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You are correct in your understandings as far as they go. Once you have activated your GC by entering US, your GC will be issued within a few weeks and posted to the US address that you put on your DS260, or the one that you tell the officer at the POE. If you don't have a US address, what did...

Thanks Simon. I guess you may well be right about that. KCC has never shown any competency or compassion, so why should they start now!.

Firstly, I meant to put this link on for donations, but seem to have missed it out: http://www.supportunicef.org Sorry, Secondly, the NACARA refers to Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act which is a law passed in 1997 that provides various forms of immigration benefits and...

The Reason I think the May numbers won't change, is simply due to the fact that I don't think KCC would have had enough time to analyse and adjust the numbers significantly in the next couple of weeks, so they would probably go with the previous trends rather than try and do a drastic change...

I saw an email from our Immigration Department of the law offices I work at, regarding the situation in Nepal, which although not DV specific, has a lot of salient points which I am sharing below: The earthquake has had far greater impact than originally thought. Over 80% of population of...

The US Embassy has put the following notice: Notice: Due to the earthquake that struck Nepal on 25 April 2015, the Embassy’s Consular Section has cancelled all non-immigrant, immigrant and diversity visa interviews on Monday 27 April 2015. Please check this site frequently for updates on any...

As you probably know by now, sadly a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Nepal has caused extensive damage in the capital Kathmandu, bringing down walls and buildings and killing many people. This may have a significant impact on the Asia DV if the Embassy is unable to function properly or selectees are...

Simon, if you love trivia, then I have to tell you that this is one of the few explanations for the origin of the phrase, not the only one. They may all be apocryphal, rather like the explanation for why the English use the two finger "salute" which has nothing to do with the French wars or the...

Siliconslinger, Why don't you just write to KCC and put them right, rather than trying to convince anybody else of the correctness of your statements? I'm sure they will listen to someone of your in depth understanding and huge following. No point trying to convince anyone here since no one has...

No matter who he is, his grasp on reality , common sense and logic is very poor.

I know. He just doesn't get it. To get the concept, one needs a very basic understanding of statistical mathematics. You know and I know that even if they did what he suggested, he still wouldn't get the visa, since there are only 50K available and the density of the selectees means that his...

You just don't seem to understand any of the principals involved here, and keep going on about it being unfair, while demanding unfair treatment of others. Countries hare limited due to number of issued visas as a percentage of population, not because they are slow to process. Forget that there...

I think the reason is that it wouldn't be fair. It is supposed to be by chance and earlier numbers get the first dip at the pool of visas. If Nepal was treated differently, there is a chance that the visas would run out for Asia, before some of the eligible Nepal selectees got an interview. KCC...

I'm sure you know this Simon, but I think what Siliconslinger mistakenly refers to here, is the rule that if a country has more than 50,000 immigrants in the previous 5 years, that country is ineligible from participating in DV. But of course they only count visas from family based, or...

Good Luck Laleh. I hope you get it. There is plenty of time before September, so hopefully you get your clearance well before then. Fingers crossed.

Thank you. That is very kind of you to say so, but I'm no expert in this area, and others have devoted a lot of time and effort on data analysis and can back up their predictions with numbers. I can't do that with any degree of credibility. On the whole I agree with my fellow Brit, Simon :) . It...

Your number was always in the risky range. Having more or less selectees would not make any difference to the cut off number. More selectees, would only have led to more disappointed people, not less chance of getting through. Nigeria would not have had much of an impact on Asia chances either...

The deal with Iran is not due to be formally signed until June, and it is not clear as to how far and how quickly will the sanctions be lifted. The bulk of the AP cases for Iran are due to the sanctions regime, so obviously lifting them will have an impact on AP clearance, but it may be too late...

You may be right about Florida being full of rednecks and it may be better in California, but like you I was born and raised in a UK where even the police are not routinely armed, and so I find that aspect of American life very difficult to cope with. I was in the OTC at University and served in...

I know exactly what you mean. My wife and I are also of similar age group to you, and I was a barrister back in London, very comfortable life with friends and family all around. We came to US because my wife wanted to more than I did, (she is Russian) and I don't mind it much, but there are...