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    U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT STATES

    http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/politics-lraho s15601.html
    17:33:49 - 19/10/2009

    The Department of State announces the opening of the registration
    period for the DV-2011 Diversity Visa lottery. Entries for the DV-2011
    Diversity Visa lottery must be submitted electronically between noon,
    Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Friday, October 2, 2009, and noon,
    Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-5), Monday, November 30, 2009.

    Applicants may access the electronic Diversity Visa entry form (E-DV)
    at www.dvlottery.state.gov during the registration period. Paper
    entries will not be accepted. Applicants are strongly encouraged not to
    wait until the last week of the registration period to enter. Heavy
    demand may result in website delays. No entries will be accepted
    after noon EST on November 30, 2009.

    The congressionally mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Program is
    administered on an annual basis by the Department of State and
    conducted under the terms of Section 203(c) of the Immigration
    and Nationality Act (INA). Section 131 of the Immigration Act of
    1990 (Pub. L. 101-649) amended INA 203 and provides for a class of
    immigrants known as "diversity immigrants." Section 203(c) of the
    INA provides a maximum of 55,000 Diversity Visas (DVs) each fiscal
    year to be made available to persons from countries with low rates
    of immigration to the United States.

    The annual DV program makes visas available to persons meeting simple,
    but strict, eligibility requirements. A computer-generated, random
    lottery drawing chooses selectees for DVs. The visas are distributed
    among six geographic regions, with a greater number of visas going
    to regions with lower rates of immigration, and with no visas going
    to nationals of countries sending more than 50,000 immigrants to
    the United States over the period of the past five years. Within
    each region, no single country may receive more than seven percent
    of the available DVs in any one year. No countries have been added
    or removed from the list of eligible countries. The list of eligible
    countries remains the same as for DV-2010.

    It is important to note that winning the lottery is not a guarantee
    that you will receive a visa - winners must be interviewed and qualify
    for a visa.

    The Department of State implemented the electronic registration
    system beginning with DV-2005 in order to make the DV process more
    efficient and secure. The Department utilizes special technology and
    other means to identify those who commit fraud for the purposes of
    illegal immigration or those who submit multiple entries.

    For detailed information about entry requirements, along
    with frequently asked questions about the DV lottery, please
    see the instructions for the DV-2011 DV lottery available at
    www.dvlottery.state.gov .
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