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U. S. 2020 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program opens Wednesday, Oct, 3

Posted by: New Americans Magazine , October 1, 2018

Submission of entries for the United States 2020 Diversity immigrant Visa Program, also known as the U. S. Visa Lottery will open Wednesday, October 3, 2018 and close on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

According to Instructions for  DV 2020, “the applicants must submit entries for the DV-2020 program electronically at dvlottery.state.gov between noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Wednesday, October 3, 2018, and noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-5), Tuesday, November 6, 2018.”

There is no cost to register for the DV program.

The Department of State annually administers the statutorily-mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provides for a class of immigrants known as “diversity immigrants” from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States. For Fiscal Year 2020, 50,000 Diversity Visas (DVs) will be available.

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.

The Department of State distributes diversity visas among six geographic regions, and no single country may receive more than 7percent of the available DVs in any one year.

For DV-2020, natives of the following countries are not eligible to apply, because more than 50,000 natives of these countries immigrated to the United States in the previous five years:

Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.

Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and Taiwan are eligible.

There were no changes in eligibility this year from the previous fiscal year.

The eligibility requirements are: –

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 spouse’s country of birth
  • 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 – 2020 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 Labor’s O*Net Online database to determine qualifying work experience.

Applicants are warned not to submit an entry to the DV program unless they meet both of these requirements.

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11 Responses to “U. S. 2020 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program opens Wednesday, Oct, 3”

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    Tudzi Gloria
    October 3, 2018 at 11:00 am

    I want to apply for same.how do I start

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      Deba Uwadiae
      October 3, 2018 at 12:42 pm

      Sure, you can apply on dvlottery.state.gov

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    Gordor Rudolf
    October 4, 2018 at 10:51 am

    OK thanks sir

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    asianda Sylvester
    October 7, 2018 at 11:10 am

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    want USA VISA

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      Deba Uwadiae
      October 8, 2018 at 2:09 pm

      The U.S. embassy in your country will be the appropriate place to get a USA visa. You can also visit online http://www.usa.gov.

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    prince eric boakye
    October 8, 2018 at 4:33 pm

    Good

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    Juliet Alifodzi
    October 17, 2018 at 1:49 pm

    I WANT USA VISA

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      Deba Uwadiae
      October 17, 2018 at 2:05 pm

      The U.S. embassy in your country will be the appropriate place to get a USA visa. You can also visit online http://www.usa.gov.

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    Asamoah Eric
    October 20, 2018 at 3:30 am

    I need a visa to do American lottery

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      Deba Uwadiae
      October 22, 2018 at 12:46 pm

      You don’t need visa to apply for visa lottery. Go to dvlottery.state.gov and play the lottery.

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    hajimoha2018
    October 12, 2020 at 10:28 am

    I’m call Haji I live the dadaab comp I am a refugee so I need USA visa

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