Honestly I don't see how DR visa issuance numbers is an indicator of what happens to the rest of the world. Sometime in the year the VB moved 5 months while DR Issuance numbers were still high. It should be apparent by now there are no clear signs/predictions on what has been happening and will happen to the VB going forward. We can only hope.
Great! I'm in Kenya as well, PD 25th May 2016, latest VB just locked me out by a whisker lol
What's your PD and DQ kindly? Please please keep us posted on when they will send you the Interview letter. It will really help in trying to estimate our timelines. All the best 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Chaos with the system because as you put it, the demand for IV is ever increasing and with the no. of IVs annually a constant. Can't you see how overwhelming it will be for the system in e.g 15 years if the laws don't change to accommodate more cases annually?
If the laws don't change soon its going to be total chaos a few years down the line. We are actually seeing crazy backlogs at the embassy for the Immediate Relatives Categories, now imagine F Visas. But well, they say no other first world offer such visas to the rest of us, its a privilege and we are at their mercy.
Hello VJ,
My petitioner (mother) is currently hosting my 2 nephews and a niece who are on F1 Student Visas.
Being non-immigrant visas, was wondering if they should also be included as household members on form I-864 that the petitioner should fill out for my upcoming interview? Asking because I found this list online of those who should be included and it didn't seem to suggest they should.
C'mon now! It would be a big stretch asking people to start using these predictors. Not at this point in time atleast when we just started having some movement after 4 years +
Thanks for the share. A very elaborate document.
Hopefully this clears up any concerns raised about Dominican Republic numbers. And I will quote;
''INA Section 202
prescribes that visa issuances to nationals of any single country may not exceed seven percent
during a fiscal year. This limit serves to avoid the potential monopolization of the annual
limitation by applicants from only a few countries. That limitation is not a quota to which any
particular country is entitled, however. For FY 2024 the per-country limit will be approximately
27,090''
We already have a year's prediction in last month's VB. (10 weeks movement in Q1and Q2, whatever that meant.
You can't really fault the guy who grabbed 4 slices of Pizza if at the start everyone was told it was okay to do that by the supervisor. The guy just reacted quicker.
DR numbers are legal. The laws and policies just need to change. The resentment won't help. I've heard many say these types of immigration visas to the US rarely exist in other first worlds, so its a privilege of some sorts. They may be right.
We keep waiting!
Do you realize these numbers are etched in law? Is the USA DOS breaking the law in plain sight in regards to this matter? I bet not. Why are we not seeing class action lawsuits all over the place? And btw, the movement/spill over of FB to E visas is also in law so I'm confused when you say lawyers are pushing that.
ion, I think this paragraph in the article shared above collaborates your analysis.
Have you paused for a while and asked yourself that maybe you might be wrong with your calculations? And if I may ask, what do you think is the motivation of 'over issuing' visas to certain countries? (DR for e.g)
I mentioned here before that I doubt visas are being issued to the said countries haphazardly because c'mon ... we would be hearing a lot of uproar from various quarters party to this matter.
Funny how whoever drafted the text had to be so complicated; Would have been easy to say, 'this fiscal year'. The 'throughout Q3 and Q4' is confusing and unnecessary. lol
Anyway, as said, we wait for next months VB, what they meant will be clearer.
This is big considering we haven't seen such movement in years. Lets hope it keeps up the pace (even more increases pace) as we get deep into the fiscal year. All the best good people, hang in there!
Not sure what you mean but they can and have advanced dates before (last VB) irrespective of Current numbers in DR.
Nobody out here knows how and when they advance dates because specific Current and DQ numbers for specific countries/regions aren't provided. I guess it's an internal thing and how they advance dates is at their discretion. That's why we have Visa Bulletins after they are done with their internal processes 🤷