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2NLs are starting to be sent for June interviews. Again, as has been the pattern for the last two months, these are earlier than normal, I expect we will see similar unusual process this month, so the 2NLs might be spread… Continue Reading →

Oh man. Someone today talked about the DV process being a rollercoaster ride. It certainly is – and this year more than other years.   Today we saw the VB released for June interviews. So – although there are over… Continue Reading →

AFRICA 28,300 Except: Egypt:      18,150 Ethiopia:  26,000 ASIA 7,800 Except: Nepal: 5,900 EUROPE 20,300 NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS) 16 OCEANIA 1,100 SOUTH AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN 1,275   The “May” bulletin has been released. It includes details of case… Continue Reading →

OK – so the VB was released today and whilst some people are happy, many are finding the progress is not what they hoped. There is no doubt that this year was generally “over selected”. They selected nearly 116k people… Continue Reading →

2NLs are starting to be sent for May interviews. This is earlier than normal, and since last month was a bit unusual in the way the 2NLs were published, we might see similar unusual process this month, so the 2NLs… Continue Reading →

For May,2018 Region All DV Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed Separately AFRICA 24,800 Except: Egypt: 16,400 Ethiopia: 23,600 ASIA 6,425 Except: Nepal: 5,300 EUROPE 18,050 OCEANIA 1,025 SOUTH AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN 1,100   The “April” bulletin has been released…. Continue Reading →

Oh my gosh. I have had way too many people asking about their 2NLs for ***APRIL*** interviews. I tell people to show some patience, but that seems impossible for many people. So – let me explain, and give some steps… Continue Reading →

2NLs are starting to be sent for April interviews. This month was a bit different because some people noticed their case was “in Transit” (being sent to the embassy) as early as Friday the week before last. The 2NLs would normally be… Continue Reading →

I have lost count (and frankly lost patience with) the number of times I have been asked about the latest moronic thing that Trump has uttered about his desired changes to the immigration system. Some things you should know about… Continue Reading →

I had an interesting question this morning from “Ilyas” who had looked at the DV data provided by Xarthisius. He calculated (correctly) that the file shows 13726 visas have been issued so far. Given that we have had 4.5 months of… Continue Reading →