DV 2016 Oceania winners - Retired Thread
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Britsimon
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Hang on - that is apples and oranges.
2012 there was a technical problem with the draw itself. So the draw had to be repeated.
2016 appears to be a problem with the notification system - no need to "re-draw". Just fix the darn notification!
Britsimon
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Britsimon
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That is what I am thinking, yes. Not selected means not selected.
Britsimon
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KCC are not running the lottery website. They are dealing with winners from DV2015.
Britsimon
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Yes that is true - and that could be happening but this is already feeling different to last year...
ok sorry, whoever is in charge of this..do they consider there is a problem, or do they think it is all ok?
Britsimon
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Hahaha now it is crystal clear for me that I am not selected, and everyone who is consistently getting session time out is selected.
Hard luck for those who got not selected message and good luck for those who consistently getting session time out in their new life in the US
Britsimon
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I don't know - I should imagine by now the spotty faced IT geek is surrounded by a bunch of worried looking managers.
MHammad2015
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@Britsimon How sure are you in percentage that people who immediatley got the "You have been not selected" has no hope? given your years of experience with the DV Lottery, you can predict. Because if it is 0% chance, then I will have to stop dreaming and continue in the living shit hole of a country called Egypt.
zbug
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Hello
just wanted to ask you if you looked into E1/E2 ? as Egypt is part of the treaty list... I'm from Kuwait and Kuwait is not on that list.. wish it was would have made our lives so much easier then waiting for DV.. this is the treaty list linkhttp://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/treaty.html
Hope that helps
GL !MHammad2015
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Hello
Hope that helps
Thanks for your reply. I have no idea what E1/E2 even is. I'm already Googling but I think it has something to do with money investing (which I don't have much since I am a student), I know Kuwaitis are rich though
If you have a URL which will simplify my search for a step-by-step guide for this, it will be much appreciated.
*I'm already searching and being proactive, I'm not being lazy. I'm just asking if someone has a URL that will make it easier for me, that's all.
zbug
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Thanks for your reply. I have no idea what E1/E2 even is. I'm already Googling but I think it has something to do with money investing (which I don't have much since I am a student), I know Kuwaitis are rich though
If you have a URL which will simplify my search for a step-by-step guide for this, it will be much appreciated.
*I'm already searching and being proactive, I'm not being lazy. I'm just asking if someone has a URL that will make it easier for me, that's all.
Hello, First of all please don't assume someone is rich JUST because they are from here or there.. if i was rich i would have moved to the USA long time ago.
the info you required
E2 visa registration applications should demonstrate that:
- There has been and will be a substantial capital investment in the US. There is no specific cash threshold defined, but $40,000 is probably an absolute minimum, and any investment below $100,000 would need a very strong case to support it.
- Risk Capital has been Committed; the investment must entail some risk to the investor (it may not be all in the form of unguaranteed credit). At a minimum, there must be a long-term lease of an office in the US
- The investor will control his/her investment. In this respect control is considered to entail owning over 50% of the US enterprise.
- The cash invested is not marginal when compared to the total investment. In general, unless it is common to the industry to have higher amounts of 'leveraging' (such as in the property industry), 51% of the investment should be in the form of cash equity. Where debt is secured against other assets of the investor, it is considered to be 'at risk', and may be considered as part of the equity invested.
- The enterprise is (or will be) active. In order to be 'Directing and Developing' their investment, the investor will require an enterprise that involves active management.
- US workers are (or will be) employed. The treaties envisage more than just creating a job for the principal investor, but there is no requirement to employ a particular number of US citizens. Obviously, employment of large numbers of US citizens would be viewed very favorably.
- The enterprise, or its principal investor, has a past history of successful trading.
- That the 'investor' has sufficient acumen to direct and develop the investment enterprise.
- That the principal investor, and any other E2 staff, are able and willing to leave the US upon termination of their E2 status.
Britsimon
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Hmmm - it is a strong suspicion. There were cases last year that people saw not selected and were in fact selectees - but this does not seem the same as that. Meanwhile, the session timeout message seems to be happening in the right proportion to be around 1 in 100 entries.... the average winning rate.
MHammad2015
Member
I was genuinely just joking. sorry if that rub you the wrong way, I didn't mean it in any way.
About the rest of the reply and my quick search, it doesn't turn into a permanent residency, which I need because I wanted to have a college education. Also I don't have $40,000 anyway
Thanks anyway though again for the help.
I hope the first winners will soon get thru. At first I was sceptical about the idea that maybe the session timed out people are the real winners, because I thought maybe the numbers of the winners were not loaded into the database, but if the KCC thinks everything is ok, then the winners must be in the database.
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