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May 8, 2024 at 22:37
Hi Simon!
I have a straightforward question about likelihood of success in terms of AoS vs Consular Processing.
To recap, I’m on E2 non-immigrant visa 2025OC4xx. I’m from Australia.
I don’t care about convenience, I care about likelihood of success with whichever route I take.
I have the option to go and do Consular or AoS, neither makes a difference to me.
Purely from a likelihood of success point of view (not convenience etc), if you had the choice, would you opt for AoS or Consular in Australia for a DV?
I have checked out sm1smom AoS sheet already, but keen to hear your thoughts too.
What has more likelihood of getting a green card provided documentation is all filled and sent correctly?
Thank you very much! (:
May 9, 2024 at 00:18
Both ways work.
May 9, 2024 at 03:32
Hi Simon,
Ok thank you, it sounds like you’re saying that they have roughly an equal chance of success.
My other question is more general about the lottery and it’s actually issuance process.
Once you have a low number (OC4xx), your paperwork is correctly filled, current non-immigrant visa still in status correctly, financially stable with US tax return proof, medical no problem (no disease) and AoS package sent with overnight shipping on day of number becoming current, is there any other reason I’d get denied?
In other words, for the AoS Field Office do they treat you like:
1. You are getting the green card, unless they find
a glaring reason to deny you
Or
2. You have to prove that you’re appropriate to be given a green card and you have to try and convince them
Thank you! 🙂
May 9, 2024 at 07:41
Option 1.
May 9, 2024 at 11:33
Awesome thank you!
May 8, 2024 at 22:48
Hi Simon!
What’s the process when my passport just expired (have less than 6 months) and my interview in month and half from now, I’m gonna renew it this week so how I should send it with documents before interview with the other papers? Is this gonna delay me in interview day because the new passport has different number than my original one that I filled in ds260?
May 9, 2024 at 00:19
Take the new passport to the interview.
May 9, 2024 at 01:40
Hello sir I have a question regarding filling the DS260 form that the address they have asked as we where will be living there in the USA so my question is can I put other addresses rather than the sponsor’s address?? Waiting for your reply
May 9, 2024 at 07:37
Yes
May 8, 2024 at 23:55
Hello, mr. Simon. Please tell me when the ds-260 was sent, and if one of the family members did not receive a confirmation number by email after sending the ds-260, what will happen, is it dangerous or not?
May 9, 2024 at 00:20
No
May 9, 2024 at 02:47
Thank you so much! I really appreciate!
May 8, 2024 at 23:57
Dear Mr Brit
Good day to you
I am the winner of 2025 DV from Africa. By chance, I was also the winner of DV 2020. I had full DS 260 at the time. My case number was high. Due to the covid outbreak, the embassy was closed, and I missed my DV opportunity as I was not hired for the interview. My question is, should the DS 260 I’m filling now be the same as the previous DS 260? Can their system detect that I won in 2020?
Thank you
May 9, 2024 at 00:21
Just complete the DS260 honestly.
May 9, 2024 at 00:10
Hi Brit!
Given the last VB from yesterday, how likely do you now think they will hit the full quota this year ? Do you still think they’ve run a bit out of time to schedule enough ?
May 9, 2024 at 00:22
We have to wait and see.
May 9, 2024 at 00:27
Good evening Simon!
Do we need to do the vaccines before or after the medical appointment ?
Thanks!
May 9, 2024 at 00:31
Before or at the medical.
May 9, 2024 at 00:37
Hello there, i have a pending F1 student visa interview in June whilst i won the DV lottery with a high case number though, AF8XXX. Do i have to file the DS260 as yet or i ought to wait on the outcome of the student visa interview?
May 9, 2024 at 07:35
That number is not high.
Submitting the ds260 before the F1 could create more risk of denial for the F1, so consider waiting.
May 9, 2024 at 00:59
Hi Simon, after a little analyse I found that there was much more selectees in my country in the past compared to recent years (2011 up to 2023)… Is there a specific reason for that or its totally random ? (Mauritius, AF)
May 9, 2024 at 07:35
More entries means more winners.
May 9, 2024 at 01:05
hello you said that the 2NL for the visa bulletin has been sent my number is in this visa bulletin I have not received 2024AF47549 my embassy is Dakar according to your analysis I have a chance of receiving before the month of September.
May 9, 2024 at 07:36
I have told you to wait and see. Please don’t ask every day.
May 9, 2024 at 01:11
my question is to know if Dakar has started the interviews for the VB 2024 of May and June like the 2NL for its two months were sent
.
May 9, 2024 at 01:47
Hello Simon,
My case number is AS202422XXX. I remain hopeful for the interview. I have encountered a slight issue while gathering documents. I realized that there is a one-day difference between my date of birth on the passport and the certificate (I was born on the 23rd, but the passport states the 24th). I have started the process of issuing a new passport before my interview, in case it is scheduled soon. Would you recommend that I unlock the DS-260 once I receive the new passport? Also, I am not the principal applicant; my husband is.
also is issuing a new passport correct ?
Kind regards,
Rim
May 9, 2024 at 07:38
Yes get a new passport and simply take that to the interview.
May 9, 2024 at 03:17
Hey Simon,
I am a DV 2024 winner from Tanzania and I am currently on F1 visa in Dallas Texas. I reassigned my interview to Doha Embassy. I didn’t want to do adjustment of status because I had a wife and kids living in Tanzania and I wanted all of us to do Consular processing at the same time. I heard somewhere that I can order police clearances from all countries I lived just by using the Interpol in USA to send my biometrics to those specific countries. Do you have any knowledge about this procedure of ordering police clearances from other countries basing in USA? So far I have not located any Interpol offices in Texas, The only one I see is in Washington DC? I lived in a couple countries and I might not have enough time and resources to visit each one of them physically to process the police clearances. Thank you
May 9, 2024 at 07:40
I answered you already on this same topic
May 9, 2024 at 11:15
Simon, I can not find your answer/ Comment. Please, Kindly answer again.
Thank you
May 9, 2024 at 07:09
Hi Simon!
I am selected for DV 2025.
Since I don’t have any relatives or friends in the USA,what address should I put in my DS260? Could it be a hotel? Someone told me about some mail forwarding services (viabox for example). Is it possible?
Thank you so much
May 9, 2024 at 07:45
Find a friend of a friend.
May 9, 2024 at 08:03
Hello Simon.
My comment was disappear. Idk what’s wrong with the system. I have the same question in your YouTube channel, I tip you super thanks.
It is about my case, the case number is EU205xx (Russia) which shows in bulletin as current status today (July). However, I’ve unlocked my ds260 2 days ago and I re-submit my DS260 immediately (less than 6 hrs before my status become current) Will it cause any issue for my interview? (I have interview in BNK (Bangkok is not busy embassy as i understand
Thank you for your answer.
Elena
May 9, 2024 at 08:08
I can’t be certain, you have to wait and see.
May 9, 2024 at 08:15
Thank you very much. I will give you an update
May 9, 2024 at 08:24
Hi BritSimon!
For the DV2024 I submitted a picture that was less than 6-month old and everything on my entry was perfectly accurate. But I entered again for DV2025 as I wasn’t sure my number would get current and I mistakenly submitted a picture that I had submitted a few years ago, possibly in 2020 or 2021 (because I had named them same and I only realized after submitting). But very different from the DV2024 picture.
I just got current and will have my interview for DV2024 in July (I have not been re-selected for DV2025). Do you think that can cause me a denial ?
Thank you
May 9, 2024 at 09:03
No
May 9, 2024 at 08:50
Hello Simon,
Bula from the Fiji Islands. Iam staying hopeful and enquiring if 2024OC2051 will have any chance of becoming current in the next visa bulletin? Basically does my case number have any chance? Feeling very restless. Thanks. God bless you for always guiding people.
Regards, Neha.
May 9, 2024 at 09:03
You have a chance.
May 9, 2024 at 08:55
Hey Simon, after the 2NL is sent and you are scheduled, is the date for the interview after a particular time? Like how long after the 2NL does your interview happen?
May 9, 2024 at 09:04
2NLs sent in May will be for some date in July.
May 9, 2024 at 09:46
So 2NL’s sent in June would be for August interviews?
May 9, 2024 at 09:24
Hi sir,
I couldn’t find my comment’s answer, maybe it is archived.
According to the recent VB, the VB for Asia is 13000. How much chance do I have to become current, with CN 2024AS1609×?
May 9, 2024 at 09:41
I replied “good”.
May 9, 2024 at 09:44
Thanks a lot.
May 9, 2024 at 09:39
Hello Sir,
Please base on your experience do you think Accra Ghana Embassy will be able to reach 8k? the embassy want to give some of us heart attack
May 9, 2024 at 09:40
I think so.
May 9, 2024 at 11:11
Hello Sir,
Please base on your experience do you think Accra Ghana Embassy will be able to reach 18k? or find another country
May 9, 2024 at 14:09
Hey Mr Simon
I’m the iraqi one with refused B1 at Lebanon while waiting for my AS169XX and I looked to the baghdad Embassy it has request submission for emergency cases, If I send it and was refused again does that hurt my DV if was current?
TIA