pls how do someone knw when he or she is current?

bobshina: NEWBIE:

Hi , This house has been so helpful and i just owe this great forum by sharing my interview experience for others to gain from as i've also benefited immensely from the forum.
I give all glory and thanks to God for HIS favour over us . I did my interview with my family and it was successful.
I did on same date with brigthmon at the same time but different window. I guess it’s d only 2 of us they interviewed for dv within the 1 hour spent there. We were calm and tried to listen to questions being asked other people that were interviewed.

*2NL submitted at the gate
*Security Check Points
*Made DV Payments
*A guy called to submit the Originals and Photocopy of all our credentials

Then after waiting a while,CO Called my wife’s number to d window

This is how the questions goes: just about 6 questions in all (me & wife):

Co: Good Morning
we: Good Morning

Co: where is ur payment slip
we: gave to him

Co: Right Hand up and Promise you will tell me nothing but the truth
we: we Promise

Co: Take your finger print
we: we did

Co: asked me to go and sit down for a while
Co: why have you not been working?
My wife: answered him---applied for some but yet to get one.

Co: asked again : why have you not been working?
My wife: answered him---applied for some but yet to get one and because of my present pregnancy, my husband told me to hold on for a while.

Co: what are the Subjects you did in your WAEC? Note: my wife used NECO(6 credits) but we also filled WAEC(only 2 passes) in our form ds 230.though we did not attach the WAEC result but they asked for it---just to be sure we have d 12 year elementary schooling.
My wife: answered him

Co: how did you study for the exams?
My wife: Told him--- reading at home, in d library and group discussion with course mates

Co: asked my wife to call me
Co: how did you meet your wife?
Me: I told him------ through her sister who was my classmate

Co: when did you got married
Me: I told him

Co: do you have any picture you took together?
we: we brought out 2 albums (wedding) and opened one for him page by page . We opened about 4 pages and stopped. He said we should open more pages and we did.

Co: Kindly sign the column on the form (Form DS-0230 Part 2 )
we: signed

Co: he waved to our son and asked : is he your only son and we said yes?
Co: congratulation. Your Visa has been approved. You are welcome to America
Co: he circled one of the 2 addresses on a white paper, gave it to us and asked us to go picked our visas on the address
we: thank you .

And that was it !!!!!!!!!!

Please, go with all your certificates but make sure you put the required ones in one envelop and others in another envelop. I wonder what would have happened if we don’t have my wife’s WAEC result with only 2 passes that was demanded.

ALSO, PLEASE BE HONEST EVEN IF YOU HAVE ISSUES. THEY ARE ALSO HUMAN BEING.

I really thank God for this and everyone in this forum that have been contributing in one way or the other. We were over prepared using all the information we gathered from this great forum people. This forum has really helped us and we really give thanks once again. I also pray that everyone here we surely share the same success story.(AMEN)

GOD BLESS 9JA , GOD BLESS USA

NOTE: AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT OR STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT WAS NOT DEMANDED THOUGH WE HAVE OUR STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT WITH US JUST IN CASE.

HOUSE PLS, MY WIFE IS 7MONTH/3WKS PREGNANT AND A SON. WHICH AIRLINE DO YOU THINK IS REASONABLE TO BOARD, THEIR LIKELY CHARGE AND HOW DO WE GO ABOUT IT PLS?
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THANK YOU ALL

congrats!!

godcherisher: DV Experience Testimony

Alhamdulillah, All praises go to GOD.

Exactly one year after submitting our entry to the DV 2013, we got our visa delivered by courier today. As a token of appreciation for all the insightful information I have been able to gather from this forum I would like to share with you our whole DV 2013 experience.

Thursday, November 3, 2011: Application to DV Lottery 2013
This was the second time I applied since 2008 and it was the first time I entered my wife as an applicant. t all started on that date at exactly 1:37:46 PM EDT when I entered two separate applications for my wife and myself. It was quite stressful because I remembered that it was the last day to enter the application and I was on a business trip overseas but somehow I really wanted to give it a shot. I called my wife and elder daughter to ask them to send me scanned copies of their passport pictures and passport numbers. After much tweaking on the photographs to match the required specifications as per DV guidelines, I managed to complete the submissions.

I carefully saved the confirmation numbers, sent them to my private email and put a reminder in my outlook to check back on the result by May 1, 2012.

May 1, 2012: Selected and 1st NL
On that day, I attempted to check but the server was quite busy so I waited till the next day. At first, I checked with my confirmation number and I saw the message “ENTRY HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED”. Without much conviction, I checked for my wife and oh my god, the page looked different and I immediately new that she was selected. She was on a long phone call (women) and I waited patiently for her to finish. She completely forgot about the fact that I even applied for both of us so I let you imagine her surprise when I told her that she was notified by KCC. When we saw that about 100000 people are preselected but only 50000 visas were available we immediately rushed to collect the documents needed to pursue the application. We took pictures, completed the forms, checked diligently that everything was OK and sent the forms for my wife, my two daughters (my third daughter is already US citizen by birth. We lived there for about 4 years in the past on a L1 visa, which is inter-company transfer).

May 1, 2012 – August 17, 2012: The long wait
Her confirmation number was quite low DV2013AF00005XXX, so we knew that we should start gathering our documents as soon as possible especially with the nomadic life we have had (we lived in about 6 countries for the past 20 years).
However, we didn’t want to do it to early because we knew that some police certificate for instance are only valid 3 months from the issue date and the medical is only valid for six months. Therefore, we waited till we got our 2nd NL which arrived on August 17th 2013 which stated that our appointment is scheduled on October 3 at the US consulate in London . From that moment we started rushing to get all the documents pending and made arrangements for our medicals at Knightsbridge doctors in London. Everything went well but we started realizing that time was flying fast especially for the documents we had to get from countries where we had limited connections available.


October 3, 2012: DV Interview at US Consulate in London
We had our appointment at 8:00 AM so we left home (we live in London area) very early in the morning to be on time for the interview. Before arriving at the embassy, we stopped at a pharmacy nearby to consign our bags and non-essential effects for the interview. We found already a small queue ahead of us but most of them were non-immigrant visa. We handed our 2nd NL and the reminder letter we got from the US embassy two days before the interview and quickly passed the security check (airport style baggage scan)

At the reception, we were issued a calling number (I906) and were directed to a large waiting hall where we found lots of people waiting. Again most of them were non-immigrant visa and US citizen coming for their passport renewals.

At about 9:00 AM we were called at a window where we met a nice and friendly lady. She requested the notification letter and went to check if our medicals were sent by the Doctor’s office. After a while she came back with an envelope containing some XRay CD which she handed back to us stating that we should keep them and be ready to present it if ever it was requested at the port of entry She started collecting our documents in the order specified while asking few questions at the same time and scribbling some notes. I noticed that she had also the pictures, which we sent to KCC back in May and realized that there was no need for us to bring additional pictures.
Everything was in order except that we were missing one police record from one of the country where we were living before.
She then asked us to go pay the DV visa fee at the cashier which I did using my debit card. After that, she asked us to go wait in the hall again for somebody to call us for an interview.

At about 10:00 AM, we were called at another window for the interview. It was a young person who was conduction the interview. He asked my wife to step forward as the principle applicant and asked us all to raise our hand and perform the oath.
Here is how a short synopsis of the interview:
• C.O: Good morning, blablabla
• Wife: Good morning, blablabla
• CO: When did you play the lottery
• Wife: about a year
• C.O: Did you pay somebody for that
• Wife: Surprised, looked at me (for advice) and I nodded no because I was suspecting this to be a trick question
• C.O: What did you study
• Wife: XYZ
• C.O: One of your kid is US citizen, how come
• Wife: We lived there for more than 4 years while my husband was assigned there
• C.O: I have to cancel your current non-immigrant visas (Each of us had a 10 years B1/B2 visas which were still valid at the time of the interview). He stamped the visa pages with “CANCELED WITHOUT PREJUDICE”
• C.O: Called my elder daughter and asked her what she is doing
• Daughter: XYZ
• C.O: Please sign this paper to swear that in case you are issued a visa, you will not get married before going to the US
• Daughter: signed
• C.O: All your documents are in order but I will have to follow due process and wait till I receive all police records before granting the visa. He then gave us a blue sheet saying that the visa could not be approved today and indicated that we need to submit to them the missing police records along with our 4 passports as soon as possible through a secured courier service (DXSecure).

During the whole interview, I kept a low profile and let my wife responded to the questions without intervening since she was the principle applicant.

October 17, 2012: Sent missing documents and passports
We finally received the police records 10 days later and it was picked up by the courier service on Tuesday 17th for delivery to the US embassy. They also gave us a tracking number to allow us to monitor the progress on our application.

November 2nd, 2012: Visa processing completed
I was systematically checking twice a day to see if there is an update and even sent an email to the US consulate to inquire about the progress of our application to which they replied:

“Thank you for your email.

We can confirm that your documents have been received and your application is under final review. We regret that we are unable to guarantee that the visas will be issued by a specific date. Please be assured that you will receive the documents as soon as possible.


Sincerely,

Consular Information Unit
U.S. Embassy, London
CONS/CIU/GS

This informal method of responding enables us to respond to you within a shorter time. No record is being made of this correspondence. If you need to e-mail us again, please return this e-mail.


This email is UNCLASSIFIED.”


On November 2, I received a text message saying that the documents are ready for collection on November 5. As I couldn’t bear the waiting anymore, I immediately called the company to arrange for a delivery on Saturday at a premium fee.

November 3rd, 2012: Visa delivered
Today, exactly one year since we entered the lottery, the courier arrive with a big sealed envelope containing 4 envelopes each labeled with our respective names along with our passports. I checked with my wife the visas and they are all valid for six months.

We often spend xMas period in US and we have already made arrangements to travel to Atlanta during that time in order to activate our green card. We are looking to move sometime in the summer once the kids have finished school and to give us also time to prepare our departure smoothly.

Congrats!

lorddom: are u saying 2013 or 2013 cus if it is 2012 then foget about it.

The current winners, I think it's 2013 winners

kaygee1977: Good morning forum...
This is the reply I got after I sent my forms Thank you for your inquiry.
 
The information you provided will be included in your case file for review.
___________________________

I find it different from what others been posting as reply from KCC.
Please, is anyone available in the forum to throw some light...thank you so much.

I got same reply when I sent them a corrected form earlier.

lorddom: Cameroonians.note better that to qualify with education requirment u hav to pass the GCE ADVANCE LEVEL with atleast two papers WITHOUT RELIGION.CLEARLY STATED:-D

Lorddom, are you a winner from cameroon??

Hello house, no prognostics for dec bulletin??

afobat2000: Hello house i need prayer oo i don't have money to proceed my wife visa lottery me and my wife and 2 kid im allway sad because i don't have work i finished my HND SINCE 2004 NO WORK SINCE THEN, pls house i need prayer my wife case no af00011***

GOD ll provide my brother i think u can change ur interview date inother 2 gt urself ready financialy but u must ve gotten ur 2NL b4 u can change ur interview date.

hey man, are u presently in buea?.cos i am too.Maybe we can sit and share more ideas.wat do u say 2 dat?lorddom.I am a final year student in UB and i have been married for a while.Me and my wife entered as married and won.I really need a friend that we can really give each other supports and share updates.som1 from cameroon.

Thanks u my brother 4ur advice, god will do it becos will are playing visa lottery since 1999 and will don't expect it that will win dis year is god do it .

lorddom: no no u get it wrong how can visa bulletin for dec be 15000 and january 12000 no.january wil be from 20000 upward.i think is even 15000 this dec due to election in US

Pls check your fact again. This is wrong. Except you do not mean the current figures for Nigerian winners.

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lol

titi umo: pls how do someone knw when he or she is current?

ok just google visa bulletin and u refer ur case number to the posted chat to know when u wil be current.for exple cut of for december 2012 is 15500 meaning al those with case number below 15500 wil have appointment b4 then.wel this example is for africa nigeria is alwayz lower but visa bulletin wil explain all that.note that it is updated every month.thank u can stil post if u dont get it clear

yembe2013:

Lorddom, are you a winner from cameroon??

qui mon frere je suis cent pour cent cameroonais and a dv lottery winner 2013 university of buea and origin Bali nyonga

loconzo00:

Pls check your fact again. This is wrong. Except you do not mean the current figures for Nigerian winners.

i dont accept ur first phrase my friend."its wrong"rather say that is not for nigeria but africa visa bulletin

laura da brat: hey man, are u presently in buea?.cos i am too.Maybe we can sit and share more ideas.wat do u say 2 dat?lorddom.I am a final year student in UB and i have been married for a while.Me and my wife entered as married and won.I really need a friend that we can really give each other supports and share updates.som1 from cameroon.

yeah my brother i am ok with that i am at mile 17 but not in buea nw am rather in bda.my email is burnavista1989@yahoo.fr.we can futher contac thru this means ok.thanks

lorddom: qui mon frere je suis cent pour cent cameroonais and a dv lottery winner 2013 university of buea and origin Bali nyonga

Wow, its nice meeting you man, I have been on this forum since september and never met a cameroonian, what is your CN, mine is AF 18***. Have you received your 2nd NL. Hoping to hearing from you

laura da brat: hey man, are u presently in buea?.cos i am too.Maybe we can sit and share more ideas.wat do u say 2 dat?lorddom.I am a final year student in UB and i have been married for a while.Me and my wife entered as married and won.I really need a friend that we can really give each other supports and share updates.som1 from cameroon.

@laura, how are you man, I am also a cameroonian, I live in douala and my CN is 18***, what is your CN and have you received your 2nd NL,

lorddom: yeah my brother i am ok with that i am at mile 17 but not in buea nw am rather in bda.my email is burnavista1989@yahoo.fr.we can futher contac thru this means ok.thanks

my case number is af23***.We are really nervous but we pray for things to be ok by the end of it all.I will write to you from time to time or maybe call you here is my numba 74795396

yembe2013:

@laura, how are you man, I am also a cameroonian, I live in douala and my CN is 18***, what is your CN and have you received your 2nd NL,

my number is71126725Hahaha it seem to me that i have the highest case number in cameroon.mine is 2013af00051***Weh my broda don be nervous ok the almighty who started this for u why do u think he wont finish it.as for me i am very upstimistic an advice u to do same.just chil ok.ur case number shows that u wil have ur interview latest january.

lorddom: my number is71126725Hahaha it seem to me that i have the highest case number in cameroon.mine is 2013af00051***Weh my broda don be nervous ok the almighty who started this for u why do u think he wont finish it.as for me i am very upstimistic an advice u to do same.just chil ok.ur case number shows that u wil have ur interview latest january.

Man there is every reason to be nervous, we just have to keep our hands across while waiting for the best. True I believe I will be current by january. I will get to you. You know anyone in Kamer who has gone to embassy?

laura da brat:
my case number is af23***.We are really nervous but we pray for things to be ok by the end of it all.I will write to you from time to time or maybe call you here is my numba 74795396

da brat U wil be current latest febuary U guys donno hw i am happy to awaken the spirit of cameroonians in this furm.its a very nice feelx to me,i am already living in the US just chating with u guys so i beg u to hang unto this furum lets storm US together and at thesame time pave the way for our prdicessors.

yembe2013:

Man there is every reason to be nervous, we just have to keep our hands across while waiting for the best. True I believe I will be current by january. I will get to you. You know anyone in Kamer who has gone to embassy?

no i have not. but i think winners from here have high cn's.from my judgement

yembe2013:

Man there is every reason to be nervous, we just have to keep our hands across while waiting for the best. True I believe I will be current by january. I will get to you. You know anyone in Kamer who has gone to embassy?

yeah i have somany friends who left thru dv ie ,2010,2012 and me now my kid bro just left this september.most so i got alot of ideas from other furums.so i think i got alot for u.i can be ur C.O u know hahaha

lorddom: da brat U wil be current latest febuary U guys donno hw i am happy to awaken the spirit of cameroonians in this furm.its a very nice feelx to me,i am already living in the US just chating with u guys so i beg u to hang unto this furum lets storm US together and at thesame time pave the way for our prdicessors.

wow guys i am really happy.

yembe2013:

@laura, how are you man, I am also a cameroonian, I live in douala and my CN is 18***, what is your CN and have you received your 2nd NL,

no man i have not receive it.But i pray it comes up soon.It looks like u will be current in dec.wish u luck bro and also to every1.God is in control

lorddom: yeah i have somany friends who left thru dv ie ,2010,2012 and me now my kid bro just left this september.most so i got alot of ideas from other furums.so i think i got alot for u.i can be ur C.O u know hahaha

then bro,i think it will be nice to have a c.o in our family

lorddom: yeah i have somany friends who left thru dv ie ,2010,2012 and me now my kid bro just left this september.most so i got alot of ideas from other furums.so i think i got alot for u.i can be ur C.O u know hahaha

Lorddom, me sef I no understand you oh, you say ya phone number na 71126725 and your CN na 2013af00051***, then later on you say you dey US. Please can you clarify me. No offense

afobat2000: Hello house i need prayer oo i don't have money to proceed my wife visa lottery me and my wife and 2 kid im allway sad because i don't have work i finished my HND SINCE 2004 NO WORK SINCE THEN, pls house i need prayer my wife case no af00011***

Hello everyone, any little help to this family for them to achieve their dream of coming to the states will be really appreciated. Can you send me your contact information? This is my email: oyewup@u.washington.edu.

babbs45: Hello everyone, any little help to this family for them to achieve their dream of coming to the states will be really appreciated. Can you send me your contact information? This is my email: oyewup@u.washington.edu.

THANKS SO MUCH for offering to help out Afobat2000 and his family, this is a very powerful signal, GOD WILL BLESS YOU

Hello Fellow DV graduates now perusing DV masters in the US.
My simple question is that if I travel to the US on Friday and travel out of the US on Sunday, will there be issues if I am coming back.

Just want to know if there will be any complications that will complicate issues for me. I have read earlier that you can leave on the same day you came in but just wanna be sure and also if any one can share an experience which is factual and not hear say.

Your opinions are highly appreciated.

Thanks.

/KSJL