New visa bulletin

[FirasAloui 0]

The new visa bulletin has been published : http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/law-and-policy/bulletin/2015/visa-bulletin-for-december-2014.html

December cutoff number

Region All DV Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed Separately

AFRICA 17,000 Except:

Egypt: 7,500
Ethiopia: 9,000

ASIA 3,200

EUROPE 11,600

NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS) 3

OCEANIA 650

SOUTH AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN 725

January Cutoff :

Region All DV Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed Separately

AFRICA 21,000 Except:

Egypt: 9,000
Ethiopia: 12,000

ASIA 3,250

EUROPE 16,000

NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS) 3

OCEANIA 700

SOUTH AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN 825

Edited November 7, 2014 by FirasAloui

[liews0524 0]

December 2014 - Asia (3200)

January 2015 - Asia (3250)

Visa number only increases 50...

[Huslee 0]

How come! Asia? If it only increases by 50 when will my turn come up?

[dvanxiety 1]

My guess is KCC gets to schedule a lot of AS and OC selectees in Jan, who have been current in the prior months (lots of folks have been current and still waiting for 2NL), hence the small movements.

To credit Britsimon's point, the general split for AS before 10000 has been 40% Nepal, 40% Iran and 20% Rest of Asia.

Now, the I guess most of the 80% (40% Nepal, 40% Iran) are handled by 4 posts. This certainly made the movement smaller than it should be due to interview capacity at each post.

Otulai, what's your CN?

[Huslee 0]

Mine is 2015AS129xx.

[Help needed 0]

So is it possible for Asia to have 1,000+ type of jumps for the next few months? When they first published the cutoff number for October, I thought we could go faster this year than in 2013 and 2014!

My CN is AS67xx........what's my chance to get the interview in April?

Edited November 10, 2014 by Help needed

[dvanxiety 1]

Mine is 2015AS129xx.

Otulai, glad to see someone from Mongolia.

129xx is not a bad number, I would say interview time should be about the same as last year.You might even even get it in Aug instead of Sept due to the quota from Nigeria.

Are you doing CP or AOS?

Good luck.

So is it possible for Asia to have 1,000+ type of jumps for the next few months? When they first published the cutoff number for October, I thought we could go faster this year than in 2013 and 2014!

My CN is AS67xx........what's my chance to get the interview in April?

[dvanxiety 1]

So is it possible for Asia to have 1,000+ type of jumps for the next few months? When they first published the cutoff number for October, I thought we could go faster this year than in 2013 and 2014!

My CN is AS67xx........what's my chance to get the interview in April?

Hi Help needed,

Finally there's someone from Taiwan ! On another forum we have a post for Hong Kon , Macau and Taiwan selectees.

Yes we are likely to see 1000+ CN increase in later months. My guess is that the CN jump will increase more around Mar to May time.

Once we have the CEAC data, we should have a better idea compared to 2014 CN progression.

Are you doing CP at the AIT?

[Help needed 0]

Hi Help needed,

Finally there's someone from Taiwan ! On another forum we have a post for Hong Kon , Macau and Taiwan selectees.

Yes we are likely to see 1000+ CN increase in later months. My guess is that the CN jump will increase more around Mar to May time.

Once we have the CEAC data, we should have a better idea compared to 2014 CN progression.

Are you doing CP at the AIT?

Yup, I am doing CP at the AIT. Hopefully there will be huge increase for the next following months....my friends in the states are getting married next July-ish and I want to be able to attend their wedding after I move there! haha

[liews0524 0]

Hi dvanxiety, my case number is AS144XX and I am going to do AOS instead of CP. Will that make any difference of getting an interview? I think my interview most likely will be scheduled in September, is that correct? thanks!

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

Hi dvanxiety, my case number is AS144XX and I am going to do AOS instead of CP. Will that make any difference of getting an interview? I think my interview most likely will be scheduled in September, is that correct? thanks!

You need to ensure that you know exactly what the AOS process involves. With such a high number, if you get an interview yes it will be Sept, you can't afford any delays at all. If you have a problem with the front office or send your package in too late etc you may miss out on a visa.

Edited November 11, 2014 by SusieQQQ

[dvanxiety 1]

Hi dvanxiety, my case number is AS144XX and I am going to do AOS instead of CP. Will that make any difference of getting an interview? I think my interview most likely will be scheduled in September, is that correct? thanks!

Hello liews0524,

I am not familiar with AOS, so my advise is to look at AOS specific thread.From my understanding, AOS seems to have more back and forth with the FO and therefore carry some risk (FO see way less DV cases than foreign post doing CP). This is supported by issues reported by other AOS DV selectee.

And yes, it will most likely be Sept (Aug if we are luckily) before 14000 become current. Once we have the CEAC data, we will have better idea by understanding the desity and response rate of 2015.

Good luck.

[Huslee 0]

Mine is 2015AS129xx.

Otulai, glad to see someone from Mongolia.

129xx is not a bad number, I would say interview time should be about the same as last year.You might even even get it in Aug instead of Sept due to the quota from Nigeria.

Are you doing CP or AOS?

Good luck.

Help needed, on 10 Nov 2014 - 11:32 AM, said:

So is it possible for Asia to have 1,000+ type of jumps for the next few months? When they first published the cutoff number for October, I thought we could go faster this year than in 2013 and 2014!

My CN is AS67xx........what's my chance to get the interview in April?

Hi! Dvanxiety! Thank you very much for answering my questions. I am doing CP.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

You need to ensure that you know exactly what the AOS process involves. With such a high number, if you get an interview yes it will be Sept, you can't afford any delays at all. If you have a problem with the front office or send your package in too late etc you may miss out on a visa.

Just to add that on another forum someone reported being denied because they could not complete his AOS in time, even though the FO had understood the urgency and scheduled him as fast as possible, he had just left it too late in submitting his packs because he didn't understand the urgency or the actual proper AOS process. My feeling is that high numbers are risky for AOS and CP is preferable even though it means flying home for a week or so.

[dvanxiety 1]

Mine is 2015AS129xx.

Otulai, glad to see someone from Mongolia.

129xx is not a bad number, I would say interview time should be about the same as last year.You might even even get it in Aug instead of Sept due to the quota from Nigeria.

Are you doing CP or AOS?

Good luck.

Help needed, on 10 Nov 2014 - 11:32 AM, said:

So is it possible for Asia to have 1,000+ type of jumps for the next few months? When they first published the cutoff number for October, I thought we could go faster this year than in 2013 and 2014!

My CN is AS67xx........what's my chance to get the interview in April?

Hi! Dvanxiety! Thank you very much for answering my questions. I am doing CP.

You are welcomed, I am happy to talk to someone from Mongolia. After you got your green card, you have to visit Canada. There's a restaurant call Mongolian Grill, but I am sure its quite different than the real deal : )