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May 08, 2007 (barcode) first name last name street address city, prefecture, zip code JAPAN Dear name Congratulations! You are among those randomly selected and registered for further consideration in the DV-2008 diversity immigrant program for fiscal year 2008 (October, 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008). Selection does not guarantee that you will receive a visa because the number of applicants selected is greater than the number of visas available. Please retain this letter and take it with you to your visa interview. Approximately 100,000 individuals were registered for further processing. However there are only between 50,000 & 55,000 diversity visas available under the FISCAL YEAR 2008 DIVERSITY VISA PROGRAM. Therefore, it is most important that you carefully follow these instructions to increase your chance of possible visa issuance. Please read and follow all the enclosed instructions very carefully. ALL FORMS AND CORRESPONDENCE must be sent to the Kentucky Consular Center at the above address. Please notify the Kentucky Consular Center of any change in address, addition or deletion of any family members, and any other information which you believe may effect your application. PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN FORMS 230 PART I, 230 PART II, AND DSP-122 FOR YOURSELF AND FORM 230 PART I AND 230 PART II FOR ALL ACCOMPANYING FAMILY MEMBERS TO THE KENTUCKY CONSULAR CENTER. WRITE THE CASE NUMBER IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF EACH FORM. PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL BLOCKS ARE COMPLETED. Please be advised that even though you send all of the above listed documents to the KCC, your case may not be scheduled for an interview appointment until a visa number is available. You will only be contacted by the KCC when a visa appointment is scheduled. Please do not call us to check when your case will be scheduled. If it should be necessary to contact the Kentucky Consular Center by telephone YOU MUST ALWAYS REFER TO YOUR NAME AND CASE NUMBER EXACTLY AS THEY APPEAR BELOW. Your case number should be clearly written in the upper right hand corner of ALL documents and correspondence sent to the Kentucky Consular Center. Case Number:2008ASxxxxxxxx PA Name: last name, first name Preference Category:DV DIVERSITY Foreign State Changeability:JAPAN Post: TOKYO The Kentucky Consular Center telephone number is 606-526-7500 or send E-mail inquiry to KCCDV@state.gov |
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first name last name street address city, prefecture, zip code JAPAN (barcode) Please return this barcode sheet to facilitate the processing of your case when you return the DSP 122 and DS230(Parts I & II) to the Kentucky Consular Center (KCC) |
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Embassy of the United States of America
Box 205, 1-10-5 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8420 Visa Information: 03-5354-4033 Website: http://japan/usembassy.gov Unit 45004 Box 205, APO AP 96337-5004
Instructions for DV Applicants - Embassy Tokyo
To begin preparing for your interview, please visit the U.S. Embassy's web page at:
http://japan.usembassy.gov
and follow the link under "visas to the US." Or you can go directly to
http://japan/usembassy.gov/e/visa/tvisa-ivapplication.html
. Click "read more" under the category that applies to you. There, you will find a list of all documents that will be required to submit at the time of your visa interview along with instructions and background information on all of the forms.
Please read this page carefully and click on all links to ensure that you have collected all the necessary forms. Your applications will be refused if you fail to bring all required documentation.YOU ARE STRONGLY URGED TO PERSONALLY KEEP A DUPLICATE FILE COPY OF ALL DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR VISA APPLICATION. THE EMBASSY DOES NOT PROVIDE COPYING SERVICES. MOST IMPORTANT *No assurance can be given in advance that a visa will be issued. A consular officer can make a decision only after your formal application and all documents are reviewed, and you have been personally interviewed by that officer. *You are advised not to make any travel arrangements, not to dispose of your property or give up your job until the visa has been issued to you. The maximum validity of an immigrant visa is six (&) months from the date of issuance. You must travel to the United States within that 6-month period. *Except under certain circumstances, a visa cannot be issued if the immigrant intends to reside abroad after obtaining legal permanent resident status. *This office will make every effort to expedite your visa application on the day of your appointment. It is possible that you will have to spend the entire morning or afternoon in the office before final action can be taken on your application. Please bring "ExPack 500" envelope to the visa interview so we can mail your passport and visa back to you. The "ExPack 500" can be purchased at convenience stores and post offices throughout Japan. Processing and mailing time will take approximately one week, so please allow enough time before your intended date of departure. *If you have further questions regarding the immigrant visa process, please refer to our web page: http://japan/usembassy.gov/e/visa/tvisa-ivgeneral.html , especially our "Frequently Asked Questions" section. We look forward to seeing you at your visa interview. |
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Embassy of the United States of America
Box 205, 1-10-5 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8420 Visa Information: 03-5354-4033 Website: http://japan/usembassy.gov Unit 45004 Box 205, APO AP 96337-5004
DVビザ申請のご案内
手続きを始めるにあたり、必要な申請書フォームやインストラクションについて大使館のウェブサイト
http://japan.usembassy.gov
の中の「ビササービス」をご覧ください。あるいは、直接
http://japan.usembassy.gov/j/visa/tvisaj-ivapplication.html
のページから「詳細」をクリックし、該当する情報をご参照ください。面接時に必要な書類のリストや各申請書のインストラクションおよび詳細情報がご覧いただけます。このページをよくお読みになり、必要書類が全て揃っているかを確認するために全てのリンクをクリックしてください。ビザ申請のために提出する書類は全て、各申請者がコピーを保持することを強くお勧めします。大使館でコピーを取ることはできません。 重要要件 ビザが発給されるという保証を事前することはできません。米国領事はあなたが提出した申請書や全ての書類を審査し、面接を行った後にのみビザ発給の可否を決定します。 ビザが発給されるまでは、旅行の手配、財産の処分、退職を控えてください。移民ビザは発効日より最長で6ヶ月有効ですので、その有効期間内に渡米しなければなりません。 特別な状況を除いては、永住資格を取得後、米国外に住む医師のある方にビザは発給されません。 当事務所はあなたの面接日にビザの審査が速やかに進むよう最善をつくしますが、手続きには数時間を要し、あなたの申請手続きが終了するまで午前または午後中かかることも予測されます。手続きが終わり次第、パスポートとビザを郵送いたしますので返送用の"Expack500"封筒をご用意ください。"Expack500"はコンビニエンスストアまたは郵便局でお求めいただけます。手続きおよび郵送にかかる時間はおよそ1週間です。あらかじめご理解のうえ渡米の日程をご検討ください。 移民ビザ手続きに関するその他のご質問は当大使館のウェブサイト、特に「よくある質問」をご参照ください。アドレスは http://japan.usembassy.gov/j/visa/tvisaj-ivgeneral.html です。 面接日にお会いすることを楽しみにしております。 |
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United States Department of State
Congratulations!Washington, D.C. 20520 You are among those randomly selected and registered for further consideration in the Diversity Immigrant Visa program for fiscal year 2008 (October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008). Please read the instructions and follow them carefully to continue processing your application. In order to help insure that all available visas are used each year, more people are randomly selected than there are visas; thus visa issuance to you cannot be guaranteed, even if you meet all the qualifications, and it is important that you complete and return the forms listed below as quickly as possible. After you return all of the forms listed below and if there are appointments available, we will schedule you for an interview at the appropriate embassy/consulate. You will be contacted by the Department of State by mail if you are selected for an interview. Important Basic Diversity Visa Requirements The law creating the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program states that to qualify for a diversity visa, you must have either a high school education, or its equivalent, or two year of work experience. A high school education means successful completion of a formal course of elementary and secondary education comparable to completion of a 12-year course in the United States. If you are qualifying with work experience, you must have two years of experience in the last five years in an occupation which, by U.S. Department of Labor definitions, requires at least two years of training or experience. The U.S. Department of Labor provides information on job duties, knowledge and skills, education and training, and other occupational characteristics at their website http://www.doleta.gov/programs/onet/ You must have either a high school education or sufficient work experience to qualify for a DV visa. If you are qualifying with work experience, you must have two years of experience in the last five years in an occupation defined by U.S. Department of Labor as qualifying for the DV Program. The Department of Labor (DOL) O*Net Online Database, website http://online.onetcenter.org/ , groups job experience into five "job zones." While many occupations are listed on the DOL Website, only certain specified occupations qualify for the Diversity Visa Program. To qualify for a Diversity Visa on the basis of your work experience, you must, within the past five years, have two years of experience in an occupation that is designed as Job Zone 4 or 5, classified in a Specific Vocational Preparation (SVP) range of 7.0 or higher. If you do not meet one of these requirements, you are not eligible to be issued a diversity visa. Only you, as the principal applicant, must meet this requirement. Your spouse and children do not have to meet this requirement. Do not continue with this application if you do not meet the education or work experience requirement. If you are scheduled for a visa interview, at the time of the interview consular officers will evaluate medical exam results, financial evidence, and police certificates. So, you must bring the original and one copy of all the documents listed in the enclosed instructions and your LETTER TO DIVERSITY VISA APPLICANTS -2008 02/07 |
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2 original notification letter to your interview. You are required to provide the consular officer with the English language translation of any non-English language documents. If you do not have all the required original documents, your visa application will not be processed or completed. The decision about whether you meet all the requirements for a diversity visa will be made at the time of your visa interview. If you have had additional children since entering the DV lottery, or your immediate family situation has changed, notify us and send a copy of the birth certificate or marriage certificate to the Kentucky Consular Center. Instructions Step 1 Arrange and complete the following forms that are included in this packet: Form DSP-122 (Supplemental Registration for the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program) - Only the principal Applicant needs to complete Form DSP-122. Form DS-230 Part I (Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration - Biographic Data Sheet) - Principal Applicant and all family members applying for a Diversity Visa must submit Form DS-230 Part I. Form DS-230 Part II (Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration - Sworn Statement) Do not sign this form at this time. Principal Applicant and all family members applying for a Diversity Visa must submit an unsigned Form DS-230 Part II. Note: Family members refer only to your spouse and unmarried children who have not reached age 21 before you entered the lottery. Step 2 Obtain one (1) passport size full face photograph for each family member and yourself. You should submit one full face photograph for each family member applying for a Diversity Immigrant Visa. General Photo Requirements
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Full Face Photo These requirements apply to the full face photo which must be submitted for each applicant. Photo Size The full face photo for each visa applicant submitted must measure:
Photo Appearance
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4 Step 3 Using the return address label, send all the completed forms for yourself and family members accompanying you, and the photographs to:
Department Of State
Kentucky Consular Center (KCC) 3505 North Highway 25W Williamsburg KY, 40769 USA Step 4 Review enclosed "Visa Instructions for Diversity Immigrant Visa Applicants" and obtain the following documents. It is strongly recommended that you begin this process early. Make one copy of each. Do not send these to the Kentucky Consular Center. You will be required to bring these to your consular interview. You must also obtain English translations for all documents that are not in the English language. Documents you need to obtain:
Enclosures: 1. Letter to Diversity Visa Applicants - 2008 2. Visa Instructions for Diversity Immigrant Visa Applicants 3. DSP-122, Supplenental Registration for the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program DS-230, Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration, Part I and Part II LETTER TO DIVERSITY VISA APPLICANTS -2008 02/07 |
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5 Looking Ahead: Applying at an Embassy or Consulate: If KCC receives the completed forms listed above while visa numbers are still available, you will be sent an appointment date and time for your visa interview at a U.S. Embassy/Consulate and information on how and where you, your spouse and children (if they will immigrate with you) can obtain medical examinations. Do not give up your job, dispose of your property, or make any final travel arrangements before you receive your immigrant visa. If and when your immigrant visa is approved, you will have six months (from the issuance date) to travel to and enter the United States. Each applicant must be prepared to pay on the appointment day all fees required in connection with applying for a diversity visa. Prior to your appointment, please review the Fee Schedule at http://travel.state.gov/visa/vofees.html#perm to obtain the most current fee information. As of March 8, 2005 the Diversity Visa Fee is $375. Only contact the KCC to report a change of address or change in your family's status, such as death, marriage, divorce, birth of a child, etc. Once KCC notifies you of your appointment date for the immigrant visa interview along with information concerning medical examinations, the American Embassy or Consulate abroad will conduct all further processing. Do not contact the Embassy/Consulate where you will apply until your appointment date has been set. One final note: This letter only concerns processing of the DV-2008 visa. If you are also registered under another immigrant visa category, you should continue to process the other case using the instructions sent to you separately under that visa category. Applying for adjustment of status in the U.S.: If you are in the United States, you may be eligible to apply to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), formerly INS, for adjustment of status. The option to adjust status may not be available to all applicants. To determine whether or not you may adjust status you must contact the USCIS. If the USCIS confirms your eligibility to adjust status you should take this packet of documents to your local USCIS office. USCIS will provide instructions on how to proceed. It will not be necessary for you to contact the KCC for any further information or instructions if you apply to adjust status in the United States, and the KCC will not contact you again. If your spouse and/or children live outside the United States, they may be eligible to apply for immigrant visas under the Diversity Visa program at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate General. However, the Embassy/Consulate cannot process your family members' applications until notification is received from USCIS advising that you have adjusted status. The USCIS will not automatically notify the embassy or consulate that you have adjusted status and that your LETTER TO DIVERSITY VISA APPLICANTS -2008 02/07 |
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6 family members will apply abroad for their visas to join you. You must request the USCIS to notify the embassy or consulate where your family intends to apply. The embassy or consulate must also be notified of the address where your family members can be contacted to chedule an interview. Please remember that your spouse and/or children must apply for and be issued immigrant visas before the Diversity Visa program ends on September 30, 2008. They will not be eligible to apply for or be issued visas under this program after that date. It is therefore important that the embassy or consulate receives notification from USCIS in time to process the visas before the end of DV-2008. For additional information on adjusting your status in the United States, please refer to www.uscis.gov. If USCIS determines that you are eligible to adjust status you will be required to pay a non-refundable diversity visa fee directly to the Department of State. This fee is assessed to cover the cost incurred by the Department in running the DV Program and is separate from any fees you will need to pay USCIS as part of your adjustment application. You must pay the diversity visa fee per person; that is a fee for yourself and for each member of your immediate family who plans to adjust status with you in the United States. Family members living overseas will pay the diversity visa fee at the embassy/consulate where they will receive their visa. The fee for these family members must not be paid in the United States. Please consult the Fee Schedule at http://travel.state.gov/visa/vofees.html#perm for further information. As of March 8, 2005, the Diversity Fee is $375. In order to complete payment of this fee, once the USCIS has accepted your case, fill out the receipt form at the bottom of this page, cut it off and mail it along with your cashier's check, or U.S. postal money order (made payable to the U.S. Department of State) for the correct amount depending on the number of people who will adjust status to the address below. Also you must include a stamped, self-addressed envelope in which this receipt, stamped to confirm your payment, will be returned to you. You should present this receipt to USCIS at the time of your adjustment interview. Failure to do so may delay the processing of your case. Please include your case number on the check or postal money order. If you are applying for adjustment of status in the U.S., please mail the form below, a stamped, self-addressed envelope, and your check to the following address:
U.S. Department of State
If you do not send the necessary items to the above address your case may be delayed. The above address and the form below are to be used for fee payment only. (Any correspondence or materials enclosed with this form will not be acknowledged or recorded.)Diversity Visa Program P.O.Box 371989 Pittsburg, PA 15262-0001 LETTER TO DIVERSITY VISA APPLICANTS -2008 02/07 |
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