DV won but i have no address for my Green Card delivery :/

[Yahudi 1]

Hello, i won the Diversity Visa as a beneficiary since my parent was the winning applicant, but i don't have an address to get our Green Cards delivered to , because we don't have anyone in the US. We want to reside in Florida, near Miami, this is a forum where some of us have experienced similar issues, so i hope that someone would share their address and could hand the green cards to me. The place we want to reside to is Florida and around Miami, if someone would share their address and write as a welcoming letter, so it wouldn't look as i randomly came up with the address it would be very appreciated, because we really have no one.Other states might be considered if no one comes up in Florida, but since we're short of money we prefer the address to be in Florida, Thank you !!

[Georgia16 2,858]

You want people you don't know to write their address so your GC can be mailed to that address?

[B&Z 201]

The green card won't be arriving before you do. You have to get here first, then it takes about 120 days (after you arrive or pay the fee - whichever is last) before you'll receive your greencard. Go to Florida, get an apartment, and then pay the green card fee and register your address for the delivery. Or, you can go anywhere. Just keep updating your address with USCIS online and they'll send you your green cards to the place where you live in the United States.

You don't want to be sending your green card to strangers.

Edited August 25, 2016 by B&Z

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

I'm confused as to whether you have the visa yet (which it sounds like) or whether you have been selected but haven't had the interview yet - which seems more likely as they insist on an address before they grant the visa. In fact I think you need one on the DS260?

By the time you actually fly you will presumably have somewhere to stay at least at first - you can change your address at the point of entry. B&Z's comment that the green card only arrives after you do is correct, and you can delay it by delaying payment of the immigrant fee, but I have heard of numerous cards getting delivered to the wrong address if the address is changed after actually entering.

[Yahudi 1]

You want people you don't know to write their address so your GC can be mailed to that address?

the DS-260 requires an address for the Green Card to be mailed to, and it cant be a hotel address, and i don't have an address in the US , and i have noone in the US because i live in Europe for my entire life. It doesn't bother me if i don't know the person ofcourse all the favour would be is handing me it, since i didn't have an adress to get it mailed to.

The green card won't be arriving before you do. You have to get here first, then it takes about 120 days (after you arrive or pay the fee - whichever is last) before you'll receive your greencard. Go to Florida, get an apartment, and then pay the green card fee and register your address for the delivery. Or, you can go anywhere. Just keep updating your address with USCIS online and they'll send you your green cards to the place where you live in the United States.

You don't want to be sending your green card to strangers.

as i said the DS-260 requires an address for the Green Card to get mailed to, and the DS-260 is filed before my interview and before my arrival in the US.

[Merrytooth 5,748]

This address should work

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

[Yahudi 1]

I'm confused as to whether you have the visa yet (which it sounds like) or whether you have been selected but haven't had the interview yet - which seems more likely as they insist on an address before they grant the visa. In fact I think you need one on the DS260?

By the time you actually fly you will presumably have somewhere to stay at least at first - you can change your address at the point of entry. B&Z's comment that the green card only arrives after you do is correct, and you can delay it by delaying payment of the immigrant fee, but I have heard of numerous cards getting delivered to the wrong address if the address is changed after actually entering.

i need the mailing address for the DS-260 which i'll be correcting at the interview. I'll be staying at a hotel, but i've been told i can't use a hotel's address as the actual mailing address, so i still need an actual address and someone to get it mailed at for me , and the DS-260 is reviewed at my interview so i need the mailing address prior to it, my interview is already scheduled at the 25th of october, and the person i added to my DS-260 , i only knew online and i saw he wasn't serious and he said 2 months after submitting my DS-260 that he changed his mind, so i decided to seek for someone else.

[Yahudi 1]

This address should work

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

At the end of the day DV winners aren't supposed to have anyone in the US in the first place, because it's not a family based immigration, so my issue is kind of expected. Kindly, troll someone else.

[Merrytooth 5,748]

At the end of the day DV winners aren't supposed to have anyone in the US in the first place, because it's not a family based immigration, so my issue is kind of expected. Kindly, troll someone else.

If you have half a brain, you would be able to do some googling online.

You are not the only one winning DV lottery with no relative or friends in US.

On some websites, some people suggested these companies that offer mail services with real street addresses.

http://www.usabox.com/rates.asp

https://www.usglobalmail.com/personal/mail-package-forwarding/

http://shiptotheborder.com/finding-your-us-shipping-address

Otherwise, go google your fellow country associations in the US state you will be living in. They might be more willing to help you out.

e.g.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Macedonia-Missionary-Baptist-Church/120077054675728

The United Macedonian Diaspora (Florida)

[Yahudi 1]

If you have half a brain, you would be able to do some googling online.

You are not the only one winning DV lottery with no relative or friends in US.

On some websites, some people suggested these companies that offer mail services with real street addresses.

http://www.usabox.com/rates.asp

https://www.usglobalmail.com/personal/mail-package-forwarding/

http://shiptotheborder.com/finding-your-us-shipping-address

Otherwise, go google your fellow country associations in the US state you will be living in. They might be more willing to help you out.

e.g.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Macedonia-Missionary-Baptist-Church/120077054675728

The United Macedonian Diaspora (Florida)

I guess an American is more likely to help then a macedonian. I don't have relatives in the US , but i do know a handful of macedonians that wouldn't even return a phone call when i say i'm immigrating, so i guess the typical macedonian is less likely to help then the typical American , which is why i joined this site, and the DS-260 seeks for a phone number and a few other information rather then just an address, and ofcourse maybe i expect it to be a favor , rather a pay to service ? And maybe i expected it to be from someone here rather a referral to another site? The person i had on my DS-260 didn't even know what the DV is, and it's most likely not to accept to do me the favor, or to change their mind when the interview clock ticks, so yea that's maybe also a reason i wanted someone off here because maybe they would understand my case better?

[Merrytooth 5,748]

sorry Yahudi, you are in the tough spot.

But the general opinions are:

Get a PO box or mail forwarding address and use that where to mail your green card.

- Pick a hotel in the city you will arrive in the US and use that as your permanent address.

- If by the time of the interview you have a new address, update it with the officer.

- When you get approved and are ready to move to the US, if you have a new address, then at the border update the address with the officers.

B&Z's comment about that the green card only arrives after you do and you can delay it by delaying payment of the immigrant fee, still stands.

**** People should beware of postal scam/fraud if they are willing to give out their home address to stranger online.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

the DS-260 requires an address for the Green Card to be mailed to, and it cant be a hotel address, and i don't have an address in the US , and i have noone in the US because i live in Europe for my entire life. It doesn't bother me if i don't know the person ofcourse all the favour would be is handing me it, since i didn't have an adress to get it mailed to.

as i said the DS-260 requires an address for the Green Card to get mailed to, and the DS-260 is filed before my interview and before my arrival in the US.

Plenty people put a hotel address on the DS260 while they figure out similar situations. Who told you you can't do that?

Merrytooth, I understand that a PO Box is not acceptable - it has to be a street address. People have reported mixed success with mail forwarding services - USPS apparently has strict instructions about where they may or may not deliver USCIS Mail to.

Edited August 25, 2016 by SusieQQQ

[Merrytooth 5,748]

Plenty people put a hotel address on the DS260 while they figure out similar situations. Who told you you can't do that?

Merrytooth, I understand that a PO Box is not acceptable - it has to be a street address. People have reported mixed success with mail forwarding services - USPS apparently has strict instructions about where they may or may not deliver USCIS Mail to.

I guess use a hotel address will be the best for OP then.

[Yahudi 1]

Plenty people put a hotel address on the DS260 while they figure out similar situations. Who told you you can't do that?

Merrytooth, I understand that a PO Box is not acceptable - it has to be a street address. People have reported mixed success with mail forwarding services - USPS apparently has strict instructions about where they may or may not deliver USCIS Mail to.

I phoned the embassy to ask, and they told me it can't be a hotel address, the guy was like , come on you have to have someone. which made me lol, how do you expect me to have someone when i don't have relatives there, i lived all my life in europe, and it's a Diversity lottery, which means you want non US genes in the US, you want diversity, if i already had a relative how would i bring diversity ? Hence is why usually countries with low immigration rates come up as winners as african countries.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

No one is going to physically check the address, put down a hotel address. If it makes you feel better choose an extended stay hotel where you can easily say that you'll stay there a few months while looking for a job and apartment, etc. You could also try what someone else suggested, contact a Macedonian cultural organization or church or something and see if they'll help out.

Incidentally it is actually fairly unusual for a DV winner to know absolutely no one in the US, but when it happens like in your case most people put a hotel.