DV Lottery information and other stuff....

Year 2014

Obama to announce immigration news

Obama to announce immigration news – tomorrow.   This will be interesting – Obama is going to announce some changes on immigration policies tomorrow night. He is not implementing any new laws, but he is able to affect the way… Continue Reading →

Historical Visa Bulletin Numbers

I’ve gathered the Historical Visa Bulletin Numbers from various sources for a few years to give an idea of progression in previous years and I will maintain these numbers as future Visa Bulletins are released. Knowing visa bulletin progression is sometimes a useful… Continue Reading →

DV2015 refusal for missing derivative

Another DV2015 refusal for missing derivative.The DV lottery process is EASY – except if you fail to read and follow instructions. In the case below the applicant had entrusted a friend to fill in their original entry (which is VERY,… Continue Reading →

Follow to Join for DV lottery cases

There seems to be quite a bit of confusion about Follow to Join for DV lottery cases.   Follow to Join (FTJ) is sometimes thought to be a way to allow a family to spread out their immigration processes over… Continue Reading →

Marital status and the DV lottery

Over the last few days I have been asked to clarify the importance of Marital status and the DV lottery. This point should be simple, but rules vary from country to country – so there is some potential for mistakes… Continue Reading →

Small increase for Asia in December VB explained.

Small increase for Asia in December VB explained   OK – so I am being asked about why Asia has had such a small increase in the December visa bulletin (from 3200 to 3250). You would have to have had… Continue Reading →

December Visa Bulletin released

  December Visa Bulletin released   AFRICA 21,000 Except: Egypt: 9,000 Ethiopia: 12,000 ASIA 3,250 EUROPE 16,000 NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS) 3 OCEANIA 700 SOUTH AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN 825   Region All DV Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed Separately AFRICA 21,000… Continue Reading →

DV2015 a simple mistake costs Green Card

A cautionary tale that illustrates the importance of accuracy when filling in the entry and of course the DS260. IN this DV2015 case a simple mistake costs Green Card for the selectee in Ghana. Let’s call this gentleman John Smith. John attended… Continue Reading →

DV2016 registration period closed

  DV2016 registration period closed OK, the DV2016 registration period closed this morning. To all the entrants (probably around 10 million people, plus family members), I wish the best of luck. You will have to wait now until May 5… Continue Reading →

Free resources available in the USA

Free resources available in the USA I have mentioned before that new immigrants (especially those on a low budget) need to take advantage of the various low cost and free resources available in the USA. So what can you get… Continue Reading →

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