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Dear ForumMates,

The intent here is not to start a discussion however to clarify the official status unless there is a new announcement by KCC.

The official message that published on http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/visa_4759.html as referred in the win notification, clearly states below submission method:

Submitting your documents
Submit each completed form listed above and photographs for yourself and your family members to the address below. In addition, be sure to include the barcode sheet from your original selectee notification letter.
U.S. Department of State
Kentucky Consular Center
3505 North Highway 25W
Williamsburg, KY 40769
U.S.A.

However, some of the forum members received KCC response stating that any method of correspondance (including email) with KCC would be OK.

So it is your decision to make to send your forms and photos either via regular mail or email.

In any case, I would suggest, couple of weeks after your form submission, sending an email to KCC (to their email address stated in your win notification) and asking if your forms were received and were acceptable for the continuation of your visa processing. Then you can relax and wait for your interview to be scheduled.


All the best.

Hello everyone,
Case 2014af0002xxxx
I typed that I finished my emilitary services in10-31-2011 and the correct was 10-1-2011
Is there is any problem if I correct it by email or in the interview time
Will it be a trouble in the interview?

Hi guys

Please advise me on filling in the forms who is suppose to fill the one filled in by the principal applicant only , because my husband was the one who did this entry through the agents ,im the spouse on the application but it was my confirmation number that was picked so who is suppose to fill the form that is suppose to be filled only by the principal applicant ? is it me or my husband becaused the CASE number letter from KCC has my name .

Thanx for your help

Hello everyone!

I just find out I'm a "winner" (but with a pretty high case number, EU52XXX, so my chances seem quite low) and the point is that I'm getting married on 31st May and then we will be on our honeymoon for almost a month, coming back end of June. I'm not sure if it's better to wait until then to send the documents (DS-122 and DS-230) after getting married or sending them now, before the event. Because I already can fill the 'Date of marriage' with the correct date, but I don't know if the application will be rejected if they realise I send it before (for example, checking the DHL or FedEx sending date).

Thanks in advance.

hi every one
is dv2014 needs AOS and join support?

I am a DV Winner for 2014. I am already in US and working. Which is faster to process?

For CP processing you need to send the forms DS-230 and DSP-122. For AoS, what forms do I need to send, I-485 called Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status? Any other documents need to be submitted for AoS?

Thanks.

hello every one,
in the interview will the consular ask me about my mistakes in the ds230 and dsp122 forms
and if i show him my emails to kcc about the mistakes and its correction will make me pass or what??????

Hi all of my friends,

My girlfriend and I have met each other since October 2012. she and I were living together (we were roommate) in New York City with F 1 Visas. After a while we started to dating about December 2012. On February she suddenly, because of the family problems, decided to go back our home country on about mid of February 2013. Previously she and I were thinking that she will come back to NYC again on September 2013 or a month later, because you know the airplane tickets are expensive during the summer session. And in a 2 years my master and her master will be finished after that we will marry and try to find jobs in the USA, if we can we will stay here, if we cannot then we will go back our home country that was the our 4-5 year plan.However, she won the lottery :))) so that all of our plan is changed. Now we have some questions about our issue and if you take a time to help us we will be appreciated.

Now, if she can enter to the USA, we are thinking to marry here and after that apply for green card as a couple.
Our questions are;
1) Can we take green card? I have some doubt, because our history is not too much, i mean just 6 months before may first 2013. Is this a reason to reject our application ?
2) If our application for green card is rejected, then what will happen to our f1 status? I do not want to lose my f1 status, because I am a master student and if I lose my status all of my previous studies will be worthless. My master study will finish at the end of december 2014.

Thank you for your attention, have wonderful day.

My CN is 2014AF00000XXX, I am worrying because at the time I entered DV, I selected single in marital status, I did mean I live single, actually I was divorced 8 years ago, just registered marriage and divorced before living together, so I considered myself as a single. Two months before winning lottery I married US citizen who stayed with me only one week then he went back to US and filed a I-130 for me during the process I won DV-2014. Now I want to sent my forms to Kentucky Consular Center, but I don't know exactly my marital status, if I say I am married, my newly marriage certificate shows that I was divorced and my DV entry was single, if I say single and not mention may marriage, my name may have been reached to somewhere in US immigration as a wife of US citizen, I told my husband to stop processing his application, but he told me it is too late to stop it, it is been registered in the system. I don't know what to write in my marital status. Please anyone can help me, I must submit my forms. Thanks.

Hello All,

I got selected for DV2014 and my number is 1xxx but I have not received any email or paper mail from KCC so How do i proceed further sending forms to KCC.

Do I have to wait for letter from KCC or I have to print the confirmation from the dvlottery.state.gov.

Hi guys,
I've been able to find a lot of information on the other regions, especially Africa and Asia but haven't been able to find much information on South America so I thought I'll post these questions. I found a couple users who seem to, for the most part, have CN numbers like mine in the 2*** range with about one or two exceptions. I'll like to know if these numbers are really high or is this common, and if we will have to wait till next year August or July before we even get an interview date? This really affects me cause my OPT is about to run out and I'm still in the process of getting a new i20 to continue studies in the States, how long should I wait after I get the new i20 to apply? Also, is there a limit on the visas issued for this region?, just scared of not getting an interview because the 50,000 limit has been reached by August of 2014.

hello! i' winner dv lottery 2014 i need sponsor in usa , but i no know anyone in usa , please help me .
my visa will denied if I do not have a sponsor in usa, ??
please help me!!

Here we are! After the postpone of inerview, asked from me, the great day came for as.
We were at the embassy gates at 8.30 . We went in after the seciurity chek. There were not many people waiting and were 5 cases of immigrant visas. They had some facilities inside, automatic venditor, photograph, resting room. We had to wait about 1 hour, before we were called to gave the documents.

A greek lady took and checked our papers. I had two mistakes in my forms, but without saing nothng to me she fullfilled a new form. She asked me about the school, the days we went, how many classes we had in a day, how minutes longs a class, the rasion i didnt have the diploma. It was because that year my school didn't issue diplomas at all, but just certificates. ( I had, insded of my high school diploma, a certificate from the school that i had been graduetid).

After that I payied,

We went to our seats waiting.

We were called for finger prints after a half of hour

And after waiting again for about 2 hours me my, wife and my 5 year old boy, were called in for the interview. The greek lady was inside to help. The CO was like a frozen man with any emotion in his face and remane so, till the end.

After we sworn and signed, asked me the same questions about the school, the relation with the person we are going, if we are leaving together.

They did not ask for support (I had two), either for my actual financial situation (I had bank statmants ). He said to the greek lady - it seems ok for me.

They hold our passaports and we were told that we will have a phone call when everything will be ready in about 10 days. They didnt gave us any note or something else.

Thats all abuot us We are Hoping that every thing will be OK

Something else. there was waiting for interview a cuple with two children, the husband (the winner) did not have the high school. He said me that the greek lady told him, that surely he will be denaied, and ask him to pay only for himself instide of all family, if he wanted anway to be interviewed. I don't know what hapend, becauce we left before.

I thing this is the first inerview experience from Greece, I hope not the last one. ;)

Hi , i'm from france,
this year , i won the DV Lottery 2014 for the green card
but the problem , i have no one in the us , i don't know any body

can somebody help me to me my sponsor or to give me the adresse and tel number !!

please anwser me ..
i really appreciated , thanx a lot

Hello

i'm moroccan citizen born in France and lived there for 5 years before returning to Morocco where i live until now.i don't have french nationality.

in Foreign State Chargeability i put FRANCE

Could you please tell me if that might cause some issues during the process?

Hi winners,

I have lost old passport, can not fill up DS-230 part1 section35 "List dates of all previous visit" surely.

Is there any good idea to how to fill up ?

I am contacting KCC via email and waiting reply.
KCC answer will be posted soon.

Good Luck

Hello,

I can't check my entry, i get this error :

Entrant Status Check is currently experiencing technical difficulties. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Please check back later.

dear all
i have been selected winner for dv 2014 with case no 2014AF00009XXX.i have filled year of birth 1989 instead 0f 1982(7 years difference)the error occurred while converting the the julian calander to Gregorian calendar (Ethiopia uses Julian calendar).
1.how should i proceed?
2.if i notify this to KCC, will it have negative effect on my process
3.if i got the letter for visa interview ,will this be a reason for denial of visa at the consulate office

thanks for ur help

Hi everyone
I am reading the forum for more detailed process information, but I do not know what are these:

2nd NL :
PCC Country 1 :
PCC Country 2 :
P.O.E :

I am from Europe, with a 33xxx number, and the inteview dates may or may not be given according to the order of the numbers (as people argue about it). Either way, could anyone say, when the interviews start? I have to gather documents from 2 countries, and translate them, and might move to a 3rd country before the interview....long story.

If you could say when they start, and make an educated guess (based on the past) when would my number be, if they use the rule.

Is it possible to reschedule interview, if I have a good reason, or it would put me out of the line?

And last question for now. Do we have to sign for the documents from KCC. What documents will they send? I will move to a different place in 2 months and have to give them job address, but I might not be there to pick it up. Someone will have to forward. How much time I have to do sth with the documents, after I receive them?

Thank you in advance
the forum has already been very helpful.
Best wishes!

I filled the DSP 122 form with an OMB approval number that was expired 2013. march and i sent it,what is the effect ,do i need to repeat the whole process,the other form DSP230 was current.Please advice