DV Eligibility

[haiderzaidi 3]

Hi All,

 

Sorry I just wanted to confirm the eligibility of DV Lottery.

 

My brother in law was born in Kuwait & held Pakistani Nationality. Recently, last year he became an Australian Citizen.

 

He's Mechanical Engineer from Australia & had been working professionally for about 5 years.

 

Is he eligible for DV Lottery ?

[HRQX 4,145]

40 minutes ago, haiderzaidi said:

Is he eligible for DV Lottery ?

He's eligible because he meets the FAM's definition of native of Kuwait; 9 FAM 502.6-3 paragraph b(3): "Native: Native means a person born in a DV program country. An individual may be able to participate in the DV program because of specific family ties or personal situations by "charging" to another country. See 9 FAM 502.6-4 paragraph a(2) for additional information on chargeability."

[haiderzaidi 3]

29 minutes ago, HRQX said:

He's eligible because he meets the FAM's definition of native of Kuwait; 9 FAM 502.6-3 paragraph b(3): "Native: Native means a person born in a DV program country. An individual may be able to participate in the DV program because of specific family ties or personal situations by "charging" to another country. See 9 FAM 502.6-4 paragraph a(2) for additional information on chargeability."

 

Thank you HRQx. 

 

I was confused as Pakistan is excluded & he had held Pakistani Passport. Since he was an Australian citizen I thought he might be eligible for it now.

 

Sorry, I ma not aware of this Dv Lottery thing.

 

What is a person is not selected, does he need to apply again next year or it automatically reaches the next haul ?

 

 

[HRQX 4,145]

4 minutes ago, haiderzaidi said:

What is a person is not selected, does he need to apply again next year

Yes. Needs to apply again next year if not selected.

[SusieQQQ 11,585]

Nationality, passport, citizenship, etc are all meaningless. What matters for DV is country of birth (yes, even if you never had nationality or passport there). Instructions are very clear about this.

[SusieQQQ 11,585]

50 minutes ago, haiderzaidi said:

 

Thank you HRQx. 

 

I was confused as Pakistan is excluded & he had held Pakistani Passport. Since he was an Australian citizen I thought he might be eligible for it now.

 

Sorry, I ma not aware of this Dv Lottery thing.

 

What is a person is not selected, does he need to apply again next year or it automatically reaches the next haul ?

 

 

He has been eligible all along because he was born in Kuwait.

 

No, it does not automatically roll over. Apart from anything else it requires a photo less than 6 months old, plus listing of family, which can change year to year (marriage/divorce/birth/death).

 

[haiderzaidi 3]

On 10/16/2020 at 10:18 AM, SusieQQQ said:

He has been eligible all along because he was born in Kuwait.

 

No, it does not automatically roll over. Apart from anything else it requires a photo less than 6 months old, plus listing of family, which can change year to year (marriage/divorce/birth/death).

 

Hi Susie, 

Can you share a link? Does it have any requirements? Does one have to have education, spouse English etc requirements or anyone can apply regardless of there english, financial capabilities etc. I know someone but there English might be that good... or either their spouse wouldn't be able to speak English well enough.

 

 

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

https://dvprogram.state.gov/    is the site you submit an entry during the open period .  It ends soon.    

 

[SusieQQQ 11,585]

1 hour ago, haiderzaidi said:

Hi Susie, 

Can you share a link? Does it have any requirements? Does one have to have education, spouse English etc requirements or anyone can apply regardless of there english, financial capabilities etc. I know someone but there English might be that good... or either their spouse wouldn't be able to speak English well enough.

 

 

There are detailed instructions 

main page https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/diversity-visa-program-entry/diversity-visa-instructions.html

DV2022 English instructions (some other languages available on the page linked above) https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Diversity-Visa/DV-Instructions-Translations/DV-2022-Instructions-Translations/DV-2022-Instructions-English.pdf