Green card lottery participants should have known the results today, but they will have to wait another month: details

Foreign citizens who took part in the DV-2021 green card lottery should have known the long-awaited results of the draw today, May 5, 2020. But because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Department of State объявил to postpone the announcement of results, you will have to wait another month.

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April 14 statement appeared in the official Twitter State Department.

“We are postponing the opening of the DV-2021 lottery participant status check until June 6, 2020. The delayed opening will not have a negative impact on our ability to pre-process and schedule interviews for DV-2021, which are scheduled to begin on October 1, 2020,” the statement said.

A few weeks on the official website of the green card lottery www.dvprogram.state.gov (The State Department renamed the site and now it is called dvprogramold domain dvlottery makes an automatic redirect to a new one - don’t be alarmed, this is not a sign of fraud) there were no changes: the date of announcement of the results remained the same. But by May 5, an official mark finally appeared on the main page of the site about the date change to June 6, 2020.

The announcement of the results of the DV-2021 lottery has been postponed, but the interviews of the winners of the DV-2020 lottery must take place on time - before September 30, 2020. And they may have difficulties due to the fact that, amid the coronavirus pandemic, US President Donald Trump announced a temporary cessation of immigration to the United Statesincluding the issuance of green cards.

So far, a temporary ban has been set only for 60 days, until June 22, 2020, but if the decree is extended until the fall or longer, the winners who did not manage to draw up documents will lose their green cards.

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You can check your status on the site. www.dvprogram.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 get from the US Department of State is a reminder to check your status after the lottery. We remind you: an official institution never asks for money transfers. Be especially careful when applying 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.

The green card is a certificate of a permanent resident of the United States who does not have the citizenship of this state. It, among other things, gives the right to work, benefits to education and the opportunity to apply for citizenship.

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.

If you won the Green Card

ForumDaily previously published step-by-step instructions for those who won the Green Card. We remind you the key points that 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 filled in English. In the questionnaire you need to specify personal data, marital status, provide information about the place of work, study, criminal record.

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.

Medical examinations can only be taken at 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. More on this. Read in our material.

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Interview. You will be required to receive originals and translations into English of all documents, the results of the medical examination and the very invitation to an interview. On the spot, at the embassy, ​​you need to pay a visa fee for each family member. But this is not a guarantee that the coveted US visa is in your hands. An interview is no less important stage than preparing documents or a medical board. The main purpose of the interview is to make sure that it was the people who came for the interview who submitted the applications: you need to take fingerprints and check them with the database, see the results of the medical examination and check the availability of all documents.

It is important to remember: winning a green card is only half the battle, the main thing is how you can realize yourself in America. For example, read the story Hollywood producer Valerie Philwhich won the green card in the lottery and did not want to move for a long time.

Or find out how Kazakhstani photographer, traveler and expedition participant Zhanat Aitkhozhin won the green card on the second attempt. He now lives in Seattle. For all those interested, he shared useful tips and details of the process - from application to moving to the USA.

She told about her own work on mistakes after winning a green card blogger Alexandra Rusak.

You may be interested success story of Odessa Lev Savitskywho won the green card - he became a photographer in the United States, his posters adorn Times Square in New York.

However, remember that in addition to the lottery Green Cardthere is at least nine other ways stay in the USA for permanent residence.

In addition, everyone who came to the United States should make a few basic documents: arrange bank cards, social security number and US ID.

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