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Filed: FB-2 Visa Country: Kenya
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33 minutes ago, xavier2014 said:

Monthly visa issuance statistics just out (fiscal year 2024)

as usual xcept for the DR and philippines visa issues for F2B applicants are relatively low overall. I don't understand why they(NVC) aren't see 100k+ IV applicants waiting for the interview

Generally this has been the trend over the past years (even before Covid) where there have been low F2B issuance numbers in most countries and high numbers in DR and a few others. This doesnt seem new or strange to me. Im not convinced that much that DR numbers are affecting Visa Issuance for other countries. The Backlog that stemmed from consulate closures worldwide during covid clearly had a big impact on F Visas processing, worse still, the Ban during that time on some F Visa made it even worse. The fact that we are still seeing the same Visa Issuance numbers worldwide even after 3 years of the Visa Bulletin not moving paints the whole picture. A lot of people with PD before Sept 22 2015 are still being processed. Its bad! ...we wait. and it will be a painful one.

 

But Damn! Dominican Republic...Those are a lot of people being processed monthly. Whats the explanation here!? Who says what visas numbers go where? Id really love to know.

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I would think the biggest factor is the increasing numbers of applicants.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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6 minutes ago, Boiler said:

I would think the biggest factor is the increasing numbers of applicants.

It sure seems like a factor. What could possibly trigger an increased number of applicants in your opinion? Because everuthing seemed to be moving well before Covid!

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Just now, Mundo254 said:

It sure seems like a factor. What could possibly trigger an increased number of applicants in your opinion? 

 

Going back a few years the Internet, people became more aware and with online filing maybe easier to do? Plus of course more people becoming eligible to file.

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1 minute ago, Boiler said:

 

Going back a few years the Internet, people became more aware and with online filing maybe easier to do? Plus of course more people becoming eligible to file.

If this is the case, we are yet to see an astounding jump soon in waiting times we have never seen.

 

Just glad to be somewhere in the queue near the PD date. I can only Imagine those who are filing now.

Plus some of us when it all done and we have our Visas, we still have our fiances, girlfriends, kids to worry about who we will be leaving back in our home countries ... Sigh! US Immigration Journey esp for Family Sponsored Applicants and their Families is really draining!

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The US is unusual.

 

Most Countries do not have these categories.

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21 minutes ago, Mundo254 said:

Generally this has been the trend over the past years (even before Covid) where there have been low F2B issuance numbers in most countries and high numbers in DR and a few others. This doesnt seem new or strange to me. Im not convinced that much that DR numbers are affecting Visa Issuance for other countries. The Backlog that stemmed from consulate closures worldwide during covid clearly had a big impact on F Visas processing, worse still, the Ban during that time on some F Visa made it even worse. The fact that we are still seeing the same Visa Issuance numbers worldwide even after 3 years of the Visa Bulletin not moving paints the whole picture. A lot of people with PD before Sept 22 2015 are still being processed. Its bad! ...we wait. and it will be a painful one.

 

But Damn! Dominican Republic...Those are a lot of people being processed monthly. Whats the explanation here!? Who says what visas numbers go where? Id really love to know.

You are absolutely right, those are a lot of people being processed from Dominican Republic.

 

According to the link below, F2B has a limit of 1,838 for any specific foreign state. 

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigrant-Statistics/Web_Annual_Numerical_Limits_FY2024.pdf

 

In October, they received 1286 F2B’s. So there are only 552 F2B’s available for them, for the remainder of the fiscal year 2024 (Nov ‘23 to Sep ‘24).

 

Let’s see how it goes for Dominican Republic in November.

 

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19 minutes ago, RR159 said:

 

You are absolutely right, those are a lot of people being processed from Dominican Republic.

 

According to the link below, F2B has a limit of 1,838 for any specific foreign state. 

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigrant-Statistics/Web_Annual_Numerical_Limits_FY2024.pdf

 

In October, they received 1286 F2B’s. So there are only 552 F2B’s available for them, for the remainder of the fiscal year 2024 (Nov ‘23 to Sep ‘24).

 

Let’s see how it goes for Dominican Republic in November.

 

lol it doesn't work that way, check last year Visa statistics, DR got 2k+ visas in a month.

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19 minutes ago, RR159 said:

 

Really handy resource.

I would love to see how the Annual Numerical Limits for FY2023 were and confirm if this was followed to the letter, because DR F2B Visa Numbers for FY2023 seemed a little bit over the top.

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One thing that I don't get.

All those people in DR must be already documentary complete, which means that their filling date is current. 


How can the final action date move until all of them aren't interviewed?

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16 minutes ago, xavier2014 said:

lol it doesn't work that way, check last year Visa statistics, DR got 2k+ visas in a month.

🙂 lol indeed! Last year the numerical limit for any country was 25,620 (family and employment categories combined). DR received 45k+.

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52 minutes ago, Mundo254 said:

If this is the case, we are yet to see an astounding jump soon in waiting times we have never seen.

 

Just glad to be somewhere in the queue near the PD date. I can only Imagine those who are filing now.

Plus some of us when it all done and we have our Visas, we still have our fiances, girlfriends, kids to worry about who we will be leaving back in our home countries ... Sigh! US Immigration Journey esp for Family Sponsored Applicants and their Families is really draining!

lol! you sure, those who are applying now would be lucky someone would intervene to fix the problem and get back to the pre-pandemic level in the end. But you and I may be the unlucky ones caught in this Green Card backlog saga, delaying our process. I know many people got married and settled already in their respective countries. Most people are now in their 30s. Just imagine those whose DQ was completed in 2020 but are still waiting for IL four years just gone for that. They are even unluckier than us

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