search feature<\/a> and translation features of this site.<\/li>Post your questions in English. Like many of you, I am multilingual but English is a common language – and most Americans ONLY speak English, and mostly, not very well \ud83d\ude09<\/li>If asking multiple questions, number your questions and consider how I can answer the question. Consider how I can answer with a simple yes or no or short answer – you will find I ALWAYS answer questions like that, because you considered how to make the answer easy for me to give. Give me enough detail to answer the question without making me read about your life history for 10 minutes. I do ignore some rambling questions that send me to sleep…<\/li>Do NOT post “are you sure” type questions – I simply HATE that. It is a huge waste of my time to have to deal with that type of follow up. Read my answer 10 times if you need, but unless you are CONVINCED I misunderstood or answered incorrectly, don’t ask me the same thing I just answered. <\/li>Post your question once and wait for a reply. Sometimes your post won\u2019t show up on the public page until I approve it. That doesn\u2019t mean you should post the same question 5 more times. Just wait.<\/li>If following up to a question you already asked \u2013 use \u201cREPLY\u201d to keep the questions in context. I see an administrators view of the questions \u2013 I don\u2019t always see that one question is close to your previous question, but I am able to jump to the thread if you use reply. <\/li>Don\u2019t expect me to know everything about life in all the countries around the world. You may not have left country A \u2013 but you should consider that the world does not all work the same way as country A.<\/li>Tell the truth. Don\u2019t lie to me. I hate it \u2013 and it is pointless. This process requires honesty. So do I.<\/li>Keep your data private. Your case number should be quoted with region and year, but you don\u2019t need to give me, or anyone else, a precise number. Give a range by \u201cX-ing out\u201d the last few digits. So \u2013 if your number is 2019AF000012345, you can quote your number as 2019AF12XXX. That tells me you are about the 12000 to 13000 range in AF region in 2019.<\/li>Every year I get a few characters that drive me nuts. There is the person that asks every single question that pops into their head. If someone is making use of the info here, that should not be necessary. Take some responsibility for your own case. Second I get some smartasses that get uppity with me over one thing or another. I could argue for England, I enjoy a good argument, but this isn\u2019t the place for that and I am too busy. I will not hesitate to delete messages I find annoying or damaging to other people\u2019s chances. Some people are amazed when I do that – but this is my blog. If you want to argue because you think you know better, just find somewhere else to do that. I\u2019m not interested in feeding your ego, and I don\u2019t care if you think I am arrogant, mean, a tyrant or whatever. Really \u2013 I don\u2019t care, so those \u201caccusations\u201d don\u2019t hurt me.<\/li>This space reserved for any other rules I think of, whenever I think of them.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We will have many DV2021 selectees with very basic questions. Let me try and address the most frequent ones here in the hope that people will read this. If you ask a question and I give you a link to… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nDV2021 Basic Questions - BritSimonSays.com<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n