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Considering Part 8 Q.16 of the I-485 specifically asks applicants “Have you EVER Worked in the United States Without Authorization” and Q.17 asks “Have you EVER Violated the terms or conditions of your nonimmigrant status?” - is your friend planning on answering “NO” to those questions considering he/she will be swearing and certifying under penalty of perjury to the accuracy and correctness of the information contained on the form? Note, those questions are not asking about violations from most recent admission into the US.

On 5/13/2024 at 5:30 PM, RobertAndreescu said:

In the beginning of April we got the interview scheduled and our number was called (close to  EU #19,300) for DV2024. So they are ahead of VISA BULETIN, good signs everybody!!!!!

When is your interview scheduled for? May or June?

9 hours ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

 

 

EU and Europe are 2 different things.  EU is European Union.  Not all countries that are categorized in the continent of Europe are part of the EU.

The EU being referenced in OP’s question and other responses on this thread are in reference to the European region, as used in DV lottery. The post has nothing to do with the European Union. Let’s not go down the rabbit hole. 

3 minutes ago, 5em said:

But I was born in Israel myself .. 

I edited my previous post to reflect Portugal as your country of birth while you were posting the above ^^

Your saving grace however will be if you’re married, and your spouse is born in Portugal, then you definitely should proceed and claim chargeability to your spouses country of birth (provided your spouse meets the educational or work experience requirement also, as you’ll both be treated as primary selectees). 

1 hour ago, 5em said:

haha good luck for Eden today ! 

and wil they tell me anything before the interview ? so I know to now pay the fee etc? 

 

You will only be informed of your disqualification when you’re face to face with the CO, which will be after making the payment. You will not only be losing the payment fee at that point, there’s also the cost of the medical exam and any other cost associated with getting your documents which would also be lost since denial is inevitable should you choose to proceed. 

4 hours ago, 5em said:

Hey , 
I won the lottery but I choose my state of changeability as portugal cause I have a citizenship. 
I was born I Israel. 

ive heard that its ok cause they are both under EU in the case number but im not sure. 

any advice? 
thank you! 

 

Unfortunately  you will be disqualified and subsequently denied at the time of your interview since Israel is under the AS region, and Portugal is under the EU region. No amount of explanation will lead to an approval, seen this year after year. The DV 2025 instructions linked below shows the different regions and the countries within each
 

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Diversity-Visa/DV-Instructions-Translations/dv-2025-instructions-translations/DV-2025_Instructions-faqs.pdf

56 minutes ago, Lve said:

I was in the US, and the lawyer submitted for me. You are correct, you have to be physically present in the US for the re-entry permit submission. The lawyer did tell me I do not have to physically be present in the US to submit GC renewal. I just want to know if anyone here has done this before while abroad, and if it is advisable to have the immigration lawyer help me with this as well since it is an unusual situation.

Thanks for confirming the physical presence requirement for the re-entry permit.
 

So why are you contemplating paying some lawyer over $3K to fill out and submit the I-90 on your behalf when you can equally do so on your own? The processing is exactly the same whether you fill out the form on your own or some lawyer fills and submit on your behalf. 

10 hours ago, Lve said:

Background: I have a 10 year GC that will expire in Spring 2024. Atm I am living abroad, waiting on my Re-Entry Permit approval for the last ~7 months.

 

I used a lawyer to help me apply for the Re-Entry Permit at the beginning of the year, and recently inquired about help with my GC renewal since I will be abroad until Summer 2024. The fee for the lawyer would be more than $3000; is this worth it? It seems like a crazy large amount to me.... But will I run into any problems applying for the renewal because of the situation I am in? Or is it the same straightforward application as it would be if I was in the currently in the US? 

 

Has anyone here dealt with GC renewal while abroad temporarily? Any advice would be appreciated.

Wait. Your apply applied for your re-entry permit while you were outside the US? Or you were in the US, but used the services of a lawyer to submit the application? If the application was submitted on your behalf while you were outside the US, I wouldn’t bank on it being approved. Unless there’s a recent change for the requirements to be in the US while filing for a reentry permit which I’m not aware of. 

Why was your first application denied? That is what you need to address, and not necessarily the reason for applying/reapplying. 

7 hours ago, rzchen said:

He was working as an intern for 4 months. Not sure if that J1 has a 2YHRR. Where can 2YHRR be seen?  Thanks

Your son should know. Ask him to check his visa and all the other paperwork related to the J1 visa. 

12 hours ago, rzchen said:

NO,  He is waiting for the interview at Montreal consulate. I'd like to know if a history with J1 visa would impact the interview and the approval of GC. Thanks

Does the J1 include a 2 year home residency requirement? If your son’s J1 has a 2YHRR, then yes that will impact his GC approval unless he already has a waiver. So if there’s 2YHRR involved and he has not yet fulfilled that or already has a waiver for it, he needs to start working on obtaining the waiver. 
 

If 2YHRR involved, a history of a J1 visa will not impact the GC interview approval. 

NVC has nothing to do with DV process. Check your in-box. 

VJ is not the holy grail of all things immigration, so what’s wrong with directing someone to another forum that specializes on the issue they’re trying to address without some getting all twisted and bent?  I equally refer folks from this other forum to VJ when it comes to marriage or fiancé based visa questions because I consider those areas to be one of VJ’s strong areas. I believe in guiding folks to where they can best be helped, it really is as simple as that!

OP - check your inbox. I sent you a link to another immigration forum with a dedicated and active TN sub forum where you can get useful guidance and resources from other folks who are TN visa focused, as against general responses from folks with limited or no understanding of TN visas as they’re navigating other forms of immigration. 

Well, it’s hard for me to comment on the case without seeing the actual post. However, what is happening around DV2023 cases is a lot more than being clueless. 

Well if you can link to the “one” you’re referencing, we can see the context in which it was sorted out, considering the issue here is not about being “clueless”.  Like I noted earlier, the US embassy in Ghana, and a couple of other countries, have considerably limited the number of DV cases they’ve allowed to be scheduled for interview. Oh, they’re also the case of visa exhaustion being contended with this year, I wouldn’t bother going into details about that on this thread. 

Right now, we know for a fact KCC is currently working on DV2024 cases, interview notification letters are already going out to those folks as a matter of fact

Of course DV cases go up on till the last day - there are cases currently scheduled until Sept. 30th, the interview notification for those cases have already been sent out by the KCC. The embassies do not directly schedule DV cases, KCC schedules those (based on the number of available slots provided to them by the embassies prior to the interview being scheduled), and sends out the interview notification letters

On 8/5/2023 at 7:16 AM, Se&Se said:

My sister won DV2022,We applied for the DS260 she and her husband in September 2022. We are waiting for the email to submit documents and schedule the interview till now.

Did we miss anything? Anyone is same boat?

23 hours ago, Se&Se said:

My bad was DV2023

September 2023 is the last month for DV2023 interviews. If your sister has not yet received her IL by now, the DV2023 journey is basically over for her, sorry to be the bearer of bad news.  The US embassy in Ghana largely limited the number of cases invited for DV interview, so that (in addition to waiting until September to submit the DS260 form) has effectively impacted your sister’s selection. 
 

p.s. document submission to KCC prior to the interview being scheduled is no longer required.

4 hours ago, powerpuff said:

Most Canadians don’t apply for it. As with everything, there are exceptions. Besides, that was not the point of my post.

Do enlighten me as to the Canadians with the B2 visa requirement exception. 

6 hours ago, powerpuff said:

Yes. Visitor visa = B2

It’s not different from Canadians applying for a B visa; her being a Hong Kong National does not change the process or wait time. She applies like anybody else would 

Canadians do not apply for B visa. 

1 hour ago, Swimming_Upstream said:

Thanks for your response! The success stories above are great. But none of the stories talk about how they needed to demonstrate their qualifications or experience to get those visas. By definition this "lottery" helped them realize their American dream (according to their statements).

The success stories weren’t provided for the purpose of showing how they demonstrated their qualifications or experiences to get those visas. If you do a due diligence on how the visa lottery operates, you will know how they had to demonstrate those.
 

The links were provided to show you majority of those folks were actually well educated and highly skilled before migrating to the US as DV selectees - they would not have been eligible for the visas if they were not required to demonstrate that - so it debunks your claim about DV selectees not being required to have ANY experience or qualifications. 
 

Yes they subsequently realized their American dream, like most immigrants (no shame in that). They, in the process have, and are still contributing to the US economy - while your biased post is suggesting they are not.