DV Lottery Results: How to Check
The results of the Diversity Visa lottery-2024 (also known as the Green Card lottery) will be available soon. You can check the outcome online: it's very quick and convenient. This article will tell you how to determine whether you're a Green Card Lottery winner.
Table of contents
- DV Lottery results date 2023
- How to check the Green Card lottery results
- What to do if I win the Green Card Lottery?
- The official Green Card Lottery website is down. How do I check my results?
DV Lottery results date 2023
Diversity Visa Lottery-2023 results will be announced on May 8, 2022. You will be able to check them until September 30, 2023.
How to check the Green Card lottery results
Finding out the Green Card lottery results in 2023 is easy. But beware: if you receive an email telling you you're a DV lottery winner, take your time paying any money. It's a scam!
Whether you win or not, you will not receive any notifications. You will need to check the DV Lottery results manually.
The procedure is as follows:
- Visit the official DV Lottery website at https://dvprogram.state.gov;
- Click on the "Check Status" link;
- Then click the "Continue" button;
- Enter your confirmation number, your last name (your first name is not required) and your year of birth;
- After completing the form, click "Submit" to see the results page.
If you are not one of the winners, you will see the phrase: HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED. Don't be too quick to throw away your Green Card Lottery confirmation number, though!
The Green Card lottery organizers recommend that you keep it until the next DV program begins. There have been confirmed cases where the results changed after the first announcement. For example, in 2014, there was a brief technical problem on the Entry Status Check website. As a result, some people were shown the wrong DV lottery result, which was subsequently changed. Chances are slim, but don't write this possibility off!
What to do if I win the Green Card Lottery?
If you have won the DV lottery, you will see a page with the following message: "You have been randomly selected for further processing in the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program". Congratulations! Be sure to keep your case number: you will need it to apply for the US immigrant visa in the future.
Next, you must follow these steps:
- Submit the DS-260 application form: An online application for an immigrant visa;
- Gather necessary documents: You will need to collect papers such as your birth certificate, marriage certificate, police certificate, and other supporting documents.
- Undergo medical examination: As part of the diversity visa application process, you must complete a medical check-up by a physician designated by the embassy or consulate.
- Attend your visa interview: You must bring all the necessary documents and be prepared to answer questions about yourself and your plans for living in the United States.
- Travel to the United States: Once your immigrant visa is approved, you will have six months for relocation to America. You must handle all the costs of moving and finding a job on your own.
Please note: your interview date depends on your case number, created automatically. The lower the number, the more likely you will be interviewed sooner. Your embassy interview date does not depend on how quickly you check the Green Card 2022 lottery results or send in your DS-260 form.
The official Green Card Lottery website is down. How do I check my results?
This common error occurs due to excessive traffic on the official DV Lottery website. As a rule, failures happen in the first hours after results are announced.
Don't worry: The site will start functioning normally again in just a couple of days. How quickly you check the result does not affect the win itself or the interview date. If you are a DV Lottery winner, you have almost a year to organize your relocation to the United States.
Yes, there is a myth that the sooner you start the process, the sooner you will get a Green Card. But that's not true. Don't worry: If you are lucky enough to win the DV Lottery, you will have enough time to move to the USA!
Last update: April 2023
