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hello everyone,im a winner of dv lottary 2025 with case number eu23015,i saw tge cut offs for september went 23000,do i still have a chance to get an interview or no

I used the online form filer provided by state.gov. Under "have you used any other names "it had two separate boxes for "first name" and "last name" online but when I printed it out it just came out as one. Like if my maiden name is Jane Doe... And after marriage is Jane Smith. Do I put Jane Doe in other names used or just doe since Jane has remained the same.The form filer form makes a distinction but the paper form I printed out with the bar code doesn't? Does it really matter either way?

2. The check I will be using has my and my husband's name since we have a joint account, is that an issue?

3.for parents place of birth, we just add the city and country if there both aren't us citizens?

4.in the instructions it says to have applicant's full name and dob printed on the front of the check? What exactly does that mean? Do I need to write my name on the check? Thanks

I have a rather complex question. My wife is an American and we were married in 2003 when she was living in the US and I was in Canada. Later in 2003 I received my k3 visa and moved to the US, where I received my permanent residency about 2 years later.

We lived in the US until I returned to Canada in 2011. My American wife followed me a month later and applied for permanent residency here, which she received in 2005.
She has a daughter and grandchildren in Texas and we are considering returning to the US. I am just wondering how complicated it would be to return? To add to that complication, I renounced my US permanent residency back in 2003 after returning to Canada.

We have been married for 22 years. Thanks for your help!

Have our interview next Thursday 24th July.

Has anyone got any advice to prepare us for it. I have all the documents as listed on the interview letter. But if anyone has sone other information they think we should take along, we'd be super appreciative.

Thanks in advance.

PS, it's my 50th birthday the day after, so I have my fingers crossed that I get an awesome present from USCIS. LoL

I have resubmitted multiple times but they won't accept it. I keep getting this notice:

"Please replace this with an acceptable police certificate from a correct issuing authority. Please use our Document Finder at https://nvc.state.gov/find for acceptable documents guidelines."

The police certificate is the correct one. It meets all their guidelines. I am applying from Ireland. There are no other certificates.

I have sent multiple enquiries which were not helpful. One just said to upload front and back since it has a stamp. Othwise they just redirected me to the document finder page.

Anyone else encounter this problem? It's extremely frustrating since correspondence with the NVC takes so long - my immigration has been set back months because of this.