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Call for applications for the DV-2023 green card lottery closed: what's next

Today, November 9, 2021, the acceptance of applications for participation in the DV-2023 green card lottery has closed.

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The Green Card gives immigrants the legal right to live, work and study in the United States and, ultimately, become American citizens. The Green Card Lottery is one of the easiest ways to legally move to the USA.

Every year, 50 immigrant visas are drawn under this program, they are distributed among more than 000 winners from around the world (there are more winners than visas, since many of them do not meet the requirements for obtaining a green card after verification).

The winners can eventually immigrate to the United States and receive a permanent residence and permanent work permit in the country.

When and how to find out the results

The official notice of winning the DV-2023 green card lottery will be available on the website dvprogram.state.gov in the Entrant Status Check section with noon (ET) May 8, 2022... You will need a confirmation page number to access the Entrant Status Check section. DV-2023 participants must keep their confirmation number until at least September 30, 2023.

Selected applicants in the DV lottery are eligible to apply for visas only during the financial year of the program, that is, from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Applicants must obtain a DV visa or change their status by the end of the fiscal year, that is, by September 30, 2023.

Checking the Entrant Status Check section will be the only means of obtaining information on the results of the lottery draw, on the procedure for further actions in case of a win, and on the appointment of the date and time of the interview for obtaining an immigrant visa.

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Web site dvprogram.state.gov is the only official website of the State Department for submitting electronic applications and checking the results of the draw. The Department of State will NOT send out notifications of winnings.

What to do if you won the green card

ForumDaily previously published step-by-step instructions for those who won the Green Card. Here are the key points you will need to do.

The site Consular Electronic Application Center you need to fill out an immigration visa application form - form DS-260... It is completed in English.

In the questionnaire, you need to indicate personal data, marital status, provide information about the place of work, study, criminal records. After submitting this form, you will be assigned an interview date.

Necessary documents to be collected before the interview: the full list is listed here. All documents that are not in English should be accompanied by a certified translation. No notarization or apostille is required.

A medical examination can be passed only in special certified centers, the addresses of which can be found on Online... The cost of this procedure is on average $ 215 from each family member planning to immigrate (in different countries, the price may differ by $ 10-15), and vaccination is paid separately. Read more about this in our material.

For the interview, you will need the originals and translations into English of all documents, the results of the medical examination and the invitation to the interview itself.

On site, at the embassy, ​​you need to pay a visa fee for each family member - $330.

But this is not a guarantee that the coveted visa to the United States is in your hands. An interview is no less important stage than the preparation of documents or a medical examination. The main goals of the interview are to make sure that the people who came for the interview applied, to get their fingerprints and check them with the database, to see the results of the medical examination and to check the availability of all documents.

Selected applicants in the DV lottery are eligible to apply for visas only during the financial year of the program, that is, from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023.

Applicants must obtain a DV visa or change their status by the end of the fiscal year, that is, by September 30, 2023. For those people who were selected, but did not receive a visa, the right to receive DV does not carry over to the next year. Likewise, a wife / husband and children who are granted the status of close relatives at the time of registration for participation in the DV 2023 draw can receive visas only from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023.

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If you have been interviewed, you will be issued a semi-annual visa. It is during the course of 6 months that all members of the family, or only the main applicant, will need to enter the US, otherwise the visa will be canceled. Also after the interview you will be issued a sealed envelope, which you need to give to the officer at the airport.

An important point: if the main applicant is not able to travel to the US, then without him the family also can not enter the country.

What you need to know about moving to the USA

In addition to the thousands of questions that immediately arise before new residents of the United States, do not forget about paperwork. What already wrote ForumDailyIt’s worth making several basic documents: issuing bank cards, social security number and American ID.

The US government does not provide airline tickets, apartments, or cash assistance to applicants for DV visas.

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