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 for November interviews and is the second VB for the DV2019 year.

Again the numbers are low, but no need to panic – normal. They divide the work (the interviews) over the whole year – so there is a increase in these numbers each month.

Those that are current, and have forms processed early enough, they can expect their 2NL in about 1 to 2  weeks from now. This is the same every month. VB from the 8th to the 15th of each month, and 2NLs in the second half of the month. For the last few months there have been 2NLs sent in two main batches, some early (around the 15th to 20th) and then some in the later part of the month. But given the low numbers that may not be necessary.

For DV2018 winners – remember this VB is NOTHING to do with your numbers – this is just DV2019. DV2018 is almost over and no further DV2018 interviews are being arranged.

To those new to looking at VBs, let me explain what the “except” XXX country means – and you can also read this post on how to read the visa bulletin.

Processing is spread out over the full year. You can see the progress of the two previous years in this post about basic questions.  However, some countries have a high number of selectees and those selectees are concentrated in the lower case numbers. For various reasons, mainly to do with embassy capacity, KCC slow down certain countries as compared to the region. So – in Africa, any case with a case number shown as under the new number can be interviewed but for cases from Egypt, that number is lower. That isn’t a big problem, it just “slows down” those countries a little more than the rest of the region. Since selectees from those countries all have lower case numbers, this slowing down does not present any risk. It does not (at this point) mean they won’t allow all selectees an interview from those countries.

To understand why some countries get lower case numbers, read this article about the lottery draw process.