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By the way, I need some advice. I qualify for the DV based on education - I have 2 high school degrees (one ESLCE for grade 12 and one Baccalaureat from Lycee in grade 13); plus I have done both my BA and MBA degrees in American universities. However, my high school transcript only shows the...

Congrats sadat13!!! Thank you for the interview experience Ison2013! Were there a lot of DV interviews on the same day? Did a lot of people get refused?

Congratulations!!! :)

Ison, did you have your interview yet? Good luck sadat13!!! Looks like tomorrow is your big day!

I don't think all 1,354 were interviewed (the ones under 'ready' have not yet faced the CO). So it's more like 664 interviewed, out of which 509 were issued visas. This would mean an 11.5% outright refusal rate, and 76.7% success rate. That's my understanding at least. It sounds like a pretty...

Hi guys, I got a list of the documents needed by the embassy. My sister went in for a visa a couple of days ago (non-immigrant) and she asked for the requirements, and they gave her a piece of paper with all the documents required listed in the order they should be presented to the officer on...

Congrats piuygiu! I know you feel relieved! Good luck Ison2013!! Make sure you report back here after your big day :)

I think we will start seeing some rapid increases. For Ethiopia, we have been seeing some massive jumps in the past 2 bulletins and are now ahead of last year's figure by 400 even though a couple of months ago we were behind by over 3,000. So next bulletin I think it's possible to see 30,000...

Congrats and good luck to both Aby111 and 1danny!! By the way, I didn't realise there were so many Ethiopians on the forum! Ormania's list is a surprise.

Thanks for that list Ormania! I hope we all have some good news to share over the next few months. Good luck to all three interviewing soon!! Please update us when you are done! Beyond that, I talked to the guy who recently went through his interview as I said I would a couple of weeks ago. He...

The numbers are really going fast now for us. This means that Ethiopia is now actually ahead of last year. March 2013's number was 24,400. I'm now optimistic that my number will be current in May, just like last year. At one point I was worried I wouldn't even get current in September, but...

Hi Sadat I've read that you only need to authenticate at the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Foreign Affairs so it shouldn't be a problem since you are already in Addis.

Thanks Mercy. Could you please share the email address you used to contact them? Is it the AddisDV one? I'll also ask them to see if I get the same response and also ask the guy who just got his visa and let you all know.

Thanks guys. That link shows "Immigrant Visa Applicants'' which is a bit different from DV immigrants (even though we are also immigrant visa applicants), since they are petitioned by someone else (who thus sponsors them) but we are our own petitioners. The whole thing is just confusing. I...

Hi guys, Thanks so much for the replies to my earlier questions. And congrats to those who passed their interviews! By the way, I have been hearing that a sponsor is no longer required. Anyone know anything about that? I mean, in the past we had to have a US sponsor fill an affidavit of...

The numbers are moving slllllllllowwwly!! I'm getting concerned. Last year, Ethiopia's cutoff was 16,700 for January! We are way behind, to say the least. My number was current in May in the 2013 DV, but this year, the way things are going, I'd be happy if it happens in July. If it doesn't pick...

Congratulations! I have a couple of questions: 1. How do you authenticate documents from the Ministries of Education and Foreign Affairs? I had my ESLCE reissued a couple of months ago because I lost the original, and I thought that was enough. Does it need to be authenticated by both...

I'm surprised (and not in a good way) that the cutoffs are lower than last year's even though we have many more selectees this year!! Also, on 1NL, they told us 125,000 were selected, but in the bulletin, they say "140,660 applicants have been registered and notified and may now make an...

It's really a shame to see you go. I'm sad to see he's back; I was hoping his ban was permanent.

Ok thanks!