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Hi there everyone
Well since we received the news about winning the DV greencard Lottery i have visited this site on a daily basis, following your stories and advice....now i need help of my own which i dont see anyone else here that has gone through or mentioned the same situation we are in now.
We a family of four won the 2012DV, went throught the entire process, medicals, interveiws and what nots..
They told us at the interview that our youngest (2.5years) did not qualify because he was not on the initial application as he wasnt born yet!
When we were informed we had won, we received all forms to complete and send to Kentucky, i had made sure to ask about our little boy and said all i had to do was include his details in the DS forms, which i did.
couple months later we received notification that all 4
of us had been granted the interview...so we went, and were then told the bad news
We still went ahead anyway with the other 3 VISA even though they told us that technically we should be disqualified and planned to apply for him at a later stage.
Received our visas and envelopes last wednesday, What do we do now?
We need to fly within a couple weeks to ensure our medicals dont expire and for hubby to find work etc,
Question 1: We have to leave him behind, so i plan to come back to South Africa and then start his application, do i have to wait till i physically have the Green Card or is the "stamp" they give you at the airport (the 1year temporary card) sufficient for me to do this in the mean time
Question 2: Do i have to apply for the re entry if i leave(i have been told his application could take upto 7 months)
I really hope someone has been in the same situation, if not, my next step is to chat to an immi lawyer
Thanks, look forward to hearing from you
Well since we received the news about winning the DV greencard Lottery i have visited this site on a daily basis, following your stories and advice....now i need help of my own which i dont see anyone else here that has gone through or mentioned the same situation we are in now.
We a family of four won the 2012DV, went throught the entire process, medicals, interveiws and what nots..
They told us at the interview that our youngest (2.5years) did not qualify because he was not on the initial application as he wasnt born yet!
When we were informed we had won, we received all forms to complete and send to Kentucky, i had made sure to ask about our little boy and said all i had to do was include his details in the DS forms, which i did.
couple months later we received notification that all 4
of us had been granted the interview...so we went, and were then told the bad newsWe still went ahead anyway with the other 3 VISA even though they told us that technically we should be disqualified and planned to apply for him at a later stage.
Received our visas and envelopes last wednesday, What do we do now?
We need to fly within a couple weeks to ensure our medicals dont expire and for hubby to find work etc,
Question 1: We have to leave him behind, so i plan to come back to South Africa and then start his application, do i have to wait till i physically have the Green Card or is the "stamp" they give you at the airport (the 1year temporary card) sufficient for me to do this in the mean time
Question 2: Do i have to apply for the re entry if i leave(i have been told his application could take upto 7 months)
I really hope someone has been in the same situation, if not, my next step is to chat to an immi lawyer
Thanks, look forward to hearing from you
