This is the final visa bulletin of DV2026!

I got the numbers slightly before the public release, but I believe this will be published within a short time.

Good increase in the numbers – this is the “hail Mary” effect of a final VB that lets some embassies schedule high numbers, EVEN THOUGH most embassies will not be able to reach these numbers. So – some will be made current by this VB and still not get interviews scheduled.

However, this is helpful for SOME and also helpful for AOS cases who can now immediately file.

Those that are current, and have forms processed early enough, can normally expect their 2NL in the next 2 to 3 weeks from now. This is supposed to be 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 in daily batches, but we seem to be moving to a more normal procedure where almost all the 2NLs are sent before the end of the month, with just a handful being sent earlier this month. I would normally expect all the interview 2NLs to have all been sent by the end of this month, but we can see recently they are exceeding that to try and get as many interviews in as possible. They can be sent right up until the last day of the month, and even the first few days of the following month during exceptional times. One quick point, the 2NLs tend to come out in an approximate alphabetical order, based on the city name of the embassy. So, Addis and Accra tend to be early, and an embassy such as Yaounde would be later. As ever, just be patient…

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.