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As first reported by Jasminekb, the selection (possibly) of more DV2013 visas has been moved to October 22nd. http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1322.html

They have been introducing a similar bill for the past number of years, and it never passed or even made it to the floor for a vote. Usual Republican crap to wrap themselves in the patriotic bs that they're trying to protect Americans' jobs when they're the first ones to help big business ship...

Yep, had seen that document before. Isn't it amazing that 67% of all entries for DV2012 come from only three countries: Bangladesh, Nigeria and Ukraine.

First of all, the number of applications for DV2012 was about 14.7 millions, which goes up to about 19 millions with derivative applicants, that is, spouses and children listed on individual applications. But the total number of applications from which to select the 100,000 is 14.7 millions...

Good observation, but it could be explained by the fact that the largest number of people applying for the lottery do so the first couple of days and the last couple of days the lottery is available.

I believe all 100,000 had been selected, but of the roughly 1.9 million people who checked the website the first couple of days that the results were available to see if they had won, only 22,000 got the notification that they had been selected. The other 78,000 hadn't checked yet whether they...

Quite frankly I don't fell sorry for them: their countries are excluded from the lottery because in the previous five years they've sent the lion share of immigrants to the US (more than 50,000 for every country that is excluded from the lottery). So the very purpose of the green card lottery is...

Not necessarily. If they screen the picture and see dark shadow in the background, they can disqualify you without ever telling you. It clearly states in the photo guidelines that dark shadows in the background could be grounds for rejection, and other things as well, like out of focus pictures...

Actually, permanent residents do qualify for federal and most state financial aid. http://www.nafsa.org/students.sec/financial_aid_for_undergraduate/

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_VISA_LOTTERY?SITE=NVLAS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

In the second draw, everybody will have the same chance at winning or losing.

Well, if it can make you feel better, the first time doesn't really count because it wasn't really random. Had it been truly random and then invalidated for some other reason, then for sure it would be extremely unlikely to be picked a second time, but in this case the first selection was...

5-8% of the 22,000 were picked from the rest of the pool, so you were REALLY lucky to be selected the first time.

LOL. I guess the whole problem is moot now that the lottery has been invalidated. But on a positive note, I just got notification that my H-1B has been approved. I'll get my visa on my passport next trip to Italy. Unless, I'm lucky enough to be selected again come July 15. And by the way, the...

Soooo, it begs the question: Was the process flawed as well in the past few years of computer "random" selection and only this year someone catched the glitch in the algorithm?

General inquiry: we should be notified by KCC about fee payment and where to send it ($440, for what I've seen around here). Then we'll get back a receipt of which we need to attach a copy to the I-485 when we file for AOS. However, I've read that when we file the I-485 we also need to pay the...

Thank you, CraigToomy. Also, on the official USCIS site, search for "HIV", and you'll find a whole page about it. .uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=1a05cc5222ff5210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD...

We should receive a communication from KCC on the next steps, including when and where to pay a fee. You can send them an email requesting confirmation that your application was received and in order, just make sure to start every email to them with your case number, full name and date of...

The blood test will not check for HIV status anymore. HIV test is not required anymore in the medical exam.

As you stated earlier, your I-20 is valid until 2013. You can stay in the US legally on an expired F-1 visa as long as your I-20 is current. What is more important, is what the I-94 form says (most likely D/S or duration of study, which is the date on your I-20). When you apply for AOS, I'm...