Need extreme help with dv lottar 2013

[Tygrys 143]

If she lists the children now and explains the estrangement and lack of photos she will early on get an idea of what is going to happen. Also they must fill out biographic data and present divorce papers ( assuming he married the mother of the children ) . If it is going to be an issue it is better to find out now than to pay for medicals and visa fees for both of them then be denied. Not everyone has thousands of dollors to spend hoping no one will ask ( the chances of it not coming up are near zero ) They will be asked about children , they must accurately fill out the bio forms. With immigration it is best to confront red flags rather than to bury your head in the sand and hop no one notices your butt pointing skyward.

I have to agree with you, can see now how the letter can help.

@OP: Forget the DV application. What's done cannot be undone. One thing is for sure, you MUST list the children now on DS-230 and any bio forms you have to fill out.

DS-230 is administered under oath, so if you omit them now it will be perjury and material misinterpretation.

You really don't want serious offenses like these hanging above your head while you start a new life in a new country.

Edited May 13, 2012 by Tygrys

[thelastpetitioner 218]

Ok let me just make one very basic thing clear. You could go to the interview, get your green card and move to the states without the children no problem, as long you list them where it asks for children and not other people who intend to immigrate with you.

[swiftkkd 0]

Hello to All,

I have been selected for dv lottery 2013 but I am facing a problem with the application form ds-230.

I have been married for 7 years to a man who has two children with his previous marriage. His children never accepted our marriage and they don’t talk to me at all moreover I never met them because they always continue to refuse to meet me.

Anyway, I applied for dv lottery 2013 and since I did not have any of my husband’s children pictures I could not list them in the entry application form. They never provide us with any pictures required for the ID card and I did not have choice but not to list them in order that the online application system would allow me to complete the entry.

Now as a fisrt applicant I am filling out the ds-230 form and I don’t know what to do. If I list them now I know I will be disqualified. If I don’t my husband and me have to show at the interview day that my husband have two children from his first marriage and we will be again disqualified. Please, anyone who could help me how to proceed further with my application that I dont want to lose this chance just because of some issues that are not on my hands.

Thank you a lot.

oh my God, i am in the same positon, won dv 2013, but did not include step children, (my wife's children), they are living with their father in a different county there were custody battles going on between her and the ex husband, the children would not even talk to her let alone me, only met them few years ago. i have letters from the court regarding this custody case, this was before i entered the lottery in october 2011. Shall i list them on my ds-230 and provide copies of such letters and explain why i could not get pictures. they are not immigrating with us anyway since they made it clear on papers they want to live with their father. HELPPPPP