1. Quick Facts About the DV Lottery
Try your luck at the DV Lottery 2014
2. What is the DV Lottery?
● Every year 55,000 visas are To Qualify
issued by US Dept of state ● You must have completed
● Only countries that have low High school or its equivalent
immigration rates to the US ● You must have 2yrs of work
can take part
experience(in the past 5 yrs)
● List of eligible countries – in an occupation that
decided by the US Dept Of demands the same
State. Application Fee
● The list tends to cahnge ● NO Fee for filing an
every year application
● Once selected, you will have
to pay the immigrant visa
fees
3. DV lottery 2014
● Registration opened on If You win
Oct 2,2012 ● Need to demonstrate
● Ends on Nov 3, 2012 that you qualify for an
● Keep the registration immigrant visa
number safe, for you will ● Apply for the visa
need it to check if you
have won the lottery
● Entrant Status Check is
the only way to check the
results.
● You will not be intimated
by the Dept Of State
4. Applying for an immigrant visa
● You will be prompted by the Kentucky Consular Center to send
in you visa application
● Collect the required documents, pay the fee, complete medical
examination
● Take the interview at the US Consulate with a Consular Officer
● Decision on your visa application will be taken here
● If found satisfactory, you will be granted a permanent resident
visa to the US
● Getting a visa allows you to request entry into the US at any
Port Of Entry (POE)
5. After moving to the US
● Getting a Green card through the DV lottery entitles you to stay
and work in the US legally
● After being a permanent resident for the required number of
years, you can avail the immigration and naturalization service
of the USCIS to become a US Citizen
● It is a process that takes time and patience is one essential
virtue.
Good Luck with the DV Lottery 2014!!