Year 2018

  AFRICA       9,800 Except: Egypt  6,200 ASIA 2,900 Except: Iran    2,200 Nepal  1,500 EUROPE 6,600 NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS) 11 OCEANIA 290 SOUTH AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN 475     This is for December interviews and is… Continue Reading →

Now that DV2018 is over, and the dust is settling, it is natural that people want to know why the cutoff number in EU was so low compared to previous years, what happened, and will that repeat. So – I… Continue Reading →

As many of you will know, we are able to extract the CEAC data which shows whether each case was approved, refused and so on. Xarthisius (a DV winner himself) created the software solution to do that, and a number of… Continue Reading →

The registration period for DV2020 is about to open (about 1 hour from now) – so a few pointers to help make it successful.   The entry period is from October 3 to November 6 and it opens at Noon… Continue Reading →

OK – DV2018 ended 2 minutes ago. So – for any DV2018 case not already approved, there is now NO CHANCE of being approved. It is possible that some (very few)  cases might have been approved in the last day… Continue Reading →

DV-2020 details will be officially published tomorrow. As has happened before, some embassies have “jumped the gun” and announced it early, and the unpublished notice is available through the federal register. So the details below are accurate and will be… Continue Reading →

2NLs are starting to be sent for November interviews (DV2019). Some people previously got 2NL emails but then had to wait days or even a couple of weeks before the interview letter showed on the ESC page. Other people waited… Continue Reading →

Region All DV Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed Separately AFRICA 6,400 Except: Egypt  4,000 ASIA 1,600 Except: Iran    1,550 Nepal  1,100 EUROPE 4,400 NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS) 9 OCEANIA 200 SOUTH AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN 355     This is… Continue Reading →

2NLs are starting to be sent for October interviews (DV2019). Some people previously got 2NL emails but then had to wait days or even a couple of weeks before the interview letter showed on the ESC page. Other people waited… Continue Reading →

Region All DV Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed Separately AFRICA 2,750 Except: Egypt  1,900 ASIA 1,000 Except: Iran    800 Nepal  600 EUROPE 2,000 NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS) 4 OCEANIA 100 SOUTH AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN 150   This is for… Continue Reading →