DV Lottery 2010/General Immigration Information

DV Lottery PRESS RELEASE October 29, 2008

INSTRUCCIONES PARA PARTICIPAR EN EL PROGRAMA DE VISADOS DE DIVERSIFICACIÓN DE INMIGRANTES DEL 2010 (DV-2010)

DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY PROGRAM REGISTRATION PERIOD

The Diversity Visa (DV) lottery will open for DV-2010 entries on October 2, 2008 (noon, EST) and end on December 1, 2008 (noon, EST).
Applicants may access the electronic Diversity Visa entry form at www.dvlottery.state.gov during the registration period.  Instructions and additional information will be available at this site by mid September.

For DV-2010, Russia has been added back to the list of eligible countries.  Kosovo was also added to the list of eligible countries.  No countries have been removed from the list of eligible countries for DV-2010 program.

The following countries are ineligible to apply for the DV-2010 lottery:

BRAZIL, CANADA, CHINA (mainland-born), COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HAITI, INDIA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES, PERU, POLAND, SOUTH KOREA, UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and VIETNAM. Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible.

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The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibilty Act of 1996 and the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program (US-VISIT) have serious implications for any undocumented winners of the DV-2009 visa lottery. These implications will be thoroughly explained at the public information meetings. The Act introduced bars to legalization to overstayers after September 27, 1997 and the US-VISIT program has enabled an entry-exit tracking system. Those undocumented living in the U.S. should know about the law and its enforcement.

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