Giusseppe

First, you mean DV2015 not DV2016 ( confusing thread title as DV2016 interviews only start in October).

I'm sorry to hear how frustrating this is. At this point he is entirely dependent on the Nairobi consulate rescheduling for him and I can't understand why they are giving him the runaround like this. I presume he has been very clear to them that he is a diversity visa applicant who was current in May, and therefore time sensitive? The only other thing I can think of is calling KCC but I am almost certain they will say that his file is with the consulate and it is up to them to reschedule.

For anyone else reading this, *do not* allow your medical provider to cancel your appointment. Rather go and get placed on AP while awaiting any further tests/treatment etc. In some embassies it is notoriously difficult to get another appointment if you miss your original one, and from the description above it seems like Nairobi is one of those.

Thank you very much. I neither understand why they do this. One reason is that these customer representatives are doing things on auto pilot and use computer generated responses both in emails and on phone and they will not let you speak to a consular officer. And they do not give thought to what you explain on phone or in email. They just listen to one thing “rescheduling appointment” and their mind goes on auto generated responses refusing to hear anything else one explains .I tried to explain the unique nature of his case and she annoyingly responded that all cases are special and unique and treated the same, and still referred me to the scheduling contractor website. And one of them went ahead to ask me if there is anything else she can help me with. I mean you have not helped me at all what other assistance do you want me to ask?

What is AP by the way? Sounds like some good procedure to know and how do you go about it?

I will try contacting KCC but as you said I think they will tell me the case is in Nairobi’s hands. But it is better to try than failing to try. Thanks again

My Brother missed a 2016 DV interview appointment in May due to extended medical examination. IOM called the embassy and cancelled his appointment because they required further TB screening. After two months they cleared him and sent information to the Nairobi consulate. Unfortunately the consulate is giving him a run around and he is unable to get rescheduled. They refer him to US Department of State Visa appointment service which in turn ask him to check on line for rescheduling. All days seem to be unavailable till after 30th September and beyond. He tried calling the consulate and emailing several times and the customer representative tells him same thing that consulate do not schedule interviews.

Please help and advise how can he get an appointment from these people before 30th September. Has anybody been in the same situation? how did you go about it ? DESPERATE and days are running out! PLEASE HELP

I do not even know where to start from. All I would say is sister, we love you so much and you deserve to be loved. All I would advise you have already been said by others above.

One thing I have noticed is that you shared your story to get genuine and valuable advise. You have got the advise and I do not want to repeat it. I have noticed that anybody who mentions that you "love" "pray" Bless" e.t.c. you thank and say their advice is soothing. The rest of the advise you seem to take with a grain of salt. The bible taught obedience to the husband that is true, but the same Bible taught that men should love their wives as Christ loved the church. He washed the disciples feet, loved them, fed them, saved them from the wrecking storm, ate with them, dwelled (dwelt) with them. He loved the church so much that he gave up his life for it. If I want to mention everything Jesus did for the church it will be a summon. Your husband has done all the contrary of that, but you are still clinging on him. So is anybody went against the bible teaching it is your husband. So if you stuck to your deal of the bible teaching and he did not then there is no "deal" my sister

He hurt you and he is still planning on hurting you more psychologically, emotionally, physically and spiritually. The scheme begun and is still on the process. You've been hurt and it is very painful, and when I say that believe me I know because I am talking from a personal experience. The only thing is you can stop it from escalating from here. You need to stop and analyse yourself and ask "what is it other have seen that I have failed to see?" All left in the game to end is you. Wake up. See the reality. Be brave and stop the hurting process. Do not prolong it. It is painful now but believe me it will pain a lot more if you do not heed all the advise above.

- Document everything

- notify immigration in writing and keep all replies (just in case, for the future)

- Stop responding to his texts he is gathering evidence to use against you to file sole later as an abused spouse

- Cut yourself off from the "friend" where he run (eloped) off when he first arrived

- Close all joint accounts, joint insurance, joint bills, joint mortgage/leases and the like

- Change all accounts password: emails, social media, work web access and the like

- Change your house lock key if you have not moved yet, if you move do not give him or your "friend" your new address

- Look for your original document and lock them away, that is, if he did not do it before you e.g. marriage certificate, your birth certificate, your naturalization certificate, your passport and the like

AND finally when you are ready and it dawns on you that although you are truly and sincerely in love, it is one sided and not reciprocal, you will then move on and file for divorce. As of now no one will be able to tell you what to do until you are ready. And when you are ready please know you are not out of love, we are a loving community and we love you so much.

Good luck

If your friend from Uganda has any questions he can hit me up via email. My Lugandan is very rough! Haven't been there in over 25 years!! LOL

Thank you so much, will take you up on that offer.

Asante

Thank you so much Nordlandcc, that is helpful and I will let him try that come Monday 04/27/2015

Thanks again

I need some help. My friend from Uganda have been trying to scheduled an appointment with IOM for the last three weeks in vein. He emailed several times and they do not mail back except once when he was asking requirements (meaning the email he is using is correct). He called several times and they never pickup return the voice mail he leaves them (sick!). What other ways can he reach these seemingly unreachable important people. A walk in their office is out of the way because he is 700 km away. His interview date is fast approaching.

He uses email: iomnbomedical@iom.int

and tele: 0207221000, +254717718491

Can anyone help?

My bad!

It takes 2-3 months for KCC to process forms. They only schedule an interview once they have finished processing the form. If he is current he will go in the next batch for scheduling once they have finished processing his forms, but if he has only just submitted them they will probably only be ready to schedule him around beginning January, which will be for a March interview...maybe a month earlier if he is lucky and KCC is over the worst of their backlog.

Thank you SusieQQQ, that was a clear reply. I appreciate

Wow! you have killed it with a living classic example. I am not a doubting Thomas anymore. Thank you SusieQQQ

This is an INCORRECT interpretation! DV is very specifically based on country of birth only except for (1) if you have a spouse you can cross charge to or (2) your parents were only temporarily in your country of birth and you can prove that. The OP's post makes it quite clear that they were not there temporarily as he has lived there his whole life and the father lives there! It has nothing to do with the legal resident status of the father. It is quite clear the parents were not there temporarily so Amir cannot claim father's birthplace.

So Amir no, unless you have a sppuse born in an eligible country, you are not eligible.

SusieQQQ, you are correct in everything you said. However if you read my post carefully I am not deviating from what you are saying and I quote from my post "...In other wards if by the time you were born in UK your dad was not a legal resident, even though he might have been present in UK at the time, makes you eligible to claim Tunisia as your country of changeability based on your father... and "...People are not generally considered residents of a country in which they were not born or legally naturalized, if they were only visiting, studying in the country temporarily, or stationed temporarily for business or professional reasons on behalf of a company or government from a different country other than the one in which you were born. So if that is true of your father when you were born in UK then DING! DONG!, you are in the game"

His post was silent about his fathers permanent residence at the time of his birth, so I threw it out there for him that "YES" if what I wrote were true for his father. May be I was wrong to assume that he would automatically know that the answer is "NO" if his father was a permanent resident then.

Sorry if this question has been asked before however I was wondering if I am eligible to enter the Diversity lottery? I was born in the U.K. and have lived here all my life, I realise that means at the moment I am not eligible but my dad was born in Tunisia and still has citizenship there and a business there, he lives in the UK. I have a Tunisian passport and ID card but have only been there once. My mothers was born and raised in the UK, can I apply on my Tunisian side or through my dad???

Any help would be greatly appreciated and apologies in advance if this has already been asked.

Amir242, Yes you can claim the country of birth of one of your parents, in this case your dad because you are entitled to be charged to a country other than the one in which you were born under the provisions of Section 202(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

My friend submitted his DS-260 late, that is October 2014. If he submitted early I guess his interview would have been in November 2014 because numbers in his range already got interview appointment letters. My question then is if your number was passed, do you get last in line or they put you together with the next people to interview appointments? If the latter is true then if he is late for December now his interview would definitely be in January. I am kind of worried for him. His number is 2015AF000125XX

Oh! Thank you SusieQQQ and Queein Penguin. I guess I was wrong and I raised her adrenaline for nothing, my bad!

So to make sure I am clear, that means as long as her Visa is valid and her medical has not expired she can travel to the USA even if the 2014 Lottery period ended on 30th September.

Thanks again

A Person I know got a DV VISA 2014 in August 2014. 30th September 2014 passed before she traveled to the USA. To my understanding her VISA has expired. Am I wrong? Does she stand any chance anymore? Any links to when you cannot be admitted even if you have a valid VISA? advise will be appreciated

Hmmm! I think you may be well off staying put where you are. First off where will you be working that you will be allowed 8 weeks vacation time annually? It will take you a very long time to attain that. Lets say you intend to be a self employed investor, do you think you will afford to take that time off so soon? I highly doubt. Now the luxury of having a full-time live in housekeeper is attainable but comes with a price. Unless you employ an undocumented immigrant (which is illegal), you will have to pay at least minimum wage for the housekeeper per hour, must work a certain amount of hours a day (not any time you need him/her even in middle of the night),must give him paid vacation by law, time and a half on public holidays and over time pay(which is also time and a half). And for your information, a house keeper will not double as a nanny, cook, and landscaper (known as shamba boy in Kenya). You will have to employ all those in addition to a housekeeper to make up the life you have. With the emphasis you put into your lifestyle I thing you are better off in Kenya than here. But I may be wrong and the final decision rests with you

Yes you do need to worry about it. You have to let them know of an address where you will be living when you immigrate to the USA. You state this on your DS-260 and you may have to answer about it on the interview. It does not have to be a relative though. I have heard people use addresses of a cousin of a friend's mother-in-law's friend's, sister's boyfriend. All you need is an address and a real address because they will check it out on their database. The only exception to this is if you prove that you have enough money and income from your current country that will support you to arrive in a Hotel of sort as you work out getting your own apartment or house

This is information I know from experience and I may be wrong though

My brother was selected for further processing AF12XXX. I filed his original application here in the USA. I would like to file his DS-260 because he does not have sufficient access to internet and may screw the online form due to insufficient time on the net and insufficient knowledge of question meanings. So come 19th I want to file his online form DS-260 on his behalf. Will this be illegal or it is OK? If it is OK, basing on other DS-260 people file online (I know it is the first time for DV), what should I ask him to send me in advance? Digital photos? what else?