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The Department of State announces the opening of the registration period for the DV-2011 Diversity Visa lottery. Entries for the DV-2011 Diversity Visa lottery must be submitted electronically between noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Friday, October 2, 2009, and noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-5), Monday, November 30, 2009. Applicants may access the electronic Diversity Visa entry form (E-DV) at www.dvlottery.state.gov during the registration period. Paper entries will not be accepted and no entries will be accepted after noon EST on November 30, 2009.
The annual DV program makes visas available to persons meeting simple, but strict, eligibility requirements. A computer-generated, random lottery drawing chooses selectees for DVs. The visas are distributed among six geographic regions, with a greater number of visas going to regions with lower rates of immigration, and with no visas going to nationals of countries sending more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States over the period of the past five years. Within each region, no single country may receive more than seven percent of the available DVs in any one year.
To remember:
·         DV-2011 Start date: Friday, October 2, 2009, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4)
·         DV-2011 End date: Monday, November 30, Easter Standard Time (EST) (GMT-5)
·         Electronic Entries ONLY by accessing www.dvlottery.state.gov
·         Email address as part of your entry to allow the Kentucky Consular Center (KCC) to follow-up communication with selectees.