your money by charging fees for DV-related services. If you send money to one of these non-
government organizations or websites, you will likely never see it again. Also, do not send personal
information to these websites, as it may be used for identity fraud/theft.
Deceptive emails may come from people pretending to be affiliated with the Kentucky Consular Center
or the Department of State. Remember that the U.S. government has never sent emails to
notify individuals they have been selected, and there are no plans to use email for this
purpose for the DV-2024 program. The Department of State will never ask you to send
money by mail or by services such as Western Union, although applications to USCIS for
adjustments of status do require mailing a fee. Visit this site for more details on adjusting status.
26. How many individuals will be selected for DV-2024?
For DV-2024, 55,000 Diversity Visas are available. The Department of State selects more than
55,000 selectees to account for selectees who will not qualify for visas and those who will not pursue
their cases to completion. This means there will not be a sufficient number of visas for all those
selected. The Department does this to try to use as many of the 55,000 DVs as we can.
You can check the E-DV website’s Entrant Status Check to see if you have been selected for further
processing and later to see the status of your case. Interviews for the DV-2024 program will begin in
October 2023 for selectees who have submitted all pre-interview paperwork and other information as
requested in the notification instructions. Selectees whose applications have been fully
processed and have been scheduled for a visa interview appointment will receive a notification to obtain
details through the E-DV website’s Entrant Status Check four to six weeks before the scheduled
interviews with U.S. consular officers overseas.
Each month, visas may be issued to those applicants who are eligible for issuance during that month,
as
long as visas are available. Once all the 55,000 diversity visas have been issued, the program will
end. Visa numbers could be finished before September 2024. Selected applicants who wish to apply
for visas must be prepared to act promptly on their cases. Being randomly chosen as a
selectee does not guarantee that you will receive a visa or even the chance to make a visa
application or to schedule a visa interview. Selection merely means that you may be eligible
to apply for a Diversity Visa. If your rank number becomes eligible for final
processing, you may have the chance to make an application and potentially may be issued
a Diversity Visa. A maximum of 55,000 visas may be issued to such applicants.
27. How will successful entrants be selected?
Official notifications of selection will be made through Entrant Status Check, available
May 6, 2023, through September 30, 2024, on the E-DV website, dvprogram.state.gov. The
Department of State does not send selectee notifications or letters by regular postal mail or
by email. Any email notification or mailed letter stating that you have been selected to
receive a DV that does not come from the Department of State is not legitimate. Any email
communication you receive from the Department of State will direct you to review Entrant
Status Check for new information about your application. The Department of State will
never ask you to send money by mail or by services such as Western Union, unless you are
adjusting status. See this site for more information on adjusting status.
All entries received from each region are individually numbered; at the end of the entry period, a
computer will randomly select entries from among all the entries received for each geographic region.
Within each region, the first entry randomly selected will be the first case registered; the second entry
selected will be the second case registered, etc. All entries received within each region during the
entry period will have an equal chance of being selected. When an entry has been selected, the
entrant will receive notification of his or her selection through the Entrant Status Check available
starting May 6, 2023, on the E-DV website, dvprogram.state.gov. For individuals who are selected
and who respond to the instructions provided online via Entrant Status Check, the Department of
State’s Kentucky Consular Center (KCC) will process the case until those selected are instructed to
appear for visa interviews at a U.S. embassy or consulate or until those in the United States who are
applying to adjust status apply with USCIS in the United States.