What exact status does accumulated residence lead to?
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Diversity Immigrant Visa
United StatesLong-term residence
Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.
What qualifying residence period is required and when does the period begin?
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Which types of residence count fully, partially or not at all where the official rules specify this?
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What absence/continuity rules affect accumulation of the qualifying residence period?
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What other major conditions apply, how is the status obtained, and what renewal, document-validity, retention or loss rules matter?
Diversity Visa Program entries must be submitted electronically only, via the Electronic Diversity Visa (E-DV) website, during the annual registration period; no late entries or paper entries are accepted, and the law allows only one entry per person per registration period. There is no cost to register for the DV Program.
See recorded sources
- Travel.State.Gov -- Diversity Visa Program (Submit an Entry)
All entries must be submitted electronically on the Electronic Diversity Visa (E-DV) website
- Travel.State.Gov -- Diversity Visa Program (Submit an Entry)
No late entries or paper entries are accepted.
- Travel.State.Gov -- Diversity Visa Program (Submit an Entry)
The law allows only one entry by or for each person during each registration period.
- Travel.State.Gov -- Diversity Visa Program (Submit an Entry)
There is no cost to register for the DV Program.
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