Visa lottery results announced 55,000 foreigners nationals win a green card,Up to 55,000 foreign nationals and their families from around the globe have a chance to legally immigrate to the United States with a green card in hand in 2024, thanks to one of the most famous U.S. visa programs, popularly known as the visa lottery.
2024 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2024) entrants will be able to find out if they were randomly selected for a visa on May 6, 2023, the U.S. Department of State announced. Visa lottery entrants can check the status of their application at the Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs website.
Lottery results in the DV Entrant Status Check function — the only way to check if a person has been selected — will be available starting May 6 at 12 p.m. EST through Sept. 30, 2024.
The winners are randomly drawn by computer from among qualified entries. The visas are available for foreigners from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the U.S.
Foreign nationals must enter their unique confirmation number saved from their DV-2024 entry registration through a blue button titled “Check Status” to find out if they were selected for one of the 55,000 diversity visas available for Fiscal Year 2024, according to the official instructions for the 2024 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.
How to find out if I won the 2024 visa lottery
To check on whether you or a family member were selected in the visa lottery, the following information is required:
▪ Confirmation number or code issued when you registered for the program.
▪ Surnames as written in the electronic entry form.
▪ Birth year, with all four digits.
▪ Authentication code indicated by the website.
“If your entry is selected, you will be directed to a confirmation page providing further instructions, including information about fees connected with immigration to the United States,” officials said in the instructions.
Officials noted that the Department of State will not mail notifications letters nor notify selectees by email. Additionally, U.S. consulates and embassies won’t provide the winners’ list.
What comes next for 2024 Diversity Immigrant visa winners
Though there are 55,000 green cards available, there will be even more names selected because not everyone who is selected qualifies for an immigrant visa or pursues his or her case to completion.
“Being randomly chosen as a selectee does not guarantee that you will receive a visa or even the chance to make a visa application or to schedule an interview,” authorities warned. “Selections merely means that you may be eligible to apply for a Diversity Visa”.
Those selected are entitled to apply for visa issuance only during Fiscal Year 2014, which is from Oct. 1, 2023 through Sep. 30, 2024. To get a visa selectees first must:
▪ Be admissible to the United States.
▪ Electronically submit Form DS-260, Online Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application.
▪ Pass an in-person consular interview when there is a visa number available at the U.S. embassy or consulate selected on the DS-260 form, which includes criminal and security-related questions to determine eligibility.
