Dear Brit, We’ve been at interview since Thursday 3rd August and we left our passports there as the Consular Officer said all was in order and we should come on monday to get our visas (a family of 5 people). We went that monday 7th, but they said we should wait until they call us, and today again monday 14th, they still don’t call us. When I check from the status, it keeps saying READY. Do you know why is it taking that long? What should we do to find out what is happening?

Hello mr simon, i am from ethiopia. And my case number is af00002109 but still nothing for interview date……is there any special case for coming late

Dear Brit, I have submitted DS-260, received confirmations of the submission, my status and status of derivatives was changed to completed.

Now I visited ceac.state.gov page and saw that it is still possible to open/access all DS-260 applications. Also, when I click on the “completed” it is highlited the next: “The IV application has been submitted for this application.It will be reviewed once your civil documents have been submitted”.

Could you please advise what does this mean:
1. Will they review my DS-260, or are they waiting for some documents? If yes, how could I bring the documents before the interview scheduled?
2. Is that ok that I still could access my DS-260 when status changed to “completed” or something is going wrong?
3. On the confirmation of the DS-260 submission it is mentioned: ”
“Next Steps
All Diversity Visa applicants must:
Obtain required supporting civil documents.
Obtain photographs that meet the Department of State’s visa requirements.

Should I bring photos and all the documents only to the interview or before it scheduled?

Thank you.

Hi Brit,
I am in the top 350 for Oceania and submitted my DS260 about five days after selections came out. I keep checking on the ceac visa tracker search engine although it keeps saying results show no data.
Should I start worrying about this just yet?
Thanks a bunch,
Simmi.

Hi Simon my case number around 000044XX there will be change of coming second letter let me know plzzzzz

Hello. sorry, our number is 7xxx, when do you think the letter will come from the embassy?

Hello BritSimon, thank you for your useful blog.

I have questions with regard to photos:

I am a principal applicant for DV-2018. Now I have checked my files and found out that I couldn’t found a photo of my husband which I use while applying to take part in the DV-lottery (in 2016). I totally forgot if I have include this photo in the initial application. I begin to worry about it now.
1) It seems to me that I have submitted the photo of my husband with my application, otherwise if I haven’t submitted it I wouldn’t had a technical ability to submit an application at all. Am I right?

2) Could they disqualify application based on the quality of photos submitted initially or if the system accepted photos it is ok? I heard that photos should be not than 6 month old when submitting the application : if with this requirement is everything ok, does it matter anything else with regard to photos submitted initially?

3) Should we bring photos which we submitted with the initial application to the interview or we could have new photos?

Thanks a lot.

Kate

Dear Brit,
I have friend was born in Kuwait but his Egyptian, He should record Place of birth Kuwait and the eligible country should be Egypt.
Because as You know Kuwait is in Asia & Egypt is in Africa.

Thanks for your kind assistance.

Hi Mr.Brit, I’m Lady from Indonesia. My spouse and I planning to enter DV 2019. He will be the principal.
My question is, does the derivatives needs to own their passport by the time the principal filling the DV2019 Registration form?
Note : my passport is expired and our three kids haven’t made one.