yeh only few days and we will know the truth for sure,we will figure out how this would effect the cut off in the next months,also we will know about what CN would this called new winners would get!!!! guys keep this thread active untile next monday so we can at very least release any thoughts we got!
good luck everybody
7 days to go to see the release of the hidden winners. My guess is that I do not think they will actually do another random drawing. Hence, the reason for the high number of selectees (105,628) in the history of the DV lottery. Those additional 5,000+ may represent the hidden winners which maybe released depending on how many persons continue with the process (i.e. submitting the forms etc.). They had over 5 months to determine this; thus we'll know for sure on October 22 (yay or nay).
Perhaps the cut-off numbers may increase in the upcoming months for all regions if any hidden winners are released?
I wonder why they chose to drop the "October 22nd" and replace it with "early October"... Good to us all!
I called KCC, and the lady told me that there maybe another selection on 22nd October. Regarding the question of how to know whether a selection has been done or not, she said the applicants should check their entry status and they will find out about the selection if they are selected. So it means that we are at the mercy of these forums now to know whether there has been another selection or not. So please friends, report to us if you are selected on 22nd October.
My best wishes to everybody!
@Obeezyb,
Please have a look at the conversation between myself and the KCC lady, and give your opinion.
October 12th, 2012
Me: Ma'am, could you please tell me why we're having such low cut-off for Asia this month, only an increase of 350 since last month, I was expecting to see something atleast above 3000 for Asia in December.
KCC lady: It depends on the visa availability.
Me: Ok.
KCC lady: The current numbers that was last month, we didn't have all their documents, so we just kinda (processed)(posted)(posponed) other cases, and we scheduled them into interview since all their documents are fully processed.
Me: Ma'am is there any chance that we see significant increases for Asia's cut-off with the passage of time, in the upcoming months?
KCC lady: Yes, it varies from month to month, next month they could go upto 10000, or just the same number. So it varies every month.
The red part indicated words which I couldn't really pick up due to distortion in the line. I also missed a few sentences as well. I hope I have given enough information for you to get an idea from.
Best of luck!
This statement is generic;from my understanding,,this implies that visas have been pre-allocated regionwise thus the AS region is perhaps having a low share due to having less winners.(So far,we have 50k visas minus the ones already allocated to successful interviewees thus the visa availability statement doesn't quite fit yet.)KCC lady: It depends on the visa availability.
From this statement,I gather that the turnout has been poor since she states "we didn't have all their documents".KCC lady: The current numbers that was last month, we didn't have all their documents, so we just kinda (processed)(posted)(posponed) other cases, and we scheduled them into interview since all their documents are fully processed.
This statement "so we just kinda" does raise some question marks.so we just kinda (processed)(posted)(posponed)other cases, and we scheduled them into interview since all their documents are fully processed. [/COLOR]
Processed other cases would imply duly filled forms(cases) were scheduled for an interview ..which is ok.so we just kinda(processed)other cases, and we scheduled them into interview since all their documents are fully processed.
Posted other cases would imply duly filled forms were scheduled for an interview ..which is ok.so we just kinda(posted) other cases, and we scheduled them into interview since all their documents are fully processed.
Postponed which other cases other than those who had submitted duly filled forms?This could be due to irregularities on the submitted forms..but then again,what are they postponing,the visa number availability or the interview date?It could also mean that we have people who are current but do not know of their selectee status.so we just kinda(postponed)other cases, and we scheduled them into interview since all their documents are fully processed.
~37% of the AS selectees are from Iran. Most are interviewed in Ankara. According to the US embassy site in Ankara, AS entries are being interviewed starting November 1st, among them AS001.
So maybe this causes a ~1 month delay?...
Don't know what was the situation last year though.