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Lya said:
@Sm1smom explained it better than me
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Ok. There are in my opinion a number of advantages going the DV route over the spouse visa route, but your high case number complicates things somewhat. You can have both visa applications active and simply follow the one that will give you the visa first - always the safest route anyway.
 
Lya said:
Exactly!! But I'm DV2020
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Ma bad! I meant to write DV2020.

DV based petition’s advantage over the spousal petition is the fact that the DV based petition is cheaper, does not come with removal of conditions requirements and is highly independent of your spousal. But your high CN is cause for concern, no idea of when it might become current.

Like Susie already explained above, no harm in having both petitions active in the system at the same time. You’ll proceed with whichever one invites you for an interview first.
 
According to the BritSimon website visa bulletin is published between 08th to 15th day of each month. but from DV2020 visa bulletins, it seems the release cycle is scheduled after the 15th of the month. any reasons or this situation?

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sl_lion said:
According to the BritSimon website visa bulletin is published between 08th to 15th day of each month. but from DV2020 visa bulletins, it seems the release cycle is scheduled after the 15th of the month. any reasons or this situation?

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Slight correction, you mean from FY2020, as the overwhelming majority of the visa bulletin deals with visas other than DV.

(Also in light of that statement, I’d think that whatever the reason for it being published later is, it likely has nothing to do with DV. )
 
Thanks. Now that I think about it, I think that always used to be the standard wording but that in practice it used to usually come out earlier. Maybe some other “forum oldies” can confirm or reject my memory.
 
SusieQQQ said:
Thanks. Now that I think about it, I think that always used to be the standard wording but that in practice it used to usually come out earlier. Maybe some other “forum oldies” can confirm or reject my memory.
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I think for this fiscal year they will be published after 15th. But apart from the email I did not see any other publication
 
jay8 said:
I think for this fiscal year they will be published after 15th. But apart from the email I did not see any other publication
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Wait, when the did the December VB actually come out? The official date at the bottom of it is Nov 8, 2019. November's was October 9. October’s was Sept 9. So looks like they are all being completed on time, just not published timeously?
 
SusieQQQ said:
Wait, when the did the December VB actually come out? The official date at the bottom of it is Nov 8, 2019. November's was October 9. October’s was Sept 9. So looks like they are all being completed on time, just not published timeously?
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You are right. I noticed that too at the bottom
 
SusieQQQ said:
Wait, when the did the December VB actually come out? The official date at the bottom of it is Nov 8, 2019. November's was October 9. October’s was Sept 9. So looks like they are all being completed on time, just not published timeously?
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I think they draft them on the 8th but don't publish them until after - I'm going to check my email from last year to see what it says
 
This is last years email

Records indicate you have submitted a complete and valid DS-260 application for each family member, and you have provided all required documentation to the Kentucky Consular Center.

Interviews are scheduled numerically based on case numbers that have completed processing. Interviews for the DV 2019 program will begin in October 2018 and conclude on September 30, 2019. Please refer to the visa bulletin at www.travel.state.gov to locate the current numbers being processed. This bulletin is updated after the 15th day of each month. Once an interview date has been scheduled, you will receive notification via email to check http://www.dvlottery.state.gov.
 
Aidyn said:
This is last years email

Records indicate you have submitted a complete and valid DS-260 application for each family member, and you have provided all required documentation to the Kentucky Consular Center.

Interviews are scheduled numerically based on case numbers that have completed processing. Interviews for the DV 2019 program will begin in October 2018 and conclude on September 30, 2019. Please refer to the visa bulletin at www.travel.state.gov to locate the current numbers being processed. This bulletin is updated after the 15th day of each month. Once an interview date has been scheduled, you will receive notification via email to check http://www.dvlottery.state.gov.
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Yup, same wording but the timing has changed.
Example feb visa bulletin is dated 8 Jan, was published 11 Jan (as we know because that’s the date of our forum thread on it https://forums.immigration.com/threads/february-2019-visa-bulletin.339225/ ) so there has been some extra delay between finalizing and publication more recently. Not sure it matters to be honest, especially now that docs are submitted in advance rather than madly scrambled for when your date gets published,
 
After more than 6 weeks waiting finally sent email to KCC, this is short reply:
Documents are processed in numerical order, based on lottery rank number. Once KCC has processed your documents, we will let you know if anything is missing or if we have received everything needed.
I’m EU35k btw...
 
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