Do consulates have access to previous DV entries

[mardar 5]

Hello VJ friends,

 

i had a question about previous DV entries where one wasn’t selected. Do consulates or NVC have access to the data entered their? 
 

A friend of mine was selected this year DV2023 and he’s worried that if they have access to previous entries where he wasn’t selected because the info(marital status, education, step children) he entered to apply for DV2023 are different from the previous ones.

 

thanks,

[milimelo 4,205]

If they have access to previous non-immigrant visa applications, fair chance they'd have access to previous DV lottery entries as well. 

[Cathi 5,610]

Yes, they keep records of all visa applications.

[Rocio0010 5,565]

5 hours ago, mardar said:

the info(marital status, education, step children) he entered to apply for DV2023 are different from the previous ones.

Why is it different? Did he lie?

[Crazy Cat 39,258]

6 hours ago, mardar said:

Do consulates or NVC have access to the data entered their? 

Of course, they do.  Why?????

[Sm1smom 242]

2 hours ago, Cathi said:

Yes, they keep records of all visa applications.

A DV entry submission is not a visa application. 
 

6 hours ago, mardar said:

Hello VJ friends,

 

i had a question about previous DV entries where one wasn’t selected. Do consulates or NVC have access to the data entered their? 
 

A friend of mine was selected this year DV2023 and he’s worried that if they have access to previous entries where he wasn’t selected because the info(marital status, education, step children) he entered to apply for DV2023 are different from the previous ones.

 

thanks,

OP, yes the embassy/consulate will have access and are able to see/compare information from previous entry submissions with the current one, and the subsequent information you will be providing on the DS260 form as as a result of your DV selection. So depending on what the discrepancy is, it may or may not impact the DV selection. 

[mardar 5]

Yes, he applied when he was married with the wife and the kids and but him self with the step kids. The issue here his ex wife wanted at some point to abondent her kids so he applied 2 years ago with the kids he chose the option of biological children not step children. On the last DV where he was selected he applied by himself with the step children. 
 

if you are asking if he lies I guess he did even though it wasn’t intentional when he entered biological children instead of step children. 
 

that’s the only concern that he has. He never applied for non immigrant visa or anything. He applied for DV many times with the ex wife and step kids as biological kids and without a wife couple times with step kids as biological kids. This last time he applied as divorced with no kids and he was selected. 
 

any advice on this delama? 
 

thanks, 

[mardar 5]

Just now, mardar said:

Correction 

Yes, he applied when he was married with the wife and the kids and by him self with the step kids. The issue here his ex wife wanted at some point to abondent her kids so he applied 2 years ago with the kids he chose the option of biological children not step children. On the last DV where he was selected he applied by himself without the step children. 
 

the kids are not his they were step children. 
 

 

 

[JeanneAdil 6,201]

2 hours ago, mardar said:

Yes, he applied when he was married with the wife and the kids and but him self with the step kids. The issue here his ex wife wanted at some point to abondent her kids so he applied 2 years ago with the kids he chose the option of biological children not step children. On the last DV where he was selected he applied by himself with the step children. 
 

if you are asking if he lies I guess he did even though it wasn’t intentional when he entered biological children instead of step children. 
 

that’s the only concern that he has. He never applied for non immigrant visa or anything. He applied for DV many times with the ex wife and step kids as biological kids and without a wife couple times with step kids as biological kids. This last time he applied as divorced with no kids and he was selected. 
 

any advice on this delama? 
 

thanks, 

This last time he applied as divorced with no kids and he was selected. 
 

any advice on this delama? 

 

but he has biological children  so he will be called out on this misrep

 

he hosed himself /  even if his biological children were older and not intending to immigrant,  its very clear he is suppose to list them

Edited October 14, 2022 by JeanneAdil

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

Of course they have access to everything. 
 

If there is a discrepancy between what was presented as factual at one point to now, sure there will be questions. If marital status differs between entries, that’s an easy one as he will have to present all marriage and divorce certificates.
The kids is a bigger problem, the entry is specific you have to list all kids including stepchildren where you are no longer married to the parent.  As he didn’t list them now I suspect he’ll be disqualified. I actually know of a case in Johannesburg some years back where this happened. (Is also found out why they do this in case anyone wants a side track)

 

Edit: see question in my next post please as your post is contradictory 

Edited October 14, 2022 by SusieQQQ

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

2 hours ago, mardar said:

On the last DV where he was selected he applied by himself with the step children. 
 

….his last time he applied as divorced with no kids and he was selected. 

 

 

Which is it? He listed the step children or he listed no children?

[Crazy Cat 39,258]

3 hours ago, Sm1smom said:

A DV entry submission is not a visa application.

It is part of the visa application process.  The entry submission is legal documentation.

Edited October 14, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

4 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

It is part of the visa application process.  The entry submission is legal documentation.

It’s not part of the visa application , any more than being born to someone who becomes a citizen or an employment contract with a US company is part of the visa application process. It’s a separate aspect that allows you to apply for a visa. There’s a difference. This is -for example - why entering the lottery or even being selected has no impact on immigrant intent determinations, only Ds260 or i485 determines that. of course the difference here vs a random family or employment relationship is that DoS gets and keeps your bio details.

Edited October 14, 2022 by SusieQQQ

[mardar 5]

I think I confused you guys. The kids are not his he’s not a biological father of the kids. So when he was separated with the kids mom he applied with kids without the mother. But last year when the divorce is finalized he applied by himself only. 
 

the question here he with his step kids when he separated with their mother before the divorce was finalized, but the divorce was finalized he applied by him self only and got selected. I asked what he chose under the kids option when he applied with the kids and he said that he chose children not step children. This is his only concern now? 
 

he has 2 question: 

1- is applying with step children without their mother while separated an issue?

 

2- is not choosing the option of step children instead of children on the visa application years back an issue?

 

thank you guys for your help. 

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

Just now, mardar said:

I think I confused you guys. The kids are not his he’s not a biological father of the kids. So when he was separated with the kids mom he applied with kids without the mother. But last year when the divorce is finalized he applied by himself only. 
 

the question here he with his step kids when he separated with their mother before the divorce was finalized, but the divorce was finalized he applied by him self only and got selected. I asked what he chose under the kids option when he applied with the kids and he said that he chose children not step children. This is his only concern now? 
 

he has 2 question: 

1- is applying with step children without their mother while separated an issue?

 

2- is not choosing the option of step children instead of children on the visa application years back an issue?

 

thank you guys for your help. 

Please answer a different question, because i think you’re missing the crucial issue:

are the kids listed, at all, in the entry in which he got selected?