application. You may be required to produce documents to support, especially on security issues.

It is important to act promptly, respond quickly, and provide the necessary or the required or the requested documents or information. In some cases, the processing may take longer, especially if you come or you have visited those countries that pose a threat to the security of the United States.

It is also important to take note that some type of visas, such as those related to science and technology, or those additional security clearances, may require additional administrative processes.

If your certificate of qualification is under the engineering, and especially those engineering related to nuclear material, nuclear energy, and maybe you visited those countries that have these issues, then automatically you expect this case to be so complicated and to take time and you need to expect the yellow paper.

In conclusion, receiving the yellow paper can be frustrating, as it means your visa application is on hold while further administrative processing is conducted.

However, by carefully reviewing the instructions provided on the slip and promptly responding to any requests for additional information or documentation, you can increase your chances of having your visa application approved.

It’s important to remain patient and allow sufficient time for the administrative processing to be completed, particularly if additional background checks or verification are required.

Reasons for yellow paper/slip 221g:

• Further processing required example
• A security clearance is required due to your background, or additional administrative processing is needed due to the complexity of your case.

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.

The second paper that you might be given after the DV lottery interview is the Pink Paper. Today we’ll be looking on 221(g) the Pink Paper/Slip.

Remember that the information here on the various types of documents, is the general information that will be found on the paper. Depending on the embassies, there might be some various variations, but the overall information of the content will be the same.

What are the content of the 221(g) pink slip/paper?

The pink paper/slip is one of the colors of the 221(g) visa refusal document and it indicates that there is an issue with the documentation provided in support of your visa application.

This means that the visa officer requires additional documentation to make a decision on your visa application.

When you receive a pink slip, it is crucial to carefully review the instruction provided on the slip and understand what additional document is required.

As usual, whichever color of the paper you get on the refusal, read thoroughly through the document and understand the requirement. Of course, the consular will tell you whatever is needed, but this paper will in details explain the need.

It is when you miss some other document, for example, if your medical results have not been submitted to the embassy at the time of your interview, then you can be given the pink paper.

What are other things or other documents that by them missing will cause you to be given the pink paper?

One of the common reason for receiving the pink paper is the missing or expired passport. Remember, your passports, both yours and for your derivatives, need to have an expiration period of beyond six months after the interview. That is a requirement.

If your passport expires maybe in two months after the interview or three months after the interview, or under six months, then you can be given the pink paper. Or if your passport is currently expired at the time of the interview, you also expect to get this pink paper.

In this case, the visa officer may request you to provide a valid passport before the application proceeds. It is essential to make sure that your passport is valid before you attend the interview.

Before submitting anything, or attending the interview, ensure your passports they meet the requirements.

Incomplete Birth Certificate

Another reason is incomplete birth certificate. If the birth certificate is incomplete, there are some missing birth certificates or missing details on the birth certificate, you will be put to this administrative processing and be given the pink paper until you rectify those missing information on a birth certificate or the missing birth certificate.

In this case, the visa officer may require that you provide a certified copy. If you go without the certified copy of the birth certificate, expect a pink paper.

Ensure that you go with the original documents plus a certified notarized documents, for all those documents that require to be notarized, don’t skip any of them.

The pink document may also be issued if there are discrepancies in the information provided on your visa. If there are some minor differences, minor solvable differences inside your applications, then you can be given this pink paper.

Also if you come from other countries, like for example, South Africa and you fail to provide your social media handle, your social media accounts, expect to receive this pink paper.

So any discrepancies in the application that can be solved, they will lead you to receive the pink paper.

Delayed medical results, maybe the medical examining center has not yet sent the results to the embassy, then you’ll be given this pink paper as you wait for the results to be submitted.

In this case, the visa officer may require to provide the additional documentation or the support information for that case and it is important to respond promptly. That is the key take away for all these documents discussed.

You act as fast as you can, don’t make any delay because the more you delay, the slower your process will be.

In some cases the processing may take longer than others, essential to remain calm, to remain settled as you wait for the processing of this kind of 221(g) refusal.

In conclusion, when you receive the pink paper you may become stressed. Of course it is a disturbing situation because your expectation is when you go for the interview, you go successfully and get the visa approved. Just be calm and comply with the requirements.

Be careful to go through all the information on the document, be careful to comply with them as needed. It is good also if you submit your documents and you see some delay, it’s good also to follow up your case. There’s no punish you on doing that.

In Summary

Reasons for Pink Slip/Paper

• The pink paper is issued is when you have issues with documentation and discrepancies in your application or
• when your passport is expired or
• your birth certificate misses something, or
• you don’t have the notarized documents or
• your medical examination has not yet been submitted, that is, the results of the medical examination have not yet been submitted and
• some further documentation that are required in support of the information.

That is the general conclusion of the pink paper.

Other documents with different colors that are issued.

• White Paper 221(g) Visa Refusal
• The Yellow Slip After DV Interview

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.

There are different documents/papers issued after the Green Card Visa (DV) Interview. The first documents that we are going to learn in this guide is the white paper 221(g) Visa Refusal.

What is 221(g) and what are the different color forms of 221(g)?

Form 221(g) refusal is a document that is issued by the U.S embassy if they need more information about your visa application. The form 221(g) is printed on various color papers including white, yellow, blue, and green.

All these different papers we will be discussing the general content, the overall content of the paper, but the specific statements or requirements will slightly differ from one embassy to the other. But the overall content will be the same.

What is white paper under the 221(g) Visa Refusal?

The white document is the most common color in the 221(g) visa refusal document. It indicates that your visa application requires additional administrative processing before a final decision can be made.

There could be various reasons for the white slip, such as background checks, verification of documents and further clarification on your application. That is what the white paper will entails.

When you receive a white slip, it is essential to understand that the processing time can vary depending on the complexity of your case. Have it in your mind. This means that there may be a delay in the processing of your visa and you may need to wait longer than expected to receive the final decision of your application.

To avoid to avoid any further delays, it is crucial to respond promptly to any requests for additional information or documents. This will help the processing of your case to move forward smoothly and quickly.

It is very important point to take, that once you’re given this white paper, there will be some list of requirements by the embassy pertaining your case and everything they request you or require to do, make sure you do it as promptly because this will fasten your process.

If you delay or the further you delay to submit the documents or to comply with the requirement, the longer your case will take to be processed.

One of the most common reasons for receiving the white paper is the missing documentation.

For example, maybe you said you are a high school graduate and you’ve not provided your document for verification or maybe you said you are a degree holder, the university degree, but you have not come with the certificate. They might put you on hold until you provide that and for that case you will be given the white paper.

So the missing documents will be on the white paper and the visa officer may request you to provide those missing documents as soon as possible. It is important to carefully read the instructions provided on the white slip and submit the required documents promptly.

Always read what is on the paper and the officer there will normally check the box of the document that you are required to submit. So read through and comply with what is in the paper.

Another reason for the white slip may be further verification of your application and background checks. If your application needs or from the answers that you provided during the interview raises the need for there to be a further document verification, some background checks, then you’ll be given the white paper.

This may take additional time, but it is essential to remain patient and wait for the process of your case to be complete.

It is also crucial to note that administrative processing can take longer for certain types of visas, such as those related to science and technology, or those requiring additional security clearances.

If, for example, you did nuclear science, remember it is related to atomic things or those bombs of those terrorist weapons, so they might take some time to check you, to review your background.

If it’s related to that, it may take longer, or other fields that are related to war things. This might cause your case to go longer.

Those documents requiring additional security checks or if your career requires additional security checks, if you are doing a career that requires additional security checks, for example, this will cause your administrative processing to take longer.

In these cases, additional administrative processing may be required, which can lead to longer processing time.

In conclusion, receiving a white paper can be frustrating, as it means your visa is on hold. However, it is important to remain patient and follow the instruction provided on the paper. By responding promptly to any request, then it fastens the process of the administrative process.

Below is some summary of the content of the white paper.

Reasons for White Slip/Paper

• Additional administrative processing, (for example, background checks, document verification and such).
• Your application may be missing some documentation, maybe you’ve not provided some of the supporting documents.

This is all about the white paper, though the contents might differ depending on the embassies and your case.

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.

Today, we will learn about the Form I-134 and Form I-864. What are they used for and which one do we require for the diversity visa lottery?

These two forms are both the Affidavit of Support. It is very important to understand the differences between these two terms and which one you are going to use for the diversity visa lottery.

Ways in which you can migrate to the United States

There are two modes or two ways in which you can go to the United States.

• The first way or the first mode is the temporary stay.

This means that you are going to the United States for just a short period of time, maybe to visit a friend or a family or maybe to tour. It’s just a short time. In this case, you use a temporary visa, which is called non Immigrant Visa.

• Another mode in which you are going to the United States is for a permanent residence.

You are immigrating to the United States and you’re intending to live in the United States as long as you want, or permanently. For this instance, you have to obtain the immigrant visa.

In both of these two ways, you will need to provide or to assure the United States government that you are able to sustain yourself within that time. In both this case, you’ll need to provide the Affidavit of Support.

So which of the form do you use in which situation?

For the temporary visit or the short term visit, you will require to provide the Affidavit of Support, the Form I-134.

This is a smaller version of the Form I-864, and it’s not legally bound, though it is recommended by the United States government.

When you are going for a permanent stay or a long stay, you require to provide the Affidavit of Support, form I-864. This is a form that legally bounds your sponsor that he or she will provide full financial support for you as you stay over there in the United States.

For the temporary or the short visit, you require Form I-134 as the Affidavit of Support, and for a long stay, permanent residence, you require the Form I-864.

Which of these two forms (Form I-134 and Form I-864) do you require for Diversity Visa Lottery?

Note: When you are moving for a permanent stay, where you are required to have form I-864, it means that someone has petitioned for your green card visa and that person is willing to support you.

For example, a spouse may want to petition for his or her spouse to come to the United States, or a parent may petition for the Green card for their children, or some job employer would petition for a Green card visa for you to go and work with them in the United States.

When we come to the diversity visa lottery, it is unique and it is different from the other visas. It is a permanent residence status visa, it is different from the other immigrant visa.

In this case, no one is petitioning for your green card. It is a lottery by the United States government.

In other words, it is the United States that is supposed to sponsor you to petition for your green card. But you are not required to provide any financial support document or any affidavit of support. It is not a recommendation in the diversity visa lottery.

But most embassies request for the affidavit of support, form I-134 because you are immigrating to the United States for the first time, and it means you don’t know that place.

You are new to the United States, and therefore you don’t have any means, so they will need you to have or to prove to the United States government that you’re not going to become a public charge, that you have some way of supporting yourself for a short time as you pick up or as you take on the life in the United States.

After you have sought for a sponsor, it is not the sponsor who petitioned for your Green card.

You just found a sponsor and the sponsor has agreed to sponsor you, and it is for a short time, maybe a month or two or so, for you to start life in the United States.

Therefore, for the diversity visa lottery, you will require the Form I-134. Even though it is not a requirement, it’s not mandatory.

Prepare the Form I-134 before your interview and go with it to the interview, in case the consular officer asks for one, you will have it.

I hope this information has been very informative 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.