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I won the DV Lottery and have completed the DS-260 form. My number is 4500 for Europe, while the bulletin has released up to number 7500. I haven t received the email yet with the embassy interview dates. How long might it take for the notification to arrive?

Well, I finally got movement on my I-130 petition filed on June 20, 2024. USCIS scheduled a biometrics interview for a couple of weeks from now. Is it normal to have the biometrics interview scheduled without having received an NOA2? Can someone explain the usual timings of these two things?

My Fiance is in the Philippines, we have been approved for the next step which is for her interview and filling out the DS-160. then her medical. I am confused as to what to do. Do we fill out the DS-160 first and it will give up a bar code then we use that same bar code to get the interview time etc? Do we have to pay for the DS-160 first before we get the barcode???????? More questions than answers. Please someone help. My fiance is confused and so am i.

It's CHRISTMAS SEASON!!!! (If you are married to a Filipina)

haha!

I've never gotten a plastic tree before (and sold Christmas trees every year as a Boy Scout) but I think I will buy one this time because our real trees won't stay alive for 4 months! (hopefully they aren't tariffed to the same price as a live tree)

I was unaware of this tradition until last year when someone posted it, but I can assure you it is 100% TRUE!

Are any of you celebrating / decorating this early? Yeah I know we have Halloween and Thanksgiving coming still but... I'm not gonna argue!

I'm once again here asking if anyone has suggestions or advice regarding an SSN not behaving...

Long story short, I have had my SSN updated from maiden to married name and trying to do the usual things like get put on husband's bank account and as an joint user on a credit card. Had problems with both coming back saying invalid or unable to be verified. I left it alone until I got my learner's permit/state ID (AL) as I saw you could verify your SSN online with a DL or ID. But even with that now, the online verification comes back with "no records match the information".

I called SSA yesterday to ask if they knew anything, they said everything looks good on their side and said I could try going to a post office to verify in person. You need to start this process online, still, to generate a barcode, but I can't get the barcode because it says there's no record of me and my info. I went to the post office today to ask, but they said they need the barcode. So I'm stuck in a loop!

Has anyone experienced this? Know what could be causing it? Is it because my DL is a learners permit (that also says FN on it, which hubby says means foreign). I've also read somewhere that having no credit score/record can cause a problem. So would getting a cc in my own name solve this? Just feel like I'm going to encounter the same issue with them not being able to verify me. I'd also note that our residential address differs from our mailing address, but I've tried both addresses and a combination of them and still no joy.

Honestly no idea what to do at this point. We aren't able to comingle much of anything because of this, the most we have is a shared credit card (I have my own card, but it's not a joint account because of this).