US State Department Electronic Diversity Visa Program (DV-2024)
The Department of State in the US administers the Congressionally-mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Program annually In line with Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) which provides for a class of immigrants known as âdiversity immigrantsâ from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States. For the Fiscal Year 2023, 55,000 Diversity Visas (DVs) will be awarded. There is no cost to register for the DV program. Applicants who are selected in the program (selectees) must meet simple but strict eligibility requirements to qualify for a diversity visa. The Department of State determines selectees through a randomized computer drawing and distributes diversity visas among six geographic regions.
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Application Requirements
Requirement #1: Individuals born in countries whose natives qualify may be eligible to enter. If you were not born in an eligible country, there are two other ways you might be able to qualify. Was your spouse born in a country whose natives are eligible? If yes, you can claim your spouseâs country of birth â provided that both you and your spouse are named on the selected entry, are found eligible and issued diversity visas, and enter the United States simultaneously. Were you born in a country whose natives are ineligible, but in which neither of your parents was born or legally resident at the time of your birth? If yes, you may claim the country of birth of one of your parents if it is a country whose natives are eligible for the DV-2022 program. Requirement #2: Each DV applicant must meet the education/work experience requirement of the DV program by having either: at least a high school education or its equivalent defined as successful completion of a 12-year course of formal elementary and secondary education; OR two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience to perform. The Department of State will use the U.S. Department of Laborâs O*Net Online database to determine qualifying work experience.
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Required Documents
Entry form. Entrant Photos.
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Funding Specifications
<p>Not specified</p>
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Application Steps
For DV-2024, entries must be submitted between October 5, 2022, at 12:00 p.m. EDT (GMT -4), and November 8, 2022, at 12:00 p.m. EST (GMT -5). The entry form will only be accessible during this time frame and only this time frame. U.S. Postal Service mail will NOT be accepted as an entry method. Enter before the registration session closes; otherwise, there may be website difficulties due to high demand. Paper submissions and late entries won't be allowed. According to the law, each person is only permitted one admission during each registration time.
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