HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS WILL BE SELECTED?
There are 50,000 DV visas available for DV-2012, but because it is likely that some of the first 50,000 persons who are selected will not qualify for visas or pursue their cases to visa issuance, more than 50,000 entries will be selected by the KCC to ensure that all of the available DV visas are issued. However, this also means that there will not be a sufficient number of visas for all those who are initially selected. All applicants who are selected will be informed promptly of their place on the list through the E-DV website’s Entry Status Check. Interviews for the DV-2012 program will begin in October 2011. Selectees who provide information requested in the notification instructions will be informed of their visa interview appointment through the E-DV website’s Entry Status Check four to six weeks before the scheduled interviews with U.S. consular officers at overseas posts. Each month, visas will be issued to those applicants who are ready for issuance during that month, visa-number availability permitting. Once all of the 50,000 DV visas have been issued, the program will end. In principle, visa numbers could be finished before September 2011. Selected applicants who wish to receive visas must be prepared to act promptly on their cases. Random selection by the KCC computer as a selectee does not automatically guarantee that you will receive a visa.Only the first 50,000 selected applicants to qualify will be issued visas and you must qualify for the visa as well.