Are university degrees prioritized?

[Daimdreams 0]

Will I be prioritized if I have an university degree or will I have the same chance as those with high school degree? Is a masters better than a basic university degree? Do they look at that when they choose people? Also is it a disadvantage to have children? Or they dont care about that?

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

It’s a lottery. That means it’s a random selection. The only way in which anyone is “prioritized” in the draw is by their region of chargeability (which is the aim of the lottery). They don’t check any education or any other details before doing the draw, other than region.

[Daimdreams 0]

Just now, SusieQQQ said:

It’s a lottery. That means it’s a random selection. The only way in which anyone is “prioritized” in the draw is by their region of chargeability (which is the aim of the lottery). They don’t check any education or any other details before doing the draw, other than region.

Thank you, may I ask if it is USCIS that do the draw or is it the embassy in each country?

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

Uscis does the draw. The embassies don’t have anything to do with the process until they interview the selected applicants.

[Daimdreams 0]

Just now, SusieQQQ said:

Uscis does the draw. The embassies don’t have anything to do with the process until they interview the selected applicants.

Thank you for all your help. It is my baby 12 months which photo is blurry, she was impossible to get a good photo of her

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

2 minutes ago, Daimdreams said:

Thank you for all your help. It is my baby 12 months which photo is blurry, she was impossible to get a good photo of her

Did you follow the suggestion of laying her down on a white sheet or covering a car seat in a white sheet?

[Daimdreams 0]

3 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Did you follow the suggestion of laying her down on a white sheet or covering a car seat in a white sheet?

I did not see that suggestion but she is a wild one, cant make her sit still, cant make her lay down still lol so i am sure neither would of helped lol 

She is definitely by far my wildest one. I hope they will show understanding about her photo, after all she is only one year old. The photo is dark and blurry But you do see its a baby on it and you can see her but idk

[jan22 3,056]

4 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

Uscis does the draw. The embassies don’t have anything to do with the process until they interview the selected applicants.

First sentence is incorrect.  The DV program is run by the Department of State, not USCIS (part of DHS).  It is completely run out of the Kentucky Consular Center (KCC).  The only USCIS involvement is on some security checks and at the Port of Entry after the vIsa  is issued.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

14 minutes ago, jan22 said:

First sentence is incorrect.  The DV program is run by the Department of State, not USCIS (part of DHS).  It is completely run out of the Kentucky Consular Center (KCC).  The only USCIS involvement is on some security checks and at the Port of Entry after the vIsa  is issued.

Sorry, I stand corrected. (I'm never quite sure where USCIS stops and DOS begins.) But yes KCC runs the admin side of the operation.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

1 hour ago, Daimdreams said:

I did not see that suggestion but she is a wild one, cant make her sit still, cant make her lay down still lol so i am sure neither would of helped lol 

She is definitely by far my wildest one. I hope they will show understanding about her photo, after all she is only one year old. The photo is dark and blurry But you do see its a baby on it and you can see her but idk

The suggestion is in the page detailing the photo requirements. tbh it doesn't sound acceptable but cross that bridge if you come to it, given the odds are well against selection anyway..

[jan22 3,056]

Just now, SusieQQQ said:

Sorry, I stand corrected. (I'm never quite sure where USCIS stops and DOS begins.) But yes KCC runs the admin side of the operation.

It confuses a lot of people!  Just wanted to clarify so people won't try to get any info via USCIS systems.

[Boiler 45,516]

Sems moot when the odds are so long, maybe a better Camera next time?

[JFH 12,190]

What's done is done but since the chances of you being selected are extremely slim, it may not even matter. Next time she will be a year older so you won't have the same problem but it's always best to have children's passport or visa photos done by a professional photographer as they have better equipment and have tricks on how to keep children still. 

 

Note that if you not successful this time it had absolutely nothing to do with the quality of the photographs. It's a completely random selection. 

[Michael2017 368]

The chance is not so small actually, some areas even 8% in Eruope, 2.5% if a married couple applies together, 1.25% if one applies alone.

Over  a 10 year period, this is a nice chance...

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

3 hours ago, Michael2017 said:

The chance is not so small actually, some areas even 8% in Eruope, 2.5% if a married couple applies together, 1.25% if one applies alone.

Over  a 10 year period, this is a nice chance...

8% in Europe? Um, no.

Latest they selected 116k people (including dervivatives) from 14.7m principal entries (23.1m including derivatives).* Yes your chances are better than an average lottery, but not so much that you need to spend ages agonizing over what to do if you get selected. There’s plenty of time for that if selected.

 

* actually the latest selection overstates your real chances too because it’s almost certainly too many selectees, and likely to be one of those years where not every selectee who wants will get a chance to interview.

Edited November 23, 2017 by SusieQQQ