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The State Department has announced that from October 5, 2010, to November 3, 2010, individuals may register for the 2012 diversity visa lottery.
For 2012, 50,000 diversity visas will issued. To be eligible, applicants must possess:
- a high school education or its equivalent; or
- two years of work experience, in a profession requiring at least two years’ training or experience, during the past five years.
The lottery procedure randomly selects qualified applicants from six geographic regions with low rates of migration to the United States. Within each region, no country may receive more than 7% of the available diversity visas in any one year. No visas are awarded to nationals of countries sending more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States over the period of the past five years. Selectees will be notified of their selection through the Entry Status Check, available starting May 1, 2011, via the program’s website, www.dvlottery.state.gov.