Document process will no longer be used after DV2024
The document method, which required applicants to submit documents to KCC before being qualified for an interview, has been abolished, according to t…
The primary applicant, but not dependents, must be able to provide his or her passport number, country of issuance, and expiration date for a valid, unexpired international travel passport.
You must include all requested information related to your spouse and children (under the age of 21) on your application, whether or not they intend to immigrate to the U.S. with you.
You do not need to meet both of these requirements, only one of the two, to be eligible for the diversity lottery.
If you submit more than one application for the diversity lottery during one open-registration period, your applications will all be rejected.
You must submit a recent (taken in last six months) photograph of yourself and your co-applicants. The photographs you submit must be taken facing forward and in front of a plain background.
DV ENTRY IS FREE TO ALL! You do not need to pay an agent to enter the Diversity Visa program. Requests to send money to a third party are fraudulent. Apply Early!
It is recommended against using a consultant for your application. Consider using trusted person if you need assistance. You are solely responsible for your own application.
It is a random selection. Any offers to help you obtain a visa through this process for money are fraudulent.
Make sure your name, date of birth and all other required information pertaining to you and your family are correctly entered in your original dv application. Make sure your photos is attached.
Visas are limited! Do not make travel plans, quit employment, sell belongings or make other changes in life until you have an approved visa.
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Here You Will Find The Answers Of Most Asked Questions
The United States has a program*, called Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery (also known as Green card Lottery or DV Lottery), making available each year by random selection 50,000 permanent residence visas (Green Cards) to people from around the world. The program's objective is to issue Green Cards to individuals born in countries, which historically have low levels of immigration to the United States.
DV is an abbreviation for Diversity Visa and symbolizes the diversity of America's emigrants. The number behind the DV always stands for the fiscal year in which the Green Card winner will receive their Green Card. For eg: those who apply for the lottery in 2020 will participate in the DV-2021. The American tax year is from October 1st, 2021 to September 30th, 2021, which means winners will receive their Green Cards in the tax year 2021. Read More
The applicant must be a native of a country whose natives qualify and must meet either the education or training requirement of the program. The DV Lottery does not require that potential immigrants have pre-existing employment or family ties to the United States, only that they: be born in an eligible country; i.e., one that has not historically sent large numbers of immigrants to the United States; and have a high school education or its equivalent. Check Eligibility!
There is no fee charged to submit an electronic entry. However, if you are selected and apply for a Diversity Visa, you must pay all required visa application fees at the time of visa application and interview directly to the consular cashier at the U.S. embassy or consulate.
There is no minimum age to apply for the program, but the requirement of a high school education or work experience for each principal applicant at the time of application will effectively disqualify most persons who are under 18 years old.
Every individual is limited to only one application. If an applicant submits more than one application they will be disqualified from entering the Green Card Lottery. However, submission of an application during one or more previous DV lotteries has no effect on entitlement to participate in the DV lottery. The Department utilizes special technology and other means to identify those who commit fraud for the purposes of illegal immigration or who submit multiple entries.
Yes and No, all qualified entries are randomly selected by computer and have an equal chance to win, however if you are married you and your spouse can both apply and you will double your chances of winning. What you can do is make sure that your application is not disqualified. Each year millions of applications are disqualified for failure to follow the submission requirements.
If a DV selectee dies at any point before he or she has traveled to the United States or adjusted status, the DV case is automatically closed. Any derivative spouse and/or children of the deceased selectee will no longer be entitled to apply for a DV visa. Any visas issued to them will be revoked.
You must have your confirmation number to access Entrant Status Check. A tool is now available in Entrant Status Check (ESC) on the E-DV website that will allow you to retrieve your confirmation number via the email address with which you registered by entering certain personal information to confirm your identity.
The Department of State will NOT notify you directly if your entry is not selected. You must use the Entrant Status Check to learn whether you were selected.
Yes, an entrant may apply while in the United States or another country. An entrant may submit an entry from any location.
