Essey
Active Member
Ooopsies! Yes, that should say 2015, must have been tired when writing that one out! Should be fixed now. Mijoro - not sure if you were referring to me, but I'm a 'she'!
2014 DV Australian winners
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Ooopsies! Yes, that should say 2015, must have been tired when writing that one out! Should be fixed now. Mijoro - not sure if you were referring to me, but I'm a 'she'!
Essey
Active Member
vladek15425
Well-Known Member
Numbers are out ! Start calling.
Britsimon
Super Moderator
Really. I feel bloody awful.
aussiecatherine
New Member
Ouch, what a horrible result!
The only thing that I am clinging to (and believe me, I know I'm probably giving myself false hope) is that I remember reading somewhere that you can no longer submit your form after June 10th I think? So, for the last visa bulletin, the KCCC/Sydney Consulate should know exactly how many people have submitted their DV-230 to get an interview. If this number matches the number of visas - maybe we *could* see the bulletin going current?
But yes, I thought it was possible we would miss out with our DV2014 number being OC0023XX - but I never thought I'd now be worried about not getting it NEXT year, with our number at DV2015OC0016XX!! We'll just have to wait and see for this last bulletin.... longest month ever!
The only thing that I am clinging to (and believe me, I know I'm probably giving myself false hope) is that I remember reading somewhere that you can no longer submit your form after June 10th I think? So, for the last visa bulletin, the KCCC/Sydney Consulate should know exactly how many people have submitted their DV-230 to get an interview. If this number matches the number of visas - maybe we *could* see the bulletin going current?
But yes, I thought it was possible we would miss out with our DV2014 number being OC0023XX - but I never thought I'd now be worried about not getting it NEXT year, with our number at DV2015OC0016XX!! We'll just have to wait and see for this last bulletin.... longest month ever!
MattWatt
Active Member
Count yourself lucky you got selected again for DV-2015. At OC21xx, I was hoping to get selected for 2015 with a lower number (as a lot of people seem to get), but alas was not even selected
Oh well, I can always hope for DV-2016 (if there is one).
IheartNY
Active Member
IheartNY
Active Member
Thanks love! I'm sorry for you too
Seeing as it hasn't been officially published yet I'm holding on to the very slim hope that Simon had a minor deaf moment & heard wrongly...
Maybe they actually said 2450... One can dream!
Yes, lets hope Simon (or the KCC person) had some kind of senior moment lol
Britsimon
Super Moderator
That would be awesome - I would LOVE to be wrong about this - or the other nightmares like SA not getting increased at all.
Britsimon
Super Moderator
For anyone this still got hope - OC has gone CURRENT in September for the last 9 years. But with our numbers slowing down as they have been, who knows?
Current means there are enough visas to deal with remaining demand. This year we have always known that there are NOT enough visas for the demand - because they increased the selectee count by 30% globally (and by 100% for OC). THey always warn there might not be enough visas, but there always have been (at least in recent years). So - I don't think they can go current in September by the normal use of their term (as described in every VB) - but for the sake of all concerned I hope they do to at least make sure they squeeze every last visa until the limits are hit. If that is the case, the process would become a bit more of a lottery - because whilst they are supposed to observe case number order, that is not adhered to when scheduling within a given month. So - a quiet embassy could process a higher case number than a neighboring embassy.
I hate that this is happening this way. I published months ago my assumption that the OC selectee increase (100% versus the global 30%) was an indication that the OC quota must have been increased. I even predicted that OC would be the region most likely to go current. It's a bit early to say that was completely wrong - but unless something radical happens next month, it will look like a foolish assumption. If that caused anyone to take more hope than they should have done - I am sorry for that. It wasn't my intention.
Essey
Active Member
Gosh this is such a disappointing situation. I just don't understand why there was such a large increase if they were going to go at an even slower pace than last year? I can't make any sense of it. I completely understand the sentiment about it being better to not be selected at all than be a selectee who never gets their number current. Stay strong everyone, at least for most of us in Australia we have it pretty good here compared to some of the selectees in other countries and it's important to remember that!