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DV 2025 All Selectees (Consular Processing - CP)
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smoothoperator
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Thank you for replies, everyone!
Britsimon
Super Moderator
In order to issue the full quota of visas (52000) they would need to schedule about 65000. So,there are plenty of visas remaining for the last month, and I suspect we will see a big jump in some regions if they actually want to fill the quotas.
Xarthisius
Well-Known Member
Which embassy?
Dublin, Ireland. My visa status check still says at NVC. Dublin seems like a fine embassy though without issues...I was just there like 3 weeks ago to renew my L1B visa stamp. They mentioned they saw my DV visa application in the system and just smiled and didn't comment much more on it. They seemed like a very efficient embassy. They had my L1B stamped and in my hands in two business days.
I'm tempted to switch to AOS, since we're already in the US. When I emailed KCC I got a stage 4 email response back which indicates that my DS260 is processed and they're waiting on the embassy to take the case. It's hard to know what's going on here. Dublin historically going through the data on your website seems to process cases right up until the end no problem with the highest case numbers. It doesn't seem like an embassy that historically has issues.
I've also seen comments on BritSimon's blog from people having the same problem with Frankfurt as well where they have not received anything yet.
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
Hm, I’m a little out of touch but 4-8 weeks notice used to be the norm. If it’s mid-end August it might be coming in the next couple of weeks. Can you maybe email Dublin to ask if they’ve got the file and ready to set the appointment up?
SusieQQQ
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EMAIL US at DublinIV@state.gov following the instructions below.
- USE THIS SUBJECT LINE: M99 - CASE NUMBER - OTHER QUESTION
- Last Name
- First Name
- Immigrant Visa Case Number if you have it (usually starts with )
- Date of your interview (if available)
- Description of your situation
Thank you, I'll email them today and hopefully get a response tomorrow when they open!
So I don't think they'll reply because they said that they only reply if the case is active at their post. We don't really know if they even have the case yet. According to BritSimon they will only get the case transferred to them when they ask for KCC to schedule more DV interviews. What I'm wondering is why they haven't done that. The same is happening with Frankfurt right now it looks like. When asking AI, it says that it's common to get 2NLs 1 month before the interview, so in the month of June it's common to get 2NLs for August but from what BritSimon was saying that is more unlikely it seems and there are a lot of people that have their 2NLs already for August interview it seems like...
SusieQQQ
Well-Known Member
I’m hoping that response is more there to deal with the people (family based visas) who still have years to go before their cases are transferred to the embassy.
Hopefully. I emailed last night (Sunday night my time, before they opened on Monday their time), and no response today. Hopefully they'll give out some sort of response. They have a phone number but it says it's only for emergencies.
It seems like most other embassies in Europe have sent out 2NLs...Frankfurt seems to be the only other one that hasn't sent anything. This is very stressful...
I really hope that they respond.
I also used this IV scheduling tool to see what kind of wait times other immigrant visas are having in Dublin and it just seems like they aren't a slow embassy that ever has issues...especially considering when you using Xarthius's tool to look back you see they always issue visas right up to the last case numbers.
You can see in the below screenshot they had availability for June for immigrant visas as of June 3rd for interview by June 25th, or perhaps June 2025. I know it's not for diversity visas but I feel if you think about it capacity wise it seems positive to me, like it's not an overloaded embassy. The same is true for all visa categories listed there, they all had scheduling by June 25th.
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SusieQQQ
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The flip side of that might be that they don’t see a need to schedule super far in advance?
Right, that is also my hopeful thinking on the situation, that maybe they're small, efficient and don't schedule too far in advance. Not sure really. I guess we'd need more data points. In my mind I always go back to the fact that they historically process right up until the final case numbers, I created a last minute visa appointment within like 6 days just a few weeks ago and had my visa in hand 2 business days later, the guy mentioned my DV visa application and just smiled a little bit but didn't say anything else about it...I feel like if there was a serious problem there he would've possibly mentioned that they don't schedule them or they're very busy etc as a courtesy...though it's possible something happened he couldn't predict of course.
All hopeful thinking. Thanks for replying to me. You're helping lower my cortisol a bit!
Ok so I also looked at Xarthisius's charts from last year and the same thing happened in Dublin but in May. In May they didn't send any 2NLs, despite several cases becoming current in July as part of the May bulletin. Instead, the 2NLs came in June and July, right after the bulletin was released. I wonder if this is common at Dublin Embassy that they don't issue 2NLs around 1 month of the year around summer.
@Xarthisius how do you know when 2NLs are sent based on your scraper tool?
Xarthisius
Well-Known Member
Their status changes from "At NVC" to something different.
Right, because I see in your table it can change on many different days but your website only updates weekly. Does that mean you're scraping all the cases continuously through the week to get a good estimate of when the 2NLs are sent out?
Xarthisius
Well-Known Member
I do it on only Fridays, most of the time. 2nlDate is just an approximation in that sense.
noname92bl
New Member
Hello everyone,
My girlfriend was selected for the Diversity Visa program on May 4th last year.
She has been scheduled for an interview on July 28th. We are not married yet, but we have been in a committed relationship for 3 years. We have already traveled together to the U.S. twice as tourists and have extensive evidence that our relationship is genuine.
We are now considering getting married so that I can be included in her DV case and attend the interview with her. Is this still possible at this stage?
However, we are facing a problem: she is currently unable to log in to her case at the official website.
So even if we get married now, we can't access her case online, what should we do?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
My girlfriend was selected for the Diversity Visa program on May 4th last year.
She has been scheduled for an interview on July 28th. We are not married yet, but we have been in a committed relationship for 3 years. We have already traveled together to the U.S. twice as tourists and have extensive evidence that our relationship is genuine.
We are now considering getting married so that I can be included in her DV case and attend the interview with her. Is this still possible at this stage?
However, we are facing a problem: she is currently unable to log in to her case at the official website.
So even if we get married now, we can't access her case online, what should we do?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!