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April 2015 Visa Bulletin Released

yes exactly it is weird, i lived in many countries and I expected to be long process...maybe it is because it was just me as main applicant not like a family
 
Hey guys, when registering for your dv did you guys put your full name?

I was registering for my holiday tickets earlier and realized my passport included my Chinese name
for e.g NEUTRON, AH KOW JIMMY

So my name is Jimmy Neutron and chinese name AH KOW..etc

On my DV i only put JIMMY NEUTRON
Will there be any issues?
 
Darkn said:
Hey guys, when registering for your dv did you guys put your full name?

I was registering for my holiday tickets earlier and realized my passport included my Chinese name
for e.g NEUTRON, AH KOW JIMMY

So my name is Jimmy Neutron and chinese name AH KOW..etc

On my DV i only put JIMMY NEUTRON
Will there be any issues?
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Did you list your Chinese name on your DS-260 form?
 
Sm1smom said:
Did you list your Chinese name on your DS-260 form?
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No
but i ticked the option "unable to input full name in native language" as i did not know how to key in Chinese characters

In essence, i only registered with my first name (jimmy) and last (neutron) and did not indicate my chinese name (ah kow).all 4 of them are however on my passport
 
I have a question regarding DV4ROGER post earlier that EU region can expect more than 20 000 visas this year.
So far, by April 1, we saw that 7200 visas were issued. Keeping the pace by 2000 a month that would bring them up to 19 000. I checked the annual visa reports and the best results EU had reached were about 15 000 - 18 000.
DV4ROGER, could you share with us how did you come up with that conclusion?
 
Darkn said:
Hey guys, when registering for your dv did you guys put your full name?

I was registering for my holiday tickets earlier and realized my passport included my Chinese name
for e.g NEUTRON, AH KOW JIMMY

So my name is Jimmy Neutron and chinese name AH KOW..etc

On my DV i only put JIMMY NEUTRON
Will there be any issues?
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Darkn said:
No
but i ticked the option "unable to input full name in native language" as i did not know how to key in Chinese characters
In essence, i only registered with my first name (jimmy) and last (neutron) and did not indicate my chinese name (ah kow).all 4 of them are however on my passport
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See detailed instructions under HELP:

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Unfortunately, nobody will be able to tell you for sure whether or not the obvious oversight will result in issues for your specific case. You will have to be well prepared with an explanation, then wait and see...
 
Darkn said:
No
but i ticked the option "unable to input full name in native language" as i did not know how to key in Chinese characters

In essence, i only registered with my first name (jimmy) and last (neutron) and did not indicate my chinese name (ah kow).all 4 of them are however on my passport
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But you could have listed AH KOW under the "Other Names" used section which would have enabled them to use those names to carry out the needed background checks. Well, I can't say for certain if this omission will negatively impact your case or not, but I feel it's something you should have added
 
Knite said:
I have a question regarding DV4ROGER post earlier that EU region can expect more than 20 000 visas this year. [...]
DV4ROGER, could you share with us how did you come up with that conclusion?
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The four low-admission regions AF/EU/OC/NA get about 81 percent (43,000 visas) of all DV visas due to LPR flow statistics. These are allocated according to the population split – eligible countries only. EU pop. is 847M in a total of 1810M, so EU region gets 847/1810*43,000=20k+ visas.

Nigeria's exclusion reduced the population total for
AF/EU/OC/NA and increased thereby the EU split factor considerably.
 
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Hi, just a quick question, the above ds 260 was filled out in October. What forms do u fill out when you are selected? Is it lengthy?
 
DV4ROGER said:
The four low-admission regions AF/EU/OC/NA get about 81 percent (43,000 visas) of all DV visas due to LPR flow statistics. These are allocated according to the population split – eligible countries only. EU pop. is 847M in a total of 1810M, so EU region gets 847/1810*43,000=20k+ visas.

Nigeria's exclusion reduced the population total for
AF/EU/OC/NA and increased thereby the EU split factor considerably.
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Any new information on the OC region?
 
Maisy said:
Hi, just a quick question, the above ds 260 was filled out in October. What forms do u fill out when you are selected? Is it lengthy?
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Surely the best way to answer that would be to google DS260 ;) You'd get this: http://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/DS-260 Exemplar.pdf

How lengthy it is depends on you. Are you a young single person who only ever lived one place, or someone with five dependents who is 45 years old and moved every two years?
 
Knite said:
I have a question regarding DV4ROGER post earlier that EU region can expect more than 20 000 visas this year.
So far, by April 1, we saw that 7200 visas were issued. Keeping the pace by 2000 a month that would bring them up to 19 000. I checked the annual visa reports and the best results EU had reached were about 15 000 - 18 000.
DV4ROGER, could you share with us how did you come up with that conclusion?
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Don't forget that the 20k includes Aos which will be around 1000 - so 19k is the target for the issued visas we can see in CEAC.
 
SusieQQQ said:
Surely the best way to answer that would be to google DS260 ;) You'd get this: http://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/DS-260 Exemplar.pdf

How lengthy it is depends on you. Are you a young single person who only ever lived one place, or someone with five dependents who is 45 years old and moved every two years?
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Hi SusieQQQ, thank you. My question was if there were more online paper work other than the DS 260? When we check out results this May, will there be more forms to fill out. Sorry if wasn't clear in my question before.
 
Maisy said:
Hi SusieQQQ, thank you. My question was if there were more online paper work other than the DS 260? When we check out results this May, will there be more forms to fill out. Sorry if wasn't clear in my question before.
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Maisy - IF you get selected all will become clear. Relax and cross your fingers.
 
EmilyW said:
Also, @Maisy, read this link:

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/diversity-visa/entry.html

This goes through, in minute detail, every detail of the process, including embassy specific information. I think if you read this, the whole process will become alot easier to understand.

Your questions are good ones but they are mostly answered either here on the forum or via the link I provided.
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Thanks Emily, I will follow up on that. Not that long for you either. :)
 
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