Year 2018

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 →

Region All DV Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed Separately AFRICA 21,100 Except: Egypt:      14,500 Ethiopia:  20,100 ASIA 5,300 Except: Nepal: 4,550 EUROPE 15,950 NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS) 10 OCEANIA 875 SOUTH AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN 925   The “March”… Continue Reading →

Thanks to the scraper software developed by Xarthisius, and the efforts of our band of CAPTCHA solvers, we are getting good data about the number of cases that get scheduled for interviews. If you take a look at the charts… Continue Reading →

2NLs are starting to be sent for March interviews. The email itself has no useful information. It simply tells you to check the ESC site for the interview details. Some people that receive the email will find the ESC site is not ready,… Continue Reading →