After winning a green card: why not rush to send a DS-260 application form
'18.05.2019'
Source: BritSimonSays
7 May became known green card draw results for 2020 year. After a win, all winners must complete a DS260 application, and most of them try to do it as quickly as possible. This is done with the best of intentions, but can play a cruel joke with you. We explain why in most cases you should not send questionnaires for at least several months after winning a green card.
According to the expert on the lottery of green cards Brit Simon in his blog BritSimonSays.com, this year, from all regions admitted to the drawing, there are very large numbers of applicants - which means that it is quite possible that there will be too many of them. However, there are only 50 available visas.
It is quite normal that more winners are chosen than visas that will be issued as a result - quite often the matter does not go further than the actual win. But at best, no more than 90 or at least no more than 000 applications will be selected. Although in previous years it happened that the Consular Center selected 100 and even 000 applications. If this happens again in the coming year, then it is inevitable that some of the winners will simply not reach their hands - they will not be assigned an interview.
Applicant numbers by country and region will be listed on one of the next three Visa Bulletins. One of them will be released this week, the rest around the same time in the coming months. One of these bulletins will give you the most important number - the membership number. Based on this, it will be possible to determine how many applicants have been selected this year and when it will be possible to pass their interview.
Until then, the expert strongly recommends do not send DS260 profilesexcept those whose ordinal number is very low. Why? Here are some good reasons:
- Early submission of the DS260 questionnaire will not speed things up. You will not be able to pass an interview before the turn comes up. It will be just that and nothing else.
- Most people do not read the instructions and do not try to understand the procedure, so they will be in a hurry. After some time, they will realize that they have made a mistake, and this can spoil everything.
- Submitting a DS260 questionnaire is a major undertaking. After you send it, you will have to indicate everywhere that you have applied and are going to emigrate to the United States. This may make it difficult to obtain nonimmigrant visas in the future - it won't rule out that possibility, but it won't be easy.
And even if your number low and the queue can reach you relatively quickly, the expert recommends waiting at least a couple of months, and then filling out and sending the questionnaire. Waiting will not do you any harm, unlike haste, and may save you from serious mistakes later.
What does “low” number mean by regions of the world:
- Regions EU and AF (Europe and Africa) - up to 15
- Region AS (Izia) - up to 5000
- Regions SA and OC (South America and Oceania) - up to 500.
Numbers that exceed this value will probably not even be included in the list of admitted to interviews in 2019, and will be able to pass them only in 2020. So where to rush?
Here here application form.
А here - instructions for filling it out.
As ForumDaily Woman wrote earlier, the completed lottery could be the last, since Trump administration has prepared a new immigration plan, which provides for the abolition of the lottery of green cards in the form in which it exists now.
