Hi friends,
It is "almost" clear to me that 100K selectees are only main applicants, and 50K visa limit includes derivatives.
So, they are looking at a pool of ~200k to 400k ppl in TOTAL to handout 50k visas?
and with that many on the ring they have a hard time to fill the quota in 12 mos? interesting 'opinion'!
For NuvF,
Based on section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, DOS already calculated visa allocation for each region in advance, presumably resulting in 7000-8000 visas allocated & issued for Asia recently. It is a rule. NuvF, you may ask a lawyer about this
Sure, regional ratios are a primary aim of DV 'law'. And my argument was that it is fullfilled at the initial 'selection' round. If they have had a hard and fast rule (like the 7% p/c limit) for regions in the second round, they would have had disclosed it somewhere somehow during this 15 yrs of DV program existence. However, simply by the way they allocate monthly quotas (CN cut offs), statistically, the initial ratio is preserved even at the end, in my 'opinion' !
Ok, this is some issue that I tht I would not argue about. 'cos I found over the yrs that ppl with higher CNs kind of lament that the DV is not a level playing field for them.
True, even at the second round it IS a lottery...luck by chance!
It is biased towards ppl with lower CNs who got a better shot at approval even if their cases drag for few months with admin reviews, more document request etc.
So......do not worry much about this number allocation. Only ppl from very few countries REALLY needed to worry about this, and I think over the yrs they have realized and accepted this fact.
Best!