The winners of the 2024 Diversity Visa lottery have been announced by the U.S. Department of State. Out of the millions of people who participated in the lottery last year, 55,000 have been chosen to submit applications for permanent residence status.

Entrants must go to the “DV Entrant Status Check” link on the State Department website to see if they have been chosen. Foreign nationals can check their status on the website by entering the confirmation data they obtained while enrolling for the visa lottery. The only method to find out whether you’ve been chosen is through the status check site as the State Department does not directly contact selectees (either by letter or email). Results will be accessible on the site until September 30, 2023 (You may see our instructions here).

The following procedures must be followed once you have been accepted into the DV Lottery:

• If You Are Selected:

Please Keep in Mind that Being chosen in the lottery just makes a candidate eligible to apply for a diversity visa; it does not ensure that person will be granted a green card. If chosen, candidates must finish the green card application procedure to demonstrate their eligibility for entry into the United States. The actual application procedure is submitting Form DS-260 (the online immigrant visa application), appearing in person for a visa interview at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate, and paying any needed government filing costs.

If you learn that you have been chosen for further processing in the Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) Program through the Electronic Diversity Visa (E-DV) website, you must successfully complete the below steps before a consular interview can be scheduled to determine whether you will be granted a visa. These steps should be finished as soon as you can.

• Step 1: Confirm Your Qualifications

The major candidate for a Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) must have completed high school or its equivalent, or have two years of relevant work experience as specified by U.S. law. If you don’t fulfill the qualifying educational or job experience standards outlined below, you should think twice before submitting a DV application since you might not be qualified for a diversity visa and any expenses you pay for the visa application won’t be repaid.

– High School Education
– Work Experience
– Passport
– Exemptions from the Passport Requirement: Three stipulated exclusions from the passport requirement are offered under Department of State rules. Stateless people, citizens of nations under Communist control who are unable to obtain passports from those governments, and recipients of personal waivers approved by the Secretaries of Homeland Security and State are all exempt from these three categories.

• Step 2: Submit Your Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application

Form DS-260 must be filled out by the main applicant and all family members seeking for a diversity visa program. To view and amend the details about you and your family that you supplied in your DV application, enter your DV case number into the online DS-260 form.

You must re-type your DV case number without the zeros on the DS-260’s Sign and Submit page (for example, if the case number is 2023AF0000012345, enter “2023AF12345”). A validation error will be produced if the entire case number is entered with zeros.

You should print the confirmation page after submitting the Form DS-260 online. The confirmation page must be brought to your visa interview.

You must include your new family members to your case if your family situation changed after you applied for the Diversity Visa program, such as if you got married or had a kid.
Note: Such mistakes may disqualify you and any of your family members for a diversity visa if you had a spouse or children before filing your original application but failed to list them on the form. Such inaccuracies may disqualify you and any of your family members from receiving a diversity visa if you named a spouse or kid on your first entrance who was not your spouse or child at the time of admission. As stated in the preceding sentence, you should add any family members whose circumstances have genuinely changed since you submitted your first entry. All of your family members’ applications will be considered as well. See the DV Instructions for further details.

• Step 3: Submit Supporting Documents

You will obtain instructions on how to submit the relevant supporting documentation when KCC has received and processed the DS-260 application form for you and your accompanying family members. You must provide scanned copies of all necessary supporting papers below before your interview may be arranged.
– Birth certificates
– Court and Prison records
– Military records
– Police Certificates
– Photocopy of Valid Passport Biographic Data Page

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• Step 4: Interview

You can get an email from the Kentucky Consular Center informing you that an interview has been set at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate you specified on your DS-260 form once the Kentucky Consular Center has evaluated your completed DS-260. You will get instructions through email on how to access the day, time, and location of your interview by logging into the Entrant Status Check section of the Electronic Diversity Visa (E-DV) website using your DV entry confirmation number. To bring with you to your interview, print out this information. Your spouse and children (as appropriate), who are requesting a diversity immigrant visa, must also be present during the interview.

• Step 5: Prepare for the Interview

You must perform the following significant actions before the interview date after being informed of your planned interview:

– Review your schedule details carefully and make note of the day, time, and place of your interview for an immigrant visa in the Entrant Status Check on the E-DV website.
– Review U.S. Embassy or Consulate Interview Instructions
– Schedule and Complete a Medical Examination
– Gather Photographs and All Remaining Required Documents: The following will have to be provided by each applicant:
– To the interview, each DV applicant must present two (2) similar pictures. To be sure your images will be accepted, please read the complete information regarding photo criteria here.
– Original documents or certified copies of civil documents submitted to KCC.
– Passport(s)
– DS-260 confirmation page
– Appointment information
– Evidence of Require DV Qualifying Education or Work Experience
– Deportation Documentation
– Marriage Certificate
– Marriage Termination Documentation
– Custody Documentation
– Paying Fees: The cost for DV-2022 candidates is $330 per individual.

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• Step 6: Applicant Interview

Make sure you have followed the U.S. Embassy or Consulate interview preparation requirements before your interview. Visit the American embassy or consulate at the appointed time and day for your interview. An immigration officer will interview you (as well as any accompanying family members) to decide whether or not you qualify for an immigrant visa. Digital fingerprint scans without ink will be done as part of the interview process.

Note: You must attend the interview with your spouse and any eligible, unmarried children who are traveling with you. They are not necessary to attend your interview if your spouse and/or your qualifying unmarried children will immigrate later and travel apart from you. They will be given a separate appointment for an interview. If separate interviews are required, you should immediately get in touch with the American Embassy or Consulate.

What to Bring to the Interview?
You must bring the following:
– Appointment Letter
– Medical Exam Results
– Photographs
– DS-260 Confirmation Page
– Passport
– Original and Supporting Documents
– English Translations
– Visa Fees

Note: Before receiving your immigrant visa, you should wait to make any long-term financial commitments, such as selling your house, car, or other property, quitting your work, or making non-refundable trip plans.

• Step 7: After the Interview

The consular official at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate will let you know if your visa application was granted or refused at the conclusion of the interview process.

If your application for a visa is accepted, you’ll be told when and how to get your passport and visa back.

Denial of a visa: If your application is turned down, you will be told why.

Visa Approval – When You Receive Your Visa: When your Visa approved you will receive:
– Passport with Visa
– Sealed Immigrant Packet
– When You Should Travel
– USCIS Immigrant Fee: After receiving your immigrant visa and before departing for the US, you must pay the USCIS Immigrant Fee to US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
– Vaccination Records: Before enrolling in school in the United States, children must obtain certain vaccines.
– X-rays: Your X-rays must be carried on your person, not packed in your baggage.

Entering the United States

For more details, kindly refer to Travel.State.Gov’s official website.

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