The site with the results of the green card draw earned: how to check the status of your application

7 in May in 12: 00 became available to check the results of the draw of green cards in the lottery on the 2020 year (DV-2020). Information will be available until September 30, 2020, reports U.S. Department of State.

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However, immediately after the results appeared, the site hung due to excessive load and did not work for two days. Access to it was resumed on May 9, and lottery participants can now again check the status of their bids.

You can check your status on the site. www.dvlottery.state.gov, to do this, enter the confirming number of the lottery participant, as well as indicate the name, surname and year of birth of the applicant.

If you found a letter with a barcode and your data on the page that opened, you won. However, before receiving the coveted green card, you need to go through a few more stages as quickly as possible, about which we wrote earlier.

This is the only way to learn about the results of the lottery. The State Department will not send any electronic or regular letters.

The only email you can receive from the US Department of State is a reminder to check your status after the lottery. Moreover, the official institution never asks to make money transfers. Be especially attentive if you submitted an application through an intermediary.

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It is worth remembering that winning the lottery does not guarantee receiving a green card. To immigrate to the USA, you must meet all the requirements that are presented applicants for immigration visas.

If you are already in the United States at the time you receive a notification about winning a green card, you have the opportunity change your status in the US to immigration. Read more about this at the official website of the program.

Also, before 30 September 2019, you can check the results of the lottery green cards for the year 2019 (DV-2019). After this date, persons who won the lottery will no longer be able to submit a corresponding application for a green card.

Registration for the DV-2020 raffle took place from October 3 to November 6 2018; to participate in the DV-2019 raffle - from October 18 to November 22 2017.

Step-by-step instructions on what to do after receiving notification of a win

1. Fill in the visa application form

The site Consular Electronic Application Center you need to fill out an immigration visa application form - form DS-260. It is filled in English. In the questionnaire you need to specify personal data, marital status, provide information about the place of work, study, criminal record.

If from the moment of registration for participation in the lottery you have changed the family composition (got married, gave birth to a child), then new members of the family should always indicate in their form DS-260, otherwise you can be disqualified.

For each family member - a separate form of DS-260. This is an important nuance, and if you fill out one form for the whole family, you immediately leave the “get a green card” marathon.

When the DS-260 form is full, the exposure page should be saved on the computer and then printed. It, among other documents, you need to take with you to the interview. The date of the interview will be sent to you after you fill out the DS-260 form.

2. Wait for an answer

First you will receive a letter with the following text: Has been received and routed to the appropriate group. This is a standard letter which means that your visa application has been received. And via 7-10 days, another email will arrive, this time addressed to you personally, in which they can inform you about the processing stage of your application, ask for clarification of some data, or call the date of the immigration interview.

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If you want to go to the Kentucky Consular Center yourself (Kentucky Consular Center), where all questionnaires are processed, and to find out at what stage your case is now, you can send a request to the email address: [email protected] or call 1-606-526-7500 from 7:30 a.m. to 16 p.m. At the beginning of the conversation, you must immediately give the case number (Case number), the country in which the questionnaire was filled in, the name, surname and date of birth of the winner of the lottery.

3. Collect documents

While the Kentucky Consular Center is reviewing your questionnaires and setting a date for the interview, do not waste time. Collect and translate into English the documents that you need. All documents that are not in English, must be accompanied by a certified translation. No notarization or apostille is required.

You need to prepare originals and translations of the following documents:

1. Passport

2. Birth certificate

3. Education certificates

4. Employment history

5. Certificate that you have no criminal record. If you lived in several countries, then such help is needed from each country. If you have been convicted, you can still apply for a green card, but be sure to provide a certificate stating that you have already been punished.

6. Marriage / Divorce Certificates

7. For those who served in the army - military ID

8. Statement of account

9. Property Valuation Documents

10. Help with the job that you are an employee / owner of the company.

4. Health check

When you were given the date of the interview - it's time to get a medical examination. This can be done only in special certified centers whose addresses can be found at Online. The cost of this procedure is on average $ 215 for each family member planning to immigrate (in different countries the price may differ by $ 10-15), and vaccination is paid separately.

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Passing a medical commission is needed to determine if you or someone from a family member has any diseases from the list that restricts entry to the United States. It includes, in particular, diseases of a mental nature, the active form of tuberculosis, leprosy, and others. Before 2010, HIV was included in the list, but now this virus does not interfere with obtaining a visa.

The list of diseases that impede obtaining an immigration visa, consists of two lists that can be found here и here.

After passing a medical examination, you receive a sealed envelope, which must be handed to the consul during the interview.

5. Pass the interview

The medical commission is behind, an envelope for the consul on hand, the date of the interview is scheduled. The interview will require from you originals and translations into English of all documents, the results of the medical board and the invitation to the interview itself. At the site, at the embassy, ​​you need to pay a visa fee of $ 330 for each family member. But this is not a guarantee that the cherished US visa in your hands. Interviews - no less important stage than the preparation of documents or medical board. However, there is no need to specially prepare for it and read any scientific treatises or everyday tips on the Internet. You will be asked household standard questions.

The main objectives of the interview are to make sure that the people who came for the interview applied, take fingerprints and check them with the database, see the results of the medical board and check that all documents are available.

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