The Visa office have published the official numbers of visas issued per country (organized by region). These numbers include Consular processing cases and adjustment of status.
The numbers show conclusively that EU was allowed to exceed the quota by 2000 visas, with Asia and Africa under filling the quotas. Frankly, last year seemed chaotic and many people were extremely unhappy and disappointed with the visa bulletin. However, KCC and the embassies gave a HUGE push at the end of the year to get as close as possible to using all the visas.
If you are interested in seeing the numbers (along with numbers from previous years), you can get the data here.
January 17, 2019 at 04:26
Hey how you doing?
I have friend who won dv lottery 2017 and his case 2018eu25900s
but he didn’t scheduled for interview ?
what to do in this case?
January 17, 2019 at 05:51
Wait for his number to be ready.
January 4, 2019 at 22:27
Thank you for sharing these data BritSimon. It seems that this year the number of visas issued are far less than ever.
January 4, 2019 at 22:43
You mean DV2019? Well we have a LONG way to go before we can make that claim.
December 26, 2018 at 19:13
Hi Simon.
Using some logic, do you think that the new procedure from KCC is designed to speed up the process ? Thank you.
P.S. I am a regular reader of the FAQ.
December 26, 2018 at 20:43
Well that would obviously be the intention, yes.
December 18, 2018 at 14:58
Hello Brits
Have a question. Can a selectee be denied because of diabete?
Kindly
December 18, 2018 at 18:55
No. You could have found that answer in the FAQ.
December 17, 2018 at 08:28
When are the results coming out
December 17, 2018 at 14:45
Results for what?
December 13, 2018 at 17:19
Sorry I forgot to mention above . I am from Nepal . Case number is AS17** currently residing in Canada.
December 13, 2018 at 17:11
HELLO Brit,
My concern is do i need affidavit of supoort ?We are currently in Vancouver, Canada since last two years. I got DV lottery this year expecting for interview in coming FEb. I have read your articles from FAQs regarding this but could not figure it out exactly i need I-134 or not. Plz help me .
Thank you.
December 13, 2018 at 22:30
The Canadian embassy are likely to ask for the I-134. Having it ready is wise to avoid a delay.
December 11, 2018 at 19:51
Can I add another nationality in my ds-260 form after I’ve submitted only nationality.
After realizing I have another nationality by birth from my father.
Can I change it? Please advice
December 12, 2018 at 00:00
Yes, unlock and correct.
December 11, 2018 at 14:45
My case no is 2019AS37xx , eligible country Kuwait
1- At the time of the interview they looking how many visas are available for kuwait or for Asia?
December 11, 2018 at 14:59
Asia.
December 12, 2018 at 10:54
Thanks a lots!
December 10, 2018 at 13:38
Almost 50K visas have been given around the World for DV2018 selectees. I think it was an excellent work!
December 10, 2018 at 07:54
Hello Dear Simon,
I have deleted my Facebook account in June 2018 because it was not looking professional. And my interview was in December 2018. And, in the form as they have requested from me to be filled with the required information I have mentioned that I have deleted my Facebook. And gave them the new Facebook account also.
1. Does it cause denial of visa?
Thank you!
December 10, 2018 at 14:19
I cannot predict the outcome.
December 9, 2018 at 22:24
Do you have a link?
December 10, 2018 at 02:20
Of what?
December 9, 2018 at 19:19
Why do not you rerun CEAC again? The same thing about DV-2016. We still do not have DV-2016 final run.
December 9, 2018 at 20:36
Why?
December 9, 2018 at 18:54
Why is the difference in CEAC data vs. official data so huge in 2018? 47,806 visas issued according to CEAC, and 48,577 – official number (without AOS and without NA region), totally 771 difference? In DV-2015 the numbers were 47,897 CEAC and 48,090 official, only 193 difference.
December 9, 2018 at 19:02
I haven’t checked whether that is correct or not, but DV2018 had a LOT of last minute activity – so it is possible that CEAC was not updated by the embassies before the end of the year and the extraction routine didn’t therefore pick up last minute changes.
December 9, 2018 at 17:25
Even if my case number is ,2019Af0010361 ?
December 9, 2018 at 18:56
Yes.
December 9, 2018 at 16:51
Hey Britts
I am one of 2019 selectee from AF. Do you have an idea to of why the schedule bulletin is sow?please share your though if u do have some extra info.
U stated in your previous post that the work is decided into whole year however it’s only this year and last year lottery that are actually slow previous to these two bulletin was going fast. Thx
December 9, 2018 at 18:55
I have written previous lengthy explanations about why the processing is different this year and last. DS260 processing changes mainly – and more recently the newer change will also have an impact. Patience is key in this process.
December 9, 2018 at 16:03
Hi bro received email from kcc but still ESc page is the same do I need to email Kcc and ask them for January appointment if they gonna arrange me for interviews?
December 9, 2018 at 16:04
The interview won’t be in January. February probably. Wait for the 2NL.
December 9, 2018 at 04:41
Hello Brit:
My friend Joan was a selectee for 2019. Her number is 2019AF0001099*. She is worried. I told her to browse on your site, still she is worried.
My question is: will she ever be invited to an interview?
Her worry is prompted by another friend of hers who was selected in 2018’s process but never got invited to the interview. This friend of hers number was 2018AF000336**
Thank you. Your work is informative. There is much resource here. Good work.
December 9, 2018 at 06:09
Nothing to worry about.
https://britsimonsays.com/dv2019-basic-questions/
December 8, 2018 at 08:42
Thanks a lot brit
Cn 2019AF6xxx
I provided document 19 Nov and I got email from kcc that a complete and valid
But no 2nl still
So can may interview will February?
Thanks
December 8, 2018 at 15:50
Yes probably.
December 8, 2018 at 01:27
Hey
Thanks for your post
Just I want to understand something ! for 2018 , for Africa , it’s mentioned 49,713 ,while my case numbre is AF46*** , that means I have a good chance ( talking this way because last year it stoped at 39 thousand )
Thank you
December 8, 2018 at 04:29
You misunderstand almost everything.
1. The 49713 is the GLOBAL number issued.
2. AF region had 20532 visas issued.
3. Visas issued is not the same as case numbers
4. https://britsimonsays.com/dv2019-basic-questions/
December 7, 2018 at 15:10
Hi mr brit pls im dv 2019 selectee and submitted my ds260 on 1st of august but have still not get my 2nl pls is there any problem
December 7, 2018 at 15:03
Hi brit,
When the time dv entry i missed one under 21 my child.. now we had won.. so what shall we do? We are very worried! Tnx your response
December 7, 2018 at 15:11
Is this your child?
Was the child already born when you entered the lottery?
December 7, 2018 at 14:56
hi britsmon…..i was the winner for dv 2019 in ethiopia. and my case number is 20xxx(twenty thousand….) still i donot get my interview date……how can i know whether i am appointed for an interview or not ?
December 7, 2018 at 15:02
https://britsimonsays.com/dv2019-basic-questions/
December 7, 2018 at 01:54
What does that mean?
I don’t understand exactly
December 7, 2018 at 06:26
What does what mean?
December 10, 2018 at 14:14
No,I mean is this the reason of delay in getting 2nls or what?
December 10, 2018 at 14:26
No
December 10, 2018 at 14:29
So, when will 2nl arrive?
December 10, 2018 at 14:38
Wait and see.
December 6, 2018 at 17:53
I got my visa issued on 09/09/2018
From algeria .
By the mercy of god i got the visa in unbelievable situation.
Now im in seattle .
When i will will have time i will put my experience here .
Thanks brit so much
December 6, 2018 at 15:45
Oh this is awesome. See those 2 issuances under the EU country “Curaçao”? Yep. Those are my husband and I. LOL
December 6, 2018 at 19:21
Ha – that is awesome! First from Curaçao since 2013.
My family were 3 under the 2014 Spain number of 183!
December 6, 2018 at 13:21
Hi Brit I have already received my dv2018 visa and will be traveling to the state this December.
I will be connecting from New York to Texas, I want to find out which of these two airport will be my entry point where I should submit the envelope added to my visa and finally, how long will it take for my green card to be issued? I have already paid for the green card on the 3rd of December.
Thanks for your help.
December 6, 2018 at 15:36
NY is your POE.
GC can take up to 3 or 4 months.
December 13, 2018 at 03:36
officer said i’ll get mine in 6 weeks, but i got my GC in 2 weeks.
December 6, 2018 at 12:16
Briit hello !! I see the countries of eastern europe the number of visas they have received …… I believe there is no drastic change dv 2018 compared to the previous two years …… Can you please give me your opinion? ??? 2) Can we expect that this year Europe will receive more visas this year as long as the travel ban is force???
December 6, 2018 at 15:35
Of course there was a drastic change!! There was a cutoff, so those Eastern EU countries got the same or more visas than they had received from FAR fewer cases. READ my previous article about that.
The travel ban is in place, but there was also processing challenges for AF. I cannot predict whether those factors will still be in place this year, or what the impact will be of the new document procedure.
So -WAIT and see.
December 6, 2018 at 08:07
only Moldova in the EU has such a big decrease in the obtained visas, although the number of entrants has declined only slightly over the previous years…which would be the cause?
December 6, 2018 at 15:27
There was a cutoff, so many selectees from Moldova were above the cutoff. What really happened is that certain countries got the same or more than previous years despite the cutoff, because of their big increase in entries and selectees. In other words, the selectee count shifted toward several East EU countries. I wrote an article about that in more detail a few months ago.
December 6, 2018 at 07:42
Still keeping up the good work as usual
You have been a blessing Brits
A DV2018 winner currently in USA
Am looking forward to sharing my one year on experience by April next year on your blog that is responsible for that.
And I haven’t also forgotten my donation of support which will come soon
I remember all the times of nervousness and throwing questions at you
You are a great man Brits
God bless you
December 6, 2018 at 15:22
Thank you for the kind words.
December 6, 2018 at 07:24
Thanks for the update Simon.
A disappointed DV2018 selectee here, but will keep trying.
Thank you for the work you do.