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EU looks so much better than AS at the moment, it even has a chance to go current more than other regions. I wish you the best :)

Indeed Susie, however it looks to me that all regions are behind their targets at the moment. I remember seeing the calculations made by DV-Roger and they made a lot of sense. I think they should stick to those quotas especially that all regions have enough winners to fill them.

Yes, i do think they have to give out 50k visas. I read many times how years like 2012 were considered failure because they could only issue 38k. Also KCC will take a lot of heat if they couldn't fill the quotas after selecting 125k winner, and messing with peoples lives for a year, just because...

Well it's their problem TBH, we can't have underfilled quota while there is an overload of selectees.

Hello everyone, I have a question that is nagging me: I am a university student, and in form DS-260, I mentioned that I will graduate by the end of the first term (January 2015) however I failed some of my exams and my graduation will be delayed until summer. Will this be a problem at the time...

I trust your judgement on this matter, and your numbers are very realistic (and optimistic :P), but still, with KCC, we'll never know until the end!!

Thank you Simon! I am desperately trying to forget the frustratingly slow progress of the VB, in the hope that the final number will be close to what you said (12k-13k)

Simon, why so pessimistic about Asia? I remember you expected it to end mostly like DV-2014..

Oh ok, thanks for pointing that out Mom. It's just I'm afraid to mess with the names thing (especially that i heard some people enter the lottery many times while slightly changing their names to deceive the double entries software, and I was worried they'll think I did the same). I don't know...

Thanks a lot Mom, can't tell you how much I appreciate it. I will let it go. I had a bad feeling in my gut about unlocking DS-260 I think it might raise suspicion to a matter that might go otherwise unnoticed. You are right, the CO's must be aware of the local customs. Besides, we've got the...

Thank you for your answer, to recap it all, we don't have traditional middle names in my country, the father's name is an equivalent on most official documents. The name is not listed as "middle name" in my passport, but I listed as middle name on the eDV, and DS-260, because on one of my...

Dear experts, I just thought of something: Would it be wise to unlock DS-260, remove the middle name, and add it under "Other names/aliases"? or would that raise unnecessary red flags? The thing is that the middle name also appears on my high school degree, and other documents, so I think it...

Thank you mom!

Yes, the situation here is similar to Egypt (and most Middle-Eastern countries, in fact). The DS-260 asks about the details of your last US visa, however, the one containing the middle name is the one before it, but that won't be a problem because I have both visas on my old passport, and will...

Thank you for your reply, crossing my fingers it'll go through without any problems... So I shouldn't change anything in DS-260?

OK for clarification, here's how the first page of my passport goes: Given name: A Surname: B Father name: C Mother name: D Sex Date of birth etc.. @Sm1smom sorry for being bothersome, do yo have any input regarding my matter? Thanks!

Our passports list the names of both father and mother. I'm perfectly aware of the instructions, but what caused me to do this is that (as I mentioned earlier) one of my previous two US visas listed my father's name as my middle name which is not weird or peculiar in my country. The thing is...

Thanks you both for your replies. Yes, it appears in my passport, listed under "father's name".

Dear @Britsimon , I just read your recent blog post, regarding the winner who was refused because he listed his first name under "middle name". It was very unfortunate. This story made me worry about my case, here's what happened: While filling out the initial eDV form, under "middle name" I...

Wow! That's scary, they're really behind in processing!!! What will happen to high CN's like mine (AS10***)? I hope it's just temporary...