Errors in 2012 DV Green Card Lottery Results in Early May 2011. New DV Results Available on or around July 15, 2011

As a result of computer programming problem, The U.S. Department of State (DOS) will conduct new selection for 2012 diversity green card lottery applications that were submitted from October 5, 2010 to November 3, 2010.  The new selection results are expected to be published on DOS website on or about July 15, 2011.  The original DV lottery results were invalid because the selection process did not represent a fair, random selection of entrants, as required by U.S. law. 

As a result, green card lottery applicants who checked the DV website at http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/ during the first week in May and found a notice that they had been selected for further processing or a notice that they had not been selected, will need to recheck the DV website again around July 15, 2011 because the early May 2011 notice on green card lottery results has been rescinded and is no longer valid.

Green card lottery applicants who submitted their applications from October 5, 2010 to November 3, 2010 do not have to resubmit new green card lottery applications.  New lottery selection will be run again for their previously submitted applications and these applicants would be able to check the new DV results on or around July 15, 2011.

Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) program (Visa Lottery)(also known as “green card lottery”)  applications is one of the U.S. green card programs to allow the lottery winners to apply for immigrant visas to live and work in the U.S. as green card holders.  Each year, The U.S. Department of State conducts a lottery through its DV program to distribute applications for 50,000 immigrant visas.

By Aik Wan Kok Fillali, Attorney at Law, at Tiya PLC; Tel: 703-772-8224

www.tiyaimmigration.com ; http://tiyalaw.blogspot.com ; www.immigrationresource.net 

We represent employers, and individuals and their families in green card and work visa matters in U.S. immigration law. We also have a focus on self-petition green card cases such as extraordinary ability and national interest waiver.

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This article is intended for informational purposes only, and should not be relied on as a legal advice or an attorney-client relationship.

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