Diversity immigrant visa lottery program 2012
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Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country. Approximately , applicants have been registered and notified and may now make an application for an immigrant visa. Applicants registered for the DV program were selected at random from 14,, qualified entries 19,, with derivatives received during the day application period that ran from noon on October 5, , until noon, November 3, The visas have been apportioned among six geographic regions with a maximum of seven percent available to persons born in any single country.
During the visa interview, principal applicants must provide proof of a high school education or its equivalent, or show two years of work experience in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience within the past five years. Those selected will need to act on their immigrant visa applications quickly. Applicants should follow the instructions in their notification letter and must fully complete the information requested.
Registrants living legally in the United States who wish to apply for adjustment of their status must contact U. Quick Links. Email address. Unsubscribe Successful Your email has now been removed from our newsletter.
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Note that for purposes of the diversity program only, Northern Ireland is treated separately; Northern Ireland does qualify and is listed among the qualifying areas. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited. Yes, a husband and a wife may each submit one entry if each meets the eligibility requirements. If either is selected, the other is entitled to derivative status.
On your entry you must list your spouse husband or wife , and all unmarried children under 21 years of age, with the exception of children who are already U. If you are legally separated or divorced, you do not need to list your former spouse. You must list ALL your children who are unmarried and under 21 years of age at the time of your initial electronic DV entry, whether they are your natural children, your spouse's children, or children you have formally adopted in accordance with the laws of your country, unless such child is already a U.
List all children under 21 years of age at the time of your electronic entry even if they no longer reside with you or you do not intend for them to immigrate under the DV program. The fact that you have listed family members on your entry does not mean that they later must travel with you.
They may choose to remain behind. However, if you include an eligible dependent on your visa application forms that you failed to include on your original entry, your case will be disqualified. This only applies to those who were family members at the time the original application was submitted, not those acquired at a later date. Your spouse may still submit a separate entry, even though he or she is listed on your entry, as long as both entries include details on all dependents in your family.
See question 10 above. Regardless of whether an entry is submitted by the individual directly, or assistance is provided by an attorney, friend, relative, etc. If the entry is selected, the notification letter will be sent only to the mailing address provided on the entry.
All entrants, including those not selected, will be able to check the status of their entry through the official DV Web site. Entrants should keep their own confirmation page information so they may independently check the status of their entry. The law and regulations require that every entrant must have at least a high school education or its equivalent or have, within the past five years, two years of work experience in an occupation requiring at least two years training or experience.
Only formal courses of study meet this requirement; correspondence programs or equivalency certificates such as the G. Documentary proof of education or work experience must be presented to the consular officer at the time of the visa interview. What Occupations qualify for the Diversity Visa Program? To qualify for a Diversity Visa on the basis of your work experience, you must have, within the past five years, two years of experience in an occupation that is designated as Job Zone 4 or 5, classified in a Specific Vocational Preparation SVP range of 7.
How do I find the qualifying occupations on the Department of Labor Web site? Following the same example, click Aerospace Engineers.
At the Kentucky Consular Center, all entries received from each region will be individually numbered. After the end of the registration period, a computer will randomly select entries from among all the entries received for each geographic region.
Within each region, the first entry randomly selected will be the first case registered; the second entry selected the second registration, etc. All entries received during the registration period will have an equal chance of being selected within each region.
The Kentucky Consular Center will continue to process the case until those selected to be visa applicants are instructed to appear for visa interviews at a U. Important Note: Notifications to those selected in the random lottery are not sent by e-mail or mail.
Should you receive an e-mail or mail notification about your E-DV selection, be aware that the message is not legitimate. The Kentucky Consular Center will not ask you to send money to them by mail or by services such as Western Union. Yes, provided they are otherwise eligible to adjust status under the terms of Section of the INA, selected individuals who are physically present in the United States may apply to the USCIS for adjustment of status to permanent resident. Applicants must ensure that USCIS can complete action on their cases, including processing of any overseas derivatives, before September 30, , since on that date registrations for the DV program expire.
No visa numbers for the DV program will be available after midnight on September 30, under any circumstances. All entrants, including those NOT selected, may check the status of their entry through the E-DV Web site and find out if their entry was or was not selected. Entrants should keep their own confirmation page information from the time of their entry until they may check the status of their entry online. Status information for DV will be available online beginning May 1, All official notification letters are sent to the address indicated on the entry within five to seven months from the end of the application period.
There are 50, DV visas available for DV, but more than that number of individuals will be selected. Because it is likely that some of the first 50, persons who are selected will not qualify for visas or pursue their cases to visa issuance, more than 50, entries will be selected by the Kentucky Consular Center to ensure that all of the available DV visas are issued.
However, this also means that there will not be a sufficient number of visas for all those who are initially selected. All applicants who are selected will be informed promptly of their place on the list. Interviews for the DV program will begin in October Selectees will only receive e-mail communications from the KCC alerting them that a visa appointment has been scheduled after they have responded to the notification instructions on Entry Status Check.
Such e-mails will direct selectees to check their interview appointment details on Entry Status Check and will not contain information on the actual appointment date and time. Each month visas will be issued to those applicants who are ready for issuance during that month, visa number availability permitting. Once all of the 50, DV visas have been issued, the program for the year will end. Random selection by the Kentucky Consular Center computer as a selectee does not automatically guarantee that you will receive a visa.
You must qualify for the visa as well. 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 age There is no fee for submitting an electronic lottery entry.
DV applicants must pay all required visa fees at the time of visa application directly to the consular cashier at the embassy or consulate. Details of required diversity visa and immigration visa application fees will be included with the instructions sent by the Kentucky Consular Center to applicants who are selected.
Do DV applicants receive waivers of any grounds of visa ineligibility or receive special processing for a waiver application? Applicants are subject to all grounds of ineligibility for immigrant visas specified in the Immigration and Nationality Act. There are no special provisions for the waiver of any ground of visa ineligibility aside from those ordinarily provided in the Act, nor is there special processing for waiver requests.
Some general waiver provisions for people with close relatives who are American Citizens of Lawful Permanent Resident aliens may be available to DV applicants as well, but the time constraints in the DV program will make it difficult for applicants to benefit from such provisions. May persons who are already registered for an immigrant visa in another category apply for the DV program? How long do applicants who are selected remain entitled to apply for visas in the DV category? Persons selected in the DV lottery are entitled to apply for visa issuance only during fiscal year , from October 1, , through September 30, Applicants must obtain the DV visa or adjust status by the end of the fiscal year.
There is no carry-over of DV benefits into the next year for persons who are selected but who do not obtain visas by September 30, the end of the fiscal year. Also, spouses and children who derive status from a DV registration can only obtain visas in the DV category between October and September Applicants who apply overseas will receive an appointment letter from the Kentucky Consular Center four to six weeks before the scheduled appointment.
The death of an individual selected in the lottery results in automatic revocation of the DV case. Will I be able to download and save the E-DV entry form to a microsoft word program or other suitable program and then fill it out?
No, you will not be able to save the form into another program for completion and submission later. Additionally, it does require that the information be filled in and submitted while online. If I don't have access to a scanner, can I send photographs to my relative in the United States to scan the photographs, save the photographs to a diskette, and then mail the diskette back to me to apply?
Yes, this can be done as long as the photograph meets the photograph requirements in the instructions and the photograph is electronically submitted with, and at the same time as, the E-DV online entry is submitted. The applicants must already have the scanned photograph file when they submit the entry online. The photograph cannot be submitted separately from the online application. Only one online entry can be submitted for each person.
Multiple submissions will disqualify the entry for that person for DV The entire entry photograph and application together can be submitted electronically from the United States or from overseas.
Can I save the form online so that I can fill out part and then come back later and complete the remainder?