AFRICA: 10,000
Except:
Egypt: 6,200
Ethiopia: 6,300

ASIA: 2,500
Except:
Iran: 2,150
Nepal: 2,000

EUROPE: 6,000

NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS): 4

OCEANIA: 400

SOUTH AMERICA,
and the CARIBBEAN: 425

The “November” bulletin has been released. It includes details of case numbers that are current forย December interviews.

Those that are current, and have forms processed early enough, they can expect their 2NL in about 1 to 2ย  weeks from now. I know I am going to get a lot of people who will ask me this exact question โ€“ so let me say that again.ย 2NLs will be sent in about one or two weeks time โ€“ that means the latter part of the month.ย The schedule is that VBs are published between the 8th and the 15th of each month, and 2NLs go out from the 15th to the end of the month (most typically around the 20th to 24th). This is the sameย everyย month, so there is no need to ask me.

To those new to looking at VBs, let me explain what the โ€œexceptโ€ XXX country means.

Processing is spread out over the full year.ย You can see the progress of the two previous yearsย in this post aboutย basic questions. ย However, some countries have a high number of selectees and those selectees are concentrated in the lower case numbers. For various reasons, mainlyย to do with embassy capacity, KCC slow down certain countries as compared to the region. So โ€“ in Africa, any case with a case number shown as under the new number can be interviewed but for cases from Egypt, that number is lower. That isnโ€™t a big problem, it just โ€œslows downโ€ those countries a little more than the rest of the region. Since selectees from those countries all have lower case numbers, this slowing down does not present any risk. It does not (at this point) mean they wonโ€™t allow all selectees an interview from those countries.

To understand why some countries get lower case numbers, read this article about theย lottery draw process.

Read this link if you are unsureย how to read the visa bulletin