Will Applying to DV lottery before affect my visa interview

[Naser56 0]

hello visajourney members, I have been keeping up with this forum for a while and it's very valuable here but this is my first time posting and hope any one who has experience answer my question, I did knew an American girl before from Facebook and we developed love and we talked for like 3 months before she come to me here but when we dealed in person we found that we were very different so she didn't file any petitions by my name, but before she come she advised me to apply for DV lottery cuz it was it's time and that I may win and then we can avoid the hassle of applying for a visa so I did but I didn't have my passport issued at this time so I applied with my last name like "Elnaser" without any spaces, the after we left each other I met my wife on the web too but on other site for marriage and we developed serious love ending up she came here to me and we married and living with me for 10 months now here and she did file an I-130 for me with my last name "El naser" like it's written in my passport and our interview is coming on soon Inshallah so my question is, should I have some hassle cuz of this past DV lottery application even with this story? what evidences should I bring with me to prove my story? will they even notice my application to DV lottery before? please any one who have experience help me.

[Krikit 1,164]

will they even notice my application to DV lottery before?

They will notice. Did you not answer that question on your application?

[Naser56 0]

the question was on the I-130 , "has your relative ever been under immigration proceeding?" and we said NO since I didn't ever proceed it I just applied, do you mean anything else?

Edited February 25, 2013 by Naser56

[Sarah Elle-Même 660]

the question was on the I-130 , "has your relative ever been under immigration proceeding?" and we said NO since I didn't ever proceed it I just applied, do you mean anything else?

I believe "proceedings" means removal proceedings. Sounds like you were never in the US so it probably doesn't apply to you. But they will definitely know you applied for the DV. They do keep those records. And if they ask if you ever applied for an immigrant visa you must tell them yes and explain those circumstances. I am not an Egypt petitioner so I don't know the specifics but it does seem the Cairo consulate is a very tough one to get through because they suspect fraud in many of their cases. You should be prepared to answer questions about your previous visa application and offer substantial proof that your marriage is bonafide. You should check the guides section of this site for examples of quality evidence.

[Peace.... 281]

Never was an issue with my fiance at the time of the interview. A majority of his family members, brother, sister, uncle have all won in the last 6 years. He was only asked where they lived at his interview, but was never questioned why he applied for the lottery visa at any given point.

[Naser56 0]

thank you for your responses, but I want to know if any one had similar experience in cairo? and what evidences should I bring, bona fides of my marriage only or also evidences that I had an ex girlfriend there that's why I applied for the DV lottery?

[oldahmed 38]

I believe "proceedings" means removal proceedings. Sounds like you were never in the US so it probably doesn't apply to you. But they will definitely know you applied for the DV. They do keep those records. And if they ask if you ever applied for an immigrant visa you must tell them yes and explain those circumstances. I am not an Egypt petitioner so I don't know the specifics but it does seem the Cairo consulate is a very tough one to get through because they suspect fraud in many of their cases. You should be prepared to answer questions about your previous visa application and offer substantial proof that your marriage is bonafide. You should check the guides section of this site for examples of quality evidence.

Entering the DV lotery doesn't mean he applied for a visa, so if he was asked the question whether he ever applied for a visa, he should say NO.

[Naser56 0]

Now I'm really confused, so what should I exactly say if they ask me if I ever applied for an immigrant Visa?

[Sarah Elle-Même 660]

Entering the DV lotery doesn't mean he applied for a visa, so if he was asked the question whether he ever applied for a visa, he should say NO.

It's semantics. You enter into the lottery in the hopes of applying for a visa. It still counts as intent to immigrate. But a lot of people apply for the DV in developing countries so I never said this would pose an issue for him. If they ask him about it then he needs to tell them. He just needs to be prepared for his interview because Cairo is a tough embassy.

As for his question about mentioning the old girlfriend - don't unless they ask about her or more generally if you've ever been in a relationship with foreign women other than your wife.

[oldahmed 38]

It's semantics. You enter into the lottery in the hopes of applying for a visa. It still counts as intent to immigrate. But a lot of people apply for the DV in developing countries so I never said this would pose an issue for him. If they ask him about it then he needs to tell them. He just needs to be prepared for his interview because Cairo is a tough embassy.

As for his question about mentioning the old girlfriend - don't unless they ask about her or more generally if you've ever been in a relationship with foreign women other than your wife.

It is not semantics, it is what it is. An intent to immigrate does not equal applying for a visa and entering the lottery is not a visa application. why complicate simple things? If al this person did is enter the DV lottery and has an intent to immigrate that means he never applied for a visa, plain and simple, so if he is ever asked whether he applied for a visa he should answe NO. If he is asked whether he ever enter the lottery he should say yes.

[Mithra 1,185]

Say, no.

If you have never filled out an immigrant visa application AND sent it in then you have never applied for an immigrant visa. Applying to the DV lottery is not applying for an immigrant visa. What it is is filing for the CHANCE at a visa, not applying for the visa itself. Now if they ask if you applied for the DV, say - yes. If this is confusing please see my simplified answer above.

Now I'm really confused, so what should I exactly say if they ask me if I ever applied for an immigrant Visa?

[Sarah Elle-Même 660]

Say, no.

If you have never filled out an immigrant visa application AND sent it in then you have never applied for an immigrant visa. Applying to the DV lottery is not applying for an immigrant visa. What it is is filing for the CHANCE at a visa, not applying for the visa itself. Now if they ask if you applied for the DV, say - yes. If this is confusing please see my simplified answer above.

Sorry - yes for the purposes of filling out forms you and OldAhmed are correct. He didn't reach the stage of applying for the visa so it's a no on the forms. Sorry forgot we were still talking about what he puts on the forms. For some reason I thought his case was already closed at NVC and was waiting on the interview. OP - you should fill in your timeline.