SELECTION OF APPLICANTS
Applicants will be selected at random by
computer from among all qualified entries.
Those selected will be notified by mail between May through July
2002 and will be provided further instructions, including information
on fees connected with immigration to the U.S. Persons not selected
will NOT receive any notification. U.S. embassies and consulates
will not be able to provide a list of successful applicants. Spouses
and unmarried children of successful applicants under age 21 may
also apply for visas to accompany or follow to join the principal
applicant. DV-2003 visas will be issued between October 1, 2002
and September 30, 2003.
Applicants must meet ALL eligibility requirements under U.S.
law in order to be issued visas.
Processing of entries and issuance of diversity
visas to successful applicants and their eligible family members
MUST occur by midnight on September 30, 2003. Under no circumstances
can diversity visas be issued or adjustments approved after this
date, nor can family members obtain diversity visas to follow to
join the applicant in the U.S. after this date.
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Important Notice:
The U.S. Government employs no outside consultants
or private mail services to operate the DV program. Any intermediaries
or others who offer assistance to prepare DV casework for applicants
do so without the authority or consent of the U.S. Government. Use
of any outside intermediary or assistance to prepare a DV-2003 entry
is entirely at the applicant's discretion.
A qualified entry received directly from an
applicant has an equal chance of being selected by the computer
at the Kentucky Consular Center as does an entry received through
a paid intermediary who completes the entry for the applicant. There
is no advantage to mailing early, or mailing from any particular
place. Every entry received during the mail-in period will have
an equal random chance of being selected within its region. However,
receipt of more than one entry per person will disqualify the person
from registration, regardless of the source of that entry.
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