Category DV Lottery

Some of you may have listened to the Gomez appeal today. It was quite interesting, but we don’t have a decision yet. However, I wanted to explain what I heard, and give some context for those that were wondering. First… Continue Reading →

People have recently suggested various petitions when Trump was in power. That was a pointless exercise in my opinion, because it was asking a bully to be nicer to the people he wanted to bully. However, We will soon have… Continue Reading →

To be clear on the current status for DV2020 people with visas (most likely due to expire in March). Some people have travelled and entered since September. The airlines and even CBP were lax in understanding procedures. That seems to… Continue Reading →

As I have explained before the CEAC data was made available for DV2021 today, and Xarthisius has extracted the data for us, so that it can be understood better. Right now of course, all cases show “at NVC” which is… Continue Reading →

Here is the text of the Ban. In Proclamation 10014 of April 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak), I… Continue Reading →

Extended until March 31 I suggest there are three options for DV2020 cases with visas (with the last two being the safest approach). Attempt an entry now as some people have already done that. Just be aware the lawyers will… Continue Reading →

The new Visa Bulletin has been released. This one would normally be the bulletin controlling interviews in February, but of course we can assume that KCC will not schedule interviews in February because nothing has changed, from their perspective. The… Continue Reading →

I have decided to record some video interviews with people, because I love to hear their experiences and I think you will too. I’ll be speaking to people at different stages of the process, from various countries and backgrounds. Over… Continue Reading →

I held a live Q&A session yesterday, so if you have not seen that you can go and see the questions I answered. The questions I am answering appear on the bottom of the screen now – and I think… Continue Reading →

OK – so we are past the point when we should have seen 2NLs for January interviews. We can assume, then, that we will not have January interviews. In the video below I explain when we might get interviews, what… Continue Reading →