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May 16, 2021 at 2:49 pm
hi Simon hope you are enjoying a good Sunday, always feel good to resolve dv complications with you.
does studying online in a US university will affect my interview or case, i have had a training opportunity in a international cooperation and i remember is the ds260 they ask have you ever worked in a organization and i answered no, would that be a problem
thank you
May 16, 2021 at 3:10 pm
No problem.
May 16, 2021 at 3:14 pm
Hello Brit. Hope all is well. I have a question regarding listing traveled countries in DS 260. After completing DS 260 I have traveled to Turkey too but did not list it in DS 260 because my case number was very low. Is it ok I will mention it at the interview? Thanks in advance for your respond.
May 16, 2021 at 3:46 pm
Hello Simon
Shalom!
#DV2021
I have faced a question while filling the form of Lawsuit by Curtis Morrison.
In the form there is a question for those who have submitted their documents to KCC.
Here is the question: “Did you receive a confirmation from the KCC that your documents were processed?”. By the time when I sent the documents I did receive the automatic reply indicating that they received and currently processing it. So should I say yes or no for this underlined question?
Bes regards
May 16, 2021 at 3:56 pm
If you haven’t received the ready for scheduling email yet, it means that your documents have not yet been processed by KCC. In that case, you would need to select ‘No’ for the purposes of this question.
May 16, 2021 at 4:11 pm
Dear Simon,
I left my country of eligibility four years ago and never went back ever since. I do have a translated police certificate three months prior to leaving the country of eligibility.
1) May I use this police certificate? Or is it necessary to have a renew version? (Please note that I am aware that I need to have a police certificate of the country of my current residency.)
2) Is there a need to renew translations of Birth certificates or any other documents as long as there is no change of status?
May 16, 2021 at 8:29 pm
1). Yes, a police certificate is only valid for one year.
2). I’m not quite sure but my guess would be no, Simon will probably confirm or deny this
May 16, 2021 at 8:34 pm
Check the reciiprocity page for your country. You might not need another one if you have not returned to the country ever since. Best to check what the reciprocity page says and act accordingly.
May 16, 2021 at 8:38 pm
1. This is taken directly from the State Government’s website:
Important: Police certificates expire after one year, unless the certificate was issued from your country of previous residence and you have not returned there since the police certificate was issued. If at the time of your interview the following three items are all true, you must bring a new police certificate to your visa interview:
You are more than 16 years old;
The police certificate was obtained more than one year ago; and
You still live in the country that issued the certificate.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/diversity-visa-program-entry/diversity-visa-if-you-are-selected/diversity-visa-prepare-supporting-documents.html
2. No need to renew translations.
May 16, 2021 at 6:13 pm
Hi Simon, as I have noticed people have gotten their cases approved but still haven’t gotten their visa back yet. As you have answered there is a problem with the visa printing, what kind of problem would it be? Are they having this problem globally or is it just in certain regions?
May 16, 2021 at 7:17 pm
Hello Simon,
I really appreciate your effort in this blog.
In regards to completing the DS260, US visit section, where it asks about the arrival date and how long I stayed there.
I was in the United States completing my undergraduate studies from 2013 to 2018 on F-1 visa. Through this period I travelled to my home country during vacations.
should I include the whole period from 2013 to 2018 as one visit? or divide the period into several visits when I go back from vacation to the United States?
Thank you
Majed
May 16, 2021 at 8:30 pm
You should divide it, since it asks for the different times you’ve entered the United States
May 16, 2021 at 7:43 pm
Hi Brit,
I hope you’re doing well. Sir I was considering joining a lawsuit which’s going to be filed by Nicoletteglazer, an imagration lawyer based in California, so sir does she have a good track record and while she was talking about her new lawsuit, she kept mentioning that mandamus action is the last resort and she asserted that she doesn’t see favourable results coming out from such lawsuits coupled with having many plantiffs will make judges uncomfortable to issue decision. So sir what’s ur thoughts on that?
Thanks
May 16, 2021 at 8:27 pm
Hello Sir, hope you are well.
On May 5th I had the interview and everything went great and my visa was approved. They said to me to come back after two working days to take my passport. But, one the next day the sent me an email and said that unfortunately your passport will not be ready tomorrow due to technical issues. We are hoping to resolve it soon and will notify you when your passport is ready for pick up. My status has been stuck on READY since then. I heard it in your video that they are having a printing issue, and we need to be practice patience. I understand that but still I’m anxious since then.
Do you think that this problem is going be solved soon, or it can last for weeks or months?
Is possible to have any effect in visa approval?
Thank you in advance, best regards.
May 16, 2021 at 8:30 pm
Hi Simon, I am an EU applicant based in Canada. DS260 had a question on visa location, and I confirmed that Montreal was correct. Even though I haven’t submitted the application, this question is greyed out. Now I see that Montreal is not processing DV2021 and according to a message posted in a forum they would not start anytime soon due to other urgent issues. Is it possible to change interview location to one of European cities that is good with interviews, such as Vilnius, Almaty or Tbilisi by emailing KCC?