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  • 15 Sep 2011 - 04:23

    State Dept. instructions for the year 2013 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. This year, natives from South Sudan and Poland are eligible, while Bangladesh natives are ineligible. Entries for the DV-2013 program must be submitted electronically between 10/4/11 and 11/5/11.

  • 20 Jul 2011 - 13:50

    Diversity Visa lottery DV-2012 entrants can check the status of their DV-2012 Lottery entry starting on or about 7/15/11 at the DOS E-DV website.

    Entrant Status Check.

  • 16 May 2011 - 12:32

    DOS press release announcing that, due to a computer programming problem, the results of the 2012 Diversity Lottery that were previously posted on this website have been voided.  They were not valid and were posted in error.  The results were not valid because they did not represent a fair, random selection of entrants, as required by U.S. law. 

  • 4 Oct 2010 - 14:35

    [Federal Register: October 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 190)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 60846-60854]
    From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
    [DOCID:fr01oc10-116]

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    DEPARTMENT OF STATE

    [Public Notice: 7184]

    Bureau of Consular Affairs; Registration for the Diversity Immigrant (DV-2012) Visa Program

    AGENCY: Department of State.

    ACTION: Notice.

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    SUMMARY: This public notice provides information on how to apply for the DV-2012 Program. Thi...

  • 4 Oct 2010 - 14:29

    FOREIGN PRESS CENTER BRIEFING WITH JOHN WILCOCK,
    DIVERSITY VISA PROGRAM OFFICER, BUREAU OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS
    TOPIC: 2012 DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY PROGRAM & REGISTRATION
    THE WASHINGTON FOREIGN PRESS CENTER, WASHINGTON, D.C.
    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2010, 1:00 P.M. EDT

    MODERATOR: Good afternoon again, and thank you all for joining us. We have with us John Wilcock from the Consular Affairs Bureau. This is going to be an on-the-record briefing, and without further ado I am going to introduce John. Just for your reference, however, if you have cell phones, if you have not turned them off already, please either turn them off or onto silent....

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