DV-2019 incepe din nou, vezi aici noua perioada de aplicare in 2017

Procesul de primire al aplicatiilor pentru editia DV-2019 va fi REPORNIT! Noua perioada de primire a aplicatiilor este 18 octombrie – 22 noiembrie 2017! Toate aplicatiile trimise anterior nu vor fi luate in considerare – asta inseamna ca VA TREBUI SA APLICATI DIN NOU in momentul cand va reincepe perioada de trimitere a aplicatiilor!!!

UPDATE 16.10.2017 Site-ul oficial confirma ceea ce am scris mai jos. Redau textul oficial:

Due to a technical issue, the DV-2019 entry period that began on October 3 has been closed. Entries submitted during October 3-10 are not valid and have been excluded from the system; they will not count as a duplicate entry. The technical issue has been resolved and a new full entry period will begin at noon, U.S. Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday October 18, 2017 and will run until noon Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday November 22, 2017. Only entries submitted during this period will be accepted and considered for selection in the lottery. Please throw away any confirmation number or other documentation that you have if you submitted an entry during Oct. 3-10.

Sa incepem cu inceputul…

La mijlocul lunii septembrie era confirmata organizarea editiei DV-2019 cu perioada de primire a aplicatiilor in intervalul 3 octombrie – 7 noiembrie 2017. Data de verificare a aplicatiilor trimise – 1 mai 2018.

In data de 10 octombrie, site-ul oficial de unde se trimit aplicatiile este inchis pentru mentenanta cu mesajul “Down for Maintenance! AES is currently down for maintenance. Please try again later.”

Dupa mai mult de 20 de ore de cand site-ul este inchis, din ce in ce mai multe persoane incep sa se panicheze si sa intrebe ce se intampla.. si pe buna dreptate pentru ca la nici o editie din trecut nu s-a intamplat ca site-ul sa fie oprit pentru atat de mult timp. Din pacate, chiar si dupa 72 de ore nu a fost postat nici un comunicat oficial care sa lamureasca situatia… singura confirmare oficiala a fost pe pagina de Facebook a Departamentului de Stat American – Sectia Consulara, un raspuns la o intrebare in care se mentiona faptul ca exista o problema tehnica si ca site-ul va fi functional in cel mai scurt timp posibil. Ulterior, si pe site-ul consulatului de la Bucuresti a aparut un comunicat in care se mentiona existenta unei probleme tehnice.

Clarificarea mult asteptata vine dupa aproape 4 zile, in data de 13 octombrie, de la Ambasada Americana din Ecuador care publica un comunicat in care se dau detalii despre editia DV-2019: problema tehnica a constat in imposibiliatea de a inregistra aplicatiile in care se selecta ca tara eligibila o alta tara decat tara de nastere a aplicantului principal. Din acest motiv s-a decis reluarea intregului proces de aplicare astfel ca noua perioada de primire a aplicatiilor este 18 octombrie – 22 noiembrie 2017. Incepand cu data de 15 mai 2018 se poate verifica daca aplicatia a fost selectata sau nu in cadrul acestui program.

Pe site-ul oficial inca nu este afisat nici un comunicat, dar este de asteptat ca el sa apara in cursul zilei de luni, 16 octombrie 2017.

Redau mai jos mesajul publicat pe site-ul ambasadei din Ecuador:

Due to technical issues, the registration period for DV-2019 is being restarted, and all entries made prior to October 18, 2017, will need to be resubmitted for the entrant to be considered. We regret the inconvenience to Diversity Visa entrants. In order to ensure fairness and protect the integrity of the process for all those concerned, however, we must restart the entry process for this year (DV-2019).

The new registration period for DV-2019 opens for electronic entries at 11:00am, Wednesday, October 18, 2017, and closes at 11:00am, Wednesday, November 22, 2017.

If you entered before Wednesday, October 18, 2017, that entry will not be considered, and you will need to submit another entry during the new registration period. You may submit one new entry without being disqualified for submitting multiple entries. Individuals who submit more than one entry during the new registration period will be disqualified.

Applicants can access the electronic DV entry form (E-DV) at the official E-DV website, dvlottery.state.gov, during the registration period. DV instructions also are available on the Department of State’s public webpage at usvisas.state.gov/dv/instructions.

All other eligibility requirements remain the same.

Beginning May 15, 2018, DV-2019 entrants will be able to use their unique confirmation number provided at registration to check the online Entrant Status Check at dvlottery.state.gov to see if their entry was selected. Entrant Status Check will inform successful entrants how to apply for DVs for themselves and their eligible family members. The Department also will confirm visa interview appointments through the Entrant Status Check.

Frequent questions:

Q: What can you tell us about the technical issue? Were entries lost? Was this a hacking attempt?
The technical issue was a failure to properly account for country of eligibility if the entrant was selecting a country of eligibility other than his/her place of birth, which is permitted in certain limited circumstances. This was not a result of any outside interference or hacking attempt.

Q: How many entries had been received before this technical issue?
Due to technical issues, we are unable to reliably estimate how many valid entries were received at this time. In order to protect the integrity of the process and ensure a fair opportunity to all entrants, we are restarting the entry period now.

Q: How many DV entries does the Department expect for DV-2019?
In DV-2018, the last year for which numbers are available, we received more than 14 million entries from principal applicants.

Q: How will the Department notify applicants whose entries are not valid?

The Department will send an automated email notification to each Diversity Visa entrant from whom an entry was received before October 18, 2017, using the email address provided on the lottery entry form, directing the entrant to check the website dvlottery.state.gov for an important announcement.

We will also work through our embassies and consulates to inform potential entrants of the situation and new registration period using social media and local media outlets.

Q: Will this delay the DV-2019 process?

The selection of selected entries for DV-2019 is scheduled to begin May 15, 2018.

We do not anticipate any delay in the DV-2019 process at this time.

Ramane sa asteptam ziua de luni si sa vedem si pe site-ul oficial acest mesaj.

Nu uitati, cei care ati trimis deja aplicatii pana in acest moment, va trebui sa aplicati din nou! Aplicatiile deja trimise nu vor fi luate in considerare astfel ca noile aplicatii nu vor fi considerate duplicate.

Regula de baza ramane: Cine trimite mai mult de o aplicatie in noua perioada de aplicare, va fi descalificat!

Bafta!

Sa speram ca nu vor mai aparea si alte probleme in viitor (la aceasta editie 🙂 )!

Articol publicat in data de 15 octombrie, ora 1:45am