Dv-2022-Instructions-and-faqs-English

dvprogram.state.gov

 beginning May 8, 2021, through 

at least September 30, 2022.   

 

If your entry is selected, you will be directed to a confirmation page providing further instructions, 

including information about fees connected with immigration to the United States.  Entrant Status Check 

will be the ONLY means by which the Department of State notifies selectees of their selection for DV-

2022.  The Department of State will not mail notification letters or notify selectees by email.  U.S. 

embassies and consulates will not provide a list of selectees.  Individuals who have not been selected 

also ONLY will be notified through Entrant Status Check.  You are strongly encouraged to access 

Entrant Status Check yourself.  Do not rely on someone else to check and inform you.   

 

In order to immigrate, DV selectees must be admissible to the United States.  The DS-260, Online 

Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application, electronically, and the consular officer, in person, 

will ask you questions about your eligibility to immigrate under U.S. law.  These questions include 

criminal and security-related topics.   

 

All selectees, including family members, must be issued visas by September 30, 2022.  Under no 

circumstances can the Department of State issue DVs nor can USCIS approve adjustments after this 

date, nor can family members obtain DVs to follow-to-join the principal applicant in the United States 

after this date.   

 

See the 

Frequently Asked Questions

 for more information about the selection process.