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nway guys am just wondering back then when Nigeria was still eligible numbers used to all go current yet there were many selectees and how comes that with the few numbers selected we see cut offs, do they really reach the regional quotas? coz I think with such low numbers it would have been justified for all cases to go current but ugh...
 
And now with 2015 AF just knocked at 50,000 with its low selectees compared to 2014 now no one knows of 2016. seriously this is really lottery..
 
jamiechabs said:
nway guys am just wondering back then when Nigeria was still eligible numbers used to all go current yet there were many selectees and how comes that with the few numbers selected we see cut offs, do they really reach the regional quotas? coz I think with such low numbers it would have been justified for all cases to go current but ugh...
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All cases go current??? Current means there are more than enough visas to cope with demand.

DV2015 had 125,000 selectees to start with and then marriages and births probably swelled that number to around 150,000. There were around 50000 visas. How could that possibly have meant regions going current.

Let's take AF region. 58,000 selectees - becoming over 70,000 from marriages and births. Quota is 22,000.

It isn't rocket science....
 
jamiechabs said:
nway guys am just wondering back then when Nigeria was still eligible numbers used to all go current yet there were many selectees and how comes that with the few numbers selected we see cut offs, do they really reach the regional quotas? coz I think with such low numbers it would have been justified for all cases to go current but ugh...
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That was not true in all years, you only looked at a few in the history.
 
Britsimon said:
All cases go current??? Current means there are more than enough visas to cope with demand.

DV2015 had 125,000 selectees to start with and then marriages and births probably swelled that number to around 150,000. There were around 50000 visas. How could that possibly have meant regions going current.

Let's take AF region. 58,000 selectees - becoming over 70,000 from marriages and births. Quota is 22,000.

It isn't rocket science....
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alright its too good to believe. Mr would mind just to give me a hint on what holes means in this process
 
jamiechabs said:
alright its too good to believe. Mr would mind just to give me a hint on what holes means in this process
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These two links explain holes.
http://britsimonsays.com/the-lottery-draw-process-holes-theory-and-so-on/
http://britsimonsays.com/holes-theory-illustration/

And this one explains the impact of Nigeria
http://britsimonsays.com/nigeria-dv2015-case-number-reduction/

Remember these posts are several months old so some of the statements are out of date BUT you can see I was clearly identifying a large reduction in max CN because of the 25k missing Nigerian case numbers. That was October/November last year.
 
jamiechabs said:
I was just taking a clear look on the previous DVS up to that of 2013
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Previous DVs from when until 2013? About 5 years before then it was mostly current (I think 2008 AF had a cutoff though others were current) but for about half the years before 2007 there were cut offs for Af and often for many other regions too. Nigeria was in all of those too.
 
KJagdish said:
Can I unluck DS-260 and add my wife after I get 2nl ?
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Once you have your 2NL you cannot unlock. If you are about to get married the best approach (in my opinion) is to delay the interview by unlocking the DS260 until you can resubmit with the spouse. It is a matter of timing with the case number, wedding and so on...
 
Hello, hi
As a new member, I have been reading through the Ghana, Kenya and Uganda threads, and have found some very useful tips. My regards, to the Host, Moderators, supper Moderators and older members here for this great initiative, As always as a new member I have some questions that need help so let me get to the point
(i) Am a DV 2016AF00045***
> I work in Afghanistan under the US army base for more then six months and that means I have to get a PCC since its a base is aPCC still needed
> And I have been reading about people being dined cause of the names of which I mate have the same how do I go about it ?
my names on the BC are Kakembo John, when I was siting for exams O&A I added one other name give to me by my step farther kakembo John Hamza
when I grow up I used kakembo hamza living out John (not for Muslim since I had become one ) even used that in my passport plus all the DV forms
> Lastly but not list about work I have worked with US army and sub- company for over Five yrs in supply chain management (SCM) is this work experience
ok and if so what do I need for proof work contracts, certificates or
thank you
 
Ham64112 said:
Hello, hi
As a new member, I have been reading through the Ghana, Kenya and Uganda threads, and have found some very useful tips. My regards, to the Host, Moderators, supper Moderators and older members here for this great initiative, As always as a new member I have some questions that need help so let me get to the point
(i) Am a DV 2016AF00045***
> I work in Afghanistan under the US army base for more then six months and that means I have to get a PCC since its a base is aPCC still needed
> And I have been reading about people being dined cause of the names of which I mate have the same how do I go about it ?
my names on the BC are Kakembo John, when I was siting for exams O&A I added one other name give to me by my step farther kakembo John Hamza
when I grow up I used kakembo hamza living out John (not for Muslim since I had become one ) even used that in my passport plus all the DV forms
> Lastly but not list about work I have worked with US army and sub- company for over Five yrs in supply chain management (SCM) is this work experience
ok and if so what do I need for proof work contracts, certificates or
thank you
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I can assume you are from uganda
 
Ham64112 said:
Hello, hi
As a new member, I have been reading through the Ghana, Kenya and Uganda threads, and have found some very useful tips. My regards, to the Host, Moderators, supper Moderators and older members here for this great initiative, As always as a new member I have some questions that need help so let me get to the point
(i) Am a DV 2016AF00045***
> I work in Afghanistan under the US army base for more then six months and that means I have to get a PCC since its a base is aPCC still needed
> And I have been reading about people being dined cause of the names of which I mate have the same how do I go about it ?
my names on the BC are Kakembo John, when I was siting for exams O&A I added one other name give to me by my step farther kakembo John Hamza
when I grow up I used kakembo hamza living out John (not for Muslim since I had become one ) even used that in my passport plus all the DV forms
> Lastly but not list about work I have worked with US army and sub- company for over Five yrs in supply chain management (SCM) is this work experience
ok and if so what do I need for proof work contracts, certificates or
thank you
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- I don't think working in the army base makes any difference. If you're currently living in Afghanistan and you've been there for 6 months and above, you need a PCC.

- Be sure to list all your names on your DS-260 form.

- You need to state a specific job title to determine if you qualify based on work experience. Saying you've been working in SCM is too broad, there are several job positions within the SCM.

The easiest and most straight forward way of qualify is through eduction. Do you have a U.S. equivalent High School Diploma? Qualifying on work experience could be quite complicated.
 
Sm1smom said:
- I don't think working in the army base makes any difference. If you're currently living in Afghanistan and you've been there for 6 months and above, you need a PCC.

- Be sure to list all your names on your DS-260 form.

- You need to state a specific job title to determine if you qualify based on work experience. Saying you've been working in SCM is too broad, there are several job positions within the SCM.

The easiest and most straight forward way of qualify is through education. Do you have a U.S. equivalent High School Diploma? Qualifying on work experience could be quite complicated.
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Mom, thank you for the quick response

- About the PCC as I said before I work in the army base of which when coming to the base one of the requirements is coming with the PCC from my home country of which I have more so we cant get out of the base once you in you are in , till the day for your vacation to fly out to go home we have nothing to do with the afgan police so this is where am getting confused sorry to say

- And for the names yes I did put all the names (three names) on the Ds-260 on the part where the ask do you use any other names, But I was asking if that was all cause I was reading you guys talking about getting 'affidavit"

- And for U.S. equivalent High School Diploma 'yes' I do have it (UACE)

- Also to specify the job under SCM (Martial control specialist (MCS) )
 
Ham64112 said:
Mom, thank you for the quick response

- About the PCC as I said before I work in the army base of which when coming to the base one of the requirements is coming with the PCC from my home country of which I have more so we cant get out of the base once you in you are in , till the day for your vacation to fly out to go home we have nothing to do with the afgan police so this is where am getting confused sorry to say

- And for the names yes I did put all the names (three names) on the Ds-260 on the part where the ask do you use any other names, But I was asking if that was all cause I was reading you guys talking about getting 'affidavit"

- And for U.S. equivalent High School Diploma 'yes' I do have it (UACE)

- Also to specify the job under SCM (Martial control specialist (MCS) )
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- In that case, I'm not sure what the IO is likely to say regarding the Afghan PCC.

- An affidavit shouldn't be required.

- If you meet the educational requirement, there's no need to try and qualify using the work experience route.

- You will need to check the O*Net online to confirm if your job title/description is designated as a job zone 4 or 5, and is classified as a SPV 7 or above, if you still want to go the work experience route.
 
Hello everyone! I have been disconnected from the forum since I didn't win a dv for 2016, but I am already counting down the days for DV 2017! 66 days to go, to be exact, if it starts October 1st :D

I was just reading an article about how Spain and the USA have a lot of history together, and how we founded more than half of the country... and I was thinking how cool it would be if we got a special cuota or something like that for Spanish people that wanted to go to work and live in the States. Would it be that crazy? I know it is wishful thinking and it's never gonna happen, but...

This is the article I was reading, it is in Spanish but you can see how many of the cities were actually founded by the Kingdom of Spain :)

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http://laorejadejenkins.es/historia/la-herencia-espanola-en-los-simbolos-de-eeuu
 
Molovi said:
Hello everyone! I have been disconnected from the forum since I didn't win a dv for 2016, but I am already counting down the days for DV 2017! 66 days to go, to be exact, if it starts October 1st :D

I was just reading an article about how Spain and the USA have a lot of history together, and how we founded more than half of the country... and I was thinking how cool it would be if we got a special cuota or something like that for Spanish people that wanted to go to work and live in the States. Would it be that crazy? I know it is wishful thinking and it's never gonna happen, but...

This is the article I was reading, it is in Spanish but you can see how many of the cities were actually founded by the Kingdom of Spain :)

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http://laorejadejenkins.es/historia/la-herencia-espanola-en-los-simbolos-de-eeuu
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Lol
Since when do countries give special quotas to their previous colonizers? :D
 
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